(A) Purpose. The Cultural Resources Chapter of the General Plan includes goals and targets intended to identify and protect San Gabriel’s cultural resources. Target 11.4.2 specifies the creation of an inventory of “San Gabriel’s cultural resources and landscapes.” This section furthers this goal by creating the San Gabriel Inventory of Cultural Resources (Inventory).
(B) Intent. This section establishes the process for creating and managing the Inventory, which is the city’s list of potentially eligible cultural resources.
(C) Inventory of cultural resources established. The city shall create and maintain an official list of properties known as the San Gabriel Inventory of Cultural Resources (“Inventory”). The Inventory shall be a list of potentially eligible cultural resources identified through a historic resource survey. The historic resource survey creating the Inventory shall be completed under the direction of the Director and Commission by a qualified architectural historian or historian as defined in this subchapter, in accordance with accepted professional practices. Prior to commencement of a historic resource survey, the city shall commission the preparation of a citywide historic context statement, in order to identify significant themes and patterns of development and to develop a consistent framework for survey work and evaluations.
(D) Inventory creation, review, and adoption. Within the first year of its establishment, the Commission shall forward a plan to the City Council recommending a comprehensive and systematic historic resource survey, which will provide the basis for the Inventory. The Inventory shall be reviewed and approved by the Commission. The Commission shall then refer the Inventory to the City Council for discussion and approval. The Commission shall compile and maintain the Inventory of Cultural Resources.
(E) Inventory updates. In accordance with the purpose of this subchapter and to ensure the city’s proactive identification and treatment of cultural resources, and consistent with the intent of Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 5024.1.g(4), the Inventory shall be reviewed at minimum every five years and periodically updated through historic resource surveys.
(F) Inventory notification. All owners and residents of properties included on the Inventory shall be notified by the city of this inclusion, in a process and timeline to be determined by the Director. In order to ensure that owners, residents, and potential owners are aware of the status of cultural resources, the Director and Building and Safety Division shall implement and oversee a system for clearly identifying and marking the building records of all Inventory-listed properties, including but not limited to a geographic information systems (GIS) database.
(G) Inventory of cultural resources and CEQA. In accordance with California Code of Regulations Title 14, Chapter 3, § 15064.5(a)(2), properties included on the Inventory of Cultural Resources shall be considered historical resources for purposes of CEQA.
(Ord. 636-C.S., passed 8-15-17)