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Historic Preservation Ordinance Informational Workshop: The City of Alameda is proposing to update the Historic Preservation Ordinance, Alameda Municipal Code Section 13-21, to ensure that it reflects best practices in the field of historic preservation. The Historical Advisory Board will hold a public workshop to review the existing ordinance and discuss ideas for proposed revisions. No final action will be taken at this meeting. A public workshop to review and discuss amendments to the Historic Preservation Ordinance is not subject to environmental review under CEQA
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To: Chair Saxby and Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Allen Tai, Secretary to the Historical Advisory Board
Date: October 1, 2020
BACKGROUND
The Historic Preservation Ordinance (AMC Section 13-21 https://library.municode.com/ca/alameda/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CHXIIIBUHO_ARTVIIHIPR) was last updated in 2003. Several attempts to update the ordinance have occurred over the years, with the most recent effort taking place in 2012-2013. Unfortunately, the ordinance revisions have been on hold since mid-2013 due to limited staff resources and changes in City of Alameda (City) priorities. Recently, the City received an application to amend the Historic Preservation Ordinance (Ordinance) to adopt the Mills Act program, which is a property tax incentive program under state law. As part of the review of that request, staff believes this is an appropriate time to resume work on the ordinance update such that the Mills Act can be considered as part of larger update to the Historic Preservation Ordinance.
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide a brief overview of the information to be presented to the Historical Advisory Board (HAB) on October 1st. That HAB meeting will serve as a "kick-off" to update the Historic Preservation Ordinance. Staff will review the existing ordinance with the HAB and summarize previous work to update the current Historic Preservati...
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