Palo Alto could add historic buildings or even entire new preservation districts to skirt SB9, a new law aimed at splitting single-family lots across the state to increase housing.
PALO ALTO — As California’s new single-family zoning law continues to test planners in affluent slow-growth suburbs across the Bay Area, Palo Alto could embark to speed up its process to register historic homes, buildings or even designate new preservation districts to keep lot-splitting at bay, according to a new city report the council will consider Monday.
Slow-growing communities across the state have been struggling to quickly preserve the historic single-family neighborhood character of their respective cities while adhering to the new law which would allow up to four residential units to be built on a single lot through a streamlined process. Under SB9, city buildings and neighborhoods could be protected by being listed on a local historic register or the state and national registers, and Palo Alto city staff are suggesting the city hire consultants to help update and maintain its historic resources inventory. That could include buildings the city wants to exempt from SB9, which staff says “may consist of a single building or structure or a district.
“I think the state is just prodding us saying we value historic properties and if they were on your inventory they aren’t subject to this law,” Willis said. “In our case, because they are already identified as eligible for historic preservation, I find the state is encouraging us to do it not discouraging us.”
“Pasadena’s urgency ordinance undermines SB9 and denies residents the opportunity to create sorely needed additional housing, under the guise of protecting ‘landmark districts,'” Bonta said in a statement. “This is disappointing and, more importantly, violates state law.” Councilman Greer Stone made clear that the city’s intention shouldn’t be to expand the registry to skirt SB9, but rather to catch up and save structures already identified as historic that could potentially be lost.
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