Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14
Parent Document: Portland City Code ch. 14
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Original Source: https://www.portlandmaine.gov/asset/ae8cabd1-66eb-4a1c-9224-92bbca5e792f ↗

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Street Historic District, or historic conducted in consultation with the
landscape district, such development shall City’s historic preservation program
be generally compatible with the major and Maine Historic Preservation
character-defining elements of the Commission. For resources of state
landmark or portion of the district in the significance, excavation and
immediate vicinity of the proposed documentation shall be conducted by
development. Character-defining elements a qualified professional, in
of landmarks and historic districts are coordination with Maine Historic
identified in the historic resources Preservation Commission. Local
inventory and respective historic district archeological resources may or may
designation reports. For the purposes of not be recognized by the Maine
this provision, “compatible” design shall be Historic Preservation Commission as
defined as design which respects the significant and shall include the
established building patterns and visual following:
characteristics that exist in a given setting i. Original seawall structure
and, at the same time, is a distinct product located landward of Commercial
of its own time. To aid the review authority Street.
in its deliberations, Historic Preservation ii. Inactive historic family cemetery
staff shall provide a written analysis of the plots.
proposed development’s immediate iii. Historic railroad beds including
context, identifying the major character- but not limited to the Portland-
defining elements and any established Lewiston interurban railroad.
building patterns that characterize the iv. Original structure and/or
context. landforms associated with the
3. All development shall document and Cumberland and Oxford Canal.
protect state or local archaeological v. Buried portions of colonial and
resources known to exist or discovered on post-colonial period structures
the site. or built features located on the
a. Protection shall include leaving Portland Peninsula predating the
archaeological resources untouched Great Fire of 1866.
beneath a new development through vi. Pre-colonial occupation sites
adaptation of foundation design or identified by shell middens or
architectural layout. other evidence.
b. Where the applicant can demonstrate vii. Sites listed or eligible for listing
that complete protection is not on the National Register of
feasible, the applicant shall excavate Historic Places.
and document archeological c. In order to preserve archeological
resources. Such measures shall be resources, the review authority may CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 14-15 SITE PLAN

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