3- HEMA2019-03_2117 N VICTORIA AVENUE

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2117 N. Victoria Drive, Santa Ana, California Page 12 Evaluation The proposed project is evaluated here for conformance with the Rehabilitation Standards of the Secretary’s Standards48 and compliance with the City of Santa Ana Historic Structures Guidelines of the Citywide Design Guidelines.49 Secretary’s Standards The Secretary’s Standards consist of four treatments, the most common of which is rehabilitation, which is defined as “the act or process of making possible a compatible use for a property through repair, alterations, and additions while preserving those portions or features which convey its historical, cultural, or architectural values.” The Secretary’s Standards are intended to be flexible and adaptable to specific project conditions to balance change while retaining historic building fabric to the maximum extent feasible. The National Park Service has created written guidance meant to aid in interpreting the Secretary’s Standards, including Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings, Preservation Briefs, Preservation Tech Notes, and Interpreting the Standards Bulletins (ITS). This evaluation follows guidance contained in the National Park Service’s Preservation Brief 14: New Exterior Additions to Historic Buildings: Preservation Concerns.50 The rehabilitation standards are listed below in italics with analysis of the proposed project’s compliance with each standard following: 1. A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships. In conformance with Standard 1, the subject property will continue to be used as it was historically, as a single-family home. 2. The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces, and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided. In conformance with Standard 2, the historic character of the subject property will be retained and preserved. The proposed new first floor bathroom will be located within an existing closet, which is not considered a character-defining feature; no distinctive materials or features will be removed. The proposed new elevator and second floor addition have been carefully designed to remove as little historic material as possible and will be in a location at the rear of the property where they are not generally visible from the public right of way and do not alter the primary west façade and/or important spatial relationships that characterize the property. 3. Each property will be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken. In conformance with Standard 3, the proposed changes will not create a false sense of historical development. The proposed new first floor bathroom will include contemporary fixtures and 48 “Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation,” National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Technical Preservation Services, https://www.nps.gov/tps/standards/rehabilitation/rehab/stand.htm. 49 “Chapter 13: Historic Structures Guidelines,” Citywide Design Guidelines, City of Santa Ana, https://www.santa- ana.org/pb/planning-division/citywide-design-guidelines. 50 Anne E. Grimmer and Kay D. Weeks, “Preservation Brief 14: New Exterior Additions to Historic Buildings: Preservation Concerns,” National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Technical Preservation Services, August 2010, https://www.nps.gov/tps/how- to-preserve/preservedocs/preservation-briefs/14Preserve-Brief-Additions.pdf. 3-58