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Portland City Code ch. 14

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Portland City Code ch. 14 6.
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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland (municipal)
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6.   Its representation of a significant cultural,    workmanship to make it worthy of preservation or
          historic, architectural, archaeological, or      restoration.
          related theme expressed through
          distinctive areas, sites, structures, or         17.4.3 Designation of historic landscape districts
          objects that may or may not be                   An historic landscape district may be nominated
          contiguous.                                      and considered for designation only if the entire
B.   In the case of a nominated historic district, the     area of the district is owned by a unit of federal,
     Historic Preservation Board shall also                state, or local government, or any combination of
     determine whether there is an interrelationship       such ownership.
     of resources within it which creates an
     identifiable entity, even if composed of a wide       17.5 NOMINATION, CONSIDERATION AND
     variety of resources. A district must convey a             DESIGNATION
     visual sense of the overall historic environment      17.5.1 Procedure
     or be a grouping of historically or functionally      The provisions of this section shall govern the
     related properties. A historic district can           nomination, consideration, and designation of
     comprise both individually distinctive historic       landmarks and districts.
     resources and historic resources that may lack
     individual distinction but which contribute to        17.5.2 Initiation of nomination
     the significance and visual character of the          A.   Nomination of an area, site, structure, or object
     district as a whole.                                       for consideration of designation as a landmark,
C.   In the case of a nominated historic landscape              historic district, or historic landscape district
     district, the Historic Preservation Board shall            shall be submitted to the Planning Authority by
     also consider its significance as a geological,            the following:
     natural, or designed landscape associated with             1.   Any two members of the Historic
     the development, heritage, or culture of the                    Preservation Board on their own initiative,
     City of Portland, State of Maine, New England                   by written notice to the Planning
     region, or the United States.                                   Authority, or
D. The Planning Board and City Council shall apply              2.   By written petition of any owner, in the
     the criteria of (A), (B), and (C) above as well as              case of a landmark, or
     historic preservation goals included in the                3.   By written petition of one or more owners
     Comprehensive Plan, but shall also consider the                 of affected property in the case of a
     effect of such designation on other aspects of                  district, provided two members of the
     the Comprehensive Plan of the City.                             Historic Preservation Board must sponsor
                                                                     the petition.
17.4.2 Integrity of landmarks and historic districts       B.   A nomination shall be completed and filed with
Any area, structure, or object that meets the criteria          the Planning Authority with all required
in Section 17.4.1 must also have sufficient integrity of        signatures for the nomination to be pending.
location, design, condition, materials, and CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 17-5 HISTORIC PRESERVATION