Ord 2167 - Amending Ordinance No. 1918 effecting Zone Change No. 89 (Fairview Plaza Historic District)ORDINANCE 2167
ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1918
EFFECTING ZONE CHANGE NO. 89
(FAIRVIEW PLAZA HISTORIC DISTRICT)
The Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos does hereby ordain:
SECTION I
The district delineated on the attached snap is hereby designated historically and
culturally significant as the Fairview Plaza Historic District IID -76-1 A.
SECTION II
The district is designated to be historically, architecturally, or aesthetically significant
for the reasons listed below:
A. 'Property: Fairview Plaza Historic District
B. Historic designation no.: IID -76-1A
C. Description of designation: District
D. Description of characteristics which justify the designation:
Historical: "Fairview Plaza" was the original name given the cul-de-sac
termination of Pennsylvania Avenue in the subdivision known as "Fairview
Addition", surveyed in June, 1885 by Herrmann Brothers, Land Surveyors, San
Jose, California, for Mr. F. H. McCullagh and recorded in County of Santa
Clara, Book 5 of Maps, page 26.
"Fairview Plaza" retains the same configuration as originally mapped and
contains a landscaped island as a focal point. Approximately three quarters of
the homes within the subdivision were built prior to 1900 and retain the
character of that era. The pedestrian walk labeled "Turnstile Walk" on the
original map remains essentially unchanged and is located at the eastern end of
the cul-de-sac.
While originally named 'Pennsylvania Avenue," that portion of the street
within the "Fairview Addition" subdivision has been renamed Fairview Plaza
(from the cul-de-sac west to the intersection with Oak Knoll Road, Manzanita
Avenue, and Wadsworth Avenue). Both the street and adjoining houses are
popularly referred to as "Fairview Plaza."
"Fairview Plaza" is a rare and unique neighborhood because of the authentic,
well-maintained Victorian and Craftsman houses in close proximity with one
another. The atmosphere is enhanced because the street is not a "through
street," thus allowing a scale and sense of "apparitions" which is not found in
most other neighborhoods.
CONTRIBUTORS TO DISTRICT
E. Listed below are Town features recommended for preservation. Review by the
Historic Preservation Committee is required for any changes to these features.
1 Central Plaza Island.
2. The access to Turnstile Walk.
3. Date stamps in concrete sidewalks.
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This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos on October 6, 2008, and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the Town of Los
Gatos at a meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on October 20, 2008. This
ordinance takes effect 30 days after it is adopted.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Steve Glickman, Diane McNutt, Joe Pirzynski, Mike Wasserman, and Mayor
Barbara Spector
NAYS:
ABSENT:
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ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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