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(Pass for Publication) Ordinance Listing 2025 P Street as a Landmark on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources (M24-003)
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FileID
File ID: 2024-01342
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Location
Location: 2025 P Street (007-0246-005-0000), District 4, Represented by Councilmember Valenzuela
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Recommendation
Recommendation:1) Review an ordinance listing 2025 P Street as a landmark on the Sacramento Register of Historical and Cultural Resources; and 2) pass for publication the ordinance title per Sacramento City Charter section 32(c) for City Council consideration on August 13, 2024.
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Contact
Contact: Sean de Courcy, Preservation Director, (916) 808-2796, sdecourcy@cityofsacramento.org, Community Development Department
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Presenter
Presenter: None
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Ordinance
3-Historic Resource Evaluation
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The property owner retained the consulting services of Historic Environment Consultants to prepare and submit property-specific background research and a historic resource evaluation form (Attachment 3) for 2025 P Street. After review of the background research, staff presented a Statement of Nomination to the Acting Preservation Director who concluded at a public hearing on March 28, 2024, that the property appears eligible for listing in the Sacramento register pursuant to the criteria provided in Sacramento City Code section 17.604.210.A.1. iii. On April 17, 2024, the Preservation Commission held a hearing and passed a motion recommending the City Council adopt an ordinance listing 2025 P Street in the Sacramento Register. Staff has prepared a draft ordinance (Attachment 2) which justifies listing the property on the Sacramento Register.
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PolicyConsiderations
Policy Considerations: The City Council has found “that significant aspects of the City’s rich and diverse historic resources deserve recognition and preservation to foster an understanding of our heritage, and to promote the public health and safety and the economic and general welfare of the people of the city. The preservation and continued use of historic resources are effective tools to sustain and revitalize neighborhoods and business districts within the city, enhance the city’s economic, cultural and aesthetic standing, its identity, its livability, marketability and urban character” (Sacramento City Code section 17.604.100.A.). To this end, the city code directs the Preservation Director, to “make preliminary determinations relative to properties’ eligibility for listing on the Sacramento register” and to “initiate proceedings to nominate resources for listing on the Sacramento register” (Pursuant to City Code sections 17.604.100.C.2 and 17.604.220).
The nomination of 2025 P Street for listing as a landmark on the Sacramento Register is consistent with the goals of the Sacramento 2040 General Plan, which provides for the identification and preservation of historical and cultural resources. General Plan policy HCR-2.3 states, “The City shall maintain and update the Sacramento Register… proactively identifying and listing additional unidentified landmarks.”
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EconomicImpacts
Economic Impacts: Not applicable.
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EnvironmentalConsiderations
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): The listing of 2025 P Street as a historic landmark on the Sacramento register is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15308. Section 15308 exempts from CEQA review acts that are undertaken to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment. Listing the property as a historic landmark would ensure that future development on the site would undergo preservation review, as part of the city’s site plan and design review process, prior to the granting of any entitlements, thereby protecting the historic resource, which would be considered part of the environment.
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Sustainability
Sustainability: Not applicable.
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Commission/Committee Action
Commission/Committee Action: On March 28, 2024, the City of Sacramento’s Preservation Director, in conformance with Section 17.604.220 of the City Code, held a public hearing, reviewed the historic analysis prepared by Historic Environment Consultants (Attachment 2), and concurred with a draft statement of nomination and directed staff to prepare a draft Ordinance (Attachment 1) for review and consideration by the Preservation Commission. On April 17, 2024, the Preservation Commission held a hearing and passed a motion recommending the City Council adopt an ordinance listing 2025 P Street in the Sacramento Register.
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RationaleforRecommendation
Rationale for Recommendation: The listing of 2025 P Street (Figure 1) as a landmark on the Sacramento Register is consistent with the Historic Preservation Chapter (17.604) of the City Code and the goals of the 2040 General Plan. Listing the nominated resource on the Sacramento register will help ensure its preservation and encourage rehabilitation consistent with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
The house is a good example of Colonial Revival architecture with influences of American Foursquare and Sacramento vernacular design constructed in the first decade of the 20th century. Most major features are intact. Although some alterations have been made, changes have been mostly compatible and do not detract from the architectural language of the building. Significant features and characteristics include: hipped roof; central hipped dormer with window flanked by louvers; overhanging eaves with slight brackets; symmetrical massing, narrow lap siding; fluted two-story pilasters capped by Ionic capitals; open front porch with flat roof, balustrade, knee wall, and square fluted columns. Therefore, the house meets criteria for listing in the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources under City Code criterion 17.604.210(A)1.a.iii, as the embodiment of distinctive characteristics of Period Revival architectural design of the early 20th century. It is reasonable and appropriate that 2025 P Street be listed on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources under Criterion iii.
The building at 2025 P Street has integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association.
The building retains a moderately high degree of historic integrity in all six aspects. The neighborhood and building remain mostly unchanged. There have been some alterations after the completion of the building, but they have been compatible with the style and scale of the site and are easily reversible, and photographic documentation exists of original features.
The building at 2025 P Street has significant historic or architectural worth, and its designation as a landmark is reasonable, appropriate and necessary to promote, protect and further the goals and purposes of this chapter.
The building at 2025 P Street has been well-maintained and retains a high level of integrity with regards to its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and association. 2025 P Street is a significant and unique representation of the Period Revival architectural style in Sacramento.
Figure 1: 2025 P Street
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FinancialConsiderations
Financial Considerations: Not applicable.
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LocalBusinessEnterprise
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
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