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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District. A historic district or historic landscape Noncontributing. A classification applied to a site,
district. structure, object, or portion thereof, within a
historic district signifying that: 1) it does not
Historic district. A geographically definable area contribute generally to the qualities that give the
possessing a significant concentration, linkage, or historic district cultural, historic, architectural, or
continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects archaeological significance as embodied in the
united historically or by past events or aesthetically criteria for designating a historic district; 2) was
by plan or physical development. A district may also built within 50 years of the date of district
comprise individual elements separated designation unless otherwise designated in the
geographically but linked by association or history. historic resources inventory; or 3) where the
location, design, setting, materials, workmanship,
Historic landscape district. A geographically and association have been so altered or have so
definable area possessing a significant deteriorated that the overall integrity of the site,
concentration, linkage, or continuity of landscape structure, or object has been irretrievably lost. A
components which are united by human use and portion of an otherwise contributing or landmark
past events or aesthetically by design, plan or structure may be determined by the Historic
physical development.
Preservation Board to be non-contributing if it
meets one or more of the above conditions.
Historic Resources Design Manual. A manual
including guidelines for meeting historic
Object. Anything constructed, fabricated, or
preservation ordinance review standards and other
information. created, the use of which does not require
permanent or semi-permanent location on or in the
Landmark. Any property, site, structure, or object ground.
of particular historic, architectural, or
archaeological significance to Portland, the State of Ordinary maintenance. Acts of maintenance or
Maine and/or the United States relating to its repair which do not include a change in the design,
cultural, social, economic, political, or architectural material, or outer appearance of a structure,
heritage, or which is associated with historic including without limitation repainting, replacement
persons, important events or themes in local, state, of materials or windows of the same scale, texture
or national history. and color, and landscaping other than within an
historic landscape district.
New construction. The adding to a structure by an
addition, the erection or placement of any new Preservation. The act or process of applying
structure on a lot or property, or the measures necessary to sustain the existing form,
comprehensive redesign/renovation of an existing integrity, and materials of an historic property.
structure. Work, including preliminary measures to protect
and stabilize the property, generally focuses upon
the ongoing maintenance and repair of historic 17-2 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE HISTORIC PRESERVATION

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