PLANNING AND HOUSING COMMISSION
STAFF REPORT
DATE: 8/26/2019
TO: Honorable Chair and Commissioners
FROM: Community Development Department
APPLICATION REQUEST:
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HRLM2019-0002: Application to nominate a Victorian Hipped Roof Cottage residence built in 1900 located at 506 E. Seventh Street in the Single Family District of the Downtown Corona Revitalization Specific Plan (SP98-01) as a landmark on the Corona Register of Historic Resource. (Applicant: Robert and Angela Montanez).
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the Planning and Housing Commission recommend APPROVAL of HRLM2019-0002 to the City Council based on the satisfaction of the listing criteria contained in the staff report.
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PROJECT SUMMARY
HRLM2019-0002 is an application from property owners Robert and Angela Montanez to nominate their home at 506 E. Seventh Street to be listed as a Historic Landmark-049 (HL-049) on the Corona Register of Historic Resources. The home is a Victorian Hipped Roof Cottage built in 1900 and sits on a 5,000 square foot lot located on the south side of East Seventh Street. The property contains an 816 square foot home without a garage and two freestanding metal sheds at the rear of the property. The metal sheds are not historic buildings and the construction materials are not at parity with the main structure, and therefore, cannot be included as part of the landmark.
The home is currently listed on the Corona Heritage Inventory. Properties that are on the Corona Heritage Inventory are potential resources that may qualify as a historic landmark on the Register by virtue of age (50+ years) or by having significant cultural, historical or architectural value to the City. Heritage properties are given a ranking of high, moderate or low as to their potential. The subject home as a high ranking.
BACKGROUND
According to the materials accompanying this nomination, the subject home was originally built for Benton Lincoln Shepherd. Mr. She...
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