Item 3.Staff Report with Exibits 1-8.301-309 NSC Ave - HPC Appeal
PREPARED BY: RYAN SAFTY
Associate Planner
Reviewed by: Planning Manager and Community Development Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6872
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING COMMISSION
REPORT
MEETING DATE: 01/11/2023 ITEM NO: 3
DATE: January 6, 2023
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Joel Paulson, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Consider an Appeal of the Historic Preservation Committee Decision to Deny
the Removal of a Presumptive Historic Property (Pre-1941) from the Historic
Resources Inventory on Property Zoned C-2. Located at 301-307 N. Santa
Cruz Avenue. Request for Review PHST-22-020. APN 510-14-048.
Property Owner/Applicant/Appellant: Mike Millen.
Project Planner: Ryan Safty.
RECOMMENDATION:
Deny the appeal of the Historic Preservation Committee decision to deny the removal of a
presumptive historic property (pre-1941) from the Historic Resources Inventory on property
zoned C-2, located at 301-307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue.
PROJECT DATA:
General Plan Designation: Central Business District
Zoning Designation: C-2
Applicable Plans & Standards: General Plan, Commercial Design Guidelines
Parcel Size: 21,000 square feet
Surrounding Area:
Existing Land Use General Plan Zoning
North Commercial Central Business District C-2
South Commercial Central Business District C-2
East Commercial Central Business District C-2
West Commercial Central Business District C-2
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CEQA:
The request to remove the property from the Historic Resources Inventory is not considered a
project under the California Environmental Quality Act.
FINDINGS:
As required to remove a pre-1941 property from the Historic Resources Inventory.
ACTION:
The decision of the Planning Commission is final unless appealed within ten days.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located at the northwest corner of Bachman Avenue and N. Santa Cruz
Avenue (Exhibit 1). The property contains five existing primary buildings: 208 Bachman Avenue
(old location of CB Hannegans); and 301, 303, 305, and 307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue. The
structure at 208 Bachman Avenue was removed from the Historic Resources Inventory (HRI) by
the Town Council in 1996.
On October 18, 2022, the property owner submitted materials requesting that the Historic
Preservation Committee (HPC) formally remove the primary buildings on the site from the HRI
due to a lack of historic significance and loss of integrity resulting from previous modifications
and additions (Exhibit 3, Attachment 4).
On November 16, 2022, the HPC considered the property owner’s request, including the letter
of justification, research materials, and site photographs of the subject property (Exhibit 3,
Attachment 4). The HPC approved the removal of 301 N. Santa Cruz from the HRI, but denied
the removal of the primary buildings at 303, 305, and 307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue from the HRI
(Exhibits 3, 4, and 5).
On November 18, 2022, the property owner appealed the decision of the HPC to the Planning
Commission (Exhibit 6). The property owner indicated that the information provided to the
HPC proved that the buildings at 303, 305, and 307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue are not historic and
must be removed from the HRI.
Pursuant to Section 29.20.258 of the Town Code, the decision of the HPC may be
appealed to the Planning Commission by any interested party as defined by Section 29.10.020
within 10 days of the decision.
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BACKGROUND (continued):
For non-residential and mixed-use projects an interested person is defined as, “any person or
persons or entity or entities who can demonstrate that their property will be injured by the
decision.” The appellant meets the requirements.
Pursuant to Town Code Section 29.20.265, the appeal shall be set for the first regular meeting
of the Planning Commission in which the business of Planning Commission will permit, more
than five (5) days after the date of filing the appeal. The Planning Commission may hear the
matter anew and render a new decision on the matter.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
A. Location and Surrounding Neighborhood
The subject property is located at the northwest corner of Bachman Avenue and N. Santa
Cruz Avenue (Exhibit 1). The surrounding properties are zoned C-2 with commercial uses.
B. Project Summary
The property owner is appealing the HPC decision to deny a request to remove the subject
presumptive historic property (pre-1941) from the HRI.
DISCUSSION:
A. Removal from the Historic Resources Inventory
Town Code Section 29.10.020 defines “Historic Structure” and includes, “Any primary
structure constructed prior to 1941, unless the deciding body has determined that the
structure has no historic significance and should not be included in the Town Historic
Resources Inventory.”
The property owner is requesting approval to remove the subject presumptive historic
property (pre-1941) from the HRI. The property owner provided a Letter of Justification,
research materials, and site photographs of the subject property within their submittal
(Exhibit 3, Attachment 4).
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DISCUSSION (continued):
Pursuant to Town Code Section 29.80.215, the purpose of the Town’s Historic Preservation
Ordinance states:
It is hereby found that structures, sites, and areas of special character or special
historical, architectural, or aesthetic interest or value have been and continue to be
unnecessarily destroyed or impaired, despite the feasibility of preserving them. It is
further found that the public health, safety, and welfare require prevention of needless
destruction and impairment, and promotion of the economic utilization and
discouragement of the decay and desuetude of such structures, sites, and areas.
The purpose of historic preservation is to promote the health, safety, and general
welfare of the public through:
1) The protection, enhancement, perpetuation, and use of structures, sites, and areas
that are reminders of past eras, events, and persons important in local, State, or
National history, or which provide significant examples of architectural styles of the
past or are landmarks in the history of architecture, or which are unique and
irreplaceable assets to the Town and its neighborhoods, or which provide for this
and future generations examples of the physical surroundings in which past
generations lived.
When considering a request for a determination that a pre-1941 primary structure has no
historic significance or architectural merit the HPC considers the following findings:
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.
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DISCUSSION (continued):
B. Historic Preservation Committee
On November 16, 2022, the HPC received the staff report (Exhibit 3), opened the meeting,
and considered testimony from the property owner (Exhibit 4). After asking questions of
the property owner, the HPC closed the public hearing and discussed the project. The HPC
voted unanimously (5-0) to deny the overall request to remove the entire property from the
HRI; however, within the motion, the HPC confirmed the previous Town Council decision to
remove 208 Bachman Avenue from the HRI and approved of the removal of 301 N. Santa
Cruz Avenue from the HRI. The primary buildings at 303, 305, and 307 N. Santa Cruz
Avenue were not removed.
C. Appeal to Planning Commission
The decision of the HPC was appealed on November 18, 2022, by the property owner, Mike
Millen (Exhibit 6). Per the property owner, the appeal should be granted for the four
following reasons. The four points made in the appeal are followed by staff analysis in italic
font.
1. Appellant: 305 N. Santa Cruz Avenue was constructed in 1956 and must be removed
because it is post-1941.
At the November 16, 2022, HPC meeting, the HPC noted that the structures at 301 and
305 (formerly 303) no longer have historical significance (Exhibit 4). The letter of
justification and historic research (Exhibit 3, Attachment 4) states that the structure
originally built at 305 N. Santa Cruz Avenue was substantially changed in the 1960s. The
original building at 305 N. Santa Cruz Avenue, which is now called 303 N. Santa Cruz
Avenue, currently adjoins the corner building at 301 N. Santa Cruz Avenue, and both the
left and right walls of the building no longer exist in their original form as those walls
have been made into party walls with the adjoining buildings.
The building permit records presented to the HPC (Exhibit 3, Attachment 3) show that a
building at 305 ½ N. Santa Cruz Avenue was built in 1956. Town records only included
the building permit and no plans, so it is not clear what was built in 1956 as the 305 ½
address does not currently exist. The Town’s 1990 Anne Bloomfield Survey notes the
building at 305 N. Santa Cruz Avenue had been altered and gave the structure a historic
status code of “historic and some altered but still contributor to district if there is one.”
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DISCUSSION (continued):
Lastly, the current building footprint at 305 N. Santa Cruz Avenue does not match the
1928 Sanborn Map. The Town prepared an exhibit comparing the footprints from the
1928 Sanborn Map (last edition prior to 1941) and a building permit from 2013 (Exhibit
7). Comparing 1928 footprints to 2013 footprints, the building at 305 N. Santa Cruz has
been extensively altered over the years. Additionally, staff analyzed aerial photography
for the site from 1931, 1948, and 1968 (Exhibit 8). Exhibit 8 shows that the building
footprints along N. Santa Cruz Avenue were separated in 1931 and remained separated
through 1948 (following the 1941 HRI cut-off), and then appear to have been combined
by the 1968 aerial.
2. Appellant: The integrity of 303 and 307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue are such that the
structures no longer have the potential to convey significance.
At the November 16, 2022, HPC meeting, the HPC noted that the structures at 303 and
307 still have historical significance (Exhibit 4). As noted in Exhibit 3, the 1990 Anne
Bloomfield Survey notes that both 303 and 307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue are “intact” with a
Town of Los Gatos Historic Status Code of “historic and intact or worthy of special note.”
Building Permit records for 303 and 307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue show interior remodels
and minor exterior alterations; meanwhile, Exhibits 7 and 8 show that the building
footprints of 301-307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue were significantly altered sometime between
1928 and 2013.
3. Appellant: The structures are not associated with significant events, persons, types,
periods, construction methods, or master work.
Pursuant to Town Code Section 29.80.215, there are five findings for the HPC to consider
when reviewing HRI removal requests (listed above in Section A of this report). The
appellant claims that findings 1, 2, and 3 can be made, but did not mention findings 4
(Town history) and 5 (historic integrity). The HPC members commented that 301 and
305 N. Santa Cruz Avenue no longer have historic significance, although only 301 N.
Santa Cruz was removed from the HRI. The HPC determined that the structures at 303
and 307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue still have historic significance (Exhibit 4).
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DISCUSSION (continued):
4. Appellant: Anne Bloomfield and Town staff previously decided that the buildings are
not worthy of inclusion in the inventory.
The 1990 Anne Bloomfield Survey (Exhibit 3, Attachment 2) includes 208 Bachman
Avenue, and 301, 303, 305, and 307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue. The 1990 Anne Bloomfield
survey does not determine whether or not a property or structure is historic and should
be included in the HRI; instead, the survey identified potentially historic properties within
the Town and provided an analysis on the status of each structure. This survey is used by
the Town’s deciding bodies to help determine if a property or structure should be
included in the HRI. For the buildings fronting N. Santa Cruz Avenue (301-307), the HRI
evaluation sheet within the survey noted that the cumulative rating of these buildings,
“appears ineligible for designation because newer than 1941.” The individual structures
at 301 and 305 N. Santa Cruz Avenue are noted to have been altered with a historic
status code of “historic and some altered but still contributor to district if there is one;”
however, the structures at 303 and 307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue are noted to be intact with
a historic status code of “historic and intact or worthy of special note.”
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Written notice was sent to property owners and tenants within 300 feet of the subject
property. At the time of this report’s preparation, the Town has not received any public
comment.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
The request to remove the property from the HRI is not considered a project under the
California Environmental Quality Act.
CONCLUSION:
A. Summary
The property owner is requesting that the Planning Commission reconsider the HPC
decision to deny the removal of the presumptive historic property (pre-1941) from the HRI.
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CONCLUSION (continued):
B. Recommendation
For reasons stated in this report, it is recommended that the Planning Commission deny the
appeal and uphold the decision of the HPC to deny the removal of the presumptive historic
property (pre-1941) from the HRI.
C. Alternatives
Alternatively, the Commission can:
1. Continue the matter to a date certain with specific direction;
2. Grant the appeal and remove the subject property from the HRI, making one or more of
the findings provided in Exhibit 2; or
3. Remand the appeal to the HPC with specific direction.
EXHIBITS:
1. Location Map
2. Required Findings
3. Historic Preservation Committee Staff Report and Attachments, November 16, 2022
4. Historic Preservation Committee Meeting Minutes for November 16, 2022
5. Historic Preservation Committee Action Letter, November 16, 2022
6. Appeal of the Historic Preservation Committee, received November 18, 2022
7. Historic Building Footprint Comparisons
8. Historic Aerial Photographs
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PLANNING COMMISSION – January 11, 2023
REQUIRED FINDINGS FOR:
301-307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue
Request for Review PHST-22-020
Consider an Appeal of the Historic Preservation Committee Decision to Deny the
Removal of a Presumptive Historic Property (Pre-1941) from the Historic Resources
Inventory on Property Zoned C-2. APN 510-14-048.
PROPERTY OWNER/APPLICANT/APPELLANT: Mike Millen
FINDINGS
Required findings to determine that a pre-1941 structure has no significant or architectural
merit:
■ As required for a determination that a pre-1941 primary structure has no historic significance
or architectural merit:
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.
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110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● 408-354-6874
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMITTEE REPORT
MINUTES OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
The Historic Preservation Committee of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a Regular Meeting on
November 16, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
This meeting This meeting is being conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means
consistent with Town Council Policy 2-01 entitled Town Agenda Format and Rules and Town
Resolution. In accordance with Town Policy and Resolution, the public may only view the
meeting online and not in the Council Chamber.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 3:00 PM
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Timothy Lundell, Vice Chair Barry Cheskin, Planning Commissioner Kylie Clark,
Planning Commissioner Steve Raspe, and Committee Member Susan Burnett.
Absent: None.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
CONSENT ITEMS (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION)
1.Approval of Minutes – October 26, 2022
MOTION: Motion by Commissioner Raspe to approve the Consent Calendar.
Seconded by Chair Lundell.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
2. 301-307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue
Request for Review PHST-22-020
Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources
Inventory for Property Zoned C-2. Located at 301-307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue.
APN 510-14-048.
PROPERTY OWNER: Millen Family Partnership, LP
APPLICANT: Mike Millen
PROJECT PLANNER: Ryan Safty
Sean Mullin, Senior Planner, presented the staff report.
Opened Public Comment.
Applicant presented the project.
Mike Millen, Applicant
- He is the owner, speaking on behalf of the family. Their parents bought the property in the
70’s. They want to make the parcel vibrant again. Architects ask if they can design
something new, or if they must keep certain items to make it conform.
- Some of the addresses are post-1941 and do not need to be considered.
- The address at 208 Bachman had gone before the Town Council. They determined it had
lost any historical integrity.
- The address at 307 has changed from thirty to forty feet long. Windows and chimneys were
removed. The buildings are now adjoined with party walls.
- Some of the address numbers have changed over the years; 305 is now 303.
- The Bloomfield Survey states too many changes.
Committee members asked questions of the applicant.
Mike Millen, Applicant
- They need all four buildings on the parcel removed from the inventory for complete design
freedom.
- They found the 1990 Bloomfield Survey inconsistent. It stated that 301 and 305 were
altered and 303 and 307 were intact. But cumulative rating stated that everything is
ineligible.
Closed Public Comment.
Committee members discussed the matter.
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• The Commercial Business District is important. The structure at 208 was removed from the
inventory. 301 and 305 (formerly 303) no longer have historical significance.
• Originally each address had separate owners and should be separately evaluated.
• The Ann Bloomfield evaluation sheet included all four buildings. The summary stated that
they were a good representation of the Spanish Colonial or Mediterranean style. Scaling
and massing was very important for the small shop scale.
• Bloomfield ranked the property with 34 points: 12 out of 12 for scaling and massing, 12 for
design, 8 for pattern, 4 for architecture, 6 for total type, style and construction, and 4 for
setting. Two of the buildings merit staying in the Historic Inventory.
• In both the 2020 and 2040 General Plan guidelines, the goal is to maintain the historic
character of the downtown area. The Land Use Element refers to the downtown as the
historic heart of the town and has implementation plans.
• Structures at 303 and 307 still have historic significance.
Committee members asked questions of Staff.
Staff
- The primary date of 1900 is used as a filler date when the actual build date is unknown. The
effective date reflects when known major reconstruction has taken place.
Committee members asked questions of the applicant.
Mike Millen, Applicant
- The Hannigan’s site was removed from the historic Inventory by the Town Council. Mike
was young but, remembers this story. In the early 90’s, the restaurant received complaints
about excessive noise from their patio. They installed plexiglass barriers to keep the noise
level down. But they did not have a permit. The matter came before the Town Council who
removed it from the Historic Resources Inventory because there was no historic
significance. Mike does not know why it did not go before the Historic Preservation
Committee.
Committee members asked questions of Staff.
Staff
- In order to be fair and consistent, the determination needs to be based on the findings
listed in the staff report.
Committee members discussed the matter.
• Two of the structures have undergone alterations but retain a large portion of original and
distinctive characteristics.
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• The 301 building is a newer with no historic characteristics.
• Item 3 finding: No distinctive characteristic of type, period or method of construction
representation of work of a master. In 1990, Bloomfield claimed it that the 303 building
still has characteristics.
• We are lumping four ideas into one basket. 301 is obviously yes, take it off. Most of the
changes occurred before that 1990 Bloomfield Survey. Changes and modification were
done to the other structures, but they still retain original characteristics. But Sanborn
lumped all the structures in one.
• We still have the discretion to separate the structures.
• Some of the buildings were built before 1941. Revisions were made but they retain some
pre 1941 characteristics.
• How much was changed in each building? Can the applicant give clear evidence? The
evidence in the packet is muddled.
• Agree that 301 can be removed
• When we remove from structures from the inventory it is very clear cut. But not in this
case. Two buildings look Mediterranean or Spanish colonial. The facades look good and are
not falling down. They are right behind the Almond Grove Historic district.
Staff:
- Can continue and ask for more information from the applicant. They did extensive
research. If there’s no additional information, then there is no need to continue.
Committee members asked questions of the applicant.
Mike Millen, Applicant
- They spent hours in the library, going through photos, phone directories and insurance
maps. The material determined what existed commercially, except for 301 which was a
residence running a tea house.
Committee members discussed the matter.
• Cannot let all four addresses be removed based on what we know now.
• Applicant could reapply with clear evidence of severe alteration for each address.
• No prejudice to applicant if part of the application is denied.
Staff
- 208 Bachman has no historic merit and would not return to the Committee. 301 N. Santa
Cruz Avenue, too, does not need to come back to the Committee.
Modification to the other building on the site would be reviewed consistent with other
historic properties in Town.
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The parcel would be removed from the Historic Resources Inventory, but with certain
addresses staying historic.
MOTION: Motion by Chair Lundell to approve the removal of the structure located
at 301 North Santa Cruz Avenue from the Historic Resources Inventory
but deny without prejudice the removal of the other structures on that
property (addressed as 303, 305, and 307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue).
Seconded by Member Burnett.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
Appeal rights were recited.
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
None.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 3:56 p.m.
This is to certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the minutes of the
November 16, 2022 meeting as approved by the
Historic Preservation Committee.
/s/ Jennifer Armer, AICP, Planning Manager
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
PLANNING DIVISION
(408) 354-6872 Fax (408) 354-7593
November 17, 2022
Mike Millen
204 Bachman Avenue
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Via email
RE: 301-307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue
Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources
Inventory for Property Zoned C-2. APN 510-14-048. Request for Review Application
PHST-22-020.
PROPERTY OWNER: Millen Family Partnership, LP
APPLICANT: Mike Millen
PROJECT PLANNER: Ryan Safty.
On November 16, 2022, the Los Gatos Historic Preservation Committee approved the removal
of the building addressed as 301 N. Santa Cruz Avenue (located on the corner of N. Santa Cruz
and Bachman Avenues) from the Historic Resources Inventory (HRI) and denied without
prejudice the removal of the buildings addressed as 303, 305, and 307 N. Santa Cruz Avenue
(located northeast of the building addressed as 301 N. Santa Cruz Avenue). The building
addressed as 301 N. Santa Cruz Avenue is no longer under the purview of the Historic
Preservation Committee, along with 204 and 208 Bachman Avenue previously determined by
the Town Council to have lost historic integrity. The property remains on the HRI and any
proposed exterior alterations to the buildings that remain on the HRI may require review by the
Historic Preservation Committee.
PLEASE NOTE: Pursuant to Sections 29.20.258 and 29.20.260 of the Town Code, this approval
may be appealed to the Planning Commission within 10 days of the date the approval is
granted. Therefore, this action for approval should not be considered final, and no permits by
the Town will be issued until the appeal period has passed.
CIVIC CENTER
110 E. MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA 95030
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If you have any questions, I can be contacted by phone at (408) 354-6802 or by email at
RSafty@losgatosca.gov.
Sincerely,
Ryan Safty, Associate Planner
p.p. Sean Mullin, AICP, Senior Planner
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
110 E. Main Street
Los Gatos, CA 95030
APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
PLEASE TYPE or PRINT NEATLY
I, the undersigned, do hereby appeal a decision of the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE as follows:
DATE OF DECISION: ___________________________________
PROJECT/APPLICATION: ___________________________________
LOCATION: ___________________________________
Pursuant to the Town Code, any interested person as defined in Section 29.10.020 may appeal to the Planning
Commission any decision of the Historic Preservation Committee.
Interested person means:
1.Residential projects. Any person or persons or entity or entities who own property or reside within
1,000 feet of a property for which a decision has been rendered, and can demonstrate that their property
will be injured by the decision.
2.Non-residential and mixed-use projects. Any person or persons or entity or entities who can
demonstrate that their property will be injured by the decision.
IMPORTANT:
1. Appeal must be filed not more than ten (10) days after the decision is rendered by the Historic Preservation
Committee. If the tenth (10th) day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Town holiday, then the appeal may be filed on
the workday immediately following the tenth (10th) day, usually a Monday. Appeals are due by 4:00 P.M.
2. The appeal shall be set for the first regular meeting of the Planning Commission which the business of the
Planning Commission will permit, more than five (5) after the date of the filing of the appeal. The Planning
Commission may hear the matter a new and render a new decision in the matter.
3. You will be notified, in writing, of the appeal date.
4. Contact the project planner to determine what material is required to be submitted for the public hearing.
RETURN APPEAL FORM TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
PRINT NAME: ______________________________ SIGNATURE: ____________________________________
DATE: ____________________________________ ADDRESS: ______________________________________
PHONE: __________________________________ EMAIL: ________________________________________
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OFFICE USE ONLY
DATE OF PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING: _________________________
COMMISSION ACTION: 1.DATE:
2.DATE:
3.DATE:
No Appeal Fee for the decision by the Historic Preservation Committee.
4) Anne Bloomfield and Town staff previously decided that the buildings are not worthy of inclusion in the inventory
LIST REASONS WHY THE APPEAL SHOULD BE GRANTED:
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1928 Sanborn Map
2013 Building Permit
1928 Sanborn
Building Footprints BACHMAN AVENUE BACHMAN AVENUE EXHIBIT 7
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1931
2013 Building Permit 1968
1948
Source: UC Santa Barbara Map and Imagery Library
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