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HomeMy WebLinkAbout114 1/2 La PorteV( CERTIFICATE OF DEMOLITION ARr:nnIA COD PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION •(REQUIRED) : PROJECT ADDRESS 114 1/2 La Porte Street, Arcadia, CA. 91006 DATE STRUCTURE BUILT Unknown ZONE CLASSIFICATION C - M APPLICANT(S) NAME MAILING ADDRESS CITY EI Mont E-MAIL ADDRESS Monte Brian S. Evison 3475 Peck Road STATE CA briane r.Ilautosquarecotdis(on.com TELEPHONE NO. (626) 277 0022 Ext: 2306 PROPERTY OWNER(S) NAME GS 3475 Peck, LLC MAILING ADDRESS 3475 Peck Road CITY EI Monte STATE CA E-MAIL ADDRESS gerrye@autosquarecollision.com TELEPHONE NO. (626) 277 0022 Ext: 2307 ZIP 91731 ZIP 91731 THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER HEREBY DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT ALL THE INFORM� SUBMITTED FOR THIS APPLICATION IS TRUE AND CORRECT. 12 APPLICANT'S SIGNATURE DAT PROPERTY OWNER!$3fGNA I URE ACTION TAKEN CONDITIONALLY APPROVED 2- 2 23Zo DATE 1. The subject structure(s) shall not be demolished until the City's Building Services Division has issued a building permit for a new Cp Mf1E RCAI, Up(zon the property. h a TI?T'S 5H -4L4- I,�!F (Zet,10V60 AS PART Oi- 'RilS ACP POVO-L, DENIED BY: I S T- DATE: 3 !LS /Z:C) EXPIRATION: THERE IS A TEN (1 D) CALENDAR DAY APPEAL PERIOD FOR THIS APPLICATION. APPEALS MUST BE Sl COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION WITH A $600.00 APPEAL FEE BY 5"5() P.M. ON IN WRITING TO THE DATE FILED L I2� ` RECEIPT NO. w PAID > c ` RECEIVED BY COD -1- 2117 FILING REQUIREMENTS In order for this application to be processed without delay, the application must include all of the following materials. To ensure that your application package is complete, please check -off the boxes next to the required application materials. ❑✓ An Ownership Disclosure is required if the property is owned by a corporation, partnership, trust, or non-profit. The disclosure must reveal the agent for service of process or an officer of the ownership entity. The disclosure must Fist the names and addresses of all the owners and you must attach a copy of the current corporate articles, partnership agreement, trust, or non-profit document, as applicable. 0 Certificate of Demolition - $195 ID Full Evaluation (Primary Record (DPR 523A) form, Building Structure and Object form (5238), and Location Map (DPR 523J). A demolition plan (maximum plan size 11"x17" and provided on a CD) that shows the location of the existing structure(s). ❑ The following items are required if the projects consists of demolishing a multi -family project that has more than 6 units, 3 or more commercial structures on a property; or it is not exempt per CEQA (consult with Planning Staff). ❑ Environmental Assessment Form — $75 Additional CEQA fees may apply if Planning Staff determines that there could be potential impacts to historic resources. The forms must be completed by an Accredited Architectural Historian or Historian that meets the Secretary of Interior's minimum professional qualifications. A list of Architectural Historian and Historian is available from Planning Services. 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Evison, Autosquare Collison Center FROM: Casey Tibbet, M.A., Associate/Cultural Resources Manager/Architectural Historian SUBJECT: 114Yzz La Porte Street, City of Arcadia, California (LSA Project Number ALIC2001) As part of the Certificate of Demolition application process, LSA completed a historical evaluation of the property at 114Yz La Porte Street (Assessor Identification Number [AIN] 5785-004-021) in Arcadia, California. The evaluation was documented on Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 523A (Primary Record) and 523B (Building, Structure, and Object Record) forms and the property was identified on a DPR Location Map. As a result of that evaluation, which included archival research and an intensive -level field survey, it was determined that the circa 1945 vernacular residence does not appear to be eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources or for designation under the City's local ordinance under any criteria. The residence is of indeterminate age and, therefore, cannot be definitively associated with any specific period or historically significant events. Research did not identify any historically significant persons associated with the building and it is architecturally unremarkable. For these reasons, the residence at 114%2 La Porte Street does not qualify as a "historical resource" as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and, for purposes of this project, the City may make a finding of "no impact" with regard to historical resources. ATTACHMENT: DPR forms 2/26/20 IRAAUC2W1\Memo.docvf 1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200, Riverside, California 92507 951.781.9310 www.Isa.net LSA is a business name of ISA Associates, Inc. State of California — The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD Other Listings Review Code Primary # HRI # Trinomial NRHP Status Code Resource Name or #: P1. Other Identifier: 114 La Porte Street: 320 N. tat Avenue (rear *P2. Location: O Not for Publication 0 Unrestricted *a. County: Los Angeles and (P2b and P2c or Ptd. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Mt. Wilson, CA Date: 1961, PR 1988 T IN: R 11 W; S.B.B.M. c. Address: 114%: LaPorte Street City: Arcadia Zip: 91006 d. UTM: Zone: 11; mE/ mN (G.P.S.) e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) APN: 5773-004-021 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This one-story vernacular residence is located south of La Porte Street adjacent to an alley and is oriented to the south. The wood - framed structure is L-shaped in plan and is surmounted by a low-pitched, side -gabled roof sheathed with composition shingles and has no eaves. The exterior walls are predominantly clad with horizontal wood siding, but have been patched with engineered wood. The south -facing asymmetrical facade includes three wood -framed, multi -paned double -hung windows with decorative wood shutters and a modern door and metal security screen sheltered by an improvised plywood canopy supported by wood knee braces. Decorative cornices with small dentils have been tacked on above the windows. A metal, wall -mounted lamp is next to the door. The east elevation has an attic vent, two wood -framed, multi -paned, double -hung windows, and a shed -roofed addition with a modem door. The addition has wide horizontal siding and is patched with plywood. The north elevation includes the rear of the addition, which has a boarded -up window and a large sheet of plywood covering approximately half of the addition, a water heater sheltered by a makeshift canopy with a metal frame attached to the wall and covered with corrugated metal, and a plywood patch covering what may have been a doorway. This elevation also have exposed rafter tails on the original part of the building. The west elevation has an attic vent, wall -mounted security lights, and an electrical panel. The building is in poor condition and its integrity has been compromised by alterations (modern doors, cornices, plywood canopy, metal canopy, and patched siding). *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP2-Single-family property *P4. Resources Present: OO Building DStruclure OObject ❑Site ❑District ❑Element of District E30ther (Isolates, etc.) *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") None. P5b. Description of Photo: (View, date, accession #) Facade, view to the northeast (2/6/2020) *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: ❑• Historic ❑Prehistoric[]Both Circa 1945 (refer to 86) *P7. Owner and Address: Unknown *P6. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Casey Tibbet, M.A. LSA Associates, Inc. 1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200 Riverside, California 92507 *P9. Date Recorded: February 2020 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe) Intensive -level CEQA compliance *Attachments: ❑NONE OLocation Map ❑Sketch Map ©Continuation Sheet OBuilding, Structure, and Object Record DArchaeological Record ❑District Record ❑Linear Feature Record [Willing Station Record ❑Rock Art Record ❑Artifact Record ❑Photograph Record D Other (List): DPR 523A (1/95) *Required information State of California—The Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD Page 2 of 5 'NRNP Status Code 6Z *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 1141/2 La Porte Street B1. Historic Name: B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: Single-family residence B4. Present Use: Vacant *85. Architectural Style: Vernacular *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) No original permits were found for this building and the Los Angeles County Assessor information online does not include a year built for this property. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from 1924 show a machine shop in the same location as this building with the address 114 La Porte (Sanborn Fire Insurance Map 1924). The 1924 city directory, lists a machine shop owned by William A. Cooper at the rear of 320 North 1s'Avenue (property adjacent to the west) in Arcadia (Ancestry.com var.). The 1932 Sanborn map no longer shows the building and by 1928 it was not listed in city directories (Sanborn Fire Insurance Map 1932; Ancestry.com var.). The subject building is present in a 1952 aerial photograph (Historicaerials.com var.). *B7. Moved? [@No DYes ❑Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: 69a. Architect: Unknown b. Builder: Unknown *B10. Significance: Theme: Residential Architecture Area: City of Arcadia Period of Significance: circa 1945 Property Type: Single-family residence Applicable Criteria: NA (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) This vernacular residence does not meet the criteria for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources or the local criteria for Landmark designation. It is not associated with an important events or people in history and does not embody distinctive characteristics of an architectural style. It is not the work of a master and does not possess high artistic values. It is not a historical resource for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Historic Context: Originally owned by the San Gabriel Mission and then apart of Rancho Santa Anita, the land that includes present- day Arcadia was deeded to Scottish immigrant Hugo Reid in 1839 (City of Arcadia 2012). Reid was the first to make a modern impact on the land, raising cattle and building the first structure (City of Arcadia 2012). After a succession of owners, in 1875 Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin purchased the land, along with much of the surrounding area and named it Arcadia (ibid.). Residential development from 1875 to 1909 is one of the first important themes in the City's history (Architectural Resources Group 2016). See Continuation Sheet B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: Ancestry.com Var. A variety of records were accessed online in February 2020 at: hfto://home.ancestry.com/. These include city directories, voter registration records, and United States Census Data. Architectural Resources Group 2016 "City of Arcadia Citywide Historic Context Statement" Accessed online at: https://www.arcadiaca.gov/governmenVcity- delartments/development-services/historic-preservation See Continuation Sheet B13. Remarks: (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) *B14. Evaluator: Casey Tibbet, M.A., LSA Associates, Inc., 1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200, Riverside, California 92507 *Date of Evaluation: February 2020 Refer to Location Map (This space reserved for official comments.) DPR 5238 (1/95) *Required information State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # CONTINUATION SHEET HRI# Trinomial Page 3 of 5 'Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 114%, LaPorte Street 'Recorded by LSA Associates, Inc. `Date: February 2020 X Continuation Update or Drawing (continued from page southwest (2/6/2020) 'B10. Significance: (continued from page 2) In 1885, the main line of the Santa Fe Railroad, in which Baldwin was a stockholder, was opened through Baldwin's property, making it practical to subdivide part of the land into a town site. By 1887, Baldwin was actively attempting to draw residents to the area, but sales were slow and the densest development occurred in the core of the town near the intersection of the railroads (Architectural Resources Group 2016:33). Residential development in this part of town was on small lots, while development further south was on multi -acre parcels (Ibid.). As late as 1903, when a census was taken to ascertain the population of the proposed City of Arcadia, the area only had 642 residents and many lived and worked on the Baldwin Ranch or were temporary residents working for the railroads (Ibid.). Regardless, with a booming economy increasingly based on entertainment, sporting, hospitality, and gambling, Arcadia was incorporated in 1903, with Baldwin as its first mayor (City of Arcadia 2012). Moving into the 1910s, Arcadia's growth remained slow and steady (Architectural Resources Group 2016). However, the city began shifting away from "its sporting days to more respectable pursuits, as it outlawed liquor licensing in 1912 and embarked on a series of civic improvements" (Architectural Resources Group 2016:44). By 1915, electric streetlights had been installed in some areas and streets were graded and oiled (Ibid.). Residential development in the 1910s saw the subdivision of larger parcels into smaller ones (2.5 to 5 acres) that attracted a wider variety of buyers who were interested in a more suburban lifestyle with room for some agricultural pursuits (Architectural Resources Group 2016:49). Most of the 1910s subdivisions followed a grid pattern with graded and sometimes paved roads without curbs or sidewalks (Architectural Resources Group 2016). After World War I, the region thrived and the 1920s were a transformative period in Arcadia's development (Ibid.). Residential subdivision accelerated with tracts designed in grid patterns like those of the 1910s, but with smaller lots (Architectural Resources Group 2016:36). Single-family residential construction dominated the period (Ibid.). Most of these were modest in size and the earliest were constructed in the Craftsman style, with Period Revival styles becoming dominant in the mid -1920s and into the 1930s (Ibid.). The smaller lot subdivisions were located closer to the original town center, Pacific Electric lines, and the commercial district at Huntington and First, while the larger multi -acre lots were in what was then the southern part of town (Ibid.). The 1936 to 1945 period was characterized nationally by massive unemployment and economic uncertainty, but Arcadia was one of the few places that did not experience a near cessation of construction (Architectural Resources Group 2016:65). The major factors for this were Anita Baldwin selling off the remaining approximately 1,300 acres of the Baldwin Ranch; establishment of military facilities and the related increase in demand for commercial businesses; and construction of a County park, which was a large Works Progress Administration (WPA) project (Ibid.). The Baldwin acreage was parceled out into a number of residential subdivisions that jumpstarted construction between 1936 and 1941 (Ibid.). With the end of WWII and the return of thousands of veterans, Arcadia and the greater Los Angeles area saw an enormous explosion in the development of affordable housing. Much of this development took the architectural vocabulary of the pre-war years and combined it into simplified styles suitable for mass developments and small-scale apartments (City of Los Angeles 2011). Development during the 1945-1970 period transformed the city from semi -rural to suburban earning it the nickname a "Community of Homes" (Architectural Resources Group 2016). See Continuation Sheet DPR 523L (1/95) 'Required Information State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Primary # CONTINUATION SHEET HRI# Trinomial Page 4 of 5 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 114'/, La Porte Street *Recorded by LSA Associates, Inc. *Date: February 2020 X Continuation Update *B10. Significance: (continued from page 3) Citywide Historic Resources Survey. In 2016, a citywide historic resources survey was completed for the City. This survey has not been formally adopted by the City Council and is used informally by City staff and preservationists. The subject property, 1141/2 La Porte Street, is not mentioned in the survey. People Associated with this Property. No original building permits were found for this building. According to Sanborn maps, a machine shop was located here in 1924 and was addressed as 114 La Porte Street; however, it was at the rear of the residential property addressed as 116 La Porte Street (Sanborn Fire Insurance Map 1924). City directories confirm that in 1924, William A. Cooper operated a machine shop at this location, but it was listed in the phone book as the rear of 320 North 1 s' Avenue, which is the property adjacent to the west (Ancestry.com var.). In 1928, the machine shop was not listed (ibid.). The 1932 Sanborn map did not show the machine shop building at the rear of the residential property (then listed as 120 La Porte) (Sanborn Fire Insurance Map 1932). Searches of city directories and news articles for a building at the rear of 320 N. 1s' Avenue and 120 and 114 La Porte Street did not yield any results, nor did searches for 1141/2 La Porte Street. Significance Evaluation. in compliance with CECA, this property is being evaluated under the California Register criteria. There is no local preservation ordinance or criteria. Criterion 1: Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history or the cultural heritage of California or the United States. This vernacular residence is of indeterminate age and, therefore, could not definitively be associated with a specific time period or any important historical events. Criterion 2: Associated with the lives of persons important to local, California or national history. Research did not reveal any people associated with this property that are important in history. Criterion 3: Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region or method of construction or represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values. This building does not embody the distinctive characteristics of an architectural style, region, or method of construction. It is a fairly typical example of a modest vernacular residence dating to the first half of the 20th century. It has sustained alterations (doors and siding) and is not the work of a master and does not possess high artistic values. Criterion 4: Has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California or the nation. This residence was built in circa 1945 using common materials and construction practices. It does not have the potential to yield information important to the history or prehistory of the local area, California, or the nation. *B12. References: (continued from page 2) City of Arcadia Var. Building permits for 114 LaPorte Street. Accessed online in March 2018 and February 2020 at: http://l a serfi che. ci. a rca d ia. ca. u s/ W ebLi nk/ W elcome.aspx?cr=1. 2012 History of Arcadia. htto://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/home/index.aso?page=1102. City of Los Angeles 2011 Jefferson Park HPOZ Preservation Plan, City of Los Angeles. Accessed in 2012 online at: htto://I)resewation.lacity.org/files/ Jefferson %20Park%20(Sma II %2OFi I e)%20P P. i)df. Historicaerials.com Var. Accessed online in February 2020 at: https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer. Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor n.d. Property information accessed online in February 2020 at: htto://maps.assessor.lacountv.gov/GVH 2 2/Index.html? configBase=htto:// maos.assessor.lacounty.gov/Geocortex/Essentials/REST/sites/PAIS/viewers/PAIS by/virtualdirectorv/ Resources/Co nfig/Defa u It. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map 1924 Map for Arcadia, CA accessed online via the Los Angeles Public Library website in March 2018 at: hfti)://sanborn.umi.com.ezi)roxv.lat)l-org . 1932 Map for Arcadia, CA accessed online via the Los Angeles Public Library website in March 2018 at: http://sanborn.umi.com.ezproxv.Iapl.org . DPR 523L (1/95) *Required Information State of California - Resource Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page 5 of 5 *Resource Name or# (Assigned by recorder) 114 1/2 La Porte Street *Map Name: Mt Wilson, CA 7.5' USGS: Neannao *Scale: 1:24000 *Date of Map: 1988; 2019 ]: AL'C2001\GIS\MXD\DPR_LocationMap_I 14LaPoAcStmxd (2/25/2020) DPR 523J (1/95) *Required Information