REPORT TO HISTORICAL AND LANDMARKS COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Significant Property Alteration Permit (PLN24-00062) for a 266 Square-Foot Addition to a Historic Resource Inventory Property at 1176 Lincoln Street
Report
BACKGROUND
The 6,260 square-foot subject property is located on the southwest corner of Fremont Street and Lincoln Street and includes a 786 square-foot two-bedroom, one and a half-bathroom one-story residence constructed in 1923 in the California Bungalow architectural style. The property has a 218 square foot detached one-car garage that appears to have been constructed concurrent with the house. The subject property was added as a historic resource to the City's Historic Resource Inventory (HRI) and entered into a Mills Act Contract in 2020.
In accordance with Chapter 18.130.050 of the Santa Clara City Code, the project is before the Historical and Landmarks Commission (HLC) for a recommendation to the Director of Community Development for the proposed Major Significant Property Alteration (SPA) Permit to add habitable square footage to the rear of the existing two-bedroom, one and a half-bathroom main residence resulting in a three-bedroom, two-bathroom one-story single-family residence.
DISCUSSION
The applicant proposes a single-story addition to the rear of the historic main residence. The rear wall of the existing residence will be modified for the expanded functions that are associated with the addition. The proposed addition continues the box-shaped layout of the original house with walls and roof aligned to the existing. The proposed addition will provide a slight differentiation from the historic residence using siding of a different dimension, either five-inch or six-inch exposure as opposed to the existing four-inch exposure for the redwood siding. Composition roofing over the addition will also have a different shade of color to provide differentiation from the existing roof. The proposed window t...
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