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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of the development shall be designed to             2.   The bulk, location, or height of proposed
          conform with the sanitary sewer and storm                buildings and structure shall minimize, to
          drain and water supply standards of the                  the extent feasible, any substantial
          Technical Manual.                                        diminution in the value or utility to
     4.   All development within 200 feet of a public              neighboring structures under different
          sanitary collection and treatment system                 ownership and not subject to a legal
          shall connect sanitary sewer lines into the              servitude in favor of the site being
          nearest available public sewer. If a public              developed.
          sanitary collection and treatment system is         3.   Development shall locate all HVAC venting
          not available, a private wastewater system               mechanisms to direct exhaust away from
          may be used according to the                             public spaces and residential properties
          requirements of Chapter 24 of the City                   directly adjacent to the site.
          Code and the sanitary sewer and storm          B.   Shadow. All development outside the B-3, B-5,
          drain standards of the Technical Manual.            B-6 and B-7 zones shall be designed to avoid
     5.   All residential development of 20 units or          and/or mitigate the adverse impacts of shadows
          more, commercial development, and                   cast by new structures or building additions
          industrial development shall provide for            from falling on publicly accessible open space
          the temporary storage and timely removal            in accordance with the shadow standards of
          of all trash and recyclable materials               the Technical Manual.
          including, at a minimum, paper, corrugated     C.   Snow and ice loading. All development shall
          cardboard, plastics, and metals. Storage            be designed to prevent significant amounts of
          containers for recyclable materials shall be        accumulated snow and ice from loading or
          separated from trash containers. All                falling onto adjacent properties or public ways.
          exterior storage of trash and recyclables      D. View corridors. The massing, location, and
          shall be screened from view from public             height of development shall not substantially
          sidewalks, streets, and adjacent properties.        obstruct public view corridors identified in the
                                                              Downtown Vision View Corridor Protection
14.6.4 Site design standards                                  Plan.
A.   Massing, ventilation, and wind Impact               E.   Historic resources
     1.   The bulk, location, or height of proposed           1.   When developments affect designated
          buildings and structures shall not result in             landmarks or lie within designated historic
          health or safety problems from a reduction               districts or historic landscape districts,
          in ventilation to abutting structures or                 such development shall be required to
          changes to the existing wind climate that                obtain a Certificate of Appropriateness
          would result in unsafe wind conditions for               under Article 17.
          users of the site and/or adjacent public            2.   When any part of a proposed development
          spaces.                                                  is within 100 feet of any designated
                                                                   landmark, historic district, except the India 14-14 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE SITE PLAN
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