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Portland City Code ch. 14

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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland (municipal)

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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