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2117 N. Victoria Drive, Santa Ana, California <br /> <br /> Page 15 <br />d. Design new additions in a manner that makes clear what is historic and what is new. <br /> <br />The proposed second floor addition preserves the property’s significant historic features, details, and <br />materials. It is located in the rear corner of the house, not generally visible from the public right-of-way, <br />and requires minimal removal of existing material. The scale of the proposed new second floor addition <br />has been carefully designed to read as an insertion and sit within the footprint of the existing first floor <br />roof, with new walls set behind the parapet edge, incorporating a roof with a low pitch to minimize the <br />scale. Materials and design details have been chosen to avoid creating a faux historical look and make <br />clear what is historic and what is new. Materials will complement and pick up on existing, but also be <br />differentiated from old with simplified forms and finishes. <br /> <br />13.8.2 Site Plan Considerations <br />a. Additions should be carefully placed to minimize changes in the historic appearance of the <br />building from the street (Refer to Figure 13-39a & 13-39b). <br />b. Additions should be placed to the side or rear of the property and should minimize use of the street <br />facing facades. <br /> <br />The proposed second floor addition is located in the rear of the existing house. The project architect <br />prepared several line of sight studies (see Attachment D, Sheet A-1.0), as well as photo mock-ups in order <br />to ensure the addition would not generally be visible from the public-right-of-way (see Attachment D, <br />photo mock-ups, Photos 1-5). Studies clearly show the addition is not visible from the majority of <br />positions standing across Victoria Drive and/or on the sidewalk adjacent to the property. There are two <br />locations where the addition will be minimally visible. The first is above the one-story portion of the <br />existing roof in the south bay over the living room, when standing directly across the street (looking <br />west), though it is an almost imperceptibly slim portion of the new roof that will be visible (see Photo 3). <br />The second location is near the southwest corner of the property when standing across the street (looking <br />northeast), though that view will be partially shrouded by trees (see Photo 5). <br /> <br />13.8.3 Architectural Compatibility <br />a. The design of a proposed addition should complement the overall scale, proportion, massing and <br />detailing of the original structure and should not destroy historically significant features, <br />materials or finishes. <br />b. Additions that may alter the facade of the building need to be considered carefully. Additions to <br />architecturally significant buildings need to complement distinctive design features such as: <br />• Building scale, massing and proportion; <br />• Exterior materials; <br />• Roof style, pitch, material; <br />• Finished floor height; <br />• Color; and, <br />• Window rhythm, size, shape and type. <br />c. Avoiding a “faux” historical appearance, new additions may also incorporate architectural details <br />compatible with, but not necessarily identical to, the historic structure, including: <br />• Exterior material pattern <br />• Window rhythm, size, shape and type; <br />• Trim and decoration; <br />• Foundation wall detailing. <br /> <br />The proposed project achieves architectural compatibility, as the design of the proposed addition will read <br />as an insertion sitting within the footprint of the existing first floor roof, with new walls set behind the <br />parapet edge, incorporating a roof with a low pitch to minimize the scale. There will be minimal change <br />3-61