75A - PH - APPEAL SEXLINGER PROPERTY 1584 E SANTA CLARA AVE

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REQUEST FOR Historic Resources Commission Action HSTORIC RESOURCES COMMISMN N EETM DATE: APRIL 5, 2012 TITLE: PUBLIC HEARING - HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION APPLICATION NO. 2012-01 AND HISTORIC REGISTER CATEGORIZATION NO. 2012-01 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1584 E. SANTA CLARA AVENUE Prepared by Hally Soboleske HISTORIC RESOURCES C)OMM1S M SECRETARY APPROVED ? As Recommended ? As Amended ? Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO Executive Director Planning Manager RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt a resolution approving Historic Resources Commission Application No. 2012-01 and Historic Register Categorization No. 2012-01. Reauest of Applicant This request is for a site, which includes a farmhouse and orange orchard, to be designated to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties (Exhibit 1). The City of Santa Ana prepared this nomination in response to public request to determine the site's historic merit. Prolect Location and Site Description The subject property Is rectangular in shape, and is located at 1584 East Santa Clara Avenue. It is approximately five acres in size, and includes a 1,350 square foot Craftsman-style farmhouse and a Valencia orange grove of approximately 250 trees. The site is surrounded primarily by residential land uses with Portola Park immediately to the east. The property is zoned R1 (Single Family Residential) with a General Plan Land Use Designation of LR-7 (Low Density Residential). It is located within the Portola Park neighborhood. The residence was constructed in 1914 by Perry V. Grout, but was sold shortly thereafter to George and Sophia Sexlinger. Members of the Sexlinger family resided in the home until 2006. Prolect Backaround Upon her death in 2006 Martha Sexlinger, the last member of the Sexlinger family then residing on the property, passed ownership of the property to Concordia University Foundation and the Lutheran Church of Orange County. Exhibit A i 75A-5