Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code 2.
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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2. Significant events or activities. Location as National Register of Historic Places Bulletins in
a site of a significant historic, prehistoric, interpreting and applying the criteria for
or cultural event or activity. historic designation under Subsections
3. Significant persons. Identification with a 16.2.2(A) and (B).
person or persons who significantly
contributed to the cultural, historic, 16.2.3 Classifications within historic
architectural, archaeological, or related designations
aspect of heritage. A. The buildings, structures, objects, and sites
4. Significant design or construction. Embody within a historic designation may be classified
the distinctive characteristics of a as contributing or noncontributing.
significant type, style, design, period, or B. A contributing classification shall only be
method of construction. applied to a building, structure, object, or site
5. Significant designer. Identification as a which:
significant example of the work of an 1. Was built at least 50 years prior to the date
architect, designer, engineer, artisan, or of historic designation, or was built within
builder. a period of significance specified in the
6. Significant theme. Representation of a nomination for historic designation;
significant cultural, historic, architectural, 2. Is found to have a relationship with or
archaeological, or related theme expressed physically embody the qualities that give
through distinctive areas, sites, structures, the historic designation cultural, historic,
or objects that may or may not be architectural, or archaeological
contiguous. significance as embodied in the criteria for
B. Any nominated building, structure, object, site historic designation from Subsection
or area must also be found to retain sufficient 16.2.2(A) specified in the nomination for
integrity of location, design, setting, materials, historic designation; and
workmanship, feeling, and association to 3. Retains sufficient integrity to communicate
convey its significance with respect to the that significance as defined in Subsection
applicable criteria for historic designation as 16.2.2(B).
defined in Subsection 16.2.2(A). C. Where a landmark overlaps with a historic
C. The Planning Board and City Council shall apply district or historic landscape district, the
the criteria for historic designation of contributing buildings, structures, objects, and
Subsections 16.2.2(A) and (B) above, the sites of the landmark shall be classified as
historic preservation goals included in the contributing to the historic district or historic
Comprehensive Plan, and may consider the landscape district.
effect of such historic designation on other D. If a building, structure, object, or site does not
aspects of the Comprehensive Plan of the City. meet Subsection 16.2.3(B) or (C) it shall be
D. The Historic Preservation Board, Planning classified as noncontributing.
Board, and City Council may refer to the 16-2 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE HISTORIC PRESERVATION

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