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CITY OF RIVERSIDE Community & Economic Development Department 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522 1 Phone: (951) 826 -5371 Cultural Heritage Board Certificate of Appropriateness Staff Report Planning Division RiversideCA.gov AGENDA ITEM NO.: 2 WARD: 1 MEETING DATE: JANUARY 20, 2016 PLANNING CASE P15 -0899: Proposed Certificate of Appropriateness request by Roger Clarke of Ruhnau Clarke Properties for the remodel of exterior of the Structure of Merit properties located at 3990 Market Street and 3761 Tenth Street, located at the corner of Tenth Street and Market Street, in the Raincross District of the Downtown Specific Plan, in Ward #1. It is recommended that the Cultural Heritage Board determine the proposal is categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review pursuant to Section 15331 because, as conditioned, the project is consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. BACKGROUND: The subject properties where the proposed Ruhnau Ruhnau Clarke Architects and Planners office expansion are located at the corner of Market Street and Tenth Street. Both structures with beaux arts architectural features were designated Structure of Merit No. 280. Record of permit to change the storefront windows were found dated 1989, while no plans are on file, this change was likely to close the majority of the window fronts. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed project involves an update the exterior fagade of structures located at 3990 Market Street and 3761 Tenth Street. The applicant is requesting the following changes: 3990 Market Street The proposed project for 3990 Market Street proposes to reinstalling the storefront windows on the westerly and southerly elevations, which are currently mostly covered. The storefront windows will be re- framed with aluminum framing and new glass will be installed. The reinstallation of the storefront windows will be a significant improvement over the currently approved fagade. Additionally, the applicant requests to update the exterior elevations by adding a new material called "oko skin slat ", a material manufactured by Austrian company Reider, over the existing fagades material. Oko skin material is described on their website to be made of fibreC, "a glassfibre reinforced concrete material that united advantages of both glassfibres and concrete ". This material will be added along the entirety of CHB — Certificate of Appropriateness 1 of 6 P15 -0899