Resolution 13133CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 1313 3
GRANTING A RENEWAL OF THE
APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL,
CA- 93 -14, AT 2526 BLANDING AVENUE.
WHEREAS, Don Patterson made an application on behalf of the First Samoan United
Congregational Church on August 31, 1993 to permit the demolition of a structure located on a site
listed on the Historical Building Study List; and
WHEREAS, application was complete on September 28, 1993; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan designation is General Industry; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Ordinance classification is M -2, General Industrial District; and
WHEREAS, the proposal is Categorically Exempt from CEQA, Guidelines, Section
15301(1) -- demolition of a small structure which has no historical significance; and
WHEREAS, the Historical Advisory Board held a public hearing on this application on
October 7, 1993; and
WHEREAS, the Historical Advisory Board made a finding that based on the City files, a
detemiination could not be made that the structure had historical significance; and
WHEREAS, the Historical Advisory Board approved the Certificate of Approval with a
condition requiring that na building permit for the demolition of the structure will be issued prior
to the sale of the property and the transference of the title, so as to give the new owner the option to
reuse the structure or demolish it; and
WHEREAS, Don Patterson appealed the approval of the condition to the City Council on
October 19, 1993; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on the appeal on December 7, 1993; and
WHEREAS, the City Council found that:
1. The structure does not have any historical or architectural value; and
2. It is not reasonable to delay demolition; and
WHEREAS, the City Council accepts the appellant's documentation that the structure is
incapable of earning an economic return on its value; and
WHEREAS the City Council approved the Certificate of Approval on December 8, 1993;
and
WHEREAS the Certificate of Approval expired on December 8, 1996; and
WHEREAS the First Samoan Congregational Christian Church has requested that the City
Council extend the Certificate of Approval in order to allow the demolition of the structure; and
WHEREAS the Alameda Municipal Code does not prohibit such an extension or renewal;
and
WHEREAS the City Council held a public hearing on the request on August 3, 1999 and
reaffirms its 1993 findings and further finds that:
1. The structure has continued to deteriorate.
2. The structure is still incapable of earning an economic return on its value.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Alameda approves a
renewal of the approval of Certificate of Approval, CA- 93 -14, with the following condition:
The extension shall expire six months from its approval which is February 3, 2000.
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I, the undersigned, hereby ceitify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on
the 3rd day of August , 1999, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Kerr and Mayor Appezzato - 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember Johnson -
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal -of said City this
4th day of August , 1999.
Diane Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda