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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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Department of Public Works in accordance                   wastes shall not be permitted for more than 45
     with Chapter 24, Article III of the City of                days.
     Portland Code of Ordinances. All private              J.   Urban design. Construction of new structures
     sewage disposal or private wastewater                      located within 35 feet of the southerly edge of
     treatment facilities shall comply with the                 Commercial Street between Maine Wharf and
     provisions of Chapter 24, Article II of the City of        the easterly property line of the City fish pier
     Portland Code of Ordinances and federal and                shall conform to the guidelines set forth in the
     state environmental statutes and regulations               Downtown Urban Design Guidelines, unless
     regarding wastewater discharges.                           such structures are also located within 100 feet
E.   Storage of vehicles. Storage of any                        of the water. Such structures that are also
     unregistered automotive vehicle on the                     located within 100 feet of the water shall
     premises for more than 60 days shall not be                conform to the extent practicable to the
     permitted.                                                 Downtown Urban Design Guidelines.
F.   Landfill of docking and berthing areas. Landfill      K.   Pier and wharf expansions. In addition to
     of docking and berthing areas shall be                     meeting Harbor Commission and Coast Guard
     governed by 38 M.R.S. § 480-A through 480-                 requirements for navigation, any expansion or
     HH, and permitted only if the landfill does not            extension of a pier and or wharf in the
     reduce the amount of linear berthing areas or              Waterfront Central Zone shall demonstrate its
     space, or berthing capacity. If approved,                  compatibility with fixed route ferry service and
     construction shall be undertaken using                     emergency vessel operations.
     methods approved by the Department of                 L.   Public view protection
     Public Works and shall be accomplished in a                1.   Any new development in the Waterfront
     manner so as to ensure that a stable and                        Central Zone shall perform a public view
     impermeable wall of acceptable materials will                   impact analysis for review and approval by
     completely contain the fill material and will not               the Planning Board or Planning Authority
     permit any fill material to leach into docking                  as a condition of site plan approval. The
     areas or navigable waters.                                      analysis shall:
G. Off-street parking and loading. No off-street                     a.   Demonstrate the project’s adherence
     parking or loading shall be required under                           to the Portland View Corridor
     Article 19.                                                          Protection Plan (City of Portland
H. Lighting. All lighting on the site shall be                            Comprehensive Plan, 2002) to the
     shielded such that direct light sources shall not                    extent practicable.
     unreasonably interfere with vessels transiting                  b.   Promote the public’s visual access to
     the harbor nor have an unreasonable adverse                          the water through sensitive building
     impact on adjacent residential zones.                                placement.
I.   Storage of pollutants and oily wastes.
     On-premises storage of pollutants and oily CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 10-19 WATERFRONT ZONES