Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Properties designated as historicHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. landmarks in the City of Orinda.
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Landmark designation does not affect density
The designation of a landmark on a parcel does not affect the density of residential use permitted on that parcel under the general plan.
Other
- Emergency work requires building permit but not landmark improvement plan approval
The property owner may undertake construction to a historical landmark in an emergency to protect public safety. Emergency work requires a building permit but does not require landmark improvement plan approval.
- Landmark improvement plan approval required for any change to a landmark
No person may make a change to a historical landmark without first obtaining city action on the landmark improvement plan.
- Mills Act contract requirements20 days
No later than twenty (20) days after the parties execute and enter into agreement on a Mills Act contract, the city shall cause the agreement to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder of the county of Contra Costa.
- No fees for landmark designation or review
No fees shall be imposed by the city for the processing of a landmark designation application or for the review of a land use entitlement for a landmark.
- No public access to landmark property
The designation of property as a landmark does not give the public the right to enter the property.
- Chapter does not apply to changes before March 12, 1987 under certain conditions
This chapter does not apply to a change to a landmark if, before March 12, 1987 (the effective date of this chapter): (1) the developer has obtained a building or demolition permit for the change; (2) actual construction or demolition work for the change is underway; and (3) the developer has incurred substantial expense in good faith reliance on the permit.
- Notice to property owners within 300 feet of proposed landmark300 ft
The City Clerk shall mail notice of the hearing at least ten days in advance to the applicant, the property owner, all property owners within three hundred (300) feet of the proposed landmark...
- Suspension period for denial of landmark improvement plan180 days
If the landmark improvement plan does not meet the criteria set forth in subsection A of this section it shall not be approved. In this case, the Planning Commission may suspend action on the application for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days.
- Landmark designation constitutes special circumstance for varianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship.
If the owner of a landmark requests a variance to modify zoning regulations as they apply to the landmark property, the Planning Commission may determine that the designation as a historical landmark constitutes a 'special circumstance' applicable to the subject property...
From the ordinance
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a means to preserve, protect, perpetuate, enhance and use historic landmarks.