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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shuttle transportation to and from such off- more buildings.
campus facilities. C. Impacts of the loading area on adjacent uses
B. The ratio of commuter students to resident outside the University of Southern Maine
students. Overlay Zone.
C. The use of centrally located on-campus parking
facilities so situated that students, faculty, staff 8.6.8 Signage
and visitors arriving on campus can reasonably Signs shall comply with the requirements of Article
be expected to park in the central facilities and 19, except as those regulations are modified or
walk to their various on-campus destinations augmented below:
during the course of a school day. A. Signs shall be designed in accordance with
D. Shared use of a single parking facility by two or signage standards promulgated by the
more buildings when the peak parking demand university, providing for a unified and ADA-
period for such buildings do not overlap. compliant campus-wide system for
E. Development and implementation of a parking identification, orientation, and regulatory
management plan which discourages on-street signage.
parking. On-street parking shall not be used to B. Banners are allowed as follows:
satisfy the university’s parking demand. 1. Generic banners containing the logo and
F. Development and implementation of programs colors of the university, used for
designed to reduce the number of automobiles decorative purposes.
parking on campus, such as ride share 2. Banners used for advertising university
programs and incentives for use of bicycles and events, which can be displayed for a
public transportation. maximum of four weeks prior to and one
week following the event.
8.6.7 Loading
The amount of loading area required for any 8.6.9 Design principles and standards
university building shall be determined by the All development in the University of Southern Maine
Planning Board during site plan review, based on a Overlay Zone is subject to the requirements
campus-wide analysis, treating all contiguous lots contained within the City of Portland Design
owned by the university as one lot. In determining Manual.
the amount of loading space required for any
university building, the Planning Board may take into 8.7 WAYNFLETE SCHOOL OVERLAY
account factors such as: 8.7.1 Purpose
A. The use of centrally located on-campus loading The intent of this section is to establish a Waynflete
facilities so situated that vehicles making School Overlay Zone which protects the value and
deliveries can load and unload in the central integrity of established residential neighborhoods,
facilities, provided no single location is establishes clearly defined boundaries beyond which
overburdened with loading facilities. residential conversions cannot occur and results in
B. Shared use of a single loading facility by two or no net loss of dwelling units, while allowing 8-42 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE OVERLAY ZONES

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