Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Source: Official source
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D. Acquired significance. Changes which may structure, object, or site. New work shall be
have taken place in the course of time are differentiated from the old and shall be
evidence of the history and development of the compatible with the size, scale, color, material,
building, structure, object, or site. Changes that and character of the building, structure, object,
have acquired significance in their own right or site. Contemporary design for alterations
shall be retained and preserved. and additions shall not be discouraged when
E. Distinctive features. Distinctive features, such alterations and additions do not destroy
finishes, and construction techniques or significant materials or features that
examples of skilled craftsmanship which characterize the building, structure, object, or
characterize the building, structure, object, or site.
site shall be retained and preserved. J. Reversibility. Wherever possible, new
F. Repair rather than replace. Deteriorated additions or alterations to the building,
historic features shall be repaired rather than structure, object, or site shall be undertaken in
replaced wherever feasible. Where the severity such a manner that, if such additions or
of deterioration requires replacement of a alterations were to be removed in the future,
distinctive feature, the new feature should the essential form and integrity of the building,
match the feature being replaced in structure, object, or site would be unimpaired.
composition, design, texture, and other visual
qualities and, where possible, materials. Repair 16.6.4 Standards for review of additions and new
or replacement of missing historic features construction
should be based on accurate duplications of In considering an application involving additions or
features, substantiated