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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or public hearing. The owner of a nominated        16.3.4 Planning Board review and
    property shall be allowed reasonable                   recommendation
    opportunity to present testimony or evidence       A. The Planning Board shall hold a public hearing
    concerning the applicability of the criteria for       to review the nomination of a historic district
    historic designation in Subsection 16.2.2. In          or historic landscape district and the
    considering evidence, the Board shall also             recommendation from the Historic
    recognize oral histories and cultural                  Preservation Board. The Board may hold one
    contributions, particularly from Indigenous and        or more workshops prior to the public hearing.
    marginalized communities, as valid forms of        B. All meetings, hearings, and deliberations of the
    evidence for historic significance.                    Planning Board to consider the nomination, and
C. If the Historic Preservation Board finds that           recommendation and report of the Historic
    documentation and analysis necessary for the           Preservation Board shall be held in conformity
    consideration of the nomination has not been           with Article 2.
    provided as part of the nomination, such           C. The Planning Board may request that the chair
    documentation shall be provided prior to               of the Historic Preservation Board, or a
    further consideration by the Historic                  member designated by the chair, appear at a
    Preservation Board. For properties and sites of        meeting to explain the recommendation or
    significance to Indigenous peoples and                 report.
    historically marginalized communities, the         D. Following the close of the public hearing, the
    Historic Preservation Board shall accept oral          Planning Board shall make a recommendation
    traditions, community knowledge, and cultural          to the City Council upon the evidence as to
    practices as part of the documentation.                whether the nomination meets the criteria for
D. Following the close of the public hearing, the          historic designation in Subsection 16.2.2. Such
    Historic Preservation Board shall make a               recommendation shall be accompanied by:
    recommendation to the City Council in the              1.   The report of the Historic Preservation
    case of a landmark, or to the Planning Board in             Board.
    the case of a historic district or historic            2.   A report containing findings by the
    landscape district, as to whether the nominated             Planning Board as to whether the criteria
    buildings, structures, objects, sites, or areas             for historic designation in Subsection 16.2.2
    meet the criteria for historic designation in               have been met, as well as any
    Subsection 16.2.2. Such recommendation shall                recommended changes to the scope of the
    be accompanied by a report containing findings              nomination.
    by the Historic Preservation Board as to
    whether the criteria for historic designation in   16.3.5 City Council consideration
    Subsection 16.2.2 have been met, as well as any    A. Following the receipt of a Historic Preservation
    recommended changes to the scope of the                Board recommendation and report in the case
    nominated historic designation.                        of a landmark nomination, or Planning Board
                                                           recommendation and report in the case of a 16-4 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
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