Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code 2.
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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2. Towers within a single development site that adds visual interest to the Portland
shall be separated to avoid the appearance skyline. This does not apply to towers in
of a tall, solid block massing. the B-3 zone located north of Cumberland
3. All portions of buildings above 125 feet in Avenue.
height shall be separated a minimum 2. No habitable floor area shall be created
distance of 75 feet, measured parallel to within the building envelope provided by
any applicable street frontage. an architectural cap, unless the following
4. On development sites of 500 feet or standards are met:
greater as measured parallel to Marginal a. A minimum of 50% of such habitable
Way, the aggregate building façade widths floor area is devoted exclusively to
above 85 feet shall not exceed 50% of the one or more uses open to the public,
total development site distance parallel to such as a restaurant, atrium, or
Marginal Way. Buildings over 125 feet in viewing area.
height that are being reviewed as separate b. The primary design intent and
phases shall be entitled to meet the 50% expression of the architectural cap
building requirement in aggregate for all shall determine whether additional
such buildings over 125 feet in height, floor area is created. Such floor area
provided that view corridors are retained should be clearly incidental to the
as each phase is built. design expression, rather than a
continuation of floor plates found
below the architectural cap.

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