Commercial Enter tainment and Recreation. Provision of participant or spectator entertainment to the public. These classifications may include incidental restaurants, snack bars, and other related food and beverage services to patrons.
Cinema/Theater. Any facility for the indoor display of films and motion pictures on single or multiple screens. This subclassification may include incidental food and beverage service to patrons as well as auditoriums within buildings.
Indoor. Establishments providing predominantly participant sports, indoor amusement and entertainment services conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include arcades, bingo halls, bowling alleys, billiard parlors, card rooms, health clubs, ice- and roller-skating rinks, indoor racquetball courts, athletic clubs, indoor shooting ranges, and physical fitness centers.
Outdoor Entertainment. Predominantly participant sports conducted in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include driving ranges, golf courses, sports complexes, miniature golf courses, tennis clubs, outdoor batting cages, swimming pools, archery ranges, and riding stables.
Drive-Through Facility. A motor vehicle drive-through facility which is a commercial building or structure or portion thereof which is designed or used to provide goods or services to the occupants of motor vehicles. This classification includes banks and other financial services, fast food establishments, drugstores, and film deposit/pick -up establishments, but excludes drive- in theaters (see Commercial Entertainment and Recreation), service stations, or car -wash operations (see Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Services).
Eating and Drinking Establishments. Businesses primarily engaged in serving prepared food and/or beverages for consumption on or off the premises.
Bars/Night Clubs/Lounges. Businesses serving alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises as a primary use, including on- sale service of alcohol including beer, wine, and mixed drinks. This subclassification includes tasting rooms and micro -breweries where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed on site and any beverage production or distilling, and food service is subordinate to the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Restaurant. Establishments where food and beverages are served to patrons on-site or off-site, including full-service, limited-service, and take- out/delivery businesses. This subclassification includes cafes, coffee shops, delicatessens, fast- food businesses, food halls, and bakeries that have tables for on- site consumption of products. It excludes catering services and commercial kitchens that do not sell food or beverages for on-site consumption.
Farmer’s Markets. Temporary but recurring outdoor retail sales of food, plants, flowers, and products such as jellies, breads, and meats that are predominantly grown or produced by vendors who sell them.
Food Preparation. Establishments preparing and/or packaging food primarily for off -site consumption, including catering kitchens, retail bakeries, and small-scale specialty food production. This classification excludes establishments with an industrial character in terms of processes employed, waste produced, water used, and traffic generation.
Funeral Parlors and Interment Services. An establishment primarily engaged in the provision of services, involving the care, preparation, or disposition of human remains and conducting memorial services. This subclassification includes funeral parlors, crematories, and mortuaries, but excludes cemeteries and burial parks (see Cemeteries and Columbariums).
Hotels and Motels. An establishment providing overnight lodging to transient patrons for payment periods of 30 consecutive calendar days or less. These establishments may provide additional services and amenities, such as conference and meeting rooms, restaurants, bars, or recreation facilities available to guests or to the public.
Offices. Offices of firms, organizations, or public agencies providing professional, executive, management, administrative or design services, such as acco unting, architectural, computer software design, engineering, graphic design, interior design, investment, insurance, and legal offices, real estate and mortgage brokers. This classification also includes offices where medical and dental services are provided by physicians, dentists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, optometrists, and similar medical professionals, including medical/dental laboratories within medical office buildings, but excludes clinics, independent research laboratory facilities (see Research and Development), and hospitals.
Personal Services.
General Personal Services. An establishment providing services of personal convenience to individuals as a primary use. Personal services include barber and beauty shops, permanent makeup studios, day spas, nail salons, tanning salons, electrolysis, and other cosmetic and appearance care services ; shoe and luggage repair, photographers, self-serve laundry and dry cleaning pick-up, tattoo and body modification parlors, repair and fitting of clothes, and similar services.
Fortunetelling. Any place of business where any person allows or professes to carry on, engage in or practice the art or transaction of palmistry, fortunetelling, clairvoyance, crystal gazing, seancing, numerology, mediumship, tarot -card reading, past -life regression, prophecy, phrenology or divination for personal gain or other similar activity.
Massage Establishments. A s defined in Alhambra Municipal Code Chapter 9.44, Massage Therapy, Massage Establishments, and Massage Therapists.
Repair and Maintenance Services. Establishments engaged in the maintenance or repair of consumer products, including office machines, household appliances, electronics, furniture, and similar items. This classification excludes repair and maintenance of motor vehicles (see Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Services) and personal apparel (see Personal Services).
Retail Sales.
Building Materials Stores and Retail Garden Centers. Retail establishments selling lumber and other large building materials and garden suppl ies, where the majority of storage, display, and sales occur indoors. Includes: paint, wallpaper, glass, fixtures, nursery stock, and lawn and garden
supplies sold to the general public, even if contractor sales account for a major proportion of total sales. This subclassification does not include Construction and Material Yards, hardware stores less than 10,000 square feet in floor area, or outdoor plant nurseries.
Firearms Sales. Retail establishments engaged in the sales of firearms in any capacity, including in conjunction with repair, gunsmithing, and similar services.
Food and Beverage Sales. Retail sales of food and beverages primarily for off-site preparation and consumption. This subclassification includes uses such as food markets, g rocery stores, liquor stores, and meat markets and butcher shops.
General Retail. The retail sale or rental of merchandise not specifically listed under another use classification. This subclassification includes retail establishments such as department stores, clothing stores, furniture stores, small hardware stores (with 10,000 square feet or less of floor area), and businesses retailing the following goods: household pets and pet supplies, toys, hobby materials, handcrafted items, jewelry, cameras, photo graphic supplies and services (including portraiture and retail photo processing), medical supplies and equipment, pharmacies, electronic equipment, sporting goods, kitchen utensils, hardware, appliances, antiques, art galleries, art supplies and services, paint and wallpaper, carpeting and floor covering, office supplies, bicycles, video rental, and new automotive parts and accessories (excluding vehicle service and installation). Retail sales may be combined with other services such as office machine, computer, electronics, and similar small-item repairs.
Outdoor Retail Sales and Nurseries. Permanent outdoor sales establishments including auction yards, lumber and other material sales yards, and other retail uses where sales, storage, and/or display occurs primary outdoors. This subclassification does not include the sale of automobiles, recreational vehicles, mobilehomes, or large vehicles and heavy equipment (See Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Leasing Large Vehicle and Equipment Sales, Service, and Rental).
23.4335.040 Industrial Uses
Construction and Material Yards. Storage of construction materials or equipment on a site other than a construction site.
Custom Manufacturing. Any establishment primarily engaged in on- site production or fabrication of goods by small scale manufacturing or artistic endeavor, which involves the use of hand tools or small mechanical equipment, and which may include incidental instruction or direct sales for consumers.
Typical uses include ceramic studios, fabric and needleworkin g, leather working, metalworking, glassworking, candle-making shops, woodworking, and custom jewelry manufacturers.
Food and Beverage Manufacturing. Establishments engaged in the production, processing, packaging, or manufacturing of food or beverage products and where any instruction, direct sales, or on- site consumption are incidental to the food or beverage production activity. This classification excludes the slaughtering of animals or fowl which is not allowed.
Small Scale. A small -scale food and beve rage products manufacturing and distribution establishment located in facilities less than 10,000 square feet in size. Examples include coffee roasters, micro -breweries, micro -distilleries, wine manufacturing, cheese makers, wholesale bakeries, and produce -on-premises operations which provide ingredients and equipment for customers to manufacture their own product.
Large Scale. Large-scale production, packaging, processing, preparation, or manufacturing of a food, beverage, or ingredient used or intended for use for human digestion in a facility over 10,000 square feet.
General Industrial. Establishments engaged in manufacturing of non- edible products from extracted or raw materials or recycled or secondary materials, or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials. Production typically involves some transformation by way of heating, chilling, combining, or through a chemical or biochemical reaction or alteration. Toxic, hazardous, or explosive materials may be produced or used in large quantities as part of the manufacturing process. These industrial activities may produce impacts on nearby properties, such as noise, gas, odor, dust, or vibration. This classification includes manufacturing for biomass energy conversion, commercial cosmetics and perfumes, electrical appliances and explosives, film and photographic processing plants, apparel and textile mills, leather and allied products manufacturing, wood and paper, glass and glass products, chemical products, medical/pharmaceutical products, plastics and rubber, nonmetallic minerals, primary and fabricated metal products, and automotive and heavy equipment.
Light Industrial. Establishments engaged in manufacturing of non- edible products and finished parts primarily from previously -prepared materials by means of physical assembly or reshaping. These industrial activities produce limited impacts on nearby properties, such as noise, gas, odor, or vibration.
This classification includes uses where retail sales are clearly incidental to an industrial or manufacturing use, commercial laundries and dry-cleaning plants, monument works, printing and engraving, publishing, computer and electronic product manufacturing, furniture and related product manufacturing, and industrial services.
Research and Development. A facility for the scientific research and the design, development, and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical, pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology components and products in advance of product manufacturing. This classification includes assembly of related products from parts produced off site, where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research a nd development activities, in addition to involving the production of experimental products.
Salvage and Wrecking. Storage and dismantling of vehicles and equipment for sale of parts, as well as their collection, storage, exchange or sale of goods including, but not limited to, any used building materials, used containers or steel drums, used tires, and similar or related articles or property.
Storage, Warehousing, and Wholesaling. Storage, warehousing, and wholesaling facilities that store and/or engage in wholesale sales of merchandize to retail establishments; industrial, commercial, institutional, agricultural, or professional businesses; or facilities acting as agents or brokers in buying or selling merchandise/commodities to such businesses. Wholesalers are primarily engaged in business- to-business sales but may sell to individual consumers through mail or internet orders. These establishments have little or no display of merchandize and are not designed to solicit walk -in traffic except for public storage in small individual space exclusively and directly accessible to a specific tenant.
Indoor. Storage, warehousing, and wholesaling of goods and merchandise within an enclosed building.
Outdoor. Storage, warehousing, and wholesaling of goods in open lots.
Personal Storage. Facilities offering enclosed storage with individual access for personal effects and household goods including mini -warehouses and mini -storage, and records or inventory storage for businesses. This classification includes moving company businesses which offer
storage and transporting services, but excludes workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, or commercial activity.
23.4335.050 Transportation, Communication, and Utility Uses Communication Facilities. Facilities for the provision of broadcasting and other information- relay services using electronic and telephonic mechanisms.
Facilities Within Buildings. Indoor facilities which include radio, television or recording studios, and telephone switching centers.
Telecommunication. Broadcasting and other communication services accomplished through electronic or telephonic mechanisms, as well as structures and equipment cabinets designed to support one or more recepti on/transmission systems. This subclassification includes wireless telecommunication towers and facilities, radio towers, television towers, telephone exchange/microwave relay towers, cellular telephone transmission/personal communications systems towers, and associated equipment cabinets and enclosures. See Section 23.35.200(B), Telecommunication Terms.
Freight/Trucking Facilities. Property and improvements used for freight, courier, and postal services; freight transfer truck terminals; transfer, loading, and unloading points for trucks and automobiles carrying goods and produces; or for the operations of a "common carrier trucking company," including the parking, or servicing, or repairing, or storage of trucks, truck tractors, and/or truck trailers.
Light Fleet-Based Services. Passenger transportation services, local delivery services, medical transport, and other businesses that rely on fleets of three or more vehicles with rated capacities less than 10,000 lbs. This classification includes parking, dispatching, and offices for taxicab and limousine operations, ambulance services, non-emergency medical transport, local messenger and document delivery services, home cleaning services, and similar businesses.
Public Works and Utilities. Generating plants, e lectric substations, recycling collection and processing facilities, solid waste collection, including transfer stations and materials recovery facilities, solid waste treatment and disposal, water or wastewater treatment plants, and similar facilities of public agencies or public utilities. This classification also includes facilities such as water reservoirs, wastewater collection or pumping facilities, water wells, stormwater detention basins, and similar utility uses.
Recycling Facility. A facility for receiving, temporarily storing, transferring and/or processing materials for recycling, reuse, or final disposal. This use classification does not include waste transfer facilities that operate as materials recovery, recycling, and solid waste transfer operations and are classified as utilities.
Reverse Vending Machine. An automated mechanical device that accepts, sorts and processes recyclable materials and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip.
Recycling Collection Facility. An incidental use that serves as a neighborhood drop off point for the temporary storage of recyclable or reusable materials but where the processing and sorting of such items is not conducted on-site.
Small Collection Facility. Small collection facilities occupy no more than 200 square feet and may include:
A “mobile recycling unit,” which means an automobile, truck, trailer or van, licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, and used for the collection of
recyclable materials. A mobile recycling unit also means the bins, boxes or containers transported by trucks, vans or trailers, and used for the collection of recyclable materials;
Bulk reverse vending machines or a grouping of reverse vending machines occupying more than 50 square feet;
Booth-type units which may include permanent structures; and Unattended containers placed for the donation of recyclable materials.
Large Collection Facility. A recycling facility for the acceptance by donation, redemption or purchase of recyclable materials from the public. A large coll ection facility does not use power-driven processing equipment and occupies an area greater than 200 square feet.
Transit Stations and Terminals. Facilities for passenger transportation operations, including rail stations, bus terminals, taxi stands, and s cenic and sightseeing facilities. This classification excludes terminals serving airports or heliports (see Airports and Heliports).
Chapter 23.4436 Definitions
23.4436.010 “A” Terms.
Abutting. Having a common boundary.
Access. The place or way through which pedestrians and/or vehicles must have safe, adequate, and usable ingress and egress to a property or use.
Accessory Building. See “Building, Accessory”.
Accessory Structure. See “Structure, Accessory”.
Accessory Use. See “Use, Accessory”.
Adjacent. Directly abutting, having a common boundary or property line, or contiguous to.
Adjoining. See “Abutting”.
Agent or Authorized Agent. Any person who can show certified written proof that they are representing and acting in the place of another person or individual.
Aggrieved Person. Any person who, in person or through a representative, appeared at a City public hearing in conjunction with a decision or action appealed or who, by other appropriate means prior to a hearing, informed the local government of the nature of his or her concerns or who, for good cause, was unable to do either.
Alley. A public or private way, other than a street, which is designated as an alley by the City, reserved primarily for secondary vehicular access to abutting lots.
Alteration. Any change, addition, or modification that changes the exterior architectural appearance or materials of a structure or object. Alteration includes changes in exterior surfaces,
changes in materials, additions, remodels, demolitions, and relocation of buildings or structures, but excludes ordinary maintenance and repairs.
Apartment Unit. One or more rooms with private bath and kitchen facilities comprising an independent rental unit.
Applicant. The person, partnership, corporation, or state or local government agency applying for a permit, certificate, zoning approval, or other entitlement.
Architectural Feature. An exterior building feature, including a roof, walls, windows, doors, porches, posts, pillars, recesses or projections, and exterio r articulation or walls, and other building surfaces.
Art Work. A sculpture, mural or portable painting, earthwork, firework, neon, glass mosaic, photograph, print, calligraphy, or other form of physical hard media.
Assessed Value. The value as shown on the current equalized assessment role in effect of the time of the making of the determination of the assessed value.
Assessor. The Tax Assessor of the County of Los Angeles.
Attached Building or Structure. See “Building, Attached” and “Structure, Attached”.
Awning. A roof-like cover that projects from the wall of a building for the purpose of shielding a doorway or window from the elements.
23.4436.020 “B” Terms.
Balcony. A platform that projects from the wall of a building 30 inches or more above grade that is accessible from the building’s interior, is not accessible from the ground, and is not enclosed by walls on more than three sides.
Basement. The portion of building between the floor and ceiling which has more than 50 percent below the natural or finished grade of the exterior ground surface.
Bedroom. Any room having the potential of being a bedroom and meeting the standards of the Building Code as a sleeping room.
Block. All property fronting on one side of a street between an intersection and intercepting streets or between a street and a waterway, dead -end street, major easement or right- of-way, or unsubdivided land. An intercepting street shall only determine the boundary of a block on the side of the street which it intercepts.
Breezeway. A structure with two sides open which connects two buildings.
Buffer. An open area or barrier used to separate potentially incompatible activities and/or development features; for example, a required setback to separate an area of development from environmentally sensitive habitat, to reduce or eliminate the effects of the development on the habitat.
Building. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind.
1. Building, Accessory. A detached, subordinate building used onl y as incidental to the principal building, structure, or use on the same lot.
2. Building, Attached. A building which has a common wall with another building or structure.
3. Building, Detached. A building which does not have a common wall with another building or structure.
4. Building, Nonconforming. A building, or portion thereof, which was lawfully erected or altered or maintained, but which, because of the application of this Code to it, no longer conforms to the regulations set forth in this Code.
5. Building, Principal. A building in which a principal use of the parcel on which it is located is conducted.
Building Code. Any ordinance or regulations of the City governing the type and method of construction of buildings and structures, including sign structures and any amendments thereto and any substitute therefor including, but not limited to, the California Building Code and other State-adopted uniform codes.
Building Face. The general outer surface of the structure or walls of a building. Where bay windows or pillars project beyond the walls, the outer surface of the windows or pillars is considered to be the face of the building.
Building Footprint. See “Footprint”.
Building Frontage. See “Frontage, Building”.
Building Height. See “Height”.
Building Site. A lot or parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by a building or group of buildings.
23.4436.030 “C” Terms.
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Public Resources Code §§21000, et seq. or any successor statute and regulations promulgated thereto (14 California Code of Regulations §§15000, et seq.) that require public agencies to document and consider the environmental effects of a proposed action before a decision.
Camper. As defined in the California Vehicle Code.
Canopy. A roofed shelter projecting over a sidewalk, driveway, entry, window, or similar area that may be wholly supported by a building or may be wholly or partially supported by columns, poles, or braces extending from the ground.
Carport. An accessible and usable covered space enclosed on not more than two sides, designed, constructed, and maintained for the parking or storage of one or more motor vehicles.
Cellar. See “Basement”.
Change of Use. The replacement of an existing use on a site, or any portion of a site, by a new use, or a change in the type of an existing use; does not include a change of ownership, tenancy, or management associated with a use for which the previous type of use will remain substantially unchanged.
City. The City of Alhambra.
City Council. The City Council of the City of Alhambra.
Clerk. The City Clerk of the City of Alhambra.
Commercial Vehicle. Defined in the California Vehicle Code. Pickup trucks and vans not exceeding one-ton rated capacity and which are used primarily for private non-commercial purposes are not considered commercial vehicles.
Commission. See “Planning Commission”.
Common Area. The entire project area, excepting all units or areas granted or reserved for the exclusive occupancy of a tenant and/or condominium unit owner.
Community Apartment Project. Development of real property in which an undivided interest in the land is coupled with the right to the exclusive occupancy of a designated apartment located thereon and which is legally defined by applicable State law.
Community Development Director. The Community Development Director of the City of Alhambra or their designee.
Compatible. That which is harmonious with and will not adversely affect surrounding buildings and/or uses.
Condition of Approval. A performance standard, required change in a project, environmental mitigation measure, or other requirement imposed by the decision-making body to alter or modify a project in any manner from the description in the application originally submitted for City approval.
Conditional Use. A use that is generally compatible with other uses permitted in a zone, but that requires individual review of its location, design, configuration, and intensity and density of use and structures, and may require the imposition of conditions pertinent thereto to ensure the appropriateness of the use at that location.
Conditionally Permitted. Permitted subject to approval of a Use Permit.
Condominium. A building or group of buildings in which units are owned individually and the structure, common areas, and facilities are owned by all the owners on a proportional, undivided basis and which is legally defined by applicable State law.
Condominium Association. The association which administers and maintains the common property and common elements of a condominium and which is legally defined by applicable State law.
Conversion Project. The conversion of apartment units into condominiums, community apartments, or stock cooperatives.
County. The County of Los Angeles.
23.4436.040 “D” Terms.
Deck. A platform, either freestanding or attached to a building that is supported by pillars or posts.
Demolition. The intentional destruction and removal of 50 percent or more of the enclosing exterior walls and 50 percent of the roof of any structure.
Density. The number of dwelling units per acre of land.
Detached Building. “See Building, Detached”.
Detached Structure. “See Structure, Detached”.
Development. Any manmade change to im proved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to the division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of any structure; any mining, excavation, landfill or land disturbance; and any use or extension of the use of land.
Development Agreement. An agreement between the City and any person having a legal or equitable interest in real property for the development of such property, and which complies with the applicable provisions of the Government Code for such development agreements.
Development Permit. Any permit issued by the city for the construction of real property improvements. Development permits include grading permits, encroachment permits, use permits, tentative maps, planned development permits and building permits. Sign permits are excluded from this definition.
Director. The Community Development Director of the City of Alhambra or their designee.
District. See “Zone”.
Driveway. An accessway that provides direct vehicular access for vehicles between a street and the parking or loading facilities located on an adjacent property.
Dwelling Unit. One or more rooms designed, occupied, or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, with full cooking, sleeping, and bathroom facilities for the exclusive use of a single household.
23.4436.050 “E” Terms.
Easement. A portion of land created by grant or agreement for specific purpose; an easement is the right, privilege or interest which one party has in the land of another.
Effective Date. The date on which a permit or other approval becomes enforceable or otherwise takes effect, rather than the date it was signed or circulated.
Electrical Code. Any ordinance of the City regulating the alteration, repair, and the installation and use of electricity or electrical fixtures.
Emergency. A sudden unexpected occurrence demanding immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss or damage to life, health, property, or essential public services.
Emergency Vehicle. A self -propelled vehicle or trailer used in the discharge of duties of public districts, agencies or departments, or privately -owned public utilities responsible for fire prevention and control, policing, sanitation, sewerage, drainage, levee maintenance, flood control, public utility lines and all essential services.
Environmental Impact Report (EIR). An Environmental Impact Report as required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Environmental Review. An evaluation process pursuant to CEQA to determine whether a proposed project may have a significant impact on the environment.
Equipment. Non-vehicular items such as, but not limited to, boats, campers, camper shells, tents and related camping supplies, tools, machinery, aircraft, barrels, drums, large cans or containers and parts related to these items.
Erect. To build, construct, attach, hang, place, suspend, or affix to or upon any surface. Such term also includes the painting of wall signs.
Explosives. Any explosive substance as defined in Cal. Health & Safety Code §12000.
23.4436.060 “F” Terms.
Façade. The exterior wall of a building exposed to public view or that wall viewed by persons not within the building.
Family. One or more persons living together in a single household unit, with common access to, and common use of, all living and eating areas and all areas and facilities for the preparation and storage of food; who share living expenses, including rent or mortgage payments, food costs and utilities, and who maintain a single mortgage, lease, or rental agreement for all members of the household.
Feasible. Capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social, and technological factors.
Fence. Any horizontal or vertical structural device forming a physical barrier intended to enclose areas, separate properties, retain soil materials, and provide security; or as defined by the Building Official. Fences may also be walls, hedges, and screen plantings, or constructed from wood, mesh, metal, chain, brick, stakes of plastic or similar materials.
Firearms. As defined in Cal. Penal Code §16520, any device designed to be used as a weapon or modified to be used as a weapon, from which a projectile is expelled through a barrel by the force of an explosion or other form of combustion. Firearms includes the frame or receiver of the weapon, including both a completed frame or receiver, or a firearm precursor part.
Floor Area. The total horizontal area of all floors below the roof and within the outer surface of the walls of a building or other enclosed structure unless otherwise stipulated. See also Subsection
23.02.030.E, Determining Floor Area.
Floor Area Ratio (FAR). The ratio of the total floor area of all buildings on a lot to the lot area or building site area. See also Subsection 23.02.030.F, Determining Floor Area Ratio.
Foot-Candle. A quantitative unit of measure for luminance. One foot -candle is equal to the amount of light generated by one candle shining on one square foot surface located one foot away. It is equal to one lumen uniformly distributed over an area of one square foot.
Footprint. The horizontal area, as seen in plan view, of a building or structure, measured from the outside of exterior walls and supporting columns, and excluding eaves. See also Subsection
23.02.030.G, Determining Lot Coverage.
Freeway. A multilane State or Interstate highway for through traffic with full control of access and with grade separations at all intersections and railroad crossings, and to which highway the owners of abutting lands have no right of easement or access to or from their abutting lands.
Frontage, Building. The face of a building that is parallel to or is at a near parallel angle to a street.
Frontage, Street. That portion of a lot or parcel of land that borders a public street. Street frontage shall be measured along the common lot line separating said lot or parcel of land from the public street, highway, or parkway.
23.4436.070 “G” Terms.
Garage. An accessory structure or portion of a principal structure, enclosed on three or more side and containing accessible and usable enclosed space designed, constructed, and maintained for the parking and storage of one or more motor vehicles.
General Plan. The General Plan of the City of Alhambra.
Glare. The effect produced by a light source within the visual field that is sufficiently brighter than the level to which the eyes are adapted, such as to cause annoyance, discomfort, or loss of visual performance and ability.
Government Code. The Government Code of the State of California.
Grade. The location of the ground surface.
1. Grade, Existing or Natural. Ground elevation prior to any grading or other site preparation related to, or to be incorporated into, a proposed development or alteration of an existing development.
2. Grade, Finished. Final ground elevation after the completion of any grading or other site preparation related to, or to be incorporated into, a proposed development or alteration of an existing development.
Grading. Any stripping, cutting, filling, or stockpiling of earth or land, including the land in its cut or filled condition.
Ground Floor. The first floor of a building other than a basement that is closest to finished grade.
23.4436.080 “H” Terms.
Hazardous Materials. Any material, including any substance, waste, or combination thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Heat. Thermal energy of a radioactive, conductive, or convective nature.
Height. The vertical distance from a point on the ground below a structure to a point directly above. See also Subsection 23.02.030.C, Measuring Height.
Home Occupation. A commercial use conducted on residential property by the inhabitants of the subject residence, which is incidental and secondary to the residential use of the dwelling.
Household. See “Family.”
23.4436.090 “I” Terms.
Illegal Use. Any use of land or building that does not have the currently required permits, and was originally constructed and/or established without permits or approvals required for the use at the time it was brought into existence.
Improvement. An object affixed to the ground other than a structure.
Impervious Surface. Any surface or natural material that does not allow for the passage of water through the material and into the underlying soil.
Incidental Use. See “Use, Incidental”.
Income Levels. Income levels for households whose gross incomes do not exceed the qualifying extremely low, very low, low, and moderate -income limits established in § 6932 of the California Code of Regulations, and amended periodically based on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimate based on the Yolo County median income levels by family size. These income limits are equivalent to the following:
1. Extremely Low Income Household. Under 30 percent of area median income, adjusted for household size appropriate for the unit.
2. Very Low Income Household. 30 to 50 percent of area median income, adjusted for household size appropriate for the unit.
3. Low Income Household. 50 to 80 percent of area median income, adjusted for household size appropriate for the unit.
4. Moderate Income Household. 80 to 120 percent of area median income, adjusted for household size appropriate for the unit.
Intensity of Use. The extent to which a use or the use in combination with other uses affects the natural and built environment in which it is located; the demand for services; and persons who live, work, and visit the area. Measures of intensity include, without limitation: requirements for water, gas, electricity, or public services; number of automobile trips generated by a use; parking demand; number of employees on a site; hours of operation; the amount of noise, light, or glare generated; the number of persons attracted to the site, or in eating establishments, the number of seats.
Intersection, Street. The area common to two or more intersecting streets.
23.4436.100 “J” Terms.
Reserved.
23.4436.110 “K” Terms.
Kitchen. Any room or space within a building intended to be used for the cooking or preparation of food.
23.4436.120 “L” Terms.
Land Use. The purpose for which land or a structure is designed, arranged, intended, occupied, or maintained, including residential, commercial, industrial, etc.
Landscaping. The planting, configuration, and maintenance of trees, ground cover, shrubbery, and other plant material, decorative natural and structural features (walls, fences, hedges, trellises, fountains, sculptures), earth -patterning and bedding materials, and other similar site improvements that serve an aesthetic or functional purpose.
Light Fixture. The assembly that holds a lamp and may include an assembly housing, a mounting bracket or pole socket, a lamp holder, a ballast, a reflector or mirrors, and a refractor or lens.
Liquor Sales. The sale of liquor for offsite consumption.
Living Area. Area used for the exclusive occupancy of a tenant and/or condominium unit owner, which excludes common areas.
Lot. A parcel, tract, or area of land whose boundaries have been established by a legal instrument, such as a deed or recorded map recorded, and which is recognized as a separate legal entity for purposes of transfer of title, except public easements or rig hts-of-way. Lot types include the following:
1. Abutting Lot. A lot having a common property line or separated by a public path or lane, private street, or easement to the subject lot.
2. Corner Lot. A lot or parcel bounded by two or more adjacent street lines that have an angle of intersection of not more than 135 degrees.
3. Flag Lot. A lot so shaped that the main portion of the lot area does not have access to a street other than by means of a corridor having less than 20 feet of width.
4. Interior Lot. A lot bounded on one side by a street line and on all other sides by lot lines between adjacent lots or that is bounded by more than one street with an intersection greater than 135 degrees; a lot other than a corner lot.
5. Key Lot. An interior lot adjoining the rear lot line of a reversed corner lot.
6. Reversed Corner Lot. A corner lot, the rear of which abuts the side of another lot, whether across a lane or not.
7. Through Lot. A lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.
FIGURE 23.35.120.L : LOT TYPES
Lot Area. The area of a lot measured horizontally between bounding lot lines.
Lot Coverage. The portion of a lot that is covered by structures, including principal and accessory buildings, garages, carports, and roofed porches, but not including unenclosed and unroofed decks, landings, or balconies. See also Subsection 23.02.030.G, Determining Lot Coverage.
Lot Depth. The horizontal distance between the front and rear property lines of a site. See also Subsection 23.02.030.D, Measuring Lot Width and Depth.
Lot Frontage. See “Frontage, Street.”
Lot Line. The boundary between a lot and other property or the public right-of-way.
1. Front Lot Line. On an interior lot, the line separating the lot from the street. On a corner lot, the shorter lot line abutting a street. On a through lot, the lot line abutting the street providing the primary access to the lot. On a flag lot, the interior lot line most parallel to and nearest the street from which access is obtained.
2. Street Side Lot Line. A side lot line of a corner lot that is adjacent to a street.
3. Interior Lot Line. Any lot line that is not adjacent to a street.
4. Rear Lot Line. The lot line that is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. Where no lot line is within 45 degrees of being parallel to the front lot line, a line 10 feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum possible distance from the front lot line, will be deemed the rear lot line for establishing the minimum rear yard.
5. Side Lot Line. Any lot line that is not a front or rear lot line.
FIGURE 23.35.120.L.2: LOT LINE TYPES
FIGURE 23.35.120.L.3: REAR LOT LINES, IRREGULAR LOTS
Lot, Nonconforming. A legal parcel of land having less area, frontage, or dimensions than required in the zone in which it is located.
Lot Width. The average distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth. See also Subsection 23.02.030.D, Measuring Lot Width and Depth. When not applicable due to irregularity of lot shape, lot width shall be determined by the Director, subject to appeal and review by the Planning Commission.
23.4436.130 “M” Terms.
Maintenance and Repair. The repair or replacement of nonbearing walls, fixtures, wiring, roof, or plumbing that restores the character, scope, size, or design of a structure to its previously existing, authorized, and undamaged condition.
Mapped Street. A future street right-of-way which is laid out, surveyed, and delineated on a map of such size, scale, and detail that the precise alignment of the street can be ascertained.
Mobile Home. A structure transportable in one or more sections, and which s built on a permanent chassis, and designed to be used as a dwelling unit.
Municipal Code. The City of Alhambra Municipal Code.
23.4436.140 “N” Terms.
Noise. Any sound that annoys or disturbs humans or which causes or tends to cause an adverse psychological or physiological effect on humans.
Nonconforming Building. See “Building, Nonconforming”.
Nonconforming Lot. See “Lot, Nonconforming”.
Nonconforming Structure. See “Structure, Nonconforming”.
Nonconforming Use. See “Use, Nonconforming”.
23.4436.150 “O” Terms.
On-Site. Located on the lot that is the subject of discussion.
Outdoor Storage. The keeping, in an unroofed area, of any goods, junk, material, merchandise, or vehicles in the same place for more than 72 hours, except for the keeping of building materials reasonably required for construction work on the premises pursuant to a valid and current Building Permit issued by the City.
Owner. A person or persons holding single or unified beneficial title to the property, including without limitation, the settlor of a grantor trust, a general partner, firm, or corporation.
23.4436.160 “P” Terms.
Parapet. That part of a wall that extends above the roof line.
Parking Area. An area of a lot, structure, or any other area, including driveways, which is designed for and the primary purpose of which is to provide for the temporary storage of operable motor vehicles.
Parkway. Portion of a street right-of-way, between the back of the curbline and the lot line, which is used or is available for use for landscaping, utilities, and/or sidewalks.
Passenger Vehicle. As defined in the California Vehicle Code.
Permitted Use. See “Use, Permitted”.
Person. Any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, company, or corporation.
Planning Commission. The Planning Commission of the City of Alhambra.
Planning Division. The Planning Division of the Community Development Department of the Ci ty of Alhambra.
Pre-existing. In existence prior to the effective date of this Code.
Principal Use. See “Use, Principal”.
Project. Any proposal for a new or changed use or for new construction, alteration, or enlargement of any structure that is subject to the provisions of this Code. This term includes, but is not limited to, any action that qualifies as a “project” as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act.
Property Line. The recorded boundary of a lot or parcel of land.
Public Resources Code. The Public Resources Code of the State of California.
Public Works Director. The Public Works Director of the City of Alhambra.
23.4436.170 “Q” Terms.
Qualified Applicant. The property owner, the owner’s agent, or any person, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity that has a legal or equitable title to land that is the subject of a development proposal or is the holder of an option or contract to purchase such land, or otherwise has an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
23.4436.180 “R” Terms.
Reasonable Accommodation. Any deviation requested and/or granted from the strict application of the City’s zoning and land use laws, rules, policies, practices and/or procedures under provisions of federal or California law to make housing or other facilities readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities and thus enjoy equal employment or housing opportunities or other benefits guaranteed by law.
Review Authority. Body or entity responsible for making decisions on applications.
Right-of-Way. A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, forced dedication, prescription or condemnation and intended to be occupied or occupied by a road, railroad, electric transmission lines, oil or gas pipeline, water line, sanitary storm sewer, or other similar use.
Roofline. The top edge of a roof or building parapet, whichever is higher, excluding any cupolas, pylons, chimneys, or minor projections.
23.4436.190 “S” Terms.
Senior Citizen. An individual 62 years of age or older.
Setback. The distance between a property line and a building or structure that must be kept clear or open.
Sidewalk. A paved, surfaced, or leveled area, paralleling and usually separated from the street, used as a pedestrian walkway.
Sign Terms. See Chapter 23.21, Signs.
Site. A lot, or group of contiguous lots, that is proposed for development in accordance with the provisions of this Code and is in a single ownership or under unified control.
Soil. Naturally occurring superficial deposits overlying bedrock.
Solar Reflectance Index. Measure of a surface’s ability to reflect solar heat, combining reflectance and emittance into one number. It is defined so that a standard black (reflectance 0.05, emittance
0.90) is zero and a standard white (reflectance 0.80, emittance 0.90) is 100.
Specific Plan. A plan for all or part of the area covered by the General Plan that is prepared to be consistent with and to implement the General Plan, pursuant to the provisions of Government Code, §§ 65450 et seq.
State. The State of California.
Stock Cooperative. Ownership of a building and the land on which it is located by a corporation in which the tenants of the building own shares of stock and by such ownership are entitled to an exclusive right to occupy a dwelling unit in the building.
Story. That portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story is that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the upper surface of the roof above.
Street. A public or private thoroughfare, which affords the principal means of access to a block and to abutting property. “Street” includes avenue, court, circle, crescent, place, way, drive, boulevard, highway, road, and any other thoroughfare, except an alley or walkway.
Street Line. The boundary between a street and a lot or parcel of land.
Structure. Anything constructed or erected which requires a location on the ground.
1. Structure, Accessory. A detached subordinat e structure used only as incidental to a principal building, structure, or use on the same site or lot.
2. Structure, Attached. A structure which is affixed to another building or structure on the site.
3. Structure, Detached. A structure which is not affixed to another building or structure on the site.
4. Structure, Nonconforming. A building or structure, or portion thereof, which was lawfully erected or altered or maintained, but which, because of the application of this Code to it, no longer conforms to the regulations set forth in this Code.
5. Structure, Principal. A structure housing the primary or principal use of a site or functioning as the primary or principal use.
6. Structure, Temporary. A structure without any foundation or footings, and which is intended to be removed when the designated time period, activity, or use for which the temporary structure was erected has ceased.
Swimming Pool. A pool, pond, lake, or open tank capable of containing water to a depth greater than 18 inches at any point.
23.4436.200 “T” Terms.
Tandem Parking. An arrangement of parking spaces such that one or more spaces must be driven across to access another space or spaces.
Telecommunication Terms. See Section 23.34.050, Communications Facility.
1. Antenna. Any system of wires, poles, rods, horizontal or vertical elements, panels, reflecting discs, or similar devices used for the transmission and/or reception of electromagnetic waves.
2. Co-Location. The location of two or more wireless communications facilities owned or used by more than one public or private entity on a single support structure, or otherwise sharing a common location. Co- location also includes the location of wireless communications facilities with other facilities, such as buildings, water tanks, light standards, and other utility facilities and structures.
3. Mast. A pole of wood or metal or a tower fabricated of metal that is used to support an antenna and maintain it at the proper elevation.
4. Multi-User Telecommunication Facility. A telecommunication facility comprised of multiple telecommunication towers or buildings supporting one or more antennas owned or used by more than one public or private entity, excluding research and development industries with antennas serving internal company uses only.
5. Non-Stealth Facility. Means any telecommunication facility not camouflaged in a readily apparent manner to blend with surrounding land uses and features. The design does not conceal the intended use of the facility and incorporates no readily apparent elements of stealth technology or design. A standard monopole with equipment cabinets aboveground and unscreened would be considered non-stealth.
6. Personal Communications Services (PCS). Digital wireless telephone technology such as portable phones, pagers, faxes, and computers. PCS is al so sometimes known as Personal Communication Network (PCN).
7. Satellite Dish. A device (also known as a parabolic antenna) incorporating a reflective surface that is solid, open, or mesh or bar -configured, and is in the shape of a shallow dish, cone, horn cornucopia, or flat plate that is used to receive or transmit radio or electromagnetic waves between terrestrially and/or orbitally based units. This term includes satellite earth stations, satellite receivers, satellite discs, direct broadcast systems, television-reception-only systems, and satellite microwave antennas.
8. Stealth Facility. Means any telecommunication facility camouflaged or designed to substantially blend into the surrounding environment, land uses, and features by, among other things, archit ecturally integrating into a structure or otherwise using design elements to conceal antennas, antenna supports, poles, equipment, cabinets, equipment housing and enclosure, and related above -ground accessory or support equipment;
minimize aesthetic impact on adjacent uses; and conceal the intended use and appearance of the structures.
9. Support Equipment. The physical, electrical, and/or electronic equipment included within a telecom facility used to house, power, transport, and/or process signals from or to the facility’s antenna or antennas.
10. Telecommunication Facility. A mobile cell site that consists of a cell antenna tower and electronic radio transceiver equipment on a truck or trailer, designed to be part of a cellular network.
11. Tower. Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas.
12. Tower, Lattice. A multiple -sided, open, metal frame support structure that supports antennas and related equipment, typically with three or four support legs.
Tenant. A person renting or leasing a housing unit or non-residential space.
Trailer. A vehicle with or without motor power, which is designed or used for hauling materials or vehicles, or for human habitation, office, or storage including camper, recreational vehicle, travel trailer, and mobile home, but not including mobile homes on a permanent foundation.
Tree Permit Terms.
1. California Native. Those trees listed, maintained and organized by California regions by the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) as follows:
T A BLE 23. 4435.200.E: CALIFORNIA NATIVE TREES
Species Common Names Plant Type
Abies concolor Balsam Fir Tree
Abies grandis Grand Fir Tree
Abies lasiocarpa Subalpine Fir Tree
Abies magnifica Balsam Fir Tree
Acer circinatum Vine Maple Tree
Acer macrophyllum Big Leaf Maple Tree
Acer negundo Box Elder Tree
Aesculus californica California Buckeye Tree
Alnus incana Gray Alder Tree
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia Mountain Alder Tree
Alnus rhombifolia White Alder Tree
Alnus rubra Red Alder Tree
Arbutus menziesii Madrone Tree
Betula occidentalis Water Birch Tree
Bursera microphylla Elephant Tree Tree, Succulent
Calocedrus decurrens Incense Cedar Tree
T A BLE 23. 4435.200.E: CALIFORNIA NATIVE TREES
Species Common Names Plant Type
Ceanothus velutinus Tobacco Brush Tree, Shrub
Celtis reticulata Western Hackberry Tree
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Port Orford Cedar Tree
Cornus sessilis Miner's Dogwood Tree
Cupressus arizonica Arizona Cypress Tree
Fraxinus dipetala California Ash Tree
Fraxinus latifolia Oregon Ash Tree
Fraxinus velutina Velvet Ash Tree
Hesperocyparis bakeri Baker's Cypress Tree
Hesperocyparis forbesii Tecate Cypress Tree
Hesperocyparis macnabiana Macnab's Cypress Tree
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa Monterey Cypress Tree
Hesperocyparis sargentii Sargent's Cypress Tree
Hesperocyparis stephensonii Arizona Cypress Tree
Juglans californica Southern California Black Walnut Tree Juglans hindsii Northern California Black Walnut Tree
Juniperus californica California Juniper Tree
Juniperus communis Common Juniper Tree, Shrub
Lyonothamnus floribundus Island Ironwood Tree
Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. aspleniifolius Santa Cruz Island Ironwood Tree Malus fusca Oregon Crab Apple Tree
Olneya tesota Desert Ironwood Tree
Parkinsonia florida Blue Palo Verde Tree
Parkinsonia microphylla Yellow Palo Verde Tree
Picea sitchensis Sitka Spruce Tree
Pinus attenuata Knobcone Pine Tree
Pinus contorta Beach Pine Tree
Pinus contorta ssp. contorta Shore Pine Tree
Pinus coulteri Bull Pine Tree
Pinus edulis Twoneedle Pinyon Tree
Pinus flexilis White Pine Tree
Pinus Jeffreyi Jeffrey Pine Tree
Pinus lambertiana Sugar Pine Tree
Pinus monophylla Oneneedle Pinyon Pine Tree
T A BLE 23. 4435.200.E: CALIFORNIA NATIVE TREES
Species Common Names Plant Type
Pinus muricata Bull Pine Tree
Pinus ponderosa Bull Pine Tree
Pinus radiata Monterey Pine Tree
Pinus sabiniana Foothill Pine Tree
Pinus torreyana Torrey Pine Tree
Piatanus racemosa Western Sycamore Tree
Populus fremontii Fremont Cottonwood Tree
Populus tremuloides Quaking Aspen Tree
Populus trichocarpa Black Cottonwood Tree
Prosopis glandulosa Honey Mesquite Tree
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana Mesquite Tree
Prosopis pubescens Screwbean Mesquite Tree
Prunus andersonii Desert Peach Tree, Shrub
Prunus emarginata Bitter Cherry Tree, Shrub
Prunus fasciculata Desert Range Almond Tree, Shrub
Prunus ilicifolia Hollyleaf Cherry Tree
Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia Hollyleaf Cherry Tree Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii Catalina Cherry Tree, Shrub Prunus virginiana Chokecherry Tree, Shrub
Prunus virginiana var. demissa Western Chokecherry Tree, Shrub Pseudotsuga macrocarpa Bigcone Douglas Fir Tree
Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir Tree
Psorothamnus spinosus Smoke Tree Tree
Quercus agrifolia Coast Live Oak Tree
Quercus berberidifolia Scrub Oak Tree
Quercus chrysolepis Canyon Live Oak Tree
Quercus cornelius-mulleri Muller Oak Tree
Quercus douglasii Blue Oak Tree
Quercus dumosa Nuttall's Scrub Oak Tree, Shrub
Quercus durata Leather Oak Tree
Quercus durata var. durata Leather Oak Tree
Quercus engelmannii Engelmann Oak Tree
Quercus garryana Garry's Oak Tree
Quercus garryana var. breweri Garry's Oak Tree
T A BLE 23. 4435.200.E: CALIFORNIA NATIVE TREES
Species Common Names Plant Type
Quercus kelloggii Black Oak Tree
Quercus lobata Valley Oak Tree
Quercus parvula Santa Cruz Island Oak Tree
Quercus parvula var. shrevei Shreve Oak Tree
Quercus tomentella Island Oak Tree
Quercus vacciniifolia Huckleberry Oak Tree
Quercus wislizeni Interior Live Oak Tree
Salix exigua Sandbar Willow Tree, Shrub
Salix gooddingii Goodding's Black Willow Tree
Salix laevigata Red Willow Tree
Salix lasiandra Shining Willow Tree, Shrub
Salix lasiolepis Arroyo Willow Tree, Shrub
Salix scouleriana Scouler’s Willow Tree, Shrub
Salix sitchensis Sitka Willow Tree, Shrub
Sequoia sempervirens Coast Redwood Tree
Sequoiadendron giganteum Sierra Redwood Tree
Thuja plicata Western Red Cedar Tree
Torreya californica California Torreya Tree
Tsuga heterophylla Western Hemlock Tree
Tsuga mertensiana Mountain Hemlock Tree
Umbellularia californica California Laurel Tree
Washingtonia filifera Fan Palm Tree
2. Damage. Any action undertaken which causes injury, death, or disfigurement to a protected tree. This includes, but is not limited to, cutting, poisoning, overwatering, topping, trimming, relocating or transplanting a protected tree.
3. Multi-Trunk. Any tree with multiple trunks attributed to a single tree. For purposes of determining the diameter of a multi -trunk tree, the diameter of each trunk shall be measured at a point four and one -half feet above the root crown, and the sum of the diameters shall be the diameter of the tree.
4. Pruning (also known as lacing). The removal of selected branches that are dead, a hazard to public or property, or are otherwise selected for removal while preserving the overall form of the tree. Pruning can be done to give a tree a more balanced appearance, to reduce the weight on one side of a tree in order to prevent the tree from toppling, or to remove branches that are at risk of breaking and injuring people or damaging property. Utilities
may use pruning to selectively remove branches that interfere with overhead lines.
Pruning is distinct from topping or trimming a tree.
5. Removal. The uprooting, cutting, or severing of the main trunk, of a protected tree.
6. Root Crown. That portion of a protected tree trunk from which roots extend laterally into the ground.
7. Topping. The removal of the upperm ost branches of a tree, or cutting the trunk, in order to reduce its height without regard to the overall form of the tree. Typically results in a horizontal cut across the trunk or a roughly spherical cut centered on the trunk.
8. Trimming. The alteration of the outward shape of a tree without regard to which branches are to be trimmed. Typically results in a geometric rather than natural shape. Hedges are trimmed to preserve a particular, frequently rectangular, shape. Topping a tree would be an extreme example of trimming.
Turf.
1. Artificial Turf. A synthetically derived, natural grass substitute that may be used in lieu of natural turf, and must simulate the appearance of natural live grass, in a single -unit dwelling residential property and in the landscape areas of multi-unit dwelling residential and non-residential properties.
2. Natural Turf. A ground cover surface of mowed grass. Annual bluegrass, Kentucky bluegrass, Perennial ryegrass. Red fescue, and Tall fescue are cool -season grasses.
Bermuda grass, Kikuyu grass, Seashore Paspalum, St. Augustine grass, Zoysiagrass, and Buffalo grass are warm-season grasses.
23.4436.210 “U” Terms.
Use. The purpose for which land or the premises of a building, structure or facility is arranged, designed, or intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
1. Use, Accessory. A use that is customarily associated with, and is incidental and subordinate to, a principal use and located on the same lot as a principal use.
2. Use, Incidental. A secondary use of a lot and/or building that is located on the same lot, but is not customarily associated with the principal use.
3. Use, Nonconforming. The use of a building, structure, site, or portion thereof, which was lawfully established and maintained, but which, because of the adoption and application of this Code, no longer conforms to the specific regulations applicable to the zone in which it is located.
4. Use, Permitted. Any use or structure that is allowed in a zone without a requirement for approval of a Use Permit, but subject to any restrictions applicable to that zone.
5. Use, Pri ncipal. A primary, principal, or dominant use established, or proposed to be established, on a lot.
Use Classification. A system of classifying uses into a limited number of use types on the basis of common functional, product, or compatibility characteristics. All use types are grouped into the
following categories: residential, public and semi -public, commercial, industrial, and transportation, communication, and utilities. See Chapter 23.34, Use Classifications.
Use Permit. A discretionary permit which may be g ranted by the appropriate City of Alhambra authority to provide for the accommodation of land uses with special site or design requirements, operating characteristics, or potential adverse effects on surroundings, which are not permitted as of right, but which may be approved upon completion of a review process and, where necessary, the imposition of special conditions of approval. See Chapter 23.27, Use Permit.
Use Type. A category that classifies similar uses based on common functional, product, or compatibility characteristics.
Utilities. Equipment and associated features related to the mechanical functions of a building(s) and services such as water, electrical, telecommunications, and waste.
23.4436.220 “V” Terms.
Variance. A discretionary grant of per mission to depart from the specific requirements of this Code that is warranted when, due to special circumstances regarding the physical characteristics of the property, the strict application of standards would deprive the property of privileges available to other property in the same zone.
Vehicle. Any vehicle, as defined by the California Vehicle Code, including any automobile, camper, camp trailer, trailer, trailer coach, motorcycle, house car, boat, or similar conveyance.
Vibration. A periodic motion of the particles of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from the position of equilibrium.
Visible. Capable of being seen (whether legible) by a person of normal height and visual acuity walking or driving on a public road or in a public place.
23.4436.230 “W” Terms.
Wall. Any vertical exterior surface of building or any part thereof, including windows.
23.4436.240 X” Terms.
Reserved.
23.4436.250 “Y” Terms.
Yard. An open space on the same site as a structure, unoccupied and unobs tructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided by this Code.
1. Front Yard. A yard extending across the front of a lot for the full width of the lot between the side lot lines. The depth of a front yard shall be a distance specified by this Code for the zone in which it is located and measured inward from the front lot line.
2. Interior Side Yard. A yard which does not abut a street.
3. Rear Yard. A yard extending across the rear of a lot for its full width between side lot lines, and to a depth specified by this Code for the zone in which it is located. If a lot has no rear lot line, a line 10 feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum possible distance from the front lot line, will be deemed the rear lot line for establishing the minimum rear yard.
4. Required Yard. A yard which complies with the minimum setback requirements for the zone in which the lot is located.
5. Side Yard. A yard extending from the rear line of the required front yard, or the front property line of the site where no front yard is required, to the front line of the required rear yard, or the rear property line of the site where no rear yard is required, the depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the side property line and a line parallel thereto on the site.
6. Street Side Yard. A yard on a corner lot or reversed corner lot extending from the front yard to the rear lot line between the building setback line and the nearest side street lot line.
FIGURE 23.35.250.Y: YARD TYPES
23.4436.260 “Z” Terms.
Zone. A specifically delineated area in the City within which regulations and requirements uniformly govern the use, placement, spacing, and size of land and buildings.
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23.23.030 Definitions
23.23.040 Historic Preservation Commission
23.23.050 Inventory of Historic Resources
23.23.060 Local Eligibility and Designation Criteria for Historic Resources
23.23.070 Designation Procedures for Historic Resources
23.23.080 Designation Rescission and Amendment Procedures for Historic Resources
23.23.090 Alterations to Historic Resources
23.23.100 Certificates of Economic Hardship for Historic Resources
23.23.110 Incentives for Historic Preservation
23.23.120 Appeals
23.23.130 Duty to Keep Historic Resources in Good Repair
23.23.140 Ordinary Maintenance, Repair, and Life Safety for Historic Resources
23.23.150 Unsafe or Dangerous Conditions at Historic Resources
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23.23.010 Purpose
The Alhambra City Council acknowledges that the recognition, preservation, protection, and reuse of historic resources are required in the interests of the health, prosperity, safety, social and cultural enrichment, general welfare, and economic w ell-being of the people of Alhambra. Moreover, California Government Code § 37361 enables City legislative bodies to “provide for places, buildings, structures, works of art, and other objects, having a special character or special historical or aesthetic interest or value, special conditions or regulations for their protection, enhancement, perpetuation or use, which may include appropriate and reasonable control of the use or appearance of neighboring private property within public view, or both.” The designation and preservation of historic resources, and the regulation of alterations, additions, repairs, removal, relocation, demolition, or new construction to perpetuate the historic character of historic resources, is declared to be a public purpose of the City.
Therefore, the purposes of this Chapter include the following:
A. Encourage public knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the built environment as a tangible link to Alhambra’s history;
B. Promote the use of historic resources, especially for the education, appreciation, and general welfare of the people of Alhambra;
C. Enable informed planning decisions regarding the treatment of properties that contribute to the City’s character or reflect its historical, cultural, and/or architectural development; D. Provide recommendations to City Council regarding priorities for preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation efforts within the City;
E. Safeguard Alhambra’s heritage by protecting resources that reflect elements of the City's cultural, social, architectural, and/or archaeological history;
F. Deter demolition, misuse, or neglect of historic resources which represent important links to Alhambra’s, the state’s, or the nation’s past;
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G. Promote the economic benefits of historic preservation to the City and its residents.
23.23.020 Applicability
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all designated, eligible, or potentially eligible historic resources—including buildings, structures, objects, sites, and historic districts —within the City.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, to the extent that applicable State law supersedes the requirements herein the City understands that State law will be controlling.
23.23.030 Definitions
The following terms when used in this Chapter shall have the meaning set forth in this section unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.
A. Alhambra Register of Historic Resources (“Alhambra Register”). The official list of designated historic resources created and maintained by the City. This includes historic resources that have been designated under this Chapter as well as those listed in the California Register of Historical Resources and/or National Register of Historic Places.
B. Alhambra Inventory of Historic Resources. The list of historic resources created and maintained by the City, which includes potentially eligible historic resources identified through a historic resources survey; eligible historic resources evaluated through a historic resource assessment ; and those listed in the Alhambra Register of Historic Resources, California Register of Historical Resources, and/or the National Register of Historic Places.
C. Archaeological Resource. Any material remains of past human life, activities, or habitation which are of historic or prehistoric significance and/or may provide information important to the understanding of past human behavior. Such materials include, but are not limited to, artifacts, human -modified ecofacts, features, structures or portions/remnants of structures, sites, districts, graves, human remains, or any piece of the foregoing items.
D. California Environmental Quality Act ( “CEQA”). The statute and regulations applying to public agencies in California as codified in the California Public Resources Code § 21000 through 21178, and Title 14 CCR § 753, and Chapter 3 § 15000 through 15387. CEQA applies to all discretionary work proposed to be conducted or approved by a California public agency, including private projects requiring discretionary approval.
E. California Historical Building Code ( “CHBC”). Applies to all qualified historic resources designated or included in an adopted inventory per federal, state, and local authority. The CHBC provides alternative, performance-based building and zoning regulations to allow for upgrades, changes to, and ongoi ng use of historically significant properties that preserve their historic integrity (CCR Title 24, Part 8).
F. California Register of Historical Resources (“California Register”). The authoritative guide to the state’s significant historical and archaeological resources. In 1992, the California legislature established the California Register to be used by state and local agencies, private groups, and citizens to identify the state’s historical resources and to indicate what properties are to be protected, to the extent prudent and feasible, from substantial adverse change to their significance (CPR § 5023.1(a)).
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to ensure alterations to a designated historic resource, eligible historic resource, or potentially eligible historic resource are in compliance with this Chapter.
H. Certificate of Economic Hardship. Allows a property owner to carry out work that may adversely affect the significance of a historic resource on the basis of extreme financial hardship or adversity. It refers to the required review prior to approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness or Certificate of Demolition for a project that does not comply with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
I. Certified Local Government (or “CLG”) . A national program designed to encourage the direct participation of a local government in the identification, registration, and preservation of historic properties located within the jurisdiction of the local government. A local government may become a CLG by developing and implementing a local historic preservation program based on federal and state standards. In California, the CLG program is administered by the State Office of Historic Preservation (OHP).
J. Certificate of Demolition (“C of D”). The required review prior to approval of a demolition request to ensure demolition of a designated historic resource, eligible historic resource, or potentially eligible historic resource is in compliance with this Chapter.
K. Character-Defining Features. The visual and physical features that give a historic resource its identity and distinctive character. They may include its overall form, massing , materials, craftsmanship, decorative details, interior spaces and features, and aspects of its site and environment.
L. Contributing Resource (“Contributor”). Any building, structure, object, site, planning feature, sign, area, place, landscape, or natural feature within a historic district that contributes to the district’s historic, cultural, or architectural significance.
M. Designation. The act of recognizing, labeling, and listing a historic resource in the Alhambra Register of Historic Resources by City Council. A designation formally establishes that a historic resource has historic significance and retains historic integrity.
N. Eligible. A historic resource that has been formally evaluated as eligible for local designation and/or listing in the California Register of Historical Resources or National Register of Historic Places, such as through the completion of a historic resource assessment.
O. Historic Context. The broad patterns of historical development of a community or region that are represented by the physical development and character of the built environment. Historic contexts typically are based on one or more themes, a geographical area, and periods of sig nificance. They also identify important associated property types and establish eligibility criteria and integrity thresholds.
P. Historic District. A type of historic resource that is a geographic area comprising a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of buildings, structures, objects, planning features, sites, natural/landscape features and any other features united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development.
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and has been formally designated by the City.
R. Historic Preservation Commission. The City of Alhambra Historic Preservation Commission established pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.41.010, Historic Preservation Commission, of the Alhambra Municipal Code.
S. Historic Resource. The broad category of all historic resource types that are significant in the history or prehistory of the City, region, state, or nation. H istoric resources include resources listed in or found eligible for listing in the Alhambra Register of Historic Resources, California Register of Historical Resources, or National Register of Historic Places. Historic resources can include buildings, structures, objects, sites, and historic districts.
T. Historic Resource Assessment ( “Historic Resource Evaluation”). A detailed study of a property to determine its eligibility for national, state, or local listing or designation. A historic r esource assessment generally results in a report including in-depth, property-specific information about the resource. This information typically includes an ownership/occupant history; historic contexts and themes of significance; construction dates; a physical description, including architectural style, materials, and setting; approximate dates of exterior alterations; character-defining features; and a historic integrity analysis.
U. Historic Resources Survey. A neighborhood or citywide survey to identify potentially eligible historic resources, including buildings, structures, objects, sites, and historic districts. A historic resources survey generally results in a list of properties that have been evaluated as potentially eligible for national, state, or local listing or designation.
V. Integrity. The ability of a property to convey its significance. A resource’s integrity is conveyed through the authenticity of its physical identity as evidenced by the survival of characteristics that existed during the time period within which the resource attained significance. An assessment of integrity is grounded in an understanding of the resource’s physical features and how they relate to its historic context. The National Register of Historic Places establishes seven aspects of integrity: location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. For the definitions of these aspects and guidance on how to apply them, refer to National Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation (U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, rev. 1997).
W. Major Addition . A residential enlargement larger than 500 square feet or 25% of the existing gross floor area before the addition, and a non -residential enlargement equal to or exceeding 25% of the existing gross floor area before the addition.
X. Major Alterations are defined as:
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3. Any undertaking that results in the replacement of a significant feature of a designated Historic Landmark or eligible individual historic resource, or that may adversely affect the significance of a historic resource, including windows and doors in existing openings or resurfacing exterior finishes (i.e. painting unpainted exterior surfaces, replacing stucco in a noticeably different texture) on street-facing façades.
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5. New construction in a designated Historic District.
6. Demolition of, or a major addition to, a non-contributing resource in a designated Historic District.
7. Any other undertaking determined to be a major alteration by the City , including, where appropriate, multiple minor alterations.
Y. Mills Act Historic Property Contract (“Mills Act Contract”). The historic property contract between the City and the property owner that provides the potential for reduced property taxes in return for the rehabilitation, restoration, and preservation of a historic resource, pursuant to California Government Code § 50280 through 50289, Chapter 1, Part 1, Title 5.
Z. Minor Alterations are defined as:
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2. Any undertaking requiring a permit that does not change substantially the exterior character- defining features of a designated Historic Landmark, eligible individual historic resource, or contributing resource in a designated Historic District, including minor additions on secondary façades that are not publicly visible.
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6. In designated Historic Districts, demolition or alteration of garages and other ancillary structures built within the period of significance on both contributing and non-contributing properties, and new construction of such structures on any property shared with a designated Historic Landmark, eligible individual historic resource, or contributing resource in a designated Historic District.
7. Any other undertaking determined to be a minor alteration by the City.
AA. National Register of Historic Places (“National Register”). An authoritative guide to be used by federal, state, and local governments, private groups and citizens to identify the Nation’s historic resources and to indicate what properties should be considered for protection from destruction or impairment. The National Register program is administered by the National Park Service. To be eligible for listing and/or listed in the National Register of Historic Places , a resource must possess significance in American history and culture, architecture, or archaeology (36 CFR Part 60 § 60.2).
BB. Negligible Alterations are defined as:
1. All work that is entirely interior and does not affect the exterior of a historic resource, except for interior features that are identified as character-defining features in a Historic Landmark nomination adopted by the City.
2. Installation of rooftop equipment not visible from the public right-of-way, except for solar panels, which are exempt from the provisions of this Chapter pursuant to Government Code § 65850.5.
3. Re-roofing in a different material that replicates the appearance of the existing or original roofing.
4. Window and door repair to correct deterioration, decay, or damage to existing original windows or doors.
5. If original windows and doors are beyond repair, in-kind replacement windows and doors matching the original windows and doors in design, texture and, where possible, materials.
6. Repair of existing historic ornament (including, but not limited to, porches, cornices, plaster work, and eaves).
7. Any additional ordinary maintenance and repair to correct deterioration, decay, and/or damage to existing historic material.
8. Replacement of a non-historic garage door with one that is compatible in terms of design and minimizes its visual impacts on the character-defining features of the historic resource.
9. Seismic upgrades that do not alter the character-defining features of a historic resource.
10. Changing the paint color of a painted exterior surface.
11. Any other undertaking determined to be a negligible alteration by the City.
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CC. Nomination. An application for local designation of a property as a Historic Landmark, or a grouping of resources as a Historic District, and inclusion in the Alhambra Register of Historic Resources pursuant to this Chapter.
DD. Non-Contributing Resource. (“Non-Contributor”). Any building, structure, object, site, planning feature, sign, area, place, landscape, or natural feature within a historic district that does not contribute to the district’s historic, cultural, or architectural significance, and therefore is not a historic resource for the purposes of this Chapter.
EE. Period of Significance . The length of time when a property was associated with important events, activities or persons, or attained the characteristics which qualify it for listing in the Alhambra Register of Historic Resources, California Register of Historical Resources, or National Register of Historic Places.
A period of significance can be as brief as a single year or span many years. It is based on specific events directly related to the significance of the property, for example the date of construction, years of ownership, or length of operation as a particular entity.
FF. Potentially Eligible. A resource that has been evaluated as appearing eligible for listing in the Alhambra Register of Historic Resources, California Register of Historical Resources, or National Register of Historic Places, such as through a historic resources survey.
GG. Qualified Professional(s) means any of the following professions/occupations:
1. “Archaeologist” shall refer to an archaeologist who meets and/or exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards in archaeology, as defined by the National Park Service (36 CFR Part 61).
2. “Architect” shall refer to a licensed architect who meets and/or exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards in architecture, as defined by the National Park Service (36 CFR Part 61).
3. “Architectural Historian” shall refer to an architectural historian who meets and/or exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards in architectural history, as defined by the National Park Service (36 CFR Part 61).
4. “Historian” shall refer to a historian who meets and/or exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards in history, as defined by the National Park Service (36 CFR Part 61).
5. “Historic Architect” shall refer to a licensed architect who meets and/or exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards in historic architecture, as defined by the National Park Service (36 CFR Part 61).
HH. Relocation. The process of physically transporting a building, structure, or object from one location to another.
II. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (“Secretary of the Interior’s Standards”). The Standards and Guidelines developed by the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service for the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction of historic resources.
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Title 2 of the Alhambra Municipal Code establishes the Historic Preservation Commission.
23.23.050 Inventory of Historic Resources
A. Intent. This section establishes the process for creating and managing the Alhambra Inventory of Historic Resources, which is the list of historic resources maintained by the City, and includes potentially eligible historic resources identified through a historic resources survey; eligible historic resources evaluated through a historic resource assessment; locally designated historic resources listed in the Alhambra Register; and historic resources listed in the California and/or National Registers.
B. Establishment. The City shall create and maintain an official list of properties known as the Alhambra Inventory of Historic Resources (“Inventory”). The Inventory shall include potentially eligible historic resources, initially identified through the City of Alhambra H istoric Resources Survey Report (Historic Resources Group, November 23, 2023) and subsequently updated as additional studies are conducted. The Inventory shall include the current historic status for each property (potentially eligible, eligible, locally designated/listed in the Alhambra Register , listed in the California Register, listed in the National Register).
C. Updates. As properties continue to be evaluated and re-evaluated (i.e. through environmental review, the nomination process, survey updates), their historic status may change over time. Therefore, the Inventory shall be maintained and updated by the City on an ongoing basis to ensure that it reflects the current historic status of properties on the list. by the City on an ongoing basis to ensure that it reflects the current historic status of properties on the list.
D. Inventory Use and Implementation. Inclusion of a potentially eligible property on the Inventory does not constitute a finding of eligibility as a historic resource for the purposes of project review in accordance with this Chapter. If project review is triggered, a historic resource assessment is required for a potentially eligible property in order to provide a finding of eligibility or ineligibility as a historic resource. Properti es that are on the Inventory as locally eligible or designated , or listed in the California or National Registers, are automatically considered historic resources and subject to project review. Refer to Section 23.23.090, Alterations to Historic Resources, for project review and approvals process. If a property is determined eligible through a historic resource assessment, the property is considered a historical resource for the purposes of CEQA.
23.23.060 Local Eligibility and Designation Criteria for Historic Resources
A. Significance and Integrity.
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23.23.060(B), and it must retain sufficient integrity to convey its historic significance . Only after significance has been established can the issue of integrity be addressed.
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a. Location;
b. Setting;
c. Design;
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Since significance thresholds associated with local designation are generally less rigid than those associated with listing at the state or federal levels, a greater degree of flexibility shall be provided when evaluating the integrity of a locally eligible historic resource, as opposed to one eligible for listing in the California or National Registers. For this reason, it is possible that a historic resource may not retain sufficient integrity to be eligible for listing in the California or National Registers, but may still be eligible for local designation and listing in the Alhambra Register.
B. Criteria for Designation.
1. Historic Landmark. On the recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission, City Council may designate an individual resource (building, structure, object, or site) as a Historic Landmark if it meets one or more of the following designation criteria and retains integrity:
a. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Alhambra’s, California’s, or the nation’s history;
b. It is associated with the lives of persons important to local, state, or national history; c. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a n architectural style, type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values; or
d. It has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of the City, state, or nation.
2. Historic District. On the recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission, City Council may designate a grouping of resources as a Historic District if it meets one or more of the four Criteria for Designation and meets all three of the following criteria:
a. It possesses a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development; b. A minimum of 50% + 1 of the properties within the proposed Historic District contribute to the historic significance of the district overall, thus demonstrating that the district retains integrity; and
c. A minimum of 50% + 1 of property owners within the proposed Historic District are in favor of pursuing designation.
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C. Automatic Local Designation . Any resource listed in the California or National Registers shall be automatically designated as a local historic resource ( Historic Landmark or Historic District ), listed in the Alhambra Register of Historic Resources, and subject to the provisions in this Chapter.
23.23.070 Designation Procedures for Historic Resources
A. Application for Designation.
1. Any person, or group, including the City, may request the designation of a historic resource as a Historic Landmark or Historic District by submitting an application to the Community Development Department.
2. Anyone may prepare an application for designation.
3. Owner consent for submission of an application shall not be required.
4. All applications shall be completed using a form provided by the City and shall contain all required information, including the following:
a. The Assessor Parcel Number and site address.
b. A brief statement describing the property and identifying the designation criteria it meets. c. A detailed architectural description of the property, including identification of its character- defining features.
d. Construction chronology of the property, including a detailed history of major alterations/additions.
e. An evaluation of significance against the C riteria for Designation enumerated in Section
23.23.060, Local Eligibility and Designation Criteria for Historic Resources. f. An assessment of integrity as described in Section 23.23.060, Local Eligibility and Designation Criteria for Historic Resources.
g. Current photographs.
h. Current map identifying the location and boundaries of the property. i. Historic photographs, maps, sketches, drawings, or other descriptive materials, as available, to support the application.
j. Any application fees as determined by the City.
k. For a Historic District nomination, the application package shall include a historic resources survey report. The survey report shall include a clear description of the Historic District boundaries; an itemization of all contributing and non- contributing properties and features within those boundaries; a statement of the historic significance of the district according to the themes outlined in the Ci tywide Historic Context Statement; a statement of how the Formatted: Font: 10 pt, Font color: Auto
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Historic District satisfies the C riteria for Designation outlined in Section 23.23. 060, Local Eligibility and Designation Criteria for Historic Resources; and recommendations for a preservation plan and design guidelines for the district. l. In order to establish a Historic District, a minimum of 50% + 1 of property owners within the district must file their support in writing concurrent with the application package . The percentage shall be based on the total number of properties within the district boundary, with each property getting one vote.
m. Any other information the City reasonably determines to be necessary for review of the application.
B. Review Process.
1. Initial Completeness Review. The initial completeness review of the application will be carried out in accordance with Section 23.31.030, Review of Applications.
2. Owner Notification of Historic Landmark Application. City staff shall notify the owner(s) of record by letter that a Historic Landmark application has been submitted for their property within 10 days of accepting the application as complete. A property owner shall have the right to object to the designation of their property before the Historic Preservation Commission and City Council. Formal objection to the application shall be in writing to City staff, who will then share with the Historic Preservation Commission and/or City Council.
3. Permit Moratorium During Application Process. No major or minor alteration permits for an eligible individual historic resource or contributor to an eligible Historic District shall be issued after an application for designation is submitted. The moratorium on permits shall continue through the process of Historic Landmark or Historic District designation, until a final decision to adopt (or not adopt) the designation has been made by City Council, or until the submitted application has been withdrawn or expired pursuant to Section 23.31.030, Review of Applications. Negligible alterations and those changes related to life safety repairs are exempt from the moratorium.
C. Review Authority.
1. Historic Preservation Commission. Applications for Historic Landmark and Historic District designation shall be reviewed b y the Historic Preservation Commission. The Historic Preservation Commission shall hold a public hearing to determine if the property meet s one or more of the Criteria for Designation established in Section 23.23.060, Local Eligibility and Designation Criteria for Historic Resource s. The public hearing shall be noticed in accordance with Section 23.31.050, Public Notice and conducted in accordance with Section 23.31.060, Conduct of Public Hearings.
After a determination is made regarding the proposed designation, the Historic Preservation Commission shall submit a report with a recommendation to City Council that the historic designation be adopted, a dopted with modifications, or denied . Within 10 days of the public hearing, City staff shall notify the applicant and owner(s) of record b y letter of the Historic Preservation Commission’s determination.
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hearing shall be noticed in accordance with Section 23.31.050, Public Notice and conducted in accordance with Section 23.31.060, Conduct of Public Hearings. At the hearing, City Council shall adopt, adopt with modifications, or deny historic designation. Within 10 days of the hearing, City staff shall notify the applicant and owner(s) of record by letter of the City Council’s determination. A resource that is formally designated by City Council shall be listed in the Alhambra Register of Historic Resources and a deed restriction declaring the formal designation shall be recorded with the County of Los Angeles within 60 days. The deed restriction shall be binding on all future owners of the parcel.
a. City Council Supersedes Owner’s Objection to Designation . City Council shall have the power to override an owner’s objection to H istoric Landmark or Historic District designation by a supermajority vote ( minimum of 4-1 ), and only if City Council determines that the public benefit of designation outweighs private burden.
23.23.080 Designation Rescission and Amendment Procedures for Historic Resources
A. Rescinding or Amending a Designation . Rescission of, or amendment to, the designation of a historic resource shall follow the same procedures as outlined in Section 23.23.070, Designation Procedures for Historic Resources.
B. Required Findings for Recission . Based upon new information presented to the City, the Historic Preservation Commission and City Council shall determine that the historic resource is no longer eligible for designation due to findings of fact that:
1. The resource is not historically significant for the reason(s) provided in the original nomination and therefore does not meet the designation criteria;
2. The resource has been demolished, relocated, or altered to the extent that it no longer retains sufficient integrity to convey its significance; and/or
3. The resource has been destroyed through a catastrophic event that has rendered the resource a hazard to the public health, safety, or welfare.
C. Loss of Designation Status. A resource cannot lose its designation status merely due to degradation by neglect or unpermitted alterations.
23.23.090 Alterations to Historic Resources
A. Application for Alterations.
1. Certificate of Appropriateness (“C of A”). If a C of A is required in accordance with this section, a C of A application shall be filed with the City. An application shall include the following:
a. A report by a Qualified Professional detailing the project’s compliance with, and potential deviation from, the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (Standards compliance report);
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c. For relocation, a site plan of the proposed receiver site; d. Photographs (including views of all façades) of the historic resource(s) to be affected by the proposed work. Photographs shall be in color and include detailed views of any specific elements under consideration (i.e. windows or doors if alterations are proposed) and views of surrounding properties;
e. For relocation, photographs of the proposed receiver site. Photographs shall be in color and include views of surrounding properties;
f. If in a designated Historic District, relationship of the proposed work to the surrounding environment;
g. For new construction in a designated Historic District, relationship of the proposed work to the existing scale, massing, architectural style, site and streetscape, landscaping, and signage of the Historic District;
h. For relocation, documentation of an agreement between the owner of the historic resource(s) and the owner of the proposed receiver site;
i. Property owner authorization;
j. Any application fees as determined by the City; and
k. Any other information the City reasonably determines to be necessary for review of the application.
2. Certificate of Demolition (“C of D”). If a C of D is required in accordance with this section, a C of D application shall be filed with the City. Applications shall include the following:
a. Current photographs of the historic resource(s) for which the C of D is being requested; b. A site plan identifying the historic resource(s) proposed for demolition , and any other buildings, structures, or site features on the property; c. One of the following:
i. Evidence demonstrating that the historic resource has been destroyed through a catastrophic event that has rendered the resource a hazard to the public health, safety, or welfare;
ii. A re-evaluation in the form of a historic resource assessment demonstrating that the historic resource is no longer eligible because it does not meet the criteria or integrity thresholds for local designation as an Alhambra Historic Landmark or listing in the California or National Registers; and/or
iii. An approved Certificate of Economic Hardship pursuant to Section 23.23.100, Certificates of Economic Hardship for Historic Resources.
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d. Property owner authorization;
e. Any application fees as determined by the City; and
f. Any other information the City reasonably determines to be necessary for review of the proposed demolition.
B. Review Process.
1. Initial Completeness Review. The initial completeness review of the application will be carried out in accordance with Section 23.31.030, Review of Applications.
2. Permit Moratorium During Certificate of Demolition Review Process. For any historic resource not deemed an imminent hazard, the Historic Preservation Commission may delay demolition for a period of up to but not exceeding 180 days. During this period, the Historic Preservation Commission and City staff shall work with the property owner to explore alternatives to demolition, including but not limited to the following:
a. Rehabilitation in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties;
b. Application of the California Historical Building Code; c. Use of financial incentives such as the Mills Act Property Tax Abatement Program; d. Relocation;
e. Resale; and
f. Other alternatives as appropriate.
C. Levels of Review. The type of alteration being proposed and the type of resource affected by the alteration will determine the level of review required. Unless the alteration is exempt from review and issued a waiver, a C of A or C of D is required for approval by the Director, the Historic Preservation Commission, or City Council, as specified below and in table 23. 23.090, Summary of Project Levels of Review and Review Authorities. A project requiring multiple separate applications under this Chapter will have each application reviewed by the specified review authority; however, an application processed with concurrent applications under this Title or Title 22 shall go to the highest review authority as set forth in Section 23.30.070, Summary of Review Authorities for Decisions and Appeals.
All alterations are subject to all other provisions of this Title, including Chapter 23.33, Design Review, unless specifically exempted.
1. Designated Historic Landmarks:
a. Major A lterations, other than demolition, require a C of A and review by the Historic Preservation Commission.
b. Demolition requires a C of D , advisory review by the Historic Preservation Commission, and final review by City Council.
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c. Minor Alterations require a C of A and review by the Director. d. Negligible Alterations are exempt from review.
2. Eligible Individual Historic Resources:
a. Major Alterations, other than d emolition, require a C of A and review by the Historic Preservation Commission.
b. Demolition requires a C of D and review by the Historic Preservation Commission. c. Minor Alterations and Negligible Alterations are exempt from review.
3. Potentially Eligible Individual Historic Resources:
a. Major Alterations, including demolition, require a historic resource assessment prepared by a Qualified Professional as outlined in Section 23.23.030, Definitions. If the historic resource assessment determines that the resource meets designation criteria as an Alhambra Historic Landmark and/or for listing in the California or National Registers, and that it meets the integrity thresholds, the property is considered an eligible historic resource and is subject to the review process for eligible individual historic resources in accordance with this section. If the historic resource assessment determines that the property is not eligible, the property is not subject to the review process outlined in this section.
4. Designated Historic Districts:
a. Contributing Resources.
i. Major Alterations, including demolition or new construction of an ancillary structure , require a C of A and review by the Historic Preservation Commission. ii. Minor Alterations require a C of A and review by the Director. iii. Negligible Alterations are exempt from review.
b. Non-Contributing Resources.
i. Major Alterations, including demolition or new construction of an ancillary structure , require a C of A and review by the Director.
ii. Minor Alterations and Negligible Alterations are exempt from review. c. New Construction of a Primary Building.
i. New Construction of a primary building on a property in a designated Historic District requires a C of A and review by the Director.
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a. All resources in potentially eligible and eligible Historic Districts are exempt from review.
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1. Properties listed in the California Register or National Register are considered designated properties and are therefore exempt from Chapter 23.33, Design Review. See Section 23.23.110, Incentives for Historic Preservation.
D. Review Authority
1. Director. C of A applications requiring administrative approval will be reviewed by the Director.
No public hearing shall be required for applications reviewed by the Director. The Director ma y approve, or approve with conditions, the application. Decisions of the Director regarding the application are subject to appeal per Section 23.31.120, Appeals.
2. Historic Preservation Commission. C of A and C of D applications requiring approval or a recommendation by the Historic Preservation Commission shall be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission at a public hearing. The public hearing shall be noticed in accordance with Section 23.31.050, Public Notice and cond ucted in accordance with Section 23.31.060, Conduct of Public Hearings. At the hearing, the Historic Preservation Commission shall adopt a resolution either making a recommendation to City Council, or approving, conditionally approving, or denying the application. Within 10 days of the public hearing, City staff shall notify the applicant by letter of the Historic Preservation Commission’s determination . Decisions of the Historic Preservation Commission regarding the application are subject to appeal per Section 23.23.120, Appeals; Expiration, Extensions, and Revision; Revocation.
3. City Council. The Historic Preservation Commission’s recommendation on a C of D application requiring final review and approval by City Council, shall be reviewed by City Council at a public hearing. The hearing shall be noticed in accordance with Section 23.31.050, Public Notice and conducted in accordance with Section 23.31.060, Conduct of Public Hearings. At the hearing City Council shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny the C of D application. Within 10 days of the hearing, City staff shall notify the applicant and owner(s) of record by letter of the City Council’s determination.
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E. Required Findings.
1. Certificate of Appropriateness Findings. In evaluating a C of A application, the Director, the Historic Preservation Commission, and/or City Council, upon appeal, shall c onsider the scale, massing, design, architectural features, materials, and any other relevant physical features associated with the historic resource proposed for alteration. Applications shall not be approved unless the overall weight of the evidence supports one or more findings below, as appropriate:
a. For a designated Historic Landmark or eligible individual historic resource, the proposed work will neither adversely affect the exterior architectural characteristics or other features of the resource nor adversely affect the character of historical, architectural, or aesthetic interest or value of the resource and its site.
b. For a property within a designated Historic District, the proposed work will be compatible with its surroundings, including neighboring properties, and will not adversely affect existing spatial relationships, nor the historical, architectural, or aesthetic character of the district. c. The proposed work complies with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and any other applicable design guidelines adopted by the City. d. For relocation, moving of the historic resource to another site is necessary to correct an unsafe or dangerous condition at the current site and no other measures for correcting the condition have been determined feasible, or moving of the historic resource is necessary for its preservation and no other options for preserving the historic resource at the current site have been determined feasible.
e. For property owners proposing to carry out work that may adversely affect the significance of a historic resource and would potentially face undue financial burden from having to meet the requirements of a C of A, the owner may apply for a Certificate of Economic Hardship following the process outlined in Section 23.23.100, Certific ates of Economic Hardship for Historic Resources, in lieu of obtaining a C of A.
2. Certificate of Demolition Findings . In evaluating a C of D application, the Historic Preservation Commission or City Council, as appropriate , shall make a determination based on the overall weight of the evidence supporting one or more of the following findings:
a. The potential negative effects of demolition are outweighed by the benefits of the associated replacement project, as applicable; or
b. There is sufficient evidence, including evidence provided by the applicant, that relocation of the historic resource is not feasible; or
c. Demolition of the historic resource is necessary to protect or promote the health, safety, or welfare of the residents of the City, including the need to eliminate blight or nuisance, or correct an unsafe or dangerous condition at the site; or d. The historic resource is no longer eligible based on a re-evaluation of the resource in the form of a historic resource assessment; or
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Commission and City staff shall work with the property
owner to explore alternatives to demolition, including but not limited to the following:¶
Rehabilitation in compliance with the Secretary of the
Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic
Properties;¶
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e. If the property owner has demonstrated undue financial burden and has obtained a Certificate of Economic Hardship following the process outlined in Section 23.23.100, Certificates of Economic Hardship for Historic Resources.
F. Conditions of Approval. In approving a C of A or C of D, the review authority shall impose reasonable conditions or restrictions deemed necessary to ensure compliance with the findings required in subsection 23.23.090(E), and may require reasonable guarantees and evidence that such conditions are being, or will be, complied with. The City reserves the right to have conditions modified or added to address impacts greater than originally anticipated or new impacts not previously contemplated at the time of approval.
23.23.100 Certificates of Economic Hardship for Historic Resources
A. Purpose. This section establishes the process for approving a Certificate of Economic Hardship to allow a property owner to carry out work that may adversely affect the significance of a historic resource on the basis of extreme financial hardship or adversity.
B. Applicability. A Certificate of Economic Hardship may be obtained for alterations to a designated Historic Landmark, eligible individual historic resource, or contributing resource in a designated Historic District, when the proposed alterations do not comply with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Proper ties. If requested, a Certificate of Economic Hardship shall be reviewed and approved prior to the required approval of a C of D or in lieu of a C of A.
C. Criteria for Establishing Economic Hardship.
1. Income-Producing Properties. In order to establish economic hardship for an income-producing property, it must be demonstrated that a reasonable rate of return cannot be obtained from the property in its present condition or if rehabilitated.
2. Non-Income-Producing Properties. In order to establish economic hardship for a non-income- producing property, it must be demonstrated that, without approval of the proposed demolition or rehabilitation, the property owner would be deprived of all reasonable use of or return on the property.
D. Application for Certificate of Economic Hardship. Certificate of Economic Hardship applications shall be submitted on a form provided by the City and shall contain all required information, including any application fees as determined by the City and property owner authorization. The City may require the owner to furnish additional material evidence supporting the request for a Certificate of Economic Hardship. The initial completeness review of the application will be carried out in accordance with Section 23.31.030, Review of Applications.
E. Historic Preservation Commission Review. Applications for Certificates of Economic Hardship shall be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission at a public hearing. The public hearing shall be noticed in accordance with Section 23.31.050, Public Notice and conducted in accordance with Section
23.31.060, Conduct of Public Hearings. At the hearing, the Historic Preservation Commission shall adopt a resolution approving, conditionally approving, or denying the application. Within 10 days of the public hearing, City staff shall notify the applicant by letter of the Historic Preservation Commission’s determination. Decisions of the Historic Preservat ion Commission regarding the application are subject to appeal per Section 23.23.120, Deleted: <#>the Historic Resourcehistoric resource ...
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F. Required Findings. The Historic Preservation Commission shall approve the Certificate of Economic Hardship only if there is sufficient evidence that the historic resource retains no reasonable economic use and/or that retention of the historic resource would cause undue economic hardship, taking into account the historic resource’s condition, location, the current market value, and the cost of rehabilitation to meet the requirements of the Building Code, including the California Historical Building Code, or other City, state, or federal law. In approving a Certificate of Economic Hardship, the Historic Preservation Commission must make at least one of the following findings:
1. Denial of the application would decrease the value of the subject property so as to deprive the owner of any reasonable economic return on the property;
2. Denial of the application would cause an immediate hardship because of conditions unique to the specific property involved;
3. Sale or rental of the property is not financially feasible, when considering the cost of holding such property for uses permitted in the zone;
4. Rental at a reasonable rate of return is not feasible; or
5. Denial of the application would damage the property owner unreasonably in comparison to the benefit conferred to the community.
G. Conditions of Approval. In approving a Certificate of Economic Hardship, the Historic Preservation Commission shall impose reasonable conditions or restrictions deemed necessary to ensure compliance with the findings required in subsection 23.23.100(F), and may require reasonable guarantees and evidence that such conditions are being, or will be, complied with. The City reserves the right to have conditions modified or added to address impacts greater than originally anticipated or new impacts not previously contemplated at the time of approval.
23.23.110 Incentives for Historic Preservation
A. Mills Act Property Tax Abatement Program. The Mills Act Property Tax Abatement Program (Mills Act) was enacted in 1972 by the State of California and grants participating local governments authority to enter into contracts with owners of qualified historic properties who actively participate in the repair, rehabilitation, restoration, and maintenance of their properties to receive property tax relief.
1. Applicability. All locally designated Historic Landmarks, contributing resources in designated Historic Districts, and properties that are listed in the California or National Registers are qualified historic properties eligible for Mills Act Contracts, pursuant to the provisions of Article 12 § 50280 through 50289, Chapter 1, Part 1, Title 5, of the California Government Code.
2. General Requirements. The City Attorney shall prepare and maintain a current Mills Act Contract with all required provisions specified by state law and this section. All Mills Act Contracts shall comply with § 50281 of the California Government Code, which include, but are not limited to, the following provisions:
a. The term of the contract shall be for a minimum of 10 years.
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b. The applicant and property owner shall be required to comply during the term of the contract with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties as well as the California Historical Building Code.
c. The City shall be authorized to conduct periodic inspections of the Qualified Historic Property to determine the applicant’s and owner’s compliance with the contract. d. The contract shall be binding upon all successors-in-interest of the owner.
3. Application Requirements. The City will accept Mills Act Contract applications on an annual basis.
The City may determine on an annual basis how many contracts it will accept and may set a financial cap on the program. All Mills Act Contract applications shall be filed with the Community Development Department and include the following:
a. A description and photographs of the property;
b. A copy of the latest grant deed, deed of trust, or title report for the property; c. A rehabilitation plan/maintenance list of the work to be completed within the ten-year contract period, including cost estimates and the year in which the work will be completed; d. A financial analysis showing current property taxes and estimated taxes for the property under the contract;
e. Property owner authorization; and
f. Any application fees as determined by the City.
4. Initial Completeness Review. The initial completeness review of the Mills Act Contract application will be carried out in accordance with Section 23.31.030, Review of Applications..
5. Review Process.
a. Historic Preservation Commission. Following the application submittal, the Historic Preservation Commission shall review all applications. Within 30 days from the beginning of review, the Historic Preservation Commission shall make recommendations to City Council on the merits of the proposed applications.
b. City Council. City Council may in its sole and absolute discretion authorize the execution of all Mills Act Contracts. Approval of contracts is procedural and shall not require a public hearing.
6. Work Plan Amendments. The contract may provide that alterations to the approved work plan require review and approval by the Community Development Department.
B. California Historical Building Code . The California Historical Building Code ( CCR Title 24, Part 8) may guide upgrades and alterations to designated Historic Landmarks, contributors in designated Historic Districts, and properties that are listed in the California or National Registers, where applicable.
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C. Other Incentives. The following incentives shall apply to designated Historic Landmarks, contributing resources in designated Historic Districts, and properties that are listed in the California or National Registers.
1. Exemption from Design Review. Properties subject to project review under this Chapter shall be exempt from review under Chapter 23.33, Design Review.
2. Reduction of Building Permit Fees. Properties subject to project review under this Chapter are eligible for a reduction in building permit fees. Permit fee reductions will be determined by City Council.
3. Waiver of Parking Requirements for Residential Use. Existing parking is not required to be maintained, if removal of the parking spaces would facilitate or accommodate preservation of a historic resource. Where additional dwelling units are created through the alteration of an existing building or construction of an additional structure or structures, no additional parking shall be required for the additional dwelling units.
23.23.120 Appeals; Expiration, Extensions, and Revisions; Revocation
A. Appeals. The owner of a property subject to project review, or the applicant, if different than the owner, may appeal any decision by the Director or the Historic Preservation Commission under this Chapter as provided for in Section 23.31.120, Appeals.
B. Expiration, Extensions, and Revisions. Approvals for Certificates of Appropriateness, Certificates of Demolition, and Certificates of Economic Hardship may only be expired, extended, or modified as provided for in Chapter 23.31, Common Procedures. Approvals for Designation may be amended pursuant to Section 23.23.080, Designation Rescission and Amendment Procedures.
C. Revocation. Approval of Certificates of Appropriateness may be revoked pursuant to Section
23.31.110, Revocation of Permits, if any of the conditions of terms of the approval are v iolated or if any law or ordinance is violated. Approval of Designation may be rescinded pursuant to Section
23.23.080, Designation Rescission and Amendment Procedures.
23.23.130 Duty to Keep Historic Resources in Good Repair
A. Purpose. The intent of this section is to ensure Alhambra’s historic resources are maintained and repaired in a manner that will protect the historic integrity of both the historic resource and the surrounding area from deliberate or inadvertent neglect. The owner of a designated historic resource has a duty to maintain in good repair all structural and exterior features and to comply with all applicable codes, laws, and regulations governing the maintenance of the resource.
B. General Requirements. Designated historic resources shall be protected against decay and be kept free from structural defects through the prompt repair of any of the following:
1. Deteriorated exterior walls, foundations, or other vertical supports that age, split, or buckle;
2. Deteriorated ceilings, roofs, roof supports, flooring, floor supports, or other horizontal members that age, split, or buckle;
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3. Fireplaces or chimneys which list, bulge, or settle due to defective material or deterioration;
4. Deteriorated, crumbling, or loose exterior plaster;
5. Defective or insufficient weather protection for exterior walls, including lack of paint or other protective coating;
6. Any fault or defect in the building that renders it susceptible to water intrusion or otherwise structurally unsafe; and
7. Landscape, if it has been identified as a character-defining feature of a designated historic resource .
C. Required Findings and City Action. If the City finds that a designated historic resource has fallen into a state of being beyond repair and/or is in danger of collapse, the City shall affirmatively require appropriate interventions to arrest the ongoing decay and/or prevent the historic resource from being torn down—so-called “demolition by neglect”.
23.23.140 Ordinary Maintenance, Repair, and Life Safety for Historic Resources
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent the ordinary maintenance or repair of any exterior feature, or alterations related to life safety repairs, in or on any property covered by this Chapter that does not involve a change in design, material, or appearance thereof.
23.23.150 Unsafe or Dangerous Conditions at Historic Resources
A. Nothing in this C hapter shall prohibit the construction, alteration, rehabilitation, restoration, demolition, o r relocation of any historic resource, when such action is required for public safety due to an unsafe or dangerous condition which cannot be rectified through the use of the California Historical Building Code.
B. If work is immediately necessary to correct an unsafe or dangerous condition, the work shall be reviewed and approved by the Director.
23.23.160 Enforcement
A. Any person who violates a requirement of this Chapter or fails to obey an order issued by the Director, the Historic Preservation Commission, or City Council, or fails to comply with a condition of approval of any certificate or permit issued under this Chapter, shall be subject to the provisions set forth in Section
23.31.150, Enforcement.
B. Alteration or demolition of a historic resource in violation of this Chapter is expressly declared to be a nuisance and shall be abated as deemed appropriate by the City.
C. Alteration or demolition of a historic resource in violation of this Chapter shall authorize the City to issue a temporary moratorium on development of the subject property for a period of up to but not exceeding 60 months (5 years) from the date the City becomes aware of the alteration or demolition.
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by City Council shall be imposed as conditions of any subsequent permit for development of the subject property.
D. Alteration or demolition of a historic resource in violation of this Chapter shall be subject to a fine as determined by City Council.
E. Following alteration or demolition of a historic resource in violation of this Chapter, no future permits shall be issued by the City authorizing any new structure or combination of structures exceeding the original square footage of the historic resource.
F. In addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity, the City Attorney may maintain an action for injunctive relief to restrain a violation, or cause, where possible, the complete or partial restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of a historic resource to its original condition in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
1. The property owner shall do such reconstruction, restoration, or replacement within 1 year of the City Attorney’s action for an injunctive relief.
2. If the property owner fails to carry out such work within this timeframe, the City may cause such work to be done at the cost of the owner.
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City Does the City have
an HP Ordinance? Year Adopted
Does the City have
adopted survey
findings?
Does the City
maintain a local
register or
inventory?
Do designation
criteria align with
NRHP?
Is there an age
requirement for
designation?
Who can nominate a
property for
designation?
Does designation
require owner
consent?
For historic districts,
what percentage of
properties must be
contributors?
For historic districts,
what percentage of
property owners must
approve?
Final decision-
making body for
designation?
Does the City administer
Mills Act contracts? Other available incentives?
Arcadia Yes 2019 No Register of Historic
Resources
Yes 45 years or of
exceptional importance
Anyone Yes 75% 60% City Council Yes Development incentives like the State Historic Building Code and parking modifications.
Azusa Yes 2001 No Register of Historic
Landmarks
No 50 years or of
exceptional importance
Property owner Yes 50% 50% + 1 City Council M ills Act Fee Relief- applicable building permit fee shall be 60% of actual permit fee at time of issuance.
* Setback flexibility
* Relief from non-conforming parking requirements
* Program to recognize historic properties with special plaques, signage, and other appropriate forms of recognition
* Owners of designated properties eligible to apply for local, state, and federal financial benefits as available
Baldwin Park Yes 2012 No No No No Property owner, authorized agent of property owner, or
City Council
Yes City Council
Bradbury Yes 2013 No No No No Yes City Council City Council finds that entering into a Mills Act contract is an effective means of encouraging the preservation,
rehabilitation and maintenance of historic properties.
Applications for Mills Act contracts shall be accepted
between January 1 and March 31. Planning Commission
hearing for its review and consideration of applications.
City Council hearing to consider the recommendation of
the Planning Commission. City Council may approve,
reject, and/or approve with modifications.
Covina Yes 1997 No No No No City Council, planning
commission, director, any
property owner, the Covina
Historic Society, any
community or ethnic
association, or any Covina
citizen
Yes City Council City Council authorizes the use of Mills Act contracts which shall be administered by the community
development department, planning division may be
entered into at the sole discretion of the City Council based on the recommendations of the planning
commission in a form to be approved by the city attorney.
The intent of such contracts shall be the continued
preservation of historic properties. The subject property must be a historic landmark or structure of merit.
* State Historic Building Code: Any alteration made for preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, or relocation of an historic landmark or structure of merit shall be allowed to comply with SHBC.
* Fee Relief: Permit fees shall be 30 percent of the actual permit fee.
* Setback Flexibility: Additions may be constructed at a setback less than provided if it is no closer than the existing structure * Relief from Non-conforming Parking Requirements: Additions to single-family residences shall not be required to provide additional parking; multiple-family dwellings adding additional dwelling units shall not be required to bring the existing unit(s) into compliance with current parking standards.
* Program to recognize historic properties with special plaques, signage, etc.
* Financial Benefits: Owners of such properties are eligible to apply for local, state and federal financial benefits.
Glendora Yes 2014 No Historic Resource
Register
No No Any person, including the
commission or council
Yes 51% City Council
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City Does the City have
an HP Ordinance? Year Adopted
Does the City have
adopted survey
findings?
Does the City
maintain a local
register or
inventory?
Do designation
criteria align with
NRHP?
Is there an age
requirement for
designation?
Who can nominate a
property for
designation?
Does designation
require owner
consent?
For historic districts,
what percentage of
properties must be
contributors?
For historic districts,
what percentage of
property owners must
approve?
Final decision-
making body for
designation?
Does the City administer
Mills Act contracts? Other available incentives?
INCENTIVESEVALUATION & DESIGNATIONADMINISTRATION
Monrovia Yes 1995 No Register of Historic
Landmarks
No No Anyone Yes 50% 50% + 1 City Council City Counc il authorizes the use of Mills Act contracts pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 50280 et. seq., alternately know as Historical Property Contracts or the Mills Act.
Such contracts may be entered into at the sole discretion of the City Council based on the recommendations of the Commission in a form to be approved by the City
Attorney. The intent of such contracts shall be the
continued preservation of historical properties.
* State Historical Building Code. Any alteration made for preservation, rehabilitation, restoration or relocation of such properties shall be made according to the requirements of the SHBC.
* Fee relief: The applicable building permit fee shall be 60% of the actual permit fee.
* Bed and breakfast homes. Bed and breakfast homes shall be permitted as Historic Landmarks and contributors located in Historic Districts.
* Setback flexibility: One-story additions shall be allowed to maintain setbacks up to the line of existing encroachments. * Relief from non-conforming parking requirements: Single- family residences shall not be required to provide parking according to current standards...In multiple-family developed properties adding units shall not be required to bring existing nonconforming parking into compliance with current parking requirements.
* Recognition: Program to recognize historic properties with special plaques, signage, etc.
* Financial benefits: Owners of such properties are eligible to apply for local, state and federal financial benefits.
Pasadena Yes 1969 No California Historical
Resources Inventory
Database (CHRID)
No No Anyone No 60% 51% City Council Preservation incentives shall be made available to owners of properties that are individually designated historic monuments or landmarks, or individually listed in the
National Register of Historic Places, or properties that are contributing to designated landmark districts, or districts listed in the National Register through: Historic Property Contracts.
Preservation incentives are available to owners of properties that are individually designated historic monuments or
landmarks, or individually listed in the NRHP, or properties that are contributing to designated landmark districts, or districts listed in the NRHP:
1. Reduction of building permit fees and construction tax
2. Waiver of covered parking requirements
3. Variances for historic resources
4. Compliance with California State Historical Building Code
5. Preservation of historic resources in projects subject to RM District Development Standards
6. Office Conversion Overlay District
7. Lodging Bed and Breakfast Inns
8. Residential accessory structure height modification
9. Determination of front lot line on corner lots
10. Parking incentives
Pomona Yes 1988 No Pomona Historic
Register
No 50 years or of
exceptional quality
Anyone Yes 50% City Council Yes State Historic Building Code; Recognition; Financial Benefits.
San Gabriel Yes 2017 No San Gabriel Register Yes No Anyone No 51% 51% City Council M ills Act waiver of initial review for historic appropriateness fees, preservation easements.
* Financial incentives: Mills Act waiver of initial review for historic appropriateness fees; preservation easements
* Regulatory Incentives: California Historical Building Code; transfer of development rights; exemptions from design review; reductions of commercial parking requirements; residential waiver for garage space requirement
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City Does the City have
an HP Ordinance? Year Adopted
Does the City have
adopted survey
findings?
Does the City
maintain a local
register or
inventory?
Do designation
criteria align with
NRHP?
Is there an age
requirement for
designation?
Who can nominate a
property for
designation?
Does designation
require owner
consent?
For historic districts,
what percentage of
properties must be
contributors?
For historic districts,
what percentage of
property owners must
approve?
Final decision-
making body for
designation?
Does the City administer
Mills Act contracts? Other available incentives?
INCENTIVESEVALUATION & DESIGNATIONADMINISTRATION
San Marino Yes 2018 No Register of Historic
Landmarks
Yes No Anyone Yes City Council Yes Building Code, fee relief and waivers, preservation easements, and a fifty percent refund of applicable building permit fees at time of issuance.
Sierra Madre Yes 1997 Yes Register of Historic
Landmarks
No No Anyone Yes City Council Yes
South El Monte Yes 1989 No No Yes No Anyone No Cit y Council South
Pasadena
Yes 1992 No South Pasadena
Register of
Landmarks and
Historic Districts
No No Anyone Best efforts to obtain
written consent of
owner
50% + 1 City Council Yes
West Covina Yes 2007 No Historic Resource
Inventory
No 50 years with the
exception that a historic
resource of at least
thirty (30) years of age
may be eligible if the
planning commission
determines that the
resource is exceptional,
or that it is threatened
by demolition, removal,
relocation, or
inappropriate alteration.
Property owner Yes 75% Commission Yes State Historic Bu ilding Code, fee relief, setback flexibility, relief from non-conforming parking requirements, recognition, and financial benefits
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City of Arcadia
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 2019
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
Municode-Chapter 1--Division 3- Section 9103.17 - Historic Preservation
4. Responsible City Department/Body Community Development Department
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
The Arcadia Planning Commission is responsible for providing City Council with recommendations regarding the designation of historic resources, adoption of pre servation policies, and approval of Mills Act applications. The Planning Commission is also responsible for reviewing and approving Certificates of Appropriateness.
6. Review Body Planning Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Six
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
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9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
Register of Historic Resources
11. Criteria for Designation 1. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Arcadia's or California's history;
2. It is associated with the lives of persons important to local or California history;
3. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of master, or possesses high artistic values;
4. It has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of the city or state.
In addition to the requirements listed as 1. through 4. above in this section, an individual resource must satisfy at least one of the following requirements:
5.It is listed on the National and/or California Register of Historic Places; or
6.It is an iconic property.
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? Yes
13. Is designation a tiered system? No
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
45 years or of exceptional importance
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
Follow NPS seven aspects (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association)
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Anyone
17. Does designation require owner consent? Yes
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
75%
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
60%
20. Approval process for designation? Once an application is filed and owner notified and consent retrieved, the commission reviews and ultimately makes a recommendation to the City Council on whether to approve or deny
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
Major alterations to historic landmarks requires review by commission. Minor alterations to landmarks require review by city officials.
23. Economic hardship provision? A Certificate of Economic Hardship process is established to allow a property owner to carry out work that may adversely affect the value or significance of a historic resource on the basis of extreme financial hardship or adversity with different documentation required for income producing and non income producing properties.
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
Yes
25. Other available incentives? Development incentives like the State Historic Building Code and parking modifications.
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City of Azusa
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 2001
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
Municode-Chapter 55 Historic Preservation
4. Responsible City Department/Body City Council
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
Subject to state law and the procedures prescribed herein, the commission shall have and may exercise the following powers and duties:
(1) Establish criteria and conduct or cause to be conducted a comprehensive survey of cultural and historic resources within the boundaries of the city, and publicize and periodically update survey results;
(2) Recommend to the city council that certain areas, places, buildings, structures, natural features, works of art or similar objects having a significant historical, cultural, architectural, community or aesthetic value as part of the heritage of the city be designated as historic landmarks or potential historical landmarks, or that an area be designated a historic district or potential historic district;
(3) Compile and maintain a current register of all sites, natural features, buildings and structures designated and approved as historic landmarks, historic districts, potential historic landmarks or potential historic districts by the city council. A description of the historic landmark or historic district and its reason for inclusion shall be contained therein.
(4) Encourage public understanding and involvement in historic, architectural, archeological and cultural heritage through educational programs such as lectures, tours, walks, reports or publications, films, open houses and special events;
(5) Explore means for the protection, retention and use of any historic landmarks, historic districts, potential historic landmarks or potential historic districts including, but not limited to, appropriate legislation, tax incentives, and financing, such as encouraging independent funding organizations or private, local, state or federal assistance;
(6) Approve, conditionally approve or disapprove in whole or in part applications for a certificate of appropriateness regarding the demolition, alteration or removal of a historic landmark or an improvement or natural feature within a historic district;
(7) Work closely with the city council, city attorney, city manager, other commissions and staff, and other local, county, state, and federal agencies in order to assure that changes that result from proposed new development will be orderly and will not damage the cultural or hi storic integrity of the city;
(8) Recommend and encourage the protection, enhancement, appreciation and use of historic and cultural resources which have not been designated as historic landmarks or historic districts and take such steps as it deems desirable to recognize such resources including, but not limited to, listings, certificates, letters or plaques;
(9) Render advice and guidance, upon request of property owners, on the restoration, alteration, decoration, landscaping or maintenance of any historic landmarks, historic districts, potential historic landmark or potential historic district;
(10) Review and advise upon the impact of land use, housing and redevelopment undertaken by the city, the county, or state, as they relate to historic landmarks, historic districts, potential historic landmarks or potential historic districts within the community;
(11) Recommend for adoption written standards to be used by the commission in reviewing applications for permits to construct, change, alter, modify, remodel, remove, demolish of affect any historic landmark, historic district, potential historic landmark or potential historic district;
(12) Advise and assist the city council and property owners regarding the identification of appropriate government agencies or private parties which may provide assistance in furthering the purpose of historic preservation in the city, such as granting conservation easements or providing funding;
(13) Investigate and report to the city council on the use of various federal, state, local or private funding sources and mechanisms available to promote historic preservation in the city;
(14) Review all applications for permits, environmental assessments, environmental impact reports, environmental impact statements, and other similar documents set forth in the Code, pertaining to historic landmarks, historic districts, potential historic landmarks or potential historic districts;
(15) Investigate the feasibility of participating in the Certified Local Governmental Program and make recommendations to the city council;
(16) Render advice and guidance on procedures for inclusion of a building, structure, improvement, or site on the local, state or national register;
(17)Confer recognition upon the owners or designated historic landmarks or historic districts by means of certificates, plaques or markers and from time to time, recommend that the city council issue commendations to such owners who have rehabilitated their property in an exemplary manner;
(18) Consult with the Azusa Women's Club, the Azusa Historical Society, the Azusa Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angeles Historical Conservancy for the purpose of performing the duties outlined in this article and advise the city council relative to communications with suc h organizations;
(19) Act as a working body that relies on its own expertise to research and analyze issues for decision-making purposes;
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City of Azusa
(20) Perform any other functions that may be designated by resolution or action of the city council.
6. Review Body Cultural & Historic Preservation Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Five
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
Once a month
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
Register of Historic Landmarks
11. Criteria for Designation 1) identified with persons or events significant to local, regional, state, or national history
2) representative of notable builder, designer, etc.
3) at least 50 yrs. old
4) less than 50 yrs. old but of exceptional importance to one or more criteria
5) contributes to the significance of historic area (area not less than 50% hist or architecturally related)
6) embodies one or more distinctive characteristics of style, type, period design, materials, details or craftsmanship
7) has unique location or physical characteristics or represents an established and familiar visual feature of neighborhood, community , or the city
8) incorporates elements that help to preserve and protect a historic place or area of historic interest in the city
9) has yielded or may be likely to yield info important in prehistory or history
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? No
13. Is designation a tiered system? No
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
50 years or of exceptional importance
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
For historic districts: Any area containing a concentration of improvements which have a special character, historical interest, or aesthetic value, which possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Property owner
17. Does designation require owner consent? Yes
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
50%
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
50% + 1
20. Approval process for designation? Nomination shall be subject to review by the commission and City Council. Upon designation by the City Council, the city clerk shall record the City Council's declaration in the office of the county recorder of the County of Los Angeles in the form or a designation statement, in fact or by reference.
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
Any alteration or demolition to be conducted at potential historic landmarks and/or potential historic districts shall be reviewed by the commission prior to commencing any such work to assist the property owner in maintaining the significance of the resource and to address issues of appropriateness and designation, excluding any alterations contained in the exceptions below.
Ordinance allows for minor exceptions to special review.
23. Economic hardship provision? Owner must provide documentation (cost estimates, market value pre and post construction, financial statuses of property, etc.). Staff prepare a report analyzing said evidence and include a hardship relief plan.
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
Mills Act Fee Relief- applicable building permit fee shall be 60% of actual permit fee at time of issuance.
25. Other available incentives? * Setback flexibility
* Relief from non-conforming parking requirements
* Program to recognize historic properties with special plaques, signage, and other appropriate forms of recognition
* Owners of designated properties eligible to apply for local, state, and federal financial benefits as available
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City of Baldwin Park
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 2012
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
Code of Ordinances-Title XV-Chapter 153-Section 153.210.500 part 10
4. Responsible City Department/Body Planning Commission
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
(1) Regularly survey the city to recommend to the City Council that certain areas, buildings or structures be designated as historically significant.
(2) Publish and regularly update a register of historic properties, buildings and districts.
(3) Recommend to the City Council steps to encourage public understanding of and involvement in the unique architectural and environmental heritage of the city through educational and interpretive programs.
(4) Encourage the protection, retention and use of any designated or potential historic properties, buildings and districts.
(5) Recommend and encourage the protection, enhancement, appreciation and use of structures of historical, cultural, architectural, community or aesthetic value that have not been designated as historic buildings but deserve recognition to acknowledge their importance to the city. The Committee may recommend to the City Council steps desirable to recognize these structures without imposing any regulations or controls upon them.
(6) Encourage cooperation between public and private cultural heritage groups.
(7) Review and approve redevelopment plans and make recommendations to the City Council regarding proposed historic properties, buildings or districts within the area covered by such plan.
(8) Notify all public agencies and public utilities that own or may acquire property, including easements and public right-of-way in the city, of the existence of historic properties, buildings and districts.
(G) Other powers and duties. Exercise other powers and duties as are prescribed by state law, local ordinance or as directed by the City Council.
6. Review Body Historic Resources Advisory Committee
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Five
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
-
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
No
11. Criteria for Designation (A) Historical representation. The building or structure is particularly representative of a distinct historical period, type, style, region or way of life.
(B) Connection to important personality. The building or structure was connected with someone renowned, important or who was a local personality.
(C) Connection to rare business. The building or structure is connected with a business or use which was once common but is now rare.
(D) Master work. The building or structure represents the work of a master builder, engineer, designer, artist or architect.
(E) Historic event. The building or structure is the site of an important historic event or is associated with events that have made a meaningful contribution to the nation, state or city.
(F) Particular architectural style. The building or structure exemplifies a particular architectural style.
(G) Best remaining. The building or structure exemplifies the best remaining architectural type of a neighborhood.
(H) Outstanding design. The construction materials or engineering methods used in the building or structure embody elements of outstanding architectural or engineering design, detail, material or craftsman-ship.
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? No
13. Is designation a tiered system? No
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
No
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
No
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Property owner, authorized agent of property owner, or City Council
17. Does designation require owner consent? Yes
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
-
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
-
20. Approval process for designation? * Historic Resources Advisory Committee shall convene to review an application and draft a recommendation to approve or deny the application
* City Council shall conduct a public hearing to consider the Committee’s recommendation, and grant, grant with modifications, or deny the designation by resolution
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
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City of Baldwin Park
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
Proposed work to a historic site. Work is reviewed by director of community development who either approves the work if he finds it will only affect interior or the outside minorly. If not approved it is referred to the Historic Resource Advisory Committee.
23. Economic hardship provision? No
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
-
25. Other available incentives? -
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City of Bradbury
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 2013
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
Code of Ordinances-TitleIX-PartIV-Chapter 55
4. Responsible City Department/Body Planning Commission
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
Once the owner submits application to city manager, the manager will schedule a hearing with the planning commission who will prepare and transmit their recommendation.
6. Review Body Planning Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Five
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
-
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
No
11. Criteria for Designation (1) The property is identified with persons or events significant in local, regional, state or national history.
(2) The property is representative of the work of a notable builder, designer or architect.
(3) The property contributes to the significance of an historic area, being a geographically definable area.
(4) The property embodies one or more distinctive characteristics of style, type, period, design, materials, or craftsmanship.
(5) The property has a unique location or physical characteristics or represents an established and familiar visual feature of neighborhood, community, or the City.
(6) The property promotes awareness and appreciation of City, local and national history, and demonstrates the value of historic preservation as a community value.
(7) The property has yielded, or may be likely to yield information important in prehistory or history.
(8) Listed in the National Register of Historic Places or located in a registered historic district, as defined in Section 1.191-2(b) of Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(9) Listed in any State, City, or County official register or historical or architecturally significant sites, places, or landmarks
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? No
13. Is designation a tiered system? No
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
No
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
No
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
-
17. Does designation require owner consent? Yes
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
-
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
-
20. Approval process for designation? -
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
-
23. Economic hardship provision? No
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
City Council finds that entering into a Mills Act contract is an effective means of encouraging the preservation, rehabilitation and maintenance of historic properties. Applications for Mills Act contracts shall be accepted between January 1 and March 31. Planning Commission hearing for its review and consideration of applications. City Council hearing to consider the recommendation of the Planning Commission. City Council may approve, reject, and/or approve with modifications.
25. Other available incentives? -
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City of Covina
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 1997
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
Municode-Title 17-Chapter 17.81 & Municode-Title 14-Chapter 14.30
4. Responsible City Department/Body Planning Commission
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
The planning commission shall carry out activities required by city ordinances relating to the administration of this chapter and shall have the following powers and duties:
A. To increase public awareness of the value of historic, architectural and cultural preservation by developing and participating in public information programs. The program format may include lectures, tours, walks, reports or publications, films, open houses, and special events.
B. Establish and/or recommend to the city council specific design guidelines for the alteration, construction, removal, or demolition of historical landmarks and structures of merit.
C. To review applications for permits to rehabilitate, construct, change, alter, modify, remodel, demolish, remove or significantly affect any structure over which the planning commission has approval authority.
D. To compile or cause to be compiled and maintained a current inventory of all designated historic landmarks and structures of merit.
E. To review and make recommendations on applications for conditional use permits, zoning amendments, or zoning variances for historic landmarks and structures of merit.
F. To seek means and sources for the protection, retention and preservation of historic resources through financial support from individuals and public and private entities.
G. To recommend grants, tax incentives, and benefits to encourage redevelopment of historically significant structures or neighborhoods.
H. To encourage public participation in the nomination, review and permitting processes for historic resources.
I. To adopt and make available nomination, application and review procedures to designate historic landmarks or structures of merit.
J. To implement the Secretary of the Interior’s standards. (Ord. 16-2060 § 1, 2016; Ord. 97-1812 § 1, 1997.)
6. Review Body Planning Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Seven
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
Quarterly
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
No
11. Criteria for Designation 1. It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the city’s cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, architectural or natural history; or
2. It is identified with persons or events significant in local, state, or national history; or
3. It represents the work of a notable builder, designer, or architect; or
4. It embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction, or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship; or
5. It contributes to the significance of an historic area, being a geographically definable area possessing a concentration of historic or scenic properties or thematically related grouping of properties which contribute to each other and are unified aesthetically by plan or physical development; or
6. It is one of the few remaining examples in the city of Covina, region, state, or nation possessing distinguishing characteristics of an architectural or historic type or specimen.
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? No
13. Is designation a tiered system? Landmarks and Structures of Merit
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
No
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
No
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
City Council, planning commission, director, any property owner, the Covina Historic Society, any community or ethnic association, or any Covina citizen
17. Does designation require owner consent? Yes
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
-
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
-
20. Approval process for designation? -
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
Minor projects do not require a hearing. Minor projects shall be administratively reviewed by the chief planning official who shall have approval authority. These include but are not limited to:
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City of Covina
a. Replacement of an element of a historic landmark or structure of merit with similar elements or additional elements which do not significantly impact the character, history, or architectural style of the structure.
b. Room and patio additions to structures of merit where the architectural design is compatible with the original building and the surrounding area and the project does not otherwise require review by the planning commission.
c. The demolition or construction of accessory structures where the accessory structure proposed for demolition is not a landmark structure and any new structure is of a style, architecture and color that is compatible with the main building.
d. Room additions to a historic landmark that are less than 500 square feet in area and do not alter the architectural character of the building or structure.
e. Interior construction and/or remodeling where such work does not adversely impact a significant historical feature of the house.
2. Major projects shall be reviewed by the planning commission who shall have approval authority and include but are not limited to:
a. Any changes which significantly alter the architectural character, height, proportion, the relationship of the building mass and space, roof shape, scale, or distinctive facades of a structure of merit or a historic landmark.
b. Demolition or relocation of an historic landmark or a structure of merit and/or the construction of new primary use buildings.
c. Room additions to a historic landmark which exceed 500 square feet in area.
23. Economic hardship provision? The planning commission must not deny a historic structure modification certificate if such action would result in a significant economic hardship. In pursuit of this exception the commission must find that:
i. Denial will significantly diminish the value of property.
ii. Sale or rental is not practical when compared to the zoning or permitted uses. This pertains to commercial properties only.
iii. Utilization of the property for adaptive reuse is impractical.
iv. Rental at a reasonable rate is not feasible. This pertains to commercial properties only.
v. All means involving city-sponsored incentives, such as tax abatement, financial assistance, building code modifications, amendments to the zoning ordinance, loans, grants, and reimbursement have been explored to relieve possible economic hardship and have been found to be inadequate to reasonably mitigate the impact.
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
City Council authorizes the use of Mills Act contracts which shall be administered by the community development department, planning division may be entered into at the sole discretion of the City Council based on the recommendations of the planning commission in a form to be approved by the city attorney. The intent of such contracts shall be the continued preservation of historic properties. The subject property must be a historic landmark or structure of merit.
25. Other available incentives? * State Historic Building Code: Any alteration made for preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, or relocation of an historic landmark or structure of merit shall be allowed to comply with SHBC.
* Fee Relief: Permit fees shall be 30 percent of the actual permit fee.
* Setback Flexibility: Additions may be constructed at a setback less than provided if it is no closer than the existing structure
* Relief from Non-conforming Parking Requirements: Additions to single-family residences shall not be required to provide additional parking; multiple-family dwellings adding additional dwelling units shall not be required to bring the existing unit(s) into compliance with current parking standards.
* Program to recognize historic properties with special plaques, signage, etc.
* Financial Benefits: Owners of such properties are eligible to apply for local, state and federal financial benefits.
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City of Glendora
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 2014
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
Code of Ordinances-Title 21-Chapter 21.03.050
4. Responsible City Department/Body Planning Director/Planning Department
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
Powers and Duties of Planning Director Relating to Historical Preservation. The planning director shall have the following powers and duties regarding historical preservation:
1. Establish criteria for a comprehensive survey of properties within the city;
2. Conduct a comprehensive survey of properties within the city. The survey results shall be publicized and periodically updated;
3. Maintain a register of historic resources and landmarks within the city;
4. Review and comment, on an informal basis, upon the conduct of land use, housing and redevelopment, municipal improvement and other types of planning and programs undertaken by the city, the county or state as they relate to the cultural resources of the community;
5. Recommend to the council the purchase of fee or less-than-fee interest in property for the purposes of cultural resource preservation;
6. Investigate and report to the council on the use of various federal, state, local and private funding sources and mechanisms available to promote cultural resource preserv ation;
7. Cooperate with local, county, state and federal governments and private organizations in the pursuit of the objectives of cultural resource preservation;
8. Render nonbinding advice and guidance, upon the request of the property owner or occupant, on the restoration, alteration, decoration, landscaping or maintenance of any cultural resource or neighboring property within public view of a cultural resource, but shall not recommend specific contractors, distributors or manufacturers;
9. Participate in, promote and conduct public information, educational and interpretive programs pertaining to historic resources and landmarks;
10. Adopt guidelines to be used in reviewing applications to do work that affects a historic resource or landmark;
11. Review applications for building and demolition permits and other similar entitlements as set forth in this section in accordance with the specific guidelines adopted by the commission;
12. Review and make recommendations on applications for designation of historic resources and landmarks;
13. Perform any other functions that may be designated by resolution or motion of the commission.
Planning Department Responsibilities during procedure: The planning department shall conduct a study of each proposed designation, make written reports on the applications, and transmit such reports to the council with its recommendation to approve or deny the designation.
6. Review Body Planning Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Five
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
-
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
Historic Resource Register
11. Criteria for Designation 1. The proposed preserved features exemplify or reflect special elements of historical, architectural, archaeological, cultural or aesthetic heritage.
2. The proposed preserved features are identified with persons or events significant in local state or national history.
3. The proposed features embody distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period or method of construction or are valuable examples of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship.
4. The proposed preserved features are representative of the notable work of a builder, designer or architect.
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? No
13. Is designation a tiered system? Historic Resource and Landmark
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
No
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
No
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Any person, including the commission or council
17. Does designation require owner consent? Yes
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
-
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
51%
20. Approval process for designation? * Planning department shall conduct a study of each proposed designation, make written reports on the applications, and transmit such reports to the council with its recommendation to approve or deny the designation
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City of Glendora
* Council shall hold a public hearing within sixty days of receiving the report of the planning department.
* Action shall be taken by resolution of the reviewing body. The resolution shall state the findings and facts relied upon in making such determination. The action of the Council shall be final.
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
FOR HISTORIC RESOURCES: a permit to do work that affects the exterior appearance of a preserved feature of a historic resource to the department. If the department determines that such proposed work will affect the exterior appearance of the preserved feature, the application shall be referred to the commission. In the request for approval to wholly or partially demolish a preserved feature of a historic resource, the commission may require a grace period of up to six months from the date of application to encourage or facilitate the saving, salvaging, moving or photographing and documenting of the preserved feature. Permits may be issued after the grace period.
FOR LANDMARK: The building official shall report any application for a permit to do work that affects the exterior appearance of a preserved feature of a landmark to the department. If the department determines that such proposed work will affect the exterior appearance of the preserved feature, the application shall be referred to the commission. Applications for demolition or relocation of preserved features outside city boundaries may only be approved by the council upon a showing of hardship by the applicant or the owner of the subject property.
23. Economic hardship provision? The reviewing body must approve or conditionally approve a permit to do work on a preserved feature if it can be proven that a denial would result in significant financial hardship. The body will consider evidence that demonstrates, but is not limited to:
1. Bona fide efforts to rent or sell the property have been unsuccessful;
2. Approval or conditional approval to do work permitted by this section will not enable the applicant to rent or sell the property at a reasonable rate of return;
3. It is not economically or technically feasible to renovate or undertake an alternative development compatible with the permit criteria outlined in this section;
4. Personal or economic circumstances exist, which preclude the applicant from performing work in compliance with the permit criteria outlined in this section;
5. Regulations and standards set forth in this title or Title 20 of this code preclude necessary renovations or a feasible use of the preserved feature.
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
-
25. Other available incentives? -
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City of Monrovia
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 1995
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
Municode-Title 17-Chapter17.40
4. Responsible City Department/Body Director of Community Development/ City Council
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
(A) Within the limitations of funds appropriated in the annual budget, the Director of Community Development may designate such employees of the city to assist the Commission in a manner deemed necessary and appropriate by the Director.
(B) Employees of the city designated to perform work for the Commission shall provide assistance to the extent specified by the Director and work with the Commission to the end that the policies of the city, as specified by the City Council are carried out.
(C) Staff support shall be limited in areas of research and analysis, staff reports and communications. Commission:
(A) Establish criteria and conduct or cause to be conducted a comprehensive survey of historic and cultural resources within the boundaries of the city, and publicize and periodically update survey results;
(B) Recommend to the City Council that certain areas, places, buildings, structures, natural features, works of art or similar objects having a significant historical, cultural, architectural, community or aesthetic value as part of the heritage of the city be designated as Historic Landmarks, or that an area be designated an Historic District;
(C) Compile and maintain a current register of all sites, natural features, buildings and structures designated and approved as Historic Landmarks or Historic Districts by the City Council. A description of the Historic Landmark or Historic District and its reason for inclusion shall be contained therein. Copies of said register and list shall be transmitted to the City Clerk, the Departments of Community Development, Community Services, Public Works and other appropriate departments and governmental agencies;
(D) Encourage public understanding and involvement in historic, architectural, archaeological and cultural heritage through educational programs such as lectures, tours, walks, reports or publications, films, open houses and special events;
(E) Explore means for the protection, retention and use of any designated or potential Historic Landmark and Historic District, including but not limited to appropriate legislation, tax incentives, and financing, such as encouraging independent funding organizations or private, local, state or federal assistance;
(F) Approve, conditionally approve or disapprove in whole or in part applications for certificates of appropriateness regarding the demolition, alteration or removal of a landmark or an improvement or natural feature within an Historic District;
(G) Work closely with the City Council, City Attorney, City Manager, other commissions and staff, and other local, county, state, and federal agencies in order to assure that environmental changes will be orderly and will not damage the cultural or historical integrity of the city;
(H) Recommend and encourage the protection, enhancement, appreciation and use of historic and cultural resources which have not been designated as Historic Landmarks or Historic Districts and take such steps as it deems desirable to recognize such resources, including but not limited to listings, certificates, letters or plaques;
(I) Render advice and guidance, upon request of property owners, on the restoration, alteration, decoration, landscaping or maintenance of any Historic Landmark or Historic District;
(J) Review and advise upon the impact of land use, housing and redevelopment, undertaken by the city, the county, or state, as they relate to Historic Landmarks and Historic Districts within the community;
(K) Recommend for adoption written standards to be used by the Commission in reviewing applications for permits to construct, change, alter, modify, remodel, remove, demolish or affect any Historic Landmark or Historic District;
(L) Advise and assist the City Council and property owners regarding the identification of appropriate government agencies or private parties which may provide assistance in furthering the purpose of Historic Preservation in Monrovia, such as granting conservation easements or providing funding;
(M) Investigate and report to the City Council on the use of various federal, state, local or private funding sources and mechanisms available to promote historic preservation in the city;
(N) Review all applications for permits, environmental assessments, environmental impact reports, environmental impact statements, and other similar documents set forth in this code, pertaining to Historic Landmarks or Historic Districts;
(O) Investigate the feasibility of participating in the Certified Local Government Program and make recommendations to the City Council;
(P) Render advice and guidance on procedures for inclusion of a building, structure, improvement, or site on the local, state or national register;
(Q) Confer recognition upon the owners of designated Historic Landmarks or Historic Districts by means of certificates, plaques or markers and from time to time, recommend that the City Council issue commendations to such owners who have rehabilitated their property in an exemplary manner;
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(R) Perform any other functions that may be designated by resolution or action of the City Council;
(S) Act as a working body that relies on its own expertise to research and analyze issues for decision-making purposes.
6. Review Body Historic Preservation Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Seven
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
Every other month
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
Register of Historic Landmarks
11. Criteria for Designation * It is identified with persons or events significant in local, regional, state or national history.
* It is representative of the work of a notable builder, designer, or architect.
* It contributes to the significance of an historic area, being a geographically definable area possessing a concentration of not less than 50% of historic or architecturally related grouping of properties which contribute to each other and are unified aesthetically by physical layout or development.
* It embodies one or more distinctive characteristics of style, type, period, design, materials, or craftsmanship. (Note: in order for a property to be considered solely on this criterion, the structure must be fully restored from public view and must be an excellent example of an architectural style.)
* It has a unique location or physical characteristics or represents an established and familiar visual feature of neighborhood, community, or the City of Monrovia.
* It incorporates elements that help preserve and protect an historic place or area of historic interest in the City.
* It has yielded, or may be likely to yield information important in prehistory or history
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? No
13. Is designation a tiered system? No
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
No
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
For historic districts: Any area containing a concentration of improvements which have a special character, historical interest, or aesthetic value, which possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Anyone
17. Does designation require owner consent? Yes
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
50%
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
50% + 1
20. Approval process for designation? * The Commission shall conduct a public hearing at which all evidence and testimony shall be considered
* Recommendation for approval, approval with conditions, or denial shall be forwarded to the City Council for action in the form of a nomination statement
* City Council shall set the matter for consideration within 30 days and shall render its decision in the form of a resolution or, if appropriate, a designation statement within 30 days
* City shall notify the affected owner(s) in writing of the final action of the City Council
* Upon designation by the City Council, the City Clerk shall record the City Council's declarati on in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Los Angeles in the form of a designation statement, in fact or by reference
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
No alteration or demolition may be conducted at Historic Landmarks or Historic Districts, without first obtaining a certificate of appropriateness from the Commission.
Exempt from Commission review:
(1) Repairing or replacing deteriorated materials with applications or use of exterior materials of the same kind, type and texture already in use for the following: (a) Re-roof; (b) Windows; (c) Siding material; or (d) Chimneys and fireplaces;
(2) Accessory structures;
(3) Fencing;
(4) Additions or deletions of awnings, shutters, canopies and similar incidental appurtenances; or
(5) Non-contributors in potential Historic Districts.
23. Economic hardship provision? (A) Owner applying for a CofA may request that an alteration be conducted even though it does not meet the findings if that owner can substantiate the suffering of an economic hardship.
(B) Commission may solicit expert testimony, at the owners' expense.
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(C) Staff shall prepare a hardship relief plan to relieve economic hardship, such as property tax relief, loans or grants, acquisition of property, use of the State Historic Building Code, changes in applicable zoning regulations, and redevelopment funds.
(E) If the applicant presents facts and clear evidence demonstrating that failure to approve the application for a CofA will cause an immediate hardship...and that no plan implementable by the city can relieve the hardship to a sufficient extent, and the damage to the owner of the property is unreasonable in comparison to the benefit conferred to the community, the Commission may recommend to approve such CofA.
(G) If approval of a CofA and economic hardship dispensation will result in the demolition of a nominated or designated cultural resource, the applicant shall be required to provide documentation of the resource to the standards of the Historic American Building Survey.
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
City Council authorizes the use of Mills Act contracts pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 50280 et. seq., alternately know as Historical Property Contracts or the Mills Act. Such contracts may be entered into at the sole discretion of the City Council based on the recommendations of the Commission in a form to be approved by the City Attorney. The intent of such contracts shall be the continued preservation of historical properties.
25. Other available incentives? * State Historical Building Code. Any alteration made for preservation, rehabilitation, restoration or relocation of such properties shall be made according to the requirements of the SHBC.
* Fee relief: The applicable building permit fee shall be 60% of the actual permit fee.
* Bed and breakfast homes. Bed and breakfast homes shall be permitted as Historic Landmarks and contributors located in Historic Districts.
* Setback flexibility: One-story additions shall be allowed to maintain setbacks up to the line of existing encroachments.
* Relief from non-conforming parking requirements: Single-family residences shall not be required to provide parking according to current standards...In multiple-family developed properties adding units shall not be required to bring existing nonconforming parking into compliance with current parking requirements.
* Recognition: Program to recognize historic properties with special plaques, signage, etc.
* Financial benefits: Owners of such properties are eligible to apply for local, state and federal financial benefits.
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City of Pasadena
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 1969
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
Municode-Title 17-Article 6-Chapter 17.62
4. Responsible City Department/Body City Council
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
1. Approve/disapprove applications for Certificates of Appropriateness for minor projects affecting designated historic resources and approve/disapprove major projects (except demolition) affecting historic resources eligible for designation.
2. Approve/disapprove applications for relief from the replacement Building Permit requirement.
3. Approve/disapprove applications for Historic Resource Economic Hardship Waiver.
4. Approve/disapprove requests to exceed allowable height for accessory structures in compliance with Section 17.50.250.E.1.f and porte cochere restoration in compliance with Section 17.55.050.C.
5. Review applications for designation of historic monuments, landmarks, landmark trees, or historic signs and either prepare a recommendation of approval to the Historic Preservation Commission or determine that the nominated resource does not meet the criteria for designation.
6. Conduct initial review of landmark district eligibility and boundaries and determine potential eligibility. Conduct informational workshop for affected property owners when new eligible landmark districts are identified.
7. Conduct historic resource evaluations.
8. Determine if a property is contributing or non-contributing to a historic or landmark district or to a district eligible for designation.
9. For public projects, review minor projects affecting City-owned historic resources.
10. Conduct design review for projects requiring both design review by the Director as specified in Table 6-2 and Table 6-3 and a Certificate of Appropriateness pursuant to this chapter (after consulting with and receiving advice from the Historic Preservation Commission).
11. Review applications to rescind or amend a landmark district or conservation plan and either prepare a recommendation of approval to the Historic Preservation Commission or disapprove the applications.
12. Approve/disapprove applications to extend time limits for correction of violations of this Chapter.
13. Approve/disapprove applications to waive the two-car covered parking requirement.
14. Approve/disapprove requests to waive development standards for multi-family residential projects involving preservation of historic resources through the design review process in accordance with the design review thresholds in Table 6-3.
15. Approve/disapprove requests for alternative lot line determination (Zoning Administrator).
16. Approve/disapprove applications for Historic Property Contract, based on administrative guidelines approved by the City Manager.
17. Provide advisory comments to the applicable review authority for projects that require a Zoning entitlement.
6. Review Body Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Nine
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
Twice a month
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
California Historical Resources Inventory Database (CHRID)
11. Criteria for Designation Historic monuments.
(1) It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the region, State, or nation.
(2) It is associated with the lives of persons who are significant in the history of the region, State, or nation.
(3) It is exceptional in the embodiment of the distinctive characteristics of a historic resource property type, period, architectural style, or method of construction, or is an exceptional representation of the work of an architect, designer, engineer, or builder whose work is significant to the region, State, or nation, or possesses high artistic values that are of regional, State-wide or national significance.
(4) It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history of the region, State, or nation.
Landmarks.
a. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of the history of the City.
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b. It is associated with the lives of persons who are significant in the history of the City.
c. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, architectural style, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a architect, designer, engineer, or builder whose work is of significance to the City or possesses artistic values of significance to the City.
d. It has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important locally in prehistory or history.
Note: Pasadena's HP Ordinance also includes designation criteria for Historic Signs, Landmark Trees, and Landmark Districts.
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? No
13. Is designation a tiered system? Monuments, Landmarks, Historic Signs, Landmark Trees, and Landmark Districts
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
No
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
Follow NPS seven aspects (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association)
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Anyone
17. Does designation require owner consent? No
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
60%
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
51%
20. Approval process for designation? Once the application has been received by the planning commission it is reviewed and a recommendation passed on to the council who ultimately decide if a designation is approved or not.
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
If an applicant proposes demolition or a major project affecting a building, site, object or structure that is 45 years of age or older, submittal of an application for Historic Resource Evaluation is required to determine if the property is eligible for designation as an individual historic resource and, if so, the requirements of Section 17.62.090 will apply to the project.
In landmark and historic districts, the following items shall be exempt from review: Paint c olors and stains, routine maintenance and minor repairs, landscaping (except for protected trees), all interior alterations, screens and awnings, flat concrete work (including driveways and walkways), rear yard walls and fences, reroofing (except for a change of material), exterior lighting fixtures, and window/door grilles.
23. Economic hardship provision? No
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
Preservation incentives shall be made available to owners of properties that are individually designated historic monuments or landmarks, or individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places, or properties that are contributing to designated landmark districts, or districts listed in the National Register through: Historic Property Contracts.
25. Other available incentives? Preservation incentives are available to owners of properties that are individually designated historic monuments or landmarks, or individually listed in the NRHP, or properties that are contributing to designated landmark districts, or districts listed in the NRHP:
1. Reduction of building permit fees and construction tax
2. Waiver of covered parking requirements
3. Variances for historic resources
4. Compliance with California State Historical Building Code
5. Preservation of historic resources in projects subject to RM District Development Standards
6. Office Conversion Overlay District
7. Lodging Bed and Breakfast Inns
8. Residential accessory structure height modification
9. Determination of front lot line on corner lots
10. Parking incentives
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City of Pomona
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 1988
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
City Code-Article V-Division 4 & City Code-Section 5809-13
4. Responsible City Department/Body Planning Division, Economic Development Department
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
Powers and duties.
(a)Subject to state law and procedures prescribed in this division, the historic preservation commission shall have and may exercise the following powers and duties:
(1)Aid the city in applying for a certified local government program and advise the city on how to conform with the federal preservation program. Further, the commission shall assist in the annual application process for preservation grants for which certified local government programs are eligible.
(2)Periodically update historic survey results and publicize the findings.
(3)Recommend to the city council that certain areas, places, buildings, structures, natural features, works of art or similar objects having significant historical, cultural, architectural, community or aesthetic value as part of the heritage of the city be designated as historic landmarks or that an area be designated an historic district.
(4)Advise staff on the city's historic register which identifies all sites, natural features, buildings and structures designated and approved as historic landmarks, historic districts or contributors to the city council. A description of the historic landmark or historic district and its reason for inclusion shall be contained therein. Copies of the register and list shall be transmitted to the city clerk, the departments of community development, community services, public works, and other appropriate departments and governmental agencies.
(5)Encourage public understanding and involvement in historic, architectural, archaeological and cultural heritage through educational programs such as lectures, tours, walks, reports or publications, films, open houses, and special events.
(6)Explore means for the protection, retention and use of any designated or potential historic landmark and historic district, including, but not limited to, appropriate legislation; tax incentives; and financing, such as encouraging independent funding organizations or private, local, state or federal assistance.
(7)Approve, conditionally approve or disapprove in whole or in part an application for a certificate of appropriateness regarding the demolition, alteration, or removal of a landmark or the improvement of a natural feature within an historic district consistent with the provisions of the city's zoning code.
(8)Recommend and encourage the protection, enhancement, appreciation and use of historic and cultural resources which have not been designated as historic landmarks or landmark districts and take such steps as it deems desirable to recognize such resources, including, but not limited to, listing, certificates, letters or plaques.
(9)Render advice and guidance, upon request of the property owners, on the restoration, alteration, decoration, landscaping or maintenance of any historic landmark or contributor to an historic district.
(10)Recommend for adoption written design standards to be used by the commission in reviewing applications for permits to construct, change, alter, modify, remodel, remove, demolish or affect any historic landmark or historic district.
(11)Advise and assist the city council and property owners regarding the identification of appropriate government agencies or private parties to accept the grant of interests, such as conservation easements, that further the purpose of historic preservation in the city.
(12)Research and report to the city council on the use of various federal, state, local or private finding sources and mechanisms available to promote historic preservation in the city.
(13)Investigate the feasibility of participating in making application to the certified local government program and make recommendations to the city council; make recommendations to the city council regarding uses for the funding available through the certified local government program.
(14)Render advice and guidance, upon the request of property owners, on procedures for inclusion of a building, structure, improvement or site on the local or state register of hi storic places or the National Register of Historic Places.
(15)Confer recognition upon the owners of designated historic landmarks or historic districts by means of certificates, plaques or markers and from time to time recommend that the city council issue commendations to such owners who have rehabilitated their property in an exemplary manner.
(b)The commission shall be charged with maintaining an information system capable of tracking the following:
(1)The processing time from the application to a determination of certificates of appropriateness;
(2)The number and percentage of rejected applications for certificates of appropriateness;
(3)The number of applications for economic hardship; and
(4)Recommendations from property owners or professions in the building trades to improve the process.
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The commission shall collect other information it deems useful in evaluating the effectiveness of the historic preservation ordinance. On an annual basis at a minimum, the commission shall submit a report to the city council as to the effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with the historic preservation procedures. This report shall include any recommendations for changes to the ordinance or changes in the procedures of the commission.
(c)The commission shall submit an annual report of its activities to the state office of historic preservation at the end of each calendar year. The report shall include but not be limited to such information as appointments to the commission, resumes of commission members and staff, attendance records of members, official minutes of the commission meetings, revisions in the enabling ordinance if applicable, sponsorship of special workshops and conferences, summaries of environmental review cases requiring commission comments, new landmarks and historic districts designated, review of National Registrar nominations, cultural resources survey updates, and other pertinent activities performed by the commission.
6. Review Body Historic Preservation Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Seven
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
Once a month
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
Pomona Historic Register
11. Criteria for Designation Fifty (50) or more years old or of exceptional quality if less than fifty (50) years old, and it meets one or more of the following criteria:
1. It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the city of Pomona's cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, architectural, or natural history;
2. It is identified with persons or events significant in local, state, or national history;
3. It embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction, or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship;
4. It contributes to the significance of an historic area, being a geographically definable area possessing a concentration of historic or scenic properties or thematically related grouping of properties which contribute to each other and are unified aesthetically by plan or physical development;
5. It is the work of a notable builder, designer, landscape designer or architect;
6. It has a unique location or singular physical characteristics or is a view or vista representing an established and familiar visual feature of a neighborhood, community, or the city of Pomona;
7. It embodies elements of architectural design, detail, materials, or craftsmanship that represent a significant structural or architectural achievement or innovation;
8. It is similar to other distinctive properties, sites, areas, or objects based on an historic, cultural, or architectural motif;
9. It reflects significant geographical patterns, including those associated with different eras of settlement and growth, particular transportation modes, or distinctive examples of park or community planning;
10. It is one of the few remaining examples in the city of Pomona, region, state, or nation possessing distinguishing characteristics of an architectural or historical type or specimen.
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? No
13. Is designation a tiered system? No
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
50 years or of exceptional quality
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
For historic districts: Any area containing a concentration of improvements that has a special character, archeological importance, historical interest, or aesthetic value, which possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Anyone
17. Does designation require owner consent? Yes
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
-
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
50%
20. Approval process for designation? For designation of a historic landmark, if the property owner's written consent to the historic landmark designation is on file, within sixty (60) days of receipt of the recommendations from the commission, the City Council by majority vote of those present shall by resolution approve the nomination in whole or in part, or shall by resolution disapprove it in its entirety.
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
Major projects shall include changes which significantly alter the following: height, proportions, the relationship of the building mass and space, roof shape, scale or distinctive facades of the structure. Examples of major projects shall include, but not be limited to room additions, adding dormers, expanding a garage, adding a porch, removing distinctive shutters or part or all of a structure. This category also includes demolition and/or replacement of primary use buildings or structures, and construction/installation of new buildings, structures, new public sidewalks, new public streetscape improvements, new street lamps, new public buildings and structures, and development of new public spaces within an historic district. Additional examples shall be established at a later time by the commission.
Minor projects shall include replacement of an element of a structure with similar elements or the addition of elements which are part of a site but not an integral part of an historic landmark
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structure and shall also include minor repair or replacement work on public buildings, public structures, public sidewalks and public streetscape. A single element of a structure could include replacing windows, replacing exterior doors, replacing a decayed fascia board, replacing a garage door, etc. Adding an element to the site could include a perimeter fence, tiling a patio, placing a new walkway, etc. This category shall also include demolition and/or replacement of accessory structures.
23. Economic hardship provision? Economic Hardship. The commission shall not issue certificates of appropriateness which are not in compliance with subsection F-6 unless the findings for economic hardship are met.
Application for economic hardship shall be made
on a form(s) provided by the planning division and may be filed concurrent with the application for a certificate of appropriateness.
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
Yes
25. Other available incentives? State Historic Building Code; Recognition; Financial Benefits.
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City of San Gabriel
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 2017
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
Municode-Title XV-Chapter 153-Landscape-153.600
4. Responsible City Department/Body Community Development Department
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
The Commission shall advise the City Council, Planning Commission, and all city departments and staff on all matters relating to the identification, protection, retention, preservation, and registration of cultural resources in the city, as directed by the City Council. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission shall have the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise provided in this subchapter:
(a) Administer the provisions of this subchapter;
(b) Advise the City Council in all matters pertaining to cultural resource management and historic preservation in the city;
(c) Compile and maintain for public use and information the San Gabriel Register of Cultural Resources;
(d) Compile, maintain, and periodically update the San Gabriel Inventory of Cultural Resources;
(e) Recommend the designation and approval of eligible cultural resources for inclusion in the San Gabriel Register and designation and approval of conservation overlay zones;
(f) Approve or disapprove in whole or in part applications for the demolition, alteration, or relocation of properties included on the Register and Inventory in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, in addition to any review by the Planning Commission and/or any other hearing body;
(g) Approve or disapprove in whole or in part applications for in-fill/new construction within historic districts listed on the Register, in addition to any review by the Planning Commission and/or any other hearing body;
(h) Review and comment on the decisions and documents, including but not limited to environmental assessments, environmental impact reports, and environmental impact statements, prepared by the city or other public agencies when such decisions or documents might affect designated or eligible historical resources within the city;
(i) Participate in, promote, and conduct public informational, educational, and interpretive programs pertaining to historic preservation;
(j) Recommend and encourage the protection, enhancement, appreciation, and use of properties of cultural, historical, architectural, community or aesthetic value that have not been designated as cultural resources but are deserving of recognition;
(k) Review applications and make recommendations to the City Council on Mills Act contract applications and other incentive programs;
(l) Upon request, make recommendations to the Planning Commission on zoning and general plan amendments related to historic preservation goals and policies; and
(m) Perform any other functions that may be designated by resolution or action of the City Council.
(2) Secretary. The Director shall act as Secretary of the Commission and shall be custodian of its records, conduct official correspondence, and generally coordinate the clerical and technical work of the Commission in administering this subchapter.
6. Review Body Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Five
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
Once a month
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
San Gabriel Register
11. Criteria for Designation 1. It is or was once associated or identified with important events or broad patterns of development that have made a significant contribution to the cultural, architectural, social, historical, economic, and political heritage of the city, region, state, or nation.
2. It is or was once associated with an important person or persons who made a significant contribution to the history, development, and/or culture of the city, region, state, or nation.
3. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction; represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic or aesthetic values; or it represents one of the last, best remaining examples of an architectural type or style in a neighborhood or the city that was once common but is increasingly rare.
4. It has yielded or has the potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of the city, region, state, or nation.
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? Yes
13. Is designation a tiered system? No
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
No
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
Follow NPS seven aspects (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association)
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16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Anyone
17. Does designation require owner consent? No
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
51%
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
51%
20. Approval process for designation? Once the application has been filed and eligibility confirmed, the commission reviews and conducts a public hearing on the merits of the app, They then adopt a resolution recommending the City Council either approve or deny the application.
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
The owner or authorized representative proposing major alterations to a cultural resource listed on the Register shall file an application for an initial review.
Minor alterations that may be eligible for an initial review administrative clearance include the following projects:
(1) Demolition or relocation of non-character-defining features, including, without limitation, non-contributing additions, garages, accessory structures or incompatible, previously replaced windows, doors, or siding material;
(2) Re-roofing, if the proposed roofing material is comparable in appearance, color, and profile to the existing or original roofing material, as shown through documentary evidence;
(3) Replacement of windows and doors if the proposed replacements are the same materials, form, and color as the existing or original windows and doors, as shown through documentary evidence;
(4) Foundation work;
(5) Landscape alterations, or removal or installation of tree and plant material not specifically designated or listed as character-defining features in the landmark nomination application;
(6) New paving for driveways, walkways, and/or patios not specifically designated or listed as character-defining features in the landmark nomination application;
(7) Repainting of exterior surfaces and materials that were painted during the period of significance and specified as character-defining features on landmark application materials. The painting of character-defining exterior surfaces and materials that were originally unpainted are specifically excluded from this provision;
(8) Installation of exterior lighting;
(9) Electrical, plumbing, utility work, and other permits for mechanical and other building systems, including rooftop appurtenances not visible from the public right-of-way or any property at street level;
(10) Repair or replacement of deteriorated materials with replacements/components made of the same materials, with the same appearance and function as the original character -defining features;
(11) Addition or removal of canopies whose removal does not result in damage or destruction of character-defining features;
(12) An addition of fewer than 150 square feet located on rear elevations that are not visible from the public right-of-way and that do not change, remove, or obscure character-defining features;
(13) Other minor rehabilitation work as determined by the Director or his or her designee;
(14) Minor changes to a previously approved administrative initial review as determined by the Director or his or her designee.
23. Economic hardship provision? Income producing properties must establish that a reasonable rate of return cannot be obtained from property in its current condition. For non-income producing properties, they must establish that without approval of demo or remodel the owner would be deprived of all use or return f rom the property. Aspects such as market value pre and post proposed work, estimated costs, rehab reports, etc. must be provided.
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
Mills Act waiver of initial review for historic appropriateness fees, preservation easements.
25. Other available incentives? * Financial incentives: Mills Act waiver of initial review for historic appropriateness fees; preservation easements
* Regulatory Incentives: California Historical Building Code; transfer of development rights; exemptions from design review; reductions of commercial parking requirements; residential waiver for garage space requirement
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City of San Marino
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 2018
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
City Code-Chapter XXIII-Article 18
4. Responsible City Department/Body City Council
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
Powers of City Council not explicitly details though the goals and intents are listed as follows.
The purpose of this article is to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare by providing for the identification, designation, protection, enhancement, and ongoing use of historical resources that represent the City's cultural, architectural, social, economic, and political heritage. It is the intent and purpose of the San Marino City Council in passing this article to:
A. Preserve, maintain, and safeguard the City's heritage and character for the enjoyment of present and future generations, by providing for the protection and thoughtful management of historic resources as defined in this article;
B. Foster awareness, recognition, and stewardship of the City's historic resources;
C. Encourage public knowledge and appreciation of the City's heritage, and foster civic and neighborhood pride and sense of identity through the recognition of historic resources;
D. Encourage the maintenance and preservation of cultural landscapes that contribute to the historic character of our neighborhoods and built environment;
E. Recognize the City's historic resources as economic assets;
F. Stabilize and improve property values within the City, and increase the economic and financial benefits to the City and its inhabitants through the preservation, rehabilitation, and ongoing use of historic resources;
G. Integrate the conservation of historic resources into the public and private development process;
H. Implement the General Plan by protecting the historical and culturally significant resources that contribute to community identity and a sense of history;
I. Facilitate the City's compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and their provisions for cultural and historical resources;
J. Preserve diverse and significant architectural styles and property types reflecting the City's history and encourage complementary new construction and design, to maintain the City's historic scale and character; and
K. Adopt and encourage the use of historic preservation incentives, both regulatory and economic, that promote the retention, rehabilitation, and protection of historic resources.
6. Review Body Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
-
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
-
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
Register of Historic Landmarks
11. Criteria for Designation 1. It is or was once associated or identified with important events or broad patterns of development that have made a significant contribution to the cultural, architectural, h istorical, and political heritage of the City, region, State, or Nation; or
2. It is or was associated with an important person or persons who made a significant contribution to the history, development, or culture of the City, region, State, or Nation; or
3. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction; exemplifies the work of a well-recognized architect or builder, or possesses high artistic or aesthetic values; or it represents one of the last, best remaining examples of an architectural type or style in a neighborhood or the City that was once common but is now increasingly rare.
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? Yes
13. Is designation a tiered system? No
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
No
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
Follow NPS seven aspects (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association)
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Anyone
17. Does designation require owner consent? Yes
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
-
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
-
20. Approval process for designation? The commission reviews each application at a public hearing, the commission then adopts a resolution to recommend to the council to approve or disapprove the app. The council hears the recommendation at a public hearing.
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
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22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
Any alteration, restoration, rehabilitation, construction, removal, relocation, or demolition of any historic landmark…
Alterations do not have to go through commission review and instead go through director review only if
1. The proposed work would not result in a change of design, material, or appearance of the historic landmark's character defining features, which may include but is not limited to:
a. Repair or replacement of deteriorated materials with applications or materials of the same kind, type, and texture already in use for roofs, windows, siding material, chimneys and fireplaces, accessory structures, or fencing;
b. Addition or deletion of awnings, canopies, and similar incidental appurtenances that do not alter the integrity of the historic landmark.
2. The proposed work is limited to a minor addition of square footage which does not exceed one hundred fifty (150) square feet, as determined by the Director, and where such additions are on the rear elevation and not visible from the public right-of- way and would not remove, change, or obstruct any of the historic landmark's character-defining features.
3. Notwithstanding the above, the Director shall have the discretion to refer any application for a Certificate of Appropriateness to the commission for review.
23. Economic hardship provision? For alteration or demolition. an application must be filed with the planning and building department including cost estimates, rehab reports, estimated market values, prior listings, and other financial info. They must prove that a denial will diminish the subject property so that there is no value or that a sale or rental or reuse is impractical.
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
Yes
25. Other available incentives? Building Code, fee relief and waivers, preservation easements, and a fifty percent refund of applicable building permit fees at time of issuance.
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City of Sierra Madre
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 1997
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
Municode-Title 17-Chapter 17.82
4. Responsible City Department/Body Planning Commission
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
The powers and duties are not explicitly detailed though the intents and responsibilities are listed as follows:
1. To safeguard the city's unique historic heritage as embodied and reflected in the city's diverse architectural and cultural history,
2. To encourage and facilitate public knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the city's historic past and unique sense of place,
3. To foster civic and neighborhood pride and a sense of identity based on the recognition and use of historic resources,
4. To promote the enjoyment, celebration and use of historic resources appropriate for the education and recreation of the people of the city,
5. To preserve diverse architectural styles, patterns of development, and design preferences reflecting phases of the city's history and to encourage complementary contemporary design and construction and inspire a more livable environment,
6. To enhance property values and to increase economic and financial benefits to the city and its inhabitants through the exploration of creative financial incentives for preservation,
7. To protect and enhance the city's attraction to tourists and visitors thereby stimulating commerce,
8. To identify as early as possible and resolve conflicts between the preservation of historic landmarks and alternative land uses,
9. To integrate the preservation of historic landmarks into public and private land use management and development processes,
10. To conserve valuable material and energy resources by ongoing use and revitalization of the existing built environment,
11. To stabilize neighborhoods through the preservation of historic landmarks,
12. To encourage public awareness and participation in identifying and preserving historical and architectural landmarks, thereby increasing community pride in the city's historical heritage,
13. To identify and make available the economic benefits of preservation of historic resources to the city and its inhabitants,
14. To take all reasonable and necessary steps to safeguard the property rights of owners of properties which are subject to this chapter.
6. Review Body Planning Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
-
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
-
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
Yes
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
Register of Historic Landmarks
11. Criteria for Designation A. Historic. It was the site of, or is associated with local, state or national cultural, social, economic, political or natural history, events or persons significant to the history of Sierra Madre, or it reflects significant geographical patterns, including those associated with different eras of settlement and growth, particular transportation modes, or distinctive examples of park or community planning.
B. Architectural. It is representative of the work or is one of a few remaining examples of a notable builder, designer or architect, or, it embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period or method of construction, or, is a valuable example of architectural achievement or innovation such as the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship.
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? No
13. Is designation a tiered system? No
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
No
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
No
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Anyone
17. Does designation require owner consent? Yes
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
-
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
-
20. Approval process for designation? The commission reviews the application and holds a public hearing the commission makes a recommendation to the City Council that produces a designation statement or disapproves the application. If adopting the designation statement then it is presented to City Council who shall either adopt or deny the statement.
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
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22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
Alteration, restoration, rehabilitation, remodeling, addition, change of use, demolition or relocation of historic landmarks, which alter the exterior appearance as seen from public view shall require a certificate of appropriateness from the commission.
23. Economic hardship provision? The owner has the burden of proof that designation would cause economic hardship disproportionate to the value. The commission then considers the cost of stabilization, and after a public hearing will decide the results.
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
Yes
25. Other available incentives? -
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City of South El Monte
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 1989
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
Code of Ordinances-Title 17-Chapter 17.03.40
4. Responsible City Department/Body Planning Commission
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
1. Prepare or cause to be prepared a comprehensive inventory of potential landmarks and historical districts within the city;
2. Recommend to city council designation of specific sites as landmarks and historical districts within the city;
3. Review and comment upon the conduct of land use, housing and redevelopment, munici pal improvement, and other types of planning programs undertaken by any agency of the city, the county, or state, as they relate to the cultural resources of the community;
4. Review application for permits to construct, change alter, modify, remodel, remove, or significantly affect any landmark or historical district;
5. Review and comment upon all applications for permits, environmental assessments, environmental impact reports, environmental impact statements, and other similar documents as they affect landmarks or historical districts;
6. Approve or disapprove, in whole or in part, applications for permits pursuant to this section;
7. Make recommendations to the council concerning the acquisition of development right, façade easements, and the imposition of other restrictions and the negotiation of historical property contracts for the purpose of historic preservation;
8. Recommend acceptance of dedications of private property for purposes of public areas, maintenance, landmark designation, historic easements, or any other easement or dedication, pursuant to preservation and maintenance of the city's cultural resources;
9. Increase public awareness of the value of historic, architectural and cultural preservation by developing and participating in public information programs and by recommending the update of the preservation program;
10. Make recommendations to the council concerning the utilization of grants from federal and state agencies, private groups and individuals and the utilization of budgetary appropriations to promote the preservation of historic or architecturally significant structures in the city;
11. Evaluate and comment upon decisions by other public agencies affecting the physical development and land use patterns in designated sites and areas;
12. Cooperate with local, county, state and federal governments in the pursuit of the objectives of historic preservation;
13. Keep minutes and records of all meetings and proceedings including voting records, attendance, resolutions, findings, determinations and decisions. All such material shall be public records;
14. Render advice and guidance, upon the request of the property owner or occupant, on the restoration, alteration, decoration, landscaping or maintenance of any landmark or historic district, or neighboring property within public view;
15. Participate in, promote, and conduct public information, educational, and interpretive programs pertaining to cultural resources;
16. Perform any other functions that may be designated by resolution or motion of the city council;
17. To perform all functions, powers and authorities to achieve the goals and purpose stated in Subsection A in this section.
6. Review Body Cultural Resources Management Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Five
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
-
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
No
11. Criteria for Designation A: It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the city's cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, or architectural history; or
B: It is identified with persons or events significant in local, state, or national history; or
C: It embodies distinctive aesthetic characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction, or is a valuable aesthetic example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship; or
D: It is representative of the notable aesthetic work of a builder, designer or architect.
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? Yes
13. Is designation a tiered system? No
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
No
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
No
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16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Anyone
17. Does designation require owner consent? No
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
-
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
-
20. Approval process for designation? Upon receiving an application and notifying the relevant owners the commission hosts a public hearing upon when it makes a recommendation to approve or deny the application. This is given to the City Council who ultimately decide
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
It is unlawful for any person to tear down, demolish, construct, alter, remove, or relocate any landmark, or any portion thereof, which has been designated as a landmark pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or which lies within a designated historic district, or to alter in any manner any exterior architectural feature within an historic district, or to place, erect, alter or relocate any sign within an historic district or on a landmark, without first obtaining written approval to do so in the manner provided in this chapter, nor shall the building official grant any permit to carry out such work on a designated landmark or within an historic district, without the prior written approval of the commission.
23. Economic hardship provision? If the property owner, tenant, or resident are proven that a disapproval of work will be substantially destructive to the property's economic status.
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
-
25. Other available incentives? -
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City of South Pasadena
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 1992
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
City code- Chapter 2- Sections 2.61-2.68
4. Responsible City Department/Body Planning & Building
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
a) General Powers. The commission shall be an advisory board to advise the city council, planning commission, parks and recreation commission, all city departments and the city manager on all matters relating to the identification, protection, retention, and preservation of landmarks and historic districts in the city. The commission shall have the power to appoint an advisory panel of volunteer experts as may be necessary to assist in the exercise of its duties.
(b) Enumerated Powers. The commission shall have the following powers and duties in addition to those otherwise provided in this article:
(1) Review and Approval.
(A) Approve or disapprove in whole or in part applications for certificates of appropriateness and their related environmental assessments under CEQA regarding the demolition, alteration or relocation of a landmark or an improvement or natural feature within a historic district, or a structure or building listed on the cultural heritage inventory approved and adopted by the city council;
(B) Review all applications for permits, environmental assessments, environmental impact reports, environmental impact statements, and other similar CEQA documents set forth in this article, pertaining to all cultural resources;
(C) Render advice and guidance, upon the request of property owner(s) or occupants, on procedures for inclusion of a building, structure, improvement, or site on the local inventory, state or national register;
(D) Render advice and guidance upon the request of property owner(s) on proposals for any restoration, alteration, decoration, landscaping or maintenance of any landmark or historic district;
(E) Review and advise upon the conduct of land use, housing and redevelopment, municipal improvement, and other types of planning and programs undertaken by any agency of the city, the county, or state, as they relate to cultural resources; and
(F) Review and provide recommendations to city council regarding requested and existing Mills Act contracts.
(2) Identify Cultural Resources.
(A) Compile and maintain a current South Pasadena inventory of cultural resources that includes all sites, natural features, buildings and structures that are potentially eligible for landmark or historic district status or that may warrant special consideration in local planning.
Copies of the inventory shall be transmitted to the city clerk and city manager, and to the departments of planning and building, parks and recreation, public works and other appropriate departments and governmental or civic agencies;
(B) Compile and maintain for city council approval a current South Pasadena register of landmarks and historic districts. The register shall contain a description of the landmark or historic district on the register and its reason for inclusion therein. Copies of the register shall be transmitted to the city clerk and city manager, and to the departments of planning and building, parks and recreation, public works and other appropriate departments and governmental or civic agencies;
(C) Recommend to the city council that certain areas, places, buildings, structures, natural features, works of art or similar objects having a significant historical, cultural, architectural, community or aesthetic value as part of the heritage of the city be designated as landmarks, or that areas be designated historic districts;
(D) Submit annually a recommended budget to the city council covering services, supplies, equipment and other expenses appropriate for the performance of its duties; and
(E) The cultural heritage commission shall establish criteria and conduct or cause to be conducted a comprehensive survey of cultural resources within the boundaries of the city, and publicize and periodically update survey results.
(3) Establish Criteria and Standards.
(A) Adopt specific criteria for the designation of landmarks and historic districts subject to approval by the city council;
(B) Adopt written standards to be used by the commission in reviewing applications for permits to construct, change, alter, modify, remodel, remove, demolish or affect any qualified cultural resource.
(4) Community Outreach.
(A) Encourage public understanding and involvement in architectural, archaeological and environmental heritage through educational programs such as lectures, tours, walks, reports or publications, films, open houses and special events;
(B) Explore means for the protection, retention and use of any designated or potential landmark and historic district including, but not limited to, appropriate legislation and financing, such as encouraging independent funding organizations or private, local, state or federal assistance; and
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(C) Encourage private efforts to acquire property and raise money on behalf of cultural and historical preservation; however, the commission is specifically denied the power to acquire any property or interest therein for or on behalf of itself or the city.
(5) Promote Preservation Objectives.
(A) Promote the use of historic preservation incentives;
(B) Participate in the certified local government program and carry out any responsibilities delegated to it under that program;
(C) Recommend and encourage the protection, enhancement, appreciation, and use of cultural resources which have not been designated as landmarks or historic districts and take such steps as it deems desirable to recognize such cultural resources including, but not limited to, listing, certificates, letters or plaques;
(D) Confer recognition upon the owners of designated landmarks or historic districts by means of certificates, plaques or markers and, from time to time, recommend that the city council issue commendations to such owners who have rehabilitated their property in an exemplary manner;
(E) Recommend to the city council the purchase or acceptance of fee or other interests in property for purposes of cultural resource preservation;
(F) Investigate and report to the city council on the use of various federal, state, local or private funding sources and mechanisms available to promote cultural resource preservation in the city;
(G) Work closely with the city council, city attorney, city manager and staff, and other commissions in order to assure that changes to the city’s physical environment will be orderly and will not damage the cultural or historical integrity of the city;
(H) Cooperate with local, county, state and federal governments in the pursuit of the objectives of historic preservation; and
(I) Perform any other functions that may be designated by resolution or motion of the city council. (Ord. No. 2315, § 2, 2017.)
6. Review Body Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Five
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
Once a month
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
South Pasadena Register of Landmarks and Historic Districts
11. Criteria for Designation 1. Its character, interest or value as a part o the heritage of the community
2. Its location as a site of a significant historic event
3. Its identification with a person, persons, or groups who significantly contributed to the culture and development of the city, state of united states
4. Its exemplification of a particular architectural style of an era of history of the city
5. Its exemplification of the best remaining architectural type in a neighborhood
6. Its identification as the work of a persons whose work has influenced the heritage of the city, state, or us
7. The embodiment of elements of outstanding attention to architectural design engineering, detail design, detail materials, or craftsmanship
8. It is either of part of a or related to a square park or other distinctive area which should be developed or preserved according to a plan based on a historic cultural or architectural motif
9. Its unique location or singular physical characteristic representing an established and familiar visual feature of a neighborhood
10. Its potential for yielding information of archaeological interest or
11. In designating a historic district its significance as a distinguishable neighborhood or area whose components may lack individual distinction
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? No
13. Is designation a tiered system? No
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
No
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
Follow NPS seven aspects (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association)
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Anyone
17. Does designation require owner consent? Best efforts to obtain written consent of owner
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
-
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
50% + 1
20. Approval process for designation? Commissions appoints a subcommittee of 2 members to review the applications for improvements, site, or natural features. If the subcommittee approves it then the commission holds a public hearing notifying all affected owners who have the right to speak. Then if the
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committee still approves is they present the decision to the City Council who makes the final choice.
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
City Council
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
The following actions shall require a certificate of appropriateness from the commission.
Performance of any work that falls within the provisions of this article without a certificate of appropriateness is prohibited:
(1) Alteration, demolition, relocation of, or new construction affecting the South Pasadena register of landmarks and historic districts; the South Pasadena inventory of cultural resources; and any other cultural resources; and
(2) Any other project referred to the commission by the city council, planning commission, or city staff.
Exemptions from requirements for certificate of appropriateness include:
1. painting of any residential or commercial building
2. ordinary maintenance and repair which does no require a building permit
3. landscaping including sprinkler system work, that does no affect a character defining feature
4. paving work that does not affect a character defining feature
5. all alterations which are entirely interior and do not affect the exterior of an improvement except for designated interiors of a landmark property
6. all alterations affecting an existing or proposed accessory dwelling unit
7. replacement of existing screens and awnings with he same or substantially consist ent materials, form, and shape
23. Economic hardship provision? Must have documentation showing that a resource cannot be rehabilitated in a manner that would allow reasonable return on investment. Documentation includes the usual such as use of property, assessed value, estimated market value.
24. Does the City administer Mills Act
contracts?
Yes
25. Other available incentives? -
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City of West Covina
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the City have an HP Ordinance? Yes
2. Year Adopted 2007
3. Where is the HP Ordinance located in the
Code?
Municode-Title 17-Article III
4. Responsible City Department/Body Planning Commission
5. City Department/Body Duties &
Responsibilities
The explicit powers are not listed thought the goals and intents of the commission is as follows:
(1) To safeguard the city's heritage by encouraging the protection of landmarks representing significant elements of its history.
(2) To foster civic and neighborhood pride and a sense of identity based on an appreciation of the city's past and the recognition and use of historic resources.
(3) To enhance the visual character of the city by preserving diverse architectural styles reflecting phases of the city's history and by encouraging complementary contemporary design and construction.
(4) To strengthen the economy of the city by protecting and enhancing the city's attractions to residents, tourists, and visitors.
(5) To stabilize and improve property values within the city by recognizing historic landmarks and by protecting areas of historic buildings from encroachment by incompatible designs.
(6) To promote the enjoyment and use of historic resources appropriate for the education and recreation of the people of the city.
(7) To integrate the preservation of historic resources and the extraction of relevant data from such resources into public and private land management and development processes.
(8) To conserve valuable material and energy resources by ongoing use and maintenance of the existing built environment.
(9) To encourage and facilitate public knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the city's historic past and unique sense of place.
(10) To preserve diverse architectural styles, patterns of development, and design preferences reflecting phases of the city's history and to encourage complementary design and construction and inspire a more livable urban environment.
(11) To enhance neighborhoods through the preservation of historic resources and establishment of historic districts.
(12) To take whatever steps are reasonable and necessary to safeguard the property rights of owners whose property is declared to be a landmark or is located in a historic distric t.
6. Review Body Commission
7. Number of Commissioners/Committee
Members
Five
8. Commission/Committee Meeting
Frequency
-
EVALUATION & DESIGNATION
9. Does the City have adopted survey
findings?
No
10. Does the City maintain a local register or
inventory?
Historic Resource Inventory
11. Criteria for Designation (a) It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the city's cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, or architectural history; or
(b)It is identified with persons or events significant in local, regional, state or national history; or
(c)It embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction, or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship; or
(d)It is representative of the notable work of a builder, designer, or architect; or
(e)It has unique location or physical characteristic(s) or represents an established and familiar visual feature or landmark of a neighborhood, community, or the city.
12. Do designation criteria align with NRHP? No
13. Is designation a tiered system? No
14. Is there an age requirement for
designation?
50 years with the exception that a historic resource of at least thirty (30) years of age may be eligible if the planning commission determines that the resource is exceptional, or that it is threatened by demolition, removal, relocation, or inappropriate alteration.
15. Are there integrity thresholds for
designation?
For historic districts: Any area containing a concentration of improvements which have a special character, historical interest, or aesthetic value; which possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.
16. Who can nominate a property for
designation?
Property owner
17. Does designation require owner consent? Best efforts to obtain written consent of owner
18. For historic districts, what percentage of
properties must be contributors?
Yes
19. For historic districts, what percentage of
property owners must approve?
75%
20. Approval process for designation? Once the application has been filed with the planning commission they study and make a determination on whether to approve or not.
21. Final Decision-making body for
designation?
Commission
PROJECT REVIEW & INCENTIVES
22. How is project review administered?
(Major/Minor Alterations)
(a) For landmarks or properties within a historic district, no person shall alter, restore, reconstruct, demolish, remove, replace, or relocate any exterior improvement or architectural
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