Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code
Parent Document: Portland Land Use Code
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Original Source: https://www.portlandmaine.gov/asset/a5dcd1dc-4117-40b3-b3da-74a56919e14b ↗

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7 DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS Building length. The linear dimension of a building
façade, measured along a street frontage.
7.1 APPLICABILITY Passageways, breezeways, and similar building
Construction, alterations, and additions to connections are included in the calculation of total
structures and buildings are governed by this article, building length. On sites with multiple buildings,
except when superseded by other applicable laws or building length shall only be measured on buildings
ordinances. It is the intent that, when in doubt, this abutting a street frontage.
article should be interpreted to accommodate the
goals of the City’s Comprehensive Plan and other Build-to percentage. The percentage of the
plans. building façade that must be located within a build-
to zone. Façade articulation meeting the standards
7.2 RULES OF MEASUREMENT of this Code, such as window or wall recesses and
Blank wall area. The horizontal linear dimension of projections, are included as part of the required
contiguous building façade, measured along a street build-to percentage even when they are recessed
frontage, that does not contain fenestration, doors, beyond the build-to zone. Plazas, outdoor dining,
change in wall plane, or other architectural or and other public open space features that are
material embellishment. Any wall less than five feet bounded by a building façade parallel to the
in height is not considered to be a blank wall. frontage are counted as meeting the build-to
percentage. Build-to percentage is calculated as a
ratio of the total building length of a principal
structure, not street frontage. FIGURE 7-A: BLANK WALL AREA

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