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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between the outer corners of the              development shall further ease the
           designated street wall.                       transition to and from the campus.
     b.    Publicly accessible corridors need not     b. Public open space will ease transition
           be linear and may have necessary              from the smaller scale of Sherwood
           grade changes.                                Street. A transition onto the campus
     c.    Any building wall situated along a            will also be accomplished through
           publicly accessible corridor shall be         thoughtful façade design at the
           designed to provide sufficient                pedestrian level. Potential nuisance
           architectural and graphic amenities to        features like dumpsters, air handlers,
           provide visual interest, transparency         and parking will be appropriately
           between interior activities and               screened. Buildings will avoid blank
           pedestrian activity, or active uses and       walls to respect the adjacent
           relate the building, and its use to           neighborhood and facilitate a sense of
           passersby.                                    permeability and welcome.
     d.    Publicly accessible corridors shall:       c. The shoreline transition area between
            i. Include bicycle and pedestrian            the buildings and the water will serve as
                amenities such as benches and            meaningful public open space. Building
                other seating;                           facades facing the water will be
            ii. Be illuminated to levels that are        considered public-facing, with views
                adequate but not excessive for           designed for interest from the water
                the safety, comfort, and                 and Eastern Promenade Trail.
                conveniences of occupants and         d. The transition area between the
                users of the site, and                   campus and I-295 contains a height
            iii. Provide access to the public            limitation of 75 feet along the edge and
                during regular operating hours of        between the highway and the B&M
                the institute.                           Cannery Building, preserving the
     e.    The Roux Institute may close off public       historic view of the building from the
           access to a publicly accessible corridor      highway and easing the transition to
           during special events or when                 the greater allowable building heights in
           determined necessary by the institute         the center of campus.
           for security or public safety purposes.    e. The transition area along the edge of
7.   Transitions and buffers                             the campus adjacent to the rail
     a. The campus is surrounded by existing             corridor also contains a height
          buffers, with I-295 to the west, state-        limitation of 75 feet along the edge of
          owned vacant parcels to the north, the         the property closest to the residential
          rail corridor and marine business to the       neighborhood, further easing the
          east, and Casco Bay to the south. In           transition to the greater allowable
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