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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closer than five feet to any part of any church,         Areas attracting large numbers of insects or
     public or private hospital, or school or if any          vermin are prohibited.
     part of either old or new building when             C.   Where food processing is permitted, all food
     completed would be less than 15 feet from the            processing waste shall be stored within a
     boundary line of any lot upon which any part of          completely enclosed structure and if not
     any church, public or private hospital, or school        refrigerated shall be removed from the site in
     is located. No existing garage used for the              an enclosed container within 48 hours of its
     storage of more than three motor vehicles or             generation. All enclosed and exterior food
     for the business of repairing motor vehicles             processing waste storage areas shall be cleaned
     shall be deemed to become a nonconforming                and sanitized on a regular basis.
     use through the subsequent erection of such
     church, hospital, or school closer than the         6.8.18 Vibration
     aforesaid distance to such a garage.                A.   In any mixed-use zone, the O-P, and the R-P
                                                              zones, vibration inherently and recurrently
6.8.16 Traffic                                                generated shall be imperceptible without
Development in the I-M, I-Ma and I-Mb zones shall             instruments at lot boundaries. This shall not
utilize streets classified as arterials by the Maine          apply to vibration resulting from activities
Department of Transportation to the greatest                  aboard a vessel or from railroad vehicle
extent possible.                                              activities, or from activities on a pile-supported
                                                              pier.
6.8.17 Waste disposal                                    B.   In all industrial zones, any use creating
A.   All solid waste disposal, including materials            earthshaking vibrations, with the exception of
     which might cause fumes or dust, or constitute           airports, shall be controlled in such a manner as
     a fire hazard if stored out-of-doors, shall be           to prevent transmission beyond lot lines of
     only in fully enclosed, covered containers or            vibrations causing a displacement of .003 or
     receptacles. In all nonresidential zones with the        greater on one inch, as measured by a
     exception of the industrial zones, such                  vibrograph or similar instrument at the
     containers or receptacles shall be within                property boundaries.
     designated, screened areas. In industrial zones
     and the B-4 zone, outdoor storage of refuse,
     debris, or previously used materials awaiting
     reuse shall either be in an appropriate
     container or located within a designated,
     screened area.
B.   Containers or receptacles shall not leak or
     otherwise permit liquids or solids to escape
     from the container or be transferred beyond
     lot boundaries by natural causes or forces. 6-46 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS
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