HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2997 - Amending Section 30-6 to Allow Historic Resource Commission to Add Conditions of Approval to Historic ApplicationsLS 10.6.20
ORDINANCE NO. NS-2997
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 30-6 OF
CHAPTER 30 (PLACES OF HISTORICAL AND
ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE) OF THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW THE HISTORIC
RESOURCES COMMISSION TO ADD CONDITIONS OF
APPROVAL TO HISTORIC APPLICATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines
and declares as follows:
A. The Historic Resources Commission has requested the ability to impose
conditions of approval on historic applications in an effort to enhance historic
projects under their review.
B. On July 7, 2020, the City Council approved the list of recommendations,
including providing the Historic Resources Commission the authority to add
conditions of approval, and directed staff to provide an ordinance amendment
to the Council within 90 days.
C. The ability to impose project conditions for projects subject to Historic
Resources Commission review and approval will facilitate preservation goals
and maintain the historic character of structures and neighborhoods.
Section 2. Section 30-6 of Chapter 30 (Places of Historical and Architectural
Significance) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 30-6. — Modification of historic properties.
(a) No exterior physical modifications, other than those identified by the
historic resources commission for administrative approval by city staff,
shall be permitted with respect to an historic structure until the historic
resources commission approves such request at a duly noticed public
hearing and issues a certificate of appropriateness. The historic resources
commission shall issue the certificate of appropriateness upon finding that
the proposed modification(s) does not substantially change the character
and integrity of the historic property. The minutes of the historic resources
commission meeting shall serve as the official record.
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(b) An application for exterior modification of a historic structure shall be
accompanied, except for those subject to administrative approval by city
staff pursuant to subsection (a), by payment of an application fee set in
such amounts as shall be established by resolution of the city council.
(c) The building official may determine a historic property is a dangerous
building. Modifications as determined necessary by the building official to
correct the dangerous building shall not require a certificate of
appropriateness. Modifications shall be consistent with the overall
architectural design and historic character of the structure and blend in
with the surrounding environment.
(d) The historic resources commission may impose and/or recommend
conditions of approval deemed reasonable and necessary on applications
that are subject to review and approval or recommendation by the historic
resources commission.
Section 3. Adoption of this Ordinance is exempt pursuant to general rule that
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) applies only to projects that have the
potential for causing a significant effect on the environment in accordance with Section
15061 (b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines. Approval of this ordinance allowing
recommendation of project conditions for projects subject to Historic Resources
Commission review and approval will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby
declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
ADOPTED this 20th day of October, 2020.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho
City Attorney
By: LUY10. / , . R�U for
Lisa E. Storck
Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers Bacerra, Mendoza, Penaloza, Pulido, Sarmiento
Solorio. Villeaas (7)
NOES: Councilmembers None (0)
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers None (0)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers None (0)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, DAISY GOMEZ, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the attached
Ordinance No. NS-2997 to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on October 20, 2020 and that said ordinance was published in
accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date: -
Daisy tomez
Clerk of the Cory cil
City of Santa Ana
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