Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14
Parent Document: Portland City Code ch. 14
Jurisdiction: 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

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