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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Notwithstanding the above, the following activities            4.     Any associated electrical equipment is not
shall be considered exempt:                                           installed on street-facing facades.
A. Work consisting solely of ordinary                     I.   Ground-mounted heat pumps and HVAC
     maintenance, being acts of upkeep or repair               equipment where:
     which do not include a change in the design,              1. Exterior units are installed at least 30’ from
     material, or outer appearance of a building,                   public rights-of-way or behind the street-
     structure, object, or site such as repainting of               facing facades of the associated building or
     previously painted surfaces or in-kind                         structure, whichever is a greater distance,
     replacement of materials or plantings.                         and
B. Work consisting solely of emergency repair of a             2. Any associated line hides, conduit, vents, and
     temporary nature.                                              other equipment or penetrations are not
C. Work approved under a valid certificate of                       installed on street-facing facades.
     economic hardship.                                   J.   Installation of temporary buildings, structures,
D. Work where the Planning Authority determines                or objects for a period of less than eight
     that the proposed exterior changes are not                consecutive months, unless such installation
     readily visible at pedestrian heights from any            otherwise meets a threshold for review
     public way or public open space.                          established in Table 16-A.
E.   Installation of new public artworks approved or      K. Demolition of non-contributing buildings,
     acquired through the City of Portland Public              structures, objects, or sites.
     Art Program.                                         L.   Relocation of non-contributing buildings,
F.   Changes in plantings or vegetation outside of             structures, or objects to a property outside any
     historic landscape districts and minor changes            historic designation boundary.
     in plantings or vegetation within historic           M. Interior work of any kind.
     landscape districts.
G. Alterations to existing grave markers or tombs         16.5.2 Review classifications
     made for the purpose of recognizing additional       A. Applications shall be subject to administrative
     decedents or installation of grave markers or             or Historic Preservation Board review
     tombs recognizing new interments within an                according to the classifications in Table 16-A.
     existing cemetery.                                   B. The Planning Authority may, due to the scope
H. Roof-mounted solar energy systems where the                 or anticipated impacts of a project, reclassify an
     system:                                                   administrative review to a Historic Preservation
     1.   Is consistent with all other city                    Board review.
          requirements,                                   C. At any point in the review process, an applicant
     2.   Is installed reversibly with no damage to            may request that the Planning Authority
          any historic roofing materials,                      reclassify the application from administrative to
     3.   Is not installed on street-facing roof planes        Historic Preservation Board review.
          on landmarks or contributing buildings or
          structures, and CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 16-7 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
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