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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2455 Southridge_HSPB162_Presentation_20250204The Dr. Harry and Betty Garber Residence 2455 Southridge Drive Case HSPB #162 Historic Site Designation – Class 1 Landmark February 4, 2025 PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT Project Site & Context PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT Proposed Review •Historic Site Designation (Section 8.05.070) • Property address: 2455 Southridge Drive (APN #510-260-024) •Zone District: Single-Family Residential (R-1-A) PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT Site Conditions East (front) Elevation from Southridge Dive, January 2025 Front entrance, January 2025 PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT Historic Photographs Street-level elevation of completed home, early 1973 Source: Historic Resources Report Bird’s -eye view of property, December 1975 Source: Historic Resources Report Municipal Code Section 8.05.070.C.1.a Criteria for the Designation of Class 1 Historic Resources The site, structure, building or object exhibits exceptional historic significance and meets one or more of the criteria listed below: Criterion i: The resource is associated with events that have made a meaningful contribution to the nation, state or community; Criterion ii: The resource is associated with the lives of persons who made a meaningful contribution to national, state or local history; Criterion iii: The resource reflects or exemplifies a particular period of national, state or local history; Criterion iv: The resource embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction; Criterion v: The resource presents the work of a master builder, designer, artist, or architect whose individual genius influenced his age, or that possesses high artistic value; Criterion vi: The resource represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction, as used in evaluating applications for designation of historic districts, for parcels on which more than one entity exists; or Criterion vii: The resource has yielded or may be likely to yield information important to national, state or local history or prehistory. Criteria for Historic Designation Municipal Code Section 8.05.070.C.1.b Analysis of Integrity • Location • Design • Setting • Materials • Workmanship • Feeling • Association PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT View from living and dining area looking northwest , January 2025 Criteria for Historic Designation Character Defining Features: •Site design of the property and building footprint of the home angled within the mountain landscape. •Sunken garden atrium with direct access from the carport using the exterior staircase attached to the southeast section of the retaining wall. •Extended carport overhang across the sunken atrium supported by wooden beams. •Unobstructed views from the living area looking north. •Continuous extension of the rafter beams from the interior to the exterior of the space and deeper overhangs on the west side of the home. •Floor to ceiling glazing with vertical separations between panes. •Triangular clerestory windows on the gable ends of the roof. •Location and design of the masonry fireplace. •Simple grey concrete hardscape and single concrete landing at the base of the sliding glass doors on the north elevation. •Contemporary post-and-beam flat-roofed residence with a pitched roof volume over the living/dining room. This volume is covered in terra-cotta barrel tile. PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT Criteria for Historic Designation Character Defining Features: •Off -white split-face concrete brick. •Open carport. •Heavily trowelled off-white stucco. •Kool Deck patio with swimming pool. •Anodized bronze aluminum sliding glass doors and windows. •Dolomite stone veneer. •Off -white large aggregate terrazzo tile. •Decorative tiles with circular patterns of marble chips in gold with white. Non-contributing Element: •Metal and cable perimeter fence. PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT Conclusion Based on the Historic Resources Report (HRR) and the site visits, staff finds the property at 2455 Southridge Drive meets criterion 3 and 5 and sufficient integrity as listed in Section 8.05.070.C.1.b is met to be reclassified as a Class 1 (Landmark) site. Recommendation Staff recommends HSPB adopt Resolution #162 and recommend Class 1 (Landmark) designation of “The Dr. Harry and Betty Garber Residence” (2455 Southridge Drive) to City Council. PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT Owners’ Position The current owners submitted the request for historic designation of this site.