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CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE AGENDA REPORT
SUBJECT: 285 BUENA VISTA (ARCH-0416-2023) - ADDITION TO A SINGLE-FAMILY
DWELLING (CONTRIBUTING LIST RESOURCE)
BY: Walter Oetzell, Assistant Planner FROM: Brian Leveille, Senior Planner
Phone Number: (805) 781-7593 Phone Number: (805) 781-7166
Email: woetzell@slocity.org Email: bleveille@slocity.org
APPLICANT: Cheryl O'Conner REPRESENTATIVE: Monique Grajeda
RECOMMENDATION
Provide a recommendation to the Community Development Director regarding the
consistency of the proposed project with applicable historical preservation policies,
standards, and guidelines.
1.0 BACKGROUND
The applicant proposes to construct an
addition to a single-family dwelling
designated as a Contributing List Historic
Resource (see Project Plans, Attachment
A). As provided by the City’s Historic
Preservation Ordinance, the application
is subject to review by the Cultural
Heritage Committee (CHC), and the
Committee will make a recommendation
to the Community Development Director
as the consistency of the proposed work
with the City’s historical preservation
policies (§14.01.030).
2.0 DISCUSSION
Site and Setting
The property is a residential parcel on the north side of Buena Vista Avenue in the
Monterey Heights neighborhood. Monterey Heights was subdivided in 1925 using an
innovative more "naturalistic" approach to creating the neighborhood, following a popular
movement of the early 1920s and 1930s pioneered by Landscape Architect Frederick
Law Olmsted, and featuring pocket parks and curvilinear streets, a layout that deviated
from the traditional street grid patterns common at the time. 1
1 Discussion summarized from the May 8, 2008 Council Agenda Report prepared for nomination of
Monterey Heights properties for historic listing, available online at:
http://opengov.slocity.org/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=32214
Meeting Date: 11/8/2023
Item Number: 4b
Time Estimate: 45 Minutes
Figure 1: 285 Buena Vista Ave, street (south) elevation
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Between 2005 and 2007, the Cultural Heritage Committee surveyed several
neighborhoods for potential historic resources, including Monterey Heights. Following the
survey, eight properties were added to the Inventory of Historic Resources by the City
Council in May 2008; one as a “Master List Property,” and seven, including the subject
property, as “Contributing Properties," with adoption of Resolution 9983 (Attachment B).
The Contributing Properties were found to contribute to the historic and architectural
character of the City and to meet the criteria for inclusion on the Contributing Properties
List due to their age, retention of original architectural character, and contribution to the
architectural and historical character of the Monterey Heights neighborhood . Property
owners were notified of the survey and proposed listings, explaining:
“… Contributing properties listing is primarily an honorary designation.
Changes to Continuing properties are allowed and require architectural or
historical review to ensure that significant exterior changes maintain the
building’s original character.” (Correspondence to Property Owners
regarding Nominations, April 11, 2008, see Attachment B)
285 Buena Vista Avenue
The property is developed with a single-story three-bedroom dwelling constructed in
1931, and a detached garage structure behind the house. Significant alterations to the
property appear to be limited to a small addition (148 square-feet, bath and guest room),
permitted in 1987. City records (see Attachment C) describe the dwelling as Tudor
Revival / Storybook in style, noting several of its characteristic features, including:
Steeply-pitched gable roof; wood shingles
Small decorated gables on front elevation
Rough-finished stucco siding
Rectangular windows; fixed pane windows with diamond-shaped divided lites
Raised front porch within gabled extension; brick arcade opening and quoins
Two brick chimneys (only one remaining)
Ornamental windows and canales (decorative tile vents) in gable faces
Half-timbering effects
Project Description
The applicant proposes to construct an addition of about 250 square feet in area to the
front of the dwelling (see Project Plans, Attachment A. and Figure 2), extending the façade
at its southeast corner toward the front of the building by about 14 feet, to accomm odate
an expanded kitchen. The addition will replace the existing front gable on the right side of
the building façade with a larger and taller gable feature, projecting about seven feet in
front of the remaining wall plane. Plans depict half -timber decoration and replacement
windows with diamond-pattern.
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The deck in front of the kitchen, and the double doors leading to it, will also be extended
to the front. A new gable feature is introduced to the left side of the façade, at the Living
Room, and is proposed to accommodate a bay window. The existing small gable in the
east wall of the building is retained and incorporated into the new addition, but the other
east-facing gable in the middle of the building (behind the porch gable) will be obscured
(see Figure 3).
3.0 EVALUATION
The General Plan sets out, in the Conservation and Open Space Element (COSE), the
City’s goals and policies for historical and architectural resources (COSE §3.2). These
policies are implemented by the Historic Preservation Ordinance (SLOMC Ch. 14.01) and
the supporting Historic Preservation Program Guidelines (HPPG). The Guidelines, in turn,
rely on evaluation of consistency with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the
Treatment of Historic Properties (SOI Standards).2
General Plan www.slocity.org/government/department-directory/community-
development/planning-zoning/general-plan
HPO www.slocity.org/home/showpublisheddocument/4142/635497652808330000
HPPG www.slocity.org/home/showpublisheddocument/4144/635497652811770000
SOI Standards www.slocity.org/home/showpublisheddocument/16940/636413316321170000
2 Kay D. Weeks and Anne E. Grimmer. The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring & Reconstructing Historic
Buildings. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service; Technical Preservation
Services, 2017
Figure 2: Front (South) Elevation: existing (left), proposed (right)
Figure 3: Right Side (East) Elevation: existing (left), proposed (right)
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General Plan
3.3.1. Historic preservation
Significant historic and architectural resources should be identified, preserved
and rehabilitated
3.3.2. Demolitions
Historically or architecturally significant buildings shall not be demolished or
substantially changed in outward appearance, unless doing so is necessary to
remove a threat to health and safety and other means to eliminate or reduce the
threat to acceptable levels are infeasible
3.3.4. Changes to historic buildings
Changes or additions to historically or architecturally significant buildings should
be consistent with the original structure and follow the Secretary of the Interior’s
Standards for the Treatment of Historic Buildings. […] The street appearance of
buildings which contribute to a neighborhood's architectural character should be
maintained
The property is included in the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources as a Contributing
List Resource.3 As discussed in more detail below, the focus of interest with the work
proposed under this application is the change in the outward appearance of the dwelling,
including its street appearance, and whether the work can be considered consistent with
guidance provided in SOI Standards.
Historic Preservation Program Guidelines
3.4.1(d) Additions
Additions to listed historic structures should maintain the structure’s original
architectural integrity and closely match the building’s original architecture, or
match additions that have achieved historic significance in their own right, in
terms of scale, form, massing, rhythm, fenestration, materials, color and
architectural details
3.4.1(f) Consistency required
Alterations to listed historic resources shall be approved only upon finding that the
proposed work is consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the
Treatment of Historic Properties, any required historic preservation report,
General Plan policies, the Historic Preservation Ordinance, and these Guidelines
3 Contributing List Resources or Properties: Buildings or other resources at least 50 years old that maintain
their original or attained historic and architectural character, and contribute, either by themselves or in
conjunction with other structures, to the unique or historic character of a neighborhood, district, or to the
City as a whole (Historic Preservation Ordinance).
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Proposed work for minor additions and alterations to historically listed structures must be
consistent with guidelines for Changes to Historic Resources set out in § 3.4 of the
Historic Preservation Program Guidelines. These guidelines are concerned with the
retention of character-defining features of the structure and its integrity, with consistency
and compatibility in form, style, and character, and with the consistency of proposed work
with SOI Standards. In addition to information from the City’s Historic Context Statement,
the Guidelines provide details about the characteristic features of the Tudor Revival style
(see Attachment D), which include:
Asymmetrical façade; varied eave line height
Plaster, stucco, or brick exterior siding, typically with half -timbering
Steeply (pitched) gable and hipped roofs; prominent front-facing gable
Wooden shingles, occasionally imitating thatch
Tall, narrow divided-light windows, casement or double-hung sash
May display picture windows with leaded diamond panes
Small gabled entry porch, often with arched openings
Stone or brick accents or faux quoining
The proposed addition and alterations are situated on the primary building elevation
visible from the street. Although the roofline and the scale and arrangement of gabled
roof forms is altered, the design of the addition is intended to continue the Tudor Revival
Style, retaining an asymmetrical façade, stucco siding, steep gables, including a
prominent front-facing gable, and characteristic diamond-paned windows and brick
accents.
The Committee should consider whether the proposed addition is a close match to the
building’s original Tudor Revival architecture, such that the structure’s original
architectural integrity4 is maintained, as directed by HPPG § 3.4.1 (d). Opportunity may
exist for refinements to ensure a close match, including close attention to the height and
slope of the new primary gable feature (on the east side of the building) to achieve
appropriate form and proportion, the appropriateness of the new secondary gable on the
west side of the building, and the scale and form of the proposed new bay window. The
Committee’s recommendation to the Director may include guidance on these or other
refinements, to be addressed in greater detail with final action on the application.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards
1. A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal
change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces and spatial relationships.
2. The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive
materials or alteration of features, spaces and spatial relationships that characterize a property
will be avoided.
4 Integrity, Architectural or Historical: the ability of a property, structure, site, building, improvement or
natural feature to convey its identity and authenticity, including but not limited to its original location,
period(s) of construction, setting, scale, design, materials, detailing, workmanship, uses and association
(Historic Preservation Ordinance).
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5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of
craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved.
9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic
materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will
be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size,
scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.
SOI Standards provide general guidance about new exterior additions to historic
buildings:
… the Rehabilitation guidelines emphasize that new additions should be
considered only after it is determined that meeting specific new needs
cannot be achieved by altering non-character-defining interior spaces. If the
use cannot be accommodated in this way, then an attached exterior addition
may be considered. New additions should be designed and constructed so
that the character-defining features of the historic building, its site, and
setting are not negatively impacted. Generally, a new addition should be
subordinate to the historic building. A new addition should be compati ble,
but differentiated enough so that it is not confused as historic or original to
the building… (SOI Standards pg. 79).
More specific guidance is provided regarding approaches to work treatments and
techniques that are either consistent (“Recommended”) or inconsistent (“Not
Recommended”) with the Standards, specific to various features of historic buildings and
sites, as discussed below.
Roofs
Recommended Not Recommended
Identifying, retaining, and preserving roofs
and their functional and decorative features
that are important in defining the overall
historic character of the building. The form of
the roof (gable, hipped, gambrel, flat, or
mansard) is significant, as are its decorative
and functional features (such as cupolas,
cresting, parapets, monitors, chimneys,
weather vanes, dormers, ridge tiles, and
snow guards), roofing material (such as slate,
wood, clay tile, metal, roll roofing or asphalt
shingles), and size, color, and patterning.
Removing or substantially changing roofs
which are important in defining the overall
historic character of the building so that, as a
result, the character is diminished.
Changing the configuration or shape of a roof
by adding highly visible new features (such
as dormer windows, vents, skylights, or a
penthouse)."
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The Committee should consider whether the proposed changes to the alteration of the
roof line and gabled roof forms are significant, and whether they would result in a
diminishment of the historic character of the building, contrary to the guidance fr om SOI
Standards. While characteristic forms are altered by the addition, the new construction
utilizes materials, forms, and details that are also characteristic of the Tudor Revival Style,
aiming to maintain the building’s architectural style.
New Exterior Additions
Recommended Not Recommended
Constructing a new addition on a secondary or
non-character-defining elevation and limiting
its size and scale in relationship to the historic
building.
Constructing a new addition on or adjacent to
a primary elevation of the building which
negatively impacts the building’s historic
character.
Constructing a new addition that results in the
least possible loss of historic materials so that
character-defining features are not obscured,
damaged, or destroyed.
Attaching a new addition in a manner that
obscures, damages, or destroys character-
defining features of the historic building.
Using the same forms, materials, and color
range of the historic building in a manner that
does not duplicate it, but distinguishes the
addition from the original building.
Duplicating the exact form, material, style, and
detailing of the historic building in a new
addition so that the new work appears to be
historic.
The addition is proposed to be constructed on the building’s primary street-facing front
elevation. Site area does exist for addition to the rear, less visible, portion of the building,
into the rear yard area, but is somewhat constrained by the upward slope of the property.
The purpose of the addition is to extend the existing kitchen which is located at the front
corner of the home, presenting little practical opportunity to expand by adding to the
opposite corner, at the rear of building. Avoidance of a primary elevation is, in this case,
balanced against the need to provide for continued of a structure, with attention to
maintaining the building’s historic character.
The building remains a single-story in height, and with the addition it is generally
consistent with the size, proportion, and massing of a typical single-family dwelling. In its
use of a steep primary gable, maintenance of an asymmetrical façade, and characteristic
decorative details, the design of the addition, while not seeking to exactly duplicate
building details, nevertheless attempts to maintain a n appearance in keeping with the
original architectural design and to retain the building’s historic character.
Summary
The applicant has proposed an addition to a primary building elevation that alters the
building’s outward appearance but employs characteristic features of the Tudor Revival
style to avoid diminishing its architectural character. The Committee should consider
whether the proposed design of the addition achieves the purpose of applicable
preservation policies and standards, consistent with its status as a Contributing List
Resource, and whether the changes maintain the building’s original character as
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communicated in the April 11, 2008 correspondence to property owners, such that a
positive recommendation can be provided to the Director regarding the project’s
consistency with those policies and standards. The Committee may also consider
recommended conditions of approval for final action that could inform minor design
revisions that would enhance preservation and maintenance of the building’s architectural
and historic integrity.
4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Construction of an addition to an existing structure is categorically exempt from CEQA
environmental review, as Existing Facilities (CEQA Guidelines § 15301 (e)).
5.0 ACTION ALTERNATIVES
1. Recommend that the Community Development Director find the project consistent
with the City's historical preservation policies, with any suggested conditions of
approval necessary to ensure this consistency. This is the action recommended by
staff, as diminishment of the Contributing Resource’s significance can be avoided by
designing the proposed addition using characteristics of the building’s Tudor Revival
style.
2. Continue review to another date with direction to staff and applicant. This action is
only recommended should Committee review of substantial revisions to the project
design be necessary in order to avoid diminishment of the significance of the
Contributing Resource by construction of the proposed addition,
3. Recommend that the Community Development Director find the project inconsistent
with historical preservation policies, citing specific areas of inconsistency. This action
not recommended at this time, as the proposed addition is designed following the
building’s Tudor Revival style, and opportunity exists to modify or refine the project
design where necessary to achieve the intent of applicable preservation policies and
standards.
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6.0 ATTACHMENTS
A - Project Plans (285 Buena Vista)
B - Resolution 9983 (2008) & Correspondence to Property Owners
C - Property Information (285 Buena Vista)
D - Tudor Revival Style (Context Statement, HPPG)
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RESOLUTION NO. 9983 (2008 Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
ADDING 2243 SANTA YNEZ TO THE MASTER LIST OF HISTORIC RESOURCES AND
PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 2859 405, AND 495 BUENA VISTA, 398 SAN MIGUEL, 2102,
2122, AND 2160 LOOMIS TO THE CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES LIST OF HISTORIC
RESOURCES.
WHEREAS, in 1983 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 5197 establishing the "Master List
of Historic Resources" and "Contributing Properties List" (collectively referred to as "Historic Resources "),
along with procedures for adding properties to the listing; and
WHEREAS, on April 28, 2008, the Cultural Heritage Committee held a public hearing to consider
recommending to the City Council the addition of eight properties in the City of San Luis Obispo to the
Historic Resource List due to their historical and/or architectural significance to their neighborhood and to
the community; and
WHEREAS, at said meetings, the Cultural Heritage Committee reviewed the historical
documentation on the property of 2243 Santa Ynez and recommended that the City Council add the
property to the Master List of Historic Resources; and
WHEREAS, at said meetings, the Cultural Heritage Committee reviewed the historical
documentation on the following properties and recommended that the City Council add these properties to
the Contributing Properties List of Historic Resources:
1. 285, 405, and 495 Buena Vista
2. 398 San Miguel
3. 2102, 2122, and 2160 Loomis
WHEREAS, this City Council considered this recommendation at an advertised public meeting on
May 20, 2008 pursuant to historic preservation guidelines established by Council Resolution No. 6157
1987 Series).
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo that
based on the Cultural Heritage Committee's recommendation, documentation as described in the Historical
Resource Inventory for each property, on file in the Community Development Department, public
testimony, the staff report, and on the City's Historic Preservation Program Guidelines the following:
SECTION 1. Addition to the Master List of Historic Resources. The property located at 2243 Santa
Ynez has been found to meet the eligibility criteria for inclusion on the Master List of Historic Resources
due to its unique design and exceptional masonry craftsmanship, and is hereby added to the Master List of
Historic Resources as a Type 5 property, and shall be designated as the historic "Faulstich House."
SECTION 2. Addition to Contributing Properties List. The following properties have been found to
contribute to the historic and architectural character of the City and to meet the criteria for inclusion on the
Contributing Properties List due to their age, retention of original architectural character, and contribution
to the architectural and historical character of the Monterey Heights neighborhood and are hereby deemed
Contributing Properties:
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Resolution No. 9983 (2008 Series)
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1. 285, 405, and 495 Buena Vista
2. 398 San Miguel
3. 2102, 2122, and 2160 Loomis
SECTION 3. Environmental Determination. The City Council hereby determines that this action is not
a "project" as defined in Article 20 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) since it does not
have the potential for resulting in a physical change in the environment, and therefore, is not subject to
environmental review requirements.
SECTION 4. Publish Revised Contributing Properties List. The Community Development Director is
hereby directed to amend the Contributing Properties and Master Lists to include the properties listed above
and to publish revised historic resource listings for public distribution.
SECTION 5, Recording of Historic Properties. The City Clerk is hereby directed to record the
properties' historic designation with the County Recorder, pursuant to State Law.
On motion of Council Member Settle, seconded by Council Member Mulholland and
on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Members Carter, Mulholland, and Settle, Vice Mayor Brown and
Mayor Romero
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
The foregoing resolution was passed and adopted this 20th day of May 2008.
S
Mayor David F. Romero
ATTEST:
Audrey Hoo
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Jo4g !well
City Attorney
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Tudor Revival
The Tudor Revival style is one of a series of revivals that gained popularity in the 1920s and
1930s in San Luis Obispo. This revival style is a reinterpretation of late Medieval English
houses. Many of the houses in the Mt. Pleasanton-Anholm area fall into this style. Detail
characteristics include:
Characteristic features include:
-steeply gable and hipped roofs
-varied eave line height
-decorative half-timbering
-plaster or brick exterior siding
-wooden shingles, occasionally imitating thatch
Examples of this style include:
The J.J. Dunne House at 59 Benton Way
The Vard Shepherd House at 148 Broad Street
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City of San Luis Obispo Architectural Character
Citywide Historic Context Statement
HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP
142
TUDOR REVIVAL
The Tudor Revival style is loosely based on a variety of Medieval English building traditions. In the
United States, these traditions are combined freely, but retain the steeply-pitched front-facing gable
which is almost universally present as a dominant façade element. The style’s popularity expanded
dramatically in the 1920s and early 1930s, when masonry veneering techniques allowed even the
most modest examples to mimic closely the brick and stone exteriors seen on English prototypes.
The Storybook cottage is a more whimsical version of Tudor Revival. Storybook residences typically
feature roofs laid in irregular patterns and rolled eaves to suggest thatching, eyebrow arches over
entries and dormers, and exterior walls with irregular plaster finish. The Storybook style was
particularly popular in Hollywood where motion picture set designers sometimes moonlighted as
architects.
Character-defining features include:
Asymmetrical facade
Steeply-pitched gabled roof with a prominent front-facing gable
Stucco or brick exterior wall cladding, typically with half-timbering
Tall, narrow divided-light windows, casement or double-hung sash, often arranged in multiples
May display picture windows with leaded diamond panes
Small gabled entry porch, often with arched openings
Details may include stone or brick accents or faux quoining
236 Broad Street. Source: City of San Luis Obispo.
1167 Marsh Street, 1930.Source: Historic Resources Group. 752 Mission Street, 1931. Source: Historic Resources Group.
Dunne House, 59 Benton Way, 1927. Source City of San
Luis Obispo.
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Cultural Heritage Committee Hearing Notice
What: Address of Application: 285 Buena Vista Ave (ARCH -0416-20231.
Architectural Review of an addition to a single-family dwelling on
property listed in the Inventory of Historic Resources as a
Contributing List Resource, including modification of the facade and
roofline of the building, and replacement of the front entry stairs and
landing, and expansion of the front deck (categorically exempt from
CEQA environmental review) .
Where: Council Chambers at City,Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA.
When: November 8, 2023 at p.m.
For more information, staff reports will be available online in advance
of the hearing date at ht[;s://www.slocity.org/government/mayor-
and-city-council/agendas-and-minutes
Contact: Walter Oetzell - (805) 781-7593 - woetzell@slocity.org - or - (805)
781-7170
Anyone is welcome to comment on the proposal. An action of the Cultural Heritage Committee is typically a recommendation to
the City's Community Development Director, Planning Commission or City Council, and therefore is not final. Please note that any
court challenge related to the recommendation on this item may be limited to considering only those issues raised at the
public hearing or in written correspondence received prior to, the public hearing.
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Remodel and addition to a single-family dwelling (Contributing List Property)
The CHC shall make recommendations to decision-making
bodies on the application of architectural, historic, and cultural
preservation standards and guidelines to projects and approvals
involving historic sites, districts, and structures
The Committee shall review and make recommendations to the
Director on applications and development review projects
which include new construction, additions or alterations on
historically listed properties
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Historic Resources Survey (Monterey Heights)
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General Plan
Changes or additions to historically or architecturally significant buildings
should be consistent with the original structure and follow the Secretary of
the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Buildings. […] The
street appearance of buildings which contribute to a neighborhood's
architectural character should be maintained.
§ 3.3.1
Changes to Historic
Buildings
Historic Preservation Program Guidelines
Additions to listed historic structures should maintain the structure’s original
architectural integrity and closely match the building’s original architecture,
or match additions that have achieved historic significance in their own
right, in terms of scale, form, massing, rhythm, fenestration, materials, color
and architectural details.
§ 3.4.1 (d)
Additions
Alterations to listed historic resources shall be approved only upon finding
that the proposed work is consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s
Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, any required historic
preservation report, General Plan policies, the Historic Preservation
Ordinance, and these Guidelines.
§ 3.4.1 (f)
Consistency required
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Secretary of the Interior’s Standards (Rehabilitation)
Not RecommendedRecommended
Constructing a new addition on or adjacent to a
primary elevation of the building which negatively
impacts the building’s historic character.
Constructing a new addition on a secondary or
non‐character‐ defining elevation and limiting its
size and scale in relationship to the historic
building.
Attaching a new addition in a manner that
obscures, damages, or destroys character‐
defining features of the historic building.
Constructing a new addition that results in the
least possible loss of historic materials so that
character‐defining features are not obscured,
damaged, or destroyed.
Duplicating the exact form, material, style, and
detailing of the historic building in a new addition
so that the new work appears to be historic.
Using the same forms, materials, and color range
of the historic building in a manner that does not
duplicate it, but distinguishes the addition from
the original building.
Removing or substantially changing roofs which
are important in defining the overall historic
character of the building so that, as a result, the
character is diminished.
Identifying, retaining, and preserving roofs and
their functional and decorative features that are
important in defining the overall historic character
of the building. The form of the roof is significant,
as are its decorative and functional features,
roofing material, and size, color, and patterning.
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Remodel and addition to a single-family dwelling (Contributing List Property)
Action
Provide a recommendation to the Community Development Director regarding the
consistency of the new construction with the City’s historical preservation policies…
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