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Board continues Pine Terrace appeal after hours of testimony and debate over notice, integrity and standards
Summary
Owners and residents clashed at the Historic Resources Board hearing over whether Pine Terrace should remain on Carmel’s historic inventory; after extensive public comment and debate about process and character‑defining elements, the Board voted to continue the appeal to a date uncertain to allow staff follow‑up and potential peer review.
The Carmel-by-the-Sea Historic Resources Board continued an appeal by the Pine Terrace Homeowners Association (HE 25065) after more than an hour of public testimony both for and against removing the property from the city’s historic inventory.
Staff told the Board that Pine Terrace — a multi‑building complex at the southwest corner of Mission and Third designed by George Willocks and added to the inventory in 2025 — was found eligible under Criterion 3 as a post‑war modern multifamily residential example. Staff summarized permit history (including reroofs, foundation and dry‑rot repairs, added bay windows, and a Carmel stone veneer installed in 2006) and noted that, under the local process, the intensive survey that led to the listing was initiated and completed before the property was added to the inventory. Staff presented two…
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