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RESOLUTION NO. 99-5981
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA TO INITIATE AMENDMENTS TO
THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE TO INCORPORATE
THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS FOR
REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
The City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach does hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. On April 20' 1999, the City Council conducted a public meeting to consider the
Secretary of the Interior Standards for Rehabilitation of historic buildings in connection with the City's
Historic Preservation Ordinance.
SECTION 2. The City Council determined that standards and review criteria are needed in
connection with the review and approval process of applications for Certificates of Appropriateness to
alter landmark buildings pursuant to the City's Historic Preservation Ordinance, and that the Secretary
of Interior Standards for Building Rehabilitation, listed as follows, should be considered for
incorporation into said Ordinance to serve that purpose (which should also include reference to the
Secretary of Interior's Technical Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings).
a) A property shall be used for its historic purpose or be placed in anew use that requires
minimal change to the defining characteristics of the building and its site and environment.
b) The historic character of a property shall be retained and preserved. The removal of historic
materials or alteration of features and spaces that characterize a property shall be avoided.
c) Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its time, place, and use. Changes
that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or
architectural elements from other buildings, shall not be undertaken.
d) Most properties change over time; those changes that have acquired historic significance in
their own right shall be retained and preserved.
e) Distinctive features finishes, and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that
characterize a historic property shall be preserved.
0 Deteriorated historic features shall be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of
deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature shall match the
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old in design, color, texture, and other visual qualities and, where possible, materials.
Replacement of missing features shall be substantiated by documentary, physical, or pictorial
evidence.
g) Chemical treatment, such as sandblasting, that cause damage to historic materials shall not
be used. The surface cleaning of structures, if appropriate, shall be undertaken using the
gentlest means possible.
h) Significant archeological resources affected by a project shall be protected and preserved. If
such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures shall be undertaken.
i) New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic
materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old
and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the
historic integrity of the property and its environment.
j) New additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be undertaken in such a
manner that if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property
and its environment would be unimpaired.
SECTION 3. Based on the foregoing, the City Council hereby initiates a text amendment to
establish standards for alteration and rehabilitation to historic building based on the standards of the
Secretary of the Interior, and to set this matter for public hearing.
PASSED, APPXO I, �id ADOPTED this 27h day of April 1999
PRESIDENT of the
CITY CLERK
and MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
PR VED AS TC
ITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
I, Naoma Valdes, Deputy City Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Hermosa Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 99-5981 was duly and regularly passed, approved and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a Regular Meeting of
said Council at the regular place thereof on April 27, 1999.
The vote was as follows:
AYES:
Bowler, Edgerton, Oakes, Reviczky
NOES:
Mayor Benz
ABSTAIN:
None
ABSENT:
None
DATED: May 3, 1999