Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14 2.
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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2.   The Planning Board or Planning Authority           and vessel berthing nor interfere with
         shall find at a minimum that the proposed          marine operations.
         development:                                  2.   The plan shall, at a minimum, illustrate the
         a.   Retains street corridor views as              following information:
              extended across Commercial Street             a.   Location of all existing and proposed
              from the Portland peninsula.                       structures, rights-of-way, common
         b.   Retains panoramic views of the water               circulation drives as defined in
              from Commercial Street to the extent               Subsection 10.3.2, access-ways,
              practicable.                                       sidewalks, pier edges, floats, and
         c.   Where loss of existing public views to             docks, showing the entire lot in the
              the water is shown to be necessary for             context of its respective pier.
              the reasonable development of the             b.   Existing and proposed off-street
              site, the developer provides                       parking, labeled with associated uses.
              alternative public views to the water         c.   Facilities for the loading and unloading
              through newly established view                     of goods and materials.
              corridors or publicly accessible              d.   Regularly occurring exterior activities
              pedestrian ways. Such pedestrian ways              including but not limited to the
              shall not interfere with existing or               storage of material, equipment and
              potential water-dependent uses, nor                vehicles, yard area, outdoor seating,
              shall they endanger the public through             and on-site waste management.
              uncontrolled proximity to industrial          e.   Signage showing parking use,
              activity.                                          wayfinding, and posted operational
M. Operations and access management plan                         restrictions.
    1.   Any new development, including changes             f.   Plan narrative detailing how the
         of use or expansion of uses in the                      standards listed below are achieved,
         Waterfront Central Zone, shall submit a                 tenant/landlord communication
         scaled plan and accompanying narrative                  protocols, private enforcement
         that demonstrates waterfront access and                 actions to be employed to ensure plan
         functional accommodation for water-                     compliance, and the responsible
         dependent uses. In accordance with                      parties representing the property
         Portland’s Plan 2030, the plan shall                    owner.
         demonstrate consistency with the              3.   The operations and access management
         hierarchy of waterfront uses, as further           plan shall be reviewed by the Planning
         detailed in Subsection 10.3.1, with non-           Authority.
         marine and marine-related uses being          4.   In addition to the information above, the
         subordinate in placement and disposition           plan shall demonstrate compliance with
         to water-dependent uses, and designed so           the following standards:
         as not to impede access to the pier edge 10-20 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE WATERFRONT ZONES
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