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File #: 2025-5327   
Type: Regular Agenda Item
Body: Historical Advisory Board
On agenda: 10/2/2025
Title: PLN25-0114 - 1711 Arbor Street - Applicant: Jason Phoen. Public hearing to consider: (1) removing the property from the Historical Buildings Study List; and (2) a Certificate of Approval to allow the demolition of an existing 1,341 square foot two-story residential building built prior to 1942, and included in the historical buildings study list, to construct a 2,700 square foot, two-story building. General Plan: Medium-Density Residential. Zoning: R-4 Residential District. CEQA Determination: This project is exempt from further environmental review as a Class 1 categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(l)(1) - Existing facilities - demolition and removal of individual small structures listed in 15301(l), including one single-family residence, and on a separate and independent basis, as a Class 32 categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 - In-Fill Development Project consistent with the applicable general plan designation and zoning regula...
Attachments: 1. Exhibit 1 - Project Plans, 2. Exhibit 2 - 2025 Updated Historic Evaluation, 3. Exhibit 3 - 2025 DPR Form, 4. Exhibit 4 - 1711 Arbor Street Permit History, 5. Exhibit 5 - 1979 Survey Photo, 6. Exhibit 6 - Draft Resolution
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PLN25-0114 - 1711 Arbor Street - Applicant: Jason Phoen. Public hearing to consider: (1) removing the property from the Historical Buildings Study List; and (2) a Certificate of Approval to allow the demolition of an existing 1,341 square foot two-story residential building built prior to 1942, and included in the historical buildings study list, to construct a 2,700 square foot, two-story building. General Plan: Medium-Density Residential. Zoning: R-4 Residential District. CEQA Determination: This project is exempt from further environmental review as a Class 1 categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(l)(1) - Existing facilities - demolition and removal of individual small structures listed in 15301(l), including one single-family residence, and on a separate and independent basis, as a Class 32 categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 - In-Fill Development Project consistent with the applicable general plan designation and zoning regulations. No exceptions to the exemptions apply because the building is determined to not be a historic resource. (This was continued from the September 4, 2025, Historical Advisory Board Meeting)
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Steven Buckley, Historical Advisory Board Secretary

BACKGROUND

The project site at 1711 Arbor Street is an irregular quadrilateral interior lot measuring about 50 feet wide by 94 and 72 feet deep on each respective side, developed with a two-story 1,341 square foot, two-story single-family residential building., The site is located on the west side of Arbor Street just north of the intersection with Pacific Avenue. The property is neighbored by single-family residential buildings on all sides. The building was originally built in 1889 and has been substantially modified since then, including major changes such as the addition of a story, and minor changes, such as roof improvements and front stair replace...

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