Design Standards for Orange Eichler Tract Historic Districts. Community Workshop. February 20, 2018

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1 Design Standards for Orange Eichler Tract Historic Districts Community Workshop February 20, 2018 City of Orange Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director Marissa Moshier, Historic Preservation Planner Kelly Ribuffo, Associate Planner Lizeth Ramirez, Archivist / Reference Librarian, Orange Public Library Page & Turnbull John Lesak, Principal, AIA, LEED AP, FAPT Flora Chou, Senior Associate, Architectural Historian Hannah Simonson, Cultural Resource Planner Robert Imboden, Janus Consultants

2 Agenda Part 1: City & Consultant Presentation Welcome & Introductions Project Background Historic District Designation & Design Standards Why Design Standards Brief History of Orange Eichler Tracts Characteristics of Eichlers Project Schedule Part 2: Information-Gathering Activities Part 3: Summary and Q &A Part 4: T hank you! Image Source: Ernest Braun

3 imagining change in historic environments through design, research, and technology ARCHITECTURE PLANNING & RESEARCH MATERIALS CONSERVATION O ur Team

4 Backgro und Early 2000s to present Residents advocate for survey of Eichler homes and recognition of historic nature of the neighborhoods 2005 Historic resources survey identifies three tracts as potential historic districts 2010 General Plan Update includes goal to designate Eichler homes as local historic districts February 2016 Community Meeting at Grijalva Park on potential historic district designation Summer 2016 City Council received petition with more than 80 percent of Eichler residents expressing support for historic district designation Fall 2017 City Council directed staff to move forward with process for designation and engage consultant to write design standards January 2018 Invited nine residents from three neighborhoods to participate in Advisory Committee O range Eichler Design Standards

5 Lo cal Histo ric District Designatio n Overlay Zone added to existing Single-Family Residential (R-1-6) zoning Boundaries match original outline of each Eichler tract Within historic district, individual properties are Contributors or Non- Contributors Contributors are in original condition or have minor, compatible changes Non-contributors have major alterations or additions to their original appearance City Council will decide on adoption of Historic District Overlay Zone and Design Standards at the same time After designation, Contributors will be eligible to apply for Mills Act Contract (property tax reduction) O range Eichler Design Standards

6 Why Design Standards? Maintain & Enhance the Neighborhood s Sense of Place Increase Property Values Create Local Jobs Promote Sustainable Development Why Design Standards?

7 What makes a place Histo ric? HISTORIC CONTEXT HISTORIC SIGNIFICAN CE HISTORIC INTEGRITY Why Design Standards? Historic Preservation

8 What Makes a Place Histo ric? HISTORIC CONTEXT Theme Place Time Period HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE Events Person Design Prehistory HISTORIC INTEGRITY Materials Design Feeling Location Association Workmanship Setting Why Design Standards? Historic Preservation

9 Treatments o f Histo ric Pro perties CHARACTER-DEFINING FEATURES: Are those elements or architectural components which establish the visual character of the property. They are the physical parts that should be retained and preserved. Why Design Standards? Historic Preservation Fundamentals

10 New Construction in Relation to Historic Properties 1. Add, rather than subtract. 2. Be differentiated and compatible 3. Be reversible Why Design Standards? Historic Preservation Fundamentals

11 Developing YO UR Design Standards requires applying overarching regulations / standards / best practices and creating a balance of: Predictability Public Realm Regulation Flexibility Private Realm Guidance Why Design Standards?

12 Project Goals Support Eichler Tract Historic Districts Apply across the three Eichler Tracts in Orange Fairhaven, Fairhills, and Fairmeadow Develop with substantial input from residents Be effective and user-friendly for Design Review Committee, Community Development Department staff, and property owners Adopt concurrently with local designation of the three Eichler Tract Historic District overlay zones O range Eichler Design Standards

13 Brief History of Eichler Homes Image Source: Ernest Braun

14 Fairhaven (1960) Fairmeadow (1962) Fairhills (1964) Joseph Eichler Image Source: (left) Eichler Network (right) Orange Public Library Local History Collection Brief History of Eichler Homes

15 Brief History of Eichler Homes: O range Image Source: Los Angeles Times and Arts & Architecture

16 O range s Eichler Neighborhoo ds

17 Fairhaven (LA-91) Anshen & Allen Image Source: (left) Anshen & Allen Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley (right) Robert Imboden Fairhaven (LA-81) Brief History of Eichler Homes

18 Jones & Emmons Fairhaven (LJ-115) Image Source: (left) Eicher Network (right) Robert Imboden Fairhills (O J-1605) Brief History of Eichler Homes

19 Fairmeadow (LJ-274) Claude Oakland Image Source: (left) Eichler Network (right) Robert Imboden Fairhills (O C -584) Brief History of Eichler Homes

20 C haracteristics o f Eichlers: Planning Image Source: (left) Historic Fairhills brochure courtesy of City of Orange (right) Historic Fairhaven brochure courtesy of the Orange Public Library

21 Characteristics of Eichlers: Indoor / O utdoor Image Source: Julius Schulman Archive, J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

22 C haracteristics o f Eichlers: C o nstruction Image Source: (left) Ernest Braun (right) Orange Public Library Local History Collection

23 Flat Roof Other Roofs (Shed) Broad Front Gable Roof Characteristics of Eichlers: Roof Forms Center Front Gable Roof Image Source: Page & Turnbull

24 Narrow, vertical plywood siding Concrete masonry unit wall Wood shingle siding C haracteristics o f Eichlers: C ladding Materials Concrete masonry unit accent Image Source: Page & Turnbull

25 Obscure glass panels at front façade. Partial height, obscure glass wall in recess. Trapezoidal clerestory windows under gable. C haracteristics o f Eichlers: Window Patterns Fixed, narrow vertical windows. Image Source: Page & Turnbull

26 C haracteristics o f Eichlers: Window Patterns Image Source: (left) Wonderful World of Eichler brochure courtesy of Orange Public Library Local History Collection; (right) Jeffrey Crussell.

27 C haracteristics o f Eichlers: Atria & C o urtyards Image Source: (left) Ernest Braun (right) Orange Public Library Local History Collection

28 C haracteristics o f Eichlers: Interiors Image Source: Orange Public Library Local History Collection

29 DESIGN STANDARDS SC HEDULE February 20, 2018 February - August, 2018: April 2018: July 2018: July - August 2018: Fall 2018: December 2018: Community Workshop #1 (Tonight!) Advisory Committee meetings and drafting Design Standards Community Workshop #2 Public Review Draft Posted Online Community Workshops and Design Review Committee Presentation to Planning Commission and City Council Adoption of Orange Eichler Tract Historic Districts and Design Standards Pro ject Schedule

30 Developing YO UR Design Standards requires applying overarching regulations / standards / best practices and creating a balance of: Predictability Public Realm Regulation Flexibility Private Realm Guidance Why Design Standards?

31 CO MMUNIT Y MEET ING PRO CEDURES How Tonight Will Unfold Help us by answering questions about the architecture and character of Orange s Eichler neighborhoods! Activity #1: Post-It Note Comments Write your answers on the post-it note pads (one comment per post-it). Place your post-its on the corresponding Questions Board. When all of your post-its are on the boards, draw a star on the post-its that are your top five priority comments. Info rmatio n-gathering Activities

32 CO MMUNIT Y MEET ING PRO CEDURES Activity #2: Color Dots Everyone has 8 green and 8 red sticky dots. Place them on the Example posters-- use green to indicate ones that you like and red to indicate ones you do not like. Please discuss with city and consultant staff at the Example boards about which images contribute to the character of Orange s Eichler Tract neighborhoods and which do not. For the examples that do not contribute to the neighborhoods character, identify as many creative design solutions to these issues as you are able. Info rmatio n-gathering Activities

33 Design Standards for Orange Eichler Tract Historic Districts SUMMARY Q & A THANK YOU! Contact Us: Marissa Moshier, Historic Preservation Planner City of Orange mmoshier@cityoforange.org