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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C. If a tract or parcel is designed or intended to be          within the subdivision not otherwise having
    owned and used in common for recreational or               such access.
    other public or semi-public purposes, and such
    intent is so designated on the subdivision plat,       14.5.10 Additional requirements for
    appropriate documents in form approved by                      nonresidential subdivisions
    the Corporation Counsel shall be submitted to          All nonresidential subdivisions, meaning subdivisions
    the Planning Board. Such documents shall               not intended for human habitation, such as a
    clearly:                                               commercial or industrial subdivision, must meet the
    1.   Set forth the nature of the permanent             following additional requirements, except as waived
         organization under which common                   by the Planning Board:
         ownership is to be established, including its     A. Proposed industrial parcels shall be suitable in
         purpose, how it shall be governed and                 area and dimensions to the commercial or
         administered, the provisions made for                 industrial development anticipated.
         permanent care and maintenance of the             B. Street rights-of-way and pavement shall be
         common property for its share of the cost             adequate to accommodate the type, weight,
         of administering and maintaining such                 and volume of traffic anticipated to be
         common property.                                      generated.
    2.   Set forth the extent of common interest           C. The design and installation of public utilities,
         held by the owner of each individual parcel           including water, sewers, and storm water
         in the tract held in common with others.              drainage, shall be adequate to accommodate
                                                               the anticipated usage.
14.5.9 Access to shoreline                                 D. Streets carrying truck traffic shall not normally
A. In all subdivisions having shore frontage,                  be extended to the boundaries of adjacent
    existing legal rights of public access to the              existing or potential residential areas.
    shoreline shall be preserved. The proposed
    street layout and circulation plan shall be            14.6 WAIVERS
    suitably integrated with such existing public          14.6.1 Request for waivers
    access in a manner that reasonably promotes            A waiver of plat requirements or technical
    the public use of such access. The proposed            standards shall be applied for in writing by the
    street layout and circulation plan shall also be       subdivider. The decision of the Planning Board on
    designed to preserve any legal rights to any           such request shall be final.
    significant water views and scenic vistas from
    such rights-of-way.                                    14.6.2 Waiver standards
B. In all subdivisions having any lots within the          A. Except for the requirements set forth in
    Shoreland Overlay Zone, legal rights of private            Subsection 14.5.4 pertaining to the provision
    access to waters shall, to the extent reasonably           and construction of curbs and sidewalks, the
    feasible, be established for the benefit of all lots       Planning Board, if it finds that extraordinary
                                                               conditions exist or that undue hardship may 14-8 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE SUBDIVISIONS
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