HomeMy WebLinkAboutITEM 2A - 2395 Pebble Beach_HSPB163_Presentation_20250304The Richard and Signe Holechek Residence
2395 Pebble Beach Drive
Case HSPB #163 Historic Site Designation – Class 1 Landmark
March 4, 2025
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Project Site & Context
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Proposed Review
•Historic Site Designation (Section 8.05.070)
• Property address: 2395 Pebble Beach Drive (APN #681-242-008)
•Zone District: Single-Family Residential (R-1-C)
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Site Conditions
East (front) Elevation from Pebble Beach Drive, February 2025
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Historic Photographs
Map and layout of homes along the golf course
Source: Green Fairway Estates Brochure
“Wentworth – Elevation G”
Source: Green Fairway Estates Brochure
Plan 1 (Three Bedroom Floor Plan)
Source: Green Fairway Estates Brochure
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
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West (rear) Elevation of the home, February 2025
Criteria for Historic Designation
Character Defining Features:
•Site design and placement of the home abutting the open green
space
•An emphasis on horizontality with low slung, asymmetrically pitched
roof
•Trapezoidal stacked stone walls on the east (front) elevation
•9-bay floor to ceiling windows behind the stone walls on the east
elevation
•Minimal window to wall ratio on the front elevation
•Vertical wood siding
•H-shaped floor plan that divides the private and public spaces
•Deep overhangs and recessed entry with solid double doors
•Post-and-beam construction with exposed beams along the exterior
eaves of the building
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“Roman Tub” (interior), February 2025
Criteria for Historic Designation
Character Defining Features:
•Extensive use of glazing in the form of aluminum-framed windows and
doors
•Open courtyard to the rear of the home beyond the front entry with
beams that expand across the space
•Stacked stone mailbox column that matches the main house
•“Champagne glass” fireplace in front of a stone wall (interior features)
Non-contributing Element:
•The 2022 attached casita addition to the southwest corner of the home
•Non-original hardscaping
•Spa and tanning shelf
•Concrete block perimeter walls
•Rooftop photovoltaic system
•Brise soleil at front facade
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East (front) Elevation showing brise soleil, February 2025
Conclusion
Based on the Historic Resources Report (HRR) and the site visits, staff finds the property at 2395 Pebble
Beach 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 #163 and recommend Class 1 (Landmark) designation of
“The Richard and Signe Holechek Residence” (2395 Pebble Beach Drive) to City Council.
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Owners’ Position
The current owners submitted the request for historic designation of this site.