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Portland City Code ch. 14

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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland (municipal)

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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
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