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Habitat Conservation
Plans/Natural Community
Conservation Plans
As development in and adjacent to
existing natural areas located in the
urbanized portion of the City
continues, direct and indirect
impacts to natural areas interface
planning could occur.
5.4-5. Support compliance with the Central Orange County NCCP/HCP. Participate in any future update to the NCCP/HCP. Coordinate with the Fire Department and related agencies to ensure consideration of NCCP habitat areas when planning fuel modification zones.
(Implementation Program V-132; Responsible Party – Community Development Department, Fire Department; Timeframe – Ongoing)
5.4-6 Continue to work with local and regional open space preservation organizations and state and federal agencies to identify and conserve urban open space and protect lands accessible for public use. Pursue grants and other resources to plan for open space preservation and, as appropriate, purchase properties to be included in the open space system. Use conservation easements where feasible as part of the City’s open space acquisition program.
(Implementation Program V-1413; Responsible Party – City Manager’s Office, Community Development Department, Community Services Department; Timeframe – Ongoing)
Less than significant
5.5 CULTURAL RESOURCES
Historic Resources
Historic resources could be
vulnerable to unchecked
development activities and
infrastructure or other public works
improvements, and could result in
damage to or demolition of historic
resources.
5.5-1 Comply with all provisions of CEQA. In addition to thresholds that may be established or adopted by the City in the future, use the following thresholds and/or procedures for CEQA analysis of proposed projects, consistent with policies adopted within the General Plan:
Historic and Cultural Resources
o “Historical resource” for the purposes of CEQA shall mean “historic district” in the case of a contributor to a historic district. o Historic resources listed in the City’s Historic Register shall have a presumption of significance pursuant to CEQA Statute §21084.1 and shall be treated as historical resources under CEQA.
Less than significant
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o The historical significance of an archaeological historic resource is evaluated using the criteria of Public Resource Code §5024.1 and CEQA Guidelines, §15064.5 et seq.
(Implementation Program III-1; Responsible Party – Community Development Department, Community Services Department; Timeframe – Ongoing)
5.5-2 Apply to the OHP for inclusion in the CLG program. Successful application includes several requirements:
Enact appropriate historic preservation regulations through an adopted historic preservation ordinance.
Establish an adequate and qualified historic preservation review commission. Maintain a system for the survey and inventory of historic properties. Provide for adequate public participation in the historic preservation program. Satisfactorily perform the responsibilities delegated to the CLG.
(Implementation Program I-16; Responsible Party – Community Development Department; Timeframe – Application completed by 2012
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5.5-3 Create the Historic Register, which will serve as the local register of historical resources under CEQA. Automatically include all resources previously designated, listed, or determined eligible for listing within the NRHP or California Register.
Establish a process for handling voluntary requests for listing in the Historic Register. Support coordination with property owners of potential historic resources identified in the Orange Inventory, so that such potential historic resources can more readily be listed in the Historic Register.
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Establish a process for listing in the Historic Register those buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts that meet the criteria. Establish procedures to remove historic resources from the Historic Register. Establish procedures for listing archaeological resources in the Historic Register. Employ appropriate criteria for evaluating potential significance of such archaeological resources as historical resources or unique archaeological resources under CEQA. Encourage voluntary listing of eligible archaeological resources.
(Implementation Program I-17; Responsible Party – Community Development Department; Timeframe – Register established by 20112, maintenance ongoing)
5.5-4 Pursue historic landmark district designation for three Eichler Homes tracts. Notify property owners in three Eichler tracts— including Fairhaven, Fairhills, and Fairmeadow— of the intent to list each of the three tracts separately as local historic districts. F and follow established procedures for Historic Register listing of each.h.
(Implementation Program I-18; Responsible Party – Community Development Department; Timeframe – Landmark Districts established by 20134)
5.5-5 Continue to maintain an accessible an d periodically updated inventory of potential resources. All surveyed properties will be included in the Orange Inventory, and the Orange Inventory will be a valuable planning tool to be used in evaluating possible impacts a proposed project might have on previously evaluated potential and identified historic resources. Surveys and survey updates may be conducted by qualified preservation professionals in accordance with Secretary of Interior Standards criteria.
Properties that have attained 45 years of age and are located within a designated historic district or NCA shall be subject to survey prior to issuance of any permit for alteration or demolition.
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Survey other areas where potential for historic resources may exist.
Identify smaller character areas where concentrations of potential or listed historic resources reflect unique senses of time and place.
Use the Orange Inventory to identify potential historic resources for purposes of CEQA, NHPA, and NEPA review of proposed projects. Only if potential historic resources in the Orange Inventory are listed in or eligible for listing in the California Register for CEQA or the NRHP for the NHPA and NEPA shall they have a presumption of significance pursuant to CEQA Statute §21084.1 and be treated as historical resources under CEQA.
Potential historic resources identified in the Orange Inventory may be listed in the Historic Register if they meet criteria for listing in the California Register. The City’s Historic Resources Inventory may be regularly updated by the Planning Division to reflect corrections and modifications to the associated database and survey forms without the need to bring those changes to the Planning Commission for adoption.
(Implementation Program I-19; Responsible Party – Community Development Department; Timeframe – Adopt by 2014)
5.5-6 Actively pursue grants, loans, and other incentives to encourage historic preservation. Consider implementing conservation easements.
Develop a revolving loan program for maintenance and rehabilitation work, consistent with design standards, on listed historic resources and on resources that are contributors to listed historic districts.
Develop a voluntary conservation easement program to preserve listed historic resources and contributors to listed historic districts. Provide a potential tax benefit to property owners. Establish a partnership with local preservation organizations to accept, hold, and manage conservation easements on historic resources.
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(Implementation Program I-20; Responsible Party – Community Development Department; Timeframe – Ongoing)
5.5-7 Explore establishing a commemorative plaque program to allow public recognition of properties listed in the Historic Register. Develop and administer standards and guidelines for properties eligible for the commemorative plaque program.
(Implementation Program I-21; Responsible Party – Community organizations in coordination with the Community Development Department; Timeframe – Ongoing)
5.5-8 Officially recognize the Historic Context Statement prepared in tandem with the General Plan Update. Periodically update the Statement to add recent historical events.
Officially recognize the recent completed historical and archaeological resources survey prepared in tandem with the updated General Plan. Update and maintain the inventory using the City’s GIS.
(Implementation Program I-22; Responsible Party – Community Development Department; Timeframe – Ongoing)
5.5-9 Designate El Modena, Cypress Street Barrio, and the Railroad/Packinghouse Corridor, and Orange Park Acres as NCAs by establishing an NCA overlay zone and appropriate standards and regulations in the Zoning Code.
Develop and administer design guidelines appropriate to each designated NCA.
(Implementation Program I-23; Responsible Party – Community Development Department, City Council; Timeframe – Complete by 20156)
5.5-12 Continue to use the Secretary’s Standards as a basis for design review. Update the City’s Demolition Ordinance to include that any approved demolition permit for listed historic resources shall be automatically subject to a delay before the permit
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for demolition may be issued. The property owner will strive to develop alternatives to demolition that will preserve the historic resources.
The Community Development Director shall appoint a City of Orange Preservation Officer (Preservation Officer). In lieu of such appointment, the Director shall serve as Preservation Officer.
(Implementation Program III-15; Responsible Party – Community Development Department, City Council; Timeframe – Ongoing)
5.5-13 The City will continue to support effort s by California’s OHP to administer federal and state-mandated historic preservation programs in California, including the following:
California Historical Landmarks;
California Points of Historical Interest;
California Register of Historical Resources;
National Register of Historic Places;
Secretary of Interior Standards; and
CEQA.
The Mills Act is another preservation tool created by the California legislature, enabling cities to enter into historical property agreements with owners of qualifying properties that result in reductions to the owners’ property taxes. The agreements provide a benefit that ensures preservation and guarantees authentic rehabilitations and a high level of maintenance of historic resources. The City will continue to encourage use of the Mills Act provisions by private property owners.
(Implementation Program V-156; Responsible Party – Community Development Department; Timeframe – Ongoing)
5.5-14 Develop partnerships with local histor y and preservation organizations to prepare Historic Context Statement updates, undertake new surveys, and update surveys.
Partner with local history and preservation organizations to develop a citywide
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interpretive program, including signs, plaques, exhibits, and other similar elements, to increase awareness of the City’s history and its historic resources.
(Implementation Program V-176; Responsible Party – Community Development Department, Library Services Department; Timeframe – Ongoing)
Archaeological Resources
Paleontological Resources, and
Disturbance of Human Remains
Development pursuant to the
proposed General Plan has the
potential to impact known or
unknown archaeological and
paleontological resources.
Specifically, the development of
residential or urban land uses,
roads, and infrastructure (e.g., storm
water, wastewater, or
domestic/recycled water lines) may
impact buried archaeological and
paleontological resources, including
human remains, located throughout
undeveloped portions of the
planning area. There is also
potential for unknown and
previously undisturbed
archaeological, paleontological, and
human remains to be found within
the developed areas of the planning
area, such as the land use focus
areas, as redevelopment activities
occur.
See mitigation measure 5.5-1 above and the following:
5.5-10 Require cultural resources inventories of all new development projects in areas identified with medium or high potential for archaeological or cultural resources.
Where a preliminary site survey finds medium to high potential for substantial archaeological remains, the City shall require a mitigation plan to protect the resource before issuance of permits. Mitigation may include:
Ensuring that a qualified archaeologist is present during initial grading or trenching (monitoring);
Redesigning the project to avoid archaeological resources (this is considered the strongest tool for preserving archaeological resources); Capping the site with a layer of fill; and/or
Excavating and removing the archaeological resources (recovery) and implementing curation in an appropriate facility under the direction of a qualified archaeologist (interpretation).
Alert applicants for permits within early settlement areas to the potential sensitivity.
If significant archaeological resources are discovered during construction or grading activities, such activities shall cease in the immediate area of the find until a qualified archaeologist can determine the significance of the resource and recommend alternative mitigation.
Less than significant