80A - JT PUBLIC HRG-320 WEST FOURTH

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Historic Resource Impacts Courthouse Lofts Project 320 West Fourth Street Santa Ana, California differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment." Standard 10 states: "New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in a matter that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired," The National Park Service also provides technical monographs and briefs to aid in applying the Standards. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings (1995) factors to consider in assessing compatibility of new construction: materials; features; size; scale and proportion; massing; spatial relationships; and differentiation of historic construction from new construction. Evaluation of Compatibility of Proposed Design with the Downtown Historic District The proposed project is new construction on a lot that has been vacant for almost 30 years. The district context, analyzed earlier in this report, is that of a central business district urban development pattern (built to the lot line) of commercial and mixed-use buildings. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation specifies that new construction should be compatible with the historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the District. The new work should be differentiated form the old and should be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment. One of the most significant criteria to evaluate for compatibility within the Santa Ana Historic District are the size, scale and proportion, and spatial relationships of the proposed building relative to other structures in the Historic District. The National Register Historic District Nomination stated that the District's structures are predominantly two story buildings ".. .complemented by a scattering of taller structures, the largest of which is six stories." The First National Bank Building at 102-106 West Fourth Street is the tallest at 6 stories and 83 feet in height. The buildings of the Historic District include buildings one-, two, three-, four- and six-stories high. The 2001 Survey Update categorized buildings by Resource Attributes and the buildings along West Fourth Street were HP6, "1-3 story commercial building", or HP7, "3+ story commercial building". (Note: the West End Theater received a theater specific attribute) Kaplan Chen Kaplan 10 April 20, 2006 80A-89