06-15-22 CHB RPT 07_ Historic Districts Memo

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Cultural Heritage Board CITY OF RIVERSIDE Memorandum Community & Economic Development Department Planning Division 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522 1 Phone: (951) 826-5371 1 RiversideCA.gov CULTURAL HERITAGE BOARD MEETING DATE: JUNE 15, 2022 AGENDA ITEM NO.: 7 WORKSHOP ITEM Case Numbers Not Applicable Request To receive and file an update on the City's Historic Districts Project Location Not Applicable Ward All Staff Planner Scott Watson, Historic Preservation Officer 951-826-5507 swatson@riversideca.gov RECOMMENDATION To receive and file an update on the City's Historic Districts. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION At the May 18, 2022 Cultural Heritage Board meeting, Chair Gamble and Board Member Tobin requested that an item be added to the next available agenda to receive an update on the City's Historic Districts. To date, there have been thirteen Historic Districts and four Neighborhood Conservation Areas designated across the City (Exhibits 1 & 2). General Plan 2025, adopted by City Council November 2007, formally identified two potential Historic Districts, Mile Square Northwest Historic District and Citrus Thematic Industrial Historic District. Other areas have been identified by various historic context statements, including the Modernism Context Statement, as possible historic districts but require further study. Before and area can be proposed for historic district designation, enough factual evidence must be provided to determine if that area is eligible for designation. This is often completed through a historic context statement. To be eligible for historic district designation, the area must meet the criteria establish in Section 20.50.010(0) of the Riverside Municipal Code, as follows: Historic District means an area which contains: 1. A concentration, linkage, or continuity of cultural resources, where at least 50 percent of the structures or elements retain significant historic integrity, (a "geographic Historic District") or 2. A thematically -related grouping of cultural resources which contribute to each other and are unified aesthetically by plan or physical development, and which have been designated or determined eligible for designation as a Historic District by the Historic Preservation Officer or Qualified Designee, Board, or City Council or is listed in the National Register of Historic Places or the California Register of Historical Resources, or is a California Historical Landmark or a California Point of Historical Interest (a "thematic Historic District"). Page 1 Historic Districts Update June 15, 2022