Land Use Element
PUBLIC HEARING DRAFT January 2024
2-25
GOAL LU-7 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Historic buildings, streets, landscapes and neighborhoods, as well as the story of Redondo Beach’s people, businesses, and social and community organizations, are preserved and serve as a point of civic pride and identity for the community.
Policy LU-7.1 Historic landmarks and districts. Encourage the voluntary designation of potentially historic resources as landmarks or historic districts.
Policy LU-7.2 Protect designated landmarks and districts. Continue to use the Certificate of Appropriateness process for reviewing applications to demolish or alter designated landmarks and for projects within designated historic districts and in proximity to landmark properties.
Policy LU-7.3 Public and institutional facilities. Consider the designation of potentially historic public or institutional resources under threat of demolition or deterioration.
Policy LU-7.4 Adaptive reuse and sustainable development. Promote historic preservation as sustainable development and encourage adaptive reuse of historic or older properties.
Policy LU-7.5 Historic resources as cultural tourism. Promote historic places and cultural tourism as an economic development strategy.
Policy LU-7.6 History and cultural heritage. Support and encourage efforts to document and share the cultural heritage and history of Redondo Beach.
Policy LU-7.7 Culturally inclusive planning. Ensure that historic preservation planning is culturally inclusive and reflective of the unique background and diversity of neighborhoods in the city.
Policy LU-7.8 Incentives and technical assistance. Provide assistance to owners of potentially eligible and designated historic properties with tools and incentives to maintain historic resources. Consider providing restoration assistance to owners of historic sites and/or structures in return for agreements or deed restrictions prohibiting their destruction or alteration inconsistent with their historic character. Continue to provide Mills Act Agreements to owners of historic sites to maintain, rehabilitate, and preserve the character defining features of historic properties.
Policy LU-7.9 Salvage architectural features or materials. Encourage the preservation or reuse of historic architectural features on site or within the community.