TO: Chair and Members of the Design Review Committee
THRU: Hayden Beckman, Planning Manager
FROM: Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director
1. SUBJECT
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Draft Historic Preservation Ordinance.
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2. SUMMARY
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A draft Historic Preservation Ordinance has been prepared to comprehensively address the management of historic and cultural resources including properties and districts, as well as archaeological and tribal resources. The proposed Ordinance also establishes the structure and responsibilities of a Heritage Commission, the establishment of a City Historic Register and related criteria and processes for resource designation. Content also addresses demolition, relocation, property maintenance, and preservation incentives.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Provide comments on the working draft of the Historic Preservation Ordinance.
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4. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Orange Municipal Code addresses historic resources in Chapter 17.17, Historic Districts (Attachment 2). The content of this Chapter is limited to the procedures and criteria for establishing historic districts. The Chapter also establishes the applicability of development and design standards for established historic districts including:
* Historic Preservation Design Standards for Old Towne Orange
* Orange Eichler Design Standards
* Secretary of Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitation
* Southwest Project Area Design Standards (amended and no longer applicable)
Furthermore, this section of the Code establishes the applicability of the State of California Historic Building Code to the alteration, rehabilitation, preservation, restoration or relocation of a cultural resource or structure within a historic district.
Given the high priority the City and community place on the responsible stewardship of historic resources and high volume of historic preservation activity in the Community Development Department, the present Code falls s...
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