REPORT TO HISTORICAL AND LANDMARKS COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Significant Property Alteration to allow minor interior alterations to an historic residence located at 1525 Franklin Street
Report
BACKGROUND
The subject property is listed as a historic resource on the City's Historical Resources Inventory. The project is before the Historical and Landmarks Commission (HLC) for a recommendation to the Director of Community Development in accordance with the Historic Preservation Ordinance for recommendation of approval of the Significant Property Alteration Permit (SPA). As the project scope includes interior alteration of the family room at the rear of the home to create a fifth bedroom and rear hallway in an existing 2,069 square foot four-bedroom and two-bathroom home, the project will be reviewed at a Development Review Hearing on February 23, 2022 for architectural review in accordance with 18.76.020(c)(1)!A) of the City Code.
DISCUSSION
The subject property is a 7,784 square foot (sf) lot with a one-story Craftsman-style home constructed in 1925. The residence has undergone changes since its construction consisting of significant interior and exterior alterations and the construction of a detached garage with accessory dwelling unit above as part of a rezoning and tentative map application that was reviewed by the Historical and Landmarks Commission and approved by the City Council in 2006. The residence has been historically occupied by a home for boys and then by the Crippled Children's Society for housing and services.
The residence is currently a 2,069 sf four-bedroom and two-bathroom assisted living elderly care home . It has a 131 sf front porch and 848 sf unfinished basement. The existing basement is used for storage (i.e. furnace) and is accessed from the exterior of the home. The proposal is to convert 123 sf of the family room to a fifth bedroom with the construction of two interior walls at the rear of the home which would also create a hallway ...
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