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Historic Resources Board recommends bonus floor area for rehabilitation at 271 University Ave.
Summary
The Palo Alto Historic Resources Board voted to recommend that the director find a rehabilitation project at 271 University Ave. complies with the Secretary of the Interior—s Standards and to grant 2,500 square feet of bonus floor area under the city—s transfer-of-development-rights program.
The Palo Alto Historic Resources Board voted 4-0, with one member absent, to recommend that the director find that a rehabilitation project at 271 University Ave. complies with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and to award 2,500 square feet of bonus floor area under the city's transfer-of-development-rights (TDR) program.
The board's action, taken at its July meeting, covers accessibility upgrades and other rehabilitation work on a building that staff described as a locally inventoried Category 2 resource in the Downtown North neighborhood. City staff said the request seeks the maximum allowable bonus floor area — 2,500 square feet — for rehabilitation projects that meet municipal-code criteria for historic resources in the commercial downtown district.
Staff member Steven Switzer told the board the building was constructed in 1930 and has undergone several…
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