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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10.4.6 Dimensional requirements performance standards. All uses in the Waterfront
In addition to the generally applicable provisions of Port Development Zone shall comply with the
Article 7 of this Land Use Code, lots in the following standards:
Waterfront Port Development Zone shall be subject A. Outdoor storage of materials. Outdoor
to the requirements of Table 10-B. storage of commodities and materials
accessory to normal conduct of business,
10.4.7 Additional bulk, height, and location except pilings and/or cranes, shall be permitted
standards. to a maximum height of 45 feet, and such
Moveable elements or connection devices may materials shall be entirely contained, including
exceed the maximum height limits set forth in Table runoff contaminants and residual material,
10-B, subject to the following: within a designated area within the lot
A. Moveable elements such as cranes and gantries, boundaries.
and connection devices such as conveyors or B. Noise.
bridges shall not be subject to the space and 1. The level of sound, measured by a sound
bulk requirements, but shall be subject to a level meter with frequency weighting
determination by the Federal Aviation network (manufactured according to
Administration that the location of such standards prescribed by the American
equipment will not create a hazard to National Standards Institute, Inc.),
navigation. inherently and recurrently generated
B. The applicant shall provide a determination within the Waterfront Port Development
from the Federal Aviation Administration that Zone between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and
structures and equipment will not exceed the 7:00 a.m. from industrial facilities or
applicable height guidelines for the runway operation commenced on or after July 1,
approach and will not create a hazard to 1988, shall not exceed 55 decibels on the A
navigable airspace. Such a determination shall scale at or within the boundaries of any
be accepted as conclusive evidence that the residential zone, except for sound from
proposed development will not create a hazard. construction activities, sound from traffic
C. For each lot, at least one view corridor of at on public streets, sound from temporary
least 90 feet in width shall be left unbuilt to activities such as festivals, and sound
preserve a clear line of sight between West created as a result of, or relating to, an
Commercial Street and the water. emergency, including sound from
emergency warning signal devices.
10.4.8 Performance standards 2. In measuring sound levels under this
Proposals in the Waterfront Port Development subsection, sounds with a continuous
Zone that qualify for site plan review shall submit, in duration of less than 60 seconds shall be
addition to site plan submission requirements (if measured by the maximum reading on a
applicable), an impact mitigation narrative sound level meter set to the A weighted
summarizing how the project meets the applicable scale and the fast meter response (L 10-24 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE WATERFRONT ZONES

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