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AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: June 6, 2023
Item Number: F-2
To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Timothea Tway, AICP, Director of Community Development Mark Odell, Urban Designer
Subject: CITY COUNCIL REVIEW OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE
COMMISSION’S APRIL 12, 2023 ISSUANCE AND CONDITIONAL
APPROVAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 910 NORTH BEDFORD DRIVE
Attachments:
1. April 12, 2023 CHC Certificate of Appropriateness Staff Report (without attachments)
2. CHC Certificate of Appropriateness Resolution No. CHC 114
3. Proposed Certificate of Appropriateness Addition Plans
4. Proposed Certificate of Appropriateness Addition Assessment Report
5. City Council Resolution No. 13-R-1 2946
6. Previous Certificate of Appropriateness Approvals (Tree Replacement, Restoration, and Security Fencing/Gates)
RECOMMENDATION
This item is a City Council ordered review of the Cultural Heritage Commission’s April 12, 2023 issuance and conditional approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness for an addition to the locally designated historic property located at 910 North Bedford Drive. Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing regarding the matter, and thereafter the Council could render a decision to approve, modify, or deny the Certificate of Appropriateness, and direct staff to return with a resolution for Council consideration.
INTRODUCTION
A Certificate of Appropriateness (C of A), pursuant to Municipal Code Section 10-3-3219, is a determination by the Director of Community Development or the Cultural Heritage Commission (CHC), which grants the owner of a historic property the permission to alter, restore, reconstruct, Meeting Date: June 6, 2023
relocate, rehabilitate, stabilize, demolish, or change the exterior appearance of a designated landmark in compliance with historic guidelines.
The project for which approval of a C of A is sought involves a proposed two-story, 6,883 squarefoot addition (the basement is not counted towards floor area) and a new swimming pool to be added to the site of the historic Anthony-Kerry House, Beverly Hills Landmark No. 14, located at910 North Bedford Drive.
BACKGROUND
The historic two-story, Craftsman-style single-family residence was originally designed for Earle C. Anthony, a noteworthy car dealer in Los Angeles, by Master Architects Charles and HenryGreene (Greene & Greene). The main structure, constructed 1909, was initially located on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. In 1923, the house was to be demolished and replaced with an apartment building. Recognizing the significance of the structure, Norman Kerry, a noted silent movie actor, hired the Greene Brothers to supervise the relocation of the house in three sections to its current location at the intersection of North Bedford and Benedict Canyon Drives in Beverly Hills. Following the successful relocation of the residence to 910 Bedford Drive, the GreeneBrothers were hired again to introduce the existing clinker-brick walls configured around theproperty. They were also responsible for the early plantings on the site, including the placement of several specimen trees.
Site History
The subject residence is the only structure in the City of Beverly Hills designed by the noted Master Architects Greene & Greene. In recognition of its historical and cultural significance, the City Council designated the Anthony-Kerry House as Beverly Hills Landmark No. 14 on August 6, 2013. The house is also eligible for placement on the California Register of Historical Resources and the National Register of Historic Places. Pursuant to the landmark designation in City Council Resolution No. 13-R-12946 (Attachment 5), the character-defining features associated with the Anthony-Kerry House are those elements of the structure which date to the original construction in 1909 and the subsequent move to Beverly Hills in 1923. The original materials and design of the home have been generally well preserved, showcased by low-pitched gables, deep overhangs, extended wooden outriggers, exposed rafter tails with rolled membrane roofing, anda wood shake-clad exterior. The Craftsman-style home incorporates many expressed structural members in the form of wooden timbers with a clinker-brick chimney, casement windows, and a projecting gable above the paneled entry door, which accentuates the entrance. The publicly visible landscaped grounds with large trees and clinker-brick wall are also significant features which define the site, as envisioned by master architects Greene and Greene.
Proiect History
The Anthony-Kerry House has undergone several C of A reviews and approvals related to the restoration and rehabilitation of the historic resource since 2019. The three previous C of A approvals (Attachment 6) granted at the staff and Commission levels for the subject property inconjunction with the restoration of the residence and landscape are described below. These previous approvals were found to be in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and the requirements set forth in the City’s Municipal Code:
• June 18, 2020: A C of A was approved by the CHC for the replacement often (10) mature, character-defining trees that were removed from the subject site without prior Cityapproval.
Meeting Date: June 6, 2023
• August 27, 2021: A C of A was approved by the Director of Community Development for the restoration/rehabilitation of the Anthony-Kerry House. The restoration plan that was approved established the overall restoration/rehabilitation work for the subject property by providing an Historic Structures Report and a Master Plan for Restoration, which identified the distinctive features of the structures on site. The restoration plan was undertaken by Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Architecture, mc, who reviewed the historic materials, finishes, and color palette proposed. The approved work included repairing and restoring theexisting facades of the historic structures. It additionally involved reversing certain nonoriginal modifications made to the house and garage by previous owners, reconstructing missing character-defining features, and strengthening the structural integrity of the house and garage envelope, masonry chimney, as well as the clinker-brick walls on the property. • November 5, 2021: A C of A was approved by the Director of Community Development for the installation of a security gate and fencing at the site due to the owner’s security concerns. The steel fencing and gates were approved to be fabricated in vertical pickets at approximately six-feet in height and in an oil-rubbed bronze finish. This approval included a condition that any new project proposed at the site for which a C of A is requiredmay, at the CHC’s discretion, require the modification of the siting and/or removal in partor in whole of the subject fencing’.
During its Regular Meeting on April 12, 2023, the CHC reviewed the subject C of A (Attachment 1) regarding an addition to the residence. In reviewing the subject project, the CHC expressed concerns regarding the protection of the historic residence during construction and discussed protection methods that were applied to similar projects in the past. Additionally, the CHC discussed the previously approved security fencing and gates for the historic resource andexpressed concerns regarding the compatibility and visual impact of the subject fencing. Potential solutions to mitigate the impact of the subject fencing while respecting the applicant’s security concerns were discussed. The Commission ultimately approved the C of A with the following project-specific conditions, which addressed the concerns raised during the meeting (Attachment 2):
1. The existing historic residence shall be protected during the construction phase for the new addition project. A construction monitor shall be included during the construction phase for the new addition project to ensure all measures are taken to preserve the main historic residence during construction, including any necessary bracing or shoring, etc. required. Any damage or destruction of any portion of the historic residence during the construction phase for this project will require the residence or any portion thereof to be reconstructed in kind.
Municipal Code Sections 10-3-3225 and 10-3-3230 shall apply.
2. Any front or side yard fencing shall be removed except for that portion encompassing the circular driveway which shall return to the commencement of the clinker brick wall. The fence removal shall be completed within thirty (30) days after the date of the adoption of this Resolution. An alternate fence arrangement of that front/side yard area may be proposed through asubsequent Certificate of Appropriateness application reviewed and approved by the Cultural Heritage Commission.
‘Currently the installation of the fence has been paused in response to the CHC’s conditional approval of the subject C of A on April 12, 2023, which is the subject of this review by the City Council.
Meeting Date: June 6, 2023
3. A final landscape plan shall be provided with this proposal in conjunction with the final configuration of the proposed fencing and including the final permanent locations of all previously approved replacement trees on site, as approved in the previous Certificate of Appropriateness issued on this matter.
No taller planting shall be included for placement in conjunction with the proposed fencing.
4. The resolution approving this Certificate of Appropriateness shall not become effective until the owner of the Project site records a covenant, satisfactory in form and content to the City Attorney, accepting the conditions of approval setforth in the resolution.
The CHC’s decision regarding the subject C of A was placed on the May 2, 2023 City Council Study Session agenda to consider a call for review of the C of A.The Council unanimously voted to call up the item and conduct a de novo hearing at its June 6, 2023 meeting.
DISCUSSION
The proposed project is a new, two-story addition to the existing historic resource. The addition is designed to complement and preserve the historic resource without compromising its existing character-defining features and in compliance with historic guidelines. The new two-story addition and basement area will consist of the following:
• Ground floor (3,764 square-feet): living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, play area, and two bathrooms
• Second floor (3,119 square-feet): three bedrooms, three bathrooms, study • Basement (3,768 square-feet, not counted towards floor area): art studio/workshop, yoga studio/gym, screening room, bathroom
Fig.1 Proposed Site Plan
(addition shown in red)
Fig.3 Proposed North Elevation
Meeting Date: June 6, 2023
The proposed addition features two points of connection to the historic Anthony-Kerry House. A skylit gallery on the ground floor would connect the addition to the historic residence with minimal contact on the original eastern elevation. The gallery would create a clear, visual separation between the existing residence and the new addition. A glass “hyphen-bridge” on the second floor would connect the addition to the historic residence without altering any of the original openings.
The proposed addition would utilize a flat-roof with deep overhangs and incorporate areas of board-formed concrete, horizontal wood siding, and simplified architectural details to complement original design elements and cladding on the main residence. All exterior woodwork is proposed to be stained and treated to be visually complementary to the Anthony-Kerry House. The new addition is designed to be differentiated but compatible with the historic residence through a more contemporary interpretation of the Craftsman architectural style. The use of wood cladding and trim elements, the use of a flat roof rather than the gable roof, and the use of groupings of casement and fixed fenestration all relate to the design and styling of the original historic resource, but don’t seek to replicate the details of the original work. The irregularly articulated massing of the addition and the incorporation of outdoor deck space also complement the form of the existing residence and one of its key design principles.
While the proposed addition would introduce a new two-story mass to the rear (north/east) of theexisting building, it is designed to highlight the original spatial relationship of the historic property without creating a false sense of history, as encouraged by the Secretary of the Interior’s Guidelines. The primary façade facing Bedford Drive, as well as the original detached garage and the clinker-brick wall are to remain with no changes. The addition is designed to be read as secondary to the existing building in visual hierarchy by utilizing a lower building height with a flat roof and a deeper setback (than required by Code) from Bedford and Benedict Canyon Drives; it will be constructed within the envelope of the existing clinker-brick wall. Due to the height of the existing clinker-brick wall, most of the rear (northern/secondary) elevation of the historic residence is currently obscured from Benedict Canyon Drive; the proposed addition will continue to obstruct views of this elevation from the public right-of-way. As the ground floor would also be screened from view by the same clinker-brick wall, only the second-story portion of the new addition would be visible from the north. As such, the impact of the addition on the original spatial relationship of the property is minimal. Additionally, the proposed project includes the removal of a non-original swimming pool (to make space for the new addition), which would be replaced by a new swimming pool located between the back of the residence and the garage. Pursuant to applicant testimony during the CHC Meeting on April 12, 2023, the project will not require the further removal of any trees or any building and site features that currently exist on the property, thereby preserving the historic and cultural integrity of the historic resource.
COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS
Pursuant to BHMC §10-3-3219 E.2, the work proposed under a Certificate of Appropriateness need not demonstrate strict compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards but should Fig.4 Rendered Interior View of the Skylit Gallery Fig.5 Rendered Exterior View of the Glass Hyphen Meeting Date: June 6, 2023
protect and preserve the historic and architectural qualities and the character defining features of a landmark. The historic consultant and architect of record for the project have provided architectural drawings based on the existing conditions of the historic resource and a memorandum outlining the scope-of-work for the project. The CHC made the following findings, which the Council can further discuss and consider in their deliberations:
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, Standard 2:
The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided.
The historic character of the landmark building will be retained and preserved as there is no additional proposed work that will be completed on the historic residence itself. All of the character-defining features of the original residence would be maintained, including its design, materials, workmanship, features, and spatial relationships; the proposed project is designed to complement the historic residence and will not negatively impact the overall property. The new addition utilizes an all-glass, sky-lit gallery and a glass hyphen to connect theaddition to the existing historic residence and will be within the existing clinkerbrick wall garden enclosure, constructed at the rear (north) of the building with lower building height and deep setbacks. Overall, this design approach which gives deference to the resource will create an impression of continuity of the historic character of the property and retain the distinctive materials and spatial relationships that define the historic structure and site. No additionalalterations to existing historic structures and site features, other than the swimming pool, are authorized with the subject project.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, Standard 3:
Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use.
Changes that create a false sense of historical development such as adding conjectural features or elements from other buildings, will not be undertaken.
The new addition is designed to be differentiated but compatible with the historic residence through the use of wood cladding and trim elements that complement yet contrast with the historic colors and stains used on the main building (now re-established). The use of a flat roof rather than the gable roof also helps to identify the addition as a contemporary architectural expression.
The irregular massing of the addition also complements the articulated mass of the existing residence, while creating its own unique footprint.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, Standard 5:
Distinctive features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved.
The Anthony-Kerry House is defined predominantly by its definitive Craftsman architectural style and the distinctive materials on its exterior, such as its wood shake siding, clinker brick chimney and perimeter wall, brick driveway and piers, wooden casement windows, exposed beams and rafter tails, etc.
Additionally, a comprehensive restoration project for the Anthony-Kerry House was approved in 2021 and found to be in compliance with this standard. All of the historic building’s significant features, finishes, and construction Meeting Date: June 6, 2023
techniques would be preserved in conjunction with this addition project. The sky-lit gallery on the ground floor and the glass ‘hyphen-bridge” on the second floor of the new addition would not alter any of the original openings on the northeastern elevation of the historic residence.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, Standard 9:
New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property.
The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.
The subject project includes a new addition to the Anthony-Kerry House with minimal alteration of the residence. The proposed addition will be constructedbehind the existing historic building and within the envelope of the original clinker-brick wall, with a lower building height and massing that is deferentialto the resource. The new addition will be connected to the existing residence through a glass hyphen in the form of a connecting corridor at the ground floor and a bridge element on the second floor, which minimally impact the historic residence. The non-original swimming pool will be removed and replaced with a new swimming pool between the residence and the garage. The location of the addition and the location of the new swimming pool will not detrimentally impact the spatial relationship of the property. The proposed design willprotect the historic integrity of the property through use of materials, scale, and massing that complement the historic resource. Revision of the previously approved security fencing as set forth in the conditions of approval is necessary for the CRC to find the property maintains spatial relationships that characterize the property.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, Standard 10:
New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.
The proposed addition is reversible in the future and will not detrimentally impact the existing historic or character defining features of the resource. The connecting elements for the new addition and the historic residence can easily be removed and reversible, as the connections are made through existing openings at the rear of the resource.
Consistent with historic guidelines, as referenced above, any addition, maintenance, repair,stabilization, preservation, restoration, reconstruction, conservation, and/or rehabilitation work proposed for a historic resource should be conducted in a manner consistent with the SQl Standards.
Pursuant to the Secretary of the Interior’s Rehabilitation Standards, historic building materials and character-defining features are protected though sympathetic alterations and additions are permissible.
In addition, this work should be guided by the treatment recommendations outlined in the National Park Service (NPS) “Preservation Brief’ series and “Interpreting the Standards” (ITS) technical bulletins, as well as the historic building code of the state. Furthermore, the definition of “rehabilitation” assumes that at least some repair or alteration of an historic property will be needed in order to provide for an efficient contemporary use or maintain its historic use. However, these repairs and alterations must not Meeting Date: June 6, 2023
damage or destroy materials, features, or finishes that are important in defining a property’s historiccharacter and significance.
VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS (BHMC 1O-3-3219 G) A Certificate of Appropriateness shall lapse and become void twenty-four (24) months from the date of issuance, unless a building permit has been issued and the rights granted by the permit or certificate have been exercised and being pursued to completion.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
The subject project has been reviewed pursuant to the provisions set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA — Public Resource Code Sections 21000, et seq.), the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000 et seq.), and the City’s local CEQA Guidelines. The CHC concluded that the subject project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA — Public Resources Code §21000 — 21178), pursuant to Section 15331, Class 31 (Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation) of the State CEQA Guidelines in that the project includes the maintenance, repair, stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, conservation or reconstruction of historical resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, the Secretary of theInterior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, and the Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. In addition, this work should be guided by the treatmentrecommendations outlined in the National Park Service (NPS) “Preservation Brief’ series and “Interpreting the Standards” (ITS) technical bulletins, as well as the State Historic Building Code. In the event that the City Council were to approve the C of A, it would also need to consider making a similar finding as to the CEQA exemption.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Notice of the item was provided to the property owner and the owner’s representatives on May 3, 2023. As of the writing of this agenda report, no public comments have been received regarding the agenda item.
FISCAL IMPACT
The recommendation in this report does not have significant budget or fiscal impacts for the City beyond staff time and noticing costs.
Timothea Tway, AICP
Director of Community Development
Approved By
Attachment I
April 12, 2023 CHC
Certificate of Appropriateness Staff Report
(without attachments)
City of Beverly Hills
Planning Division
455 N. Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210
TEL. (310) 285-1141 FAX. (310) 858-5966
Cultural Heritage Commission
Report
Meeting Date: April 12, 2023Subject:Project Applicant: David Kaplan Property Owner: 26, LLC
Recommendation: Adopt a resolution approving a Certificate of Appropriateness for the proposed two-story addition
REPORT SUMMARYLocated at 910 North Bedford Drive and designed by Master Architects Charles and Henry Greene (Greene & Greene) in 1909, the Anthony-Kerry House was officially designated as Beverly Hills Landmark No. 14 (Attachment A) by the City Council in 2013, and it is also eligible for placement on the California Register of Historical Resources and the National Register of Historic Places. The applicant is currently seeking approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness for a proposed two-story (6,883 square-foot) addition (basement not counted towards floor area) anda new swimming pool for the historic resource. The Certificate of Appropriateness requires reviewand approval by the Cultural Heritage Commission in accordance with the residence’s local landmark status.
BACKGROUND
Property History
The subject property is a two-story, Craftsman-style, single-family residence, originally designed for Earle C. Anthony, a noteworthy car dealer in Los Angeles, by the esteemed architectural teamof brothers, Charles and Henry Greene (Greene & Greene). The main structure was erected in 1909 and initially situated on Wilshire Boulevard at 666 South Berendo Street in Los Angeles. In 1923, the Earle C. Anthony House faced the threat of demolition to make way for an apartment building, which prompted silent movie actor, Norman Kerry, to intervene. Recognizing thesignificance of the structure, Kerry enlisted the expertise of the Greene Brothers to supervise the relocation of the house in three sections to its current location at the intersection of North Bedford and Benedict Canon Drives in Beverly Hills. Following the successful relocation of the residence, the Greene Brothers were again hired to introduce the existing clinker-brick walls configured around the property. They were also responsible for the early plantings on the site, including the placement of several specimen trees.
Attachment(s):
A. Landmark Designation, CC Resolution No. 13-R-1 2946
B. Previous Certificate of Appropriateness Approvals
C. Assessment Report by GPA
D. Certificate of Appropriateness Application and PlansE. Resolution 910 NORTH BEDFORD DRIVE
Certificate of Appropriateness (PL2300080)Certificate of Appropriateness for the proposal for a two-story addition to the existing Anthony-Kerry House (Beverly Hills Landmark No. 14) Report Author and Contact Information:
Minjee Hahm
Associate Planner
(310) 285-1136
mhahm©beverlyhills.org
Cultural Heritage Commission Report
910 North Bedford Drive
Certificate of Appropriateness
April 12, 2023
The Anthony-Kerry House sits on a large, irregularly shaped parcel located at the intersection of North Bedford Drive and Benedict Canyon Drive. The two-story dwelling is situated to front onto North Bedford Drive, while the remainder of the grounds is extensively landscaped with a clinkerbrick wall encircling much of the estate. The original materials and design of the home have been generally well preserved, showcased by low-pitched gables, deep overhangs, extended woodenoutriggers, exposed rafter tails with rolled membrane roofing, and a wood shake-clad exterior.
The Craftsman-style home incorporates many expressed structural members in the form of wooden timbers with a clinker-brick chimney, casement windows, and a projecting gable above the paneled entry door, which accentuates the entrance. The subject residence is the only structure designed by the noted Master Architect team of Charles and Henry Greene located in the City of Beverly Hills.
Landmark Designation
In recognition of its historical and cultural significance, the City Council designated the AnthonyKerry House as Beverly Hills Landmark No. 14 on August 6, 2013. The house is also eligible for placement on the California Register of Historical Resources and the National Register of Historic Places. Pursuant to the landmark designation in City Council Resolution No. 13-R-12946, the character-defining features associated with the Anthony-Kerry House are those elements of the structure which date to the original construction in 1909 and the subsequent move to Beverly Hills in 1923. The publicly visible landscaped grounds with large trees and clinker-brick wall are also significant features which define the site, as re-envisioned by master architects Greene and Greene. The following character-defining features are components linked to the original designation of the property and elements of the resource that highlight its significance and are to be preserved:
• Its prominent location at the intersection of North Bedford Drive and Benedict Canyon Drive
• The basic asymmetrical form, height, shape, mass, and composition of the dwelling in relationship to its setting and immediate environment
• The physical attributes that define the Craftsman architectural style. Those features on the house and publicly visible portions of the property that reflect and define the Craftsman style include, but are not limited to:
• Complex gabled roof, low-pitch, roofing material, roof eaves, exposed beams and rafter tails, attic vents in gable ends
• Shingle siding, clinker-brick chimney, clinker-brick driveway pedestals, clinkerbrick fence, and wooden gates • Exposed structural features such as joists extending from the corners of the house between stories, beams over front window and entry, and plain header moldings that band the exterior
• Casement windows with characteristic pattern of muntins, extended lintels and sills, bracketed window boxes, wood-framed screens
• Paneled front door and brick entry stairs
Cultural Heritage Commission Report
910 North Bedford Drive
Certificate of Appropriateness
April 12, 2023
• Clinker-brick chimney
• Original lighting and hardware on primary elevation, including entry light• 1923 Garage (portions visible from Benedict Canyon Drive) • Publicly visible landscape features, including mature trees Permit History
On June 18, 2020, Cultural Heritage Commission reviewed and approved a Certificate of Appropriateness for the replacement of ten (10) mature, character-defining trees that were removed from the subject site without City approval in November 2017, by adopting Resolution No. CHC 82.
Over the course of two meetings in 2021, the Cultural Heritage Commission previewed anextensive addition/alteration project to add to the existing historic resource, the Anthony Kerry House. As the addition/alteration project exceeded development standards for the site, it required the approval of a Historic Incentive Permit (HIP) to be approved by the Planning Commission.
Ultimately, the proposed expansion project was denied by the Planning Commission on July 22, 2021 (resolution to deny the project was adopted on August 26, 2021); an appeal of the decision was filed shortly thereafter, with the applicant team seeking City Council approval to allow certain waivers and deviations from the Beverly Hills Municipal Code. On October 26, 2021, the City Council set the appeal hearing for the first meeting in April 2022, which was subsequently continued on multiple occasions at the request of the property owner. On March 7, 2023, the property owner was granted a third request to continue the appeal hearing for an additional sixmonth period pursuant to the review of a new Certificate of Appropriateness for a revised, codecompliant project now under consideration.
On August 27, 2021, the applicant requested and obtained approval from the Director of theCommunity Development Department for a Certificate of Appropriateness in conjunction with thecomprehensive restoration of the Anthony-Kerry House only, as the aforementioned expansion project and HIP were ultimately denied by the Planning Commission. The restoration plan that was approved included repairing and restoring the existing facades of the historic structures.
Additionally, it involved reversing certain non-original modifications made to the house and garage by previous owners, reconstructing missing character-defining features, and strengthening the structural integrity of the house and garage envelope, masonry chimney, as well as the clinker brick walls on the property.
On November 5, 2021, a Certificate of Appropriateness was issued by the Director of theCommunity Development Department for the installation of a vehicular security gate, pedestrian gate, and fencing at the site due to the owner’s security concerns. The steel fencing and gates were approved to be fabricated in vertical pickets at approximately six-feet in height and in an oil rubbed bronze finish. A condition of approval required that future review by the Cultural Heritage Commission of any new project for this site in which a Certificate of Appropriateness is required may, at the Commission’s discretion, require the modification of the siting and/or removal in part or in whole of the subject fencing.
Cultural Heritage Commission Report
910 North Bedford Drive
Certificate of Appropriateness
April 12, 2023
The applicant has now submitted a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for review and approval by the Cultural Heritage Commission, for the construction of a new, code-compliant, twostory addition. The revised project, which differs from the previous more expansive iteration that was proposed in 2021, appears to conform to the City’s Municipal Code, and therefore does not require an Historic Incentive Permit. The remainder of this report pertains to the construction of the subject addition and compliance with all applicable historic standards.
CURRENT PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The project proposal involves the construction of a new, two-story addition to the existing residence on site and is designed to complement and preserve the historic resource without compromising its existing character-defining features.
Pursuant to the application (Attachment D) provided by the applicant, the new two-story addition and basement area will consist of the following:
• Ground floor: living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, play area, and two bathrooms • Second floor: three bedrooms, three bathrooms, study
• Basement: art studio/workshop, yoga studio/gym, screening room, bathroom Accessible through the Anthony-Kerry House, the proposed addition includes a sky-lit gallery or circulation space on the ground floor, which provides a clear view of the existing building and separates the new structure from the historic residence with minimal contact on the originaleastern elevation. A glass “hyphen-bridge” on the second floor connects the addition to the historic residence without altering any of the original openings. The proposed addition utilizes a flat-roof with deep overhangs and incorporates areas of board-formed concrete, horizontal wood siding, and simplified architectural details to complement original design elements and cladding on the main residence. All exterior woodwork is proposed to be stained and treated to be visuallycomplementary to the Anthony-Kerry House. The new addition overall is designed to bedifferentiated but compatible with the historic residence through a more contemporary Fig.1 Proposed Site Plan Fig.3 Proposed North Elevation (addition shown in red)
Cultural Heritage Commission Report
910 North Bedford Drive
Certificate of Appropriateness
April 12, 2023
interpretation of the Craftsman architectural style. The use of wood cladding and trim elements, the use of a flat roof rather than the gable roof, and the use of groupings of casement and fixed fenestration all harken back to the design and styling of the original historic resource. The irregularly articulated massing of the addition and the incorporation of outdoor deck space also complement the form of the existing residence and one of its key design principals.
While the proposed addition would introduce a new two-story mass to the rear (north/east) of the existing building, it is designed to highlight the original spatial relationship of the historic property without creating a false sense of history, as encouraged by the Secretary of the Interior’s Guidelines. The primary façade facing Bedford Drive as well as the original detached garage and the clinker brick wall are to remain with no changes. The addition is designed to be read as secondary to the existing building in visual hierarchy by utilizing a lower building height with a flat roof and a deeper setback from Bedford and Benedict Canyon Drives; it will be constructed within the envelope of the existing clinker-brick wall. Due to the height of the existing clinker-brick wall, a majority of the rear (northern, secondary) elevation of the historic residence is currentlyobscured from public view; the proposed addition will continue to obstruct views of this elevation from the public right-of-way. As the ground floor would also be hidden from view by the same perimeter garden wall, only the second-story portion of the new addition would be visible from north. As such, the impact of the addition on the original spatial relationship of the property isminimal. Additionally, the proposed project includes the removal of a non-original swimming pool (to make way for the new addition), which would be replaced by a new swimming pool locatedbetween the back of the residence and the garage. The overall project will not require the removal of any trees or any building and site features that currently exist on the property, thereby preserving the historic and cultural integrity of the historic resource.
Overall, the project proposal is in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of HistoricProperties, and the requirement set forth in the City’s Municipal Code as specifically referenced below:REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS (BHMC §1 0-3-321 9) A Certificate of Appropriateness is issued to approve alteration, restoration, construction, removal, relocation in whole or in part, or demolition of a designated landmark or property within a historic district. No person, owner, or other entity shall alter, restore, reconstruct, relocate, rehabilitate, stabilize, demolish, or chance the exterior appearance of a designated landmark or contributing property without first having applied for and been granted a Certificate of Appropriateness, unless the work proposed qualifies as ordinary maintenance and repair. Pursuant to Beverly Hills Municipal Code 10-3-3219 E.2, the work proposed under a Certificate of Appropriateness need not demonstrate strict compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, but should protect and preserve the historic and architectural qualities and the character defining features of a landmark.COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS:
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, Standard 2:
The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided.
Cultural Heritage Commission Report
910 North Bedford Drive
Certificate of Appropriateness
April 12, 2023
The historic character of the landmark building will be retained and preserved as there is no additional proposed work that will be completed on the historic residence itself. All of the character-defining features of the original residence would be maintained, including its design, materials, workmanship, features, and spatial relationships; the proposed project is designed to complement the historic residence and will not negatively impact the overall property. The new addition utilizes an all-glass, sky-lit gallery and a glass hyphen to connect theaddition to the existing historic residence and will be within the existing clinkerbrick wall garden enclosure, constructed at the rear (north) of the building with lower building height and deep setbacks. Overall, this design approach which gives deference to the resource will create an impression of continuity of the historic character of the property and retain the distinctive materials and spatial relationships that define the historic structure and site. No additional alterations to existing historic structures and site features, other than theswimming pool, are authorized with the subject project.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, Standard 3:
Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use.
Changes that create a false sense of historical development:, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other buildings, will not be undertaken.
The new addition is designed to be differentiated but compatible with the historic residence through the use of wood cladding and trim elements that complement yet contrast with the historic colors and stains used on the main building (now re-established). The use of a flat roof, rather than the gable roof also helps to identify the addition as a contemporary architectural expression.
The irregular massing of the addition also complements the articulated mass of the existing residence, while creating its own unique footprint.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, Standard 5:Distinctive features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples ofcraftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved.
The Anthony-Kerry House is defined predominantly by its definitive Craftsman architectural style and the distinctive materials on its exterior, such as its wood shake siding, clinker brick chimney and perimeter wall, brick driveway and piers, wooden casement windows, exposed beams and rafter tails, etc.
Additionally, a comprehensive restoration project was approved in 2021 and in compliance with this standard. All of the historic building’s significant features, finishes, and construction techniques would be preserved in conjunction with this project. The sky-lit gallery on the ground floor and theglass “hyphen-bridge” on the second floor of the new addition would not alterany of the original openings on the northeastern elevation of the historic residence.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, Standard 9:
New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property.
The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the Cultural Heritage Commission Report
910 North Bedford Drive
Certificate of Appropriateness
April 12, 2023
historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect theintegrity of the property and its environment.
The subject project includes a new addition to the Anthony-Kerry House with minimal alteration of the residence. The proposed addition will be constructed behind the existing historic building and within the envelope of the original clinker-brick wall, with a lower building height and massing that is deferential to the resource. The new addition will be connected to the existing residencethrough a glass hyphen in the form of a connecting corridor at the ground floor and a bridge element on the second floor, which minimally impact the historic residence. The non-original swimming pool will be removed and replaced with a new swimming pool between the residence and the garage. The location of the addition and the location of the new swimming pool will not detrimentally impact the spatial relationship of the property. The proposed design willprotect the historic integrity of the property through use of materials, scale, and massing that complement the historic resource.
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, Standard 10:
New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in sucha manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.
The proposed addition is reversible in the future and will not detrimentally impact the existing historic or character defining features of the resource. The connecting elements for the new addition and the historic residence can easily be removed and reversible, as the connections are made through existing openings at the rear of the resource.
The historic consultant and architect of record for the project have provided architectural drawings based on the existing conditions of the historic resource and a memorandum outlining the scopeof-work for the project, and have demonstrated clear compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and local requirements.
Consistent with historic guidelines, any addition, maintenance, repair, stabilization, preservation, restoration, reconstruction, conservation, and/or rehabilitation work proposed for a historic resource should be conducted in a manner consistent with the SQl Standards. Pursuant to the Secretary of the Interior’s Rehabilitation Standards, historic building materials and character-defining features are protected though sympathetic alterations and additions are permissible. In addition, this work should be guided by the treatment recommendations outlined in the National Park Service (NPS) “Preservation Brief’ series and “Interpreting the Standards” (ITS) technical bulletins, as well as the historic building code of the state.
Furthermore, the definition of “rehabilitation” assumes that at least some repair or alteration of an historic property will be needed in order to provide for an efficient contemporary use or maintain itshistoric use. However, these repairs and alterations must not damage or destroy materials, features, or finishes that are important in defining a property’s historic character and significance.
Cultural Heritage Commission Report
910 North Bedford Drive
Certificate of Appropriateness
April 12, 2023
The Director of Community Development finds that the proposed work:
1. Does not result in a significant change of design, material, appearance, or visibility of the character defining features, and
2. Complies with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Recommendations, as aforementioned.
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
Staff has included the following conditions in the attached draft resolution. Should the Commissionadopt the resolution, the applicant must comply with these conditions throughout building permit review and construction of the project:
Proiect-Specific Conditions
1. Prior to project commencement and throughout the entirety of the construction phase, a historic preservation architect shall be retained as a consultant and shall conduct periodic construction monitoring at the site to ensure the overall project continues to be in conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the addition to the historic resource.
2. Any modifications to the approved scope-of-work for this project shall be resubmitted to the City for further review and approval by the Community Development Director to ensure compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the rehabilitation of an historic resource. The Director may refer the review of project modifications for compliance with SQl Standards to the Cultural Heritage Commission for review and approval and may also require a peer review by the City’s historical consultant.
Standard Conditions
1. Limited Approval. Project approval is for the design and preservation-related aspects of the project only. No approval is implied or granted with regard to applicable city zoning or technical codes, which may require review and approvalfrom other city commissions or officials.
2. Compliance with Municipal Code. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the applicant shall demonstrate compliance with all applicable provisions of the city’s municipal code and applicable conditions imposed by any discretionary review approval.
3. Substantial Compliance with Approved Plans. The Director of Community Development, or designee, shall determine if changes to the approved project are in substantial compliance with the commission’s action. This determination shallbe subject to applicable fees and charges. A substantial modification to the approved project requires approval from the Cultural Heritage Commission.
4. Approval Resolution. A copy of the signed resolution of approval shall be scanned onto the cover sheet(s) of the building permit set of plans.
Cultural Heritage Commission Report
910 North Bedford Drive
Certificate of Appropriateness
April 12, 2023
VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS (BHMC §10-3-3219 G) A Certificate of Appropriateness shall lapse and become void twenty-four (24) months from the date of issuance, unless a building permit has been issued and the rights granted by the permitor certificate have been exercised and being pursued to completion.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
This project has been assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA, Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.), the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000 et seq.), and the environmental regulations of the City. The project qualifies for a Class I Categorical Exemption (Existing Facilities) and a Class 31 Categorical Exemption (Historical ResourceRestoration/Rehabilitation) in accordance with the requirements of Sections 15301 and 15331 of the state CEQA Guidelines. The Class I Categorical Exemption is applicable to the construction of an addition to existing structures provided that the addition will not result in an increase of more than 10,000 square feet, if the project is in an area where all public services and facilities are available to allow for maximum development permissible in the General Plan and the area in which the project is located is not environmentally sensitive. Additionally, the Class 31 Categorical Exemption is applicable to the maintenance, repair, stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, conservation or reconstruction of historical resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the lnterior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, and the Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. In addition, this work should be guided by the treatment recommendations outlined in the National Park Service (NPS) “Preservation Bnef” series and “Interpreting the Standards” (ITS) technical bulletins, as well as the State Historic Building Code.
PUBLIC OUTREACH AND NOTIFICATION
A minimum 15-day notice is required to be provided to the property owner or the property owner’s representative via first class mail with return receipt for a Certificate of Appropriateness application reviewed by the Cultural Heritage Commission. No public notice is required to be provided to other parties, but a courtesy notice of the item was provided to interested parties via email on April 6, 2023.
Type of Notice Required Period Actual Period Required Actual Date Date
Newspaper Notice n/a n/a n/a n/a
Mailed Notice 15 days 16 days 3/29/23 3/28/22
Property Posting n/a n/a n/a n/a
Agenda Posting 72 Hours 7 Days 04/09/22 04/05/22Website (Agenda) 72 Hours 7 Days 04/09/22 04/05/22 Cultural Heritage Commission Report
910 North Bedford Drive
Certificate of Appropriateness
April 12, 2023
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Cultural Heritage Commission review the project, conduct the publichearing and adopt the attached resolution approving a Certificate of Appropriateness with conditions.
Alternatively the Commission may want to consider the following actions:
1. Approve the Certificate of Appropriateness with additional conditions.
2. Provide direction and comment to staff and/or the applicant and continue the hearing to a date certain.
Attachment 2
CHC Certificate of Appropriateness
Resolution No. CHC 114
DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-71 6E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD RESOLUTION NO. CHC 114
RESOLUTION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
APPROVING A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATE
NESS FOR MODIFICATIONS TO A DESIGNATED
LANDMARK TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF ATWO-STORY ADDITION AND NEW SWIMMING POOL TO THE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 910
NORTH BEDFORD DRIVE (PL2300080)
The Cultural Heritage Commission of the City of Beverly Hills hereby finds, resolves and determines as follows:
Section 1. David Kaplan of KCK Architects, on behalf of the property owner, 26 LLC, has applied for approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness for modifications to a designated landmark for the construction of a new, two-story addition to the residence located at 910 North Bedford Drive.
Section 2. Beverly Hills Municipal Code Article 32, Chapter 3 of Title 10, authorizes the Cultural Heritage Commission the authority to review and act upon applicationsfor Certificates of Appropriateness, subject to findings set forth in Beverly Hills Municipal Code Section 10-3-32 19E.
Section 3. Beverly Hills Municipal Code Article 44, Chapter 3 of Title 10, authorizes the Design Review Commission the authority to approve, approve with conditions, or deny design related aspects of projects located in the city’s single-family districts, subject to findings set forth in Beverly Hills Municipal Code Section 10-3-4415. However, pursuant to Beverly Hills Municipal Code Section 10-3-3207G. when Article 32, Chatper 3 of Title 10 is applicable in the review of a project consisting of a development entitlement pursuant to other articles of Beverly DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-71 6E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD Hills Municipal Code Title 10, the Cultural Heritage Commission is authorized to review all development entitlement applications for the project in its entirety unless any part of the development entitlement would require approval of the Planning Commission, in which case the Planning Commission shall be the commission authorized to review all development entitlement applications for the project in its entirety, including application of this article. Since the request for a new two-story addition complies with the applicable sections of the Zoning Code and does not require development approval by the Planning Commission, and since the proposed addition would be visible from the public rights-of-way and therefore would result in significant change in design, material, or appearance of character-defining features, the Cultural Heritage Commission is authorized to review the Certificate of Appropriateness application for the subject project.
Section 4. Consistent with Beverly Hills Municipal Code Sections 10-3-3010 and 10- 3-32 19, this resolution documents the official action of the Cultural Heritage Commission with respect to the project.
Section 5. The subject project has been reviewed pursuant to the provisions set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA — Public Resource Code Sections 21000, et seq.), the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000 et seq.), and the city’s local CEQA Guidelines. The subject project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA — Public Resources Code §2 1000 — 21178), pursuant to Section 15331 (Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation) of the State CEQA Guidelines in that the project includes the maintenance, repair, stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, 2 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-71 6E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD preservation, conservation or reconstruction of historical resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Section 6. The Cultural Heritage Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing on April 12, 2023 at which time oral and documentary evidence was received concerning the application.
Section 7. Based upon the evidence presented at the hearings, including the staff report(s), oral and written testimony, the Cultural Heritage Commission hereby makes the following findings in approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness:
A. That the proposed work complies with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, as follows.
1. A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships.
The subject project for a new two-story addition to the existing dwelling does not change the historical use of the property, which remains a single-family residence exemplary of high Craftsman architecture. The association withMaster Architects Greene & Greene remains evident in conjunction with the proposed two-story addition.
2. The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration offeatures, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided. 3 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-71 6E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD The historic character of the landmark building will be retained and preservedas there is no additional proposed work that will be completed on the historic residence itself. All of the character-defining features of the original residence would be maintained, including its design, materials, workmanship, features, and spatial relationships; the proposed project is designed to complement the historic residence and will not negatively impact the overall property. The new addition utilizes an all-glass, sky-lit gallery and a glass hyphen to connect the addition to the existing historic residence and will be within the existing clinker-brick walls, constructed at the rear (north) of the building with lower building height and deep setbacks. Overall, this will create an impression of continuity of the historic character of the property and retain the distinctive materials and spatial relationships that define the historic property. No additional alterations to other historic structures or other site features other than the swimming pool are authorized with the subject project.
3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record ofits time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken.
The new addition is designed to be differentiated but compatible with the historic residence through the use of wood cladding and trim elements that complement, yet contrast, with the historic colors and stains used on the main building (now re-established). The use of a flat roof, rather than the gable roof also helps to identify the addition as a contemporary architectural 4 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-71 6E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD expression. The irregular massing of the addition also complements thearticu’ated mass of the existing residence, while creating its own unique footprint.
4. Changes to a properly that have acquired historic signficance in their own right will be retained andpreserved.The Craftsman-style residence was constructed on a site on Wilshire Boulevard in 1909 and moved to its current site in Beverly Hills in 1923. The move was overseen by the prominent architectural team, Greene & Greene.
The residence, site features, and mature landscaping are considered to have acquired significance due to the length of time present at this visible cornerlocation, the rarity and significance of the exemplary Craftsman work within the City of Beverly Hills, and the direct association with Henry Greene.
Although there have been a number of alterations undertaken by others to the exterior of the residence and to the property’s site and landscape, such as the reconfiguration of the main entrance, enclosures of the sleeping porches and second-story balcony, and the addition of the pooi and associated hardscape, none of these changes have gained significance in their own right. There are no such changes that should be retained or preserved that had been added afterthe building’s association with Greene & Greene.
5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples ofcraftsmanship that characterize a properly will be preserved.The Anthony-Kerry House is defined predominantly by its definitive Craftsman architectural style and the distinctive materials on its exterior, such 5 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-71 6E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD as its wood shake siding, clinker-brick chimney and perimeter wall, brick driveway and piers, wooden casement windows, exposed beams and rafter tails, etc. A comprehensive restoration project was approved in 2021. All ofthe historic building’s significant features, finishes, and constructiontechniques would be preserved for this project. The sky-lit gallery on the ground floor and the glass “hyphen-bridge” on the second floor of the new addition would not alter any of the original openings on the northeastern elevation of the historic residence.
6. Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture, anc where possible,materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated bydocumentary andphysical evidence.The project does not involve any repair or replacement of deterioriated historic features, therefore this Standard is not applicable to the project.
7. Chemical or physical treatments, fappropriate, will be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials will not be used.
No chemical or physical treatements are proposed to the historic property, therefore this Standard is not applicable to the project.
8. Archeological resources will be protected and preserved in place. If such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures will be undertaken. 6 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-71 6E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD No known archeological resources exists on the subject site, therefore this Standard is not applicable to the project.
9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion,and massing to protect the integrity ofthe property and its environment.
The project subject to this Certificate of Appropriateness includes a newaddition to the Anthony-Kerry House with minimal alteration to the subject residence. The proposed addition will be constructed behind the existinghistoric building and within the envelope of the clinker-brick wall, with a lower building height and deep setbacks. The new addition will be connectedto the existing residence through a glass circulation corridor on the ground floor and bridge component on the second floor at the rear, which minimally impacts the historic residence.The non-original swimming pooi will be removed and replaced with a new swimming pool between the residence and the garage. The location ofthe addition and the location of the new swimmingpool will not impact the spatial relationship of the property, as the most affected, northern elevation is a secondary elevation and generally obscuredfrom the public right-of-way. In addition, the swimming pool is not an original site feature. Revision of the previously approved security fencing as set forth in the conditions of approval is necessary to enable the CHC to find the property maintains spatial relationships that characterize the property. The 7 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-71 6E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD proposed design will protect the historic integrity of the property through use of materials, scale, and massing that complement the historic resource.
10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner thai ifremoved in the future, the essentialform and integrity ofthe historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.The proposed addition is reversible in the future and will not detrimentally impact the existing historic or character defining features of the resource. Theconnecting elements for the new addition and the main historic residence can easily be removed in the future with little impact to the resource, as the connections are made through existing openings at the rear of the residence.
Section 8. Based on the foregoing, the Cultural Heritage Commission hereby grants the request defined in this resolution subject to the following conditions:Project-Specific ConditionsAll project-specific conditions are subject to final review and approval by the City’s Urban Designer.
1. The existing historic residence shall be protected during the construction phase for the new addition project. A construction monitor shall be included during the construction phase for the new addition project to ensure all measures are taken to preserve the main historic residence during construction, including any necessary bracing or shoring, etc.required. Any damage or destruction of any portion of the historic residence during the construction phase for this project will require the residence or any portion thereof to be 8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-716E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD reconstructed in kind. In addition, Municipal Code Sections 10-3-3225 and 10-3-3230 shall apply to this project and is reiterated below:
10-3-3225: ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES:
A. Any person who violates a requirement of this article or fails to obey an order issued by the commission and/or director, or fails to comply with a condition of approval of any certificate or permit issued under this chapter, shall be subject to enforcement actions as set forth in title 1, chapter 3 of this code.
B. In addition to all other remedies available to the city. any alteration, relocation, or demolition of a landmark or contributing property in violation of this article is expressly declared to be a nuisance and may be abated asdeemed appropriate by the city.
C. In addition to all other remedies, the city shall have the authority to impose a temporary moratorium on the development of a property for a period not to exceed sixty (60) months from the date the city becomes aware of anyalteration, relocation, or demolition in violation of this article, unless the owner obtains permits to restore or reconstruct the property to its original condition prior to the violation and the work is consistent with the secretaryof the interior’s standards. The purpose of the moratorium is to provide the city an opportunity to study and determine appropriate mitigation measures for the alteration, relocation, or demolition of the historic property, and to ensure such measures are incorporated into any future development plansand approvals for the subject property. Mitigation measures which may be 9 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-71 6E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD determined to be appropriate by the director, the commission, or the city council shall be imposed as a condition of any subsequent permit for development of the subject property.
D. 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 any part of a historic property demolished,partially demolished, altered. partially altered, relocated, or partly relocated in violation of this chapter.
E. Any person who demolishes. alters. relocates, rehabilitates, stabilizes, or reconstructs a designated landmark or property in a designated historicdistrict without the approval and issuance of a certificate required to be issued pursuant to this article may be required to restore the property to its appearance prior to the violation to the extent such restoration is physically possible, under the guidance of the director. This civil remedy shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any criminal penalties available.
F. In addition to any other remedies provided herein, any violation of this article may be enforced by civil action brought by the city. Remedies under this article are in addition to and do not supersede or limit any and all other remedies or penalties, whether civil or criminal. The remedies providedherein are cumulative and not exclusive. In any such action, the city may seek as appropriate, one or both of the following remedies:
1. A temporary or permanent injunction, or both;
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2. Assessment of the violator for the costs of any investigation, inspection, or monitoring survey that led to the establishment of the violation, and for the reasonable costs of preparing and bringing legalaction under this subsection. (Ord. 15-0-2682, eff. 11-19-2015) 10-3-3230: DANGEROUS AND IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS
PROPERTIES:
Nothing in this article shall prevent the reconstruction, alteration, repair, restoration, stabilization, rehabilitation, or demolition of a property, regardless of designation or eligibility for designation, if the building official determines that the property creates an unsafe or dangerous condition that presents an imminent threat to the health or welfare of the owner, the public, or an adjacent property, and further that the proposed action is necessary to mitigate the unsafe or dangerous condition. In that event, the building official shall immediately notify the director in writing of the situation, and shall make reasonable effortsto consult with the director to determine if there are feasible alternatives to the proposed action that will adequately protect against the determined threat. Any action taken pursuant to this subsection shall not require a certificate of appropriateness, economic hardship, or ineligibility. (Ord. 15-0-2682, eff. 11- 19-2015)
2. Any front or side yard fencing shall be removed except for that portion encompassing the circular driveway which shall return to the commencement of the clinker brick wall [northwest corner of the historic residence]. The fence removal shall be completed within 11 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-71 6E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD thirty days after the date of the adoption of this Resolution. An alternate fence arrangement of that front/side yard area may be proposed through a subsequent Certificate of Appropriateness application reviewed and approved by the Cultural Heritage Commission.
3. A final landscape plan shall be provided with this proposal in conjunction with the final configuration of the proposed fencing and including the final permanent locations of all previously approved replacement trees on site, as approved in the previous Certificate of Appropriateness issued on this matter. No taller planting shall be included for placement in conjunction with the proposed fencing.
4. This resolution approving this Certificate of Appropriateness shall not become effective until the owner of the Project site records a covenant, satisfactory in form and content to the City Attorney, accepting the conditions of approval set forth in this resolution. The covenant shall include a copy of this resolution as an exhibit. The Applicant shall deliver the executed covenant to the Department of Community Development within 180 days of the Cultural Heritage Commission decision. At the time that the Applicant delivers the covenant to the City, the Applicant shall also provide the City with all fees necessary to record the document with the County Recorder. If the Applicant fails to deliver the executed covenant within the required 180 days, this resolution approving an amendment to the Planned Development shall be null and void and of no further effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Director of Community Development may, upon a written request by the Applicant, submitted prior to the expiration of the 180-day period, grant a written waiver from the 180-day time limit for a period of no more than 180 days if, at the time of the request, the Director determines that there have been no substantial 12 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-716E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD changes to any federal, state or local law that would affect the Project. Regardless of the timelines set forth in this condition, in no event shall a building permit be issued prior to the recordation of the covenant.
Standard Conditions
1. Limited Approval. Project approval is for the design and preservation-related aspects of the project only. No approval is implied or granted with regard to applicable city zoning ortechnical codes, which may require review and approval from other city commissions or officials.
2. Compliance with Municipal Code. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the applicant shall demonstrate compliance with all applicable provisions of the city’s municipal code and applicable conditions imposed by any discretionary review approval.
3. Substantial Compliance with Approved Plans. The Director of Community Development, or designee, shall determine if changes to the approved project are in substantial compliancewith the commission’s action. This determination shall be subject to applicable fees and charges. A substantial modification to the approved project shall require approval from the Cultural Heritage Commission.
4. Approval Resolution. A copy of the signed resolution of approval shall be scanned onto the cover sheet(s) of the building permit set of plans.
5. Validity of Permits. This certificate of appropriateness approval shall lapse and become void twenty four (24) months from the date of issuance, unless a building permit (if required) has been issued and the rights granted by the permit or certificate have been exercised and are being pursued to completion, pursuant to Beverly Hills Municipal Code Section 10-3- 13 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-71 6E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD 3219. The rights granted by this approval shall remain valid for three (3) years from the date of approval, unless extended pursuant to Beverly Hills Municipal Code Section 10-3-207.
Section 9. The Secretary of the Cultural Heritage Commission shall certify to the passage, approval, and adoption of this resolution, and shall cause this resolution and its certification to be entered in the administrative record maintained by the Community Development Department.
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14 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-716E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD Section 10. Decisions of the Cultural Heritage Commission may be appealed to the City Council within fourteen (14) days of the final action by filling a written appeal and paying appropriate fees with the City of Beverly Hills City Clerk.
Adopted: April 12, 2023
Kimberly Vinokur Reiss
Chair ofthe Cultural Heritage Commission
ofthe City of Beverly Hills
Attest:
Mark Odell
Secretary ofthe Cultural Heritage Commission
Approved As To Form: Approved As To Content:
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David M. Snow Mark Odell, Urban Designer
Assistant City Attorney Community Development Department 15 DocuSign Envelope ID: 77FFD7EB-71 6E-48A5-B653-OED5949A2FDD
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS )
I, KAREN MYRON, Recording Secretary of the Cultural Heritage Commission of theCity of Beverly Hills, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correctcopy of Resolution No. CHC 114 duly passed, approved and adopted by the Cultural Heritage Commission of said City at a meeting of said Commission on April 12, 2023,and thereafter duly signed by the Secretary of the Cultural Heritage Commission, as indicated; and that the Cultural Heritage Commission of the City consists of five (5) members and said Resolution was passed by the following vote of said Commission, to wit:
AYES: Commissioners Flagg, Corman, Collins, Vice Chair Teren, Chair Reiss NOES: None.
ABSTAN: None.ABSENT: None.
KAREN MYRONRecording Secretary ofthe
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4. TILE SEWER MAT NOT BE COAERED FT NEW CONSTRUCTION
S BUILDINGS LOCATED IN VERA HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERTYF ZONEINORTH OR
SUNSET), SHALL HAVE THEIR EXTERIOR WALLS AND BATES CONSTRUCTED OP
ONE-HOUR TIRE WSESTBPE CONTTRLICTION
6 AN AATOMATTC P161 SPRINKLER SYSTEM SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ALL NEW
BUILDINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NPPA IS ETISTING BUILDINGS SHALL RI
PROVIDED WITH SPRINKLER SYSTEM WHEN TSAR COSTOR THE ADDITIONS,
ALTERATIONS OR REPAIRS MADE TO THE BUB,DING RSCIEDS SUN CRTHE RRPLACIMENTVALUR OR TAR EUISTTNG S’IUCTTJRE (SECTION 9-2-2 OF ARTICLE 01 CHAPTER 201 TI’LR DOPE AM Ci
A PEECONSTRUCTION MEETING WI’A THE CITY AND THE PROJECT TRAM (CONTRACTOR, OWNER. ENGINEER OR ARCHITECT) IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO
BEGINNING ANY NEW CONSTRUTICN OR WHEN REQUIRED BY THE CITY THE ‘PRB-CONSTRUCTlON MEETING TORGIT SHALL El MADE PART OP PLANS, NND SIGNED EYALL EARTIESATNB MEETING.
B ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SHALL COMPLV WiTH THE 115’ MANAGEMENT PRATTCEE OUTUNED IN WTTACHMENT&’ FOR STORM WATER POLLUTiON COPIlOT AND ‘MINIMUM WATER QUALITH PROTECTiON’ REQUIREMENTS, H SOING LEVEL OF OPERATING EQUIPMENTJE G POOL EQUIPMENT H.V.A.C.I IS
LIMITED TO FIVE IS) DECIBELS AEOVE THE ALIEIENT NOISE LEVEL MEASUREDAT THE PROPIRTT LINE lAM C ARTICLE 4, CHAPTER B)
10 ALL ROOF ASSEMBLIES OR ROOF COVERING MATERLAL SHALL BE CLASS A FIRE
RETARDANT NO WOOD ROOF SHALL BE PERMITTED AS ROOF COVERING
MATEELAL
IF FOR ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION AND WHEN REQUIRED RVTHE CITY, A LICENSED
SURVEYOR MUST CERTIFY THAT THE LOCATION CF THE FOOTING FORMS IS PER TAR APPROVED PLANS BEFORE FOUNDATIONS CAN BE POURED. THE SURVEYOR
MUST PROVIDE A PLOT PLAN SHOWING PRECISE DIMENSIONS TO THE PROPERTY
LINES ANDTAB ELEVATION OF THE FORMS AS COMPAREDAITA THE REFERENCE
ELEVATION SHOWN ON THE APPROTED PLANS
POE ALL NRW CONSTRUCTION, AND WHEN REQUIRED BA TAE CITY A LICENSED
SURVEYOR NIUST CERTIFY THAT THE HEIOATOF TAB BUILDING DIN
ACCORDANCE WITH DAT ARPROVED PLANS THE SUEVETCE MUSTSAGIN THE
PRECISE AEIGAT OF THE BUILDING AS COMFAEED A ETA THE REFERENCE
ELEVATION SHOWN ON THE APPROVED PLANS
13 AN ACCUFATE PLOT ‘SITE PLAN U REQUIRED INIFII ETERT PROJECT SUEMITTED
FOR PLAN CHECK TAB PLOT/STE RAN SHALL REDRAWN TO SCALE AND SHALL
IDENTVVALL RRJILDINGSAND BIFYOVEMENTS ON SITE DAT PLAN MUSTSAOW TAT REQUIRED ANDACTUAL SETBACKS OF ThE BUILDINGS FROM TAB
ADJOINING PROPERTY LINES OR PSELIC RIGHTOF WAYS THE PLOT STE PLAN
SHALALSO INDICATE TAE APPEOGIMATE LCGRTION OP TAT BUILDINGS, STEUCTUEES AND IMPROVEMENTS ON ADJOINING PEOPEETFYS WITHIN 5 FLIT
OF THE SUBEECT SITI
14 TEMPORARYTOILET PACILPEES ARE REQUIRED D,,RING CONS”EUC’TFON BEFORE
THE STARTDF LDNSTEUCTION OR ANY BUILDFNG ORSTEUCTUFE, AND BEFORI
ANS EYMODRL WHERE AL,,TOB,ET FACILITIES ARE TEMPORARILY FEMONED A
TEMPORARY WATERLUSNEDORAPPROYBDCHKMICYLTOILET SHALL BE
ENSTALLEG FORI,ESE RATERS WORKERS AND SAALL COMPLY WITH ALL OFTHE
FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS
SUCY TYMPORARY TOILET SHALL BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT TAB
CONSTRUCTION CF THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
IF IT AAATEEALUSABD TOLEY K USED, SUCH TOILET SHALL BE
CONNECTED TO YAT SEWER, AND TILE PIPE WITHOUT AVENT MAYBE
USED FOE THE INSTALLATION
1111 SUCH TEMPORARY TOILET SHALL ER LOCATED WITHIN TWENTY-PEW (2G’J
PRET OF THE REAR PROPERTY UNE AND SHALL YE SET BACKAT LEAST TWENTY 20) EKED FROM ANT OTHER PROPERTY UNT UNLESS TAT CITY
BUILDING OFFICTALAPPROVES AN ALTERNATE LOCATION EBCAUSR THE
REQUFRRMENTS SITAR SUBSECTION PRWENT SERVICING THE TOILET
OR ARE OTAEEWDB INRLMSIBLL AND
PU SUCH TEMPORARY TOILET SHALL NOT BE LOCATEGON PUBLIC
PROPERTY WITAOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OP FURS
WORKS
TS AN APPROVED WEATHERPROORNG CONSULTANT MUST CERTIFY THE
INSTALLATION OF WKATABRPROOFING ON ALL RETAINING WALLSAAICH ARE
ADJACENT TO INTERIGE AREAS OR THE BUILDING THE CONSULTANTWILL NOT BE REQUIRED IFTAE INETALLER IS CERTIFIED IN SN’RDTNG BATHE MANUFACTIJEEK 16 FORALL NEW CONSTRUCTION AND WHEN REQUIREG BYTHE CITY, AN
APPROVED WEATHERRROORNG CONSULTANT MUST CERTIFY THATTAE A’EATAERPROORNO ELEMENTS OPTAE RUILDING HAVE 11 EN INSTALLED IA ACCORDANCE WITH THE RPPROWD PLANS. ALL RELEYANTCODES, AND PER
MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS ATA MINIMUM, AN INSPECITON AND
REPORT LAILL RE REQUIRED RIFORE PLASTERING BEGINS AND REFORE PIRAL
APPROVAL IS GRANTED
Ti. PRIOR TO FINAL APPROVAL A CERTIFIED-HR RALANCAR MALT PROVIDE A
WRITTEN REPORT SHOWING THE AIR YOLUMES FOR ALL ELEMENTS OF A
COMMERCLAL GARAGE ESHAUST SYSTEM OR A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN HOOD SYSTEM
TI FOUNDATION EXCAVATIONS SHALL BE INSPECTED AND AFFROAED RVTHE
GEOTECANICAL ENGINEER PRIORTO REQUESTING CITY INSPECTION THE UEDTECNAICAL ENGINLER SHALL PREPARE AND LEAVE A FIELD REPORT 101 THE
CITY INSPECTOR
BEVERLY HILLS GENERAL NOTES
19 PRIOR TO PINALAFPROVAL THE CITY MSSYWITNSSS A TLSTOE ALL FIRE SUOKU DAMPRES.
SO. WATER CONSBRVATION PLUMBINT IKRTUERS ARE RFQUIRRG FOR ALL NEW AND REPLACEMENT SHOWERARADS, FAUCETS, TOILETS. AND URINALS
51 VATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING AND SMART IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS SHALL BK INSTA_LED’
WHENEVRR LANDSCAPE AREA EUCEEDS 25W SQUARE FEET
III A YEN EUDTING LANDSCAPING U ALTERED BY AIGRE THAN SUN AND D MORE THAN 2UDU SQUARE FEET
52 REVTSIONSANDDETAILCHANGES PEOFOSEDONAPROJECTAFTERTHE
BUILDING PERMIT D RSURD SHALL RE COORDINATED AND COMMUNICATED A TA THE CITY’S PROJECT PLAN RE-HEW ENCINEER, AECHITECT)FER) REVISIONS
AND DETAIL CHANGES SHALL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED EVTHE FEE PRIDE TO
REQUESTING AN INSPECT ION APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO RE MADE WITA THE WE TO REVIEV’ THE REVISED FLANScADDITIGNAL REVIRA’ FEES MAYAPPLV)
OS THE PROJECT ARCHITECT, ENGINEER, ANDAPELICAAT UNDERSTANDTAAT THEIR POINT OR CONTACT IS THE CDT 5 RLAN REVIEW ENGINEER,AGCAITECTIFREA) IOR
TAB DURATIGN OF THE PROJECT ALL RELATED PROJECT PLAN RRVISIONS, OR PROPOSED NEW STRUCTURES 11.0. DETACHED GARAGE, GUEST HOUSE.
ACCESSORV STRUCTURE, POOL FENCE/WALLS, AND PAVING ETC ‘SHOULD RE DIRECTED TOTAE CITY’S PREP, ThE ARCAITECTEHOULD CONTACT THE PREA
USING THEIR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER IN ORDER TO MAKE AN OFFICE
APPOINTMENT
24 ALL PLANNING DIVISION APPROVAL LETTERS, RESOLUTIONS, ANT CODTTIONAL
APPROVALS SHALL REMADE PART OF RLANS, THE FINAL SET OF PLANS SHALL BEAR TAR STAMPAND SIONATURE OP DAB PLANNING DM0109 INDICATING COMPLIANCE AND CONRORMIT’Y WITH THE CONDIIICNS OF APPROVAL OF’HE
PROJECT, PRRORTOAPPSTING FORTHE BUILDING PERMIT
55 A DIGITAL COPE OF ‘AS-BUILT PLANS SHALL BR TUBMISTED TO TAB BUILDING INSPECTOR WIORTO REQUBSTING FOR RENAL INSPECTION. THE ‘ARCHITECT AND’OR REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL’S CERTIFICATION FORM’ SHALL BE
COMPLETEDANO MAGB PART OF THE PLANS AS A CONDITION DI TAB BUILDING
PERMIT ISSUANCE
SE IAE BUILDING INSPECTION RECORD MUSTRE PLACID ON THE FIRST SAEETOF
THE PLANS AS A CONDITION OF CITY APPROVAL
2T CONSTRUCTION FIELD REPORTS MUTT BE SUBMITTED ELECTROHICALLA VIA EMAIL TO RIEIDEEFORTSSEEVERLVAILIS.ORU ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SUBA’TTTAL
TWO STEP FROCBSS
STEP 1. ATSACA YOUR ADORE FOR REED EFFORT DOCUMENTSQ AN
KMARLWITH TAB FOLLOWING INRORRIATION
II PROJBCTADORESS
II) PERMIT NUMBER
III( CONTACT INFORMATION
N5 IDRNTIIYTAE GOCUMRNTTYPE ISTRUCTJLR,NL DESREYATFON, DEPUTY INSPECTION REPORT, ETC I STEPS SENDAI EMAIL WITH TAE A”ACHTD PILES TO THE EUILTING
AND SAFETY DIYRION TD FERLDREFORTCEEVERSTYILD ORG
ACCEPTED ELECTRONIC FIELD RBFORTS
I) SURVEYS OR PROPERTY LINES, STRUCTURE HEIGHTS (ELEVATIONS), EASEMENTS. AND SETBACKS
IF WATERPROOFING CEETIRICATY OP INSTALLATION
III) STRUCTURAL OBSERVATiONS
FU5 GECI-TRCHNIGA A SOIL REPORTS
VI DEPUTY INSPECTOR ETFORTS
VII ARCHITYCTAS-RUIST CIRTIRICATGN
VIIIEVALUATION TESTING LISTING EFFORTS
VIIIIOTHER INSTALLATION CTETIHCATES(T G. ENERGY, HERS RATING, AND
CAIGREEN COMPLIANCE FORMS)
CODE COMPLIANCE
S COMPLIANCE ALL WORESPALLCONFORMTOAPPLICARLE CODES,
ORDINANCES ANDSTATUTES, INCLUDING RUT NOT UMITEDTO: THE LATEST
ADOPTED EDITION OPDAE CALIFORNIA RUIEDIAG CODE INTERNATIONAL
BUILDING CODE, ,AS AMENDED BY THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
2. VIOLATION TAR APPROVAL OP REARS AND SPECIFICATIONS DOES NOT PERMIT
TARS IOLATEON OF ANT OTHERARPIICATLE CODL CDT ORDINANCES OR STATE
LAWS IRTHE CONTRACTOR PERFORMS ANV WOEKGONTRARTYO APLIGABLR
LAWS, ORDINANCES, AND RUGS AND REGULATIONS,WETACUT CITING PRIOR A RTTEN NOTICE TO TAR ARCHITECT, S/HE SHALL ASSUME 1ULL RESPONSIBILITY
THEREFORR,AND BEAR ALLCOST ATTRIBUTAELE HBRETC
S. PAINTAND STAIN ALL PAINE STAIN AND OTHRR MATERIALS MUSTCOMPLE
ADA LOCAL STATE, AND FEDERAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MANDATES A. PERMITS TAR CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE 50R ALL PERMITS, INCJJDING
BUILDING PERMITAND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS, AND INSPECTIONS NECESSARV FOR ‘HR PROPER RAECLTION OR TAB WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICARLB CODES AND GOVERNING REGULATIONS. ALL NECESSARY PERMITS
FROM PUBLIC WORKS WILLIE SECURED AND THE NECESSARY BARRIERS, PROTECTION FEY4CEE AND /OR CANORES WILL RE ERECTIDALONG PUBLIC
WATS RRIORTO STARTING CONSTRUCTION THE COST OR ALL CITY PERMITS SHALL BE WAIYID ES ThB CITY
S. INSPTCTFOAS DEPUTY INSRCTOR IF REQUIRED. SHALL RE RRGISTERBD WITH THE EIT)V3fltT)ERET HILLS PRIOR TO INSPECTION WORE
A. STRUCTURALORSERVATION’ PERRODICSTRUCTURALORSERVATION.AS DBRNID IN SECTiON 205 IN THE SO’S CAUFORNIA RUILDIND CODE. IF REQUIRBD IS TO
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AVERAGE GRADE (SEE SURVEY( OF EXISTING
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910 N.,th B.dEd D,I.
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GRADING CALCULATION
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1 0-3-2405: REAR SETBACKS:
THE REAR SETBACK OF
A SITE AREA LOCATED IN THE
CENTRAL AREA OF THE CITY SHALL EQUAL THIRTY
PERCENT (30%) OF THE LOT DEPTH MINUS NINE
FEET (9’).
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10-3-2406: SIDE SETBACKS:
THE FOLLOWING SIDE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS
SHALL GOVERN THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE CITY:
A. NORTH OF SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD: THE
SUM OF THE SIDE SETBACKS FROM THE TWO (2)
LONGEST SIDE LOT LINES SHALL BE AT LEAST
FIFTEEN FEET(15’) PLUS THIRTY PERCENT (30%)
OF THE LOT WIDTH IN EXCESS OF SEVENTY FEET
(70). IN ADDITION, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE
PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, EACH SIDE
SETBACK FOR SITE AREA SHALL BE AT LEAST
SEVEN AND ONE-HALF (7.5).
EXCEPTION: SITE AREA IN EXCESS OF ONE
HUNDRED FEET(100’) IN WIDTH. IN ADDITION
TO ANY OTHER SIDE SETBACK REQUIRED, IF
THE WIDTH OFA SITE AREA EXCEEDS ONE
HUNDRED FEET(100’), THEN THE SIDE SETBACK
FROM THE TWO (2) LONGEST SIDE LOT LINES
SHALL BE AT LEAST TEN FEET (10’) PLUS TEN
PERCENT (10%) OF THE WIDTH OF THE SITE
AREA IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED FEET(100’).
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STATUS
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Attachment 4
Proposed Certificate of Appropriateness Addition
Assessment Report
CONSULTING
GPA
Memorandum
Date: 12/1 1/2022For: Mark Odell, Urban Planner
Subject: Review of Plans for 910 Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills for SOIS Compliance From: Andrea Galvin, Principal Architectural Historian, GPA Consulting Introduction
At the request of the property owner, GPA Consulting has reviewed the architectural drawings for a proposed new addition (KCK Architects, 2022) to the property located at 910 Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills, for compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation (SOIS).
The residence located at 910 N Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills is known historically as the Anthony Kerry House. It was built in 1909 by the famed architects Greene & Greene in the Craftsman architectural style. It is one of the best examples of high-style craftsman design in the City of Beverly Hills. The house was listed on the City’s local landmark list on August 6, 2013. The property is listed as a City of Beverly Hills landmark under four criteria’. The property was never listed orformally determined eligible for listing in the National or California Registers; however, it wasinformally evaluated as eligible for the National Register as part of a 1985-1986 citywide historic resources survey. Because the property is locally listed as a historic landmark, it is a historicalresource for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Previously, the property owner applied for a Historic Incentive Permit (HIP) because the property owner was seeking building code variances as part of a former proposed project. The HIP was notapproved, and subsequently the property owner contracted a new architect, KCK Architects, to design a new project that conforms to the City’s zoning codes. The property owner proposes to add to the existing residence. A prior design was submitted to the Cultural Heritage Commission on February 28, 2020, but that former design was denied due to various code deviations. Thissubmittal to the City is for a new design that is consistent with all relevant planning codes. The purpose of this memorandum is to provide the results of our professional review of the new plans (prepared by KCK Architects, October, 2022) for compliance with the SOIS for Rehabilitation as is required by the City’s HIP application process.Andrea Galvin, President and Principal Architectural Historian, GPA Consulting prepared this memorandum. Ms. Galvin meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards in Architectural History as outlined in 36 Code of Federal Regulations Part 61. Her resume is available upon request. GPA is a pre-qualified historic preservation consultant with the City of Beverly Hills.
1 Leslie Heumann and Jan Ostashay, City Landmark Assessment and Evaluation Report for the Anthony-Kerry House, Ostashay & Associates, June 2013.
617 south olive street, suite 910, los angeles ca 90014 t. 310.792.2690 f. 310.792.2696 GPA
Property Description
The Anthony-Kerry House, located at 910 North Bedford Drive (Assessor Parcel Number 4345-004-01 2)is located on an irregularly shaped parcel at the intersection of North Bedford and Benedict Canyon Drive in the City of Beverly Hills. It is situated on the east side of the street and faces west.
The property includes a single-family residence and a two-story garage with living quarters above, both which are surrounded by a large front, side and rear lawns, a pool, mature trees and a brickperimeter wall. Constructed in 1909, it was originally located at Wilshire Boulevard and South Berendo Street and was relocated to its current location in 1923.
GPA Consulting prepared a Historic Structures Report (HSR) in March 2021, which includes a fulldetailed description of the property and its associated character-defining-features. The description provided in this memorandum only includes a summary of the exterior of the property,as this assessment will only include how the new proposed addition might impact the exteriorcharacteristics of the historic residence that qualifies it as a City of Beverly Hills landmark. Thisdescription is excerpted from the HSR (GPA, March 2021).
The residence faces west onto North Bedford Drive. It is roughly L-shaped in plan with gabled roofs.
It has a brick foundation and is clad in stained redwood shingles. There are sleeping porches, which were previously enclosed. The roof is covered with composition roofing material. The roof has wide overhanging eaves that feature exposed rafter tails and triangular knee braces. There are also exposed beams between the first and second stories. The rafter tails, knee braces, andexposed beams are constructed of Douglas Fir.
The main entrance is located on the south end of the west elevation. The main entrance was originally flush against the west elevation and set beneath a porch. The porch was enclosed in 1933 and the front door moved out from its original position. The entrance consists of a wide wood paneled door set with art glass and decorative hardware. The door has a wide wood surround that sits with the shingle siding around it. There is a non-original but compatible lantern light above the main entrance. An addition containing a bathroom was constructed on the north side of the west elevation.
The west side of the north elevation features a carved railing at the second story; this portion of the elevation was originally open and served as a sleeping porch. There is an exterior clinker brick chimney that juts above the level of the roof at this portion of the residence.Windows on the residence consist of pairs of wood casement windows set as singles, pairs orgroups; large original and non-original fixed windows, some with art glass; non-original one-overone double-hung wood windows; and a non-original multi-light steel casement window on the south elevation. Except for the art glass in the main entrance and den doors, the art glass found in the residence today is a reproduction and does not replicate the original design.
The original doors consist of single paneled wood doors with wood screens and a paneled wood door which provides access to the basement on the south elevation. The latter door is accessed by brick and concrete stairs featuring a wood balustrade. The doors which provide access to the servants’ rooms, hall, and butler’s pantry on the east side of the north elevation are also nonoriginal.
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All windows and doors have wide wood surrounds. There are two planter boxes on the westelevation; they appear to be reproductions and were added at an unknown date. Though theirlocations are consistent with the original drawings, their design is slightly different.
The detached garage is located to the east of the residence and is two stories in height. It has a concrete foundation. The Greene brothers (architects) initially designed a one story-attachedgarage; however, in 1919 a second story was added with two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a storeroom. They reused the roof after the second story was added. The garage has a low-pitched roof with wide eaves and exposed rafter tails. The eaves on the east side of the building have been cut to accommodate HVAC vent and drain lines. There are triangular knee braces beneath the eaves. The roof is covered with composition roofing material, and the exterior is clad with redwood shingles. Windows consist of fixed wood windows and pairs of wood casement windows with wood screens. The doors are wood paneled. The windows and doors have wide wood surrounds. There is a metal tilt-up automobile door that nearly spans the length of the north elevation’s first story. It replaced the original wood tilt-up doors.
There is a wood and glass door on the second story of the west elevation that provides access to the second floor living space. It is accessed by a set of exterior wood stairs, which was originallylocated on the east elevation. The windows on the east elevation are located at varying levels asa result of the original stair location. The staircase features a simple wood balustrade.
Three wood planters are located at the two windows above the north elevation’s automobile door and at the second story window of the west elevation; they are reproductions of the originals.
It is unclear if a planter originally existed on the west elevation, as the original drawings do not depict this elevation. A window on the east elevation has been covered over with a largeelectrical equipment box with a shed roof.
Character-Defining Features
Character-defining features are the architectural components that contribute to a building’s sense of time and place. Character-defining features can be generally grouped into three categories: the overall visual character of a building, the exterior materials and craftsmanship, and the interior spaces, features, and finishes. The relative importance of character-defining features depends on the level of craftsmanship, visibility, and integrity. In addition, some character-defining features are more important than others in conveying the significance of the building. The character-defining features identified below are considered the most important elements contributing to the significance of the [Property/Building/Resource], and generallyinclude features that date from the period of significance, directly relate to the original use, type, and style, display craftmanship, are highly visible, and retain integrity.We have not included a description or character-defining-features of the interior for thisevaluation as the proposed project would not impact the interior.
The character-defining-features of the property’s site include:
• Moderate setback from the street• Mature trees• Curved driveway and pedestals• Grassy lawns• Brick perimeter wall and original gates Memorandum —910 Bedford Road, Beverly Hills SOIS Compliance 3 GPA
• Original portions of the backyard terrace and walkway The character-defining-features of the exterior of the property include:
• Primarily horizontal massing• Sprawling L-shaped plan • Two-story height• Low-pitched complex roof with multiple gables• Broad, open roof eaves• Exposed rafter tails• All four elevations exhibiting Craftsman-style designs and details• Knee braces• Clinker brick chimney • Exposed beams and joist tails• Plain header moldings• Wood shingle exterior cladding• Original wood windows and surrounds• Wood paneled main entrance door with art glass lights and wood surround• Other original entry doors and surrounds• Brick main entrance steps • Brick foundation (only visible on the south elevation)• Sleeping porch railing• Planter boxes The character-defining-features of the garage include:
• Two-story rectangular massing
• Low-pitched gabled roof• Overhanging open roof eaves
• Exposed rafter tails• Knee braces
• Exposed beams• Wood shingle exterior cladding• Wood casement windows• Planter boxes Project Description
The residence at 910 North Bedford Drive, also known as the Anthony-Kerry House was designed in 1909 by the noted architectural firm Greene and Greene. The house was originally constructedon a mid-Wilshire site in Los Angeles and relocated to North Bedford Drive in 1923, a triangular siteat the corner of North Bedford Drive and Benedict Canyon Drive. The property at 910 North Bedford Drive is a designated City of Beverly Hills historic landmark. The proposed addition to the residence at 910 North Bedford Drive is designed to meet the Secretary of the Interior Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties.
The proposed project is a two-story addition to the landmark residence. The exterior is clad with wood siding, wood trim, dark bronze metal windows and areas of board formed concrete. The addition consists of a living room, dining, kitchen, pantry, play area and two bathrooms on the Memorandum —910 Bedford Road, Beverly Hills SOIS Compliance 4 GPA
ground floor along with three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a study on the upper floor with a central stair. The new construction is planned within all City of Beverly Hills setback requirements.
The front facade facing North Bedford is set back behind the adjacent eastern wing of the Anthony Kerry House, eleven feet deeper than the current required front yard setback, maintaining the view of the eastern end of the original residence. The height of the new structure is 22’-9”, over two feet lower than the main ridge of the Anthony-Kerry House and approximatelyfive feet lower than allowed by code. The center skylight reaches 24’-]” above grade also belowthe ridge line of the original residence along North Bedford Drive. A seven and nine foot wide fully skylit gallery creates a separation of the new building from the original residence with minimal physical contact on original materials and providing an open view of the original residence from within the addition. One portion of the ground floor at the kitchen pantry runs parallel and close to the original residence without modifying the existing façade, an area that had been previouslyremodeled. The new project has one connection at the second floor through a glass “hyphen” bridge that connects at the end of an original second floor hallway without modifying any of the original openings.An entry is developed at the south end of the new building for access from the garage. The main public entry to the addition is through the original residence living space that opens out to thenew living spaces after passing through the skylit gallery. The new construction has large openings to outdoorspaces on the north and west and a view of the original clinker brick wall that surroundsthe rear yard. The proposed addition has a flat roof with deep wood overhangs to echo elements of the original residence without mimicking the original design. Wood detailing at the railings and window openings also mirrors the craft of the Anthony Kerry House. Exterior woodwork will be finished with stain products like that used for the Anthony Kerry House.
The triangular property also contains an original clinker brick wall at the east end on North Bedford Drive and along Benedict Canyon Drive providing further definition to the site and shaping theback yard of the residence. The proposed project includes a new swimming pool located toward the southwest between the back of the residence and the garage building. Parking is providedat the original garage and along the driveway on the west behind the front of the originalresidence. The addition does not remove any trees currently on the property.
Although a large property, the triangular site has unusual constraints for developing a viableaddition to the residence. The project architects have carefully designed the new addition to meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation by minimizing the size of theproposed addition, meeting and exceeding required setbacks, developing a low profile belowboth allowable heights and the front ridge of the Anthony Kerry House and developing a design compatible in style and massing to the landmark building and retaining the original facadesfacing the addition. The following is a breakdown of how the project complies with the Standards.Compliance with Secretary of the Interior’s Standards The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (Standards) were issued by the National Park Service and are accompanied by Guidelines for four types oftreatments: Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reconstruction. The most commontreatment and the one that applies to the proposed project is rehabilitation.
The definition of rehabilitation assumes that at least some repair or alteration of the historic resource would be needed in order to provide for efficient, ongoing use; however, these repairs Memorandum —9]O Bedford Road, Beverly Hills SOIS Compliance 5 GpAI I
and alterations must not damage or destroy materials, features or finishes that are important indefining the resource’s historic character.
Following is an analysis of the projects compliance with the Standards for Rehabilitation:
Standard 1. A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces and spatial relationships.
The property has been historically used as a single-family residence with detached garage and the property would continue to be used as a single-family residence.
Its continued use as a residence (including the addition) would very minimally affect the historic portion of the landmark building’s distinctive materials and features. Therefore, the project complies with Standard 1.
Standard 2. The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration offeatures, spaces and spatial relationships thatcharacterize a property will be avoided The historic character of the landmark building will be retained and preserved as there is no proposed work that will be completed on the historic residence. All ofthe character-defining-features of the original residence would be maintained,including its design, materials, workmanship, features that characterize the property. The proposed addition would add a new mass to the north side of the existing building, so there would be a new building introduced into the immediatesetting of the historic residence, however, it would be designed in a manner that iscompatible with the historic portion of the residence (see Standards 9 & 10 below)and it would be constructed within the allowable setbacks, height and scaledefined by the City.
The primary elevations of the historic portion of the house would still be clearly visible from the public right of way along N. Bedford Drive and the addition would read clearly as a new addition that recedes from view from the façade, so that it would be clear what the original spatial relationship of the historic residence waswithout creating a false sense of historical development. To introduce the new addition, the existing swimming pool would be removed, but this is currently noncharacter-defining. A new pool would be added between the historic house andthe two-story garage, but the pool is subterranean and would not be visible fromthe public right of way. The north elevation (rear) of the historic residence would be obscured by the construction of the new addition; however, this elevation is already obscured by the large clinker brick fence (which will be carefully preserved). This fence would remain and would also obscure the new addition, so only the second story of the new addition would be visible from the north.
The property would continue to maintain the characteristics that are significant to conveying the property’s historical significance that are visible from the public rightof way such as its moderate setback from the street, its landscaping (no trees Memorandum —910 Bedford Road, Beverly Hills SOIS Compliance 6 GPA
would be removed), the grassy lawn and brick perimeter wall. Therefore, the project complies with Standard 2.
Standard 3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, places and use.
Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjecturalfeatures or elementsfrom other buildings, will not be undertaken.
The project does not propose to add conjectural features. The historic portion of the residence has already been restored in a previous project. All the proposed new features that would be added to the property are clearly designed in a contemporary manner (see Standards 9 & 10) and are differentiated butcompatible with the scale, design, and materials of the original without creating afalse sense of historical development. Therefore, the proposed project complies with Standard 3.
Standard 4. Most properties change over time; those changes that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved.
Although there have been a number of alterations to the exterior of the residenceand to the property’s site and landscape, such as the reconfiguration of the mainentrance, enclosures of the sleeping porches and second story balcony, and the addition of the pool and associated hardscape, none of these changes havegained significance in their own right. There are no such changes that should beretained or preserved that had been added after the building’s initial construction.
Therefore, the project complies with Standard 4.
Standard 5. Distinctive features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preseived.
The stylistic details of the Anthony-Kerry House are reflective of both its Craftsman style and hallmarks of the work of Charles and Henry Greene. They arefundamental to the property’s landmark designation and National Register significance under Criterion C as an example of the Craftsman style and as the work of the Greens. The property has already been recently restored using the Historic Property Restoration Plan prepared in 2020. As part of the new addition, all of the building’s significant features and finishes would be preserved on the historiclandmark building. The new project has one connection cit the second floorthrough a glass “hyphen” bridge that connects at the end of an original second floor hallway without modifying any of the original openings. The north elevationitself is a secondary character-defining feature. The secondary façade is blocked from view by the clinker brick wall and the hyphen would only affect a non-originalfeature that is not visible from public right-of-way. No work is proposed on the clinker wall and as such, the perimeter wall would remain in place, which is asignificant character defining feature. Therefore, the proposed project complies with Standard 5.
Standard 6. Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color texture and, where possible materials.
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Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence.
There are no fully deteriorated features on the property and therefore none are proposed for wholesale replacement. The historic landmark has already been restored in a previous project, so no major restoration work is proposed as part ofthe construction of the addition. Therefore, the project complies with Standard 6.
Standard 7. Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriates will be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials will not be used.No chemical or physical treatments are proposed at this time. The project proposes to add a new addition to the north of the property. All restoration work of the historic residence has been previously completed. Therefore, the project complies with Standard 7.
Standard 8. Archeological resources will be protected and preserved in place. Ifsuch resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures will be undertaken.
Since the proposed new addition and new swimming pool would both require excavation, there is a possibility that archaeological resources could beuncovered during construction. As part of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance for the proposed addition, potential impacts to archaeological resources would be considered and mitigated, if necessary. Inaddition, California state law regulates that the disposition of human remainsencountered during project grading and construction be protected. Should anyartifacts or remains be encountered during project construction, the work shouldstop until property authorities are called to inspect and treat the find in accordance with CEQA.
Standard 9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize theproperty.
The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with thehistoric materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity ofthe property and its environment.
The proposed new two-story addition would not alter the exterior or interior of the historic Anthony-Kerry House. The project plans have carefully considered the preservation of the historic portion of the existing residence, while creating twominor protrusions into the exterior of the north (secondary) elevation to create ahyphen between the old portion of the building and the new addition and a door leading toward the garage. The two locations where the buildings would beconnected include a non-original door and window. These are not historic featuresand therefore no historic features or materials would be destroyed or altered as part of the new work.
The new addition has been carefully designed to be compatible with the historic massing, size scale, materials, features, and proportion to protect the integrity of the historic Anthony-Kerry House and to minimize the views of the new portion ofthe historic house from public right-of-way. The building has been designed within Memorandum —910 Bedford Road, Beverly Hills SOIS Compliance 8 GPA
the allowable height, massing, and scale that the City allows, such that it does not overpower or detract from the historic landmark. The new portion is compatible with the historic residence with its use of wood materials that are consistent with the historic colors and staining; with the use of pairs and ribbons of vertical wood windows, and with the shape and massing of the new addition. However, the new addition is also carefully differentiated by not mimicking the Craftsman details from the original house onto the new addition. The historic house has a gabled roof andthe new addition is differentiated with a flat roof. The historic house has extended eaves and rafter tails and extended lintels over the windows and doors and the new addition does not. The compatibility between the two residences comes from the size, massing, scale, design, and materials, whereas the differentiation between the historic building and new addition comes from the execution of the design details that clearly differentiate old and new. Therefore, the projectcomplies with Standard 9.
Standard 10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that ifremoved in thefuture, the essentialform and integrity ofthe historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.
The proposed addition to the Historic Anthony-Kerry House has been designed in a manner that it would easily be reversible in the future should the addition be removed in order to restore the original footprint of the residence and its associated surroundings. The two masses (old and new) are connected by two small hyphens, which is in keeping with industry standards and best practices in historic preservation. These two hyphens would minimally penetrate the historic exterior of the historic residence on a secondary elevation. Should the hyphens be removed,the original configuration to the existing door and window could be easily be reversed in the future and the integrity of the historic property would be restored.
Therefore, the project complies with Standard 10.
It is important to note that the Standards are not intended to be prescriptive, but instead provide general guidance. They are intended to be flexible and adaptable to specific project conditionsto balance continuity and change, while retaining materials and features to the maximum extentfeasible. Their interpretation requires exercising professional judgment and balancing the various opportunities and constraints of any given project. Not every Standard necessarily applies to everyaspect of a project, nor is it necessary to comply with every Standard to achieve compliance asa whole.
Recommendations
GPA encourages the consideration of the following recommendations to ensure the proposed project complies with the Standards:
• No further recommendations are necessary.
Conclusions
After review of the KCK Drawings dated 2022 for the proposed two-story addition to the historicAnthony-Kerry House in Beverly Hills, it is our professional opinion that the proposed project Memorandum —910 Bedford Road, Beverly Hills SOIS Compliance 9 GPA
complies with the Secretary of the lnteriors Standards for Rehabilitation. No further recommendations are necessary.
Thank you for your consideration of this memorandum. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. You can reach me at (310) 792-2690 or by e-mail at [email protected].
Attachments
• KCK Drawings, 2022
Memorandum —910 Bedford Road, Beverly Hills SOIS Compliance 10 Attachment 5
City Council Resolution No. 13-R-1 2946
RESOLUTION NO. 13-R-12946
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OFBEVERLY HILLS DESIGNATING THE ANTHONY-KERRYHOUSE AT 910 N. BEDFORD DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS AS ALOCAL LANDMARK AND PLACING THE PROPERTY ON THE
LOCAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES
Section 1. On January 24, 2012, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 12-0-2617 establishing a historic preservation program and establishing a Local Register of HistoricProperties in the City of Beverly Hills. The Ordinance enables the City Council to designatelocal landmarks and historic districts and to place those properties and geographical areason the Citys Register of Historic Properties.
Section 2. On April 10, 2013, the Cultural Heritage Commission conducted a preliminary consideration of the Anthony-Kerry House located at 910 N. Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills pursuant to section 10-3-32 15 A. of the Historic Preservation Ordinance, and concludedthat Anthony-Kerry House warranted formal consideration by the Commission for inclusion onto the Local Register of Historic Properties.
Section 3. On July 10, 2013, the Cultural Heritage Commission considered a Landmark Assessment and Evaluation Report for the Anthony-Kerry House incorporated herein as Exhibit A, and other evidence provided during the proceedings and observations and moved to nominate the Anthony-Kerry House as a Local Landmark. The Commission based its action on the findings of fact and reasons listed in the Landmark Assessment and Evaluation Report by Jan Ostashay of Ostashay and Associates Consulting and other evidence.
Section 4. On August 6, 2013, the City Council considered the recommendation of the Cultural Heritage Commission to designate the property as a Landmark and adopted this resolution. The Council based its action on the findings of fact and reasons listed in the Landmark Assessment and Evaluation Report by Jan Ostashay of Ostashay and Associates Consulting and other evidence provided during the proceedings.
Section 5. BACKGROUND. Though slightly skewed from true north, the large, irregular, wedge-shaped parcel formed by the junction of North Bedford Drive with Benedict Canyon forms the setting for the Anthony-Kerry House. The Anthony-Kerry House occupies the southwest corner of this intersection on lot 1 of Block 2 of Tract 4160. The lot measures approximately 255 feet along North Bedford Drive on the west; 268 feet along Benedict Canyon (east) and has a maximum depth of 207 feet. The house occupies the south end ofthe parcel, with its primary elevation facing west onto Bedford, and the property is located within a welldeveloped residential neighborhood with improvements dating primarily from the mid to late 1920s.
The best example of high-style Craftsman architecture in Beverly Hills, the Anthony Kerry house was constructed in1909 for automobile magnate and broadcasting entrepreneurEarle C. Anthony at 666 South Berendo Street in Los Angeles in 1909. Anthony (1880-1961) designed and built an electric car in 1897, said to be the first car in Los Angeles. Later, he gained fame and success as the California dealer of Packard automobiles, a role he filled from 1915 to 1958. He founded local radio station KR in 1923 and later was associated with the establishment of the KFI television station. His chain of Chevron service stations was subsequently purchased by Standard Oil. Anthony clearly appreciated fine architecture. His 2 1909 commission of Greene and Greene to design his residence was followed by another to provide the interiors for his Los Angeles automobile showroom (1911) and still later by Henry Greene’s design of a house for his mother-in-law, Kate A. Kelly in Los Feliz (1924).
In the interim he tapped prominent northern California architect Bernard Maybeck to design a house for him in the Los Feliz neighborhood and the San Francisco Packard showroom. Called a “masterwork” and one of the “ultimate bungalows” by Greene and Greene scholar Randall Makinson, the Greene’s house for Anthony was the only major Greene and Greene residence to be built in Los Angeles during this period.
In 1923, when the Anthony property was slated for development as an apartment building, actor Norman Kerry and his wife purchased the house and engaged Henry Greene to oversee the move to a large plot in Beverly Hills and construction of a new garage and second story apartment. Moved in three sections, the house was complemented by Henry by a spacious formal garden anchored by a circular pond (still extant as a planting bed). A semi-circular driveway, perimeter fence, and gates were also provided. Kerry (1894-1956), born Arnold Kaiser, debuted in the 1916 film Manhattan Madness, starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Allan Dwan. He quickly rose to leading man roles, playing opposite the luminaries of the day, including Mary Pickford and Constance Talmadge. Over the next decade or so he completed 66 films, the most notable of which included The Hunchback ofNotre Dame (1923) and The Phantom ofthe Opera (1925), both opposite Lon Chaney. Kerry’s career faded with the onset of sound in the late 1920s, completing only five films between 1930 and 1941.
It is unknown when Kerry and his wife moved from 910 North Bedford Drive. By 1933, building permits listed Mrs. Rozene T. Emmerich as the owner. In the 195 Os, Edward F. Gardner 3 owned the property. From the 1960s into the 1 980s, the property was owned by the Dr. Hart Isaacs family.
Section 6. FINDiNGS. Pursuant to the City of Beverly Hills Historic Preservation Ordinance (Title 10, Chapter 3, Article 32; BHMC 10-3-32), this property satisfies the necessary requirements for local landmark designation. The Anthony-Kerry House is eligible under “significancet’ criterion A. I. The property is identfied with important events in the main currents of national, state, or local history, or directly exempfl/Ies or manifests signficant contributions to the broad social, political, cultural, economic, recreational or architectural history of the Nation, State, City, or community. The subject property truly exemplifies special elements of a unique period in the City’s evolving architectural history and development. The design, materials, workmanship, setting, and overall character of the site together reflect the essential features ofthe Craftsman style. Dominating the architectural landscape of southern California for most of the first two decades of the 20th century, the Craftsman style largely evolved on the banks of the Arroyo in Los Angeles and Pasadena. Beverly Hills was founded during the Craftsman era and its earliest residences mostly epitomized this architectural idiom. The Anthony-Kerry House represents one of the high achievements of this era and its move to Beverly Hills, overseen by the original architectural firm, ensured its continued exemplification of the highest principles of the Craftsman aesthetic and philosophy. In consideration of eligibility, the property appears to satisfy this criterion.
The Anthony-Kerry House is eligible under “significance” criterion A.2. The property is directly associated with the lives ofSignUlcant Persons important to national, state, City or local history. The property was built by Earle C. Anthony, who was a notable figure in Los Angeles 4 history, both as an automotive industry and broadcasting pioneer and as a prominent local citizen. However, Anthony’s association with the house ceased prior to its move to Beverly Hills, and Anthony went on to build a still-extant house in Los Angeles; thus, the house is not significant under Beverly Hills criteria for its association with Anthony. Norman Kerry, who moved the house to Beverly Hills, was an important film star of the silent film era. His career began in 1916 and was at its height when the house was relocated. This appears to be the only known property associated with Kerry during the productive phase of his career, and therefore the property does appear to satisfy this criterion.
The Anthony-Kerry House is eligible under “significance” criterion A.3. The properly embodies the distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction. The property is the best extant example of Craftsman architecture in Beverly Hills. Other examples in the City are more modest and are not associated with known architects, much less an architecture firm of the importance and caliber of Greene and Greene. It has been documented in books chronicling the career of these seminal architects and has been characterized by the foremost expert on Greene and Greene as one of their masterworks. The design, materials, workmanship, setting, and overall character of the site together reflect the quintessentialCraftsman style. The Anthony- Kerry House, therefore, embodies the distinctive characteristics of a particular style, period of time, and method of construction. The property continues to appear almost identical as to when it was relocated to its current location from Los Angeles in 1923. Key features of the Craftsman architectural style incorporated in the property include the building’s asymmetry, horizontal emphasis, roof treatment, materials, fenestration, exposed structural elements, siting, and landscaping. In review, the subject property appears eligible for local landmark designation under this criterion.
5 The Anthony-Kerry House is eligible under “significance” criterion A.4. The property represents a notable work of a person included on the City’s’ List of Master Architects or possesses high artistic or aesthetic value. This property is a notable work of Charles and Henry Greene, foremost exponents of the Craftsman style and listed on the City’s List of Master Architects. In addition to providing the original design, the Greene and Greene office, specifically Henry Greene, oversaw the relocation to Beverly Hills, design and construction of the new garage building, and landscaping. Furthermore, the property possesses high artistic and aesthetic value in its design, workmanship, materials, and style. Therefore, the subject property appears to satisfy this criterion.
The Anthony-Kerry House is eligible under “significance” criterion B because the property retains integrity from its period of significance. The period of significance for the subject property is 1909 to 1923, when the property was built and extending through to when it was relocated to Beverly Hills. Those important features of design, materials, location, setting, workmanship, feeling, and association from this period are still evident in the property and help to render it historically significant. Therefore, the property satisfies this criterion. The Anthony-Kerry House is eligible under “significance’ criterion C because the property has historic value. Because of its unique architecture, historical past, and contribution to the City’s architectural heritage the property is considered to have historic value. Therefore, the property satisfies this criterion.
Section 7. PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS JUSTIFYING
LANDMARK DESIGNATION THAT SHOULD BE PRESERVED. Use and development of Anthony-Kerry House shall be governed by the Secretary of the Interior Standardsfor the 6 Treatment ofHistoric Properties with Guidelinesfor Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings (1995) by Weeks and Grimmer (herein referred to as the SOl Standards). These standards and guidelines have been formulated to ensure that any significant adverse changes to the property do not compromise those qualities that justify its listing as a landmark. Character-defining features associated with the Anthony-Kerry House are those features only on the dwelling dating from original construction in 1909. and the move to Beverly Hills in 1924, and property space as seen from the public rights-of-way on North Bedford Driveand Benedict Canyon. Such features include its prominent location at the intersection of North Bedford Drive and Benedict Canyon; the basic asymmetrical form, height, shape, mass and composition of the dwelling in relationship to its setting and immediate environment; and physical attributes that define the Craftsman architectural style. Those features on the house and publicly visible portions of the property that reflect and define the Craftsman style include, but are not limited to:
• Complex gabled roof, low-pitch, roofing material, roof eaves, exposed beams and rafter tails, attic vents in gable ends
• Shingle siding, clinker brick chimney, clinker brick driveway pedestals, clinker brick fence, and wooden gates
• Exposed structural features such as joists extending from the corners of the house between stories, beams over front window and entry, and plain header moldings that band the exterior
• Casement windows with characteristic pattern of muntins, extended lintels and sills, bracketed window boxes, wood-framed screens
• Paneled front door and brick entry stairs
7 • Clinker brick chimney
• Original lighting and hardware on primary elevation, including entry light • 1923 Garage (portions visible from Benedict Canyon)
• Publicly visible landscape features, including mature trees Section 8. REASONS FOR DESIGNATING ANTHONY-KERRY HOUSE AS A LANDMARK. The Cultural Heritage Commission finds that the property meets the criteria for designation as a landmark, and that the property warrants designation because Anthony-Kerry House meets the City of Beverly Hill’s criteria for designation as a local Landmark, as required in the City’s Historic Preservation Ordinance (BHMC Section 10-3-3212). The property satisfies the requirement of subsection l0-3-3212(A)(1), in that it “is identified with important events in the main currents of national, state, or local history, or directly exemplifies or manifests significant contributions to the broad social, political, cultural, economic, recreational, or architectural history of the Nation,State, City, or community.” The property also appears to meet the requirement of subsection 10-3-3212(A)(2) in that it is best and only known property associated with a notable personage in the entertainment industry, Norman Kerry. The subject property truly exemplifies elements of a unique period and architectural style in the City’s architectural history. In addition, the subject property satisfies the requirements of subsection 10-3-32 12(A)(3), in that it “embodies the distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction.” The design, materials, workmanship, setting, and overall character of the site together reflect the quintessential Craftsman style. And under the requirements of subsection l0-3-3212(A)(4), the Anthony-Kerry House satisfies this criterion in that it 8 ‘represents the notable work of a person included on the City’s List of Master Architects,” the architects Charles and Henry Greene, and “possesses high artistic and aestheticvalue’ as a mature expression on the Craftsman design aesthetic. The property also satisfies the requirements of subsection 10-3-32 12(B) in that it fully retains sufficient integrity to physically convey its historical significance, and subsection 10-3-3212(C) since its unique architecture and historical past are considered tangible evidence that help to give it historic value.
Section 9. GENERAL GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR FUTURE
PROPOSED CHANGES PURSUANT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE (Section 10-3-3224). The Secretary of the Interior Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings (1995) by Weeks and Grimmer (herein referred to as the SOT Standards and Guidelines) are incorporated as reference. These standards and guidelines have been formulated to ensure that any significant adverse changes to the property do not compromise those qualities that justify its listing as a landmark. The guidelines and standards are an aid to public and privateproperty owners, and others, formulating plans for new construction, for rehabilitation or alteration of existing structures, and for site development. The guidelines pertain to buildings of all occupancy and construction types, sizes and materials, and pertain to construction on exteriorof existing buildings as well as new, attached, or adjacent construction. The SQl Standards and Guidelines are also designed to be standards which City Staff and the Cultural HeritageCommission shall apply when making decisions about Certificates of Appropriateness as 9 required by the City of Beverly Hills Historic Preservation Ordinance. The location and boundaries of the delineated resource or resources are the property boundaries.
Section 10. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS. Designation of Anthony-Kerry House at 910 N. Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills, as a local historic landmark was assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City. It has been determined that designation of Anthony-Kerry House would not have a significant environmental impact and is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3), 15308, and 15331 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. It can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the designation of Anthony-Kerry House may have a significant effect on the environment, as no specific development is authorized by this resolution, and any future development proposed pursuant this resolution will require separate environmental analysis when the details of those proposals are known. Further, designating Anthony-Kerry House is an action of the City to protect and preserve an historic resource.
Section 11. GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY. Designation of Anthony-Kerry House as a local historic landmark is consistent with the objectives, principles, and standards of the General Plan. General Plan Policy “HP 1.3 - Promote National, State, and LocalDesignation of Historic Resources” encourages the establishment of programs encouraging the nomination of landmarks.
10 Section 12. The City Council hereby designates the Anthony-Kerry House as a local landmark in the City of Beverly Hills and places the Anthony-Kerry House on the City of Beverly Hills Local Register of Historic Properties as Landmark No. 14, for the reasons set forthin this Resolution.
Section 13. The record of proceedings for designation of Anthony-Kerry House as a local landmark included on the City’s Register of Historic Properties is maintained by the City as part of the official records of the Community Development Department at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 90210.
Section 14. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of the Resolution and shall cause the Resolution and his certification to be entered in the Book of Resolutions of the Council of the City of Beverly Hills. The City Clerk shall also cause the Resolution to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county of Los Angeles as authorized by Section 3215 K ofChapter 3 of Title 10 of the City of Beverly Hills Municipal Code.
Adopted: August 6, 2013
ATTEST:
(SEAL)
BYRON POPECity Clerk
City of Beverly Hills,
11 APPROVED AS TO FORM
r LAUREENER
City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO ON NT
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CitySUSAN HEALY KEENE
Director of Community Development
Exhibit A — Landmark Assessment Report for the Anthony-Kerry House at 910 N.
Bedford Dr., Beverly Hills, Prepared by Ostashay & Associates Consulting.
12 Attachment 6
Previous Certificate of Appropriateness Approvals
(Tree Replacement, Restoration, and
Security Fencing/Gates)
1 çBEALYRLY
City of Beverly Hills
Planning Division
455 N. Rexford Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210
TEL. (310) 285-1141 FAX. (310) 858-5966
Cultural Heritage Commission
Report
Meeting Date:
Property Owner:
June 18, 2020
910 NORTH BEDFORD DRIVEANTHONY-KERRY HOUSE
Certificate of Appropriateness (PL1820480)Certificate of Appropriateness for the after-the-fact tree replacement proposal for character-defining trees at the subject site. Pursuant to the provisions set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Cultural Heritage Commission will also consider adoption of a Categorical Exemption for this project.
26, LLC do Daniel Negari
Project Representative: Laura O’Neill, GPA ConsultingRecommendation: That the Commission consider adopting a resolution approving a Certificate of Appropriateness for the replacement of characterdefining trees on the grounds of the designated historic resource
REPORT SUMMARY
The project proposal requires the continuation of an after-the-fact review and approval by the Cultural Heritage Commission for the prior unauthorized removal of ten (10) existing mature trees at the site and the proposed mitigation with new large specimen replacement trees. The original mature trees which had been removed without a City permit were categorized ascharacter-defining features of the historic site and their removal and replacement is subject tothe approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness. The Cultural Heritage Commission had previously reviewed this proposal in conjunction with a major expansion of the residence on October 2, 2019, and referred the expansion proposal, in conjunction with the tree removal, to an Ad-Hoc Committee of the Commission for further close review and input. The Ad-HocCommittee of Chair Furie and Commissioner Corman met with the applicant team and City staffon October 22, 2019, and provided feedback regarding the two proposals. An update was provided to the Commission at its November 6, 2019 meeting, and the project was continued for further review. At its previous hearings the Cultural Heritage Commissioners had expressed concerns about the tree mitigation and the ability for the replacement trees to thrive and to, over the course of time, replicate the canopies of the tree which have been removed. The applicant Attachment(s):A. Landmark Designation, CC Resolution No. 13-R-1 2946 B. Arborist Report, dated 4-18-2018, by Carlberg & Associates C. Tree Replacement Certificate of Appropriateness Application by Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Architecture Inc.
D. Tree Removal and Replacement Plan and Replacement Tree Specifications by Lisa Gimmy Landscape Architecture
E. Compliance Review Memorandum by OAC dated 6-18-2020F. Resolution Report Author and Contact Information:
Mark Odell
Urban Designer
(310)285-1116
modellbeverIyhills.org
Subject:
2 Cultural Heritage Commission Report
910 North Bedford Drive
Certificate of Appropriateness
June 18, 2020
has, therefore, undertaken preliminary steps to provide a soil depth for the new trees that willhelp to ensure their survival, in response to a large subterranean podium deck proposed for anew addition which will ultimately limit deeper root structures for certain species (see Attachment D — Tree Removal and Replacement Plan).
BACKGROUND
The Anthony-Kerry House is on a large, irregular-shaped parcel located at the northeast corner of North Bedford and Benedict Canyon Drives. The two-story historic residence, designed in aquintessential Craftsman architectural style, occupies the southern end of the parcel and with frontage on North Bedford Drive. The property includes extensive gardens with a clinker-brick site wall that surrounds much of the landscaped grounds and was designed by Master Architects Greene and Greene.
The subject residence was designed for Earle C. Anthony, noted Los Angeles car dealer, by the renowned architectural team of brothers Charles and Henry Greene (Greene & Greene). Themain structure was originally located at 666 South Berendo Street in Los Angeles. In 1923, silent screen star Norman Kerry understood that the house was to be demolished for replacement with an apartment building, and he had contracted with the Greene brothers to supervise moving the house in three sections to its current site in Beverly Hills. The Greene Brothers were then engaged at the new site to introduce the existing clinker-brick walls configured around the property and they also appear to have been responsible for early plantings on the site, including the placement of certain specimen trees.
The Anthony-Kerry House was constructed in 1909 and retains its historic integrity from its original construction and subsequent relocation to the City in 1923. The residence at 910 North Bedford Drive was locally designated as an historic resource by the City Council in 2013 as Beverly Hills Landmark No. 14 (see designation resolution in Attachment A) and is eligible for placement on the California Register of Historical Resources and the National Register of Historic Places. The residence is considered the best example of high-style Craftsman architecture in the City and the only building designed by Master Architects Charles and Henry Greene.
The home has retained its historic integrity of materials and design with low-pitched gables with rolled edges, deep overhangs and extended beams and rafters with the wood shake-clad exterior. Characteristically, the roof has rolled edges and deep overhangs with woodenoutriggers that extend beyond the eaves. The design, characteristic of the architectural style, incorporates expressed structural members in wooden timbers with a clinker-brick chimney, casement windows and a projecting gable which helps to highlight the entrance with paneled entry door. The residence is the only structure designed by the noted Master Architect team of Charles and Henry Greene located in the City of Beverly Hills.
Pursuant to the landmark designation in City Council Resolution No. 13-R-12946 (Attachment A), the following character-defining features are components of the resource to be preserved:
• Complex gabled roof, low-pitch, roofing material, roof eaves, exposed beams and rafter tails, attic vents in gable ends.
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• Shingle siding, clinker-brick chimney, clinker-brick driveway pedestals, clinker-brick fence, and wooden gates.
• Exposed structural features such as joists extending from the corners of the house between stories, beams over front window and entry, and plain header moldings thatband the exterior. • Casement windows with characteristic pattern of muntins, extended lintels and sills, bracketed window boxes, wood-framed screens.
• Paneled front door and brick entry stairs.• Clinker-brick chimney.• Original lighting and hardware on primary elevation, including entry light.• 1923 Garage (portions visible from Benedict Canyon).• Publicly visible landscape features, including mature trees.
TREE REMOVALThe subject project requires the approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness for the replacement of ten (10) mature, character-defining trees that were removed from the site without City approval in November 2017. The local designation of the subject property had identified important characterdefining features of the property, which included the “publicly visible landscape features, includingmature trees.” Subsequent to tree removal at the site, the City contracted with Cy Carlberg of Carlberg Associates Horticulturist and Registered Consulting Arborists to review the removal of the nine trees (Tree #10 had previously been removed from the site due to a documented, uprooted condition) (see Attachment B — Arborist Report). The tree sizes and specimen types of the removed trees were determined by field observations, historic aerial imagery, and informationprovided by the applicant with regard to the tree removal. The following chart illustrates the findings of the certified arborist’s peer review, as well as the intended mitigation proposed by the applicant to replace the trees which had been removed:
Tree Common Species Trunk Diameter Condition Proposed
Number Name of Removed prior to Replacement Trees
Trees removal
1 Coast Redwood 30-inches 85 % 108-inch Box
2 Aleppo Pine 18-inches 85 % 108-inch Box
3 Deodar Cedar 30-inches 90% 84-inch Box
4 Deodar Cedar 28-inches 65% 84-inch Box
5 Deodar Cedar 28-inches 90% 84-inch Box
6 Carolina Cherry 14-inches 75% 48-inch Box
7 Rusty-leaf Fig 32-inches 90% 72-inch Box
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Tree Common Species Trunk Diameter Condition Proposed
Number Name of Removed prior to Replacement Trees
Trees removal
8 Southern Magnolia 18-inches 90% 96-inch Box
9 Ginkgo Biloba 14-inches 90% 60-inch Box
10 Coast Live Oak Not reviewed Not Reviewed 108-inch Box The application also includes a plan in their submittal of the trees previously removed and a chart that indicates the revised locations for six of the trees (Trees #1, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9) toaccommodate a future expansion of the residence, which will be subject to future review by the Planning Commission. The proposed mitigation plan provided by the applicant indicates that the trees were removed at the City’s directive, however, only Tree #10 may have been identified for removal by the City. The applicant also asserts in their application that the trees were removed due to poor health, although the findings provided by Carlberg Associates in their condition report (Attachment B) of the removed trees reach a different conclusion.
DISCUSSION
A Certificate of Appropriateness is a formal evaluation process used in many jurisdictionsthroughout the United States by which modifications to historic resources are adjudicated for overall compatibility with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, in conjunction with National Park Services Guidelines. The SOI Standards offer guidelines for the rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction of historic properties — with accompanying approaches for each area of consideration. The Guidelines also offer technical recommendations and suggested designscenarios that assist applicants and decision makers in considering the appropriate treatment for historic resources.
A Certificate of Appropriateness, in the City of Beverly Hills, must be applied for and granted in order to alter, restore, reconstruct, relocate, rehabilitate, stabilize, demolish, or change theexterior appearance of a designated landmark, pursuant to Beverly Hills Municipal Code §10-3- 32 19. No application was filed for removal of any trees prior to the completion of the work on the site and the subject application was filed subsequent to the tree removal work that was previously completed. The proposal for the after-the-fact approval and replacement of the subject mature trees at the site was reviewed pursuant to The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and the National Park Services’ Guidelines for RehabilitatingCultural Landscapes. The supporting guidelines encourage a reconstruction plan which is based on the “accurate duplication of historic features and elements substantiated by documentary or physical evidence”, rather than on conjectural designs or the availability ofdifferent features from other historic property. A reconstructed property or design feature, etc. should also “re-create the appearance of the non-surviving historic resource in materials,design, color, and texture”. The project for replacement trees has been reviewed under theSecretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Rehabilitation of Historic Properties and appears tocomply, as the replacement tree selections were informed by historic records, will reestablish the landscape features historically located on the site and the replacement tree canopy will help to recreate the spatial relationship of the historic residence to its setting. Findings in support of compliance with the ten Standards is outlined in Section 9A of the resolution in Attachment F. 5 Cultural Heritage Commission Report
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The project applicant also intends to propose an extensive expansion to the existing resource which will be reviewed in the future by the Planning Commission in conjunction with a Historic Incentive Permit. In the current preliminary design scenario, the applicant intends to stage thereplanting of the proposed replacement trees to avoid areas of new construction; therefore amajority of the tree replanting will be delayed until such time as there will be no risk of construction activities damaging the new trees or their root structures. This primarily pertains to Tree Nos. 1 through 9, and the planting plan will be built into the future construction schedule.The replanting of Tree No. 10 (Coast Live Oak) could be planted in its original location in front of the main entry for the residence without anticipated impacts from future building activities or the construction of proposed subterranean substructures.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
The approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness for the after-the-fact tree removal and replacement activities at the subject property was assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQAGuidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City. It has been determined that theapproval of this project (the tree replacement as required by the municipal code) is incompliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and, therefore, would not have asignificant environmental impact and is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15331 (Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation) of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, which applies to the maintenance, repair, stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, conservation or reconstruction of historical resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings (1995), Weeksand Grimmer. The tree replacement project will rehabilitate the historic resource by reconstructing missing character-defining features (mature trees) in kind in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards as referenced above, as outlined in Section 9A of the resolution in Attachment F.
PUBLIC OUTREACH AND NOTIFICATION
Notice that the Cultural Heritage Commission would consider the Certificate of Appropriateness application at their hearing on June 18, 2020, was provided to the property owner via US Mail,fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing, as required in BHMC §10-3-3219E. A courtesy email wasalso sent to the property owner’s representatives. Future review of the Historic Incentive Permit by the Planning Commission will be subject to further public notice requirements at that time.
Type of Notice Required Period Actual Period Required Actual Date Date
Newspaper Notice n/a n/a n/a n/aMailed Notice 15 days 15 days 6/3/20 6/3/20 (to property owner only)
Property Posting n/a n/a n/a n/a
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Agenda Posting 24 Hours 7 Days 6/17/20 6/11/20Website (Agenda) 24 Hours 7 Days 6/17/20 6/11/20
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
The review of a Certificate of Appropriateness or the preservation of character-defining featuresand the re-use of the existing historic resource is consistent with the objectives, principles, and standards of the General Plan. General Plan Policy “HP 1.3 — Promote National, State, and Local Designation of Historic Resources” encourages the establishment of programs encouraging the nomination and preservation of landmarks.
RECOMMENDATION
The proposed project, as preliminarily conditioned, appears to comply with accepted guidelinesfor the restoration and preservation of historic properties. The project was closely reviewed by City Staff and the historic consultant to the City (Jan Ostashay of Ostashay & AssociatesConsulting) and determined to, generally, comply with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes, Preservation Brief 36 — Protecting Cultural Landscapes, and the Secretary of theInterior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings. In the consultant’s most recent compliance review memorandum (Attachment E), the study of key components of the designand site planning for the expansion to the historic resource and modifications to the site are to be further considered by the Commission and the design team as the expansion project moves forward.
Staff, therefore, recommends that the Cultural Heritage Commission adopt a resolution (Attachment F) approving the Certificate of Appropriateness, with conditions, for the Anthony Kerry House at 910 North Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills, as conditioned in the attached resolution to promulgate the growth of the replacement trees and to include any additional conditions the Commission deems appropriate.
NEXT STEPSShould the Cultural Heritage Commission act to approve the Certificate of Appropriateness, staff will review the final plans to ensure that the project complies with the Commission’s approval and that any conditions of approval proposed by the Staff and the Commission are resolvedappropriately and in compliance with all applicable historic standards. 7 çBEvERLYRLY CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Tel. (310) 285-1141 Fax. (310) 858-5966
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
Property Address 910 North Bedford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Property 26, LLC
OwnerlApplicant 910 North Bedford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Applicant’s Agent Kelly Sutherlin McLeod, FAIA
Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Architecture, Inc. (KSMLA)
3827 Long Beach Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90807
Landmark Name Anthony-Kerry House
Landmark No. No. 14Decision Administrative Approval IZI Denial ElReferred to Cultural Heritage Commission for Review El Attachment(s) 1) Master Plan for Restoration (Drawings) by KSMLA, dated 2-28-20 [underseparate 2) Master Plan for Restoration (Report) by KSMLA, coverj dated 6-21-19, revised 2-28-20 3) Historic Structures Report by GPA Consulting,
Dated 2-26-20
4) Compliance Review Memorandum by QAC,
Dated_6-1 8-20
BACKGROUND
The Anthony-Kerry Residence was built in 1909 and designed for Earle C. Anthony, noted Los Angeles car dealer, by the renowned architectural team of brothers Charles and Henry Greene (Greene & Greene). The main structure was originally located at 666 South Berendo Street in Los Angeles. In 1923, silent screen star Norman Kerry understood that the house was to be demolished for replacement with an apartment building, and he had contracted with the Greene brothers to supervise moving the house in three sections to its current site in Beverly Hills. The Greene Brothers were then engaged at the new site to introduce the existing clinker-brick walls configured around the property and they also appear to have been responsible for early plantingson the site, including the placement of certain specimen trees.
The subject residence retains its historic integrity from its original construction and subsequent relocation to Beverly Hills in 1923. The residence at 910 North Bedford Drive is a locally designated historic landmark and is eligible for placement on the California Register of Historical Resources and the National Register of Historic Places. The residence is considered the best 8 Certificate of Appropriateness
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example of high-style Craftsman architecture and the only building designed by Master Architects Charles and Henry Greene in the City of Beverly Hills.
The Anthony-Kerry House sits on a large, irregular-shaped parcel located at the northeast corner of North Bedford and Benedict Canyon Drives in the Central Area of Beverly Hills, north of Sunset Boulevard. The two-story historic residence, designed in a quintessential Craftsman architectural style, occupies the southern end of the parcel and with frontage on North Bedford Drive. The property includes extensive gardens with a clinker-brick site wall that surrounds much of thelandscaped grounds and designed by the Master Architects Greene and Greene.
The home has retained its historic integrity of materials and design with low-pitched gables with rolled edges, deep overhangs and extended beams and rafters with the wood shake-clad exterior.
Characteristically, the roof has rolled edges and deep overhangs with wooden outriggers that extend beyond the eaves. The design, characteristic of the architectural style, incorporatesexpressed structural members in wooden timbers with a clinker-brick chimney, casement windows and a projecting gable which helps to highlight the entrance with paneled entry door.
The property was designated by the City Council as Beverly Hills Landmark No. 14 on August 6,2013. Pursuant to the landmark designation in City Council Resolution No. 13-R-12946,character-defining features associated with the Anthony-Kerry House are those features only on the dwelling dating from original construction in 1909 and the move to Beverly Hills in 1924, and property space as seen from the public rights-of-way on North Bedford Drive and Benedict Canyon. The following character-defining features are components of the resource to be preserved:
• Its prominent location at the intersection of North Bedford Drive and Benedict Canyon• The basic asymmetrical form, height, shape, mass, and composition of the dwelling in relationship to its setting and immediate environment
• The physical attributes that define the Craftsman architectural style. Those features on the house and publicly visible portions of the property that reflect and define the Craftsman style include, but are not limited to:
• Complex gabled roof, low-pitch, roofing material, roof eaves, exposed beams and rafter tails, attic vents in gable ends
• Shingle siding, clinker brick chimney, clinker brick driveway pedestals, clinker brick wall, and wooden gates
• Exposed structural features such asjoists extending from the corners of the house between stories, beams over front window and entry, and plain header moldings that band the exterior
• Casement windows with characteristic pattern of muntins, extended lintels and sills, bracketed window boxes, wood-framed screens
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• 1923 Garage (portions visible from Benedict Canyon)
• Publicly visible landscape features, including mature trees The Cultural Heritage Commission reviewed and approved a Certificate of Appropriateness for the replacement of (10) mature, character-defining trees that were removed from the subject sitewithout City approval in November 2017, by adopting Resolution No. CHC 82 at its meeting on June 18, 2020. Over the course of two meetings on June 18 and June 24, 2020, the Cultural Heritage Commission also previewed an initial proposal for an extensive addition/alteration project to add to the existing historic resource, the Anthony Kerry House. As this proposal wasnot approved by the Planning Commission in conjunction with an Historic Incentive Permit and isnot currently moving forward, the applicant has requested a Certificate of Appropriateness in conjunction with the restoration of the Anthony Kerry House only.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
As the subject property is a landmark listed on the Beverly Hills Register of Historic Properties, a Certificate of Appropriateness is required for modifications to the property, pursuant to Beverly Hills Municipal Code Section 10-3-3219. The project proposal reviewed with this Certificate of Appropriateness is a comprehensive restoration of the historic residence, the Anthony-Kerry House and detached garage, and significant site features.
The scope of the restoration project according to the application (Attachments I & 2) includes:
• Repair and restoration of the extant original character-defining features of the Anthony Kerry House (AKH) and garage;
• Restoration of the exterior surfaces of the AKH and garage, including wood cladding, shakes, of missing character-defining features;
• Structural strengthening of the masonry chimney and property walls; • Restoration of the original driveway and flanking low brick piers.
The applicant has commissioned an historical consultant to prepare a Master Plan for Restoration forthe exterior building envelopes of the existing house, detached garage, and significant site features.
The Restoration Plan includes a methodological narrative on the approach for restoration and rehabilitation, a comparative conditions analysis using archived copies of original Greene and Greene architectural plans and current photographs and plans of the property; photographic documentation;and archival documents, as well as supporting preliminary structural and conservation analysis reports.
The restoration plan includes the repair and restoration of extant original character-defining features ofthe two buildings’ exteriors; the reversal of non-original modifications made to the house and garage by previous owners; reconstruction of missing character-defining features; structural strengthening of the house and garage envelope, masonry chimney, and property walls (clinker bnck walls). The proposed work also includes the recommendation that all non-original utilities installed on the building exterior be relocated to concealed locations. The Restoration Plan does not addressthe interior spaces of the buildings and these areas are not subject to the review of this approval, pursuant to the landmarkdesignation.The restoration architect on behalf of the architect has indicated that the overall rationale for the proposed scope of work is that deterioration has occurred to the subject resource as a result ofits age, normal use, and exposure to the climate. Additionally, some modifications were made to the residence by previous owners, which the applicant intends to reverse to its historic condition. 10 Certificate of Appropriateness
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As such, the comprehensive restoration project is proposed to reverse non-original modifications, and repair and preserve the existing historic resource.
As proposed, the project — a comprehensive restoration of the Anthony-Kerry House, garage, and site features, is in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, as referenced below.REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS (BHMC §10-3-3219) A Certificate of Appropriateness is issued to approve the alteration, restoration, construction, removal, relocation in whole or in part, or demolition of a designated landmark or property within a historic district. No person, owner, or other entity shall alter, restore, reconstruct, relocate, rehabilitate, stabilize, demolish, or chance the exterior appearance of a designated landmark or contributing property without first having applied for and been granted a certificate ofappropriateness, unless the work proposed qualifies as ordinary maintenance and repair.
Consistent with historic guidelines, any maintenance, repair, stabilization, preservation, restoration, reconstruction, conservation, and/or rehabilitation work proposed for a historic resource should be conducted in a manner consistent with the SQl Standards. Pursuant to the Secretary of the Interior’s Rehabilitation Standards, historic building materials and character-defining features are protected, though sympathetic alterations and additions are permissible. In addition, this work should be guided by the treatment recommendations outlined in the National Park Service (NPS) “Preservation Brief’ series and “Interpreting the Standards” (ITS) technical bulletins, as well as the State Historic BuildingCode.
Furthermore, the definition of “rehabilitation” assumes that at least some repair or alteration of a historic property will be needed in order to provide for an efficient contemporary use or maintain its historic use.
However, these repairs and alterations must not damage or destroy materials, features, or finishesthat are important in defining a property’s historic character and significance.
FINDINGS (BHMC §10-3-3219 D)
The Director of Community Development finds that the proposed work:
1. Does not result in a significant change of design, material, appearance, or visibility of the character defining features, and
2. Complies with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Recommendations, as follows:
1) A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatialrelationships.
The subject work plan for restoration of the historic resource does not change the historical use of the property, which remains a single-family residence exemplary of high Craftsman architecture. The proposed changes to its materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships are intended to reverse non-original alterations and bring the residence closer to its historic appearance as designed by the Master Architects Greene and Greene. No expansion of the historic residence is authorized by this Certificate of Appropriateness approval. 11 Certificate of Appropriateness
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2) The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships thatcharacterize a property will be avoided.
The purpose of the proposed restoration project is to preserve the historiccharacter of the Anthony-Kerry House. The removal of non-original and nonsupportive materials and alterations of certain features and spaces (e.g., enclosure of distinctive sleeping porches) are proposed to restore the historic character andappearance of the resource. 3) Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use.
Changes that create a false sense of historical development such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken.
The restoration project has been carefully studied, planned, and proposed by qualified historians and preservation architects in order to retain and repair thedistinctive historical features and elements of the subject property. These proposals have been made based on archival research, drawings, and photographic record in order to faithfully reverse or recreate missing historical components on the residence.
4) Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved.
The Craftsman-style residence was constructed on a site in Los Angeles in 1909 and moved to its current site in Beverly Hills in 1923. The move as well as theconstruction of the clinker-brick perimeter wall and the planting of the trees subject to replacement (in a previous approval) was overseen by one of the MasterArchitects himself, Henry Green. The residence, site features, and mature landscaping are considered to have acquired significance at the current site due to the length of time at this visible corner location, the rarity and significance of the exemplary Craftsman work within the City of Beverly Hills, and the directassociation with Henry Greene.
The character-defining clinker-brick perimeter wall is to be re-established after the construction of the proposed addition to the main residence and preserved on siteand the numerous mature trees that had previously been removed will be replaced in conjunction with the previous approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness by the Cultural Heritage Commission.
5) Distinctive materials, features, finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved.
The Anthony-Kerry House is defined predominantly by its definitive Craftsman architectural style and the distinctive materials on its exterior, such as its wood shake siding, clinker brick chimney and perimeter wall, brick driveway and piers, wooden casement windows, exposed beams and rafter tails, etc. The proposed 12 Certificate of Appropriateness
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restoration project will conserve and repair such materials in order to exhibit and extend its distinguishing craftsmanship and historic features. 6) Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the newfeature will match the old in design, color texture, and where possible, materials.Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentaiy and physical evidence.
The distinctive features subject to this project have been carefully identified and catalogued based on historical record, documentary and physical evidence, as presented in the Historic Structures Report and Master Plan for Restoration reports submitted with the application. Appropriate conservation treatments are proposed in the project to address deterioration and for the replacement of missing features. 7) Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, will be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials will not be used.
The proposed work plan does not indicate any physical treatments to the building facades that would cause damage to the historic fabric of the structures, etc. Asthe project moves forward and additional treatments to the historic fabric are deemed necessary, then further consultation with the City Staff and historical consultants for the project should be consulted for further review, as stipulated in the conditions of approval for this project and to ensure compliance with this standard.
8) Archeological resources will be protected and preserved in place. Ifsuch resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures will be undertaken.
There is no knowledge of any archaeological resources at the premises which may be disturbed by site preparation or construction. Should any be discovered during the project(s), appropriate monitoring should be considered. 9) New additions, exterior alterations or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property.
The new work shall be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect theintegrity of the property and its environment.
The project subject to this Certificate of Appropriateness includes historic restoration of the Anthony-Kerry House and garage and landscape features only.
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10) New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of thehistoric property and its environment would be unimpaired.
The project subject to this Certificate of Appropriateness includes historic restoration of the Anthony-Kerry House and garage and landscape features only.
The construction work proposed as part of the restoration is for the purpose of maintaining and restoring/rehabilitating historic materials and finishes and the further stabilizing of the structures on site. This Certificate of appropriateness does not address a potential new addition which was reviewed and denied by the Planning Commission. The work, as part of the proposed project, is therefore in compliance with this standard.
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
Project-Specific Conditions
1. During the construction and rehabilitation/restoration phases of the project, the applicant shall work in conjunction with an approved historic preservation architect to conduct on-site monitoring and to ensure the project remains in compliance withthe Secretary of the Interiors Standards for restoration/rehabilitation of a designated resource. All deviations from the work plan during the construction phase for this proposal shall return to the City Staff for review and approval and for confirmation that the project remains in compliance with applicable historic standards.
2. This approval applies to the preservation and restoration activities described in the project scope only. No anticipated additions to the property or modifications to thehistoric resource and/or accessory structure(s) in anticipation of a potentialbuilding addition are authorized herein. In addition, no site alterations, includingmodifications to the layout or re-configuration of the existing clinker brick walls on site are approved in conjunction with this Certificate of Appropriateness. Any such project will require approval of a new Certificate of Appropriateness and/or other approvals as required by the Beverly Hills Municipal Code. Any modifications to the approved scope-of-work for this project shall return for further review and approval by the City Staff to ensure compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the rehabilitation of an historic resource. Non-compliance with standards shall return to the Cultural Heritage Commission for review andapproval and may also be subject to a peer review by the City’s historical consultant.
3. Prior to the issuance of a building permit and subsequent to the approval of this Certificate of Appropriateness, the applicant shall have coordinated with the project planner to have delivered a complete set of final drawings and materials, including all the attachments listed on Page 1 of this document. Reports receivedshall be in color, spiral or flat bound, and plan sets shall be in 11” x 17” size and a digital set of all plans shall also be provided.
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4. Prior to project commencement, the interior and exterior of the residence, out building(s), landscape and landscape features, including all perimeter garden walls shall be photographed in accordance with Historic American Building Survey (HABS) Level I standards. Photographs shall be submitted to the City and retained at the Beverly Hills Public Library and the Los Angeles Conservancy (and potentially other repositories, asidentified).
5. The final re-construction and rehabilitation details for the historic residence, and final details for the restoration/rehabilitation of the perimeter clinker-brick wall shall be providedfor further staff review and approval. In addition, any modifications to the proposed work plan overall and in conjunction with revised architectural or engineered drawings shall bepresented to City staff for final approval.
Standard Conditions
1. Limited Approval. Project approval is for the design and preservation-related aspects of the project only. No approval is implied or granted with regard to applicable city zoning or technical codes, which may require review and approval from other city commissionsor officials.
2. Compliance with Municipal Code. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the applicant shall demonstrate compliance with all applicable provisions of the city’s municipal code and applicable conditions imposed by any discretionary review approval.
3. Substantial Compliance with Approved Plans. The Director of Community Development, or designee, shall determine if changes to the approved project are in substantial compliance with the commission’s action. This determination shall be subject to applicable fees and charges. A substantial modification to the approved project requires approval from the Cultural Heritage Commission.
VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS (BHMC 1O-3-3219 G) Pursuant to Beverly Hills Municipal Code §10-3-3219G, a Certificate of Appropriateness shall lapse and become void twenty-four (24) months from the date of issuance, unless a building permit has been issued and the rights granted by the permit or certificate have been exercised and are being pursued to completion.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
The subject project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA — Public Resources Code §21 000 — 21178), pursuant to Section 15331 (Class 31) of the State CEQA Guidelines in that the project is limited to the maintenance, repair, stabilization rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, conservation, and reconstruction of historical resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation; the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and the Illustrated Guidelines for 15 Certificate of Appropriateness
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Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the subject restoration activity could result in a significant effect on the environment.
CALL UP AND APPEAL PROVISIONSOnly the applicant for a Certificate of Appropriateness shall be entitled to file an appeal of a decision regarding the certificate pursuant to the provisions in Beverly Hills Municipal Code Title 1, Chapter 4, Article 1. The City Council has the authority to call up this decision for review pursuant to the provisions of Beverly Hills Municipal Code Title 1, Chapter 4, Article 2.
Any decision of the Director or the Commission regarding a Certificate of Appropriateness shall become final if no appeal is submitted within the applicable appeal period [any appeal petition shall be filed with the city clerk within fourteen (15) calendar days after the date of the decision] and the decision is not called up for review by the City Council pursuant to the provisions of Beverly Hills Municipal Code Title 1, Chapter 4, Article 2 [review may be ordered by motion of the Council duly adopted within thirty (30) calendar days after the issuance of the decision review may be ordered by motion of the council duly adopted within thirty (30) calendar days after theissuance of the decision].Per BHMC §10-3-3222, a decision by the Director may be appealed to the Cultural Heritage Commission within fifteen (15) days from the date of the decision pursuant to the procedures set forth in Beverly Hills Municipal Code Title 1, Chapter 4, Article 1.
Approved by:
8/27/2021
Rya ohlich, AICP DateDirector of Community Development
16 c:IY CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Tel. (310) 285-1141 Fax. (310) 858-5966
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS
Property Address 910 North Bedford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Property 26, LLC
OwnerlApplicant 910 North Bedford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Applicant’s Agent Howard Laks
Howard Laks Architects
1545 1 2th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Landmark Name Anthony-Kerry HouseLandmark No. No. 14Decision Administrative Approval II DenialReferred to Cultural Heritage Commission for Review D Attachment(s) 1) Security Gates and Fencing — Plans, Evelvations and Details
BACKGROUND
The Anthony-Kerry Residence was built in 1909 and designed for Earle C. Anthony, noted Los Angeles car dealer, by the renowned architectural team of brothers Charles and Henry Greene (Greene & Greene). The main structure was originally located at 666 South Berendo Street in Los Angeles. In 1923, silent screen star Norman Kerry understood that the house was to be demolished for replacement with an apartment building, and he had contracted with the Greene brothers to supervise moving the house in three sections to its current site in Beverly Hills. The Greene Brothers were then engaged at the new site to introduce the existing clinker-brick wallsconfigured around the property and they also appear to have been responsible for early plantingson the site, including the placement of certain specimen trees.
The subject residence retains its historic integrity from its original construction and subsequent relocation to Beverly Hills in 1923. The residence at 910 North Bedford Drive is a locally designated historic landmark and is eligible for placement on the California Register of Historical Resources and the National Register of Historic Places. The residence is considered the best example of high-style Craftsman architecture and the only building designed by Master ArchitectsCharles and Henry Greene in the City of Beverly Hills.
The Anthony-Kerry House sits on a large, irregular-shaped parcel located at the northeast corner of North Bedford and Benedict Canyon Drives in the Central Area of Beverly Hills, north of Sunset Boulevard. The two-story historic residence, designed in a quintessential Craftsman architectural style, occupies the southern end of the parcel and with frontage on North Bedford Drive. The 17 ‘
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property includes extensive gardens with a clinker-brick site wall that surrounds much of thelandscaped grounds and designed by the Master Architects Greene and Greene.
The home has retained its historic integrity of materials and design with low-pitched gables with rolled edges, deep overhangs and extended beams and rafters with the wood shake-clad exterior.
Characteristically, the roof has rolled edges and deep overhangs with wooden outriggers that extend beyond the eaves. The design, characteristic of the architectural style, incorporatesexpressed structural members in wooden timbers with a clinker-brick chimney, casement windows and a projecting gable which helps to highlight the entrance with paneled entry door.
The property was designated by the City Council as Beverly Hills Landmark No. 14 on August 6, 2013. Pursuant to the landmark designation in City Council Resolution No. 13-R-12946,character-defining features associated with the Anthony-Kerry House are those features only on the dwelling dating from original construction in 1909 and the move to Beverly Hills in 1924, and property space as seen from the public rights-of-way on North Bedford Drive and Benedict Canyon. The following character-defining features are components of the resource to be preserved:
• Its prominent location at the intersection of North Bedford Drive and Benedict Canyon• The basic asymmetrical form, height, shape, mass, and composition of the dwelling in relationship to its setting and immediate environment
• The physical attributes that define the Craftsman architectural style. Those features on the house and publicly visible portions of the property that reflect and define theCraftsman style include, but are not limited to:
• Complex gabled roof, low-pitch, roofing material, roof eaves, exposed beams and rafter tails, attic vents in gable ends
• Shingle siding, clinker brick chimney, clinker brick driveway pedestals, clinker brick fence, and wooden gates
• Exposed structural features such as joists extending from the corners of the house between stories, beams over front window and entry, and plain header moldings that band the exterior
• Casement windows with characteristic pattern of muntins, extended lintels and sills, bracketed window boxes, wood-framed screens
• Paneled front door and brick entry stairs• Clinker brick chimney• Original lighting and hardware on primary elevation, including entry light• 1923 Garage (portions visible from Benedict Canyon)• Publicly visible landscape features, including mature trees The Cultural Heritage Commission reviewed and approved a Certificate of Appropriateness for the replacement of (10) mature, character-defining trees that were removed from the subject site without City approval in November 2017, by adopting Resolution No. CHC 82 at its meeting on 18 Certificate of Appropriateness
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June 18, 2020. Over the course of two meetings, the Cultural Heritage Commission also previewed an extensive addition/alteration project to add to the existing historic resource, the Anthony Kerry House. As the addition/alteration project exceeded minimum and maximum development standards of the site, it required the approval of a Historic Incentive Permit (HIP) to be approved by the Planning Commission. Ultimately, the proposed expansion project was denied by the Commission.
In the meanwhile, the applicant has submitted a request for a Certificate of Appropriatenessregarding the installation of a vehicular security gate, pedestrian gate and fencing at the site. The steel fencing and gates are fabricated in vertical pickets at approximately six-feet in height and inan oil-rubbed bronze finish. The proposed gates and fencing are supported by five metalstanchions in the front setback and in conjunction with the proposed vehicle and pedestrian gates.
This report pertains to the installation of the subject features only.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
As the subject property is a landmark listed on the Beverly Hills Register of Historic Properties, a Certificate of Appropriateness is required for modifications to the property, pursuant to Beverly Hills Municipal Code Section 10-3-3219. The current project proposal is for the installation of a security vehicular and pedestrian gates and fencing.The scope of the project according to the application and architectural drawings (Attachments I includes:
• Architectural plans, elevations, and details for the proposed security fencing and gates As revised, pursuant to the conditions of approval for this project, the installation of security gates and associated fence, will be in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, as referenced below.
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS (BHMC §1 0-3-321 9) A Certificate of Appropriateness is issued to approve the alteration, restoration, construction, removal, relocation in whole or in part, or demolition of a designated landmark or property within a historic district. No person, owner, or other entity shall alter, restore, reconstruct, relocate, rehabilitate, stabilize, demolish, or chance the exterior appearance of a designated landmark or contributing property without first having applied for and been granted a certificate of appropriateness, unless the work proposed qualifies as ordinary maintenance and repair.Consistent with historic guidelines, any addition, maintenance, repair, stabilization, preservation, restoration, reconstruction, conservation, and/or rehabilitation work proposed for a historic resource should be conducted in a manner consistent with the SOl Standards. Pursuant to the Secretary of the Interior’s Rehabilitation Standards, historic building materials and character-defining features areprotected though sympathetic alterations and additions are permissible. In addition, this work shouldbe guided by the treatment recommendations outlined in the National Park Service (NPS) “Preservation Brief” series and “Interpreting the Standards” (ITS) technical bulletins, as well as the historic building code of the state.
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Furthermore, the definition of “rehabilitation” assumesthat at least some repair or alteration of a historicproperty will be needed in order to provide for an efficient contemporary use or maintain its historic use.However, these repairs and alterations must not damage or destroy materials, features, or finishes that are important in defining a property’s historic character and significance.
FINDINGS (BHMC §10-3-3219 D)
The Director of Community Development finds that the proposed work:
1. Does not result in a significant change of design, material, appearance, or visibility of the character defining features, and
2. Complies with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Recommendations, as conditioned, as follows:
Standard 1: The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved.
The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided.
The purpose of the proposed project is to better secure the property with the installation of a motorized vehicular gate, pedestrian gate and fencing. In response to the conditions of approval, there will be little or no impact to the existing character-defining features of the resource.
Standard 8: New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, andmassing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.
The project subject to this Certificate of Appropriateness includes the installation of security gates and fencing which are contemporary in nature and designed to be differentiated from original historic treatments at the site. The work as part of the proposed project is therefore in compliance with this standard. 1) 9 New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner thai, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of thehistoric property and its environment would be unimpaired.
The project subject to this Certificate of Appropriateness is for the installation of security gates and fencing and if removed in the future would not impact the historiccharacter or integrity of the resource. This Certificate of appropriateness is for asecurity gate and fencing only and does not address a proposed new addition to the existing residence and/or the restoration of the structure which would be under a separate review and approval. The work as part of the proposed project is therefore in compliance with this standard.
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CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
Project-Srecific Conditions
1. The outline of the fencing, as indicated on the associated architectural plans, shall be modified so as to not impact the overall visibility and/or cause an unnecessary visual distraction with regard to the character-defining clinker-brick wall along the northern portion of the site, as viewed from the public right-of-way. The new terminus on the fencing shall be modified to end at the northwestern edge of the historic clinker-brick wall and revised plans indicating this reconfiguration shall be delivered to City staff for further review and approval.
Secretary of Interior’s Standards, Standard 9: .. .Modifications and/or alterations of the property, generally, shall not obscure the visibility or detractfrom the character-defining features of a resource.
The Secretary of the lnterior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring & Reconstructing Historic Buildings: . . .New construction should beappropriately scaled and located far enough away from the historic building to maintain its character and that of the site and setting... It is also ...nLrecommended... to Install protective fencing, bollards, and stanchions on abuilding site, when necessary for security, without taking into consideration their location and visibility so that they negatively impact the historic characterof the site and are as unobtrusive as possible...
2. A revised plan shall be submitted for the installation of the security gates and proposed fencing which includes an overlay for the proposed trees that are required for replacement at the site. The updated plan shall ensure that the new vehicular and pedestrian gates and fencing do not impact the replanting of character-defining trees at the site and will ensure that the newly planted trees will thrive. Finally, the proposed security gates and fencing shall not impact the health or impede the placement of trees required for replacement on the site inconjunction with the Certificate of Appropriateness issued for this site by the Cultural Heritage Commission and all ten replacement trees shall be shown and numbered on the revised plans in conjunction with this previous approval by the Commission.
National Park Service Technical Preservation Brief I 7 Overall Visual Character and Setting: . . .Historic resources have a setting that contributes to their overall character.
The historic setting and character-defining landscape features should be preserved and changes should not drastically change the visual character or setting of the historic property.
Interpreting the Secretary of the lnterior’s Standards, Case Study #39: The Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings stress that site changes and other landscape changes can impair the defining characteristics of a property.
3. Any modifications to the approved scope-of-work for this project shall return for further review and approval by the City Staff to ensure compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the rehabilitation of an historic resource. 21 Certificate of Appropriateness
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Non-compliance with standards shall return to the Cultural Heritage Commission for review and approval and may also be subject to a peer review by the City’s historical consultant.
4. Future review by the Cultural Heritage Commission of any new project for this site in which a Certificate of Appropriateness is required may, at the Commission’s discretion, require the modification of the siting and/or removal in part or in wholeof the subject fencing.
Standard Conditions
1. Limited Approval. Project approval is for the design and preservation-related aspects of the project only. No approval is implied or granted with regard toapplicable city zoning or technical codes, which may require review and approval from other city commissions or officials.
2. Compliance with Municipal Code. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the applicant shall demonstrate compliance with all applicable provisions of the city’s municipal code and applicable conditions imposed by any discretionary review approval.
3. Substantial Compliance with Approved Plans. The Director of Community Development, or designee, shall determine if changes to the approved project are in substantial compliance with the commission’s action. This determination shall besubject to applicable fees and charges. A substantial modification to the approved project requires approval from the Cultural Heritage Commission.
VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS (BHMC §10-3-3219 G) Pursuant to Beverly Hills Municipal Code §10-3-3219G, a Certificate of Appropriateness shall lapse and become void twenty-four (24) months from the date of issuance, unless a buildingpermit has been issued and the rights granted by the permit or certificate have been exercised and being pursued to completion.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
The subject project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA — Public Resources Code §21 000 — 21178), pursuant to Section 15331 (Class 31) of the State CEQA Guidelines in that the project is limited to the maintenance, repair, stabilization rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, conservation, and reconstruction of historical resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’á Standards for Rehabilitation; the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and the Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the subject restoration activity could result in a significant effect on the environment.
CALL UP AND APPEAL PROVISIONSOnly the applicant for a Certificate of Appropriateness shall be entitled to file an appeal of adecision regarding the certificate pursuant to the provisions in Beverly Hills Municipal Code Title 22 Certificate of Appropriateness
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1, Chapter 4, Article 1. The City Council has the authority to call up this decision for review pursuant to the provisions of Beverly Hills Municipal Code Title 1, Chapter 4, Article 2.
Any decision of the Director or the Commission regarding a Certificate of Appropriateness shall become final if no appeal is submitted within the applicable appeal period and the decision is not called up for review by the City Council pursuant to the provisions of Beverly Hills Municipal CodeTitle 1, Chapter 4, Article 2 [review may be ordered by motion of the Council duly adopted within thirty (30) calendar days after the issuance of the decision review may be ordered by motion ofthe council duly adopted within thirty (30) calendar days after the issuance of the decision].
Per BHMC §10-3-3219, a decision by the Director may be appealed to the Cultural Heritage Commission within fifteen (15) days from the date of the decision pursuant to the procedures set forth in Beverly Hills Municipal Code Title 1, Chapter 4, Article 1.
Approved by:
11/5/2021
Ryan Gohlich, AICPDirector of Community Development