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Rear porch detail
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Hip gable detail
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Northeast side of porch
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Porch detail
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Shingle detail
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Cultural Heritage Board Minutes - November 16, 2011

1. PLANNING CASE P11-0663: Proposal by Jennifer Mermilliod on behalf of California Baptist University to designate the A.C.E. Hawthorne House with a related Eucalyptus tree located at 3747 Monroe Street situated on the easterly side of Monroe Street between Magnolia Avenue and Lancer Lane, as a City Landmark in Ward 5.

Krystal Marquez, Historic Preservation Intern, presented the staff report. She informed the Board that the eucalyptus tree and the residence are related historically. The tree is one of the few remaining trees that were once a part of the wind break on the property line of the original Hawthorne House's 20 acre grove.

Board Member Altamirano noted that although Eucalyptus trees live a long life, they are also very fragile when they are that big. She asked what the implications were to designating a live organism as a cultural resource.

Ms. Gettis replied that the City has various landmark trees already and the trees are located on the City's GIS system. She noted that similar to a historic designation, in order to demolish the tree a Certificate of Appropriateness would be required. If the tree dies a natural death or becomes diseased, staff would need a statement from a qualified arborist that it cannot be rehabilitated. At that point, another Certificate of Appropriateness would be required to remove it.

Board Member Field asked if CBU would be allowed to trim the tree.

Ms. Gettis replied that Title 20 would still apply although loosely interpreted for a tree.

The tree should be maintained, just like you would a house. If the trimming causes damage to the tree which would require that it be removed, then no.

Steve Smith, Director of Facilities and Planning at California Baptist University, stated that they would expect to maintain the tree.

Board Member Gilleece stepped out of the room.

Chair Megna stated that he would trust that CBU is comfortable with this designation.

Mr. Smith replied affirmatively. The tree is one of a kind, there is no other that era, size or massing.

Jennifer Mermilliod, JMRC, stated that she was the one to identify the tree. The Board is correct, being concerned about the longevity and safety of the tree, any mature tree, would be a question mark. She would interpret Title 20 to apply in the repair and maintenance of the tree. She is under contract with CBU to work on their Specific Plan As part of the recommendations and mitigations in the draft Specific Plan, CBU is to CHB Minutes - November 16, 2011 ATTACHMENT 2
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employ a qualified consulting arborist to assess the tree, to determine its health, long term longevity and any recommendations for its maintenance.

MOTION MADE by Board Member Leach, SECONDED by Board Member Field, TO DETERMINE that the proposed project is categorically exempt per the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines, TC RECOMMEND APPROVAL of Planning Case P11-0663 subject to staff's findings anc recommendations.

MOTION CARRIED unanimously.

AYES: Altamirano, Field, Leach, Megna, Murrieta, Treen
NOES: None
DISQUALIFIED: None
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: Garafalo, Gilleece, Preston-Chavez
Chair Megna advised the applicant of the appeal process.

Board Member Gilleece reentered the room.

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1 RESOLUTION NO.
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE,

CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE APPLICATION UNDER PLANNING CASE 3 NUMBER P11-0663 DESIGNATING THE STRUCTURE AT 3747 MONROE STREET, AS A CITY HISTORIC LANDMARK, APN: 231-020-009.
4 WHEREAS, in Planning Case No. P11-0663 Jennifer Mermilliod on behalf of California Baptist University filed an application to designate a two story residence (A.C.E. Hawthorne House 6 with a related Eucalyptus tree) located at 3747 Monroe Street, located on the easterly side of Monroe 7 Street between Magnolia Avenue and Lancer Lane, within the City of Riverside, California, 8 Assessor's Parcel Number 231-020-009, as more particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached 9 hereto incorporated herein by reference, as a City of Riverside City Historic Landmark; and 10 WHEREAS, on November 16, 2011, the Cultural Heritage Board of the City of Riverside 11 conducted a duly noticed public hearing on said application and recommended the approval of the 12 designation of a City of Riverside City Historic Landmark for the structure described above; and 13 WHEREAS, this process is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality 14 Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines as set forth in 15 Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations; and
16 WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this application have been met. 17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, 18 California that based on substantial evidence presented to the Cultural Heritage Board during the 19 above-referenced public hearing and thereafter to the City Council, including written and oral staff 20 reports, together with public testimony pursuant to the provisions of Title 20 of the Riverside Municipal Code pertaining to the designation of a Historic Landmark, the City Council hereby finds 22 that the two story residence (A.C.E. Hawthorne House with a related Eucalyptus tree) located at 23 3747 Monroe Street, located on the easterly side of Monroe Street between Magnolia Avenue and Lancer Lane, within the City of Riverside, California, Assessor's Parcel Number 231-020-009, as 24 more particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto incorporated herein by reference, a Historic Landmark eligible for designation under criteria set forth in the Riverside Municipal Code 26 Chapter 20.50 and based on the following facts and findings:
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1 FINDINGS: Criterion 1: Exemplifies or reflects special elements of the city's cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, architectural, or natural history. 2 FACTS: The proposed designation complies with this finding because the Hawthorne House 3 and Eucalyptus tree are part of a former 20-acre orange grove of the late 1880s representing a vestige of what was once the norm in residential development along the Magnolia Avenue corridor 4 and, indeed, throughout the outlying areas beyond the town centers of Riverside and Arlington 5 during the heyday of the city's citrus-dominated past. Agricultural, especially citrus, windbreaks were commonly used for disease management... and reduction of windscar. One of the favored 6 windbreak trees, Eucalyptus... was used as a foundation tree able to provide upper story canopy and baffled wind protection. Aerial photos show that the extant tree was likely one of many planted in 7 multiple rows along the southern boundary of the larger Hawthorne grove property. The size, maturity and location of the tree... indicate the tree is likely the last extant specimen of a windbreak 8 system associated with the earliest development of the site as a grove. 9 Such elegant homes, each surrounded by extensive acres of citrus groves, were a large part of the 10 popular image of Riverside, along with other southern California communities such as Redlands and Pasadena.
11 FINDINGS: Criterion 3: Embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period or 12 method of construction, or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship. 13 FACTS: The proposed designation complies with this finding because the Hawthorne House is one of the few known examples in Riverside that incorporated design elements of the Swiss Chalet 14 cottage, although a more pronounced specimen, the landmark Benjamin Rockhold Family House at 4581 Indian Hill Road (formerly at 4220 Lemon Street), remains as well. The Hawthorne House is 15 characterized by very wide eaves on all sides, sporting exposed rafter ends, fascia boards, and a number of curved braces with a downward sunray design as well as small hip roofs over two bay 16 windows on the southwestern and northeastern sides; these elements are features of the Swiss Chalet 17 style cottages.
18 FINDINGS: Criterion 4: Represents the work of a notable builder, designer or architect, or important creative individual.
19 FACTS: The proposed designation complies with this finding because the house was 20 designed by A.C. Willard, a noted local architect who was active in the 1880s and 1890s, and whose legacy in Riverside includes two locally designated landmarks, the Universalist-Unitarian Church at 21 3525 Mission Inn Avenue and the Loring Building at 2673-3699 Main Street (City of Riverside n.d.). Therefore, the Hawthorne House is one of the few remaining examples of Willard's intact 22 residential architecture and appears to qualify for local designation. 23 FINDINGS: Criterion 6: Reflects significant geographical patterns, including those associated with different eras of settlement and growth, particular transportation modes, or 24 distinctive examples of park or community planning, or cultural landscape. 25 FACTS: The proposed designation complies with this finding because " ...the overall 26 character of the surrounding area remained predominantly rural through 1948, although some suburban housing development activities were evident nearby. During the rest of the 1950s and the 27 early 1960s, the urbanization of the surrounding area greatly accelerated, until much of the former farmland... was transformed into densely packed residential tracts. As suburban housing tracts 28 gradually assumed a dominant role in residential development in the Riverside-Arlington area since then..." (Tang et al. 2003:19-21), the once common grove houses increasingly became an

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1 "endangered species," with many of them lost and others significantly altered over the years. The Hawthorne House and related Eucalyptus tree, overall, remain a relatively intact example and is one 2 of the few remaining "grove houses" that once lined Magnolia Avenue at the turn of the century. 3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT pursuant to Title 20 of the Riverside Municipal Code, 4 the City Council hereby approves the above-referenced application and designates the two story 5 residence (A.C.E. Hawthorne House with a related Eucalyptus tree) located on the easterly side of 6 Monroe Street between Magnolia Avenue and Lancer Lane, within the City of Riverside, California 7 Assessor's Parcel Number 231-020-009, as a City Historic Landmark 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the proposed historic landmark designation is exempt from 9 the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) and 10 15308 of the Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (Title 14, 11 California Code of Regulations, commencing with Section 15000 as it can be seen with certainty that 12 there is no possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment, and said 13 action is intended to preserve the historic character of the building 14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City Clerk of the City of Riverside shall cause a 15 certified copy of this resolution to be recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of Riverside 16 County, California.

ADOPTED by the City Council this _ day of _ 2012.
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19 RONALD O. LOVERIDGE
20 Mayor of the City of Riverside
21 22 ATTEST:
23 24 COLLEEN J. NICOL
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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1 I, Colleen J. Nicol, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the 2 foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council of said City at 3 its meeting held on the day of _ 2012 by the following vote, to wit:
4 Ayes:
5 Noes:
6 Absent:
7 Abstain:
8 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the 9 City of Riverside, California, this day of _ 2012
10 12 COLLEEN J. NICOL
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EXHIBIT "A"
PARCEL 1: (APN: 231-020-005)
THAT PORTION OF LOT 4 IN BLOCK 23 OF THE LANDS OF THE RIVERSIDE LAND

ANDIRRGATING COMPANY, IN THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 1, PAGE 70, OF MAPS, IN

THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 4;

THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF MONROE STREET, 182.00 FEET;

THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES NORTHEASTERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF MAGNOLIA AVENUE, 264.8 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF TRACT 18586, AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 139, PAGES 80 AND 81, OF MAPS, RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA;
THENCE NORTH 33° 59' 31" WEST, ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE AND ITS NORTHWESTERLY PROLONGATION, A DISTANCE OF 182 FEET, TO THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 4;
THENCE SOUTH 56° 00' 00" WEST, ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE, 265.20 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE SOUTHWESTERLY 66 FEET THEREOF.

PARCEL 2: (APN: 231-020-06)
THE SOUTHWESTERLY 66 FEET OF THE NORTHWESTERLY 182 FEET OF LOT 4, BLOCK 23 OF LANDS OF THE RIVERSIDE LAND AND IRRIGATING COMPANY, IN BOOK 1, PAGE 70, OF MAPS, OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RECORDS.

PARCEL 3: (APN: 231-020-007)
THAT PORTION OF LOT 4, BLOCK 23, OF RIVERSIDE LAND AND IRRIGATING

COMPANT CITY OF RIVERSIDE, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 1, PAGE 70, OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 4;

THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF MONROE STREET, 182 FEET TO THE TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; 1 3-63

THENCE ANGLE NORTHEASTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE
SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF MAGNOLIA AVENUE, 264.8 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 396 FEET FROM THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 4;

THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY AT RIGHT ANGLES AND PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 4, 73.5 FEET;

THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES SOUTHWESTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE
NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 4, 264.8 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF MONROE STREET;

THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF MONROE STREET, 73.5 FEET TO THE TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.

PARCEL 4: (APN: 231-020-008)
THAT PORTION OF LOT 4 IN BLOCK 23 AS SHOWN ON MAP OF THE RIVERSIDE

LAND AND IRRIGATION COMPANY, IN THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, ON FILE IN BOOK 1, PAGE 70, OF MAPS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RECORDS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 4, WHICH BEARS SOUTHEASTERLY, DISTANCE OF 255.5 FEET FROM THE
NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 4;

THENCE NORTHEASTERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 4, A DISTANCE OF 264.8 FEET;

THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOT 4, A DISTANCE OF 75 FEET;

THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, A DISTANCE OF 264.8 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 4;
THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 4, A DISTANCE OF 75 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

PARCEL 5: (APN: 231-020-009)
THAT PORTION OF LOT 4 IN BLOCK 23 OF THE LANDS OF RIVERSIDE LAND AND IRRIGATING COMPANY, AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 1, PAGE 70, OF MAPS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RECORDS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

THENCE NORTHEASTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, 264.8 FEET, TO A POINT 396 FEET SOUTHWESTERLY FROM THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 4;
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THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, 165 FEET;

THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY, PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, 264.8 FEET, TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE, 165 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

PARCEL 6: (APN: 231-020-010)
THAT PORTION OF LOT 4 IN BLOCK 23 OF THE LANDS OF RIVERSIDE LAND AND

IRRIGATING COMPANY, IN THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK I, PAGE 70, OF MAPS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RECORDS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, 49S.5 FEET SOUTHEASTERLY FROM THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER THEREOF;

THENCE NORTHEASTERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, 264.8 FEET TO A POINT 396 FEET SOUTHWESTERLY FROM THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 4;

THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, 165.5 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, 264.8 FEET TO THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER THEREOF;

THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, 165.5 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
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PARCEL 7: (APN: 231-020-026)
LOT 1 OF TRACT 18586 AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 139 OF MAPS AT PAGES 80 AND 81 THEREOF, RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

RIPTION APPROVP
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Exhibit "B"

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Eucalyptus Tree
• CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA • Thee peraing if perjun, tis certified, under penalty of perjury, to be a THIS PLAT IS SOLELY AN AID IN LOCATING THE PARCEL(S) in this office of the original on tile DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT.

IT IS NOT A PART OF THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION THEREIN.

Colleen J. Nicol, City Clerk
Subject: Hawthorne House Sheet 1 of 1 City of Riverside, California.

Date: 11/22/11 Executed or , 20 _at
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1 ORDINANCE NO.
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING

THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 3 19.090 OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE APPLYING THE CULTURAL RESOURCES OVERLAY ("CR") ZONE TO CITY LANDMARK NO. 123, THE 4 A.C.E. HAWTHORNE HOUSE
5 The City Council of the City of Riverside, California, does ordain as follows:
6 Section 1: Pursuant to Chapter 19.090 of the Riverside Municipal Code, the Zoning Map of 7 the City of Riverside is amended by applying the Cultural Resource Overlay ("CR") Zone to the 8 already existing Single Family Residential ("R-1-7000") Zone to City Landmark No. 123, the A.C.E. 9 Hawthorne House with a related Eucalyptus tree the property described in Exhibit "A" and depicted 10 in Exhibit "B", attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, subject to all of the conditions, restrictions and covenants imposed under Planning Case Number P11-0663, which conditions, 12 restrictions and covenants are incorporated herein by reference. 13 Section 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause 14 publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with Section 414 of the Charter 15 of the City of Riverside. This ordinance shall become effective on the 30th day after the date of its 16 adoption.
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RONALD O. LOVERIDGE
19 Mayor of the City of Riverside
20 Attest:
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City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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1 I, Colleen J. Nicol, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the 2 foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council on the 3 day of , 2012, and that thereafter the said ordinance was duly and regularly 4 adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the _ day of _ 2012, by the 5 following vote, to wit:
6 Ayes:
8 9 Noes:

Absent:

Abstain:
12 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the 14 City of Riverside, California, this day of , 2012.
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EXHIBIT "A"
PARCEL 1: (APN: 231-020-005)
THAT PORTION OF LOT 4 IN BLOCK 23 OF THE LANDS OF THE RIVERSIDE LAND