Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

B. ISSUANCE OF AN APPROVAL FOR THE RELOCATION, DEMOLITION, OR ALTERATION OF
A CITY LANDMARK. In issuing an approval for the alteration of a City Landmark pursuant to this Section, the
Commission shall make one or more of the findings required by Subsection (A) hereof in addition to imposing
mitigation measures as conditions of approval consistent with such findings.
C. ALTERATIONS TO A PROPOSED LANDMARK. No structure, natural feature, or site recommended
for designation as a Landmark pursuant to Section 22.22.050 hereof shall be altered on the exterior, relocated, or
demolished after adoption by the Commission of a resolution of intention for such designation, except pursuant to the
requirements of this Section.
D. APPEALS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. A final decision made by the Historic Landmarks Commission
pursuant to the provisions of this Section may be appealed to the City Council pursuant to the requirements of Santa
Barbara Municipal Code Chapter 1.30. Any decision by the City Council on appeal pursuant to this Section shall
comply with the finding requirements of Subparagraph (A) hereof as well as the applicable requirements and
provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act.
E. SIGNIFICANT PRUNING OR REMOVAL OF AN HISTORIC TREE. The significant pruning or
removal of an historic tree is processed and regulated in accordance with Chapter 15.24 of this Code. (Ord. 5505,
2009; Ord. 5333, 2004; Ord. 4848, 1994; Ord. 4029, 1979; Ord. 3900 §1, 1977.)
22.22.085 Designation of Structures of Merit.
A. DESIGNATIONS. The City has established the Structure of Merit designation in order to encourage the
preservation of the City's historic and architecturally significant structures, sites, or features under circumstances
where such buildings and sites do not rise to the level of a City Landmark. The Commission may designate as a
Structure of Merit any structure not designated as a Landmark but deserving of official City recognition as having
historic, architectural, archaeological, cultural or aesthetic significance.
B. CRITERIA FOR STRUCTURE OF MERIT DESIGNATION. In considering a proposal for designation
of a Structure of Merit, the Commission shall apply the considerations and criteria provided for Landmarks in Section
22.22.040 of this Chapter. Some of the determining factors in the appropriateness of a Structure of Merit designation
rather than a City Landmark designation are the following: 1. the amount of eligibility criteria found applicable; 2.
the level of original structural or historical integrity of the Historic Resource; and, 3. the quality or number of
resources of this type remaining within the City.
C. NOTICE OF INTENT TO DESIGNATE A STRUCTURE OF MERIT. Except for those structures, sites
or features designated Structures of Merit pursuant to the demolition regulations of Section 22.22.035 and Section
22.22.037, prior to taking action to designate a structure as a City Structure of Merit, the Commission shall adopt a
resolution of intention announcing its intention to consider such a designation at a hearing to be held not less than
seventy five (75) days after the adoption of the Resolution, unless the owner of the property proposed for designation
consents in writing to a lesser period of notice. Prior to conducting the public hearing required by this subsection for
the designation of an identified structure, site, or feature, the owner(s) of the real property upon which the structure or
feature is located (as such ownership is listed on the last equalized County of Santa Barbara Assessment Roll) shall be
provided with a copy of the Commission resolution and a written notice of the Commission hearing by depositing a
notice thereof in the regular United States Mail not less than sixty (60) days prior to the scheduled hearing date. Such
notice shall, at a minimum, contain the notice information required by state Government Code Section 65094, as
currently enacted or hereinafter amended.
D. HEARING OF STRUCTURE OF MERIT DESIGNATION. At the scheduled Commission hearing, the
property owner or owner’s representative and the City staff shall be entitled to present relevant evidence, both oral
and written, to establish whether the structure has appropriate potential for possible designation as a City Historic
Resource. Upon completion of the public hearing, the Commission shall vote to adopt or to not adopt a resolution of
the Commission designating the structure, site or feature as a City Structure of Merit.
E. APPEALS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. A final decision made by the Commission pursuant to the
provisions of this Section may be appealed to the City Council pursuant to the requirements of Santa Barbara
Municipal Code Chapter 1.30.
F. RECORDATION OF RESOLUTION OF DESIGNATION. Upon the Commission’s adoption of a
resolution of designation as a City Structure of Merit (or upon a final decision of the City Council on an appeal of
such a designation), the Community Development Director shall cause such resolution of designation to be recorded
with respect to the real property thereof in the Office of the Recorder of the County of Santa Barbara within sixty (60)
days of the Commission’s adoption of the resolution of designation. (Ord. 5333, 2004; Ord. 4848, 1994; Ord. 3900
§1, 1977.)
22.22.090 Demolition, Relocation, or Alteration of a Structure of Merit.
A. ALTERATIONS TO A STRUCTURE OF MERIT – REQUIRED FINDINGS. No Structure of Merit
shall be altered on the exterior, relocated, or demolished except where the Historic Landmarks Commission has made
one or more of the following findings:
1. The exterior alterations are being made for the purposes of restoring the Structure of Merit to its original
appearance or in order to substantially aid its preservation or enhancement as a Historic Resource.
2. The relocation of the Structure of Merit will substantially aid in its long-term preservation or
enhancement as a Historic Resource.
398-2 rev. 6/30/10