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. The term of affordability for the required jobs that do not pay employees at a rate
25% workforce units provided shall be sufficient to allow those employees to afford
defined as shown in Table 17-C. market-rate housing in the City of Portland.
8. Projects shall be subject to an affordable B. Hotel projects. For the purposes of this
housing agreement with the City of subsection, hotel projects shall include any
Portland, unless a project is otherwise hotel as defined in Article 3 consisting of 10 or
subject to such an agreement requiring an more guest rooms for rent to transient guests
equal or greater percentage of affordable or to extended stay guests of up to six months.
units at an equal or lower income target Any expansion of an existing hotel by 10 or
level than required by this section. more rooms within any five-year period will
D. Density and height bonuses. Projects that are also be considered a hotel project.
subject to this subsection shall be eligible for C. Low-income housing minimum. All hotel
density and height bonuses under Subsection projects shall provide one unit of low-income
17.2.2(D). housing for rent in the City of Portland for
E. Implementation guidance. The Housing & every 19 rooms in the hotel project, which shall
Economic Development Department shall meet the standards outlined in Subsections
provide guidance on income verification 17.2.3(C)(2), (3), and (4) and in the
methods, affordable housing agreements, and implementing regulations governing low-
subsequent monitoring requirements. income units. Such units shall contain two
F. Reporting to City Council. In conjunction bedrooms and be a minimum of 900 SF in floor
with the annual report on the Housing Trust area. This amount shall be rounded up to the
Fund, the Planning Authority shall annually nearest increment of 19 rooms. These units
report on developments subject to this shall be deed restricted for the longest period
subsection, the number of units produced, the permitted by law, shall not be used for short-
amount of fee-in-lieu collected, and the overall term rentals of less than 30 days, and must be
effectiveness of this subsection in achieving its provided with distinct entrances from the
stated purpose. street to delineate them from the hotel itself.
D. Fee-in-lieu alternative. As an alternative to
17.2.4 Inclusionary zoning for hotel projects providing low-income housing units under
A. Purpose. This subsection is based on City Subsection 17.2.4(C) above, a hotel project may
analysis, most specifically the analysis pay a fee-in-lieu of $9,520 per hotel guest
documented in the Greater Portland Council of room. This amount shall be paid into the City’s
Government study Proposed Hotel Linkage Fee: Housing Trust Fund and used for the purposes
Supportable Range dated March 18, 2025, that set forth in the ordinance and regulations
finds that new hospitality developments create applicable to that trust.
a need for new affordable housing. This need is E. Annual adjustments. The amounts in
the result of the fact that hospitality Subsection 17.2.4(D) above shall be adjusted
developments necessarily create a number of CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 17-7 HOUSING

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