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19.16.055 Permits for Construction Work.

City Code Section
  1. A.  No person may construct or repair or wreck any old work or drive or remove any piling within the harbor zone within the City or remove any earth or other material from the river banks or bed shoreward of or adjacent to the harbor line without first securing a permit from Portland Permitting & Development. After the permit has been issued and before such work has been started, the permit holder must notify the Harbor Master. It is the duty of the Harbor Master to stop any such work until a permit is secured, if so requested by the Director of Portland Permitting & Development.
  2. B. Nothing in this Section relieves any person, company, or corporation from securing such other permits as may be required by any other agency such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Port of Portland, the State Marine Board, or the Division of State Lands.
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