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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average minimum lot depth                          provided within the first 35 feet of
           dimension of 170 feet.                             height.
     ii.   The proposed building has an                  iii. In order to preserve view
           architecturally significant design                 corridors and to maintain a varied
           that is articulated to avoid a                     skyline, all buildings above 125 feet
           monolithic appearance and                          within a single development site
           emphasizes slender, vertically-                    should be separated to avoid the
           oriented proportions while                         appearance of a tall, solid block
           employing a variety of scales,                     massing. In accordance with this
           materials, fenestration, and                       policy, on development sites of
           massing to assure a rich, visually                 500 feet or greater as measured
           interesting experience as viewed                   parallel to Marginal Way, the
           within the context of the                          aggregate building façade widths
           downtown skyline and provide                       above 85 feet shall not exceed
           visual interest and human scale at                 50% of the total development site
           the pedestrian level.                              distance parallel to Marginal Way.
e.   In the event such a waiver is granted,                   Buildings over 125 feet in height
     the Planning Board may require the                       that are being reviewed as
     applicant to mitigate the impacts of                     separate phases of a master
     the waiver by requiring the following:                   development plan shall be
     i.    Along all public street frontages                  entitled to meet the 50% building
           and public open spaces, all                        requirement in aggregate for all
           buildings (regardless of height)                   such buildings over 125 feet in
           shall maintain a pedestrian scale                  height in the master development
           through the use of building                        plan, provided that view corridors
           elements at the street level as                    are retained as each phase is built.
           listed in this standard along no              iv. The applicant shall demonstrate
           less than 60% of the building’s                    building design elements and
           horizontal length.                                 location will reasonably mitigate
     ii.   Along all public street frontages                  downdraft effects of the
           and public open space for the                      proposed building or buildings.
           building(s) over 125 feet, a         4.   Such buildings provide publicly accessible
           canopy, awning, or similar                and usable open space, meeting the B-7
           permanent architectural feature           design standards, of at least 10% of the
           to provide pedestrian protection          building lot area.
           and wind mitigation shall be         5.   If located on lots including or adjacent to
                                                     planned or proposed street or pedestrian CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 7-17 DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS
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