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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 ! 2 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). ..... 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