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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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Portland (municipal)

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the Historic Preservation Board approves a            of fire, accidental catastrophic damage, or a
         development for the site as consistent with           natural disaster.
         the Historic Resource Design Standards as        G. Enforcement
         applied to a new building prior to the                1.   The Planning Authority and Building
         conclusion of the 12-month delay period.                   Authority are each specifically authorized
         Examples of such proposals may include                     to institute any and all actions and
         but are not limited to:                                    proceedings, in law or in equity, as they
         a.   Demolition of a portion of the building               deem necessary and appropriate to obtain
              while maintaining the principal                       compliance with the requirements of this
              structure and/or most architecturally                 subsection, or to prevent a threatened
              significant portion of the building.                  violation thereof.
         b.   Demolition of the Preferably                     2.   No building permit shall issue for a new
              Preserved Building but with a                         building on any premises where a
              replacement proposal that is                          significant building is voluntarily
              acceptably contextual in the                          demolished in violation of this ordinance
              surrounding neighborhood. In this                     for a period of two years after the date of
              case, the Board may condition                         demolition.
              demolition on construction of a             H. Reporting. A demolition review shall be
              project substantively consistent with            reported to the City Council annually as a
              the approved replacement proposal,               communication.
              and any substantive variation from
              that plan would be treated as a             8.8 PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITIES DISTRICT (PAD)
              violation under (G) below.                       OVERLAY
         c.   Notwithstanding the initial                 The following restrictions shall apply in the
              determination, demonstration by the         Pedestrian Activities District (PAD) Overlay Zone,
              applicant, substantiated by the written     which shall include street frontages as delineated on
              opinion of a licensed engineer with         the PAD Overlay Zone map.
              experience in renovation, restoration
              or rehabilitation and confirmed by the      8.8.1 Permitted uses
              Building Authority, that the structural     A.   At least 75% of the street level frontage of a
              condition of the building is so severe           building on a street located within the PAD
              as to make it infeasible to rehabilitate.        Overlay Zone must be occupied, and, at
F.   Emergency demolition. Nothing in this                     minimum, the floor area to be occupied shall
     subsection shall interfere with the ability of the        be 75% of the street level frontage multiplied
     Building Authority to permit demolition of                by a 20 foot depth, by:
     buildings determined dangerous to life or                 1.   Retail as permitted in the B-3 zone.
     property due to a condition that pre-dates the            2.   General services.
     effective date of this subsection or is the result        3.   Hotels. 8-28 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE OVERLAY ZONES