Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14 8.
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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8.8.3 Prohibited uses only to areas within the Stream Protection Overlay
In no event shall any required retail frontage area be Zone. Streams within the Shoreland Zone are
used for any of the following: subject to the provisions of Article 11.
A. Storage.
B. Service entrances, including loading docks, 8.9.3 Development standards
dumpsters and compactors, except as provided A. Minimum building setback from normal high-
in Subsection 8.8.4. water line of stream: 75 feet. Notwithstanding
C. Food preparation areas, unless such this requirement, when a lot is a lot of record
preparation areas are visually oriented toward under Subsection 4.3.1 or cannot otherwise
pedestrians on streets located within a PAD meet the setback requirement of this
Overlay Zone. subsection due to physical limitations of the
site, the Planning Board may approve a
8.8.4 Exceptions reduction of the setback requirement for a
For those buildings which have 40 feet or less of principal structure to the least amount
frontage on a street within the PAD Overlay Zone, necessary to achieve a building dimension of 28
the ground floor area requirements for permitted feet, provided that the setback is not reduced
uses under Subsection 8.8.1 shall be reduced to 50% to less than 40 feet. Structures in existence on
of the frontage where required to accommodate a June 15, 1992 may be expanded once during the
service entrance. For buildings which have frontage lifetime of the structure up to 25 feet toward a
on more than one street located within a PAD stream or tributary stream, provided that the
Overlay Zone, only one such frontage shall be setback is not reduced to less than forty 40
permitted to reduce the required retail area to 50% feet and the floor area or volume is not
of the frontage. increased by more than 30%.
B. Filling of material. Filling of material within a
8.9 STREAM PROTECTION OVERLAY (S-P) Stream Protection Zone shall require site plan
8.9.1 Purpose review under the provisions of Article 14.
The purpose of the Stream Protection Overlay Zone C. Minimum parking setback from normal high-
is to preserve and protect significant streams water line of stream: 75 feet. Notwithstanding
outside of the Shoreland Zone by providing a buffer this requirement, the Planning Board may
from land development activities in order to reduce the parking setback where the required
conserve stream channel capacity and to minimize setback cannot be met to the least extent
siltation and stream bank erosion. necessary, provided that such setback shall not
be less than the setback of the principal
8.9.2 Applicability structure from the stream.
The Stream Protection Overlay Zone includes all
land areas within 75 feet, horizontal distance, of the
normal high-water line of a stream as shown on the
City of Portland zoning map. These standards apply 8-30 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE OVERLAY ZONES

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