The City Council will hold a public hearing to vote on the final draft land use code and zoning map as recommended by the Planning Board on October 8. Find out more on the City’s agenda center: https://portlandme.portal.civicclerk.com/event/7364/files
The City Council will hold a second workshop to review the final draft land use code and zoning map as reviewed by the Planning Board.
The Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the final ReCode changes, including edits to the entire land use code and zoning map. More information on the workshop, including a link to participate remotely, can be found at the City’s agenda center.
The City Council will hold a workshop to review the final draft land use code and zoning map as reviewed by the Planning Board.
The Planning Board hearing originally scheduled for September 24 will be tabled to October 8, 2024.
The Planning Board will hold a hybrid workshop on the final draft ReCode changes, including edits to the entire land use code and zoning map. More information on the workshop, including a link to participate remotely, can be found at the City’s agenda center.
The Planning Board will hold a second hybrid workshop on the second wave of ReCode changes, including edits to the entire land use code and zoning map. More information on the workshop, including a link to participate remotely, can be found at the City’s agenda center:
https://portlandme.portal.civicclerk.com/event/6980/overview
The Planning Board will hold a hybrid workshop on the second wave of ReCode changes, including edits to the entire land use code and zoning map. More information on the workshop, including a link to participate remotely, can be found at the City’s agenda center:
https://portlandme.portal.civicclerk.com/event/7228/files/agenda/14862
Join us for ReCode Studio, an opportunity to learn and provide input on the second wave of proposed changes to the land use code and zoning map. This drop-in event will be held Tuesday, June 4th from 11 am to 6 pm and Wednesday, June 5th from 8 am to 2 pm at 1 Canal Plaza.
Join us for virtual public forum on the first wave of proposed ReCode changes to Definitions, Zones, Uses, and Dimensional Standards. The forum will feature new ways to learn about the changes and provide input.
Click this link to join the webinar: https://portlandmaine-gov.zoom.us/j/88550551711
Webinar ID: 885 5055 1711
The Planning Board will hold a workshop to review the first wave of changes to the land use code under ReCode Phase II, including changes to Article 3. Definitions, Article 5. Zones, Article 6. Use Standards, and Article 7. Dimensional Standards. More information on the draft changes can be found here. Meeting materials will be posted in the City’s agenda portal prior to the meeting.
The workshop will be a hybrid meeting. To join remotely, use the zoom link in City’s agenda portal.
Join us for a drop-in open house on the first wave of ReCode changes at the Peaks Island Community Center/PPL Peaks Island Branch. Presentations will be given on the hour.
Join us for a drop-in open house on the first wave of ReCode changes at Lyseth Elementary School. Presentations will be given on the hour.
Join us for a drop-in open house on the first wave of ReCode changes at Portland Public Library’s Rines Auditorium. Presentations will be given on the hour.
Part 2 of a two-day virtual public forum on ReCode Phase II’s land use code evaluation.
Part 2 will focus on:
Complete neighborhoods - 6:00 pm
The built environment - 6:45 pm
Economic development - 7:30 pm
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
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Part 1 of a two-day virtual public forum on ReCode Phase II’s land use code evaluation.
Part 1 will focus on:
Housing - 6:00 pm
Climate change - 6:45 pm
Transportation - 7:30 pm
Click the link below to join the webinar:
https://portlandmaine-gov.zoom.us/j/82175355755
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Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
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Webinar ID: 821 7535 5755
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The City Council will hold a workshop on Phase II of ReCode. More information can be found here.
The Planning Board will hold a workshop on a land use code evaluation, the first major work product of ReCode Phase II. For more information, visit here.
The City Council is scheduled to hold its second workshop on ReCode Phase I on Monday, October 26. At the workshop, the Council will review the complete draft of the City’s land use code. The draft code is available for review here and will continue to be accessible for review and commenting prior to the upcoming workshop. Background material can be found here in advance of the workshop date.
The City Council is scheduled to hold its workshop and first read of ReCode Phase I on Monday October 5th. At this workshop, the City Council will discuss the complete draft of the City’s land-use code; unanimously recommended by the Planning Board at their July 28th public hearing. The draft code is available for review here and will continue to be accessible for review and commenting prior to the upcoming workshop.
For Council workshop material, please click here.
On July 28th, the Planning Board will hold a remote public hearing on ReCode Phase I; encompassing the 22 articles of the City’s redrafted Land-Use Code and other associated policy document amendments, including those to City height maps and the City of Portland Technical Manual. At the public hearing, the Planning Board will make its recommendation to the Portland City Council on the adoption of this draft Land Use Code.
The July 28th meeting materials along with instructions for participating in the Planning Board’s remote public hearing can be found here. For more detailed information on how to participate in the meeting, please review the guide prepared by the Department of Planning and Urban Development.
On June 30, the Planning Board will host a remote public meeting to review Articles 19 (Off-Street Parking & Loading), 20 (Signs), 21 (Public Art), and 22 (Regulation of Explosives) of the draft ReCode. In addition to review of these articles, staff will also be discussing next steps in the ReCode process along with edits to articles previously presented to the Board.
The June 30th meeting materials along with instructions for participating in the Planning Board’s remote workshop can be found here. For more detailed information on how to participate in the meeting, please review the guide prepared by the Department of Planning and Urban Development.
On May 19, the Planning Board will host a remote public meeting to review Articles 14 (Site Plan), 15 (Subdivision), 16 (Impact Fees), 17 (Historic Preservation), and 18 (Housing) of the draft ReCode. Edits to articles previously presented to the Board will also be reviewed at this meeting. Click here for meeting materials.
Please see the May 19th meeting agenda for information on how to access the remote meeting, and for more detailed information on how to participate in the meeting, please review the guide prepared by the Department of Planning and Urban Development.
The Planning Board was originally scheduled to meet on March 17, 2020 to discuss Article 14 (Site Plan), Article 15 (Subdivision) and Article 16 (Impact Fees) and review edits made to Articles 1-13 based upon prior Board and public feedback. In accordance with the City’s approach to all public meetings at this time, this meeting is being postponed until further notice. However, in order to allow the public to review to continue, materials prepared for the meeting will be posted here as of Friday, March 13th.
On February 18, the Planning Board will hold a workshop to review drafts of Articles 8 (Overlay Zones), 9 (Form-Based Zones), 10 (Waterfront Zones), 11 (Shoreland Zone), 12 (Floodplain Zone), and 13 (Resource Protection Zone) of the ReCode. At the meeting, staff will also present revisions to Articles 1-7, based on Planning Board and public feedback received at the last Planning Board workshop on this topic. Workshop materials can be found here.
This event is being postponed. We are actively working to reschedule and will be updating the event information in the near future.
Planning Staff are teaming up with the City’s Sustainability Coordinator, Troy Moon, to present the relationship between land-use policy and climate change to a group of interested youth. Following a brief presentation, we will be leading an exercise to raise awareness on these connections, gather feedback and promote future engagement in the ReCode project.
On January 21, the Planning Board met to review draft use and dimensional requirement provisions of the ReCode as well as revisions to draft introductory and administrative provisions. This meeting was rescheduled from 12/17/19 due to weather. Backup materials posted for the original workshop date can be found here. Information about the rescheduled workshop can be found here.
Due to the inclement weather, the December 17th Planning Board Workshop for ReCode has been cancelled and will be rescheduled to January. An exact date will be determined and posted shortly.
This is the first of several anticipated workshops to review the restructured land use code, with particular focus on the document’s organizational overview and draft introductory and administrative provisions (articles which establish the authority of the code and review processes). Meeting materials can be found here.
