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Portland City Code ch. 14

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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland City Code ch. 14
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objects that have been designated as landmarks       J.   To inform and educate the citizens of Portland
     or districts, including all information required          concerning the cultural, historic, architectural,
     as part of each designation.                              and archeological heritage of the city by
E.   Upon request, to advise and assist owners of              publishing appropriate maps, newsletters,
     landmarks and property, sites, structures, or             brochures, and pamphlets and by sponsoring
     objects within districts on physical and financial        programs and seminars.
     aspects of preservation, renovation,                 K.   To hold meetings and public hearings to review
     rehabilitation, and reuse and for procedures for          applications for Certificates of Appropriateness
     inclusion on other registers of significant areas,        affecting proposed or designated landmarks
     sites, structures, and objects, including the             and districts and to recommend approval or
     National Register of Historic Places.                     disapproval of Certificates of Appropriateness.
F.   To recommend to the Planning Board the               L.   To provide testimony to the Board of Appeals
     nomination of areas, sites, structures, and               in connection with any application for a
     objects to the National Register of Historic              Certificate of Economic Hardship.
     Places or to any State of Maine Register of          M. To develop design guidelines affecting
     Historic Places that may be established.                  landmarks or districts for review and approval
G. To participate in the Certified Local                       by the Planning Board.
     Government Program of the National Historic          N. To advise the Planning Board as to
     Preservation Act Amendments of 1980 and the               recommendations on any preservation or
     Maine Historic Preservation Commission, and               conservation easements that the City of
     carry out any responsibilities delegated to it            Portland may have or be offered as a gift or
     under that program, including review and                  otherwise.
     comment on any National Register nominations         O. To advise the Planning Board as to the
     submitted to the Historic Preservation Board.             administration of such gifts, grants, and money
H. To seek funding for which the City of Portland              as may be appropriated for the purposes of this
     is eligible through the Certified Local                   article upon authorization and approval by the
     Government Program to assist in local                     City Council.
     preservation projects, including projects            P.   To provide comment, as appropriate, to the
     undertaken by local non-profit organizations.             Planning Board and/or City Council on matters
I.   To, upon request by the City Council,                     pertaining to historic preservation in Portland.
     participate in any review of federal actions or      Q. To confer recognition upon the owners of
     undertakings pursuant to Section 106 of the               landmarks or properties, sites, structures, or
     National Historic Preservation Act, attend                objects within districts by means of certificates,
     informational and educational programs                    plaques, or markers.
     sponsored by the Maine Historic Preservation         R.   To assist the Planning Board in the
     Commission, and prepare an annual report of               development of a preservation component in
     the activities of the Historic Preservation               the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Portland.
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