City Council
LRP-2024-0005
October 15, 2024
Upper Golden HillZone Amendment
Project Description
Request for a Zoning Amendment to rezone the properties in the Upper Golden Hill Neighborhood, from R-1-7.2 (Single Family Residential, 7,200 square feet minimum lot size) to R-1-7.2P (Single Family Residential, 7,200 square feet minimum lot size, Preservation Zone).
Site Map
Boundary of proposed Upper Golden Hill Preservation Zone
Previous Actions
May 2024 – request to create Preservation Zone submitted to Planning Department June 2024 – Informational meeting held in City Council Chamber June 2024 – Fullerton Heritage arranged for survey of property owners and submittal of petition to Planning Department August 2024 – Planning Commission hearing and recommendation for approval of request
Residents Input
Support
85 85%
Oppose
1 1%
No Response
14 14%
TOTAL PROPERTIES:
100
100%
Previous Actions
Historical Significance
Later postwar homes were primarily Minimal Traditional or Ranch-styled dwellings.
Consists of two tracts subdivided in 1921 and 1922.
Power lines installed underground.
Consists of single-family residences constructed both before and after World War II.
Large scale and distinctive period revival architecture characterized the initial 1920’s dwellings, with many the work of notable local contractors and developers.
Spanish Colonial Revival
Tudor Revival
Neoclassical Revival
Historical Significance
First of a series of tracts for expensive homes developed in the hillside areas north of the original townsite.
Elegant metal lampposts and majestic palms were crucial design elements.
Outstanding not only for the design of the residences but for the coordination of architecture and the environment.
Conveys original development pattern as a single-family residential neighborhood, retaining a high level of vision association with its past.
Historical Significance
General Plan Consistency
Goal 1: Resilient and vital neighborhoods and districts.
P1.8 Consideration of Neighborhood Impacts
P1.11 Compatibility of Design and Uses
Goal 2: A positive identity and distinctive image.
P2.4 Sense of Place
P2.8 Responsiveness to Context
Goal 3: A supply of safe housing ranging in cost and type to meet the needs of all segments of the community.
P3.17 Preservation of Historic Residential Resources
Goal 4: Valued and preserved historic resources.
P4.4 Historic Character and Sense of Place
Recommended Actions
Adopt Ordinance No. XXXX, entitled:
ORDINANCE NO. XXXX – AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A CHANGE OF ZONE CLASSIFICATION FROM “R-1-7.2” TO “R-1-7.2P” ON PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE UPPER GOLDEN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS PROPERTIES BOUNDED BY WEST VALLEY VIEW DRIVE, WOODS AVENUE AND RICHMAN AVENUE AND INCLUDING PROPERTIES ON GRANDVIEW AVENUE, FERN DRIVE AND LOIS LANE, AS PER EXHIBIT A