Item 4 - Staff Report and Attachment 1
PREPARED BY: SALLY ZARNOWITZ, AIA
Associate Planning Manager
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● 408-354-6874
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMITTEE REPORT
MEETING DATE: 05/27/2020
ITEM NO: 4
DATE: May 20, 2020
TO: Historic Preservation Committee
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic
Resources Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:8 Located at 146 Stacia Street.
APN 532-29-093. Property Owner: Cynthia A. Buse. Applicant: Greg Jack.
Project Planner: Sally Zarnowitz.
RECOMMENDATION:
Consider a request to remove a pre-1941 property from the Historic Resources Inventory for
property zoned R-1:8 located at 146 Stacia Street.
PROPERTY DETAILS:
1. Date primary structure was built: 1925 per County Assessor’s Database
2. Town of Los Gatos Historic Status Code: None
3. Does property have an LHP Overlay? No
4. Is structure in a historic district? No
5. If yes, is it a contributor? N/A
6. Findings required? Yes
7. Considerations required? No
DISCUSSION:
The applicant is requesting a determination that the pre-1941 residence, which first appears on
a Sanborn map in 1928, has no historic significance or architectural merit; and has provided a
letter of justification, property research, and photographs. (Attachment 1).
CONCLUSION:
The applicant’s Letter of Justification outlines the request to remove the structure from the
Historic Resources Inventory, primarily due to the loss of historic integrity, including the
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SUBJECT: 146 Stacia Street
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construction of a substantial addition at the front of the house. Should the Committee find that
the structure has no historic significance or architectural merit, the structure would be
removed from the Historic Resources Inventory and any proposed work would not return to the
Committee.
A. Findings - related to a request for a determination that a p re-1941 primary structure has no
historic significance or architectural merit.
In evaluating a request for a determination of historic significance or architectural merit,
the Historic Preservation Committee shall consider the following:
1. The structure is not associated with events that have made a significant contribution
to the Town;
2. No Significant persons are associated with the site;
3. There are no distinctive characteristics of type, period or method of construction or
representation of work of a master;
4. The structure does not yield information to Town history; or
5. The integrity has been compromised such that the structure no longer has the
potential to convey significance.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Letter of justification, property research, and photographs
ATTACHMENT 1