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Board reviews preservation authority, permitting flags and concerns over Cayuga project and Chinatown revitalization
Summary
The board reviewed municipal-code responsibilities for historic resources, discussed how the building-permit process should flag historic properties, sought clarity on a Cayuga property alteration, and urged more context before rehabilitation in the Chinatown area.
Board members reviewed the board's duties under the Salinas municipal code, discussed gaps in permit flagging for historic properties, and pressed staff for follow-up on a specific exterior-alteration project on Cayuga that board members said may have proceeded without full HRB review.
Grant Leonard, planning manager, reviewed code sections and the board's role. Leonard summarized that the board is an advisory body with authority to review designations and major exterior alterations and to issue findings of consistency; he referenced municipal code provisions on historic-resource alteration and designation. "Section 3-2.06 spells out how…
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