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Portland, ME Code of Ordinances ch. 14, art. VII, §§ 14-565–14-582

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Portland, ME Code of Ordinances ch. 14, art. VII, §§ 14-565–14-582
Parent Document
Portland, ME Code of Ordinances ch. 14, art. VII, §§ 14-565–14-582
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Portland (municipal)

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institutional signage or awnings or             proposed exterior changes to a structure are
                  architectural lighting.                         not readily visible at pedestrian heights from
          h.      Exterior utilities including mechanical,        any public way or public open space. Where a
                  HVAC, plumbing, and electrical, where           Certificate of Appropriateness is required for
                  placed on elevations readily visible            such changes, it shall be limited to those
                  from a public way.                              portions of the structure or structures so
     3.   Installation or alteration of any exterior              visible.
          sign.
     4.   Any relocation of a landmark or                    17.7.3 Alterations or new construction within
          contributing structure within a district.               historic landscape districts
B.   There shall be a rebuttable presumption that all        A Certificate of Appropriateness shall be obtained
     structures within a district shall be contributing      before any site alteration or new construction
     unless the designation report and Historic              within a historic landscape district may be
     Resources Inventory expressly identifies                undertaken, except where a Certificate of Non-
     otherwise. Where the Planning Authority or the          Applicability has been issued or where construction
     owner believes that the identification is               or alteration is pursuant to a master plan approved
     erroneous, the Historic Preservation Board              by a prior Certificate of Appropriateness within five
     shall determine whether the structure is                years of commencement and where the master plan
     noncontributing.                                        is sufficiently detailed to guide the specific work