Title
Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Secretary to the Board to act on Certificate of Approvals for projects that result in the removal of more than 30% of the value of a structure built prior to 1942, pursuant to Alameda Municipal Code Section 13-21.7, but do not involve resources, currently listed or eligible to be included, on the Historical Buildings Study List. The adoption of this resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3) and 15378(b)(5), because the activity approved by this resolution neither commits the City to implement any specific project nor will it result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
Body
Honorable Chair and
Members of Historical Advisory Board
Allen Tai, Secretary to the Board
December 7, 2017
Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Secretary to the Board to act on Certificate of Approvals for projects that result in the removal of more than 30% of the value of a structure built prior to 1942, pursuant to Alameda Municipal Code Section 13-21.7, but do not involve resources, currently listed or eligible to be included, on the Historical Buildings Study List. The adoption of this resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3) and 15378(b)(5), because the activity approved by this resolution neither commits the City to implement any specific project nor will it result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
BACKGROUND
In recent years, the Historical Advisory Board held public hearings to consider Certificates of Approval on projects that triggered the demolition threshold for pre-1942 buildings, but the projects often involved structures that clearly have no historical merit and were not eligible for the Historical Buildings Study List. The Historical Advisory Board holds public hearings for no more than five such ap...
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