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HEMA No. 2023-02 – The Gilmaker Block (302 West Fourth Street) May 3, 2023 Page 5 3 3 8 2 1. A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal changes to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and spatial relationships. The project complies with Standard No. 1. The property currently maintains its historic use as a multi-tenant commercial building. The proposed use will continue multi-tenant commercial use and will add a new restaurant use to the ground floor and in the new rooftop addition. The new restaurant use will not disturb the historic building, as the interior configuration will remain substantially the same, requiring minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces, and special relationships. The addition will be setback away from the primary building facades in order to maintain the historic building’s overall character. 2. The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of historic materials or alteration of features and spaces that characterize a property shall be avoided. The project complies with Standard No. 2. The historic character of the subject property will be retained and preserved. The proposed rooftop addition and interior alterations have been designed to remove as little historic material as possible. The addition will be smaller in size and massing than the historic building and setback between 15-31 feet from the three street-facing facades so to limit visibility from the public right-of-way. The addition is designed to complement the historic building without overwhelming the existing historic character through its flat roof, rectangular shape, similar yet distinct fenestration, and darker shade of brick laid in a different bond pattern. The majority of building features and materials to be removed or replaced are not historic, including the two large, non-original windows on the east façade, non-original aluminum storefront at the north façade, and some of the rear fenestration. Although a new door opening will be added to the east facade to provide access to the electrical room, it will be located towards the rear of building and will not disrupt the building’s character defining features (besides a small amount of brick). Changes to the rear (south) façade, including the reuse of existing brick and/or new brick to match parts that require brick infill; the removal of two windows, five infilled windows, two existing window openings, one door with arched transom, and one existing arched infilled door; and the addition of new pedestrian and roll- up metal doors, will not harm the historic character of the property as it is located on a secondary façade that has been altered over time. Most of the building’s distinctive character defining features—which are noted as its prominent intersection location in Downtown Santa Ana; flat roof with stepped parapet; brick cladding with ornamentation at the north and east façades; recessed wood-framed storefronts and transoms at the north façade; large window openings and paired wood-framed doors with transoms at the east façade—would not be altered as part