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.   The Planning Board or Planning Authority           and vessel berthing nor interfere with
        shall find at a minimum that the proposed          marine operations.
        development:                                  2.   The plan shall, at a minimum, illustrate the
        a.   Retains street corridor views as              following information:
             extended across Commercial Street             a.   Location of all existing and proposed
             from the Portland peninsula.                       structures, rights-of-way, common
        b.   Retains panoramic views of the water               circulation drives, access-ways,
             from Commercial Street to the extent               sidewalks, pier edges, floats, and
             practicable.                                       docks, showing the entire lot in the
        c.   Where loss of existing public views to             context of its respective pier.
             the water is shown to be necessary for        b.   Existing and proposed off-street
             the reasonable development of the                  parking, labeled with associated uses.
             site, the developer provides                  c.   Facilities for the loading and unloading
             alternative public views to the water              of goods and materials.
             through newly established view                d.   Regularly occurring exterior activities
             corridors or publicly accessible                   including but not limited to the
             pedestrian ways. Such pedestrian ways              storage of material, equipment and
             shall not interfere with existing or               vehicles, yard area, outdoor seating,
             potential water-dependent uses, nor                and on-site waste management.
             shall they endanger the public through        e.   Signage showing parking use,
             uncontrolled proximity to industrial               wayfinding, and posted operational
           activity.                                            restrictions.
O. Operations and access management plan                   f.   Plan narrative detailing how the
   1.   Any new development, including changes                  standards listed below are achieved,
        of use or expansion of uses in the                      tenant/landlord communication
        Waterfront Central Zone, shall submit a                 protocols, private enforcement
        scaled plan and accompanying narrative                  actions to be employed to ensure plan
        that demonstrates waterfront access and                 compliance, and the responsible
        functional accommodation for water-                     parties representing the property
        dependent uses. The plan shall                          owner.
        demonstrate consistency with the              3.   The operations and access management
        hierarchy of waterfront uses, as further           plan shall be reviewed by the Planning
        detailed in Subsection 10.3.1, with non-           Authority.
        marine and marine-related uses being          4.   In addition to the information above, the
        subordinate in placement and disposition           plan shall demonstrate compliance with
        to water-dependent uses, and designed so           the following standards:
        as not to impede access to the pier edge           a.   Off-street parking is subject to the
                                                                limitations described in Subsection CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 10-19 WATERFRONT ZONES
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