Resource Name: Alice Meckenstock House
Location: Lincoln St. 3 S.E. 7th Avenue
This appeal of the Historic Resources Board to deny a request by the owner of the Alice Meckenstock House to remove this property from the City's Inventory of Historic Resources represents the eighth appeal of an Historic Resources Board's decision to the City Council; and represents the eighth appeal granted by the City Council, thereby removing the Alice Meckenstock House from the City's Inventory of Historic Resources.
Selected relevant excerpts from the public record, as follows:
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
September 12, 2006
VIII. Public Hearings
C. Consideration of an appeal of the Historic Resources Board’s decision to deny a request to remove a property located on the east side of Lincoln between 7th & 8th Avenues from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources. The appellant and property owner is Diane Sena.
Historic Resources Board 4/17/06
Board member Lagerholm moved to grant the appeal, seconded by Dyar and failed on the following roll call vote:
AYES: DYAR, LAGERHOLM
NOES: COSS, HOLZ, WENDT
ABSENT: NONE
Boar member Coss moved to deny the appeal, seconded by Holz and carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COSS, HOLZ, WENDT
NOES: DYAR, LAGERHOLM
ABSENT: NONE
Staff Recommendation: Grant the Appeal
Council Member ROSE moved to grant the appeal, overturn the decision of the Historic Resources Board and remove the property from the City’s Historic Inventory, seconded by Council Member HAZDOVAC and carried by the following roll call:
AYES: BETHEL, CUNNINGHAM, HAZDOVAC, ROSE & McCLOUD
NOES: NONE
Meeting Date: 12 September 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) from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources. The appellant and property owner is Diane Sena (E/s Lincoln bet. 7th & 8th, APN: 010-148-011).
Description: The appellant’s property is listed on the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources that was adopted as part of the Local Coastal Program in 2004. The subject residence is a one-story bungalow that was constructed in 1923. The appellant seeks removal 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 appellant’s request to remove the property from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources on 17 April 2006. The applicant filed an appeal with the City Clerk on 19 April 2006.
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
STAFF REPORT
TO: MAYOR McCLOUD AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: SEAN CONROY, ASSOCIATE PLANNER
DATE: 12 SEPTEMBER 2006
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF AN APPEAL OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD’S DECISION TO DENY A REQUEST TO REMOVE A PROPERTY FROM THE CITY’S INVENTORY OF
HISTORIC RESOURCES LOCATED IN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-1) DISTRICT.
SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION
Grant the appeal.
BACKGROUND & PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The subject residence is a one-story bungalow located on the east side of Lincoln Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The residence was constructed in approximately 1923 and has horizontal wood siding. The structure was identified as an historic resource as part of the City’s on-going survey of historic structures. A DPR 523 form was filed with the City on 28 July 2002 and was accepted by the California Coastal Commission as part of the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources in October 2004. The DPR indicates that the structure qualifies as an historic resource under California Criterion #3 (architecture) as an excellent, unaltered example of the Bungalow style in Carmel. The DPR indicates that the property relates to the Architectural Development theme of the City’s Historic Context Statement.
The HRB denied the appeal on 17 April 2006 and the appellant filed an appeal application with the City Clerk on 19 April 2006.
Basis of 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 residence is not unaltered and does not have a hipped roof, as identified in the original DPR 523 Form.
2. The residence is not an excellent example of a Craftsman style bungalow.
3. The residence is not architecturally significant.
Comparative Resources: There are approximately 62 other Craftsman-style structures listed on the City’s Inventory, approximately 32 of which date to the 1920’s. There are also numerous examples of early vernacular architecture. As previously mentioned, one of the possible reasons for removing a structure from the Inventory is that there are a sufficient number of other, better preserved or more important resources of the same type elsewhere within the City. This appears to be the case with this property.
Staff agrees with the analysis of both Meta Bunse and Sheila McElroy and is recommending that the appeal be granted.
RECOMMENDATION
Grant the appeal.
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