REPORT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
June 23, 2025
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department
BY: ASHLEY ATKINSON, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT
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Consideration of Designation of the following Property to the Local Register of Historic Resources and Adoption of Findings Pursuant to FMC 12-1607 & FMC 12-1609.
* 1844 S Cherry Ave. (Assessor Parcel Number: 467-020-14)
1. RECOMMEND to City Council the designation of 1844 S Cherry Ave to the Local Register of Historic Resources
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Historic Preservation Commission recommend to City Council designation
of the following property to the Local Register of Historic Resources.
* 1844 S Cherry Ave. (Assessor Parcel Number: 467-020-14)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The property located at 1844 S Cherry Ave. was evaluated in June 2025 and found eligible for local registration under Fresno Municipal Code Sec. 12-1607 Criteria a (1) (i), and a (1) (iii), specifically the former Rosenberg Brothers and Company fruit packing warehouse and the adjacent former boiler house and machine shop. They are associated with significant events, and embody distinctive architectural characteristics of the period.
BACKGROUND
The subject property was included in a 1978 historic resource survey and evaluated for designation to the Local Register in 1980. Designation to was recommended by the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC), but declined by City Council due to the opposition of the property owner. Per the request of the HPC, properties found to have been considered and rejected for designation will be re-evaluated under current conditions and criteria if an applicant is proposing substantial changes to a property. At this time, the applicant is proposing interior and exterior renovations to the warehouse building under building permit application B25-03423 (the property will continue its previously-approved use as a se...
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