829 Sawyer Street
(Former Hamlin School Building)
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Beginning August 7
Monday-Wednesday-Thursday 7:30AM-5:00PM
Tuesday 9:00AM-5:00PM
CLOSED - Friday
Phone number: 207-767-7603
The mission of the Planning Division within the Planning & Development Department is to promote a safe, attractive, equitable and prosperous South Portland. The Division strives to achieve this through our service areas and strategic approach:
- Current Planning: overseeing development project review with the citizen Planning Board
- Maintenance and enforcement of land use regulations
- Long range planning for our community and its neighborhoods
- Facilitating desirable forms of economic activity and development
- Protecting the City’s tax base to support municipal services by attracting investment
- Protecting the natural environment and promoting excellence in the design of the built environment
- Providing decision-makers with quality information and analysis of alternatives
- Meaningful community engagement
- Board, Committee, and Commission representation
- Collaboration with City, community, and state or regional partners
Planning Board Active and Recent Projects:
Map of active and recent planning projects
Zoning & Comprehensive Plan | Accessory Dwelling Units | |||
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The City's official zoning map in PDF format is available here: Zoning Map - Updated through January, 2022
To access the City's Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Ordinance, refer to the City's Code of Ordinances and Charter webpage: https://www.southportland.org/our-city/code-ordinance/