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Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)

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Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)
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necessitate another hearing and shall not provide notice of any decision of the Historic
invalidate any action of the board. Preservation Board to the applicant.
C. Procedures. The Historic Preservation Board
may adopt procedural rules for the conduct of 2.2.9 Jurisdiction and authority
its business not inconsistent with the statutes The Historic Preservation Board shall have the
of the state and this article. Any rule may be following jurisdiction and authority:
vetoed, in whole or in part, by order of the A. To conduct or administer an ongoing survey to
Council within 45 days of the date of filing with identify historically, culturally, architecturally,
the City Clerk. No rules change shall take effect and archaeologically significant buildings,
until that time period has elapsed. If a part of a structures, objects, sites, and areas with special
rule is vetoed, the remainder shall continue in attention to Indigenous and historically
effect. Any rule so adopted, which is not marginalized heritage.
required by the statutes of the state or by this B. To review buildings, structures, objects, sites,
article, may be waived by the chair upon good and areas nominated for local historic
cause being shown. Except as otherwise designation, and to make recommendations to
provided in Subsection 2.2.7, all meetings, the Planning Board and City Council for their
hearings, and deliberations of the Historic designation as landmarks, historic districts, and
Preservation Board and its committees shall be historic landscape districts as applicable.
open to the public in accordance with Title 1 C. To participate in the Certified Local
M.R.S. § 401 et seq. Testimony at any hearing Government Program of the National Historic
may be required by the Historic Preservation Preservation Act