Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code
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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a.      The base flood and floodway data                    time), provided, however, that conditional
             contained in the Flood Insurance                    approval may be granted pending proof of
             Study – Cumberland County, Maine, as                receipt of any required permits, but no
             described in Section 12.2.                          Flood Hazard Development Permit shall be
     b.      In special flood hazard areas where                 finally issued until proof of issuance of all
             base flood elevation and floodway                   such other permits is received by the
             data are not provided in the above                  Building Authority.
             cited study, the Building Authority            4.   The Building Authority shall notify adjacent
             shall obtain, review, and reasonably                municipalities, the Maine Department of
             utilize any base flood elevation and                Environmental Protection and the Maine
             floodway data available from federal,               Floodplain Management Program, prior to
             state, or other technical sources,                  any alteration or relocation of a
             including information obtained                      watercourse, and submit copies of such
             pursuant to Subsection                              notifications to the Federal Emergency
             12.4.2(J)(1)(b)(i), 12.4.5(M), and                  Management Agency.
             12.4.4(B)(4), in order to administer           5.   The Building Authority shall maintain, as a
             this article.                                       permanent record, copies of all Flood
     c.      When a base flood elevation is                      Hazard Development Permit applications,
             established in a Zone A by methods                  corresponding permits issued, and data
             outlined in Section 12.4.2(J)(1)(b)(ii),            relevant thereto, including reports of the
             that data shall be submitted to the                 Board of Appeals on variances granted
             Maine Floodplain Management                         under the provisions of Section 12.7 of this
             Program.                                            article, and copies of elevation certificates,
2.   The Building Authority shall make                           floodproofing certificates, certificates of
     interpretations of the location of                          compliance, and certifications of design
     boundaries of special flood hazard areas                    standards required under the provisions of
     shown on the maps described in Section                      Sections 12.4 and 12.6.
     12.2.
3.   Prior to approval of issuance of the Flood         12.4.5 Review standards
     Hazard Development Permit, the Building            All development in areas of special flood hazard
     Authority shall determine that all necessary       shall meet the following standards:
     permits have been obtained from those              A. All development. All development shall:
     federal, state, and local authorities from             1.   Be designed or modified and adequately
     which prior approval is required by federal                 anchored to prevent flotation (excluding
     or state law, including but not limited to                  piers and docks), collapse, or lateral
     Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution                  movement of the structure resulting from
     Control Act Amendments of 1972 (33 U.S.C.                   hydrodynamic and hydrostatic loads,
     1344 as may be amended from time to                         including the effects of buoyancy. CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 12-7 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
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