Northside - City of Riverside

Department. Final project findings shall be presented to the City of Riverside’s
Cultural Heritage Board, as agendized by the City of Riverside (November 2005).
Riverside has long been a leader in protecting historical resources and promoting
historic preservation at the local level to maintain character and identity. Historic
preservation is addressed in both the City’s Cultural Resources Ordinance, Title 20
of the City of Riverside Municipal Code, and in the City’s newly adopted Historic
Preservation Element of the General Plan (February 2003), a future-oriented
document that facilitates a comprehensive approach to land use planning and seeks
to balances historic preservation principals with the planning and development
process. A City of Riverside General Plan Update is currently being prepared by
Applied EarthWorks, Inc. for the General Plan 2025 Program and a Draft Program
Environmental Impact Report (November 2004) by Cotton Bridges and Associates
was prepared that included the recommendations of a the Cultural Resources
Element of the Historic Preservation Element of the City of Riverside General Plan
(GP-005-023). Specific findings and recommendations presented in this survey
report should be incorporated in the future Final Draft Program Environmental
Impact Report for inclusion in the updated General Plan.
Goals 2 and 4 of the Historic Preservation Element of the current General Plan
specifically seek to “continue an active program to identify, interpret and designate
the City’s cultural resources,” and to “fully integrate the consideration of cultural
resources as a major aspect of the City’s planning, permitting, and development
activities.” To
this
end, related
policies call for a comprehensive survey and
documentation
program
as well
as an up-to-date the following specific tasks have been
database of cultural resources as a
primary resource for information leading to the protection of those resources. In
order to incorporate the findings of the Reconnaissance Survey and Context
Statement for a Portion of the Northside project into the historic preservation goals
and policies of the
City’s
planning
process, developed:
a. Make all survey information available to City staff and the public via the
Historic Resources Inventory Database, which is available within City
Hall and on the City’s web site.
b. Require Planning Department review of all proposed projects that may
affect individually eligible properties and properties within proposed
historic districts on the Northside in accordance with NEPA, CEQA, and
Title 20 of the Riverside Municipal Code.
c. Complete a mail out to owners of individually eligible properties or
contributing properties within potential historic districts on the Northside
and facilitate neighborhood meetings with appropriate City agencies in
order to encourage designation and promote an understanding of the
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