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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3. Proportion of principal facades. The structures, objects, and sites of the historic
relationship of the width to the height of designation.
the principal facades shall be visually 4. Relationship of materials. The relationship
compatible with the contributing buildings, of the color and texture of materials (other
structures, objects, and sites of the historic than paint color) of the principal facades
designation when viewed from any street shall be visually compatible with the
or public open space. predominant materials used on the
4. Roof shape. The roof shape of the addition contributing buildings, structures, objects,
or new construction shall be visually and sites of the historic designation.
compatible with the contributing buildings, C. Relationship to street
structures, objects, and sites of the historic 1. Walls of continuity. Facades and site
designation when viewed from any street features, such as masonry walls, fences,
or public open space. and landscape masses, shall, when it is a
5. Scale. The size and mass of the addition or characteristic of the context, form
new construction in relation to open cohesive walls of enclosure along the
spaces, windows, doors, porches, and street to ensure visual compatibility with
balconies shall be visually compatible with the contributing buildings, structures,
the contributing buildings, structures, objects, and sites of the historic
objects, and sites of the historic designation.
designation when viewed from any street 2. Rhythm and spacing along streets. The
or public open space. relationship of the addition or new
B. Composition of principal facades construction to the open space between it
1. Proportion of openings. The relationship and adjacent buildings, structures, objects,
of the width to height of windows