HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-05-1984 HPC Minutes CITY OF SARATOGA
HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
MINUTES
DATE: Wednesday, September 5, 1984, 3:30 p.m.
PLACE: Saratoga Community Library, 13650 Saratoga Avenue,
Saratoga
TYPE: Regular Meeting
ROUTINE ORGANIZATION
Roll Call
Present: Commissioners Cameron, Heid, Henderson, Kvamme, Voester,
Chairman Landsness
Absent: Commissioner McArthur
Minutes
After correcting certain minor errors, the Commission waived the
reading of minutes for the meeting of Augustl, 1984 and approved
the minutes unanimously.
I. OLD BUSINESS
Commissioner Voester asked about the status of the Zambetti
application and staff responded that it was still incomplete.
Commissioner Cameron commented that the applicant would have
to apply to the National Register for tax breaks and that the
moving of a structure would affect the "integrity of location"
criteria used by the Register.
Commissioner Henderson stated that the title pages of the current
inventory binders used by the Commission should be changed to
read "survey" as discussed at the last meeting. Commissioner
Kvamme indicated she would change the title pages.
Chairman Landsness began a discussion of the upcoming Town
Meeting by disclosing the tentative agenda, showing a sample
invitation, and discussing its contents. The Commission also
discussed the cover for the Town Meeting Program, its contents,
and the mailing list for the meeting invitations.
II. NEW BUSINESS
A. Amendments to Heritage Preservation Ordinance
Commissioner Henderson suggested that the Commission start
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at the beginning of the ordinance and go through it section
by section to determine what changes were needed. Staff
suggested that the Commission first determine its goals and
what it wanted the ordinance to accomplish. The Commission
indicated its goals were to strengthen and clarify the or-
dinance to ensure that the City's heritage resources can
be designated.
Commissioner Cameron commented that after the the Commission's
meeting with Mr. Gallup (State Office of Historic Preservation)
that the City should go the route of the Historic Overlay
Zone rather than the Historic District provided for in the
current ordinance. The existing ordinance should be used
to designate specific landmarks. Gilroy's preservation or-
dinance was cited as an example which Saratoga could use in
revising its oridnance.
The Commission then began its review of the existing ordinance
as follows:
Section 1: The consensus of the Commission was that this
section should remain unchanged.
Section 2: The Commission determined that definitions for
the Saratoga Survey of Historic Sites and
Structures and the Saratoga Inventory of Desig-
nated Heritage Resources should beadded. The term"aesthetic
in definition (c) is to be deleted.
Section 3: Unchanged.
Section 4: Replace the term "inventory'in Sec. 4 (a) with
the'~aratoga Survey of Historic Sites and
Structures~ Sec. 4 (e) should be modified to
include Commission review of moving permits
for items on the City's survey as well as de-
signated heritage resources.
Section 5: Criteria. Commissioner Cameron indicated that
Mr. Gallup suggested using National Register
criteria. There was Commission consensus to
eliminate the word "aesthetic".
The Commission then discussed using one or two criteria to
determine if a site or structure had historic merit. The
consensus of the Commission was to continue to use one cri-
terion.
Commissioner Heid indicated that there was a need to define
what would be allowed to designate a structure that had been
moved rather than allow segments to be moved to create a re-
plica. Discussion then followed on the necessity for site
integrity, The Commission decided that a criterion (h) should
be added indicating that an historic structure should be moved
intact and that 80% of the exterior of the structure should
be original (i.e. no more than 20% new exterior materials).
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Commissioner Voester suggested a statement that replicas would
not be allowed.
The Commission decided to continue the review of the ordinance to
the next meeting.
III. ADJOURMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary