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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the transfer of goods, materials, and passengers B. Water-dependent and marine-related support
between berthed vessels and land bound uses by their nature have activities and
vehicles. Provisions for the storage and operational needs that are unique to this area
movement of goods, materials, and passengers and are not shared by other commercial and
must be designed into all waterside industrial uses in the city. These first and
development and internal circulation routes second priority uses and related activities may
must be maintained or otherwise provided as result in noise, odor, dust, hours of operation,
an element of any development. parking, and traffic patterns and traffic control
needs that are necessary for the convenient
10.3 WATERFRONT CENTRAL ZONE (WCZ) and successful conduct of such uses. Other
10.3.1 Purpose uses may not be compatible with these types of
A. The Waterfront Central Zone was created to effects. Other specified uses are permitted in
protect and nurture water-dependent and the Waterfront Central Zone, provided that
marine-related support uses so that they may they do not significantly interfere with the
grow and prosper in the present and into the activities and operation of water-dependent
future in an environment and area dedicated to and marine-related support uses. Such uses
this purpose. The following priority of uses is must be, and are assumed to be, aware of the
recognized: impacts associated with marine uses and
1. The first priority of this zone is to protect therefore must accept and be tolerant of them.
and nurture existing and potential Other specified uses in the zone shall
water-dependent uses in a setting that accommodate to those patterns and needs of
enforces their continued economic the higher priority uses so long as those higher
viability. priority uses are not detrimental to public
2. The second priority is to encourage other health and safety and the higher priority
marine and marine-related support uses so activities are conducted in accordance with
long as they do not interfere with sound practices or practices customary in the
water-dependent uses, either directly by trade.
displacement or indirectly by placing C. Commercial Street is recognized as an
incompatible demands on the zone’s important economic center for the city and
infrastructure. region. Marine-compatible uses are
3. Non-marine uses are encouraged provided encouraged to locate and grow along
that they do not interfere with and are not Commercial Street while higher priority marine
incompatible with first and second priority uses are protected on the waterfront.
uses. Non-marine uses are beneficial to the
waterfront economy because they provide 10.3.2 Definitions
the financial return to property owners For the purposes of the Waterfront Central Zone
necessary for the maintenance and only, the following terms shall have the following
improvement of the marine infrastructure. definitions: 10-10 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE WATERFRONT ZONES

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