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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from view from public sidewalks, uncovered asphalt parking area
streets and adjacent properties by (including drive aisles), planted in
dense evergreen and deciduous landscaped islands to screen, shade,
landscaping, fencing, architectural and break up parking. Trees and
screening products, masonry walls, shrubs in parking lots may be in
building walls, or a combination informal groups, straight rows, or
thereof. concentrated in clusters as described
b. Where immediately visible from the in the landscaping standards of the
right-of-way, surface parking areas Technical Manual.
shall be screened with dense b. Landscaped islands shall be
evergreen and deciduous landscaping, distributed so that uninterrupted
fencing, or masonry wall in pavement does not exceed forty
accordance with the landscaping parking spaces.
standards of the Technical Manual. c. Where site constraints prevent
c. For nonresidential development implementation of all or a portion of
abutting a residential zone, an required parking lot landscaping, as
evergreen, densely landscaped buffer determined by the review authority,
of not less than 10 feet in depth and the reviewing authority may approve
six feet tall is required along the side an alternative as described in the
abutting the residential zone. In cases landscaping standards of the
where architectural fencing is used, Technical Manual.
the depth of the landscaped buffer 4. Non-vehicular hardscape. All uncovered
may be reduced, so long as the paving for non-vehicular use, including
fencing is at least six feet in height and pathways and patios, must either have a
a mix of evergreen and deciduous minimum Solar Reflective Index (SRI) of 33
trees spaced no further than 20 feet initially and 28 once aged three years or
apart is planted abutting the include one tree for every 750 square feet
residential zone. of asphalt paving.
d. All residential development shall 5. Street trees
provide and/or preserve evergreen a. All development shall include one
vegetated buffers where necessary to street tree per 25-35 linear feet of
buffer the development from frontage along a city right-of-way or
detrimental impacts of existing private roadway as specified in the
surrounding development. landscaping standards of the
3. Parking and vehicle display lot landscaping Technical Manual. The provision of
a. Developments with more than five measures to enhance tree survival
parking spaces shall include at least (such as raised planters, irrigation, and
one tree for every 750 square feet of 13-10 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE SITE PLAN

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