December 16, 2019
FROM: DANIEL ZACK, AICP
Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: LAURA GROVES van ONNA
Historic Preservation Specialist
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF REQUEST BY THE PROPERTY OWNER TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE DESIGNATION OF THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY TO THE LOCAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC RESOURCES AND ADOPTION OF FINDINGS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT RECOMMENDATION PURSUANT TO FMC 12-1609:
1. The Ridge Electric Motor Company Building Located at 1235 G Street.
Staff Recommendation: Approve and forward to the City Council
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission find that the Ridge Electric Motor Company Building is eligible for listing to the City of Fresno's Local Register of Historic Resources, as meeting the applicable designation criteria set forth in Fresno Municipal Code (FMC) Section 12-1607(a)(1) for buildings, structures, objects, or sites greater than 50 years of age and recommend to the City Council that the property be designated as a Historic Resource. This property is significant under Local Register Criteria iii. If the Commission concurs with the staff recommendation, the property will be forwarded to the Fresno City Council for designation pursuant to FMC 12-1609. As required by the City's Historic Preservation Ordinance, notice of this hearing considering designation of the property was published in The Fresno Bee on December 6, 2019.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The owner of the Ridge Electric Motor Company Building has requested that the property located at 1235 G Street be considered for listing in Fresno's Local Register of Historic Resources. The Ridge Electric Motor Company Building located at 1235 G Street was constructed in 1968 as a one-story commercial building in the Free-form/Mid-Century Modern architectural style in Downtown Fresno. The property meets Criterion iii for designation in the Local Register for building...
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