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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDirect staff to prepare a Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Ife, 1 9�6 July 6, 2006 Dear Huntington Beach City Council Members, Planning Commission Members, City Clerk, and City Attorney, Having earlier met and discussed our concerns with City Attorney Jennifer McGrath, we're now writing with regard to the proposed Wesley Park Neighborhood Conservation Overlay. Last December this issue was brought to the attention of the Huntington Beach City Council who suggested that a petition be used to document support by the home owners in the involved area. Nuanna Robinson then brought a petition to Council purporting to demonstrate that more than 51% of the home owners were in support of measures limiting building in the area. With such support seemingly on board, the Council then moved forward to direct the Planning Department to initiate a series of meetings with home owners in the involved area in order to develop altered setbacks, lot sizes, footprints, heights, and to add an additional layer of architectural review. As this process was expedited by Council and some neighbors, no one took the time-to check the initial petition to ensure that a majority of home owners had indeed signed the petition. One of us has spent a marked amount of time to identify home owners in the involved area and then to determine if these home owners had indeed signed the initial petition. Disturbingly, many of those signing the initial petition were not home owners in the prescribed area. Some were tenants while others neither lived nor owned property in the "Wesley Park Tract". A majority of home owners did not sign that petition! Enclosed please find a copy of that initial petition and our findings with regard to ownership. The initial petition was then and remains both erroneous and invalid. What then do the home owners in the proposed Neighborhood Conservation Overlay think of the proposals devised by the Planning Department and the initiators of the erroneous initial petition? As of this writing, over seventy percent of the home owners are not in favor of the proposals. During the December 12th Council meeting, council members repeatedly referred to a "citizen driven action". Yes, there were citizens behind the proposed actions, though only as a vocal minority. On the basis of this vocal minority and faced with a petition (now proven to be invalid and erroneous) the council voted to proceed with the overlay action. Please review our petition that clearly demonstrates that the home owners in the so-called "Wesley Park Tract" are firmly against the proposed regulations. During the course of circulating the newer petition to bona fide home owners in the area, we encountered a number of recurring comments. The home owners viewed there being sufficient laws, rules and codes on the books to prevent the building of three story houses of Main Street. The home owners were fervently against a new bureaucratic layer being imposed in the name of a Design Review Board. The home owners were against their properties being treated any differently than those of surrounding streets. Of those who refused to sign our petition, many were only concerned about a three story home being built next to them. Through Angela's diligence, 85 out of 90 property owners were reached. Of those 73 owners who expressed an opinion, 89% were not in favor of the overlay district. Our enclosed petition has signatures representing 71% of the total home owners representing 70% of the "Wesley Park" home owning land mass. In summary, we are providing evidence that the initial petition upon which the Council acted was both invalid and erroneous. We are also providing evidence that the overwhelming majority (70 percent or more would be described as a "landslide" in electoral terms) of home owners in the proposed Wesley Park Neighborhood Conservation Overlay are against the proposed changes and limitations. As such, we strongly suggest that the proposed Wesley Park Neighborhood Conservation Overlay be shelved. Given the many hours that we spent determining the lack of veracity with regard to the initial petition, we also strongly suggest that the city vet future petitions so as to avoid such costly errors. Sincerely, gel Patrick Farrell 7 'h in Street 216 Crest Avenue ington Beach Huntington Beach CA 92648 CA 92648 SUMMARY OF BOTH PETITIONS SUMMARY OF OWNERS THAT SIGNED PETITION TO STOP PROPOSED MAIN/CREST CONSERVATION PLAN. BY% OF OWNERS AND BY%OF LAND OWNED Count of Signature to stop Chan est Signature to stop changes Total YES 64 71% NO 9 ABSTAIN 12 CAN NOT LOCATE OWNER 5 90 90 Sum of Approximate Lot Size Sq/FT Signature to stop changes Total YES 402,609 70% NO 66,476 ABSTAIN 80,726 CAN NOT LOCATE OWNER 26,884 90 576,696 SUMMARY OF OWNERS THAT SIGNED ORIGINAL PETITION. BY%OF OWNERS AND BY% OF LAND OWNED Count of Signature to start H item Signature to start H item Total YES 15 17% REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE 17 Grand Total 32 36% TOTAL#OF PROPERTIES 90 Sum of Approximate Lot Size Sq/FT Signature to start H item Total YES 100,376 17% REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE 101,071 Grand Total 201,447 35% TOTAL APPROXIMATE Sq/FT 576,696 i Sum of all lots S /Ft 576,696 Property Address Signature to stop changes Signature to start H item Owners of record Approximate Number Lot Size Sq/ FT 1 1108 Palm CAN NOT LOCATE OWNER MICHELLEEJAMES 2,250 2 1102 Palm YES WARMAN, ERICDOUGLAS, WARMAN, NICOL E CLA UDINE 5,278 3 707 1Ith ABSTAIN YES SPA UN,JOHN R;BRA UN,SUSAN L 8,460 4 711 11th NO YES Nancy Alfano Trustee 5,875 5 403 Crest IYES GERALD&SUSAN LOITER 6,000 6 702 11th IYES MASON,JAMESALLEN 5,900 7 708 11th ABSTAIN YES MORRISSEY, MARKANTHONY;MORRISSEY,, SHERIL; 5,875 8 710 11th YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE DWYER,STEPHENJ;DWYER,DAL VA E 5,081 9 714 1lth YES HUTCHINGS, VICTOR H;HUTCHINGS, KEIKO 1,915 10 333 Crest YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE SILVERIA, SHANNONLEE 6,820 11 701 10th YES NEVINS, EUGENIA ELISABETH 5,900 12 705 loth NO IYES LILLE,, LYNETTE 5,250 13 709 loth YES Tom Miksey 4,900 14 715 loth YES STOOPS, LYNNC 5,020 15 327 Crest ABSTAIN ALLEN, ROBERT R Trustee ROBERT R ALLEN FAMILY TRUST 6,250 16 321 Crest YES KING, FRANKJ;KING,STEPHANIEL 7,524 17 317&319 Crest YES BISHOP, ROBERTJ 8,650 18 315 Crest YES Sandra L Robinson 9,775 19 311 Crest YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE EBERLY, VANCE,EBERLY, 7YNA 8,820 20 307 Crest YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE Tamara Senese 6,612 21 755 Main YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE LONG, CHARLESJ;LONG,JOA NNE H 5,742 22 743 Main Street YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE MARY& THORNTON,JONR 5,625 23 741 Main ABSTAIN YES ROBINSON, NUUANA KA 5,625 24 737 Main IYES MARKARIAN, RAISA 445 Lake Street HB 7,500 25 735 Main YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE CARLSON, KATHLEEN 7,500 26 731 Main ABSTAIN YES FOLGER, MATTHEWJ,FOLGER, LINDAJ 7,500 27 727 Main YES Norman Hunina Trustee 7,500 28 719 Main YES WHITAKER, WILLIAM8 7,500 29 717 Main CAN NOT LOCATE OWNER RU7HETTA GODDARD LIVING TRUST 7,500 30 713 Main NO YES KING, WILLIAM C;KING, MARTHA ANN 6,875 31 711 Main CAN NOT LOCATE OWNER DAVIS, PAUL&BLACK, KAYE 6,250 32 707& 701 Main YES BECHTOLD, ROBERTW;BECHTOLD,JUNEB 8,250 33 702 Main YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE Floyd&Kay Russell Trustee 6,128 34 706 Main YES Chris Sackeit 2,950 35 708 Main YES Jean Posey 3,009 36 710, 712&714 Main YES Lloyd Feldman 9,332 37 718 Main YES Brenda&Arthur Coopman 9,825 38 722 Main YES Burnice Zwelling 6,750 39 726 Main NO YES RU7HE GORMAN LIVING TRUST 6,975 40 730 Main YES Michael Kiralla 7,150 41 734 Main YES Richard&Pat Kaae 7,375 42 738&740 Main YES Joe Da Silva&Angela Rainsberger 7,500 43 742 Main YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE Kathleen Kiralla 7,850 44 746 Main NO Leo Van Derhorst 7,987 45 750&752 Main YES Kang Wang 8,000 46 754 Main iYES Kang Wang 3,931 1 of 2 Property Address Signature to stop changes Signature to start H item Owners of record Approximate Number Lot Size Sq/ Fr 47 760 Main INO I Nancy Alfano 13,448 48 230&232 Crest YES I Mary Carlene Baliey 6,160 49 804 Main ABSTAIN C05TELLO,JOANNA 4,266 50 806 Main ABSTAIN YES Gina&Patrick Gleason 7,375 51 810 Main IYES FALABELL4,JERALD 7,500 52 814 Main YES CUHA,AARON 3,750 53 816 Main YES CUHA, RON 3,750 54 906 loth NO YES I GOME5, ROLLANDE M;ROLLANDE M GOMES 2000 TRUST 9,072 55 909 10th YES Carolyn Beaton 5,688 56 902 Main CAN NOT LOCATE OWNER Earnest P Oddo 3,384 57 908 Main YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE Elmer&Louise Dugan 7,500 58 912&914 Main IYES Frank Cicrelli&Eveline L Cusolito 7,500 59 918 Main IYES Joesph Michael Fazio 7,500 60 920 Main YES Joseph C Taylor&Mary Ann Taylor 6,750 61 924 Main YES Joesph Michael Fazio 6,700 62 228 Crest YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE Lisa&Marcus Kimmerer 2,041 63 226 Crest YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE Lisa&Marcus Kimmerer 3,268 64 224 Crest YES Ken&Debbie Margett 4,800 65 216 Crest YES Patrick&Drew Farrell 22,000 66 206 Crest YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE Julie&Mark Hartman 6,831 67 215 Crest YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE JACOT, LANCE MARTIN;JACOT, DENI5EA 5,564 68 211 Crest YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE Colleen O'Higgins 2,525 69 209 Crest IYES Albert Wang 2,900 70 205 Crest YES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE Joe&Susan Wuerer 6,864 Long Lee owner as of 611212006, Chaig&Angela Jacobs owners with in 71 201 Crest YES the next few weeks both parties have signed 7,804 72 302 Crest&8M Main YES Ted&Carol Szuba 6,229 73 306&310 Crest IYES SNYDER, KA THY LYNN 6,830 74 807 Main (ABSTAIN YES DERIGO, LEWIEPARIS DERIGO, CRYSTAL JUNE 7,500 751815 Main ABSTAIN ODDO, DAVID P 7,375 76 817 Main CAN NOT LOCATE OWNER HAGMAN, PRE5TON8;HAGMAN,JUDITHMICHELLE 7,500 77 821 Main ABSTAIN YES JONES, DONALDL JONES, SUSANL 7,500 78 825 Main ABSTAIN YES SULLIVAN, BRIANJSULLIVAN, BARBARA 7,500 8 HOSKNSN MICHE D79 31 Main 7,500 80 828 1 lth IYES CHERNEY, MICHAEL J&ANN E Trustee 3,494 81 326 Crest IYES HIRAO,JOEY,•HMO,JEANMARIE 5,850 82 328 Crest IYES ROWE, RICHARD B;ROWE,JEANNINEM 2,375 83 330 Crest ABSTAIN YES SAYLOR, DAVID D;SAYLOR, ROSEMARY 5,500 FUL VIO, LAWRENCE B(wife did not want to sign but she is not on the 84 334 Crest IYES REVERSED ORIGINAL VOTE title) 6,300 85 802 l ith YES CHERNEY, MICHAEL J&ANN E Trustee 4,327 86 827 11th YES Quinten Sharp 10,050 87 820 1 lth YES CHERNEY,MICHAEL J&ANN E Trustee 3,494 88 816 1ith NO YES BROOKBANK, RENEA 3,494 89 808 11th YES CHERNEY, MICHAEL J&ANN E Trustee 4,327 90 812 11th YES CHERNEY, MICHAEL J&ANN E Trustee 4,327 2 of 2 NOTES ON THE VETTING OF THE ORIGINAL PETITION This is a copy of the original petition that was provided by the planning department staff. The red ink writing is that of Angela Rainsberger, the person that did title, property tax record, and mortgage record searches. She also did the map to address verifications to verify if the person/s signing the petition were property owners of record in the affected area. ➢ Lines marked "Out of area" are homes that are not with in the affected area and do not have the right to have their vote counted. ➢ Lines marked"Tenant" were individuals that signed the petition but that are not the land owner of record. ➢ Lines marked"Owners" were owners of record. ➢ On page 13 lines 2, 3, 5 & 6 do not have signatures there are simply contact information. Both lines 2 & 6 were originally included in the count done by the planning staff, as indicated by the circles. ➢ Several properties are represented with two different signature lines for co-owners. In our vetting process only one vote was counted for each distinct tax lot. • bay *yellow indicates the property `ice _ h •"� owners that originally signed the petition to"Save Historic Wesley 1 1 y0 k Park Area". The orange overlay ,k' aA , s indicates the owners that have ry9 now decided that they do not support changing the building o ,G) codes and wish to-reveSs their M1h R, original signature. The yellow tie represents 170% of the land owners in the affected area. The o ,� ��� �" Jv ,,,�`•` original petition when submitted only had support of 35% of the • Tt c 4�. ,Sq} r'j''-`Q-'�+.y ��, land owners in the affected area. ¢�^"!h 2"�., \• a `0 a See attached calculation based on lot square footage. �ii 0 -ys--��� '�JT v � •1 24 G f. 1'! � ��' �f by by 0 �ti� � •....f P ,t 0 Yd a O Nk j� {P STREET 1 • JUN 12 2006 1 : 55PM DRNUU KAYAK & cnNOE COMPA 775-371 -9860 p. 13 Ay K900 I>f::- Save Historic Wesley Park Area The Wesley Park Neighbors Association,made up of residents of historic Main Street and surrounding area,Mr- fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from overdevelopment. Recent plans for subdividing lots and building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage. According to the Final Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach,this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the premier residential area in the early growth years of the city. Many of the most significant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that cod,----be-established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesky.Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale,proportion, and character of the surrounding area. ame Address Sionature 2. 3. ,n T t3a�n�A� I IIOI I V-A�c tic Ln OVA Ace. 1�A Owr�` 1 G 1 t o� 7. 8. AceA- t `arn� 1` �SGt Z 1^� 5�' YSS� tc �eartczN 13. Mnlck � G rv%_ol � �1<�aw h it t:a L.19.t---c, 14. _ aA�V�� J�ja Tf Arm 15. 7�2 16 -fo ms COS Yle__110 1IUA,GWI- (� i" \e5 r leeA-' alb rieclue,4,9ai -10 6e- re-vy\oue.& --Voom L JUN 12 2UUb 1 : 55PM DHNUU KHYHK & CHNOE COMPH 775-371 -98GO p. 12 Save Historic Wesley Park Area The Wesley Park Neighbors Association,made up of residents of historic Main Street and surrounding area,are fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from overdevelopment. Recent plans for subdividing lots and building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage. According to the Final Report on the Historic-Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach,this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the premier residential area in the early growth years of the city, Many of the mostsignif-tcant historic residential buildings_. remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale,proportion,and character of the surrounding area. a Address Sig re „�- 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. (xv N urn Y JUN 12 2006 1 :54PM DRNUU KAYAK & CANOE COMPR 775-371 -9860 p. 11 Save Historic Wesley Park Area The Wesley Park Neighbors Association,made up of residents of historic Main Street and surrounding area,are fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from overdevelopment. Recent plans for subdividing lots. d building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage_.According to the_FinalReporton the Historic-Resources Survey oftlw, City of Huntington Beach,this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the premier residential area in the early growth years of the city. Many-of the most significant historic residential buildings-, remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established-so that houses to-be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale,proportion,and character of the surrounding area Name Address Sig .2 p�,,reS 30 0 pw�ne tr 5. XI A �h k4 pU� 6. o 9 �� l POlSG�. ►� a n S f ��•�•G!2lQ `� on� 0 - 1 . by Y Z vl1t� -r oP - 1 V- RAIr 0i ' 20G. C tZ t�T-AYE.: Grp 19. I-Den(�Ze J -t 2, ��5 0 >r n j S ' Z1\0 ( 'y' )N A VL' SPD1ce- tA 5i w e- 13A" v-nee,�:r o,.A fe keAed -ice t-c Oved 3;�"1 6 du,s�er.g � JUN 12 2006 1 : 54PM DANUU KAYAK & CANOE COMPA 775-371 -9960 P. 10 ��U 4Y►�UGZ� "7S2- {Y 0, �w N� J•UN 12 2006 1 : 53PM DANUU KAYAK & CANOE COMPA .775-371 -9060 P. 9 'Pave Historic Wes ley-Park Area- The Wesley Park Neighbors Association,made up of residents of historic Main Street and surrounding area,are- fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from overdevelopment. Recent plans for subdividing lots and building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage. According to the Fugal Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach,this area was-subdivided in 1905 as-Wesley Park and rapidlybecame the premier residential area in the early growth years of the city. Many of the most significant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale,proportion,and character of the surrounding area. Name Address Aq CjPAY y2 (oSigri 4� a. c e N 04 ST. CAreaL MT -S 7. /1 � ALL °A eal 10. J� rro� jj�J,t1 1 • . bA,�� 1 � •1. GV Mon ra ue 15. bqN16L I�D4 16. c L 1 �`' �'©Z 1 1` e �lc�ea ell U* 17. �l t (yat �4rea D� 18. a C S� -- 19. 20. Q t.cl YAP_-C� i l J,UN 1 Z eUUb 1 : bJPM UHNUU KHYHK & CHNOE COMPH 775-371 -9860 p.e row 5 14 r ow ri 1, Q ell i2 J t /lAll Arco- v � L la. �"✓' ejwv�P.�' 1 �31 i i 16. MA& kip- 19. O 3 vw�a� 4 -�LY%A 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 24. Petifian Save Historic Wesley Park Area The Wesley Park Neighbors Association,made up of residents of historic Main Street and surrounding area., are fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from overdevelopment. Recent plans for subdividing lots and building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are--threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage_ According to the Final Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach;this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the premier residential area in the early growth years of - the city. Many of the most significant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Pads neighborhood respect and maintain the scale,proportion,and character of the surrounding area. Name Address Slgna A - .�ra l i .a Rnwc- o S 14 . . dDAME . LOA) 5O t Z, rL4 ,S j4i8 CI C-�,v~G C - ' 3 11 rc } t ©w N 7 JUN 12 2006 1 : 52PM DRNUU KAYAK & CANOE COMPR 775-371 -9860 P. 7 Save Historic Wesley Park Area The Wesley Park Neighbors Association, made up of residents of historic Main Street-and surrounding area, are fighting .to preserve the downtown residential area from over development. Recent plans for subdividing lots and building oversized structures-that do not maintain the,character of-the-.neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important..part of the city's heritage. According to the Final Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach, this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the prirder residential area in the early growth years of the city. Many-of the-most--s gnifieant-historic residential buildings-.-remaining.in. the city. are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that--codes be established so that houses to be-built or remodeled.in.the Wesley _ Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale, proportion, and character of the surrounding area. Name Address-- Signature � CtZ g � 2. ( 14 Ch gz.LC/ 44--_ e� OP JUN 12 2006 1 : 52PM DRNUU KAYAK CANOE COMPR 775-371 -9860 P. 6 2 j oL'A- 14-6 9. J d N N 'ER AWN 12 f nD 403 Cl(LCT Aac IPetition ' ro Ll ©w rues-3 JUN 12 2000 1 : 52PM DANUU KAYAK 8. CANOE COMPA 775-371 -9860 P•5 . Save Historic Wesley Park Area The Wesley Park Neighbors Association; made up of residents of historic Main Street and.surrounding area, ', are fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from over. development. Recent^plans for subdividing lots and building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage.-. According.. to the Final Report on-the Historic Resources Survey of the City_ of Huntington Beach, this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became-the pry residential area-irr ttie"early growth years of the city. Many.of the mostsignificant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of. Huntingtory Beach-that codes-be established so that houses to be built or remodeted in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale, proportion, and-character of the . g,area. - Name Address Signature Pewan... (l 1�LA)QeXj �J.Un 1e GUUb 1 : 51VM DHNUU KHYHK & CHNOE COMPH 775-371 -9860 Save Historic Wesley Park Area The Wesley Park Neighbors Association,made.up of residents of historic Maur Street and'surrounding area, are fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from overdevelopment. Recent plans for subdividing lots and building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage. According to the Final Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach, this area was-subdivided in 1905-as---Wesley Park and.rapidly became the premier residential area in the early growth years of the city. Many of the most significant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area. The-undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale,.proportion,and character of the surrounding area. Name Address Si nature 3. 4. ot.J 8. �, �Cwu � YV1a�r Sa l r -7 d G.�es ¢4„e R9 __I� NN `-� ,OW JIV Y- 12. 13 14 15. 16. " 17 18 19. 2 20. � .JUN 12 2000 1 : 51PM DANUU KAYAK a CANOE COMPA 775-371 -9860 P• 3 . F all. Save Historic Wesley Park Area The Wesley Park Neighbors Association,made up of residents of historic Main Street and surrounding area,are fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from overdevelopment. Recent plans for subdividing lots and- building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage. According to the Final Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach,this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the premier residential area in the early growth years of the city..Many.of the most significant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale,proportion,and character of the surrounding area. Name Address Signature 1. 0 -2 *3. 4 e a Age> N o4 t rt 62S 6 -9--j 3 f sera k oPt7p $l5 Ww �j'G3'� u p�pv �cJ g of,.C a0% own) ' Iwo 7. 8. 9. 10. ll. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. i,� ` cep eS CX43 u2c`_S Save Mistorit Wesley Park Area 414eVeAey Aoirk Neighbars.Association,made up of residents.of.historic.Main Street and surrounding area, are fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from overdevelopment. Recent plans for subdividing lots and `building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage. According to the Final Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the amity of-Huntington Beach,this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the premier -r€sider�tial area in the early growth years of the city. Many of the most significant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area_ The undersigned petitioners request of the City of --Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale,proportion,and character of the surrounding area. Name Address Signatur ie 1 �r 1 1 VAI) S-�,5 Mcl l oak c� r c� oLL# 40 6 VA 16 � A ° ,� l/ 6 _,l4 exv ivear-3 e -d 0986- TLC-SLL ddW00 30NH0 B muAum nnwua Wd I S = i good d t NnF Ito (9) `l) �e�' �� 1 Orange indicates the property ConSc�xua�i'1jt1 ''dd� owners that signed the "Petition to stop proposed main/crest conservation plan". The orange F06 represents 70% of the land e . kv owners in the affected area. See attached calculation based on lot „ square footage. F - h bb Al. ♦ F h��' ` CT-__ , . �a---®_-•-__� try - '1 (� M1 C , O'♦V 14rG '� , ,' x ' .N N STREET a 4 reinfon iv a 1 vr- rrrvNWOV%4 MAIN/CREST CQNSERVATION PLAN OF W TINGTON BEACH. CA. We,the undersigned,are the affected property owners of the Main/Crest Conservation Plan,we do not agree with the proposed Main/Crest Conservation Plan that changes the current zoning and building codes in our neighborhood. I petition the City Council to not pursue any movement to alter the current zoning,building codes and development standards based on any part this Conservation Plan. Name lease Print)- Address(Huntie ton Beach,CA 92648J Simature f cr- ,S VACtf-OUS 1ri -)-a gs C"_r t op --2Z; r Lk-S U AV --7 IZ414 AiZ1:LI, ( 1 l .44)Usr' To YE P M AEI d B , qZq TIAN 6T -�.- 1Z,4,7—'J - i 3 -ems Avg ;�� Petition to STOP Proposed MAIN/CREST CONSERVATION PLAN OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA. We,the undersigned,are the affected property owners of the Main/Crest Conservation Plan,we do not agree with the proposed Main/Crest Conservation Plan that changes the current zoning and building codes in our neighborhood. I petition the City Council to not pursue any movement to alter the current zoning, building codes and development standards based on any part this Conservation Plan. Name(Please Print) Address(Huntington Beach, CA 92648) Signature ,) E �o 1N IS X 6 �' 730 HAaf,;L SL, A3 9-9-4 �•�..���z;�l� MAR, potIZI"AAaN LOCO eY-6S-r AAA' --- , em (.1, J 0 3 C1.2-4 R v 0 A R t A syrA S. K c,.a e ?3 4 1Aa„, S t- N • ct `�.� 4 6� .8, 14�c, Joe. e.68,v- C 4S40 ✓ .B. �� ce.,A.Wlti�e-r 2©S C. es�- 2,4, 'V-xv Arf 11 01,3 Z, ZY Uft fit KG f AI P3 1Q Penton to STOP Proposed enarNYCREST GQNSER1MON PLAN OF HUNTiNGTON sF6cH.CA� We,the undetsigpad,are the affected prop uty owners of the Mai iCrest C.onsanmarion Plan,we do M agree with the proposed MainlCccg Consotvatioo Plan that cages the current zDrdimg and building codes in our neighborhood- I petition the City Council to M purme any movement to alter the cumut zoning,bdWag nodes and development standards based on any part this Conserwatios Plan. Name fPl¢ase Pruld Adder[Huotiagt+o�Flewh,CA 2ZM Signatstrt Q-O,A t Q> �. W -- 41 ICA �.� r �-- Petition to STOP Proposed MANGRELT QOMg&VADQN PJAN OF HUNATNGTON BEACH, CA. We,the undersigned,am the affecW property owners of the Main/Crest Conservation Plan,we do Mt agree with the proposed Main/Crest Conservation Plan that changes the, current zoning and building codes in our neighborhood. I petition the City Council to not pursue any movement to alter the current zoning,building codes and development standards based on any part this Conservation Plan. Name(Please Print) Ad dam(HuntiMgn Beach,CA 9Z '.N -7 It jrl f it I V- q,e�r\ 3 a4p CP4-e. e. ol- Petition to STOP Proposed MAINICRESET CONSERVATION PLAN OF HUNTINGTON BEACH,CA. We,the undersigned,are the affected property owners of the Main/Crest Conservation Plan,we do not agree with the proposed Main/Crest Conservation Plan that changes the cunent zoning and building codes in our neighborhood. I petition the City Council to 90 pursue any movement to alter tl>e current zoning,building codes and development standards based on any part this Conservation Plan_ Name(Please Privi) Address(Huntington Beach-CA 926451 Siruature _ 06/15/2006 09:05 FAX Q9001 Jun 15 06 08:47a Joseph da Silva 714-5'i6-4444 p-2 Petition to STOP Proomed MAINICREST QQN§EMMMN ELM OF HUNTIMgT_ON BEACH CA wc4 the undersigned,are the affected property owners of the Maar/Crest Conservation-- - Plan,we do not agree with the prOpoxd Merng)wa Conseration Plan that changes the torrent zoning and building codes in our neighborhood. I petition the City Council to not putsne any movement to altear the ctai, zoning,building codes and development standards based on any part this Conservation Plan. NNE Meja Pei t urri" h Cok92649 S' O't5 Ve Petition to STOP Proposed MAIN/CREST CONSERVATION PLAN OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CA- We-the undersigned.are the affected property owners of the Main/Cmst Conservation Plan,we do not agnea with the proposed Mai C=u Cmiservation Plan that changes the current zoning and building codes in our neighborhood- I petition the City Ca ncil to not Pursue any niovenuw to alter the cutrew zoning,building codes and development standards based on any part this Conservation plan. N ease P ' ! 92 i Petition to STOP Proposed MAIN/CREST CONSERVATION PLAN OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA. We,the undersigned, are the affected property owners of the Main/Crest Conservation Plan,we do not agree with the proposed Main/Crest Conservation Plan that changes the current zoning and building codes in our neighborhood. I petition the City Council to not pursue any movement to alter the current zoning, building codes and development standards based on any part this Conservation Plan. Name(Please Print) Address(Huntington Beach,CA 92648) Signature W1 14 f Sl, &UA.)r. d ` C NZ JA- PERRINE PHONE NO. 714 2409600 Jun. 13 2006 07:33FIM PI Jun is 06 03:50p iseph da Silva 714 .6-4444 Petition to STOP Propose MMUCRi♦5T C04M ATION PAN OF HUN i1 GTON SE iCH Cl{ We,the Lvidexsisted,erie th@aEfeued p„epaty owners of tho Mzi_tiCrest Ccnsr-,fatitan Nw..we do sn e4p=with d=pmposcd MaWCrr-q Cm=vaion Plan that changes ft (."Jm tt totting and bididing codes in our neigH.kw food. I petitim the City C.ounci!to PxWle am Inovemcttt fo alur the current=6rtg,bt3il Lqg codes a-4 da-,relap-neat siendwds based on any pwt this Conservatian Ptan. 1h � b2- jun-i4-iuuo ua:iorm ravrra nR fafAir. a •o� �•,--• •-• Petition to STOP Proposed MAIWCREST GgNS OYMOON PLAN OF HUNTINGTON BEACi-R CA. We,the undersign4 are the affected propaty ow.nm of the Main/C=Consmiatim . Pisa,we do nnx agree with the ptaposed Mait1/Cn=Conservation Plan that edges the - r-u= t zoning and bonding codes in our neighborboad. 1 petition the City CoundI to W pursue any movement to alter the C:13 =t zonhi&building codes and development s wAuds Rased on any part this Conservation Fbn_ CN amm-e f—PI"m ft--mI Ad}ms(Hunlin on ,�q 926d$1 Siang mt Jun 13 06 04:31p Rgfa Cnrporation 15625923176 P. 1 Jun 14 euub 4:40PM TF—'EW I NDS P. 1 Peown to STOP Proposed AMAititlt✓B=rmQM RVA ON ELM OF NUNIVIG ON BEACH CA WO,the W-@w SO Offoafta propotty owners efthe MWo/Ged Conservatkm Plan.vve do 10 W=with the pm"wd blGhA3=31 COOSMaaon Men that chm*m ft cwtatit 2ming atte btdMmg codes in our nci hbod oo& t peftm the City Council to M Pww M►tnovemeet to abw to cimmotmmmhi&building codes gad dwelop eient so nelsrds bsned an any part this C',onommion PlwL -11 'At VOASaoJ 7oa tt�►. S4- Kg a jy tbq N oms Ct {�1 o�' �► g � , 030ac,r►ti _ ap � Petition to STOP Proposed MAIN/CREST CONSER1jATION PLAN OF HUNTfNGTON BEACH CA. We,the undersigned,are the affected property owners of the Main/Crest Conservation Plan,we do not agree with the proposed Main/Crest Conservation Plan that changes the current zoning and building codes in our neighborhood. I petition the City Council to not pursue any movement to alter the current zoning,building codes and development standards based on any part this Conservation Plan. Name,(Please Print) s fHuntinCA ism ture _ Nv �--- �n_r Petition to STOP Proposed MAIN/CREST CONSERVATDQN PLAN OF HUNTINGTON BEACH,CA. We,the undersigned,are the affected property owners of the Main/Crest Conservation Plan,we do not agree with the proposed ManflCrest Conservation Plan that changes the current zoning and building codes in our neighborhood. I petition the City Council to rat pursue any movement to alter the curraat zoning building codes and development standards based on any part this Conservation Plan. Name(Please Print AAdmss ffluntiggLon Beach CA 92 8 � S^ AAA. �1-tk rl &t-cj4/*u 'Cr Petition to STOP Proposed MAIN/CREST CONSERVATION PLAN OF HUNTINGTON BEACH,G& We,the undersigned,are the affected property owners ofthe Main/Crest Conservation Plan,we do U%ag=with the proposed MaWCrwt Conservation Plan that changes the current zoning and building codes in our neighborhood. I petition the City Council to not pursue any nwvemcnt to alter the current zoning,building codes and development standards based on any part this Conservation Plan. Name(Please Print) _Address(HuntiuMg Beach.CA 92¢481 Sigoture 64AID,e ' 1 C2t�5 r A vr-- �/ /✓�a.i_/ /3a � nQ.�nf G c.r zio Air�.5•t C-!"/'cy /�sE.cl�e C.R 9la.2� U i June 20,2006 VIA FAX(714-536-4444) To the City of Huntington Beach Planning Commission, City Attorney, City Council and Project Planner c/o Angela Ramsberger 738 %2 Main Street Huntington Beach, CA 92648 714-906-6253 Dear Angela; I received your information and am opposed to the City's proposed Conservation Plan for our area. A notice of the June 13t'Planning Commission Study Session did not contain any details about the proposal and was received only one day before the meeting. I had inadequate information&time to provide input or arrange to attend. Your efforts are appreciated and the information you sent is very concerning. The proposed standards are too restrictive and are not economically feasible for multi- family zoned properties (like yours&mine)within the subject area. There are other ways to preserve the area's character without imposing onerous building restrictions. Methods other towns have used include 1) identifying and preserving homes with particular historical significance,2)recommending architectural designs (Craftsman) for new buildings in keeping with the desired neighborhood character. If the City is inclined to adopt the proposed restrictive plan or something similar: I request that multi-family zoned properties be excluded and exempted entirdL. Many of the subject multi-family structures already exceed the proposed height, coverage and floor area ratio standards, and some of the respective owners have had long-standing intentions to subdivide&construct SF attached and/or detached 2-3 story homes on their properties instead of maintaining their existing apartments. Please submit a copy of this letter and the enclosed petition to the above-named parties and other instrumental parties, or let me know the contacts so I can submit them myself. Sincerely, Sandy Robinson RE: 315 Crest Avenue, HB Tel 949-723-5678: Fax 626-836-8364 Mail 130 E Montecito Av#246, Sierra Madre, CA 91024 q _C) ` Angcla Rainsberger ;. 738 112 Main Street " Huntington Beach,CA 92648-3402 , -.' _ , Wilbur (� �OLr�P�T llJ1` l/� q 0 -c NIxrE 927 1 02 06/27/06 Q UN TO SENDER INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS UNABLE TO FORWARD DC: 92649340238 .a1294-12654-22-35 =•'4 14 76 4a0340 I,,,II Will)1111,,,,111„11,13,13„3III n Angela Rainsberger j 738 1/2 Main Street Huntington Beach,CA 92648 3402 ; e.t ,.�, i•.F_}, _; �,Nt ` • elfin aA 1 A 105 V-� s oYI\ 1254 K<b<,on,m USA 37 r n /1 h-Vl` Y\ A-t ^ NzxzE 927 i a2 06/29iD6 RETURN TO SENDER ATTEMPTED - NOT KNOWN UNABLE TO FORWARD d - - BC: 9 164834o232 'r1:294-1 2795-22=3a Hill mI,15II13,1„II„I,,31!„1„111,�,,,1,133l1,1„!,3„!I? RECEIVED 2006 FEB 15 Pit 3: 3 CiYy Ci_Eisr CITY OF uHUT "r Nr, ON BEACI Council/Agency Meeting Held: a 4"4 Deferred/Continued to: ❑ Approved ❑ Conditionally Approved JX Denied CI k s gnature Council Meeting Date: 2/21/2006 Department ID Number: PL06-06 CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION SUBMITTED TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SUBMITTED BY: PENELOPE CULBRETH-GRAFT, CITY ADMINISTRAT R PREPARED BY: HOWARD ZELEFSKY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING SUBJECT: APPROVE INTERIM ORDINANCE FOR IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON DEMOLITION PERMITS FOR THE WESLEY PARK DISTRICT Statement of Issue,Funding Source,Recommended Action,Alternative Action(s),Analysis, Environmental Status,Attachment(s) Statement of Issue: On February 6, 2006 the City Council directed staff to prepare an Interim Ordinance to enact a 45-day moratorium on the issuance of demolition permits for property in the Wesley Park District of the downtown area as identified in the attached map (Attachment No. 2). Transmitted for your consideration is the Interim Ordinance. Funding Source: Not applicable Recommended Action: "Adopt Ordinance No.3:W , a 45-day Interim Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach imposing a Moratorium on the issuance of demolition permits in the Wesley Park area (ATTACHMENT NO. 1)." Alternative Action(s): 1. "Do not approve Ordinance No.3 :?-3/ , to enact a 45-day moratorium on the issuance of demolition permits in the Wesley Park area." 2. "Continue Ordinance No..37-3/ , to enact a 45-day moratorium on the issuance of demolition permits in the Wesley Park area." Analysis: The moratorium will temporarily cease the issuance of demolition permits in the Wesley Park area for a 45-day period, as identified on the attached map (Attachment No. 2). Several residents within Wesley Park have identified concerns regarding recent development that is out of scale with the traditional development pattern throughout the neighborhood. The purpose of the moratorium is to allow the City to analyze issues related to neighborhood compatibility with the residents and develop design criteria that will preserve the character of the Wesley Park area. Environmental Status: The proposed 45-day moratorium is categorically exempt pursuant to City Council Resolution No. 4501, Class 20, which supplements the California Environmental Quality Act. Attachment(s): City Clerk's • . . - NumberDescription Ordinance No. J / , a 45-day Interim Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach imposing a Moratorium on demolition permits for the Wesley Park area 2. Vicinity Map ATTACHMENT 1 ORDINANCE NO. 3731 INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON DEMOLITION PERMITS FOR THE WESLEY PARK AREA WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby find, determine and ordain as follows: SECTION 1. The issuance of demolition permits with the Wesley Park Area, as identified on the attached map, presents a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, or welfare. This finding is based upon evidence received by the City Council that the continued demolition of residential properties has resulted in a disruption in the traditional pattern of development in the neighborhood due to the size and massing of recently built homes. The 45-day moratorium on demolition permits in the Wesley Park Area is necessary to study the issue of neighborhood compatibility for future development in order to preserve the architectural character of homes in the Wesley Park Area, SECTION 2. A moratorium on the i/suef demolition permits for the destruction of residences is hereby imposed for a period qf�5 days. This moratorium prevents the issuance of demolition permits within the area depi d in Exhibit A. SECTION 3: Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65858(a) and Huntington Beach City Charter Section 501, this interim ordinance shall become effective immediately. SECTION 4: This ordinance is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). PASSED AND AidDOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting t ereof held on the day of , 200 Mayor "ZAPPROVED: PROVED AS TO FORM: ity Administr r Attorney Z_ INITI TED AND APPROVED: NO ACTION TAKEN I e Dctor of Planning 06ord/interim wesley Exhibit A Thirteenth St i E co i Tenth y�. C resr VICINITY MAP Wesley Park Area THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ATTACHMENT 2 4.' r T eenth St. E cu VICINITY MAP Wesley Park Area THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH • R A ROUTING SHEET INITIATING DEPARTMENT: PLANNING SUBJECT: Interim Ordinance for Wesley Park Area COUNCIL MEETING DATE: February 21 , 2006 RCA ATTACHMENTS STATUS Ordinance (w/exhibits & legislative draft if applicable) Attached Not Applicable ❑ Resolution (w/exhibits & legislative draft if applicable) Attached ❑ Not Applicable Tract Map, Location Map and/or other Exhibits Attached ❑ Not Applicable Contract/Agreement (w/exhibits if applicable) Attached ❑ (Signed in full by the City Attorney) Not Applicable Subleases, Third Party Agreements, etc. Attached ElNot Applicable (Approved as to form by City Attorney) Certificates of Insurance (Approved by the City Attorney) Attached ❑ Not Applicable Fiscal Impact Statement (Unbudget, over $5,000) Attached ElNot Applicable Bonds (If applicable) Attached ElNot Applicable Staff Report (If applicable) Attached ElNot Applicable Commission, Board or Committee Report (If applicable) Attached ElNot Applicable Findings/Conditions for Approval and/or Denial AttachedNot Applicable ❑ EXPLANATION FOR"MISSING-ATTACHMENTS` REVIEWED RETURNED FORWARDED Administrative Staff ( ) ( ) Assistant City Administrator (Initial) ( ) ( ) City Administrator (Initial) ( ) ( ) City Clerk ( ) EXPLANATION FOR RETURN OF ITEM: Only)(Below Space For City Clerk's Use RCA Author: HZ:SH • RECEIVED -----Original Message----- From: Norm Westwell 2006 FEB 2:1 PH 3:-41 To: City Clerk; djones@surfcity-hb.org CC: All City Coumcil Members; Pat Dapkus; Cathy Fikes CITY OF Sent: Mon Feb 20 18:29:26 2006 HUN T I,'GTON BEACH Subject: Communication for Item G-2a Dear Council members, I urge you to OPPOSE approval of agenda item G-2a, Ordinance#3731. While you may find it within your purview to implement such zoning restrictions, it will assuredly result in unintended consequences down the road which I hope you will consider carefully before any action is taken. Our HB GOVERNMENT has forever changed the character of the downtown by imposing its VISION of modernization of the area. Private property holders should be allowed the same opportunity to peruse THEIR vision of modernization for THEIR property. I do not need to remind you that the Wesley Park Area is not within a homeowners association. All of the properties in the now well-aged Wesley Park Area will require maintenance, major repairs, improvements or complete reconstruction at some time in the future. It should be the property owner who decides how and what is best to be done on his property. The character of all'neighborhoods changes over time. Your action to prevent this will negatively impact the natural improvement of an ageing area. This will artificially reduce the affordability of housing in that area and will cause aging units to fall into disrepair, as owners will not have any incentive to modernize or remodel. Private redevelopment should be nurtured to succeed ahead of government redevelopment, which will surly follow down the road should this agenda of social engineering move forward toward its logical end. Property rights are the essential foundation for a free American society. If government controls your property then it is not really your property. Your constituents who are not in control of their own property have a special name. Government slaves. The downtown looks nothing like it did 100 years ago. It should look nothing like it does now 100 years from now. While some of you (and others) may wish it to remain the same forever, it is unreasonable to FORCE property owners to comply with YOUR vision. Decisions such as this should, at the very least, be put to the voters to decide. It is the responsibility of government to protect the minority from the majority so that mob rule does not prevail. The individual is the smallest unit of any minority and as such, should be provided the MAXIMUM protection by government. fear this issue is falling prey to a mob rule mentality for emotional and sentimental reasons, which should play no part in this basic property rights decision. "That government is best which governs least." -- Thomas Paine I urge your NO vote for agenda item G2-a. Thank you for your reasoned consideration toward the preservation of the peoples rapidly vanishing property rights. Respectfully, -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Norm Firecracker Westwell - Huntington Beach, CA normw@ModernPublic.com \ / THERE IS A PRICE FOR BEING FREE Torch of Liberty, enlightening the world www.ModernPublic.com It's your government-GET INVOLVED! Huntington Beach Historical District Proposal Defined area in question SL Areas with greatest density of old homes Main Street . i ve Crest Avenue 1 Oth St 11 t" St �� s rt s Historical Perspective id OffidNUUM "A. Main Street was established in 1905 Style of architecture 1900's Bungalow Main thoroughfare to downtown Huntington • The last remaining intact traditional neighborhood Preferred promenade m 1 a M Jtun rM ! Rf � „ /•�` '�4 6 ^fir'�Ny . � � � i• =_ � \4 y :o W,4��1.+��f f t� C�j,/t✓'! .t'�.tiS.. � r��F. O O U 0 0 z Community Unregulated ............ ;S n e i e Destroys the integrity of the neighborhood Historical significance lost Value in place is removed Individual rights are encroached property g Creates an incongruous neighborhood Proposed Regulations for New Building and Remodels ■ Setbacks to remain at 15' in front, 5' on sides and 40 10' in alley. ■ Height maximum 28' from curb line to roofline. ■ Site coverage - maximum 40% of lot coverage (ground floor square footage) vs. 50% . - ■ Total square footage reduced from one for one to s 60%. ■ The style to maintain the character of the surrounding area as determined by the Design Review Board . Benefits to the City ■ HB can choose to blend in with SoCal � unrestrained growth or standout as an exception ■ Join cities like Long Beach , Anaheim , Pasadena , etc. , that have created protected historical communities � ■ Draw in tourism from the historic and architectural element ■ Put HB on new destination maps Ci* tywi* de attention .jL jr...,NDENT . . MAILBAG ' un:,.•,'+a.�:.Ss-#;fn+rrlfc_""s rnir:r.n+... ..-,r�+,..'tru:� ►u .x!r,.'r; -_— ---... _— 1rt,dat:ns,:v. o,r4 r lm.:.1 Ih 2r as4.a^. i� a. r^t1.r,.�iri..`IL ut ikT"h I. :{tl 5'i.li �,;ti' Wn WE SG -a l:,!k ..,. .a r.�=s r T 11{' it. .. N lCfit i Tat!' ha rs._,err4.rs rz Mmn �,- tx: ru 5 sae t is r€?a 41 +as if IAKV COWSITR 1 r 1 <n ralx'};uaa,w�u^: Ir+inaaa. G 3 Mesa i eu ..iw !€rzaitn mi ,gad v afr a3re°,•,vl •�rit� r uec� Jti.r . ia,+s k'> t- me:a. .Us a'i: "I; aAl �.at Iit! r r.t lrron. rd!_ ;'gilt It, ,a,117z f.sd i.a p ..•k a ." Y *zI.'v egr Il:ist- wiaY ld b". 'r �1, • r.''1 i Ill . ill 117 Aa. Ylfilf ... .fa�= ' _. - t. lz•tl' 'a �a:lie.;;ft;e -+SI ?ri lill•: ;s �„ Horse plans rile neighbors ^ r. 1 i •rls? 1 Ii'. ._CkLt� 1�'�` I 'ups i .'Yt,l _+..-,.;1 :I z' r "91 $r9u 4Gr.x"...:"Y ': l{s rtoeeaasa a �O .. t s , "!_:f11 '+', '� .I't�cfirs fi_ %r z,, c�.y j;W od(Lr!S 1i wr;V: I"-umv T-T,'Va1"-51te?C-t11ty 3w*ldl*ng Think about 'it . . Quality of life is not measured by the floor space of a new building , but by the breathing room remaining for all neighbors. When the principle of resale value bulldozes a neighborhood , the neighborhood fails to exist, and if we as neighbors fail to speak out, we fail the community. LOW 4 - l � � x , � r r� CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH C1 E C E I HUN TING TONBEACH Community Services Department 2005 DEC 16 PH 2: 1.0 CI i'`f GF 1HGT0f'1J1 BEACH To Mayor and City Council Via City Administrator From Jim B. Engle, Director, Community Ser Date December 16, 2005 Subject Late Communication re Item H-la for December 19, 2005 City Council Meeting—Neighborhood Conservation Overlay The Historic Resources Board met on Friday, December 16, 2005,to discuss a potential moratorium on demolition and building permits for historic homes, and the creation of an Historic Preservation District. Attached is a letter dated December 16, 2005 from the Historic Resources Board Chair, Orville Hanson. JBE:cr Attachment cc: Paul Emery; Howard Zelefsky; Janeen Laudenback; Kate Hoffman /� _ f 9 --0 fli6torie I z6oure�Z6 board An advisory board to the Huntington Beach Citv Council To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Historic Resources Board Date: December 16, 2005 Subject: Action Taken at December 16, 2005 Historic Resources Board Meeting There have been several recent requests for demolition and building permits for properties located in areas of Huntington Beach that have historic significance as identified in the Final Report of the Historic Resources Survey completed in 1986. The Historic Resources Board has received several letters from citizens who are upset with the potential home renovations to an architectural style and size that is out of character with the existing neighborhoods. As a result the Historic Resources Board has met to discuss the issues and proposes the following recommendation: Resolution: The Historic Resources Board resolved to propose a moratorium on all demolition and building permits for homes located in the areas identified as the 9th Street District, The Downtown Core and the Wesley Park District. Secondly, the Board recommends the establishment of an Historic Preservation District, that will allow preservation of the historic Main Street. We suggest the boundaries be identified from Main Street at Pacific Coast Highway North to Yorktown and extend to 17th Street to the West and Lake Street to the East. The three referenced areas were previously identified as meeting the criteria used to determine an historic district per the Historic Resources Survey. The Board also recommends that individual properties located outside the preservation district be identified and included in the survey. The Board recommends that the survey be updated to accommodate changes that have occurred since the study was completed in 1986. The Board recommends that design guidelines and incentives be established that would preserve the character of the neighborhood including the limitation of lot widths and building heights and encouraging historically appropriate homes. The Board recommends limiting the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) and planning larger setbacks. We suggest that designs encourage outdoor community contact. The Motion was presented by Hank Goldman and seconded by Diane Ryan. The motion passed with a unanimous "Aye" from a quorum with four votes present and one vote by voice. Respectfully Submitted, Orville Hanson, Chair Historic Resources Board C: Jill Hardy, Council Liaison; Dave Sullivan, Council Liaison; Penny Culbreth-Graft, City Administrator; Jim B. Engle, Director, Community Services; Howard Zelefsky, Director, Planning Huntington Beach Art Center 538 Main Street ♦ Huntington Beach , California ♦ 92648 Phone ( 714 ) 536 - 5258 _ G RI E � v ED EI x Save Historic Wesley PMr#,c Ar os The Wesley Park Neighbors Associatiog � � deEup,�O,f residents of historic Main Street and surrounding area, are fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from over development. Recent plans for subdividing lots and building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage. According_ to the Final Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach, this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the primer residential area in the early growth years of the city. Many of the most significant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale, proportion, and character of the surrounding area. Name Address Signature 1 . ll/ANe,� A�IelgAJO � /�` 1,113 2 Alq11 Ofe AJ f 3.� o�j KLEE(19 AJrn I/ cR�ST vE ,'Pen c', p -- Cn 1 . dl/& 7. l ! ),A,,�,pwio S4r 46 /In 8. 9. J d 1-\N 6 R ALk N -7b � SST R f3 10. ;,23 12. IIIHftnO q0 3 Cy' - ST i q-2, t Petition Save Historic Wesley Park Area The Wesley Park Neighbors Association, made up of residents of historic Main Street and surrounding area, are fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from over development. Recent plans for subdividing lots and building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of.the city's heritage. According to the Final Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach, this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the primHer residential area in the early growth years of the city. Many of the most significant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale, proportion, and character of the surrounding area. Name Address Signature co 79 C 1 I qz.6ct5z 3. � 6Isks 1/3 at �'S+� /1g ` / 13. JOB ',' S I 717- ,�t 1 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Petition Save Historic Wesley Park Area The Wesley Park Neighbors Association, made up of residents of historic Main Street and surrounding area, are fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from overdevelopment. Recent plans for subdividing lots and building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage. According to the Final Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach,this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the premier residential area in the early growth years of the city. Many of the most significant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale, proportion, and character of the surrounding area. Name Address Signa e 3. � LOAJ6 7�� 'M.9iN4.O A �- 5. -¢I( zzria-1 �j4b 9Z648 + o. /her `?c (Oil shun,-.. 146 / 7 A� D v 14. PALM �T3 15.AtA o 1,1 lo '✓ % %�/ r v+� 16. Q 18. r ' Save Historic Wesley Park Area The Wesley Park Neighbors Association, made up of residents of historic Main Street and surrounding area, are fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from overdevelopment. Recent plans for subdividing lots and building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage. According to the Final Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach, this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the premier residential area in the early growth years of the city. Many of the most significant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale,proportion, and character of the surrounding area. Name Address AgCj %Z(,,V Sign e 2. SOU 3. 4. Q) 9 N A-('14 5r• CA _. 6. &-fs — JT14.A.e aGys �lvlN�19h 7. ep J. /1 8. 9. 10. 12. k 13. 4 .�O✓U 14. bltit (� os G �� S� . M on ia ue )a 1 15'Z 1&- �l 1-744-11C f DZ7 12-774gT' 49 ,C4 16. r Ave CL(�J(� �n'f'� O�Z P�41`1 17. c 0 18. 19. 20. y .. eve Historic Wesley Park Are The Wesley Park Neighbors Association, made up,of residents of historic Main Street and surrounding area, are fighting to preserve the.downtown residential area from overdevelopment. Recent plans for.subdividing lots and building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage. According to the Final Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach, this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the premier residential area in the early growth years of the city. Many of the most significant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale, proportion, and character of the surrounding area. /,.-,Name Address Sionature O - & -7�- 6 2. Ukc0 -Yz 2 Z5 - ICE 0 4. 5. 6. ADC. ZL --- ��- 7 l'f. RL�- > S��< I ;�i 37.7 8. 9. K� 10. 12a 1.3. 15. 16. /J �1J •l� 17 19. 20. P'no—I l� �,� �3 Ma'tiV, fib- . 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The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale, proportion, and character of the surrounding area. Name Address Sig e 3. QA 4. 5. (E C,\ P--CakA V\,0 r2 6. X A31S t(. S u 5 9. � � I P0�.5G� �© f� a i h 10. 11. da 12. �d z Z 6- 13. 14. 15. Pj,Y �b o Y Z to V\, 16. ft e V- kfk Z TmAjqrJ 2p C� C z(—�T A-14 C 17. -) UJ) ' 204 Cle-st OI w 19. - � —' 20. Save Historic Wesley Park Area The Wesley Park Neighbors Association, made up of residents of historic Main Street and surrounding area, are fighting to preserve the downtown residential area from overdevelopment. Recent plans for subdividing lots and building oversized structures that do not maintain the character of the neighborhood are threatening to destroy this important part of the city's heritage. According to the Final Report on the Historic Resources Survey of the City of Huntington Beach, this area was subdivided in 1905 as Wesley Park and rapidly became the premier residential area in the early growth years of the city. Many of the most significant historic residential buildings remaining in the city are located in this important area. The undersigned petitioners request of the City of Huntington Beach that codes be established so that houses to be built or remodeled in the Wesley Park neighborhood respect and maintain the scale, proportion, and character of the surrounding area. jja Address t Sig �re 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. . 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. RECE °J 2006 JAPE 24 PM 3: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH , �� Lr#54 CityCouncil Interoffice Communication CITY °� HU DTI dGT©N EEAC To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members From: Cathy Green, City Council Member Date: January 24, 2006 .Subject: H-ITEM FOR FEBRUARY 6, 2006, CITY COUNCIL MEETING— LIMITED MORATORIUM ON DEMOLITION PERMITS IN AND AROUND THE WESLEY PARK TRACT STATEMENT OF ISSUE: On December 19, 2005, the City Council directed staff to conduct neighborhood meetings and prepare a neighborhood conservation overlay for the area in and around the Wesley Park tract. The homeowners in this area have voiced concern regarding demolition of existing homes, which ultimately would lead to construction of new homes, that may be inconsistent with future standards of the neighborhood conservation overlay. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Direct staff to prepare an interim ordinance and give public notice consistent with the government code, which would provide for a moratorium on demolition permits for 45 days in the area depicted on the attached exhibit. xc: Penny Culbreth=Graft, City Administrator Joan Flynn, City Clerk Paul Emery, Deputy City Administrator Howard Zelefsky, Director of Planning MC F pmp CQP[fN Z rum ♦ HBI1. wwNNra \ ♦ s�vTaN w ♦ . TAIBNN7 � � a \ GANFIELD i f YO®CTOwN AAAM9 1� Y 'A/AIANA70LIS 5 `Q 'Ida n8 A 0 A ATLANSA �O Se d? HA.MMTON NANNWG r 1 w. ° - Wesley Park - Tract 0 �.w. Boundaries 1% p >s QL@ VICINITY MAP Wesley Park Tract—Demolition Permit Moratorium THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH f b Untitled � � I/31/06 11:12 AM Atlanta. Journal-Constitution, The (GA) January 21 , 2006 AS FUS'` • VIEC;;` COUNCIL MEETING Section: News OF "� ^a� Edition: Home; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution CITY CLERK OFFICE JOAN L FLYNN,CITY CLERK Page: A 1 Infill housing freeze chills developers PAUL DONSKY, TY TAGAMI Rob Lamb hoped to cash in on Atlanta's intown housing boom. Lamb recently bought four old homes in the affluent Morningside neighborhood, paying about $400,000 apiec for the cozy two-bedroom, one-bath cottages. He planned to replace them with much larger five- and six-bedroom homes packed with modern touches like walk-in closets, master bedroom suites, luxury kitchens and spacious living rooms that today's families desii But Lamb and other local builders are reeling from this week's news that Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin had imposed a moratorium on housing permits in Morningside and four other upscale northeast Atlanta communities. The ban on construction and demolition runs until Feb. 6, when the Atlanta City Council is expected to vote on a 120-day moratorium. Lamb is still waiting for building permits on three of his properties and says a four-month delay could cost h, $60,000 in interest payments alone -- a big hit for his fledgling company. "I've been in business six months, specifically to build in areas affected by the moratorium," he said. "it could be devastating to my business." In recent years, developers have been gobbling up small houses across the metro area only to tear them down and replace them with large homes. Some deride the infill housing as "McMansions," saying they are far too big and alter the character of neighborhoods. Atlanta is the first major government in the metro area to address the issue. The city council could use a four- month moratorium to revise the city's building codes and allow neighborhoods to restrict the scale of new I houses built in their communities. Franklin said she granted the freeze as a courtesy to City Councilwoman Mary Norwood, who on Tuesday filed legislation to impose a 120-day moratorium on building permits. Norwood worried that news she was seeking the four-month ban would spur a run on applications. The mayor said it has been her policy to grant such short-term moratoriums to all council members who ask for them, in order to give the council time to debate zoning changes without worrying that the affected land will get developed while they talk. "From my standpoint, it's temporary," Franklin said. "It's not clear to me even today that the majority of the council will support the [120-day] moratorium." ! Issue isn't settled Franklin said her imposition of a short-term moratorium does not mean she will support Norwood's four-mo,' halt on construction should the council pass it. On Friday, Lamb, walked through a six-bedroom, five-bath inf ill home he's building in Morningside. The 5,1 C square-foot Craftsman-style house has a wide front porch, lots of windows and an asking price of $1.2 milli http://n1.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=print Pal: I of 3 r Untitled d 1/31/06 11:12 AM c ' looms 10 feet or more above the one-story bungalows on either side. ib,said he's simply providing what buyers want. Jse people*are looking for homes that are historically consistent with the neighborhood, but they want the forts of a modern home," he said. "They want a home that looks like a modern renovation of an existing )ric home." , n Wetherall, a jewelry designer who lives a few doors down the street, said Lamb's house is a bit large for the for his taste, but it is far better than some infill houses he's seen built recently. ,therall said he supports infill homes as long as they fit in with the architecture and character of the ighborhood. :'What I do have a problem with is guys coming in here tearing up these wonderful old houses,just for the sake of something bigger, putting up a monstrosity," he said. "It's just ruining the charm of these small, older houses." Norwood said she selected neighborhoods for the ban based on two factors: the demolition rate as recorded by city building officials and the concern about infill housing as registered by an informal poll through a Web site she operates. She said leaders from Virginia-Highland and Morningside-Lenox Park had requested a moratorium. Though leaders in the North Buckhead neighborhood had not, she said, two dozen residents there responded favorably to her poll. The freeze on new construction caught several council members by surprise. "The only reason I found out about it is a developer called me to ask if it was true," Councilman H. Lamar Willis said. "Mary Norwood sits right next to me but she never mentioned it to me." Norwood said she's been working on the infill issue for at least two years. Last year, when it looked like her legislation to change the zoning was ready for discussion, she said, there was a run on demolitions in these neighborhoods. The intown boom is being driven by the increased popularity of urban living. People are tiring of long commutes and want to be closer to big-city culture. Donna and Peter Donnellan and their two children are moving into an infill home in Virginia-Highland after spending the last six years in Alpharetta. Their 6,500-square-foot suburban home was too big and too far from the city, especially when their children began attending a private school in Atlanta. "V le always wanted to live in the city. When we moved here, we thought we should live in the suburbs because ,'s what you do with kids," said Donnellan, a natural foods distributor. "But it didn't quite fit." nta builder Dennis McConnell said the city should be trying to keep families from going to the suburbs. A ,,� restrictive infill ordinance could make it more difficult to build intown homes large enough for growing flies. -ht now, the city is a wonderful place to be," he said. "It's still a good market to be in. We're selling houses. it could change overnight." :onnell said the proposed restrictions could add layers of red tape and drive up costs. nII opponents are driven by fear of change and even jealousy, he said. =ey time you have change, you have people who say, 'Remember the good old days,' " he said. ar of drastic reaction Atlanta architect David Fowler said the proposed restrictions on infill housing could have unintended consequences. Height restrictions, for instance, could force architects to square off roof lines or take other drastic steps to meet the new guidelines. T-he new homes he's designing are relatively modest, but he worries they might not be allowed under the new rules. "We're not talking about a McMansion," he said. "We're talking a 3,500-to-4,000-square-foot home that looks like a bungalow, is Arts and Crafts, that exudes the character of the neighborhood." Photo BRANT SANDERLIN / Staff This is a view from a large house going up in an Atlanta neighborhood where smaller homes are the norm. Mayor Shirley Franklin has put a moratorium on new permits for such infill housing, and the city may impose a longer http://n1.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=print Page 2 of 3 Untitled ' 1/31/06 11:12 AM one. Developers are worried. Photo BRANT SANDERLIN / Staff Rob Lamb stands in front of the project he has under way in Atlanta's Morningside community. Permits for three others are in limbo, and he fears a short moratorium could get longer. Photo BUILDER: WHAT IT MEANS "I've been in business six months, specifically to build in areas affected. It could be devastating to my business." -- Rob Lamb, who says he and other builders provide what home buyers want: large houses in traditional Atlanta neighborhoods Photo MAYOR: WHY IT'S NEEDED "If the council passes the moratorium, this three-week window would give unfair advantage to some people." -- Shirley Franklin, explaining her fear that developers might rush for permits before the ' vote on a 120-day moratorium i Graphic BUILDER: WHAT IT MEANS "I've been in business six months, specifically to build in areas affected. It could be devastating to my busin -- Rob Lamb, who says he and other builders provide what home buyers want: large houses in traditional At' neighborhoods MAYOR: WHY IT'S NEEDED "If the council passes the moratorium, this three-week window would give unfair advantage to some people." -- Shirley Franklin, explaining her fear that developers might rush for permits before the vote on a 120-day moratorium Copyright 2006 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution i http://nI.ncwsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=print P. Untitled 1/31/06 11:33 AN, t Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA) January 20, 2006 1 Section: News ! Edition: Home; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Page: A 1 Moratorium on McMansions Atlanta's mayor halts tide of massive new homes recasting landscape of older intown neighborhoods DAVID PENDERED Mayor Shirley Franklin has ordered a temporary halt to the stampede of so-called McMansions altering the face of popular established intown neighborhoods in the city of Atlanta. With an executive order, Franklin issued a moratorium on the construction of new, massive homes on lots where older, smaller houses once stood. It is the first time a government in metro Atlanta has tried to stop the phenomenon that is changing the residential landscape of urban neighborhoods. Franklin's moratorium halts construction permits for infill housing in five of the hottest real estate markets in the city -- north Buckhead, Virginia-Highland, Morningside-Lenox Park, Ansley Park-Sherwood Forest and Lake Claire. The ban will last until Feb. 6, when the Atlanta City Council will vote on a proposed 120-day moratorium for the same neighborhoods. "My phone certainly has blown up today," Chris Burke, a vice president with the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, said Thursday. "People want to know what's going on." The moratorium will prevent real estate investors from tearing down older homes and building new, big ones while the council considers restricting the scale of houses in Atlanta's neighborhoods. The infill-teardown trend has blazed across Atlanta and close-in suburbs during the "back to the city" craze of the past five years. Established communities changed almost overnight as 1,500-square-foot ranch homes and bungalows built in the 1950s were demolished and replaced with houses 6,000 square feet or larger. , "A lot of people move into Virginia-Highland to live in bungalows," Virginia-Highland resident Andy Walden sai0N "So I know people who are upset with bigger homes being built." News stirs up emotions Emotions ran high in Atlanta on Thursday as news of the moratorium spread through a-mails among neighborhood protection groups and the residential construction industry. Franklin signed her order without fanfare Tuesday and sent it at about 4 p.m. to Councilwoman Mary Norwood, who has dogged the infill issu(. three years, despite opposition from developers. "It's the current homeowners who will lose out," said Natalie Spalding, a real estate agent with Jenny Pruitt t Associates in Buckhead. Spalding specializes in finding houses in desirable neighborhoods that are more valu. . for the land they sit on than they are as places to live. "An outdated ranch might be worth a half-million dollars as a teardown, but not nearly that much as a house," Pruitt said. "People who have held on thinking their house was a great investment may see the value decrease substantially." Demand up for big homes Some home buyers, who do not want long commutes from distant suburbs to Atlanta, are demanding larger http://nI.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=print Page 1 of 4 i Untitled 1/31/06 1133'AM homes than those typical of older communities..And it's not just.the starteOr nansions, or McMansion 7 causing a stir. The average house in America doubled over the past 50 years, according to the U.S. census; to more than 2,000 square feet. From Vinings in Cobb County to the Oak Grove neighborhood in DeKalb County, area residents are alarmed over waking up to the din of bulldozers knocking down a nearby house. DeKalb came close to adopting a comprehensive regulation last year, but dumped the controversial plan. A version now being considered would let individual neighborhoods vote on their own regulations. In Cobb County, which made national news over the high price of teardowns, the East Cobb Civic Association has fo -med an inf ill development committee. The issue.is on the February agenda, said Martha Adams, president of i association. me as a neighbor, I think it would be a critical issue -- the scale of the building," Adams said. "We're just nning to deal with it and discussing an ordinance that would define what's appropriate." inett next in line ie expect the infill wave to hit parts of Gwinnett County in three to five years, said Chuck Warbington, cutive director of the Gwinnett Village Community Improvement Association and a county planning .(imisioner. ✓eral cities in Gwinnett have been pioneers in restoring their.downtowns. In Norcross, for instance, Cumming- )�sed Hedgewood Properties Inc. plans this year to build a mix of detached homes, townhouses and condominiums in walking distance from the tow_ n center on a site now filled with old metal-clad warehouses,said Pam Sessions, Hedgewood's co-president. "We were part of a Livable Centers Initiative district [sponsored by the Atlanta Regional Commission], so there was a vision," Sessions said. "It just fit. It worked. And the warehouses weren't something the neighbors were disappointed to see go." That's a little different from having the house down the street from you torn down and replaced with a huge one, said Cary Aiken, of Atlanta's Morningside area. "Just outside my back door, between Christmas.and New Year's, they tore down a 2,000-square-foot house and :will cut down several beautiful trees to build a house that will be 6,000 square feet plus," Aiken said. "I am extremely pleased by the mayor's action." Realty agent: 'It's time' Cathy Muzzy, a real estate agent for Harry Norman Realtors in Midtown who resides near Spalding, also thinks Atlanta's moratorium is a good thing. She has watched tree-lined intown Atlanta neighborhoods take on the feel of the suburbs because of the plethora of big, new houses with everything from four-car garages to master bathrooms as big as family rooms in some older homes. "Oh yeah, we definitely need something, and I say, that speaking both personally and professionally," said Muzzy, who has served about 20 years on a neighborhood;planning unit in Buckhead. "When I worked on the city's subdivision ordinance revisions in the 1980s, the builders were so strong that we couldn't attach height limits, so people have had their yards cut off from sunlight by the,neighboring house. It's time we worked this out." :zy was at a book club meeting Thursday in Peachtree Park near Lenox Square, where the conversation was )osed to be about E.L. Doctorow's new book, "The March: A Novel." But the talk shifted to development ng a group that lived through its own teardown experience two years ago. Five of their neighbors agreed to their homes to a developer who intends to tear them down and build a cul-de-sac development of 19 houses Ling at $1 million. t it's not just Buckhead," Muzzy said. "It's true all over the city -- Kirkwood, Ormewood Park, Vine City. rywhere." nklin could not be reached for comment. But her order said that residents had asked for help in providing for i� orderly redevelopment of their neighborhoods to protect their character. She concluded ,y linking the moratorium to the city's well-being: "There is an urgent need, substantially related to the public health, safety and welfare, that an executive order httpJ/n1.bewsbank.com/nl-search/wc/Archives?p_action=print Page 2 of 4 Untitled � • 1/31/06 11:33 AM be issued to`support an ordinance proposing interim controls ... so the purpose of the interim controls not be circumvented until such time as an appropriate ordinance can be acted on by the City Council." Norwood has been relentless in pursuing the issue. She organized a task force and drafted a Georgia Tech professor to help figure out a way to quantify "how big is big" when it comes to a new house in an existing neighborhood. Norwood is elected citywide, so she hears from a lot of people. "The reason I chose to act now is that I met with the Beltline Neighborhood Coalition's historic committee thref weeks ago, and we had 40 people who attended, 40 people on a miserable night, and we talked 90 minutes,"', Norwood said. "They said they've had an amazing number of teardowns and were losing their neighborhoods More revisions planned Norwood filed her legislation in September and refiled it Tuesday, as required after an election year. Neighborhoods would vote to regulate matters such as height, set-back from the street and evergreen scre( between the new houses and older neighboring ones. She said it will be refined as it moves through the city' approval process. It goes to neighborhood planning units next month, to the city's Zoning Review Board in I, March and then to the full council in April. Norwood said she's open to suggestions. "I am trying to enact the right legislation so the intent and the results are the very best we can have to presE i ve our neighborhoods and allow for orderly redevelopment of the city," Norwood said. Burke, of the home builders' group, thinks the whole issue is nonsense. "The public has spoken by virtue that there is no ordinance after two and a half years since Mary [Norwood] brought this up," Burke said. "I don't hear anyone screaming about infill. They scream about trash, potholes, tree protection, but not infill, so I can't believe it's that significant a problem." But Dianne Olansky, who chairs the neighborhood planning unit for Morningside-Lenox Park and Virginia- Highland, disagrees. "If you live next to one of those, and your daylight kitchen suddenly sees no daylight, it becomes an issue," Olansky said. Staff writers Paul Donsky, George Chidi and Richard Whitt contributed to this article. Photo' MIKKI K. HARRIS / Staff "I know people who are upset with bigger homes being built," says Virginia-Highland resident Andy Walden, walking his dogs. Photo RICH ADDICKS / Staff Cathy Muzzy, who has served 20 years on a neighborhood planning unit in Buckhead, says she thinks Atlanta's moratorium is a good thing. Photo MIKKI K. HARRIS / Staff A smaller house sits in the shadow of its larger neighbor on Brookridge Drive in Virginia-Highland, one of the f�v neighborhoods under the moratorium halting construction permits for infill housing. l Graphic ' WHAT'S NEXT • The Atlanta City Council is to vote Feb. 6 on extending the moratorium for 120 days. Councilwoman.Mary Norwood submitted the legislation. • During the moratorium, the council is to consider Norwood's proposal to restrict the scale of new houses 1, be built in existing neighborhoods. The goal is to curb the trend of tearing down smaller homes and replacing them with homes so big that they change the character of the neighborhood. • The proposal provides for neighborhoods to voluntarily come under the restrictions, which cover issues including height and how close a house is to the street, provide for evergreen screening between the new house and its neighbors, and control dramatic changes to the site by bringing in truckloads of dirt. Graphic JEROME THOMPSON / Staff http://ni.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=print Page 3 of Untitled 1/31:36 11:33 AM BRAKES ON BUILDING O 4- Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin has ordered a moratorium on the demolition of older houses and construction of most new houses in portions of highlighted areas. Highlighted areas: North Buckhead Ansley Park/ Sherwood Forest Morningside/ Lenox Park Vi ginia-Highland Claire highlights the above areas. Inset map outlines area of detail in metro Atlanta. .yright 2006 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution +1 I http://ni.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=print Page 4 of � Trend 1 Source: BUILDER Magazine Publication date: 2005-12-01 By J. Sullivan NO ONE SEEMS TO MIND starter castles that keep to themselves in designated enclaves. It's when they pop up in old neighborhoods and start bullying the smaller kids on the block that problems arise. Old-growth neighborhoods have become battlegrounds in the volume wars, but don't expect a peace treaty any time soon. Tensions are high in places such as Chevy Chase, Md., where county council-members recently reinstated a 35-foot height limit on single- family homes, eliminating a loophole that was allowing some builders to go taller. An "anti-mansionization" ordinance that recently passed in the Los Angeles suburb of Sunland mandates that new homes on lots measuring 8,000 square feet or smaller cannot exceed 40 percent of the lot size. Several neighboring municipalities are considering similar measures. Expect this trend in all-out NIMBY offensives to continue in highly populated areas—particularly in those neighborhoods where teardowns are prime targets for new construction. CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACW. C City Council Interoffice Communication rn A To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members �-Ov- -n From: Cathy Green, City Council Member s Date: December 13, 2005 Subject: H-ITEM FOR DECEMBER 19, 2005, CITY COUNCIL MEETING - NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION OVERLAY STATEMENT OF ISSUE: There are several neighborhoods throughout the city that deserve our attention with respect to how residential properties recycle. Some of these older intact neighborhoods are unique in character and should have special rules for development that can preserve their character. The city's Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance currently contains provisions that permit the city to adopt a Neighborhood Conservation Overlay. This is a public hearing process that is the same as all other legislative acts. A neighborhood conservation overlay would allow for a new set of rules that would only be applicable to a specific area. Many of the property owners in the Wesley Park area of downtown have come forward with an interest in having their neighborhood considered for this overlay designation. The Wesley Park tract, as described in the city's General Plan, is the area "primarily on the 200 block of Main Street and the 200 & 300 blocks of Crest Avenue and the areas adjacent such as the 600 & 700 blocks of 7th and 8th Streets, areas on 11 th Street across from Farquhar Park, and the east side of Main Street up to Tenth Avenue." RECOMMENDED ACTION: Direct staff to prepare a Neighborhood Conservation Overlay for the Wesley Park Tract after conducting a neighborhood meeting with property owners. xc' Penny Culbreth-Graft, City Administrator Paul Emery, Deputy City Administrator Joan Flynn, City Clerk Howard Zelefsky, Director of Planning ✓L—`� i9-s �� J� 7a s ,cy!�— -Z TfF� Wa" (12) December 19, 2005 - Council/Agency Agenda - Page 12 Communication from Councilmember Green transmitting the following Statement of Issue: There are several neighborhoods throughout the City that deserve our attention with respect to how residential properties recycle. Some of these older intact neighborhoods are unique in character and should have special rules for development that can preserve their character. The City's Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance currently contains provisions that permit the City to adopt a Neighborhood Conservation Overlay. This is a public hearing process that is the same as all other legislative acts. A Neighborhood Conservation Overlay would allow for a new set of rules that would only be applicable to a specific area. Many of the property owners in the Wesley Park area of downtown have come forward with an interest in having their neighborhood considered for this overlay designation. The Wesley Park tract, as described in the City's General Plan, is in the area "primarily on the 200 block of Main Street and the 200 & 300 blocks of Crest Avenue and the areas adjacent such as the 600 & 700 blocks of 7th and 81h Streets, areas on 11th Street across from Farquhar Park, and the east side of Main Street up to Tenth Avenue." Motion: Direct staff to prepare a Neighborhood Conservation Overlay for the Wesley Park Tract after conducting a neighborhood meeting with property owners. Approved as amended to include the words "and surrounding area"after the word "Tract" 7-0 Council Comments - (Not Agendized) At this time Councilmembers may report on items not specifically described on the agenda which are of interest to the community. No action or discussion may be taken except to provide staff direction to report back or to place the item on a future agenda. Council/Agency Adjournment at 8:27 p.m. to Tuesday, January 3, 2006, 2005, at 4:00 p.m., in Room B-8, Civic Center, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California. Council/Agency Agendas and Minutes are Available at No Charge to the Public at the City Clerk's Office, on the City's Website, Via Email, and Through Paid Subscription. Complete Agenda Packets are Available at the Central Library and Library Branches on Friday Prior to Meetings. Videotapes of Council Meetings are Available for Checkout at:the Central Library at No Charge_ JOAN L. 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