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Portland City Code ch. 14

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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland (municipal)

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apply to vibration resulting from activities               material and will not permit any fill material to
     aboard a vessel or from railroad vehicle                   leach into docking areas or navigable waters.
     activities, or from activities on a pile-supported    H. Off-street parking and loading. Off-street
     pier.                                                      parking and loading is subject to provisions as
D. Federal and state environmental regulations.                 provided in Article 19.
     All uses shall comply with federal and state          I.   Shoreland and Flood Plain Management
     environmental statutes and regulations                     regulations. Any lot or a portion of a lot
     regarding emissions into the air, except where             located in a Shoreland Zone as identified on the
     provisions of this code are more stringent.                City zoning map or in a flood hazard area shall
E.   Discharges into harbor areas. No discharge                 be subject to the requirements of Articles 11
     into harbor water areas shall be permitted,                and 12.
     unless permitted by the Maine Department of           J.   Lighting. All lighting on the site shall be
     Environmental Protection under a waste                     shielded such that direct light sources shall not
     discharge license and as approved by the                   interfere with vessels transiting the harbor, nor
     Department of Public Works in accordance                   have an unreasonable adverse impact on
     with Chapter 24, Article III of the City of                adjacent residential zones, and shall be
     Portland Code of Ordinances. All private                   compliant with the site lighting standards of the
     sewage disposal or private wastewater                      City of Portland Technical Manual.
     treatment facilities shall comply with the            K.   Signs. Signs shall be permitted as set forth in
     provisions of Chapter 24, Article II of the City of        Article 20.
     Portland Code of Ordinances and federal and           L.   Storage of pollutants and oily wastes. On-
     state environmental statutes and regulations               premises storage of pollutants and oily wastes
     regarding wastewater discharges.                           shall not be permitted for more than 45 days.
F.   Storage of vehicles. Storage of any                   M. Compatibility of non-marine uses with
     unregistered automotive vehicle on the                     marine uses. Non-marine uses, structures, and
     premises for more than 10 days shall not be                activities, including but not limited to access,
     permitted.                                                 circulation, parking, dumpsters, exterior
G. Landfill of docking and berthing areas.                      storage, and loading facilities or other
     Landfill of docking and berthing areas shall be            structures shall neither unreasonably interfere
     governed by 38 M.R.S. § 471-478, and permitted             with the existence or operation of marine uses
     only if the landfill does not reduce the amount            nor significantly impede access to vessel
     of linear berthing areas or space, or berthing             berthing or other access to the water by
     capacity. If approved, construction shall be               existing or potential marine uses.
     undertaken using methods approved by the              N. Functional utility of piers and access to the
     Department of Public Works and shall be                    water’s edge. All development, whether for
     accomplished in a manner so as to ensure that              marine or non-marine uses, must anticipate
     a stable and impermeable wall of acceptable                current and future needs of water-dependent
     materials will completely contain the fill                 uses to functionally access the water’s edge for CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 10-9 WATERFRONT ZONES