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Los Altos historical commission votes to remove 81 Pepper Drive from city historic resource inventory
Summary
The Los Altos Historical Commission voted to adopt staff’s recommendation to remove 81 Pepper Drive from the city’s Historic Resource Inventory after receiving competing expert reports; the decision is appealable to city council and would not itself authorize demolition, which would require separate permits.
The Los Altos Historical Commission voted to adopt staff’s recommendation to remove 81 Pepper Drive from the city’s Historic Resource Inventory, following competing historic evaluations and extended public comment.
Senior planner Britney Whiteill told the commission the item before them was “a request to remove a property from the Los Altos historic resource inventory.” Whiteill summarized two historic resource evaluations: one consultant found the property lacked integrity and did not meet the full set of local listing criteria, while a second peer reviewer concluded the house met the age and integrity tests but, like the first, found it did not meet the criterion tied to historic significance.
The property owner, identified in staff materials as James, said the house has significant water and structural…
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