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 ↗

Full Text

3,938 chars

rather than on conjectural designs or the following standards are further described in the
availability of different architectural elements Historic Resources Design Manual and shall guide
from other structures or objects. the board in its review.
G. The surface cleaning of structures and objects, A. Scale and form
if appropriate, shall be undertaken with the 1. Height. The proposed height shall be
gentlest means possible. Chemical or physical visually compatible with surrounding
treatments, such as sandblasting, that cause structures when viewed from any street or
damage to historic materials shall not be open space and in compliance with any
undertaken. design guidelines.
H. Every reasonable effort shall be made to 2. Width. The width of a building shall be
protect and preserve significant archaeological visually compatible with surrounding
resources affected by or adjacent to any structures when viewed from any street or
project. If resources must be disturbed, open space and in compliance with any
mitigation measures shall be undertaken. design guidelines.
I. Contemporary design for alterations and 3. Proportion of principal facades. The
additions to existing properties shall not be relationship of the width to the height of
discouraged when such alterations and the principal elevations shall be visually
additions do not destroy significant cultural, compatible with structures, public ways,
historical, architectural, or archaeological and open spaces to which it is visually
materials that characterize the property. The related.
new work shall be differentiated from the old 4. Roof shapes. The roof shape of a structure
and shall be compatible with the size, scale, shall be visually compatible with the
color, material, and character of the property, structures to which it is visually related.
neighborhood or environment. 5. Scale of a structure. The size and mass of
J. Wherever possible, new additions or alterations structures in relation to open spaces,
to structures and objects shall be undertaken in windows, door openings, porches, and
such a manner that, if such additions or balconies shall be visually compatible with
alterations were to be removed in the future, the structures, public ways, and places to
the essential form and integrity of the historic which they are visually related.
property would be unimpaired. 6. Applicability to Congress Street Historic
District. In the Congress Street Historic
17.8.3 Standards for review of new construction District, for new construction within the B-
In considering an application for a Certificate of 3 zone, the Historic Preservation Board
Appropriateness involving new construction, the shall not impose conditions more
Historic Preservation Board and the Planning Board restrictive than the dimensional
shall apply the following general standards as may requirements of the B-3 zone.
be applicable to the context of the proposed 7. Applicability to India Street Historic
construction. The intent and application of the District. For new construction within the 17-18 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Other Sections in This Document (541)

Full Text