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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B. The proposed street layout shall be                        the City of Portland Code of Ordinances.
     coordinated with the street system of the                Sidewalks to be used by pedestrians are to be
     surrounding areas. All streets must provide for          so located as to minimize contacts with normal
     the continuation or appropriate projection of            automotive traffic.
     streets in surrounding areas and provide means      J.   Curbs shall be constructed on each side of each
     of ingress and egress for surrounding tracts.            street. The curbing shall be constructed as
C. When connecting streets within residential                 provided in Chapter 25 of the City of Portland
     neighborhoods, new streets shall contribute to           Code of Ordinances.
     a neighborhood street system characterized by
     a network of interconnected streets. The layout     14.5.5 Sewers and storm drains
     of subdivision lots, streets, and pedestrian ways   A. All subdivisions shall be provided with adequate
     shall promote multiple paths of travel to get to         storm drain systems within the subdivision
     destinations within and between                          separate from any sanitary sewer system
     neighborhoods by foot and bicycle, as well as            required in Chapter 25 of the City of Portland
     auto.                                                    Code of Ordinances. The design of all sewers
D. Reserve strips or spite strips for unspecified or          and storm drains shall be subject to approval by
     unacceptable purposes are prohibited.                    the Public Works Authority.
E.   Street right-of-way widths shall be as provided     B. Any natural or manmade areas, systems or
     in Chapter 25 of the City of Portland Code of            facilities designated for stormwater control
     Ordinances and the City of Portland Technical            purposes, and intended for City maintenance
     Manual. All private streets shall be designed by         shall, except for detention or retention ponds
     a professional engineer and shall be built               or basins and regularly free flowing
     according to accepted engineering standards.             watercourses, be structurally enclosed in
F.   Proposed subdivisions along existing, or                 accordance with the standards of the Public
     dedicated, or platted streets where rights-of-           Works Authority, and shall be dedicated with
     way are inadequate shall provide additional land         sufficient land for maintenance purposes.
     to meet the minimum standards.                           Warranty deeds to such areas shall be
G. Streets shall not occupy more land than is                 submitted for acceptance by the City Council at
     necessary to provide access, nor create                  the same time as the acceptance of streets. All
     unnecessary fragmentation of the subdivision             such areas as are not intended for City
     into small blocks.                                       maintenance shall be permanently protected
H. All dead-end streets shall provide for a cul-de-           and maintained by private agreement, deed
     sac or, in the case of a dead-end street which           covenant or restriction, as appropriate, in form
     will be extended, a temporary turn around at             approved by the Corporation Counsel.
     the end of the street, subject to the approval of   C. The subdivider shall be responsible for the
     the Public Works Authority.                              construction of all sewers and storm drains
I.   Sidewalks shall be constructed on each side of           including manholes, catch basins and any other
     each street in accordance with Chapter 25 of             appurtenances as may be deemed necessary by 14-6 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE SUBDIVISIONS
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