Santa Fe historic board told rescind of June status review would require agenda item, high threshold

Camilla Kennedy, a Romero Street resident, told the Historic District Review Board on Sept. 9 that she had tried to appeal a June 10 status review for her property at 140 Romero Street and asked the board to reconsider a decision that made street-facing walls “contributing.” Kennedy said she had filed an initial form “on time with 2 days to go” but was later told her appeal was rejected for not meeting filing requirements. "The front wall, the garden wall, is made out of cinder block. It is not it's historic in that it's old, but the materials used to make that wall...I can go to Home Depot tomorrow, buy, and build a new wall," she said, and asked the board to revisit the determination so she could make safety changes such as raising a fence and shifting a gate.

Board Chair Rios and staff paused the public discussion to ask the city attorney's office for guidance. Assistant City Attorney Rubalit told the board the land-use code sets the appellant's filing window and that, in this case, the findings and the appeal…