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Los Altos council adopts historic‑preservation code and formal Mills Act program after public debate
Summary
The Los Altos City Council voted 4–0 (vice mayor recused) to move the city’s historic‑preservation rules into the zoning code and adopt a local Mills Act ordinance, following public comment from property owners and preservation advocates and council discussion on notices, appeals and contract terms.
Los Altos City Council on [date not specified] introduced and adopted, by title and with the first reading waived, three ordinances that relocate historic‑preservation rules into the zoning code and establish a local Mills Act program to formalize contracts with qualifying historic property owners.
The council’s action — 4–0 with Vice Mayor Fliger recused — created a new Chapter 14.93 (historic preservation), added a Mills Act program chapter, and repealed the existing Title 12 historic‑preservation provisions. Council members also found the measures categorically exempt from CEQA under the exemption cited in the staff report (CEQA §15061(b)(3)).
City staff described the changes as mostly organizational and clarifying. Assistant City Manager Nick said the code updates would move the city’s historic‑preservation language from the building code into the zoning code (Title 14), clarify which bodies review designations and…
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