Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code
Parent Document: Portland Land Use Code
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Original Source: https://www.portlandmaine.gov/asset/a5dcd1dc-4117-40b3-b3da-74a56919e14b ↗

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archeological resources may or may F. Exterior lighting
not be recognized by the Maine 1. Site lighting
Historic Preservation Commission as a. All exterior site lighting shall be full
significant and shall include the cutoff with no light emitted above the
following: horizontal plane or spilled onto
i. Original seawall structure adjacent properties. Illumination levels
located landward of Commercial shall be adequate but not excessive
Street. for the safety, comfort, and
ii. Inactive historic family cemetery convenience of occupants and users
plots. of the site, and shall conform to the
iii. Historic railroad beds including lighting standards of the Technical
but not limited to the Portland- Manual.
Lewiston interurban railroad. b. Where light from a proposed
iv. Original structure and/or development may adversely impact
landforms associated with the adjacent residential properties,
Cumberland and Oxford Canal. exterior lighting shall employ building-
v. Buried portions of colonial and side shielding.
post-colonial period structures 2. Architectural and specialty lighting.
or built features located on the a. Architectural and specialty lighting of
Portland Peninsula predating the such features as architectural details,
Great Fire of 1866. monuments, public art, or other site
vi. Pre-colonial occupation sites features shall be designed to
identified by shell middens or illuminate specific details or attributes
other evidence. only and shall meet the lighting
vii. Sites listed or eligible for listing standards of the Technical Manual.
on the National Register of b. Up-lighting by any method is
Historic Places. prohibited except for public buildings
c. In order to preserve archeological and parklands; clock towers and
resources, the review authority may steeples; landscape features;
waive standards listed in the City of designated historic landmarks; flags of
Portland Technical Manual where state, federal, or national jurisdictions;
necessary if it is determined that such and public art. Such light fixtures,
a waiver would not jeopardize the brackets, conduits, and all other
health, safety, or welfare of the components shall be designed by a
development’s occupants, the public, lighting professional and shall be
or the natural environment. scaled and placed to minimize their
visibility and installed in accordance 13-14 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE SITE PLAN

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