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HEMA No. 2023-08 – The Cypress Fire Station (625 S. Cypress Avenue) November 2, 2023 Page 5 3 7 9 0 south) and rear (east) facades. The restoration standards listed below analyze the proposed primary (west) façade restoration, select window restoration at the secondary (north and south) and rear (west) facades, and removal of the rear addition. The following is a review of the findings as they pertain to the applicable criteria: 1. Standard for Rehabilitation No. 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 Rehabilitation Standard No. 1. The subject building was originally constructed in 1928 as Santa Ana’s Fire Station No. 4, whose interior configuration featured a front office, apparatus room for fire truck parking, kitchen, locker room, supply room for storage, dormitory, instrument room, generator room, rear bedroom and bathroom, and a battery room. Although its use later changed to a community center, the building footprint has remained intact with the exception of a rear addition. Although currently vacant, the proposed interior and exterior changes will accommodate a proposed multi-purpose use, with front and rear offices, three multi-purpose rooms, interior restrooms, janitor’s room, a rear kitchen, and two new hallways. The project complies with Rehabilitation Standard No. 1 as the new interior changes will require minimal changes to the distinctive materials, features, spaces, and special relationships. Doors and window changes will occur on secondary and rear facades only. At the interior, the large apparatus room for fire truck parking will be rehabilitated into a multi-purpose room, keeping the original open layout towards the front (west). The remainder of the rooms will be rehabilitated into new uses to accommodate the multi-purpose use along with ADA access, while keeping as close as possible to the original floor plan. Standard for Restoration No. 1 - A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that interprets the property and its restoration period. The project complies with Restoration Standard No. 1 as the primary (west) façade will be fully restored to its original 1928 design. Although the building will not serve as its original fire station use, it will continue to be understood as an historic fire station building through restoration of the fire truck double doors and building signage reading “ENGINE COMPANY NO 4.” 2. Standard for Rehabilitation No. 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 Rehabilitation Standard No. 2. The historic character of the subject property will be retained and preserved. The interior tenant improvement project with new ADA access has been designed to remove as little historic material as possible and will be located on secondary (north and south)