RESOLUTION NO. 2024-196
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, REMOVING APNS 8360-025-007 AND 8360-025-008 FROM THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE CORA AND ELMER ARMOUR RESIDENCE (POMONA HISTORIC LANDMARK NO. 22) LOCATED AT 1300 LOS ROBLES PLACE WHEREAS, the property located at 1300 Los Robles Place, known as the Cora and Elmer Armour Residence, was designated by the City Council on June 10, 2013; WHEREAS, the designation also included two (2) adjacent, vacant parcels; WHEREAS, the applicant, Kelly Newfield, request the designation be removed from the two (2) vacant parcels; WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Commission, after giving notice thereof as required by law, held a public hearing on August 7, 2024, concerning the requested designation removal and approved Historic Preservation Commission Resolution No. 24-020, recommending City Council approval; WHEREAS, for designation of a historic landmark, Section .800.D.3 of the Pomona Zoning & Development Code states that a designation may be removed if “it is discovered that the information relied on by the Historic Preservation Commission and the City Council in making the original designation was erroneous or false, or that circumstances wholly beyond the owner’s control have rendered the resources ineligible for designation based on the criteria listed in Sec. 1190. Historic Preservation Review, and it would be infeasible to restore the resource”; and WHEREAS, the City Council has carefully considered any pertinent testimony and the staff report offered in the case presented at the City Council meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Pomona as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council determines that the approval of the historic landmark designation removal request for the two (2) vacant parcels (APNs 8360-025-007 and 8360-025-008) located adjacent to 1300 Los Robles Place is not defined as a project per CEQA. Section 15060 of the Guidelines exempts actions from CEQA that would not result in either an indirect or direct impact on the environment and that do not meet the Section 15378(a) definition of a project. Section 15378(a) defines a project as one that has the potential for resulting in a physical change to the environment. No physical change to the environment is anticipated with the removal of the landmark designation.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the application requesting removal of the historic landmark designation for the two (2) vacant parcels (APNs 8360-025-007 and 8360-025-008) located adjacent to 1300 Los Robles Place provides sufficient documentation and information to determine that the inclusion of the two (2) vacant parcels in the designation of 1300 Los Robles Place was in error.
SECTION 3. Based on the above findings, the City Council hereby approves the request to remove APNs 8360-025-007 and 8360-025-008, which consists of vacant parcels adjacent to the Cora and Elmer Armour Residence, located at 1300 Los Robles Place, from the designation as a Local Historic Landmark, and that those two (2) vacant parcels will not be subject to the provisions of the City’s Historic Preservation Ordinance (Section 800).
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall attest and certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution, and it shall become effective immediately upon its approval.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of December, 2024.
CITY OF POMONA:
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Tim Sandoval
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
________________________________ ______________________________ Sonia Carvalho Rosalia A. Butler, MMC
City Attorney City Clerk
I, HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Pomona at a regular meeting thereof held on December 2, 2024 by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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Rosalia A. Butler, MMC
City Clerk
Resolution No. 2024-196
December 2, 2024
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