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File #: 2025-5327   
Type: Regular Agenda Item
Body: Historical Advisory Board
On agenda: 9/4/2025
Title: PLN25-0114 - 1711 Arbor Street - Applicant: Jason Phoen. Public hearing to consider: (1) removing the property from the Historical Building 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 building study list, to facilitate a remodel and a 1,368 square foot, two-story addition to the existing 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 gene...
Attachments: 1. Exhibit 1 - Project Plans, 2. Exhibit 2 - 2025 Historic Evaluation, 3. Exhibit 3 - 1711 Arbor Street Permit History, 4. Exhibit 4 - 1979 Survey Photo, 5. Exhibit 5 - 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 Building 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 building study list, to facilitate a remodel and a 1,368 square foot, two-story addition to the existing 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.

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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 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 single-family residential building at 1711 Arbor Street, 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 1894 and has had only minor modifications since then, such as roof improvements and front stair replacement.

The building has been subject to code enforcement in recent years[SB1], and the owner has recently removed some portions of the front fa?ade that were not structurally sound, having been damaged by a...

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