CC Ordinance 2113
ORDINANCE NO. 2113
BEING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CAMPBELL APPROVING THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE,
WHICH INCLUDES TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE (TITLE 21
OF THE CAMPBELL MUNICIPAL CODE)
After notification and public hearing as specified by law on the proposed Historic
Preservation Ordinance and after presentation by the Community Development
Director, proponents and opponents, the City Council did determine that the
adoption of the Historic Preservation Ordinance, which includes text
amendments to the Zoning Code (Title 21 of the Campbell Municipal Code) are
warranted based upon the following findings:
1. Recognizing the importance of historic preservation is an effective tool for
managing growth, revitalizing neighborhoods, fostering local pride and
maintaining community character while enhancing livability, the City of
Campbell currently includes Historic Preservation regulations in the City's
Zoning Ordinance.
2. Historic preservation is relevant for communities across the nation, both
urban and rural, and for Americans of all ages, al walks of life and all ethnic
backgrounds, and the City of Campbell has therefore includes Goals, Policies
and Strategies in the City's General Plan to recognize the importance of and
preserve the City's cultural resources.
3. It is important to celebrate the role of history in our lives and the contributions
made by dedicated individuals in helping to preserve the tangible aspects of
the heritage that has shaped us as a people, therefore the continuous
improvement of regulations which preserve irreplaceable resources are of
community benefit.
Based upon the foregoing findings of fact, the City Council further finds and
concludes that:
1. The proposed text amendment is consistent with the intent and purposes of
the Zoning Ordinance, which is to encourage the most appropriate use of lane
throughout the city; to stabilize and conserve the value of property; to provide
adequate light, air and reasonable access; to secure safety from fire and
other dangers; to prevent overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration
of population; to facilitate the adequate provision for transportation, water,
sewerage, schools, parks and other public health, safety, peace, morals,
comfort, and welfare, all in accordance with a comprehensive zoning code
and general plan; and
2. The proposed text amendment is consistent with the Goals, Policies and
Strategies of the General Plan pertaining to Historic Preservation by
improving regulations which preserve historic buildings, districts and cultural
resources; set forth a process for updating the Historic Resource Inventory;
encourage adaptive re-use; allow for the use of the State Historical Building
Code; and plan for economic incentives.
After due consideration of all evidence presented, the City Council of the City of
Campbell does ordain as follows:
SECTION ONE: The following provisions of the Campbell Municipal Code are
hereby amended as follows:
A. Section 21.14.020, Historic Preservation Overlay/Combining Zoning District,
is hereby amended to read as set forth in Exhibit A;
B. Section 21.33, Historic Preservation, is hereby added to read as set forth In
Exhibit A;
C. Section 21.54.040, Historic Preservation Board, is hereby amended to read
as set forth in Exhibit A;
D. Section 21.54.050, Site and Architectural Review Committee, is hereby
amended to read as set forth in Exhibit A.
SECTION TWO: This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days following
its passage and adoption and shall be published one time within fifteen (15) days
upon passage and adoption in the Campbell Express, a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Campbell, County of Santa Clara.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th
following roll call vote:
day of October ,2008, by the
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Furtado, Kennedy, Low, Hernandez
None
Burr
None
APPROVED:
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vice Mayor
ATTEST:
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Anne Bybee, City Clerk
Exhibit A
Text Amendment CMC 21.14.020 - H (Historic Preservation) Overlay/Combining
zoning district.
21.14.020 - H (Historic Preservation) Overlay/Combining zoning district.
A. Creation. There is hereby created an "H" overlay/combining zoning district for the purpose
and intent of identifying, protecting, and preserving the historic and/or cultural resources of
the city.
B. Purpose. The purpose and intent of the "H" overlay/combining zoning district is to provide a
means to preserve and enhance structures, properties, or areas of architectural,
engineering, and historic significance located within the city, identified as landmarks or
historic districts. The "H" overlay/combining zoning district shall be used in general accord
with the policies and principles of the General Plan, and is consistent with the purpose and
criteria of the historic preservation policy of the City of Campbell, as specified in Chapter
21.33 (Historic Preservation).
C. Designation. The "H" overlay/combining zoning district shall be combined with the base
zoning district of designated landmarks and historic districts pursuant to Chapter 21.60
(Amendments) and Chapter 21.33 (Historic Preservation). When established, the "H"
overlay/combining zoning district shall be shown on the zoning map following the zoning
district designation with which it is combined, (e.g., R-I-H, R-2-H, R-3-H, etc.) When so
designated, all development within the "H" overlay/ combining zoning district shall be subject
to the provisions of Chapter 21.33 (Historic Preservation).
D. Allowed uses. The principal, accessory, and conditional uses in the "H" overlay/ combining
zoning district shall be the same as those of the base zoning district with which it is
combined.
E. General provisions. When the "H" overlay/combining zoning district is applied, the general
provisions of this section as well as those of the base zoning district with which the "H"
district is combined, shall apply. Where a conflict occurs, the provisions identified in this
section shall apply. (Ord. 2043 S1 (part), 2004).
Exhibit A
Text Amendment CMC 21.33 - Historic Preservation
21.33 Historic Preservation
Sections:
21.33.010- Purpose of Chapter
21.33.020 - Applicability
21.33.030 - Reviewing Authority
21.33.040 - Definitions
21.33.050 - Historic Resources Inventory
21.33.060 - Procedures for Designation of Historic Resource Inventory Properties, Landmarks, and
Historic Districts
21.33.070 - Procedures to Authorize Construction, Demolition, Relocation, or Material Change of
an Historic Resource Inventory Property
21.33.080 - Procedures to Authorize Construction, Demolition, Relocation, or Material Change of a
Landmark or in a Historic District
21.33.090 - Procedures to Authorize a Change of Use of an Historic Resource Inventory Property,
Landmark or in an Historic District
21.33.100 - Advice and Guidance to Property Owners
21.33.110- Unsafe or Dangerous Conditions
21.33.120 - Ordinary Maintenance and Repair
21.33.130 - Duty to Keep in Good Repair
21.33.140 - Showing of Hardship in cases of Proposed Material Change
21.33.150 - Conformance Requirement
21.33.160 - Incentives
21.33.010 - Purpose of Chapter
A. Public policy. It is hereby declared as a matter of public policy that the enhancement,
perpetuation, preservation, recognition, and use of areas, natural features, sites, and
structures within the city having aesthetic, archaeological, architectural, cultural, or historic
significance is required in the interest of the cultural enrichment, economic prosperity,
health, and general welfare of the people.
B. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to:
1. Safeguard the heritage of the city by providing for the protection of landmarks
representing significant elements of its history;
2. Enhance the visual character of the city by encouraging and regulating the compatibility
of architectural styles within historic districts reflecting unique and established
architectural traditions;
3. Identify valuable and potentially valuable historic resources~
4. Foster public appreciation of a civic pride in the beauty of the city and the
accomplishments of its past;
5. Strengthen the economy of the city by protecting and enhancing the city's attractions to
residents, tourists, and visitors;
6. Stabilize and improve property values within the city;
7. Promote the private and public use of landmarks and historic districts for the education,
prosperity, and general welfare of the people;
Exhibit A
8. Encourage the preservation of existing culturally and historically significant structures as
well as landmark features on structures and sites;
9. Retain the established building patterns and architectural and cultural heritage of the
community;
10. Fulfill the city's responsibility as a Certified Local Government under Federal
preservations laws; and
11. Fulfill the city's responsibilities for Federal Section 106 reviews and for the California
Environmental Quality Act.
21.33.020 - Applicability
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all historic resources inventory properties,
landmarks, and properties and structures located within an historic district.
21.33.030 - Reviewing Authority
The Reviewing Authority for matters of Historic Preservation, as prescribed in this Chapter, shall be
the Historic Preservation Board (lithe Board"), as established by Section 21.54.040, the Planning
Commission, as established by Section 21.54.030, and the City Council.
21.33.040 - Definitions
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless otherwise
indicated from the context:
Aesthetic, architectural, cultural, or historical interest, resource, or value. A quality that
derives from, is based upon, or relates to any of the following factors:
1. Identification or association with eras, events, or persons that have contributed to local,
regional, State, or Federal history in a distinctive, important, or significant manner;
2. Identification as, or association with, a distinctive, important, or significant work or
vestige:
a. Of an architectural design, method, or style of construction;
b. Of a notable architect, artist, builder, or craftsman;
c. Of a high artistic merit;
d. The totality of which comprises a distinctive, important, or significant work or
vestige whose component parts may lack the same attributes; or
e. That has yielded, or is substantially likely to yield, information of value about
aesthetics, architecture, culture, or history, or that provides for existing and
future generations an example of the physical surroundings in which past
generations lived or worked. The factor of age alone does not necessarily confer
a special aesthetic, architectural, cultural, or historical value of interest upon a
structure or site, but it may have an effect if a more distinctive, important, or
significant example thereof no longer exists.
Alteration/substantial alteration (also alter). Any physical modification or change to the
exterior of a building, structure, site, object or designated interior that may have a negative
effect on significant features of a Historic Resource and requires Planning approval and a
building permit or does not require a building permit but may have a significant adverse effect
on character-defining features of a Historic Resource. Alteration shall also include construction
of additions, but shall not include ordinary maintenance and repair.
Exhibit A
Certified local Government. The program authorized by the National Historic Preservation
Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. Section 470 et. seq.) and the subsequent participatory agreement
between the City and the State of California Office of Historic Preservation.
City of Campbell, Design Guidelines for Historic Residential Buildings. The City of
Campbell's Guidelines that apply to any change in the exterior appearance of a residential
building through alteration or the construction of any structure on a residential property within
an Historic District, designated as a City Landmark or listed on the City's Historic Resource
Inventory.
Historic district. A district that is designated by the city. Such historic district shall be in the
form of an overlay zone in the city's zoning map pursuant to Section 21.40.020. A historic
district shall be an area that is geographically defined as possessing a concentration of historic
resources or a thematically related grouping of properties which contribute to each other.
Historic resource. A building, structure, site, object, landscape, sign, district, or contributing
member to a district that is significant in American history, architecture, engineering,
archaeology, or culture and is designated under city, state, or national significance criteria.
Historic resource inventory. The official, City Council-approved inventory of districts, sites,
buildings, structures and objects significant in the City of Campbell's history, architecture,
archaeology and culture which is maintained by the Community Development Director. This list
shall also include potential historic properties (pursuant to CEQA definition) which are
supported with preliminary historic resource data sheets prepared by the Community
Development Director and/or his/her designee.
landmark. Any designated place having a special aesthetic, architectural, cultural,
engineering, or historical value or interest and being either or any of the following:
1. An individual structure or portion thereof, or a natural feature;
2. An integrated group of structures on a single parcel;
3. A place designated as a landmark by city ordinance; or
4. Any combination of the above.
Mills Act. A state law enacted in 1972 (and amended in 1984) that grants local governments
the authority to directly implement an historic preservation program. This legislation provides
for reduced property taxes on eligible historic properties if the owner agrees to maintain and
preserve the property. In effect the Mills Act serves as an economic incentive to owners to
preserve their historic properties for the benefit of the entire community.
National Register of Historic Places (also National Register). The official inventory of
districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects significant in American history, architecture,
archaeology and culture which is maintained by the Secretary of the Interior under the authority
of the Historic Sites Act of 1935 and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended
(16 U.S.C. 470-470t, 36 C.F.R. Sections 60,63).
Place. Any area or any portion thereof, including anything, element, or fixed object thereon,
whether manmade or natural.
Exhibit A
Preservation. The conservation, enhancement, perpetuation, protection, reconstruction,
rehabilitation, repair, restoration, or other action, taken to conserve, prevent, or repair the
deterioration, destruction, or removal of a historic resource.
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation (also Secretary's Standards). The
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings, issued by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, National Park Service (36 CFR Part 67) and the publications of the
National Park Service, Preservation Assistance Division, Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic
Buildings (1992, N.P.S.) and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring and Reconstructing
Historic Buildings (1995, N.P.S.), and any subsequent publication on the Secretary's Standards
by N.P.S. The intent of the Standards is to assist the long-term preservation of a property's
historic significance through the preservation of historic materials and features.
State Historic Building Code. Part 8 of Title 24 (California Building Standards Code) of the
California Code of Regulations.
Structure. Anything constructed or erected, which requires location on the ground or
attachment to something having a location on the ground. A "structure" includes buildings,
building appendages (e.g., awnings, canopies, lighting, and marquees), edifices, fences,
fountains, kiosks, signs, and walks.
21.33.050 - Historic Resources Inventory
The historic resources inventory is a list of potentially valuable historic resources in the city. The
Community Development Department shall maintain a current record of properties on the historic
resources inventory.:. The purpose of the inventory is to identify structures that contribute to the
character of a neighborhood and the city, and may warrant preservation. Specifically, the inventory
can be used to identify or achieve the following:
1. Community's character. Identify properties that contribute to the community's
character, or that of its neighborhoods, or that illustrate its architectural and historical
development, and as a result deserve consideration in planning.
2. Community's past. Identify properties or areas whose study may provide information
about the community's past.
3. Establish priorities. Establish priorities for conservation, rehabilitation, and restoration
efforts within the community.
4. Protect historic resources. Provide the basis for using legal and financial tools to
protect and enhance historic resources.
5. Compile a contextual database for new development. Provide the community
development department with a contextual database from which to monitor and channel
new development.
6. Increase awareness. Increase awareness in the public and private sectors of the man-
made environment and the need for preservation efforts.
7. Review responsibilities. Enable the city and Federal agencies to meet their planning
and review responsibilities under existing Federal legislation and procedures.
Exhibit A
21.33.060 - Procedures for Designation of Historic Resource Inventory Properties,
Landmarks and Historic Districts
A. Initiation of designation. Designation of historic resource inventory properties, landmarks
and historic districts may be initiated by the city council, civic improvement commission,
planning commission, community development director, or on application of the owner(s) or
their authorized agents, of the property for which designation is proposed. In the case of a
proposed historic district, the consent of the owners or their authorized agents, who own 60
percent of the number of individual parcels to be included in the proposed district, is
required to request designation.
1. Required information. Any initiation shall be filed with the community development
department on the prescribed forms, available from the Community Development
Department, and shall include the following information:
a. Statement of the potential historic resource inventory property's, landmark's or
district's special aesthetic, architectural, cultural, or engineering interest or value of a
historic nature;
b. Drawings, photographs, sketches, or other descriptive material; and
c. Other information requested by the historic preservation board and planning
commission.
8. Consideration of Review Criteria. The application to designate an historic resource
inventory property, landmark or historic district shall be considered by the historic
preservation board at a public hearing, conducted in compliance with Chapter 21.64 (Public
Hearings). The board shall review the proposal for designation for conformance with the
purpose of this chapter, and with respect to the review criteria specified in 8(1) and 8(2),
below.
1. Review criteria for historic resource inventory property or landmark. In matters
where designation of a historic resource inventory property or landmark are involved, the
historic preservation board and the city council shall consider the following criteria as
guides in making its determination:
a. Historical and cultural significance.
(i.) It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the city's aesthetic, architectural,
cultural, economic, engineering, political, or social history;
(ii.) It is identified with persons or events significant in local, State, or Federal history;
(iii.) It embodies distinctive characteristics of a method, period, style, or type of
construction, or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or
craftsmanship; or
(iv.) It is representative of the notable work of an architect, builder, or designer.
b. Architectural, engineering, and historical significance.
(i.) The construction materials or engineering methods used in the proposed historic
resource inventory property or landmark are unusual or significant or uniquely
effective; or
(ii.) The overall effect of the design of the proposed historic resource inventory
property or landmark is unique, or its details and materials are unique, or
unusual.
c. Neighborhood and geographic setting.
(i.) It materially benefits the historic character of the neighborhood;
(ii.) Its location represents an established and familiar visual feature of the
neighborhood, community, or city.
Exhibit A
2. Review criteria for historic district. In matters where designation of an historic district
are involved, the historic preservation board and the city council shall consider the
following criteria, in addition to others specified above, as guides in making its
determination:
a. Neighborhood and geographic setting.
(i.) It is a geographically definable area, urban or rural, possessing a significant
concentration or continuity of objects, sites, or structures unified by past events,
or aesthetically by plan of physical development; or
(ii.) The collective value of the historic district taken together may be greater than the
value of each individual structure.
C. Historic Preservation Board Action. The Board may recommend approval or deny the
proposal for designation.
1. Deny or Recommend Approval of Designation. Upon making the required findings,
below, the historic preservation board shall recommend to the planning commission and
city council applications for an historic resource inventory property, landmark or historic
district designation for approval or modified approval.
a. Findings for approval of designation. Before recommending approval, or modified
approval, the historic preservation board shall find:
(i.) The proposed historic resource inventory property, landmark, or historic district
does possess significant aesthetic, architectural, cultural, or engineering interest
or value of an historical nature;
(ii.) An undue hardship has not been demonstrated by the owner of the property
proposed for designation; and
(iii.) Approval of the application is consistent with the purposes and criteria of this
chapter.
2. Deny Designation. The board may deny proposal for historic resource, landmark or
historic district designation and the decision shall be final unless the applicant or other
interested party files an appeal to the city council (Subsection F) in writing within 10
days of the decision, in compliance with Chapter 21.62 (Appeals).
D. Planning Commission's Action. Upon receiving a recommendation from the historic
preservation board for designation of an historic resource inventory property, landmark or
historic district, the planning commission shall hold a public hearing, consistent with agenda
preparation procedures and schedules for the meetings, in compliance with Chapter 21.64
(Public Hearings).
1. The planning commission shall consider the report of the historic preservation board and
shall consider the conformance, or lack of conformance, of the proposed designation
with the criteria identified in Subsection (B)(2), above and the General Plan.
2. The planning commission shall recommend approval, denial, or modified approval of the
proposal as provided therein.
3. The planning commission shall transmit the application and its recommendations and
comments to the city council to be considered simultaneously with the recommendations
of the historic preservation board.
E. City Council Action. The city council shall hold a public hearing in compliance with Chapter
21.64 (Public Hearings). The city council may approve, modify, or deny the proposed
designation. Approval or modified approval of designation of an historic resource inventory
Exhibit A
property shall be by resolution. Approval, or modified approval of a landmark or historic
district designation shall be upon adoption of an ordinance designating the specific
landmark or creating the specific historic district. In designating a landmark or historic
district, the ordinance shall also combine the base zoning-district(s) of the landmark or of all
properties within the historic district, with the "H" overlay/combining zoning district in
compliance with Section 21.14.020.
1. Subject to applicable regulations. If the proposed designation is granted, the
property(s) included in any designation shall be subject to the regulations identified in
this chapter and any further controls specified in the designating ordinance.
2. Secretary's letter. After approval of the designation of an historic resource inventory
property, historic district or landmark by the city council, the secretary shall mail a letter
to the owner of the subject property outlining the basis for the designation, and the
regulations that result from the designation. The secretary shall also forward a copy of
the letter to all city departments and to any other agency requesting notice or that the
secretary considers affected by the designation.
3. Filing with county recorder. The designation of an historic district or landmark shall be
filed with the county recorder as a zone change.
F. City Council's Consideration of an Appeal of a Denial for Historic Resource Inventory
Property, landmark or Historic District Designation. The city council shall consider the
appeal at the next earliest regular meeting, consistent with the agenda preparation
procedures and schedules for the meetings. The city council may approve, deny, or modify
a recommendation of the historic preservation board.
G. Interim Measure. As an interim measure, the city council may designate properties of
historic significance as historic resources for a period not to exceed one hundred twenty
(120) days as an interim measure to protect those structures of architectural significance to
allow for the formal designation to occur.
H. Amending or Rescinding of an Historic Resource Inventory Property, landmark, or
Historic District. The historic preservation board may, at any time, recommend to the city
council the amending or rescinding of an historic resource inventory property, landmark or
historic district designation in compliance with the same procedures identified in this chapter
for original designation.
I. No Fee for Designation. There shall be no fee required of an applicant(s) who wishes to
have their property(s) considered for designation as an historic resource inventory property,
a landmark, or an historic district.
J. Fee for Rescinding. The fee for rescission of an historic resource inventory property,
landmark or historic district shall be in compliance with the city council's fee resolution.
21.33.070 - Procedure to Authorize Construction, Demolition, Relocation, or
Material Change to an Historic Resource Inventory Property
A. Referral to Historic Preservation Board. When the building official or community
development director receives a development application that affects or involves an historic
resource, the application shall be referred to the historic preservation board during pre-
application review and at the time of formal application. The City of Campbell's "Design
Exhibit A
Guidelines for Historic Residential Buildings" shall be consulted when changes to residential
properties are proposed.
B. Historic Preservation Board Recommendation Required. Any change in exterior
appearance of an historic resources inventory property through alteration or construction,
which is determined by the community development director to be inconsistent with the
architectural style and character of the structure(s), shall require review and
recommendation by the historic preservation board, in accordance with the Secretary of the
Interior's Standards, before the granting of a development or building permit, in compliance
with Chapter 21.64 (Public Hearings).
C. Historic Preservation Board Review Required for Proposed Demolition. The proposed
demolition of an historic resources inventory property shall require review by the historic
preservation board conducted in compliance with Chapter 21.64 (Public Hearings).
1. The historic preservation board, in considering the appropriateness of the application
shall consider among other things the purposes of this chapter, the architectural and
historical value and significance of the structure, and the Secretary of the Interior's
Standards.
2. The historic preservation board may request that a site visit be allowed so that the
condition of the structure may be known. Additional submittal requirements may include
a report from a structural engineer and an estimate of the cost of bringing the structure
up to current building and fire codes for occupancy.
3. The historic preservation board may recommend anyone of the following actions to the
building official:
(i.) Approve the demolition application as presented; or
(ii.) Approve the demolition application with voluntary recommended actions that
could include, but are not limited to:
(a.) Offering the structure to a party interested in retaining the structure and
moving it from its current location.
(b.) Offering the structure for salvage if it is not able to be retained in some
capacity.
(iii.) Continue the application. The historic preservation board may continue action on
a demolition application for a maximum of 30 days.
(iv.) Deny the application.
D. Historic Preservation Board's Recommendation to Planning Commission. In the case
of an application for a development permit for an historic resources inventory property, the
historic preservation board may recommend anyone of the following actions to the planning
commission:
1. Approve the application as presented.
2. Approve the application subject to modifications as the historic preservation board finds
reasonable and necessary to cause the application to conform to the purposes of this
chapter and with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards;
3. Deny the application.
E. Historic Building Materials. Historic building materials shall be salvaged and/or recycled.
The applicant shall submit an Historic Building Materials Salvage/Recycle Plan to the
Community Development Director for review and approval prior to issuance of a building
permit.
Exhibit A
21.33.080 - Procedures to Authorize Construction, Demolition, Relocation, or
Material Change of a landmark or in a Historic District.
A. Conditional Use Permit Required.
1. Any exterior change in any structures, through alteration or construction, which is
determined by the community development director to be inconsistent with the
architectural style and character of the structure(s) in an historic district, shall require the
granting of a conditional use permit as identified in this section.
2. Any exterior change in a landmark, through alteration or construction shall require
review and recommendation by the historic preservation board in accordance with the
Secretary of the Interior's Standards, and the granting of a conditional use permit by the
planning commission, in compliance with Chapter 21.46 (Conditional Use Permits).
3. Demolition or relocation of a designated landmark shall require review by the historic
preservation board in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards.. and the
granting of a conditional use permit by the planning commission, in compliance with
Chapter 21.46 (Conditional Use Permits).
B. Required Information. Any initiation shall be filed with the community development
department on the prescribed forms, and shall include the following information:
1. A clear statement of the proposed scope of work;
2. Plans describing the appearance, height, and size of the proposed work;
3. A site plan showing all existing structures and the proposed work;
4. Where the application is for demolition, the necessity for demolition shall be justified;
5. Other information deemed necessary by the historic preservation board and the
planning commission; and
6. Applicable fees, in compliance with the city council's fee resolution.
C. Historic Preservation Board Considerations. An application for construction, demolition,
relocation, or other material change shall be considered by the historic preservation board
at a public hearing, conducted in compliance with Chapter 21.64 (Public Hearings).
1. The historic preservation board, in considering the appropriateness of the application
shall consider, among other things, the purposes of this chapter and the architectural
and historical value and significance of the landmark or historic district.
2. The historic preservation board shall also consider the material and context of the
structure in question or its appurtenant fixtures, including fences, landscaping, parking,
signs, site plan, and the relationship of the features to similar features of other
structures within an historic district, and the position of the structure in relation to the
street or public way and to other neighboring structures.
D. Historic Preservation Board Action. The Board may recommend approval or denial of the
application as presented, or recommend approval_subject to modifications as the historic
preservation board finds reasonable and necessary to cause the application to conform to
the purposes of this chapter.
1. Recommend Approval of Application: Before making any recommendation for approval
or modified approval of a conditional use permit, the historic preservation board shall
find that:
Exhibit A
a. The action proposed is consistent with the purposes of this chapter; and
b. The action proposed is consistent with the secretary of the interior's standards for the
treatment of historic properties with guidelines for preserving, rehabilitating, restoring
and reconstructing historic buildings; and
c. The action proposed will not be detrimental to a structure or feature of significant
aesthetic, architectural, cultural, or engineering interest or value of an historical nature;
or
d. The applicant has demonstrated that the action proposed is necessary to correct an
unsafe or dangerous condition on the property in compliance with Section 21.33.110
(Unsafe or dangerous conditions), or
e. The applicant has demonstrated that the denial of the application will result in
immediate or substantial hardship in compliance with Section 21.33.140 (Showing of
hardship in cases of proposed material change).
E. Planning Commission Action. The planning commission may continue action on
conditional use permits for two meetings for purposes of reaching a mutually acceptable
solution in keeping with the criteria of this section. If, at the end of that time, an acceptable
solution has not been achieved, the application shall be finally granted or denied.
F. Appeal of Demolition.
1. Failure to act on appeal within 180 days. If an appeal is made on an application for a
conditional use permit to demolish a designated landmark, the city council may continue
action on the appeal for a period of up to 180 days from the date of its public hearing or
longer if agreeable to the owner. If the city council fails to act in this period of up to 180
days, the application shall be deemed to have been approved.
2. Steps to preserve the structure. During this period, the city council, with the advice
and assistance of the historic preservation board, may take steps as it determines are
reasonable and necessary to preserve the subject structure in compliance with the
purposes of this section. The steps may include consultations with civic groups, public
agencies, and interested citizens, recommendations for acquisition of the property by
public or private bodies or agencies, and exploration of the possibility of moving one or
more structures or other features.
G. Conditional Use Permit Fee Required. The fee for consideration of a conditional use
permit application shall be in compliance with the city council's fee resolution.
H. Historic Building Materials. Historic building materials shall be salvaged and/or recycled.
The applicant shall submit an Historic Building Materials Salvage/Recycle Plan to the
Community Development Director for review and approval prior to issuance of a building
permit.
21.33.090 - Procedures to Authorize a Change of Use of an Historic Resource
Inventory Property, a landmark or in a Historic District.
B. Conditional Use Permit Required. A change of use in an historic resource inventory
property, a landmark or in an historic district shall require approval of a conditional use
permit, in compliance with Chapter 21.46 (Conditional Use Permits). The application shall
Exhibit A
be referred to the historic preservation board for review and report to the planning
commission and city council.
C. Required Information. Any initiation shall be filed with the community development
department on the prescribed forms, and shall include the following information:
1. Statement of the property(ies) special aesthetic, cultural, architectural, or engineering
interest, or value of an historic nature;
2. Drawings, photographs, or other descriptive material;
3. A plan showing the relation of the proposed work to surrounding structures;
4. Alterations required for the change of use; and
5. Other information requested by the historic preservation board and the planning
commission.
D. Historic Preservation Board Considerations. The conditional use permit application to
allow a change of use shall be considered by the historic preservation board at a public
hearing, conducted in compliance with Chapter 21.64 (Public Hearings).
1. The historic preservation board, in considering the appropriateness of the application
shall consider, among other things, the purposes of this chapter and the architectural
and historic value and significance of the historic resource property, landmark, or
historic district property;
2. The historic preservation board shall also consider the material and context of the
structure in question or its appurtenant fixtures, including fences, landscaping, parking,
signs, site plan, and the relationship of the features to similar features of other
structures within an historic district, and the position of the structure in relation to the
street or public way and to other neighboring structures.
E. Historic Preservation Board Action. The Board may recommend approval or deny the
application.
1. Recommend Approval of a Change of Use. Before recommending approval or modified
approval to the Planning Commission, the historic preservation board shall make the
following findings:
a. The action proposed is consistent with the purposes of this chapter; and
b. The action proposed will not be detrimental to a structure or feature of significant
aesthetic, architectural, cultural, or engineering interest or value of an historical nature.
2. Deny a Change of Use. The historic preservation board may deny a proposal for a
change of use, and the decision shall be final unless the applicant or other interested
party makes an appeal to the city council in writing within 10 days of the decision, in
compliance with Chapter 21.62 (Appeals).
F. Planning Commission Action. Upon receiving a recommendation from the historic
preservation board, the planning commission shall conduct a public hearing. At the hearing,
the planning commission shall consider the report of the historic preservation board and
may approve, modify, or deny the application, in compliance with Chapter 21.46
(Conditional Use Permits). Before approval or modified approval, the planning commission
shall make those findings identified in subparagraph (D)(2).
Exhibit A
G. Conditional Use Permit Fee Required. The fee for consideration of a conditional use
permit application shall be in compliance with the city council's fee resolution.
21.33.0100 - Advice and Guidance to Property Owners
The historic preservation board may, upon request of the property owner, render non-technical
advice on proposed work on an historic resource inventory property, a designated landmark
structure, or in an historic district which does not require a conditional use permit. In rendering the
advice and guidance, the historic preservation board shall be guided by the purposes and criteria in
this chapter. This section shall not be construed to impose any regulations or controls upon any
property.
21.33.110 - Unsafe or Dangerous Conditions
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent any measures of alteration, construction,
demolition, relocation, or removal necessary to correct the unsafe or dangerous condition of any
structure, other feature or part thereof where the condition has been declared unsafe or dangerous
by the building official or the fire chief after informing the historic preservation board when the
structure is an historic resource inventory property, designated as a landmark or located in an
historic district, and where the proposed measures have been declared necessary by the building
official to correct the condition. Only work that is necessary to correct the unsafe or dangerous
condition may be performed in compliance with this section. In the event any structure or other
feature is involuntarily damaged by fire or other calamity, the city manager or building official may
authorize, before the historic preservation board's review, the repair necessary to correct an unsafe
condition( s).
21.33.120 - Ordinary Maintenance and Repair
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the ordinary maintenance or repair of any
exterior architectural feature in or on any property covered by this chapter that does not involve a
change in design, material, or external appearance thereof, nor does this chapter prevent the
alteration, construction, demolition, reconstruction, removal, or restoration of any feature when the
building official certifies to the historic preservation board that the action is required for the public
safety due to an unsafe or dangerous condition which cannot be rectified through the use of the
California Historical Building Code.
21.33.130 - Duty to Keep in Good Repair
The owner, occupant, or other person in actual charge of a designated historic or cultural resource,
or an improvement or structure in an historic district shall keep in good repair all of the exterior
portions of the improvement or structure, and all interior portions thereof whose maintenance is
necessary to prevent deterioration and decay of any exterior architectural feature. It shall be the
duty of the building official to enforce this section.
21.33.140 - Showing of hardship in cases of proposed material change
The historic preservation board may recommend approval of a conditional use permit to carry out
construction, demolition, material change, or relocation of an historic resource inventory property, a
landmark or in an historic district, if the applicant presents facts clearly demonstrating to the
satisfaction of the historic preservation board at the public hearing that failure to receive the
approval will cause an immediate and substantial hardship. If hardship is found to exist under this
Exhibit A
subsection, the historic preservation board shall make a written finding to that effect, and shall also
specify in writing the facts relied upon in making the finding.
21.33.150 - Conformance requirement
Issuance of a permit in conformance with this chapter shall not alter conformance requirements
with other standards and requirements of this zoning code or those of the building and fire codes.
21.33.160 - Incentives for preserving historic resources
A. State Historic Building Code. It is the purpose of the State Historical Building Code to
provide regulations and standards for the rehabilitation, preservation, restoration (including
related reconstruction) or relocation as applicable to all historical buildings, structures and
properties deemed of importance to the history, architecture, or culture of an area by an
appropriate local or state governmental jurisdiction. Such standards and regulations are
intended to facilitate the restoration or change of occupancy so as to preserve their original
or restored elements and features, to encourage energy conservation and a cost effective
approach to preservation, and to provide for reasonable safety from fire, seismic forces or
other hazards for occupants and users of such "buildings, structures and properties" and to
provide reasonable availability and usability by the physically disabled. The State Historical
Building Code is defined in Sections 18950 to 18961 of Division 13, Part 2.7 of Health and
Safety Code (H&SC) Health and Safety Code, a part of California Law.
B. Historic Exceptions. An Historic Exception is intended to provide relief from strict
compliance with the standards set forth by this chapter and the City of Campbell Municipal
Code, that may impair the ability of a Historic Resource, Landmark or Historic District to be
property used for adaptive reuse and/or altered in a manner that will minimize the impact
upon its historic character and the surrounding area. A property designated under this
chapter as an Historic Resource is allowed for adaptive reuse in compliance with the
provisions of this chapter and the City of Campbell Municipal Code. As used herein,
adaptive reuse is a change to a new use, including but not limited to retail uses, commercial
uses, etc., as long as such use is in compliance with the applicable zoning, the City's
General Plan, any adopted neighborhood or specific plan for that area and applicable
design guidelines except as provided herein. The approval of an Historic Exception shall be
based on the following findings:
1. The Historic Exception is necessary to provide for an appropriate use of an existing
building and/or to provide for the design and alteration of a building or site in a manner
that shall enhance its functional use and utility, including potential adaptive reuse.
2. The Historic Exception shall not adversely impact property within the neighborhoods and
Historic District, if it is within an Historic District.
3. The Historic Resource being preserved shall retain its integrity as an Historic Resource
and any impacts on its historic characteristics shall be minimized.
4. The Historic Exception shall not adversely impact properties or public rights-of-way
within an Historic District.
5. The Historic Exception is the minimum departure from the requirements of this Code.
C. Economic Incentives. In order to carry out more effectively and equitably the purposes of
this chapter, the City Council may, by resolution, adopt a program of economic (Le. Mills Act
contracts) and other incentives to support the preservation, maintenance and appropriate
rehabilitation of the City's significant historic resources.
Exhibit A
Text Amendment CMC 21.54.040 - Historic Preservation Board
21.54.040 Historic preservation board.
A. Establishment. The Campbell historic preservation board, referred to in this Zoning Code
as the "board," is hereby established.
B. Appointment and membership.
1. The board shall consist of five voting members. Not less than four (4) such members
shall at the time of their appointment, and continuously during their incumbency, be
residents or electors of the city. Any non-resident member shall meet the special
qualifications established by the State for Certified Local Governments.
2. The board members shall be appointed directly by the city council, in compliance
with adopted city council policy (Resolution No. 9807, 2001).
3. Each member shall have demonstrable competence, interest, or knowledge of
historic preservation.
C. Term of office.
1. The term of office for each member shall be four years.
2. An appointment to fill an unexpired term shall be for the remainder of the unexpired
term.
D. Chairperson.
1. The board shall elect the chairperson from among its members on an annual basis
at the first meeting of the calendar year.
2. The term of office of the chairperson shall be for the calendar year, or that portion
remaining after the appointment or election.
3. When there is a vacancy in the chairperson position, the board shall elect the
chairperson from among its members.
E. Vacancy. If a member is absent from three consecutive meetings without cause, unless by
permission of the board, or ceases to be a resident of the city, or the city's sphere of
influence, the member's seat shall be considered vacant.
F. Removal by city council. A board member serves at the pleasure of the city council and
may be removed upon a majority vote of the city council.
G. Duties and authority. The board shall perform the duties and functions prescribed by this
Zoning Code, and the city council may, from time to time by resolution, prescribe additional
powers and duties not inconsistent with State law, including the following:
1. Recommend measures to implement historic preservation to the city council, and
advisory commissions;
2. Administer the applicable provisions of Chapter 21.32, (Tree Protection
Regulations);
3. Perform other advisory functions as may be delegated from time to time to the board
by the city council; and
4. Review new policies affecting historical resources in the community.
Exhibit A
H. Community development director's role.
1. The community development director shall act as secretary to the board and shall be
the custodian of its records, conduct official correspondence, and generally
supervise the clerical and technical work of the board in administering Chapter
21.32, (Tree Protection Regulations).
2. The community development director shall assist and staff the board. (Ord. 2043
~1 (part), 2004).
Exhibit A
Text Amendment CMC 21.54.050 - Site and architectural review committee
21.54.050 Site and architectural review committee.
A. Establishment. The Campbell site and architectural review committee, referred to in
this Zoning Code as the "committee," is established.
B. Appointment and membership. The site and architectural review committee shall
consist of two members of the planning commission to be appointed by, and to serve
at the discretion of, the chairperson of the planning commission.
C. Appointment of an architectural advisor.
1. An architect or licensed building designer shall be appointed by the planning
commission to serve as an advisor to the site and architectural review committee.
2. The advisor shall serve at the discretion of the planning commission for a period
of twelve months.
D. Appointment of an historic preservation advisor.
1. An historic preservation board member shall be appointed by the historic
preservation board to serve as an advisor to the site and architectural review
committee for projects involving a City of Campbell listed historic resource.
2. The advisor shall serve at the discretion of the historic preservation board for a
period of twelve months.
E. Duties and authority. It shall be the duty of the site and architectural review
committee to review all applications for site and architectural approval as required by
this Zoning Code and to make reports and recommendations on each application to
the planning commission. (Ord. 2043 91 (part), 2004).