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FREE RECORDING PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE § 27383 Resolution No. 2024-03 Page 6 of 12 substantiated by documentary and physical evidence, in compliance with this standard. vi. The project complies with Standard No. 9. The proposed building alterations will not destroy historic materials, features, or spatial relationships that characterize the property at the building’s primary (south and east) facades. Rather, the proposed alterations will restore the porch to the original conditions by removing a non-original porch enclosure and restoring all existing character-defining features (e.g., existing porch posts, brackets, balustrade, frieze, spandrels, and skirting) to period-correct style. The porch enclosure is known to be a later modification, does not represent a particular style, and does not appear to have taken on any significance in its own right over time. As part of the overall work, the applicant would install concrete pier walls at the porch stairs, which are compatible with the historic porch elements, but that are also differentiated to not create a false sense of history. The work also includes the replacement of non-historic wooden railings. While the existing porch stoop railings were replaced using turned wood balusters, they are not of the same design as the extant historic examples. Moreover, the applicant proposes to install metal handrails and guardrails, simple in form and styling (i.e., no knuckles or twists) and finished in a dark color so that they recede from view, at all secondary entrances, as well as staircases to upper level. The overall simplistic design along with use of distinct materials will ensure that all alterations will be compatible with the historic building. Specifically, the concrete piers and metal railings will be 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. vii. The project complies with Standard No. 10. The proposed project, as conditioned, is considered generally reversible, as it does not remove essential aspects of the building’s form and materials. viii. Standard 4 and Standards 6-8 are not applicable. No features of this description would be affected by this Project. Section 2. In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the recommended action is exempt from further review under Section 15331, Class 31, as this action is designed in a manner consistent with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards. Based on this analysis, a Notice of Exemption, Environmental Review No. 2024 -54 will be filed for this project. Historic Resources Commission 154 7/15/2024