San Leandro Municipal Code Art. 7 Criteria for Historic Resource Designation

(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 2003-014, 11/17/03 (Sections 4-26-705—4-26-715))

A City landmark can be a building, structure, object, cultural landscape, site or archaeological site. In order to be designated as a City landmark, a resource must retain a high level of historic and architectural integrity and meet at least one of the following criteria for designation:

(a) The resource exemplifies and reflects special or exemplary elements of San Leandro's cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, architectural or natural history, or has important archaeological or anthropological associations;

(b) The resource is identified with persons or events significant in local, state, regional or national history;

(c) The resource embodies distinctive or exemplary characteristics of a style, type, period or method of construction, or is a valuable example of the use of local materials or craftsmanship;

(d) Represents the work of a notable builder, designer, engineer or architect recognized at the state, regional or national level; or

(e) The resource may yield important archaeological, ethnographic or anthropological information about the region's past.

A merit resource can be a building, structure, object, cultural landscape, site or archaeological site. In order to be designated as a merit resource, a property must retain integrity and meet at least one of the following criteria for designation:

(a) The resource reflects important elements of the City's cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, architectural or natural history;

(b) The resource is identified with persons or events significant in local history;

(c) The resource embodies important characteristics of a style, type, period or method of construction;

(d) The resource represents the work of a notable local builder, designer or architect; or

(e) The resource may yield important archaeological, ethnographic or anthropological information about the City's past.

A historic district contains multiple buildings, structures, objects, cultural landscapes, sites or archaeological sites within a clearly defined geographic or thematic boundary. In order to be designated as a historic district, the individual properties located within must retain a high degree of integrity and meet at least one of the following criteria for designation:

(a) The majority of the properties reflect significant geographical patterns, including those associated with different eras of settlement and growth or community planning;

(b) The majority of the properties convey a sense of historic or architectural cohesiveness through their design, setting, materials, workmanship or association;

(c) The area is associated with a historically significant period in the development of the community or is associated with special historical events;

(d) The majority of the properties embody distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period or method of construction, or are a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship;

(e) The majority of the properties represent the work of notable builders, designers, engineers or architects; or

(f) The majority of archaeological sites yield or may yield important archaeological, ethnographic or anthropological information about the City's past, and the findings of each site are clearly associated with one another through a common context.