Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code
Parent Document: Portland Land Use Code
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
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of the following: protection of existing In addition to the generally applicable provisions of
water-dependent uses, preservation of Article 7 of this Land Use Code, lots in the EWPZ
future water-dependent use development shall be subject to the following requirements:
opportunities, contribution to the A. Minimum lot size: None
development of and/or on-going B. Minimum frontage: None
maintenance of the marine infrastructure C. Minimum yard dimensions:
for commercial vessels, and visual and 1. Front setback: None
physical access to the waterfront for the 2. Side setback: None
general public. 3. Rear setback: None
5. The non-marine portion of the 4. Setback from pier line: Notwithstanding
development will not significantly restrict the above requirements, a minimum
air or light for marine uses located in the setback of 25 feet from the edge of any
immediate vicinity; will not create pier, wharf or working edge of the
significant adverse local climatic effects on hardened shoreline shall be required for
marine uses such as an undue increase of any structure, provided that marine
winds or shadowing; and will not adversely offices, as defined in Section 10.2.3(B)(12),
affect the efficient operation of marine may be located up to five feet from the
uses, such as by producing less efficient edge of any pier, wharf, or working edge of
traffic, parking or circulation patterns. the hardened shoreline. The setback area
6. The rezoning contains adequate provisions may be utilized for water-dependent uses,
and/or conditions to ensure that on-site and public uses and activities, subject to
water-dependent infrastructure remains the provisions of Subsections 10.2.2 and
occupied by commercial marine use(s) 10.2.4, and shall not be utilized for non
listed in Subsections 10.2.3 and 10.2.4 and water-dependent uses, or for off-street
that said use is not abandoned after the parking. The edge of any pier, wharf or
project is developed. bulkhead shall include any attached
B. Notwithstanding the off-street parking apron(s).
standards of Article 13, all on-site parking D. Maximum impervious surface: 100%
constructed or used for non-marine uses E. Maximum building height: 45 feet, except as
allowed only by contract or conditional follows:
rezoning shall be subject to the conditional use 1. For purposes of this subsection only,
provisions Subsection 10.2.4(C)(5). Additionally, moveable elements such as cranes and
the total amount of parking shall be established gantries, connection devices such as
by the City Council in the conditional or conveyors or bridges, and floating vessels
contract rezoning agreement after shall not be subject to the space and bulk
consideration of the Planning Board’s requirements, but shall be subject to a
recommendation. determination by the Federal Aviation
10.2.7 Dimensional requirements. Administration that the location of such CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 10-7 WATERFRONT ZONES

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