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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C. Antennas, discs, transmitting and receiving shall not extend nearer than 25 feet
equipment. Building-mounted antennas, discs, from the right-of-way.
and other transmitting and receiving c. The site must have adequate stacking
equipment shall be: capacity for vehicles waiting to use
1. No taller than 15 feet above the highest these service features without
structural steel of the building roof. impeding vehicular circulation or
2. Setback no less than 15 feet from the creating hazards to vehicular
building perimeter. circulation on adjoining streets.
3. Integrated into the architecture of the d. Any speakers, intercom systems, or
building in placement, form, color, and other audible means of
material so as to screen or camouflage communication shall not play pre-
such equipment from public view. recorded messages. Any speakers,
D. Drive-throughs. Drive-throughs shall be intercom systems, audible signals,
permitted as an accessory use in the B-4 zone. computer prompts, or other noises
Drive-throughs shall be reviewed as conditional generated by the drive-through
accessory uses in the B-2/B-2b/B-2c zones, B- services or fixtures shall not exceed 55
3/B-3b/B-3c zones, B-6 zone, and B-7 zone. In all dB or shall be undetectable above the
other zones, drive-throughs shall be prohibited. ambient noise level as measured by a
Where a conditional use, drive-throughs shall noise meter at the property line,
be subject to the provisions of Section 6.5 and whichever is greater.
the following additional review standards: e. Site and vehicular light sources shall
1. In general not unreasonably spill over or be
a. The Planning Board shall be the review directed onto adjacent residential
authority. properties and shall otherwise
b. Features such as windows, vacuum conform to the lighting standards set
cleaners, menu/order boards, and forth in the City of Portland Technical
stacking lanes must be placed, where Manual.
practicable, to the side and rear of the f. Where automobiles may queue,
principal building except where such waiting for drive-through services,
placement will be detrimental to an their impacts must be substantially
adjacent residential zone or use, and mitigated to protect adjacent
shall be located no nearer than 40 residential properties from headlight
feet from any adjoining property glare, exhaust fumes, and noise. As
located in a residential zone. This deemed necessary by the review
distance shall be measured from the authority, mitigation measures shall
outermost edge of the outside drive- consist of installation of solid fencing
through feature to such property line. with landscaping along any residential
In addition, drive-through features property line which is exposed to the 6-32 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE USE STANDARDS

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