Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14
Parent Document: Portland City Code ch. 14
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Original Source: https://www.portlandmaine.gov/asset/ae8cabd1-66eb-4a1c-9224-92bbca5e792f ↗

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iv. One of the buildings described in 2. In the R-P zone. Facilities for more than 12
(iii) above meets the minimum children shall meet the following additional
height requirements of the standards:
Bayside Height Overlay Map a. The facility shall provide a minimum of
and/or a building on the site has a 75 square feet of outdoor play area
floor area of 25,000 square feet per child.
or greater. b. The play area shall be located in the
v. The total number of spaces side and rear yards only and shall not
within 35-foot setback in be located in front yards.
combination with other spaces on c. Outside play areas shall be separated
the lot does not exceed the from abutting properties by a fence at
minimum parking spaces least 48 inches in height.
required. d. A 10-foot-wide landscaped buffer shall
vi. The proposed parking spaces be required outside of the fenced play
meet the landscape and buffer area, and shall be established in
requirements of Subsection 6.8.8. accordance with the landscaping
vii. Parking spaces within the 35-foot standards of the City's Technical
setback shall provide stormwater Manual.
quality treatment if required by 3. In residential and island zones
the City of Portland Stormwater a. The facility shall be located in a
Management Standards and the structure in which there is one or
Maine DEP Chapter 500 more occupied residential units or in
Stormwater Management an existing accessory structure, unless
Standards. If not required, an the facility is located in a principal
alternative low impact structure that has not been used as a
development treatment system residence in whole or in part within
approved by the Planning Board the five years immediately preceding
shall be provided. the application for a preschool use, or
I. Preschool facilities in a nonresidential structure accessory
1. In all zones to the principal nonresidential use.
a. Outdoor play areas shall be screened b. There shall be no maximum limit on
and buffered from surrounding the number of children in a facility
residences with landscaping and/or located in a principal structure that
fencing to minimize visual and noise has not been used as a residence in
impacts. whole or in part within the five years
b. Solid waste shall be stored in covered immediately preceding the application
containers. Such containers shall be for a preschool use, or in a
screened on all sides. 6-28 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE USE STANDARDS

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