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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c. Freestanding signs shall not adversely development of dense, mixed-use
affect visibility at intersections or neighborhoods with attractive, safe,
access drives. and convenient street-level pedestrian
d. Sign lighting shall be downwardly environments. New development along
directed, internally-illuminated and/or the Eastern Waterfront should avoid
shielded to avoid glare and light large monolithic massing along all
spillover towards the sky. street frontages and should promote
e. Signs shall not be affixed to rooftop permeability through and within the
mechanicals, mechanical penthouses development at a scale compatible with
or other rooftop appurtenances the existing street networks of the
unless those appurtenances have Eastern Waterfront. Where new
been screened and integrated into structures are larger than buildings
the architecture of the development. characteristically found in Portland’s
2. On-site directional traffic signage may be waterfront, horizontal and vertical
provided to enable users to safely and variation should be used to break large
easily navigate into, around and out of the expanses of building into components
site. Directional signage shall not that are in scale with the context to
adversely affect visibility at intersections which they most closely relate.
on or off the site. b. Development in the R-P Residential
I. Design standards Professional Zone, where there is a
1. Development of certain types and/or discernable architectural style or
proposed in certain zones, as specified character to existing structures in the
below, are subject to the design standards immediate vicinity in which the
of the City of Portland Design Manual in development is proposed, shall not be
order to ensure that building and site design incongruous to that established style or
contribute to and enhance the goals and character.
policies for specific zones within the City. c. Development in the B-1/B-1b, B-2, and B-
The City of Portland design standards are 2b zones shall provide an established
listed in the City of Portland Design Manual, street wall with entrances and public
which is incorporated by reference as part portions of the building oriented to and
of the City of Portland Land Use Code. If the directly accessible from the public
development is located in a historic district sidewalk and shall be designed and
or associated with a historic landmark, City scaled to be compatible with
of Portland Historic Preservation standards surrounding residential and commercial
shall supersede: development.
a. Development in the B-3, B-5, B-5b, and d. Development in the University of
B-7 zones and in the B-6 and EWPZ Southern Maine (USM) Overlay Zone
zones shall be designed to support the shall be designed to support a cohesive CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 14-17 SITE PLAN

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