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REQUEST FOR <br />Historic Resources Commission Action <br />HSTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 5, 2012 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - HISTORIC RESOURCES <br />COMMISSION APPLICATION NO. 2012-01 <br />AND HISTORIC REGISTER CATEGORIZATION <br />NO. 2012-01 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1584 <br />E. SANTA CLARA AVENUE <br />Prepared by Hally Soboleske <br />C75?1?? I e&PL " <br />Executive Director Planning Manager <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution approving Historic Resources Commission Application No. 2012-01 and Historic <br />Register Categorization No. 2012-01. <br />Reguest of Applicant <br />This request is for a site, which includes a farmhouse and orange orchard, to be designated to the <br />Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties (Exhibit 1). The City of Santa Ana prepared this <br />nomination in response to public request to determine the site's historic merit. <br />Protect Location and Site Description <br />The subject property is rectangular in shape, and is located at 1584 East Santa Clara Avenue. It is <br />approximately five acres in size, and includes a 1,350 square foot Craftsman-style farmhouse and a <br />Valencia orange grove of approximately 250 trees. The site is surrounded primarily by residential land <br />uses with Portola Park immediately to the east. The property is zoned R1 (Single Family Residential) <br />with a General Plan Land Use Designation of LR-7 (Low Density Residential). It is located within the <br />Portola Park neighborhood. The residence was constructed in 1914 by Perry V. Grout, but was sold <br />shortly thereafter to George and Sophia Sexlinger. Members of the Sexiinger family resided in the <br />home until 2006. <br />Protect Background <br />Upon her death in 2006 Martha Sexlinger, the last member of the Sexiinger family then residing on the <br />property, passed ownership of the property to Concordia University Foundation and the Lutheran <br />Church of Orange County. <br />Exhibit A <br />i <br />HISTORIC <br />SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />75B-5