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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easement must be at least five feet. 5. Building additions
Party wall conditions are exempt from a. Building additions which exceed the
providing a maintenance easement. footprint of the existing building to
Corner lots may only apply the side which it is an addition or which
yard reduction to one required side exceeds 50,000 square feet shall be
yard. subject to major site plan review.
c. Building facades within 10 feet of a b. Exemptions
corner are exempt from setback i. A building addition may not cause
requirements in order to allow special the building to exceed the
corner architectural treatments. maximum building length
d. Subdivision developments consisting requirement except in the case
of horizontally attached buildings on that the building addition is
individual lots are not required to have located between a street frontage
side yards between buildings where a and an existing building with a
party wall condition will exist, but shall legally non-conforming length. In
be required to meet the applicable such an instance, a building
side setbacks at the external and addition length may match but
internal subdivision lot boundaries not exceed the legally non-
between buildings that are not conforming length of the existing
attached to each other. building to which it is an addition.
4. Landscaping and screening (See Figure 9-G.)
a. Surface parking areas shall be ii. Building additions are exempt
screened from view from sidewalks, from story minimums or
public rights-of-way, and public open maximums in order to match
spaces using landscaping, walls, existing building in number of
fencing, or a combination thereof. stories. All other subdistrict
b. Walls and fences shall meet the height standards shall apply
dimensional requirements in Table 9-B. including height minimum and
maximums in feet.
TABLE 9-B: WALL/FENCE DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Location Height Visual Permeability
Required above 2 ft. from
Within front yard 6 ft. max.
sidewalk grade
Side or rear yard 8 ft. max. n/a 9-8 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE FORM-BASED ZONES

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