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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8.10 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE 8. Gymnasiums.
OVERLAY 9. Libraries.
8.10.1 Purpose 10. Outdoor use areas, such as “quads”,
The intention of the University of Southern Maine greens, parks, gardens, art installations, and
Overlay Zone is to establish an overlay zone in other active and passive noncommercial
which an existing university campus can be recreation spaces.
continued and reasonably expanded within defined 11. Faculty and student housing.
boundaries, in addition to those uses permitted in 12. Parking lots and garages.
the underlying zone or zones. The purpose of this 13. Community meeting spaces.
section is to recognize the unique qualities of a 14. Administrative and faculty offices.
university campus while at the same time protecting 15. Transportation facilities.
the value and integrity of established 16. Maintenance facilities.
neighborhoods. 17. Utility buildings.
18. Student health services.
8.10.2 Location and applicability 19. Daycare facilities, nursery schools and
The University of Southern Maine Overlay Zone is kindergartens operated in conjunction
intended to encompass and define the University of with university programs or serving
Southern Maine campus west of Forest Avenue. students, faculty or employees of the
Properties in the University of Southern Maine university and their families, with
Overlay Zone shall continue to be governed by the associated outside play areas.
regulations applicable to the underlying zone except 20. Other buildings, structures and uses
as specifically modified by this section. customarily incidental to a university.
B. On lots fronting on Chamberlain Avenue and
8.10.3 Permitted uses Exeter Street, university uses shall be limited to
A. In addition to the permitted uses allowed in the faculty housing, graduate student housing,
underlying zones and notwithstanding anything faculty offices and administrative offices, and
to the contrary in the use regulations for the buildings containing such uses shall be designed
underlying zones, post-secondary schools and and maintained so as to complement the
university uses are permitted in the University residential character of the street as required in
of Southern Maine Overlay Zone, including, but Subsection 8.10.9
not limited to: C. No change of use permit shall be required for
1. Classrooms. any of the above uses in actual existence as of
2. Laboratory and research facilities. the date of enactment of the University of
3. Student unions. Southern Maine Overlay Zone.
4. Dining halls.
5. Bookstores.
6. Auditoriums.
7. Concert and lecture halls. CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 8-31 OVERLAY ZONES

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