San Leandro Municipal Code Art. 2 Definitions

(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 2003-014, 11/17/03 (Section 4-26-200); Ordinance No. 2022-021, 12/5/22 (Section 4-26-200))

Alteration.

"Alteration" means any change in the character, composition or structure of a historic resource requiring the issuance of a building permit.

Archaeological Resource.

"Archaeological resource" means any sub-surface or above-ground material remains of past human life or activities that are at least 50 years of age, and may yield additional information about pre-history or history.

Building.

"Building" means any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.

California Historical Building Code (CHBC).

"California Historical Building Code (CHBC)" means the most recent version of the California Building Code that regulates alterations to qualified historic structures. The Code provides alternative building regulations for the rehabilitation, preservation, restoration or relocation of qualified resources.

Certificate of Approval.

"Certificate of approval" means an official certificate issued by the Planning Commission or City Council upon review and approval of any proposed action relating to a designated historic resource, including alteration, demolition or relocation, as pursuant to this Chapter.

Character-Defining Feature.

"Character-defining feature" means the architectural features of a building, structure, object or historic district that help convey the significance of the historic resource.

City Landmark.

"City landmark" means a building, structure, object, cultural landscape, site or archaeological site designated as a city landmark by the City Council, pursuant to the criteria and procedures set forth in this Chapter.

City Staff.

"City staff" means city employees from any city department or agency, which may be called upon by the Planning Commission or Commission Secretary as deemed necessary.

Commission.

"Commission" means the Planning Commission established and governed pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, Chapter 1-3 of this Code and Title 21 of the City of San Leandro Administrative Code.

Commission Secretary.

"Commission secretary" means one staff member of the City Library-Services Department that serves the Planning Commission. This person shall call upon City Staff as deemed necessary to serve the Planning Commission.

Council.

"Council" means the San Leandro City Council.

Cultural Landscape.

"Cultural landscape" means a geographic area (including both cultural and natural resources) associated with a historic event, activity or person or exhibiting other cultural or aesthetic values.

Demolition.

"Demolition" means for the purpose of this Chapter, any act or failure to act that destroys, destructs or removes in whole or in part a historical resource such that its historic character and significance is materially altered.

Historic District.

"Historic district" means a geographically or thematically definable area possessing a significant concentration, linkage or continuity of sites, buildings, structures and/or objects united by past events or aesthetically by plan or physical development and designated by the City Council, pursuant to the procedures prescribed in this Chapter.

Historic District Contributor.

"Historic district contributor" means an individual building, structure, object, cultural landscape, site or archaeological site that adds to the historic architectural qualities, or pre-historic or historic associations or patterns for which a historic district is significant.

Historic Resource.

"Historic resource" means a designated city landmark, merit resource, historic district or historic district contributor including buildings, structures, objects, signs, features, sites, archaeological resources, cultural landscapes, places and areas within the City that reflect special elements of San Leandro's historical, architectural, archaeological, cultural or aesthetic heritage as defined in this Chapter.

Integrity.

"Integrity" is the ability of a historic resource to convey its significance. To retain integrity, a historic resource must retain most of the following aspects that closely relate to the historic resource's significance including location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.

Maintenance.

"Maintenance" means the process by which a property owner maintains or improves the condition of a historic resource.

Merit Resource.

"Merit resource" means a building, structure, object, cultural landscape, site or archaeological site designated as a merit resource by the Planning Commission, pursuant to the criteria and procedures set forth in this Chapter.

Object.

"Object" means a material thing of functional, aesthetic, cultural, educational, architectural, historical or scientific value that may be, by nature or design, moveable yet related to a specific setting or environment.

Relocation.

"Relocation" means the removal and placement of a historic resource from its original site to a new site.

Secretary of The Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

"Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties" means the standards and guidelines for the management of historic properties set forth by the National Park Service and the Secretary of the Interior for preserving, rehabilitating, restoring and reconstructing historic buildings, that are included in the Code of Federal Regulations as Title 36, Part 67, as amended.

Site.

"Site" means the location of a significant event, a prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether standing, ruined or vanished, where the location itself maintains historical or archaeological value regardless of the value of any existing structure.

Structure.

"Structure" means a work composed of interdependent and interrelated parts in a definite pattern of organization that was constructed by man.