Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14
Parent Document: Portland City Code ch. 14
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
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C. Upon nomination, the Planning Authority shall property within a nominated district shall be
notify the owner or owners of the nomination allowed reasonable opportunity to present
and shall transmit the nomination to the testimony or evidence concerning the
Historic Preservation Board for its preliminary applicability of the designation criteria in
consideration at a scheduled meeting, which in Section 17.4.
no event shall be held later than 60 days
following nomination. 17.5.4 Recommendation by Historic Preservation
D. If documentation and analysis that is necessary Board
for the consideration of a given designation has A. Within 45 days following the close of the public
not been provided at the time of nomination, hearing, the Historic Preservation Board shall
such documentation shall be completed prior make recommendation to the City Council in
to further consideration by the Historic the case of a landmark, or to the Planning
Preservation Board of the nominated landmark, Board in the case of a district, upon the
district, or historic landscape. evidence as to whether the nominated
E. At any time after a complete nomination is filed landmark or district meets the criteria for
for an historic district, the owner of a structure designation in Section 17.4. Such
who seeks a permit for demolition may apply to recommendation shall be approved by at least
the Historic Preservation Board for a four members of the Historic Preservation
determination that the structure to be Board and shall be accompanied by a report to
demolished is noncontributing and eligible for a the City Council and/or Planning Board
demolition permit. The determination of the containing the following information:
Historic Preservation Board that the structure 1. Explanation of the significance or lack of
is eligible for a permit shall be conclusive. significance of the nominated landmark or
district as it relates to the criteria for
17.5.3 Notification of nomination and public designation.
hearing 2. Explanation of the integrity or lack of
A. A public hearing on the nomination shall be integrity of a nominated landmark or
held by the Historic Preservation Board historic district.
following one or more preliminary workshops 3. Proposed design guidelines for review of
of the Historic Preservation Board. alteration or construction may be
B. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance recommended. The specific design
with procedures adopted by the Historic guidelines may provide explanation by text
Preservation Board. The Historic Preservation and/or schematic examples of visual
Board shall consider all testimony or evidence compatibility for purposes of complying
relating to the designation criteria in Section with Section 17.8.
17.4 from any person who makes written 4. Relationship of the nominated landmark or
submissions or appears at the public hearing. district to the ongoing effort by the
The owner of a nominated landmark or of Historic Preservation Board to identify and 17-6 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE HISTORIC PRESERVATION

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