CITY OF SANTA MONICA
CITY COUNCIL
STATEMENT
OF OFFICIAL
ACTION
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PROJECT CASE
NUMBER: Landmarks Designation Case No. LC-03-LM-002 LOCATION: 128
Hollister Avenue (American Foursquare-Style Residence) APPLICANT: Santa Monica Landmarks Commission APPELLANT: Rosario Perry (03APP-010) PROPERTY OWNER: City of Santa Monica CASE
PLANNER: Elizabeth Bar-El, AICP,
Associate Planner REQUEST: Appeal
of the Landmarks Commission’s decision to designate the structure at 128
Hollister Avenue (American Foursquare-Style Residence) a City Landmark. CEQA STATUS: The proposed project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Class 31, Section 15331 of the State Implementation Guidelines in that the approval of the landmark designation consists of a project limited to the preservation of a historical resource in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings. |
CITY
COUNCIL ACTION
August 26, 2003. Date
Approved based on the following findings
and subject to the conditions below.
X Denied Appeal
03-010. Designation of Landmark Case
No. LC-
03-LM-002
upheld.
______________ Other.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACTION:
August 26, 2003 Designation of
Landmark Case No. LC-03-LM-002
FINDINGS
Following
a public hearing held on August 26, 2003, the City Council denied the appeal
and upheld the Landmarks Commission’s approval of LC-03-LM-002 based upon the
following findings. Each and all of the
findings and determinations are based on the competent and substantial
evidence, both oral and written, contained in the entire record relating to the
project. All summaries of information contained herein or in the findings are
based on the substantial evidence in the record. The absence of any particular
fact from any summary is not an indication that a particular finding is not
based in part on that fact:
(1) It
exemplifies, symbolizes, or manifests elements of the cultural, social,
economic, political, or architectural history of the City.
The front
structure on the subject property is an example of the American Foursquare
style, built around
1905, and was one of six houses built along the south side of
Hollister Avenue at that time according to the Sanborn map of 1909. This architectural type was
prevalent during the early history of the City, and specifically in the Ocean
Park area in the first decades of the 20th Century. This property is a particularly intact, vernacular building,
whose preservation maintains a physical record of the era of the turn of the
century beach community. Furthermore,
this structure is visible as an entry point into Ocean Park. There are other
examples of this style remaining in the South Beach neighborhood, but the
subject structure is one of the most intact and pristine examples left. As one of the larger, more substantial
residences developed during the “upgrade” of South Beach at the turn of the 20th
Century, the structure conveys a strong sense of the district’s urban
development and architectural heritage. Therefore, the subject property meets this criterion.
(2) It embodies
distinguishing architectural characteristics valuable to a study of a period,
style, method of construction, or the use of indigenous materials or
craftsmanship, or is a unique or rare example of an architectural design,
detail, or historical type to such a study.
The
subject property contains many of the character-defining features of the
American Foursquare Style including its overall proportions and scale, its
ornate rafter tails and the full-length bands of windows along the upper and
lower floors of the front façade. These
distinguishing architectural characteristics are valuable to a study of this
style, particularly since they are relatively unchanged since the period of
significance for the property, which is rare within the City Of Santa Monica
and within the South Beach area.
Therefore, the subject property meets this criterion.
(3) It has a unique location, a singular
physical characteristic, or is an established and familiar visual feature of a
neighborhood, community or the City.
The subject property meets this criterion because this
building has been located in the neighborhood since its construction, circa
1905, and as such it has become an established feature at the edge of the
historic South Beach residential tract.
Although not located on the corner, the house is next to the western
corner property on the south side of Hollister Avenue and is clearly visible
upon approach to the neighborhood from the beach. As such, it is a visual indication of entrance into the South
Beach neighborhood and links the neighborhood to its period of significance,
during which these beach houses sprung up and created the image of Santa Monica
as a thriving summer beach community.
VOTE
Ayes: Feinstein, Katz, McKeown, O’Connor, and Mayor Bloom
Nays: None
Abstain: Holbrook
Absent: Genser
NOTICE
If this is a final decision not subject to further appeal under the City of Santa Monica Comprehensive and Zoning Ordinance, the time within which judicial review of this decision must be sought is governed by Code of Civil Procedures Section 1094.6, which provision has been adopted by the City pursuant to Municipal Code Section 1.16.010.
I hereby certify that this Statement of Official Action
accurately reflects the final determination of the City Council of the City of
Santa Monica.
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MARIA M. STEWART, City Clerk Date