Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code 7.
Parent Document: Portland Land Use Code
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Original Source: https://www.portlandmaine.gov/asset/a5dcd1dc-4117-40b3-b3da-74a56919e14b ↗

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7.6.4 Lot area considered small island lots, and shall be
A. Small island lots subject to the standards for cottage court
1. Existing developed and undeveloped lots in development.
the IR-2 zone on Peaks Island that do not B. Residential lots not served by public sewers.
meet the 20,000 square foot minimum lot A lot in an unsewered residential district shall
area standard as of the effective date of meet the provisions of the state Minimum Lot
this Code shall be deemed to be small Size Law, 12 M.R.S. § 4807 et seq., or the
island lots, subject to modified lot area, applicable minimum lot area, whichever is
street frontage, setback, lot coverage, and larger.
landscaped open space ratio requirements
for residential uses. These standards apply 7.6.5 Setbacks
only to lots in the IR-2 zone on Peaks A. Permitted encroachments into required
Island. setback areas
2. The standards for small island lots shall 1. Setbacks do not apply to fences, retaining
apply to existing residential uses as well as walls, raised garden beds, and other similar
new residential development on qualifying structures.
lots. The small island lot standards shall not 2. Any setback may be occupied by a one-
apply to lots in nonresidential use or to story entrance porch not enclosed, with or
nonresidential development in the IR-2 without a roof, if the area of the porch
zone. does not exceed 50 square feet within the
3. A new dwelling may be built on a small side or rear setback or 250 square feet
island lot subject to modified dimensional within the front setback. Stairs necessary
standards, provided that the lot is to access a porch shall not be included in
currently vacant, in residential use, used this calculation. The porch, including stairs,
exclusively for parking, or contains may project up to six feet into the setback.
structure(s) not used for residential A basement bulkhead of similar size, but
purposes. not more than 24 inches in height, is also
4. New small island lots may only be created permitted. A cornice eave, sill, canopy,
by a single lot division of an existing lot, chimney, bay window, balcony, or other
with the remaining developed portion similar architectural feature may encroach
meeting the standard dimensional into any required setback a distance of not
requirements of the IR-2 zone. Further more than two feet.
division of the remaining lot to create 3. Ground-mounted and building-mounted
additional small island lots is prohibited. mechanical equipment may encroach into
5. Lots created as part of a cottage court a required side or rear setback. This
development in the IR-2 zone shall not be includes mechanical equipment related to 7-24 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS

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