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PLANNING COMMISSION
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FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT. HISTORIC REGISTER AND COMMENDED PROPERTY PROGRAMS
RECOMMENDATION
That the Planning Commission receive this report and provide direction to staff.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
On October 9, 2007, the Planning Commission received a report on potential procedural
changes to the Tustin Historic Register and Commendation Programs and directed staff to
refine the revised procedures and return to the Commission for approval.
Attached to this staff report are the revised procedures, which reflect a collaboration with
the Tustin Area Historical Society and the Tustin Preservation Conservancy.
Should the Commission concur with these procedures, it would be appropriate for the
Commission to direct staff to forward this information to the City Council for their
consideration.
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Scott Reekstin
Senior Planner
Attachment -Historic Register and Commendation Program Procedures
S:\Cdd\PCREPORT\2007\Historic Register and Commended Property Programs 4.doc
Tustin Historic Register Program Proposed Procedure
1. The Community Development Department would receive all nominations to the
Tustin Historic Register plaque program. Nominations would then be forwarded to
the presidents of the Preservation Conservancy and Historical Society.
2. The Conservancy and the Society would have thirty (30) days to collaborate and/or
review the nomination, research the history of the property, and note the most
appropriate historical property name and date of construction. The sources of
information used to determine the name and date would also be noted. All of this
information would then be transmitted to the Community Development Department.
If additional review time were necessary due to a lack of property information, the
review period may be extended.
3. Upon receiving the information from the Preservation Conservancy and Historical
Society, Community Development Department staff would prepare a Planning
Commission staff report referencing the provided information.
4. At a regularly scheduled meeting, the Planning Commission would review the
information presented and approve or deny the nomination.
5. If the nomination were approved, Community Development Department staff would
then provide the property owner(s) with an order form and payment instructions.
Upon receiving the order and payment, staff would then order the plaque from the
manufacturer and contact the owner(s) once the plaque has been delivered to the
City.
Commendation Program Proposed Procedure
1. On an alternating basis, the Tustin Preservation Conservancy or Tustin Area
Historical Society would submit the nomination of a residential, commercial, or
institutional property to the Commendation Program. Nominations would be
submitted to the Community Development Department on a quarterly basis during
the last month of each calendar quarter.
3. Upon receiving the nomination from the Preservation Conservancy or Historical
Society, Community Development Department staff would prepare a Planning
Commission staff report referencing the nomination.
4. At a regularly scheduled meeting, the Planning Commission would review the
information presented and approve or deny the nomination. If the nomination were
approved, the Planning Commission would designate the nominated property as the
commended property for the upcoming calendar quarter.
5. Following the designation, Community Development Department staff would contact
the property owner and arrange for the commendation to be presented to the
property owner at the beginning on the next scheduled City Council meeting by the
Chairperson of the Planning Commission, or designee.