Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code 10.
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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10.3.4 Conditional uses and telecommunication switching stations, are
The uses identified in below shall be allowed as permitted under the following conditions:
conditional uses in the Waterfront Central Zone, 1. The facility is located more than 100 feet
subject to the standards below, as well as applicable from the water’s edge.
standards within Article 6 of this Code. 2. The facility occupies no more than 50
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, square feet of structure above ground.
the Planning Board shall be substituted for the 3. The facility provides no dedicated on-site
Board of Appeals as the review authority. parking and all subsurface elements of the
A. Commercial marine conditional uses facility are installed and operated such that
1. Fish by-products processing, provided that: land occupied by the facility is otherwise
a. Any fish by-products processing usable and made available for marine uses,
facility has a valid rendering facility including but not limited to parking, travel
license under Chapter 12 of the City of ways, and/or storage.
Portland Code of Ordinances. 4. The facility shall be sized, sited and
b. Any existing fish by-products facility screened to minimize visual impact and
shall employ current and appropriate prominence from public ways.
odor control technology (and any new C. Wind energy systems
fish by-product use shall employ
current, available odor control 10.3.5 Prohibited uses
technology) to eliminate or minimize Uses which are not enumerated in either
detectable odors from such a process, Subsections 10.3.3 or 10.3.4 as permitted or
and in no case shall odors exceed the conditional uses are prohibited. Uses enumerated in
odor limitation performance Subsection 10.3.3(E) shall be considered prohibited
standards of Section 6.8.7. uses outside of the Commercial Street Subdistrict.
c. The processing of other material Those uses that are prohibited shall include, without
wastes or by-products shall not be limitation:
deemed a lawful accessory use under A. Residential uses.
any other provision of this article. B. Hotels, motels, hostels, bed and breakfasts,
2. Boat rack storage facilities, provided that: inns, lodging houses, tourist homes, short-term
a. No parking for the use is provided on- rentals, or boatels.
site. C. Auditoriums, civic centers, convention centers,
b. Boat rack structures shall not exceed or other meeting facilities not accessory to an
10,000 square feet of building otherwise permitted use.
footprint. D. Drinking establishments, private clubs, or non-
B. Utility substations. Public utility substations, profit social and recreational clubs.
including but not limited to electrical E. Ground mounted telecommunication towers,
transformers, sewage, and stormwater pumps, antennas, and/or disks. CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 10-13 WATERFRONT ZONES

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