Resource Name: Wild Cottage
Location: Camino Real 4 S.W. 11th Avenue
The following appeal is the second appeal to the City Council regarding an appellant’s appeal of a Historic Resources Board’s decision to deny removal of an appellant’s resource from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources.
Selected excerpts from City documents follow:
MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
June 6, 2006
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Consideration of an appeal of the Historic Resources Board's decision to deny a request to remove a property located in the Single Family Residential (R-1) District from the City's Inventory of Historic Resources (Norman and Eleanor Moscow, W/s Camino Real bet. 11th & 12th).
Council Member ROSE moved to overturn the decision of Historic Resources Board and to remove the property located in the Single Family Residential (R-1) District from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources, seconded by Council Member HAZDOVAC and carried by the following roll call:
AYES: BETHEL, CUNNINGHAM, HAZDOVAC, ROSE & McCLOUD
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
FINDINGS FOR DECISION:
1. The numerous additions and alterations that have occurred to the residence overtime, particularly to the east elevation, have caused the residence to lose its architectural integrity. The residence therefore does not qualify as an historic resource under California Criterion #3.
2. There are other, more intact examples of early vernacular architecture already listed on the City's Inventory of Historic Resources.
3. The residence is not associated with important events or persons that have contributed to the history of the City.
4. The property has not yielded any information important to the prehistory or history of the City.
5. The appellant submitted a report from a qualified professional demonstrating that the property does not qualify as an historic resource. The Council concurs with the analysis of this report.
Meeting Date: 6 June 2006
Prepared by: Sean Conroy, Associate Planner
City Council
Agenda Item Summary
Name: Consideration of an appeal of the Historic Resources Board’s decision to deny a request to remove a property located in the Single Family Residential (R-1) District from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources. The appellant and property owner is Norman and Eleanor Moscow (W/s Camino Real bet. 11th & 12th).
Description: The subject property has been included on the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources that was adopted as part of the Local Coastal Program in 2004. The residence was originally constructed in approximately 1925.
The appellant seeks removal of the property from the City’s list of Historic Resources. Approval of the appeal would overturn a decision of the Historic Resources Board and result in removing the property from the list.
Staff Recommendation: Grant the appeal.
Important Considerations: CMC 17.32.070 states that a property identified as an historic resource on the Carmel Inventory shall be presumed historically significant and shall not be removed from the City’s Inventory unless substantial evidence demonstrates that it is not an historic resource.
Decision Record: The Historic Resources Board denied the applicant’s request to remove the property from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources on 23 January 2006. The applicant filed an appeal with the City Clerk on 3 February 2006.
STAFF REPORT
FROM: SEAN CONROY, ASSOCIATE PLANNER
DATE: 6 JUNE 2006
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF AN APPEAL OF THE HISTORIC
RESOURCES BOARD’S DECISION TO DENY A REQUEST TO REMOVE A PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-1) DISTRICT FROM THE CITY’SINVENTORY OF HISTORIC RESOURCES.
RECOMMENDED MOTION
Grant the appeal.
Basis for Appeal:
The appellant is requesting that the subject structure be removed from the City's Inventory of Historic Resources for the following reasons:
1. The structure has lost integrity due to additions and alterations.
2. The period of significance is inaccurate in the DPR 523 Form.
3. The structure does not qualify as significant according to the California
Register standards or the Historic Context Statement.
Integrity:
While the subject structure contributes to the residential character of the City, the additions that have occurred to the residence over time, taken collectively, have caused the residence to lose its architectural integrity.
HRB’s Review: The Historic Resources Board voted three to two to deny the appeal. The decision was based on the following points:
• Both the 1945 addition and the 1999 addition were in keeping with the style of the original structure.
• The minor changes to the roof pitch and size of the garage are not significant enough to warrant a loss of integrity.
• The findings in the original DPR are accurate.
HRB Minutes for 23 January 2006
Norman & Eleanor Moscow
W/s Camino Real bet. 11th & 12th
Resource Name: Wild Cottage
Consideration of an appeal of the City's determination to placd an existing residence on the City's Inventory of Historic Resources located in the Single Family Residential (R-1) District.
Sean Conroy, Associate Planner, presented the staff report.
Board member Lagerholm moved to grant the appeal and remove the residence from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources, seconded by Coss and failed by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COSS, LAGERHOLM,
NOES: DYAR, HOLZ, WENDT
ABSENT: NONE
Board member Dyar moved to deny the appeal, seconded by Holz and carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: DYAR, HOLZ, WENDT
NOES: COSS, LAGERHOLM
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