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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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a.   Off-street parking is subject to the                e.   Facilities for the loading and unloading
     limitations described in Subsection                      of goods shall account for the
     10.3.7 (A)(“55% Rule”). Off-street                       frequency of use and vehicle type and,
     parking spaces intended for use by                       to the extent possible, minimize
     water-dependent uses shall be sited as                   impacts to pedestrian and vehicle
     close as reasonably possible to                          circulation patterns.
     associated vessels and/or ground-floor              f.   Provisions for the storage and
     lease area.                                              movement of goods and materials
b.   Proposals for new non-marine                             shall be designed into all pier edge
     parking, accessory to an otherwise                       development. Circulation routes must
     permitted use in the WCZ, shall                          be maintained or otherwise provided
     submit a parking analysis for all uses                   as an element of all development. The
     on the subject lot, justifying the                       siting, design, and circulation of non-
     number of non-marine spaces based                        marine uses, particularly those allowed
     upon the proposed use and                                on first floors, shall accommodate
     demonstrating sufficient parking                         reasonable access for pedestrians,
     supply for marine uses. If sufficient                    vehicles, and freight transfer to and
     parking is not available to marine uses,                 from berthed vessels.
     off-street parking for non-marine uses              g.   Non-marine uses shall provide a
     shall not be permitted.                                  dedicated pedestrian route between
c.   Off-street parking, loading facilities,                  the proposed use and Commercial
     and access ways designated for water-                    Street, and shall seek to minimize
     dependent uses shall be exclusive to                     conflict with vehicle traffic.
     such uses, except that, if not being
     occupied by water-dependent tenants,       10.4 WATERFRONT PORT DEVELOPMENT
     such parking may be made available to          ZONE (WPDZ)
     non-marine uses between the hours          10.4.1 Purpose
     of 5:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. Any such        Transport of goods by water to and from Portland
     shared parking arrangements shall be       is an important component of both the local and
     documented in the operations and           regional economy. This commerce is dependent
     access management narrative                upon land with direct access to the dredged deep-
     described above, and clearly signed        water channel of the Fore River and Portland
     on-site.                                   Harbor. The Port of Portland is integral to the City’s
d.   All properties providing commercial        economic, cultural and fiscal health. This zone exists
     berthing shall demonstrate reasonable      to ensure the continued viability of the Port of
     opportunities to load and unload           Portland. Uses in the Waterfront Port Development
     vessels from the subject lot.              Zone, while governed by the similar performance
                                                standards as other industrial zones, are primarily CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 10-21 WATERFRONT ZONES