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Santa Monica
City Council Meeting: April 13, 2009
Agenda Item: (~
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Eileen Fogarty, Planning & Community Development
Subject: Statement of Official Action Denying Appeal of Landmarks Commission
Approval of Certificate of Appropriateness Application 09-015 for 1047 gin
Street
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the attached Statement of Official
Action denying Appeal 09APP-015 and upholding the decision of the Landmarks
Commission to designate the three residential buildings at 1047 gin Street as City
Landmarks.
Executive Summary and Discussion
This staff report transmits for City Council certification the Statement of Official Action
for Appeal 09-015. After holding a public hearing on March 9, 2010 a motion to deny
the appeal and uphold the Landmarks Commission's action, and a separate motion to
partially grant the appeal and only designate the front residential structure and the
parcel as a City Landmark, failed. Such failures resulted in the City Council taking no
action on Appeal 09-015. Pursuant to SMMC Section 1:12.240, the City Council is
deemed to have denied the appeal and affirmed the Landmarks Commission's
designation of the three residential structures as City Landmarks based upon the
attached findings and determination approved by the Landmarks Commission on
December 14, 2009.
Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
The recommendation presented in this report does not have any budget or fiscal impact.
Prepared by: Scott Albright, AICP, Senior Planner
Approved: Forwarded to Council:
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Eileen P. Fog rt~s Rod Gould
Director, Pl~ini g & Co unity City Manager
Development
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Attachments: A Statement of Official Action
B Landmarks Statement of Official Action
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ATTACHMENT A
STATEMENT OF OFFICIAL ACTION
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CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
City of
STATEMENT OF OFFICIAL ACTION
PROJECT
CASE NUMBER: Appeal 09-015
LOCATION: 1047 9th Street
APPLICANT:. City of Santa Monica Landmarks Commission
APPELLANT: Marina Belokamenskaya
PROPERTY OWNER: Marina Belokamenskaya
CASE PLANNER: Scott Albright, AICP, Senior Planner
REQUEST: Appeal 09-015 of Landmarks Commission Approval of
Landmark Designatioh Application 09-004.
CEQA STATUS: -The project is categorically exempt from the provisions of
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
15331, Class 31 of the State Implementation Guidelines in
that the project consists of designating a property as a
Landmark thereby aiding in the preservation of a historic
resource in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the
Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic
Properties with Guidelines for Preserving; Rehabilitating,
Restoring, .and Reconstructing. Historic Buildings (1995),
Weeks and Grimmer. The project is also exempt pursuant
to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). Section
15061(b)(3) .provides that CEQA only applies to those
projects that have the potential for causing a significant
effect on the environment. Since the proposed action
would result in the retention of the existing structure .and
would not change the existing environmental baseline,
there is no potential that the project would cause a
significant effect on the environment..
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CITY COUNCIL ACTION
March 9. 2010 Date
Appeal upheld and Landmarks Commission approval reversed
based upon the findings below:
Appeal denied and Landmarks Commission approval. upheld
X based on the following findings:
Other.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACTION: March 9, 2010
After holding a public hearing, a motion to deny the appeal and uphold the Landmarks
Commission's action, and a separate motion to partially grant the appeal and only
designate the front residential structure and the parcel as a City Landmark, failed. Such
failures resulted in .the City Council taking no action on Appeal 09-015. Pursuant to
SMMC Section 1.12.240, the City Council is deemed to have denied the appeal and
affirmed the Landmarks Commission's designation of the three residential structures as
City Landmarks based upon the attached findings and determination approved by the.
Landmarks Commission on December 14; 2009.
VOTE (to deny appeal and uphold decision of Landmarks Commission)
Ayes: Davis; McKeown
Nays: Bloom, O'Day; Mayor Pro Tem O'Connor
Abstain:
Absent: Holbrook; Shriver
VOTE (to partially Grant appeal and only landmark front house and parcel)
Ayes: Bloom, O'Day, Mayor Pro Tem O'Connor
Nays: Davis, McKeown
Abstain:
Absent: Holbrook, Shriver
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NOTICE
If this is a final decision not subject to further appeal under Article 9 of the Santa Monica
Municipal Code, the time within which judicial review of this decision must be sought is
governed by Code of Civil Procedures Section 1094.6, which provision has been
adopted by the City pursuant to Municipal Code Section .1.16.010.
I hereby certify that this Statement of Official Action accurately reflects the final
determination of the City Council. of the City of Santa Monica.
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MARIA M. STEWAR City Clerk
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ATTACHMENT B
LANDMARKS STATEMENT OF OFFICIAL ACTION
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FINDINGS AND DETERMINATION
OF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA IN THE MATTER OF
THE DESIGNATION OF A LANDMARK .
DESIGNATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES 09-LM-004
LOCATED AT 1047 9T" STREET AS CITY FANDMARKS
SECTION I. An application was filed by the Landmarks Commission on September 14,
2009 to designate the three residential structures at 1047 9~h Street as City landmarks.
The Landmarks Commission, having held a Public Hearing on December 14, 2009,
hereby designates the three residential kit home buildings located at 1047 9`h Street as
City Landmarks based on the following findings:
(1) It exemplifies, symbolises, or manifests elements of the cultural, social,
economic, political or architectural history of the City.
The buildings located at 1047 9th Street, which were constructed in 1923, are an
excellent example of an American Colonial Revival style bungalow court constructed
using apre-cut kit_home building system produced by the Los Angeles area Pacific
Ready-Cut. They retain sufficient contextual and architectural integrity to represent the
residential development and architectural history of Santa Monica. The subject
bungalow court is a significant example of early twentieth-century working- and middle-
class housing, which was an important building type that provided housing for Santa
Monica's work force. Furthermore, the three detached kit house residences document
the development . of mass-produced housing. in Southern California. Kit homes
represented ari affordable way for people with smaller budgets to buy info the American
dream of home owriership. Therefore,. the subject buildings manifest the cultural,
economic, arid social development of the north of Wilshire Boulevard and south of
Montana Avenue neighborhood.
(4) It embodies distinguishing architectural characferisfics valuable to a study of a
period, style, method of construction, or the use of indigenous' materials or
craftsmanship, or is a unique or rare example of an architectural design, defail or
historical type valuable fo such a study.
The three detached residences located at 1047 9th Street are excellent examples of the
American Colonial Revival style as applied to working- and middle-class housing. The
modest residences embody many of the style's character-defining features including
classical symmetry; front doors with side lights; double-hung sash windows with multiple
lights; gabled roofs; columns, and overall high level of craft. Furthermore, the subject
buildings' high integrity allows this increasingly rare building type to serve as an
excellent example of its style and type.
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(5) It is a signifrcant or a representative example of the work or product of a notable
builder, designer or architect.
The subject buildings were designed-and fabricated by Pacific Ready-Cut, the largest
and most, prolific pre-cu# kit home company in the west. They are unusually intact
examples of two styles of Pacific Ready-Cut homes that were built as depicted in the
Pacific Ready-Cut catalogue-not customized or modified by the owner or builder as
was common practice at the time. Pacific Ready-Cut offered a variety of single-family
homes, multi-family homes, and commercial buildings. The company manufactured over
46,000 homes and commercial buildings between 1908 and 1940.
SECTION II. I hereby certify that the above Findings and Determination accurately
reflect the final determination of the Landmarks Commission of the City of Santa Monica
on December 14, 2009 as determined by the following vote:
AYES: Bach, Fresco, Lehrer, Shari
NAYES: Berley, Censer
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Chair Kaplan
Each and all of the findings and determinations are based on the competent and
substantial evidence, both oral and written,. contained in the entire record relating to the
Project. All summaries of information contained herein or in the findings are based on
the substantial evidence in the record. The absence of any particular fact from any such
summary is not an indication that a particular finding is not based in part on.that fact.
Respectfully Submitte~d/~
Februa 8, 2010 ~GW y"'
Barbara Kaplan, Chairperson
Attest 7 ~ ~
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~^'` ScottAlbnght, AICP
Landmarks Commission Secretary
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