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Historic Resources Board recommends reclassifying 405 Kipling to category 2
Summary
The Palo Alto Historic Resources Board voted 4-0 to recommend that City Council reclassify 405 Kipling from category 4 to category 2 and to find the proposed rehabilitation consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards; the applicant plans seismic upgrades and will transfer a 5,000 sq ft floor-area bonus off-site.
The Palo Alto Historic Resources Board voted 4-0 to recommend that City Council reclassify 405 Kipling from a category 4 to a category 2 resource and to confirm that the project's rehabilitation conforms with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
Staff presented the property's history and the findings of a Page and Turnbull historic resource evaluation that the building, constructed in 1897 by H.L. Upham, meets criteria 2, 5 and 6 for a category 2 listing. Planner Switzer said the building's remaining original features ' including shiplap siding, molded cornice and carved corbels ' support the reclassification…
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