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9 November 201 0
To : Mayor Dave Romero and SLO City Councilmember s
From : Deborah Cash, Executive Director, SLO Downtown Associatio n
Re : Historic Preservation Ordinanc e
The Downtown Association Board of Directors at its meeting today, voted t o
unanimously support the recommendation of the Economic Activities Committee
regarding the Historic Preservation Ordinance with revisions that you will be discussin g
at tonight's meeting .
The recommendation was submitted to Kim Murry last week with the comment that i t
had not yet received board approval and was therefore a committee recommendation tha t
would be reviewed by the Board . The purpose of this memo is to provide documentatio n
of that subsequent action by the Board today . The memo is attached to this document .
Thank you for your consideration of the Downtown Association's concerns and for you r
efforts in establishing preservation measures for our city's historic properties .
Attachment : Memo to Kim Murry, November 2, 201 0
Cc :
SLO Downtown Association Board of Director s
Kim Murry, Deputy Director, Long Range Planning
Robert Horch, City Parking Manager/Downtown Champio n
2 November 2010
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To : Kim Murry, Deputy Director, Long Range Planning
MEETING AGEND A
Community Development, City of SLO
DATE '1/TAO ITEM # Pei
From : Deborah Cash, Executive Director, SLO Downtown Association
Re :
Historic Preservation Ordinanc e
The Downtown Association Economic Activities Committee recently reviewed the draft
updated Historic Preservation provided on October 19 .
The consensus of the committee was that the changes included in the ordinance ar e
acceptable and likely to achieve a high level of community acceptance .
There are two recommendations the committee would like to submit for the Council's
consideration, although at this point in time, these recommendations have not bee n
reviewed nor approved by the Board of Directors which meets next on November 9 .
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However, the committee feels confident that the recommendations warrant consideratio n
and will be asking for board support at that time .
These are :
(Page 26)
Section D .
Violation — Penalty .Every property owner and/o r
responsible party, as defined in this chapter who violates provisions of this chapter i s
subject to penalty as set forth in chapter 1 .12 or administrative enforcement as set fort h
under chapter 1 .24 of this code .
Comment: While it seems the intent of the modification to the formerly presente d
ordinance is to eliminate the monetary penalty section of the ordinance associated wit h
the demolition of historic resources, the language in this section does continue t o
reference penalties and it is not clear whether they remain or not . The committee feels
this section should clearly spell out what violations are being referenced and if penaltie s
are actually eliminated or if they are just shifted to another section .
(Page 9)
46 .
Responsible party :any person, business, corporation or entity ,
and the parent or legal guardian of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, wh o
has committed, permitted, directed or controlled any act constituting a violation of thi s
ordinance .
Comment : A responsible party should designate only someone who has ownership o r
control of the property . This is not clearly spelled out and could seemingly be applied to
someone who is working on a property at the direction of a property owner but wh o
should not be held liable for violating the ordinance if following the direction of th e
owner.
Thank you for considering these comments for next Tuesday's night public hearing .
After the SLO Downtown Board of Directors meets on Tuesday, I will provide additiona l
information regarding board support of these comments .
CC : SLO Downtown Association Board of Director s
Economic Activities Committe e
Robert Horch, City SLO