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EFFECTIVE DATE
OF ORDINANCE
August 14, 2013
Introduced by
Gabe Kearney
ORDINANCE NO. 2471 N.C.S.
Seconded by
Teresa Barrett
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA
DESIGNATING THE HANSEN HOUSE AT
718 NORTH MCDOWELL BOULEVARD
A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
APN 137-061-035
WHEREAS, as part of the North McDowell Commons project the applicant has initiated
the designation of the Hansen House at 718 North McDowell a local landmark in response to
previousdetermination by the Historic and Cultural Preservation Committee that the Hansen
House has local significance; and,
WHEREAS, on May 28, 2013 at a duly noticed public hearing the Historic and Cultural
Preservation Committee reviewed the proposal for rehabilitation and designation of the Hansen
House and recommended the Planning Commission recommend designation to the City
Council; and,
WHEREAS, on May 28, 2013 at a duly noticed public hearing the Planning Commission
approved a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Site Plan and Architectural Review for the
North McDowell Commons project, including the rehabilitation of the Hansen House; and,
WHEREAS, on May 28, 2013 at a duly noticed public hearing the Planning Commission
approved.ResolutionNo. 2013-01 1 recommending the City Council designate the Hansen House
at 718 North McDowell a local historic landmark,
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2013 the City of Petaluma City Council held a duly noticed public
hearing to consider the proposed landmark designation.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Designation as Local Landmark. The City Council hereby designates the Hansen
House at 718 North McDowell Boulevard, APN 137-061-035, as a local historic landmark, based
on the following determinations:
A. Designation of the Hansen House as a local landmark is consistent with the Petaluma
General Plan 2025 in that it identifies, recognizes, and protects a historic resource that
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is part of Petaluma's unique and irreplaceable cultural heritage (3-P-1) and
designates a local landmark as part of the development review process (3-P-1 D).
B. Designation of the Hansen House will further implement historic preservation
objectives outlined in Chapter 15 of the Implementing Zoning Ordinance (IZO) in that
it will serve to promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the public through
the protection and enhancement of a building that is a reminder of past eras,
events, and persons important to local history by ensuring that the Hansen House is
subject to the historic preservation controls and standards in said Chapter.
C. On July 24, 2003 the Historic and Cultural Preservation Committee found the Hansen
House to be locally significant based on its association with local midwifery as related
to owner Anna Marie Hansen and its association with the local Danish agricultural
community.
D. The following description of the characteristics of the Hansen House justify its
designation as a local historic landmark and are excerpts from Susan Clark's
evaluation of the Hans and Anna Marie Hansen Homestead, dated May 2003:
1. The Hansen House is associated with Anna Marie Hansen who was a midwife and
evidenced through an outpouring of public comment during public hearings
regarding the historic importance of the building was associated with local
midwifery in Petaluma.
2. The Hansen House is associated with the local Danish agricultural community in
that Hans and Anna Marie Hansen, immigrants from Denmark who became
chicken ranchers and built the present farmhouse on the 23 acre site in 1906. The
Hansens were part of Petaluma's Danish community at the turn of the 20th
century and the house on McDowell Boulevard became a common gathering
place for the extended family and friends. In 1930 there were 629 foreign born
Danes living in Sonoma County, more than half of whom lived in Petaluma and
most of the others were located in the nearby communities of Two Rock,
Penngrove, and Petaluma.
E. The following character defining elements of the Hansen House are to be preserved:
l . enclosed water tank;
2. hipped roof;
3. v-rustic siding;
4. double hung wood sash windows;
5. cutaway front porch;
6. structural massing;
7. the single Tuscan column supporting the roof over the porch; and
8. existing palm trees in front of the building
The location of the landmark is 718 North McDowell Boulevard and the boundaries of
the landmark as the assessor's parcel number 137-061-035.
Section 2. Recordation of Designation. The local landmark designation shall be recorded by
the applicant with the Sonoma County Recorder's office as a deed restriction applicable to
assessor's parcel number 137-061-035. Proof of such recordation shall be provided to the
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Planning Division prior any building permit final relating to the Planning Commission's approval of
13-SPC-0082.
Section 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, including the application
of such part or provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and
shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, provisions of this ordinance are severable. The
City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision,
paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be held
unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforceable.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after the
date of its adoption by the Petaluma City Council.
Section 5. Posting/Publishing of Notice. The City Clerk is hereby directed to post and/or
publish this ordinance or a synopsis of it for the period and in the manner required by the City
Charter.
INTRODUCED and ORDERED posted/published this Is' day of July 2013.
ADOPTED this 151h day of July 2013 by the following vote
Ayes:
Vice Mayor Albertson, Barrett, Mayor Glass, Harris, Healy, Kearney, Miller
Noes:
None
Abstain:
None
Absent:
None
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Claire Cooper, City Clerk
E)Fa'vicil Glass, ayor
APP OO S T FORM:
Eric W. Danly, City Attorney
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