REPORT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
March 27, 2023
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT
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HEARING TO CONSIDER proposed alterations from Development Permit application P22-04417 to the Radin-Kamp Department Store (HP#124), located at 939-959 Fulton St (APN 46828101).
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) take the following actions:
1. ADOPT a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Sections 15331/Class 31 of the California Environmental Quality Act guidelines
2. APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS: Application P22-04417 to the Radin-Kamp Department Store (HP#124), located at 939-959 Fulton St (APN 46828101).
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Development Permit Application No. P22-04417 was filed by Philip Mettler of The Taylor Group Architects and pertains to ? 0.57 acres of property located on the southwest corner of Fulton and Tulare Street. Convert an existing vacant 6-story retail building into a mixed-use retail and multi-unit residential building. No net increase to the square footage of the existing building is proposed. The applicant proposes to convert the existing 6 story, 166,125 square-foot, retail building into a mixed-use retail and multi-residential Building. The property is zoned DTC (Downtown Core).
Staff recommends approval with the condition that exterior materials be replaced per The Secretary of The Interior's Standards for The Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring & Reconstructing Historic Buildings, 2017
BACKGROUND
H.P. #124
Radin-Kamp Department Store (1924)
959 Fulton St
Felchlin, Shaw & Franklin, Architects
Commercial
Radin & Kamp were pioneer merchants in Fresno from the 1880s until 1941. The J. C. Penney Company occupied the building from 1941 to 1986. At one time it had the greatest square footage of any building in Fresno. Its decorated cornice is particularly distinctive.
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