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Planning Commission PKT 12-07-2016City of Federal Way PLANNING COMMISSION December 7, 2016 City Hall 6:30 p.m. Council Chambers Commissioners Lawson Bronson, Chair Hope Elder Tim O'Neil Diana Noble - Gulliford AGENDA CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES October 19, 2016 4. AUDIENCE COMMENT 5. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 6. COMMISSION BUSINESS • Study Session Historical Preservation Program 7. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS 8. ADJOURN Tom Medhurst, Vice -Chair Wayne Carlson Sarady Long Anthony Murrietta, Alternate KAPlanning Conmission\2016\Agenda 12- 07- 16.doc City Staff Planning Manager Margaret Clark, Principal Planner E. Tina Piety, Administrative Assistant 253- 835 -2601 www.cityo Meralway coin CITY OF FEDERAL WAY PLANNING COMMISSION October 19, 2016 City Hall 6:30 p.m. City Council Chambers MEETING MINUTES Commissioners present: Lawson Bronson, Tom Medhurst, Hope Elder, Sarady Long, Tim O'Neil, Diana Noble - Gulliford, and Anthony Murrietta. Commissioners absent: Wayne Carlson (excused). Deputy Mayor Jeanne Burbidge. City Staff present: Principal Planner Margaret Clark, Senior Planner Dave Van De Weghe, Assistant City Attorney Mark Orthmann, and Administrative Assistant Tina Piety. CALL TO ORDER Chair Bronson called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of October 5, 2016, were approved as presented. AUDIENCE COMMENT None ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT Principal Planner Clark noted that the deadline for applications to the Planning Commission is this Friday, October 21S` COMMISSION BUSINESS Study Session — Historical Preservation Program Senior Planner Van De Weghe delivered the staff report. The Planning Commission 2016 Work Program calls for adoption of a Historic Preservation Ordinance and application for Certified Local Government (CLG) status. CLG is a state designation that will provide incentives, such as grants. The first step in the process is to adopt an ordinance. The ordinance will create a Historic Preservation Commission, criteria to designate historic landmarks, a process to nominate historic landmarks, a process to review Certificates of Appropriateness, and a special tax valuation for adopted historic landmarks. The city has two options, the first is to adopt an independent historic preservation program, wherein the city would draft an ordinance as stated above and would be responsible for providing all of the services stated. The second option is to enter into an interlocal agreement with King County (which many of the cities in the county have done) and King County would provide the stated services. Senior Planner Van De Weghe went over the services in more detail and outlined what the current King County ordinance states regarding them. Commissioner Long asked how long will the implementation take for each option. Senior Planner Van De Weghe replied that an interlocal with King County would take approximately three months and an independent city ordinance at least that long. Commissioner Long asked if the city uses the 40 year threshold (used by King County) how many landmarks in Federal Way would meet the criteria. Senior KAPlanning Commission\2016VNeeting Summary 10- 19- 16.doc Planning Commission Minutes Page 2 October 19, 2016 Planner Van De Weghe responded that he does not know the exact number (a survey would need to be done) but there are some that he does know about and he listed those. Vice -Chair Medhurst inquired how the costs of the interlocal are allocated. Senior Planner Van De Weghe replied that cities are billed quarterly based on the hourly rate of King County staff (per application). Commissioner O'Neil inquired if there is a private organization in Federal Way to help with this program. Commissioner Noble - Gulliford responded that there is the Historical Society of Federal Way (she is the president), but they focus mainly on history, not finding and developing historic landmarks; though, they have at times assisted property owners to find a way to preserve their homes. She noted that 4Culture has also helped owners of historic landmarks. Commissioner O'Neil asked if one would need the owner's consent to nominate a property. Senior Planner Van De Weghe commented that under King County, the owner's consent is not required to nominate a property. Commissioner O'Neil asked if the owner's consent is needed before a determination is made. Senior Planner Van De Weghe replied that it is not. Commissioner O'Neil commented that this sounds like it could be onerous on the owner; they would have to obtain permission if they want to make changes/ upgrades to the exterior of their building. Senior Planner Van De Weghe commented that the owner would have to hire a historic expert to oversee the project. He went on to state that King County has said the city could make changes to the King County ordinance that would apply to Federal Way. One possible change would be to state that the owner has a say in the process. Alternate Commissioner Murrietta inquired if the owner wants to make exterior changes, would they have to pay for the historic expert's research. Senior Planner Van De Weghe responded that the owner would have to pay for the research. Vice Chair Medhurst asked once a property has been nominated, researched, and a recommendation made, who makes the final determination. Senior Planner Van De Weghe replied that a public hearing would be held before the Landmark Commission, who will make the final decision. Commissioner Long asked what kind of notification is done for this public hearing. Senior Planner Van De Weghe responded that King County does not have a procedure for notification. The city could use their current notification procedures. Commissioner Long asked if King County would provide an inventory. Senior Planner Van De Weghe replied that the city would have to perform the survey, but King County would help. Commissioner Long asked if the city contracts with King County, could we change to an independent historic preservation program in the future. Senior Planner Van De Weghe responded the city would be able to do that. Commissioner Noble - Gulliford asked if the city would be using the SEPA process as part of the research. It concerns her because she feels the state's environmental checklist is lacking when it comes to questions on historic landmarks. Senior Planner Van De Weghe replied that the city could develop its own checklist for historic landmarks. Chair Bronson asked if the historic preservation program would include the interior of buildings as well as the exterior. There are some buildings with interior design that he feels could be designated as landmarks. Senior Planner Van De Weghe replied that the program would only consider the exterior of buildings. Commissioner O'Neil asked if the city has to have a historic preservation program. Senior Planner Van De Weghe replied that the city does not (and the commission can recommend that developing a program not be pursued); however, the city's comprehensive plan encourages one and it is on the Planning Commission's Work Program. Vice Chair Medhurst asked if the city has missed out by not having a historic preservation program before this. Senior Planner Van De Weghe replied that there are grant opportunities that the city is not eligible for because we do not have a program. In addition, it will protect the city's cultural and historic resources that otherwise have no protection. Senior Planner Van De Weghe and Commissioner Noble - Gulliford went over some of the properties in Federal Way that could be considered historic landmarks. KAPlanning Commission\2016Neeting Summary 10- 19- 16.doc Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 October 19, 2016 Vice Chair Medhurst suggested that currently the city enter into a modified interlocal with King County and in the future, consider an independent historic preservation program. There was some discussion about interior changes to a property designated a historic landmark. There was concern that there could be interior damage that needs to be addressed. There was also a discussion about landscaping and how that could also be of historic importance. Simone Perry — She commented that when she visits, the first thing she does is look for historical sites to visit. Having a historic preservation program and designated landmarks brings tourism. One issue to consider is that an owner may not be willing to recognize the historic importance of their property that others in the community do. In addition, having a recognized landmark in a neighborhood will raise the property value. Commissioner O'Neil had questions regarding how it works for jurisdictions that have an interlocal with King County historic preservation: how is it done and what kinds of problems occur. Senior Planner Van De Weghe replied that staff can provide examples. Chair Bronson commented that currently the Commission's consensus is to enter into a modified interlocal with King County that states the owner has a say in the process and that landscaping be part of the process. Staff will hold an additional study session on this topic. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS None ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m. K\Planning Commission\2016\Mccting Summary 10- 19- 16.doc AN CITY OF Federal Way PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT DATE: December 7, 2016 TO: Lawson Bronson, Planning Commission Chair FROM: Brian Davis, Community Development Director A711— Dave Van De Weghe, Senior Planner SUBJECT: Historic Preservation Ordinance Study Session #2 I. Introduction The Planning Commission held a study session on October 19, 2016 to discuss whether the City should draft its own historic preservation ordinance and hire preservation staff, or if it should enter into an interlocal agreement with King County for historic preservation services and to adopt King County's historic landmark designation ordinance by reference. Since that meeting, staff has investigated answers to questions posed by the Commissioners. No formal action will be taken at this meeting. II. Background The following questions were posed by the Planning Commission at the October 19, 2016 study session. 1. Provide an example of a residential historic landmark district from another local city. Answer: The City of Kent, who entered into an interlocal agreement with King County, designated the Mill Creek Historic District in 2014. Of the 60 properties in the district, 50 were determined to contribute to its historic character. After the district was designated, County staff worked with Mill Creek homeowners and the Kent Landmarks Commission to develop design guidelines and several property owners have applied for preservation grants from the 4Culture program. The attached Registration Form, District Map and Findings of Fact further describe the district. Page 1 2. Are historic preservation grants available for interior improvements? Answer: Interior alterations would trigger landmark review only if interiors are specifically identified as "features of significance" in the landmark nomination and designation, which is uncommon. 3. Once a landmark is designated, are there any limitations to interior renovations? Answer: Only if interiors are specifically identified as "features of significance" in the landmark nomination and designation, which is uncommon. 4. Can the City amend the County's landmark nomination process to require owner consent? Answer: Yes, the ordinance could be amended to require owner consent. As an example, the City of Burien adopted such a requirement in their landmark code. 5. Can landscaping qualify for historic landmark designation? Answer: The boundaries of any designated landmark property are proposed as part of the landmark nomination. If the landscaping or wooded areas of a given site contribute to the historic character and significance of the property, they could be included in the designation. That said, any number of factors may be considered in determining the boundaries for a particular landmark. III. Planning Commission Next Steps Based upon input from the Planning Commission at this meeting, staff will draft ordinance language for consideration at a future public hearing. Attachments: Mill Creek Historic District (City of Kent): Registration Form, District Map and Findings of Fact King County Landmark Designation Ordinance Page 2 Kennoback Av N |� \ � M 0 M U) 0 0 z M. CD C7 0 0 CL — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — C_+. Alley I- - - - - -, E Titus St Jason Av N [is tj N V t is � 3 41, Alley r — — — — — — — — — — — — ■ |�■ \ , `� � � = q ` d � . , § . Prospect Av N i � \\ ' � g't � a � ■ t - � ■ It Alloy sit : •azol Av N -- — — — — — — — — — — — — — |� \ � M 0 M U) 0 0 z M. CD C7 0 0 CL KENT CITY OF KENT LANDMARKS COMMISSION 220 Fourth Avenue South Kent, WA WA 98032 LANDMARK REGISTRATION FORM PART I: PROPERTY INFORMATION 1. Name of Property historic name: MILL CREEK HISTORIC DISTRICT other names /site number: 2. Location street address: See attached map parcel no(s): See attached property owner and parcel list legal description(s): See attached map 3. Classification Ownership of Property: Category of Property: Name of related multiple property listing: ® private ❑ building(s) (Enter "N /A" if property is not part of a ® public -local ® district multiple property listing.) ❑ public -State ❑ site ❑ public - Federal ❑ structure ❑ object 4. Property Owner(s) name: Multiple, See attached property owner and parcel list street: city: state: zip: 5. Form Prepared By name /title: Mimi Sheridan organization: King County Historic Preservation Program date: 10/20/14 Mill Creek Historic District Page 1 of 39 Property Information (continued) 6. Nomination Checklist ® Site Map (REQUIRED) ❑ Continuation Sheets ® Photographs (REQUIRED): please label or caption photographs and include an index ❑Other (please indicate): ❑ Last Deed of Title: this document can usually be obtained for little or no cost from a title company Mill Creek Historic District Page 2 of 39 PART II: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 7. Alterations Check the appropriate box if there have been changes to plan, cladding, windows, interior features or other significant elements. These changes should be described specifically in the narrative section below. ® Yes ❑ No Plan (i.e, no additions to footprint, relocation of walls.. or roof plan) ® Yes ❑ No Cladding ® Yes ❑ No Windows ® Yes ❑ No Interior features (woodwork, finishes, flooring, fixtures) ® Yes ❑ No Other elements Narrative Description Use the space below to describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance, condition, architectural characteristics, and the above -noted alterations (use continuation sheet if necessary). The Mill Creek Historic District (district) is a subarea of the Mill Creek neighborhood which is located east of downtown Kent on the edge of East Hill, a prominent geographical feature of the city. The district consists of approximately five blocks. Its boundaries are irregular, but lie generally between Hazel Avenue N. and the alley west of Clark Avenue N., and from E. Temperance Street to Cedar Street. In addition, most of the large block between Jason and Hazel Avenues, south of E. Temperance Street to E. Smith Street/E. Canyon Drive, plus some nearby parcels, are included. (See attached map) West of the district is a large property occupied by Mill Creek Middle School; Central Avenue and downtown Kent are just west of the school. The Mill Creek neighborhood and its grid pattern continue for two blocks north of the boundary at Cedar Street; beyond this is a large undeveloped area owned by the City of Kent. James Street, a busy east -west arterial that leads to East Hill, is one block north of the district boundary. At the south edge of the district is Canyon Road, an arterial providing primary access to the East Hill. Across Canyon Road to the south is Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks Park, a designated City of Kent landmark. East of the historic district, the hill becomes steeper, with houses built along curving streets rather than in the grid pattern found in the older part of the neighborhood. The historic district is comprised primarily of portions of two of Kent's early plats: most of the southern half of Clark's First Addition and the central section of Clark's Second Addition. William and Laura Clark filed the plat for Clark's First Addition to the Town of Kent in April 1890. It consists of four blocks in a grid pattern, running from James Street on the north to Temperance Street, and from Jason Street east to Hazel Street. It is bisected by Prospect and Cedar streets. Each block had 26 lots, with a north -south alley. The lots were 30 feet wide and 110 feet deep; because of the narrowness of the lots, many houses sit on more than one lot. Clark's Second Addition to the Town of Kent was filed in May 1907 by I. C. and Grace Clark and H. L. and Norma Clark. It is located immediately adjacent to the west side of the First Addition. It also has a grid pattern with six blocks, but extends one block farther south, from James Street to Smith Street, and from Jason Street west to Kennebeck Avenue. It is bisected by Cedar and Temperance streets (east -west) and Clark Street (north- south). The lots were considerably larger than in the original plat. Each block had only 12 lots, typically measuring 60 feet wide and approximately 115 feet deep. Lots on the north side of E. Temperance Street are 90 feet wide. Block 5, at the southwest corner of the plat, has eight Mill Creek Historic District Page 3 of 39 Physical Description (continued) lots, mostly measuring 62 by 120 feet, and oriented north- south. The southeastern block evidently already had some houses on it and was divided into larger parcels rather than small lots. Landscape Character The district is on the west slope of the East Hill. The east -west streets ascend the hill. Most houses front on to the north -south streets, which are relatively flat, although Hazel Avenue is hilly. Because of the topography, houses on the east side of the street typically are set above the street, with a rockery or retaining wall (of concrete or concrete block) in front. West side houses are at grade level or, in some cases, below street grade. Several blocks are bisected by north -south graveled alleys. The streets are relatively narrow and paved with asphalt. The parking strips flanking the paved roadway vary in character from block to block and, sometimes, from house to house. Most have gravel or bare dirt; some have lawn or asphalt. Some streets have sidewalks, often narrow and non- continuous. Most houses have a front lawn and foundation shrubs; many have larger shrubs and small trees extending to the front of the lot as well. Fences in front are atypical, although some houses have picket fences. Many, but not all, rear yards have wood fences. Front and side yards are relatively narrow and the larger space is in the rear; however, some houses sit on double lots with spacious side yards. The large trees are usually in the rear or side yards, framing the house, rather than being in front. Land Uses and Activities The historic district is entirely residential. However, the Bereiter house, at the south edge of the district, is now owned by the City of Kent and used as a historic house museum. There are two vacant lots and one parking lot in the district. Buildings and Structures The houses and related outbuildings (i.e. sheds, garages etc) in the district date from the early to mid 20th century. They are associated with three distinct periods of development in Kent, and the larger White River Valley, related to: Dairy Production (1890s- 1920s); Truck Farming (1920s- 1940s); and the beginning of Industrialization (1950s- 1960s). Overall, the buildings are modest in design and reflect the variety of styles and forms that were popular in domestic architecture throughout the Pacific Northwest during the first half of the 20th century. Residential Character There are 49 contributing houses in the district all built between 1904 and 1959. The oldest house in the district dates to 1903, but has been significantly altered and does not contribute to the area's historic character. It is therefore considered a non- contributing property. There are three newer residences built in 1977, 1980 and 1993 respectively. None of the residences in the district are known to have been designed by architects. Most are vernacular in character, and may have been based on plans acquired from popular standardized builders' house plan catalogs. Although many of the houses have been modified, as a group they retain strong historic character. All of the houses appear to be conventional wood -frame construction. In scale, they vary from simple, one -story or 1 -1/2 story cottages to spacious two -story dwellings. Most have gabled roofs, with some hipped roofs on smaller houses. Some of the older dwellings have front porches, but more often there is just a simple concrete stoop at the primary entrance sheltered by a gabled hood. Various types of wood cladding (narrow or wide clapboard, shingles, vertical boards) are almost universal, with minimal use of Mill Creek Historic District Page 4 of 39 Physical Description (continued) brick, stone or stucco accents. Brick veneer is found on some of the Minimal Traditional and Ranch style houses from the 1940 and 50s. The majority of houses (especially the older ones) have been altered in some way. The most common alteration is roofing, as most of the original wood shingle roofs have been replaced with asphalt/composition shingles or a similar material. Some dwellings have replacement cladding, notably asbestos shingles. Many houses have had some or all of the original windows replaced with aluminum or vinyl sash; in most cases, the original openings remain. Replacement of original tripartite windows on the primary facade with picture windows is common. Another frequent change is the replacement of front doors or garage doors, typically with no change to the opening. In some cases, the original front porch has been removed or altered. Rear additions are also common, but they do not affect the character of the houses. Some of the older residences were modified significantly in the 1940s and 50s and exhibit features characteristic of that period rather than when they were built. Overall, the most common alterations that impact the physical integrity of the houses are: windows, siding, and front doors. Examples of the architectural styles and forms represented in the historic district include: Craftsman: Murker House, 617 E. Temperance Street (1909) Barton House, 701 E. Temperance Street (1909) Kendall House, 426 Jason Avenue N. (1911) E. Reed House, 512 Jason Avenue N. (1911) John Reed House, 431 Clark Avenue N. (1914) Robert E. Young House, 526 Prospect Avenue N. (1916) Workingman's Foursquare: Churchill House, 438 Clark Avenue N. (1909) Dunbar House, 412 Clark Ave N. (1908) Berg House, 347 Hazel Avenue N. (1910) Vernacular: W.W. Young House, 438 Prospect Ave. N. (1906) George Berlin House, 833 E. Smith Street (1909) Anderson House, 414 Jason Avenue N. (19 10) Mill Creek Historic District Page 5 of 39 Physical Description (continued) Calhoun House, 431 Prospect Ave N. (1910) Anna Pays House, 425 Clark Avenue N. (1930) S. A. Matson House, 404 Prospect Avenue N. (193 7) Minimal Traditional: Hirfeman House, 314 Jason Avenue N. (1944) Henning House, 808 E. Temperance Street (1942) 415 Hazel Avenue N. (1954) Ranch Style: Knapstad House, 704 E. Temperance Street (1947) Bargo House, 432 Clark Avenue N. (1950) Williams House, 431 Hazel Avenue N, (1958) See the list of Contributing Properties which follows for property descriptions. CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES The following section contains a brief description and photograph of each of the 49 contributing houses in the district. They are shown on the attached Mill Creek Historic District Map. Contributing properties are those directly associated with the historic period (1904 through 1962) which continue to exhibit good integrity of design, materials, association, setting, feeling, and location. Specific aspects of physical integrity used to evaluate property include overall massing, roof configuration, porch configuration, exterior cladding, fenestration and sash. The historic district has a total of 60 properties. All are privately -owned residences with the exception of the Bereiter House, which is currently used as a museum, and the adjacent parking lot, both owned by the City of Kent. Of these 60 properties, 49 are contributing properties. Eight are non - contributing Properties, either because they were built after 1962 or because they have been substantially altered and do not possess sufficient historic or physical integrity. One is non - contributing because it is a new parking lot. Two additional properties are vacant lots. For all properties, the significant feature is the exterior of the house, unless otherwise specified. Mill Creek Historic District Page 6 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #:2887 MAP #: 1 Address: 431 Clark Avenue N. Historic Name: John Reed House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0260 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 4 Lots 11 -12 Date built: 1914 Property Description: This 1 -1/2 story Craftsman bungalow sits on a large corner lot with shrubs and groundcovers in front and mature trees to the south. It has a shallow - pitched side gable roof with brackets and shed dormers on the front and rear facades. The full -width recessed porch has four paired columns; a ramp has been added to access the porch. Another entry, at the north end of the east facade, has a small projecting porch with a gabled roof supported by two posts. Newer wood stairs with a wood railing descend to the south. Cladding is combed shingles. Windows have vinyl sash with a Craftsman -style pattern and wide wood surrounds. The first floor of the east facade has two pairs of windows and a single one at the north end, and a pair of windows in the gable end. The south facade has two large windows on the first floor and a group of four windows in the dormer. A large deck with wood railing is attached to the rear of the house with a walkway connecting got a two - car garage at the northwest. This house was built by John Reed, a carpenter who also worked on the Bereiter House. FIRM: 2797 MAP #: 2 Address: 425 Clark Avenue N. Historic Name: Anna Pays House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0250 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 4 Lots 9 -10 Date built: 1930 Property Description: This 1 -1/2 story vernacular house sits on a midblock lot with lawn, foundation shrubs and a picket fence at the sidewalk. The house has a clipped cross gable roof with an unclipped front gable. The enclosed eaves have returns. The entry, near the center, is within a small gabled enclosure. Windows have wide wood surrounds and newer vinyl sash. There is a square hanging bay with a gabled roof on the south side. Assessor's records indicate that the first owner of the house was probably Anna E. Pays. In the 1950s, it was owned by Joanne and Tom Stafford; Tom worked at Boeing and later at Kent Hardware. Mill Creek Historic District Page 7 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #: None MAP #: 3 Address: 417 Clark Avenue N. Historic Name: Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0235 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 4 Lot 9 Date built: 1939 Property Description: This Minimal Traditional house is on a sloping midblock lot with a narrow lawn and shrubs. It has a side gable roof with a projecting gabled bay at each end of the facade and a brick chimney near the center. Cladding is wide clapboard. The central section of the facade is recessed to form a porch with a flat roof and a solid railing. The entry is at the north end of the porch. Windows have vinyl sash, with a three -part window on the porch and a pair of one -over -one sash at each end of the facade. The house was altered in 1954, with the south bay added and a basement garage built below the south end, facing south. HRI #: None MAP #: 4 Address: 405 Clark Avenue N. Historic Name: Grant Dunbar House #2 Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0230 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 4 Lot 7 Date built: 1957 Property Description: This Ranch house is on a sloping corner lot with a lawn and numerous shrubs and large trees. It has a hipped roof with a wide brick chimney near the center. It has vertical board wood cladding with shingles on the lower portion. The recessed entry is at the center, with a concrete steps and a metal railing. is a daylight basement with garage at the rear. Windows have metal sash. Due to the sloping lot, there This house was built by Grant Dunbar, who had been mayor of Kent from 1943 -1946. He originally lived across the street at 412 Clark Avenue N., until building this house and moving in with his daughter. Mill Creek Historic District Page 8 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #:2888 MAP #: 5 Address: 438 Clark Avenue N. Historic Name: F. B. Churchill House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0135 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 3 Lot 12 Date built: 1909 Property Description: This 1 -1/2 story Craftsman - influenced Workers Foursquare sits above the street on a corner lot with concrete stairs, a concrete wall at the sidewalk and extensive vegetation. The house has a hipped roof with hipped dormers on the front and sides. All the roofs have deep eaves with exposed rafters. The full -width porch has four columns, a solid balustrade and wood stairs. Cladding is asbestos shakes (1966). Windows have vinyl sash (primarily one - over -one) with wide wood surrounds. There is a brick chimney near the center of the ridgeline. The back yard has a picket fence. The garage at the rear was built in 1939. Mrs. F. B. Churchill, the first owner, founded the first Kent Garden Club and held meetings here. In 1940s, Charles, Jr., and Doris Becvar lived here. Chuck was a Boeing executive and, along with his brothers Louis and George and Duffy Armstrong, ran the Kent Flying Service in 1928 -30. HRI #: None MAP #: 6 Address: 432 Clark Avenue N. Historic Name: M. Badero House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0140 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 3 Lot 2 Date built: 1950 Property Description: This Ranch house was moved here from 49 Lincoln Street, Kent, in 1966. It sits on a midblock lot above the street with lawn and large shrubs. It has a side gable roof and combed shingle cladding. The entry is toward the north end, with a large deck with wood railing. Windows have vinyl sash, primarily two- and three -part sliders. Mill Creek Historic District Page 9 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #: None MAP#: 7 Address: 426 Clark Avenue N. Historic Name: Schalev House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0145 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 3 Lot 3 Date built: 1912; altered c. 1950 Property Description: This bungalow was altered in the 1950s with a remodeled porch, replacement cladding and removal of the original deep eaves. The house sits on a midblock lot with lawn and foundation plantings. It has a gable front roof with no eaves and a recessed porch on the north half of the facade with a gabled roof that projects four feet from the facade. The porch is clad with wood shingles and has curving sidewalls. Cladding elsewhere is clapboard, with narrow clapboard below the window level and wider clapboard above. Windows have one- over -one wood sash. In the 1940s -50s, Mrs. Grimes, a widow, and her daughters Judy and Maxine, lived here. HRI #: None MAP#: 8 Address: 424 Clark Avenue N. Historic Name: Scott House Legal Description: Parcel #16.1250 -0150 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 3 Lot 4 Date built: 1954 Property Description: This Ranch house sits above the street with a rockery and extensive large shrubs. It has an L -plan with a cross - hipped roof. The entry is at the point where the two volumes meet, accessed by concrete stairs with a metal railing. An interior brick chimney is just behind the entry. Cladding is wood shingles below the windows and stained vertical boards above; the projecting wing at the south, above the basement garage, is clad with Roman brick. Windows have vinyl sash with a large picture window garage, and large three -part sliding sash on the main body of the house. Mill Creek Historic District Page 10 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRM None MAP#: 9 Address: 420 Clark Avenue N. Historic Name: Neibline House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0155 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 3 Lot 5 Date built: 1919 Property Description: This gable -front Craftsman house sits on a midblock lot with lawn and trees. A gabled porch with concrete stairs and bulkheads projects from the south half of the facade; it has metal posts and railings. The area beneath the porch is enclosed with lattice. Each side elevation has a large shed dormer, added in 1951. Cladding is shingles in the gable ends and vinyl siding below. Windows have vinyl sash with large picture windows and one - over -one windows. There is a basement entry on the north elevation. Toward the front of the south elevation is an exterior brick chimney. To the rear, at the northeast of the lot, is a hipped roof brick garage built in 1945. The Neiblings owned a five- and -dime store in downtown Kent. HRI #:2796 MAP #:10 Address: 412 Clark Avenue N. Historic Name: Grant Dunbar House #1 Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0160 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 3 Lot 6 Date built: 1908 Property Description: This 1 -1/2 story Craftsman - influenced Workers Foursquare house sits on a comer lot with lawn, numerous shrubs, mature trees and a picket fence. The house has a hipped roof with an inset hipped dormer on the front and smaller hipped dormers on the sides. The wide eaves have exposed rafter tails with decorative rounded ends. The recessed full -width front porch has square wood columns. The entire building is clad in concrete asbestos shingles. Windows are simply framed and are mostly single hung vinyl windows, except the front first floor windows and a large side window still retain the original leaded transoms. The south elevation has a hipped roof hanging bay with three narrow windows. There is a basement garage on the Temperance Street (south) side. Grant Dunbar, mayor of Kent from 1943 -46, purchased this house in 1937 and lived here until 1957. Mill Creek Historic District Page 11 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #: None MAP #: 11 Address: 604 E. Temperance Street Historic Name: Erion House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0314 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 6 Date built: 1951 Property Description: This Ranch house is on a flat corner lot with a lawn and shrubs. The house has an L- shaped plan, with a garage attached at the cast end. It has a cross -gable roof with wide clapboard in the gable ends. The siding is board - and- batten cladding with Roman brick on the lower portion below the windows. There is a wide brick chimney of Roman brick at the south end. The at- grade entry is near the center, where the two wings meet; the roof extends out to form a covered concrete patio. Windows have original metal multilight sash, with a 12 -light window on the gable ends and a three -part window on the porch. HRI #: None MAP #: 12 Address: 509 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: Harold & Adelaide Thomas House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0110 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 2 Lot 8 Date built: 1941 Property Description: This simple Minimal Traditional house sits on a midblock lot with lawn and foundation plantings. It has a side gable roof and clapboard cladding. The center entry and concrete stoop are sheltered by a roof extension supported by decorative metal posts. Windows have newer fixed pane sash, with a large picture window and two smaller windows. The brick chimney is on the rear roof slope near the center. A rear addition has a two -car garage and large deck. Harold and Adelaide Thomas built this house in 1941. Mill Creek Historic District Page 12 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #: None MAP #: 13 Address: 501 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: N. S. Nelson House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0105 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 2 Lot 7 Date built: 1937 Property Description: This 1 -1/2 story vernacular Tudor house sits on a corner lot with lawn and foundation shrubs. It has a front gable roof with two brick chimneys near the ridgeline. Cladding is wood shingles. The gabled entry enclosure, at the center of the main (east) facade, has an arched doorway. A second gabled bay projects out toward the rear of the south elevation. Windows have original wood surrounds and newer sash with the appearance of 6- over -6 leaded sash. On the rear of the lot, facing south to Cedar Street, is a single garage (1937) and a double garage with living space above (1953). Both buildings are clad with wood shingles. The house was purchased by N. S. Nelson in 1937. In the 1940s, Clyde Fox, owner of the Fox Cash Grocery store in downtown Kent, lived here. HRI #: None MAP #: 14 Address: 437 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: Smith House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0190 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 2 Lot 12 Date built: 1909 Property Description: This hipped -roof vernacular cottage sits on a corner lot with lawn and foundation plantings. It has full width recessed porch with four square posts, wood stairs and a low wood balustrade. Cladding is aluminum siding. The windows have newer sash in wide wood surrounds and include a three -sided bay south of the entry and a greenhouse window at the northwest corner. At the rear is a garage (1957) clad with combed shingles. Later owners included Frank and June Heutmaker; Frank's brother, Norman, founded Valley Glass in Kent. Mill Creek Historic District Page 13 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #:2890 MAP #:15 Address: 429 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: Ward Rader House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0185 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 3 Lot 11 Date built: 1907 Property Description: This hip- roofed cottage sits on a midblock lot heavily landscaped with a wide variety of flowers and shrubs and a circular gravel walkway. A hip- roofed porch extends out on the south half of the facade. Cladding is primarily narrow clapboard, with newer decorative shingles on the porch and below the water table at window level. The porch has wood stairs and two square posts with simple capitals. Windows have vinyl sash with wood surrounds of the porch is a shallow three -sided bay with a fixed -pane window flanked by two one - over -one windows. The side elevations have similar one- over -one sash. North Ward Rader owned the Rader Bottling Company at 211 Central Avenue N. It made glass bottles in many shapes and sizes and bottled the popular Raiders Root Beer. HRI #:2891 MAP #:16 Address: 425 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: William Lee House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0180 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 3 Lot 10 Date built: 1910 Property Description: This clapboard -clad vernacular house is on a midblock lot with a large lawn, foundation plants, a picket fence and a driveway at the south side. It is 1 -1/2 stories with a side -gable roof with returns and a shed dormer on the main facade. A gabled hood shelters the center entry and concrete stoop. Windows have vinyl sash with false muntins and newer wide wood surrounds; the dormer has a pair of 1- over -1 windows. The south elevation has a three -sided hipped -roof bay window and, toward the rear, a shed - roofed secondary entry. The house was remodeled c. 1954 with the removal of a full -width hipped roof porch and the addition of asphalt shakes, which have been replaced by clapboard. The house was built by Harvey Lee and owned by his brother, William. It was purchased in 1927 by Michael Harvey. Mill Creek Historic District Page 14 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #:2892 MAP #:17 Address: 419 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: S. W. Lyons House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0175 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 3 Lot 9 Date built: 1908 Property Description: This 1 -1/2 story cottage sits on a flat lot with lawn, a picket fence and trees and shrubs at the rear. The house has a hipped roof with a gabled dormer on the south elevation (added sometime after 1938). Cladding is wide clapboard. The entry porch projects at the south end of the main facade, with a pedimented roof supported by two square posts with simple capitals and curved brackets; the porch is wood with wood stairs. North of the porch is a horizontal window with original art glass. Other windows have vinyl sash with sliding lower sections; the front window has decorative shutters. At the rear of the lot, southwest of the house, is a detached accessory unit; the structure may date to 1939 and appears to havc been convcrtcd to a living unit in 2002. It has a side gable roof, a gabled hood over the stoop, clapboard siding, vinyl sash and a shed addition on the front. This is one of the older houses in the area, built in 1908. In 1911 it was purchased by S. W. Lyons. HRI #: None MAP#: 18 Address: 411 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: Harriet Lyons House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0170 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 3 Lot 8 Date built: 1939 Property Description: This Minimal Traditional house sits on a flat lot with lawn, a picket fence and trees and shrubs on the south side. The rear yard is fenced with a detached garage at the northwest. The house has a side gable roof with very shallow eaves and a gabled bay projecting on the north half of the facade. The gabled entry, projecting slightly, is near the center; it has a concrete stoop with two steps and a newer door with a single window. A small enclosed gabled porch with a secondary entry is on the north elevation; the porch was added sometime after 1940. Cladding is asbestos shingles (added in 1966). Windows have vinyl sash with wide wood surrounds. The large fixed pane sash on the front have false muntins similar to the original 1940s -style windows. The side elevations have one - over -one vinyl sash. The original owner (1939 -40) was Harriet Lyons. In 1940 Allen Playford, who worked for the railroad. lived here; his father owned Playford Blacksmith in Kent. Mill Creek Historic District Page 15 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #:2800 NUN: 19 Address: 617 E. Temperance Street Historic Name: Murker House Legal Description: Parcel #161250 -0165 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 3 Lot 7 Date built: 1909 Property Description: This Craftsman bungalow sits on a level mid -block lot with lawn and shrubs. It has a side gable roof with a large gabled dormer on the main facade. The roof has deep eaves with knee brackets and exposed rafter tails. The recessed full -width porch has four pairs of square wood columns and no front railing. The wide wood stairs have wood handrails. Cladding is coursed wood shingles. The foundation is original concrete block. Windows have wood surrounds and are mostly 1/1 vinyl sash. The front gable has a pair of windows and the front porch has two sets of triple windows, with another on the north elevation. A brick chimney pierces the ridgeline at the south end. The original owners, the Murker family, owned a store at Meeker and Central in the early 1900s. In the 1940s, Lloyd (Duffy) and Adelaide Armstrong owned the house in the 1940s. Duffy had a beverage distribution company and was involved with the Becvar brothers in developing the Kent Flying Service. HRI #:2798 MAP #:20 Address: 512 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: E. Reed House Legal Description: Parcel 4161200 -0045 Clarks 2nd Add. Block 3 Lots 9 -10 Date built: 1911 Property Description: This Craftsman house sits on a large midblock lot with a small lawn, extensive foundation shrubs, large trees in the rear, and a low wood fence along the sidewalk. It has a front gable roof with a full -width gabled porch with four square posts and wide wood stairs. The gable ends have knee brackets and the eaves have exposed rafters. The original rustic siding was replaced in 1954; the current cladding is combed shingles. Windows have 1- over -1 vinyl sash with original wood surrounds. A driveway leads to a detached single garage northeast of the house. The house was purchased by Minnie Bush in 1939. Mill Creek Historic District Page 16 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #:2799 MAP #:22 Address: 436 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: Harold & Elizabeth Mergens House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0425 Clarks 1st Add. Block 4 Lot 2 Date built: 1941 Property Description: This Colonial Revival Cape Cod -style house sits on a corner lot with lawn, shrubs and numerous large trees to the north. It is 1 -1/2 stories plus basement with a side gable roof and a pair of small gabled dormers on the front; both the main roof and the dormers have no eaves. The entry enclosure, at the center, has a gable roof and projects four feet from the facade. The door is surrounded by wood pilasters and lintel and has a storm door. An open wood porch extends from the entry and is bordered by a simple railing and balustrade. Cladding is aluminum siding. South of the entry is an 8- over -8 window; the window to the north has been replaced with a large picture window; both have decorative shutters. The dormers have 6- over -6 sash. The north elevation has a three -sided hipped -roof with 8 -light casement windows. There is a basement garage below the south end. It was built by Harold Mergens and the family moved in on Dec. 6, 1941. Harold worked for Valley Glass, while his wife wrote for the Kent News - Journal. HR14: None MAP #: 23 Address: 430 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: Lloyd & Imogene (Bush) Ottini House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0435 Clarks lst Add. Block 4 Lots 3 -4 Date built: 1938 Property Description: This Minimal Traditional house sits on a grassy midblock lot. The house has a side gable roof with no eaves. A single garage at the south end projects slightly from the facade. The recessed entry, near the center adjacent to the garage, has concrete stairs and a pipe rail. The interior brick chimney is near the ridgeline between the entry and garage. Cladding is wood clapboard. North of the entry is a group of three six - over -six windows with a wood surround; similar six -light windows are below on the basement level. The north elevation has a three -sided hipped roof bay with four - over -four windows. This house was built in 1938 by Lloyd and Imogene Bush Ottini; their family still owns the house. Mill Creek Historic District Page 17 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HR1 #: None MAP #: 24 Address: 426 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: Nellie Kendall House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0445 Clarks 1st Add. Block 3 Lot 5 Date built: 1911 Property Description: This side -gable Craftsman bungalow house sits on a midblock lot, slightly above the street with a low concrete wall and lawn, and large trees in the fenced back yard. A gabled porch extends the entire width of the house, with four square posts, a shingled balustrade and wood stairs. Both the porch and the main roof have deep eaves with knee brackets. An interior brick chimney is near the center ridgeline. A narrow belt course runs beneath the windows. Cladding below this and in the gable end is wood shingles. The center section has board - and - batten cladding; a row of board and batten also extends along the bottom edge of the front gable. The entry is in the center, flanked by large 9- over -1 windows. The south elevation has a square bay with vinyl sash windows. Nellie Kendall Botting worked at the Carnation Condensed Milk Company in Kent until it closed. HRI #: None MAP #: 25 Address: 416 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: Louis and Pearl Becvar House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0455 Clarks 1st Add. Block 4 Lots 7 -8 Date built: 1941 Property Description: This Minimal Traditional house sits above the street with a lawn, shrubs and a rockery. It has a shallow L- shaped plan with a hipped roof and a gabled bay at the southwest. The entry is near center in the gabled section. The roof of the hipped roof volume extends out to form an at -grade porch with a metal railing. Cladding is aluminum siding. There is a small octagonal window and a large picture window in the gabled section and a larger picture window on the porch. A tall brick exterior chimney is on the north elevation. Louis and Pearl Becvar lived here from 1941 into the 1960s. Lou, along with his brothers George and Chuck and Lloyd Armstrong, operated the Kent Flying Service from 1928 -30, offering flying lessons. Mill Creek Historic District Page 18 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #:2893 MAP #:26 Address: 414 Jason Avenue N. Historic Name: Anderson House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0465. Clarks 1st Add. Block 4 Lots 9 -10 Date built: 1910 A ♦ i I 'vek Property Description: This two -story gable front vernacular house sits on a midblock double lot with ?r a lawn extending to the south. Cladding is wood shingles, which appear to have replaced the original rustic siding in 1954. A sloping roof extends to the side (south) to cover a recessed porch extending one -third of the way down the side; at the rear is a one -story addition. The porch has two square posts, wood stairs and railing, and an ornate Queen Anne - style window. Other windows have vinyl sash with false muntins and narrow shutters. The house was purchased by A. Sandwick in 1941. HRI #:2894 MAP #:27 Address: 701 E. Temperance Street Historic Name: Barton House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0480 Clarks 1st Add. Block 4 Lots 11 -13 Date built: 1909 Property Description: This gable -front Craftsman house sits on a corner lot, slightly above the street with a rockery and lawn. It has deep eaves with knee brackets and gabled dormers on both side elevations. An interior brick chimney is near the center ridgeline. Cladding is large wood shingles on the lower level with smaller shingles above; wide belt courses run above the window on both the first and second stories, dividing the facade into three sections. The recessed entry is at the southeast corner, with three slender square posts at the comer; it has concrete stairs and a metal railing. The first story has a small octagonal window and a large fixed -pane window with vinyl sash and false muntins. The second story and the dormers each have a pair of one - over -one windows. The house was altered c. 1950 with the addition of the dormers and new shingle cladding and window sash. A window box and a ornament on the second -story window have been removed. H. M. Shaffer bought the house in 1924. Jack Bush, owner of Bush Hardware at 1 st Avenue and Gowe Street, lived here from 1940 -50. Mill Creek Historic District Page 19 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRM None MAP #: 28 Address: 709 E. Temperance Street Historic Name: Wall House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0475 Clarks 1st Add. Block 4 Lots 11 -13 Date built: 1910 Property Description: This vernacular house sits slightly above the street on a corner lot with foundation shrubs and a low concrete wall at the sidewalk. It has a hipped roof front section and a rear addition, also with a hipped roof. There are two brick chimneys, one toward the front (southeast) corner and one near the center. Siding is clapboard. The entry is at the southeast comer, with a concrete stoop, metal railing and a metal awning. South of the entry is a large picture window with narrow shutters; other windows are smaller, with 1940s -style horizontal muntins. A basement garage has been added at the southwest corner. The house was significantly altered c. 1940, with an addition, and removal of the original porch, windows and shingle cladding. Nellie Bridges bought the house in 1922. It was purchased by the Armstrongs in 1965. HRM None MAP #: 29 Address: 704 E. Temperance Street Historic Name: John and Ineebore Knaastad House Legal Description: Parcel #192205 -9035 Date built: 1947 Property Description: This one -story Ranch house sits on a corner lot with a lawn, rockery and foundation shrubs. The L- shaped plan has two .>�.. hipped roof volumes with deep boxed eaves. Cladding is brick in a range of dark and light reds and pinks. The entry, which has a glass block sidelight and a concrete stoop and stairs, is at the ell where the two volumes meet. Windows have vinyl sash, primarily large fixed pane sash with several one - over -one windows. At the corner near the entry are two fixed -pane windows and two one - over -one windows. There is a wide interior brick chimney on the west roof slope, toward the rear of the house. A basement garage is at the southwest and a covered patio on the east side of the lot. John (Johannes) and Ingeborg Knapstad built this house in 1947. John, a carpenter, immigrated from Norway in the 1920s and worked as a logger until he could afford to bring his wife and son to join him. This was the third house he built for the family. He worked for many years for the Clement's Construction Company. Mill Creek Historic District Page 20 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #: None Address: Historic Name: Legal Description: Date built: MAP #: 31 314 Jason Avenue N. Hirfeman House Parcel #192205 -9155 1944 Property Description: This one -story Minimal Traditional house sits on a midblock lot with a rockery, lawn and foundation shrubs. A grass driveway on the north side leads to a detached single garage at the rear. The house has a side gabled roof with no eaves; a gabled bay extends across the north half of the facade. The entry and concrete stairs are in the center, sheltered by the roof of the gable. Adjoining the entry is a wide brick chimney. Toward the rear of the south elevation is a small gabled wing. Cladding is vinyl siding. Windows have fixed vinyl sash. In the 1950s, the house was owned by Dutch Randall, Kent's Fire Chief and later a City Council member. HRI #: None MAP #: 32 Address: 431 Prospect Avenue N. Historic Name: I. P. Calhoun House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0550 Clarks 1st Add. Block 4 Lots 23 -24 Date built: 1910 Property Description: This vernacular house sits below grade and close to the street on a sloping midblock lot with a narrow front yard and a fenced rear yard with lawn, ornamental shrubs and several large mature trees. It has an irregular plan with a gable- and -wing form with narrow enclosed eaves. The at -grade concrete stoop is covered by a wide hipped roof supported by two pairs of slender wood posts. Cladding is primarily wide wood clapboard with unpainted shingles on the front gabled wing. Windows are simply framed and are mostly one - over -one vinyl or aluminum sash in the original openings. It was the home of I.P. (Ike) Calhoun, the 9th mayor of Kent from 1911 -1912. Jessie Singleton purchased it in 1932. Mill Creek Historic District Page 21 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #: None MAP#: 33 Address: 421 Prospect Avenue N. Historic Name: Ramstead House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0540 Clarks 1st Add. Block 4 Lots 21 -22 Date built: 1931 Property Description: This Craftsman-style house sits close to the street with a narrow lawn and foundation plants. It is irregular in plan with a side gable front volume and a gabled rear wing and a shed - roofed bay on the north elevation. The front elevation has a wide shed dormer with a band of original divided light windows with a wide wood surround. The center entry has an at -grade wood stoop with a wood railing and a prominent gabled roof supported by two square posts; it similar too but larger than the original porch. Cladding is clapboard. Windows have vinyl sash with wood surrounds. The rear wing has aluminum windows. W. E. Ramstead purchased the house in 1931. HRI #: None MAP #: 34 Address: 417 Prospect Avenue N. Historic Name: Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0530 Clarks 1st Add. Block 4 Lot 22 Date built: 1947 Property Description: This Minimal Traditional house sits on a midblock lot close the street with a narrow lawn and a picket fence. It is one story plus basement, It has a hipped roof with a brick chimney near the center. The center entry has a concrete stoop with a hipped roof supported by decorative carved brackets. Cladding is aluminum siding with cast stone on the lower portion of the main facade. The south elevation has a small hipped -roof wing enclosure with a secondary entry. The windows have wood sash with a large picture window and a one- over one window on the front; the side elevations have original three -light 1940s sash. A detached garage (1990) is down the slope to the south. Mill Creek Historic District Page 22 of 39 Physical Description (continued) FIRM: 2801 MAP #:35 Address: 413 Prospect Avenue N. Historic Name: Calhoun House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0515 Clarks 1st Add. Block 4 Lot 17 Date built: 1904 Property Description: This side -gable vernacular house sits close to the street with a hedge in front. It is currently used as a foutpiex. It has an inset gabled dormer, wood shingle roofing and clapboard cladding. The center entry has a simple stoop with no roof. Windows have one - over -one vinyl sash. The first story has a pair of windows south of the entry and one to the north, with a single narrow window in the dormer; all have decorative shutters. The north elevation has a one -story shed -roof addition; the second story has a group of three windows. The south elevation has a one -story hipped roof wing. Calhoun was mayor of Kent 1911 -1912. HRI #: None MAP #: 36 Address: 715 E. Temperance Street Historic Name: Harold and Florence Anderson House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0505 Clarks 1st Add. Block 4 Lots 14 -16 Date built: 1959 Property Description: This Ranch house sits above the street on a corner lot with a rockery, shrubs and large trees. The side gable roof has deep eaves. An interior brick chimney is toward the east and of the ridge. The simple entry, at the east end of the facade, has concrete steps with no railing. Cladding is primarily wide clapboard with narrow vertical siding in the upper portions and the gable ends. The windows, in their original surrounds, have vinyl sash. The main facade has a large three -part window and a smaller slider. Harold Anderson was a fireman with the Kent Fire Department and later worked as a supervisor at Howard Manufacturing. Mill Creek Historic District Page 23 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #: None MAP #: 37 Address: 721 E. Temperance Street Historic Name: Pozzi House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0500 Clarks 1st Add. Block 4 Lots 14 -15 Date built: 1943 Property Description: This Minimal Traditional house is on a corner lot surrounded by a tall wood fence. The house has a cross -gable roof with no eaves; a wide gabled bay projects near the center. Cladding is wide clapboard with wood shingles in the gable ends. The entry has a concrete stoop j sheltered by an extension of the gabled roof. The windows have vinyl sash in the original surrounds; the main facade has a large three -part window and a one - over -one windows. The original garage has been converted to living space and there is an attached garage at the rear. This house was originally located at 412 Central Avenue in downtown Kent; it was moved to this lot c. 1955. HR1 #: None MAP #: 39 Address: 808 E. Temperance Street Historic Name: Hennine House Legal Description: Parcel #192205 -9138 Date built: 1942 Property Description: This Minimal Traditional house sits back from the street with a lawn and a fenced rear yard. It has a hipped roof and clapboard cladding. The center entry has a simple stoop with newer concrete steps with a metal handrail and an updated gabled roof supported by two slender wood posts. The windows have vinyl sash in the original surrounds; two large one - over -one windows flank the entry, with similar ones on the side elevations. An interior brick chimney is near the center. On the east side is a hipped roof addition, set back from the facade. It appears to have been built c. 1950 and remodeled with a hipped roof in 2002. In the 1940s -50s, the house was owned by Phyllis Cavanaugh. Mill Creek Historic District Page 24 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #:2896 MAP #:40 Address: 438 Prospect Avenue N. Historic Name: W. W. Young House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0280 Clarks 1st Add. Block 4 Lots 1 -2 Date built: 1906 Property Description: This two -story gable -and- wing vernacular house is on a corner lot with a hedge, numerous trees and shrubs and a fenced side yard. The entry is at the southwest, in a shed - roofed porch that extends nine feet back from the facade; it has a wood railing and stairs descending to the south. At the rear (northeast) is a one -story shed - roofed addition Cladding is clapboard. Windows are primarily one - over -one aluminum sash. front facade has an original 12- over -1 wood window with a wide wood surround; above, in the gable end, a horizontal slider has replaced the original pair of vertical windows. A newer metal stovepipe extends up the north side of the main facade. The This house, one of the oldest in the area, was owned by WV W Young, the father of the postman R. E. Young, who lived next door at 426 Prospect Avenue N. HRI #:2895 MAP #:41 Address: 426 Prospect Avenue N. Historic Name: Robert and Sadie Young House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0295 Clarks 1st Add. Block 3 Lots 3 -6 Date built: 1916 Property Description: This 1 -1/2 story Craftsman bungalow sits on a midblock lot with a large lawn, shrubs and a fenced rear yard. It has a front gable roof with twin gables and a center shed roof projecting out to cover a full -width porch. The porch, which has been somewhat altered from the original, has four square posts sitting on brick piers; the brick piers continue down alongside the concrete stairs. Cladding is clapboard. The door, at the center, is flanked by two wood 10- over -1 windows with wide surrounds. Similar smaller windows are on the side elevations. The front gable end has a newer window. There are two shed - roofed hanging bays, one near the southwest comer and one at the northeast. The rear of the property has a detached garage and another accessory structure. R.E. (Rob) Young was the first Rural Postal Carrier of Kent. He bought this property from his father W.W. Young and built this house and a carriage barn for the horse and buggy lie used for mail dclivery. Mrs. Sadie Young lived in the home until 1980. Mill Creek Historic District Page 25 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRM None MAP #: 42 Address: 420 Prospect Avenue N. Historic Name: Cook House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0320 Clarks 1st Add. Block 3 Lots 7 -8 Date built: 1922 Property Description: This 1 -1/2 story Craftsman bungalow sits on a midblock lot with lawn, shrubs and a Roman brick planter near the house. The front gable roof has pointed bargeboards and extended beams. A half -width recessed porch at the northwest corner has concrete stairs and a wood -and- lattice railing. Cladding is combed shingles and the foundation is concrete blocks. Windows have vinyl sash. There is a newer bay window on the main facade and a small two -part slider in the gable end. On the north side is a paved driveway leading to a gabled garage and carport with office space above. Fay Breckenridge purchased the house in 1935. HRM None MAP #: 43 Address: 410 Prospect Avenue N. Historic Name: Louis and Pearl Bevcar House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0330 Clarks 1st Add. Block 3 Lots 9 -11 Date built: 1940 Property Description: This house sits on midblock double lot with lawn, shrubs, a rockery and concrete stairs. It has a front gabled roof with no eaves and a small gabled dormer on the north side. Cladding is combed wood shingles and metal shingle roofing. The center entry is within a gabled enclosure with a Tudor - arched opening; the stairs are concrete with a wood railing. The entry is flanked by 15- over -1 leaded glass windows with wood surrounds. The gable end has a pair of one - over -one windows. Toward the rear of the south elevation is a gabled enclosure with a rear entry and four - over -one leaded glass window. To the rear, at the northeast of the lot, is a large 3 -car gable- roofed garage with a paved driveway and parking area, with chin link fencing. The -house was built -in 1939 -40 by Andrew Sandwick, a builder and real estate agent: Mill Creek Historic District Page 26 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #: None MAP #: 44 Address: 404 Prospect Avenue N. Historic Name: Matson House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0350 Clarks 1st Add. Block 3 Lots 12 -13 Date built: 1937 Property Description: This highly- intact clapboard -clad vernacular cottage sits on a corner lot with lawn and numerous shrubs and small trees. It has a hipped roof with deep eave. A gabled porch projects from the south half of the facade. The porch has a plain wood railing and wood stairs descending to the north side; lattice screens the area beneath the porch. The entry has 15- light door flanked by four - over -one windows. At the north end is a pair of six -over -one wood windows with wide wood surrounds. The house was purchased by S. A. Matson in 1934. HRI #:149 MAP #:47 Address: 855 E. Smith Street Historic Name: Bereiter House Common Name: Greater Kent Historical Museum Legal Description: Parcel #192205 -9105 Date built: 1908 Property Description: This American Foursquare house is prominently sited on a large lot (65 acre) with a lawn and mature trees, with a parking lot in the rear. Two other historic buildings are behind the house: a carriage house (1907) and a wood/coal shed (n.d.). The two -story house is essentially rectangular in plan with an irregular one -story addition at the rear. The hipped roof has deep eaves with exposed rafters and broad hipped dormers on the south and east sides. Cladding is narrow clapboard siding. A wide veranda extends along the south and west sides of the house; it has a plain wood railing and its hipped roof is supported by paired round columns. On the west side is a projecting second -story porch with a hipped roof porch and round columns. Two second -floor windows on the front (southeast and southwest corners) project form the facade with decorative brackets. Most windows have original one - over -one single -hung sash with leaded upper panes. On the main facade, large tripartite windows flank the front door at the center. Above the entry. on the second floor, is a group of three narrow windows. Mill Creek Historic District Page 27 of 39 Physical Description (continued) Emil Bereiter (1873 - 1914), born in Wisconsin, came to Kent by 1900 and operated the Kent Lumber Mill. That same year he married Elizabeth Stewart of Kent; they had two sons, Donald and Stewart. In 1902 he established the Covington Lumber Mill. He purchased this property on July 26, 1907 from August Teel and moved into the completed house in 1908. About the same time he built the Bereiter Block, a substantial building in downtown Kent. Bereiter served as mayor of Kent in 1912. He died in 1914, at the age of 41; the following year, his wife and two sons moved to Everett. Later owners included Thelma Veula Saito, who owned the house for her stepfather, Ernst Saito. He was prohibited from owning land under the Asian Exclusion Act of 1928. Jack and Barbara Keck owned it from 1963 until 1996, when they sold it to the City of Kent. In 2000 -2002 it was remodeled and opened as the Great Kent Historical Museum. It was designated a City of Kent landmark in 2008. HRI #: None MAP #: 49 Address: 431 Hazel Avenue N. Historic Name: Dean Williams House Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0410 Clarks 1st Add. Block 3 Lots 23 -24 Date built: 1958 Property Description: This Ranch house is on a sloping midblock lot with lawn and shrubs. It has an L- shaped plan with a cross - hipped roof with wide closed eaves. The entry, with a concrete stoop, is near the center, sheltered by a deep extension of the roof. Cladding is Roman brick. Windows have vinyl sash, primarily horizontally - oriented two part sliders. The main facade has a large three -part bay window. A large deck extends across the north and west (rear). HRI #: None MAP #: 52 Address: 415 Hazel Avenue N. Historic Name: Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0380 Clarks 1st Add. Block 3 Lot 18 Date built: 1954 Property Description: This Minimal Traditional sits close to the street on a steeply sloping midblock lot with grass, large trees and a picket fence. It has a hipped roof with deep eaves and a brick chimney near the center. Cladding is combed shingles. The entry stoop is at the center, with a small hipped roof supported by two slender wood posts. There is a similar secondary entry on the north elevation. Windows have vinyl sash, with picture windows in the front. In the rear is large deck and, due to the steep slope, a daylight basement. Mill Creek Historic District Page 28 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #: None MAP #: 54 Address: 387 Hazel Avenue N. Historic Name: Albert E. Smith House Legal Description: Parcel #192205 -9344 Date built: 1908 Property Description: This vernacular cottage sits below grade on a corner lot with lawn and shrubs. The house has a hipped roof and a hipped - roof half -width porch at the northeast corner. The roofs have deep eaves and curved rafter ends. There is brick chimney near the center of the roof. The house was remodeled c. 1942, when asphalt shingle cladding and a concrete block foundation were added. A wide belt course runs above the windows. Windows have one - over -one vinyl sash in the original wood surround s three -sided bay; another bay with a three -part window is on the south elevation. enclosed porch and a parking area. . South of the entry is a At the rear is a small One of the early owners was Albert E. Smith, who operated the Kent Mill Company. HRI #: None Address: Historic Name: Legal Description: Date built: MAP#: 55 327 Hazel Avenue N. Parcel #192205 -9116 1909 Property Description: This Craftsman bungalow sits below grade on a sloping midblock lot with lawn and shrubs. It has a hip -on -gable roof with deep eaves. It has a half -width porch on the north with a gable roof with brackets. The at -grade porch has a solid railing and three square columns Cladding is asbestos shingles with wood shingles in the gable ends and vertical skirting on the basement level. Windows have vinyl sash, primarily one - over -one, in the original wood surrounds. The main facade has a three -part window with a large fixed window flanked by two one - over -one sash. To the rear (northwest) is a older shed. Mill Creek Historic District Page 29 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRl #: 2802 Address: Historic Name: Legal Description: Date built: MAP #: 56 347 Hazel Avenue N. Sam and Anna Bere House Parcel #192205-9124 1910 Property Description: This large Craftsman- style Worker's Foursquare sits below grade on a mid -block lot with lawn and numerous ornamental shrubs. It has a hipped roof with a central hipped front dormer. The wide eaves are supported by exposed rafter tails with decorative rounded ends. The full -width porch has a hipped roof and a closed railing with four columns, each consisting of two slender wood columns sitting on a shingled pier. The porch railing and the lower third of the house, below a water table at window level, are clad with wood shingles. The upper 2/3 of the house is clad in wood drop siding. Most first -floor windows have original wood sash and wide surrounds. On the porch are two 15- over -1 windows flanking the door, which has twelve lights in the upper section. Similar windows are on the side elevations. The dormer and the second floor have newer 8- over -one windows. There is a one -story hip- roofed addition at the rear. H. B. Madison purchased this house in 1933. Sam and Anna Berg owned it from the late 1930s until 1965. HRI #: 2803 Address: Historic Name: Legal Description: Date built: MAP #: 57 833 E. Smith Street George Berlin House Parcel #192205 -9106 1909 Property Description: This vernacular front gable house sits on a corner lot with a narrow front yard plus rear and side yards with several mature trees and numerous ornamental shrubs. The house has a full -width hi ed roof n with turned wood ' 1 pp p columns and a low railing clad with horizontal wood siding. A one -story addition on the east has a side gable roof and a full -width porch with similar details. Cladding is wood tongue and groove siding with vertical wood skirting at the foundation. Windows have wide wood surrounds with decorative hoods. All windows appear to be 1/1 double hung wood, and several have narrow shutters. The chimneys have been enclosed with wood siding. There is a large 1 -1/2 story garage facing east. George Berlin purchased this house in 1928. Mill Creek Historic District Page 30 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI#: None MAP #: 59 Address: 336 Hazel Avenue N. Historic Name: Goss House Legal Description: Parcel #159860 -0120 City View Add. Block I Lot 12 Date built: 1937 Property Description: This Minimal Traditional house sits well above the street on a corner lot with a rockery, a concrete block wall and numerous shrubs. It has a gable and wing form and no eaves. Cladding is clapboard with a belt course above the windows. The entry, near the center, is sheltered by a shed roof with a single post. Windows have vinyl sash in the original wood surrounds, with decorative shutters. North of the entry is a large picture window. The gabled wing has a narrow four -light wood sash window in the gable end and a pair of vinyl windows below; similar windows are on the side elevations. The north elevation has an exterior brick chimney. On the south side of the lot are a paved driveway and a gabled -roofed garage. The first owner, in 1937, was Winifred Goss. In the 1940s it was owned by Janice Gonnason, a teacher whose family owned Gonnason Boats, a boat dealer and repair shop in Kent. VACANT PROPERTIES HRI #: None MAP #: 48 Address: 400 block Hazel Avenue N. Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0420 Date built: Vacant Property Description: This vacant lot is adjacent to 431 Hazel Avenue N. (Map #49) and both properties are owned by the same owners. HRI #: None MAP #: 50 Address: 400 block Hazel Avenue N. Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0405 Date built: Vacant Property Description: This vacant lot is adjacent to 431 Hazel Avenue N. (Map #49) and both properties are owned by the same owners. Mill Creek Historic District Page 31 of 39 Physical Description (continued) NON - CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES HRI #: None MAP #: 21 Address: 508 Jason Avenue N. Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0055 Date built: 1993 Property Description: This two -story neo- Victorian house is non - contributing due to its age. HRl #: None Address: Legal Description: Date built: MAP #: 30 318 Jason Avenue N. Parcel #192205 -9135 1941 Property Description: This Minimal Traditional house was built in 1941 but is considered non- contributing to the district due to extensive alterations that include a side addition, new front porch, and altered rooflines. HRI #: None MAP #: 38 Address: 802 E. Temperance Street Legal Description: Parcel #192205 -9139 Date built: 1952 Property Description: This early Ranch house was built in 1952 but is considered non - contributing due to extensive alterations in 2009 that include a side addition, new front porch, and altered rooflines. HRI #: None MAP #: 45 Address: 800 block E. Temperance Street Legal Description: Parcel #192205 -9144 Date built: Unknown Property Description: This parking lot is owned by the City of Kent and is used for the adjacent Greater Kent Historical Society museum. It does not contribute to the historic character of the district. HRI #: None MAP #: 46 Address: 824 E. Temperance Street Legal Description: Parcel #192205 -9140 Date built: 1977 Property Description: This two -story split level house is non - contributing due to its age. Mill Creek Historic District Page 32 of 39 Physical Description (continued) HRI #: None Address: Legal Description: Date built: MAP #: 51 419 Hazel Avenue N. Parcel 4161200 -0400 1903 Property Description: This vernacular house was built in 1903 but is considered non - contributing to the district because of extensive additions and alterations, the most recent in 2003. HRI #: None MAP #: 53 Address: 821 E. Temperance Street Legal Description: Parcel #161200 -0360 Date built: 1905 Property Description: This Craftsman cross -gable house was built in 1905 but is considered non- contributing to the district because of extensive additions and alterations. HRI #: None Address: Legal Description: Date built: MAP #: 58 406 Hazel Avenue N. Parcel #159860 -0130 1980 Property Description: This two -story split level house is non - contributing due to its age. HRI #: None MAP #: 60 Address: 912 E. Temperance Street Legal Description: Parcel #159860 -0110 Date built: 1907 Property Description: This gable and wing house was built in 1907 but is considered non - contributing due to an addition on the front and the extension of the roof. Mill Creek Historic District Page 33 of 39 PART III: HISTORICAL / ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE 8. Evaluation Criteria Historical Data (if known Designation Criteria: ❑ Al Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of national, state, or local history. ❑ A2 Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in national, state, or local history. ® A3 Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style,or method of design or construction or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. ❑ A4 Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. ❑ A5 Property is an outstanding work of a designer or builder who has made a substantial contribution to the art. Criteria Considerations: Property is ❑ a cemetery, birthplace, or grave or property owned owned by a religious institution /used for religious purposes ❑ moved from its original location ❑ a reconstructed historic building ❑ a commemorative property ❑ less than 40 years old or achieving significance within the last 40 years Date(s) of Construction: 1904 -1962 Other Date(s) of Significance: Architect: Builder: Engineer: Statement of Significance Describe in detail the chronological history of the property and how it meets the landmark designation criteria. Please provide a summary in the first paragraph (use continuation sheets if necessary). If using a Multiple Property Nomination that is already on record, or another historical context narrative, please reference it by name and source. The Mill Creek Historic Residential District is significant under City of Kent landmark designation criterion A3 as a well - preserved concentration of historic dwellings that reflect the growth and development of the city during the first half of the 20`' century. Because of its proximity to downtown Kent, many of the town's leading citizens built residences and lived here, so it is directly associated with the community's social and commercial development. The district's period of significance extends from 1903, the construction date of the oldest house in the district, to 1962, when the Howard A. Manson Dam was completed. This event began the transformation of the White River Valley from agricultural use to large scale commercial /industrial uses. Mill Creek Historic Residential District Page 34 of 39 Historical /Architectural Significance (continued) Historic Overview The physical development of Kent was shaped significantly by changing agricultural products and the methods used to process and ship those products. From its initial development by homesteaders in the 1860s and 1870s, to boom periods of hops production (1880s), dairy production (1900s- 1920s), and truck farming (1920s- 1940s), the city served as the primary location for farmers and producers to conduct their commercial and social activities. Subsequent development as an industrial center occurred largely because of its location in a broad flat valley with access to various modes of transportation. The Rivers The river system of the White River Valley was vital to Native Americans and their lifestyle and subsequently to early Euro- American settlement and agriculture. Significant modifications to these rivers in the first half of the 20th century reflect the social, economic and natural developments of the period. The valley once had a complex of several rivers, dominated by the White River. The White River joined with the Green River to form a short stream, the Black River, near Lake Washington. Farther north, the White and the Green became the larger Duwamish River, flowing into Elliott Bay. The regular flooding of these rivers not only provided fertile farmland but also prevented large -scale development. A major flood in 1906 changed the course of the White River, directing it south toward the Puyallup River and relieving some of the flooding in the valley. After this, the Green River was dominant, although the name "White River Valley" continued to be used. The opening of the Chittenden Locks in 1916 lowered the level of Lake Washington, eliminating the Black River in Renton. During the same period, the Port of Seattle straightened the meandering Duwamish River in Seattle, encouraging industrial development along its banks. The Green River continued to flood until the construction of the Howard A. Hanson Dam in 1962. This storage dam controlled flooding and allowed development that radically transformed the valley from agriculture to industrial and warehouse use. Native Peoples The White River Valley was occupied by several native groups, ancestors of the present -day Muckleshoot tribe. Several native villages sat along the White River within Kent's current city limits. Families lived together in cedar longhouscs during the winter. Summers were a time to travel throughout the area to hunt, fish, and gather berries and other plants that would allow them to survive through the year. The river system allowed people to easily travel through the region and to Puget Sound, gathering foodstuffs and forming relationships with other native groups. Early Euro American Settlement (1850s -70s) The Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 drew settlers to the Oregon Territory and what would become King County. Land in the White River Valley was claimed quickly because of the flat, fertile soil and availability of river transportation. Settlers immediately built log cabins and cleared the land for planting. As the number of settlers increased, farms began to impinge on the native's villages, traditional fishing places and the land they used for food gathering. Tension between the settlers and the natives developed gradually. Governor Isaac Stevens initiated treaty negotiations in an attempt to control the native people and extinguish their title to the land. This increased distrust and resentment. In October 1855, violence erupted in the settlement of Auburn, where several pioneer families were attacked. The "White River Massacre," as it was termed, sent settlers fleeing to Seattle for safety. In January 1856, a group of several tribes attacked Seattle itself, but the Mill Creek Historic District Page 35 of 39 Historical/Architectural Significance (continued) presence of the U.S. warship Decatur prevented significant damage. However, more than 60 people, native and white, died in the months of conflict. In 1857, the White River tribes ratified the treaties presented by the U.S. government. Those from the lower part of the river were sent to the Suquamish Reservation at Port Madison, across Puget Sound. People from the upper valley went to the Muckleshoot Reservation near Auburn; these tribes became known as the Muckleshoot Tribe. Half of the White River Valley settlers sold their claims; many others stayed away for a year or two before returning to their homes. However, many families eventually returned to farming, or sold their claims to people who established their own farms. By 1870, all the best bottomland had been claimed. Activity focused on the river, which was the primary transportation artery. Early settlers operated ferries to cross the river, and established landings to accommodate the sternwheelers going to Seattle. Although a rough military road was surveyed in the late 1850s, the construction of usable roads took many years. It was during this period that the first settlers in what would become Kent's Mill Creek neighborhood arrived. James W. Clark and his wife Laura came to Kent from Indiana in 1865. Their first cabin was near the present intersection of Central Avenue and James Street, just west of the historic district. Their three sons (Jason, David and James Irving) purchased land nearby. The river settlement now known as Kent was briefly called Yesler, since Seattle resident Henry Yesler owned property nearby. It later acquired the name Titusville for James Henry Titus, whose claim included a commercial center with a store, a post office and a hotel. Hops Production (1880s) The first commercial crops in the valley were potatoes, onions and fruit. Land was continually cleared, increasing the amount available for crops, orchards and pasture. Soon, milk, butter, eggs, beef and pork were being shipped to Seattle by steamboat. Logging was another important industry. The Kent Mill Company opened in 1881. This company, which logged off the East Hill, was located on the stream above what is now Earthworks Park just south of the Mill Creek neighborhood. Logging was a significant industry into the 1920s. The scale of agriculture changed in the late 1870s, when local farmers began planting hops, a plant used to flavor beer. Hops were relatively easy to grow and proved well suited to the climate. White River Valley hops were shipped to brewers across the country and even to Europe. It was a high value crop, commanding premium prices, and brought considerable wealth to the valley. Land values increased and more land was cleared. Picking was done primarily by Native Americans, who gathered from throughout the region during harvest season. It was during this period, in 1889, that the name was changed from Titusville to Kent, recalling the County of Kent, one of England's primary hop - growing regions. The boom brought great wealth but was short- lived; in 1892 an infestation of the hop louse quickly destroyed the crops and ended the boom. Many properties went into foreclosure. Railroad service began in 1883 with the arrival of the Great Northern Railway. However, this lasted only a month. It was not until 1886 that the valley got regular train service to Seattle. With this, settlement began to turn away from the river, with stores and other facilities being located- closer to the railroad tracks. Mill Creek Historic District Page 36 of 39 Historical /Architectural Significance (continued) The first plat in Kent was filed in July 1888 by John Alexander and Ida Guiberson, with more additions soon afterwards. Kent was incorporated in 1890, only the second community in King County to do so; its population was 793. Dairy Production (1890s- 1920s) After the hops failure many land owners turned to dairying, encouraged by the rapidly- growing Seattle - Tacoma market. Demand increased dramatically with the opening of the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company in 1899 in Kent. This plant shipped condensed milk across the world. The company became the Carnation Milk Company in 1916 and moved production to the town of Tolt, which was re -named Carnation, although the Kent plant continued to produce cans. Particularly important to the success of the dairy industry was the coming of the Puget Sound Electric Railway in 1902. This line provided frequent, efficient service between Seattle and Tacoma, taking both passengers and freight. It enabled milk producers to get their highly perishable products to market safely and quickly. Automobiles were beginning to be popular and, accordingly, road construction increased. The first long- distance road in the vicinity was the West Valley Highway (1912), which became part of the Pacific Highway in 1915. In the 1920s, this road would extend from the Canadian border at Blaine to the Mexican border. The U. S. Census recorded 853 people in Kent in 1890; by the turn of the century, the population had fallen to 755. However, after that it increased to 1,908 in 1910. Nearly half of the properties in the historic district were built between 1903 and 1916; only one house dates from the 1920s. Truck Farming (1920s -40s) By the 1920s, the population of the Seattle- Tacoma area had grown significantly and truck farming became increasingly profitable. Efficient railroad and sea connections meant that agriculture products could be shipped across the county and even overseas. The White River Valley produced a large proportion of western Washington's milk and produce. Kent came to be known as the "Lettuce Capital of World," but it also shipped many other vegetables, as well as berries and other fruit. Dairies and poultry farms continued to thrive. Products that were not fresh went to local canneries. During this period, Japanese immigrants contributed significantly to the agricultural economy as well as the social and commercial life of the community. By 1930, about 200 Japanese families were farming in the valley. They also operated stores and processing plants. The Anti -Alien Law, passed in 1923, prohibited Japanese immigrants from owning land, so they had to either lease it or, if they had an American -born child, put land in his/her name. The community suffered a significant blow in 1942 when all Japanese, including those who were born in this country, were sent to internment camps. This left a severe shortage of labor to plant, harvest and process crops, and changed the valley permanently. Relatively few Japanese families returned after the war, as much of their land was redistributed to other farmers. Mill Creek Historic District Page 37 of 39 Historical /Architectural Significance (continued) Industrialization (1950 - 1980s) The transformation of the valley into an industrial and warehousing district began in 1962. Damming the upper reaches of the Green River to control flooding had long been proposed. Active work on the project finally began in the 1950s, and in 1962, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed the Howard A. Hanson Dam. This storage dam prevented major flooding, enabling uses other than farming to take advantage of the flat terrain. In anticipation of this change, the City of Kent annexed surrounding land, growing from one square mile in 1953 to 12.7 miles in 1960. The first major plant in Kent was the Boeing Aerospace Center, which opened in 1965. Other plants came soon afterwards. These changes were accompanied by the construction of major freeways, including I -5 on the west side of the valley (1966),1 -405 (1967) and the Valley Freeway (1969), which tied Kent directly to Seattle. Nearby, the Seattle - Tacoma International Airport expanded as well. With these transportation improvements, the entire valley, including the Kent vicinity became a distribution hub with large warehouse complexes replacing the farmland. Accompanying the new jobs and increased access were residential developments, many of which were on the hills surrounding the industrialized valley floor. The city also continued to annex nearby communities. After the war, in 1950, Kent's population was 3,278. It began to grow rapidly thereafter, reaching 9,017 in 1960 and 16,275 in 1970. By 1980, the city had 21,152 residents. Today the population is more than 124,000. Mill Creek Historic District Page 38 of 39 PART IV: MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 9. Previous Documentation Use the space below to cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form (use continuation sheet if necessary). Previous documentation on file: Primary location of additional data: ® included in King County Historic Resource Inventory # State Historic Preservation Office Multiple ® previously designated a King County Landmark #47 Other State agency previously designated a Community Landmark Federal agency [� listed in Washington State Register of Historic Places King County Historic Preservation Program ❑ preliminary determination of individual listing ® Local government (36 CFR 67) has been requested University previously listed in the National Register ® Other (specify repository) ❑ previously determined eligible by the National Register King County Historic Preservation Program designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings, Survey #: ❑ recorded by Historic American Engineering, Rec. #: Bibliography Bagley, Clarence. History gfKing County, Washington. Chicago- Seattle: Clarke Publishing Company, 1929. Greater Kent Historical Society. "Kent ...Then and Now 1900 to 1960." King County Property Records, Washington State Archives Puget Sound Branch. Lentz, Florence K. Kent Valley of Opportunity: An Illustrated History. Chatsworth, CA: Windsor Publications, 1990. Mill Creek Neighborhood Council. A Community of Unique and Historic Houses. Kent, Washington, 2012. Polk's King County Directory. R.J. Polk Publishing Co. Van Nest, Linda. Kent, "Washington: A Historical Overview." Mill Creek Historic Residential District Page 39 of 39 LQ King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks Historic Preservation Program 201 S. Jackson, Sufie 700 [MS: KSC-NR -0700] Seattle, WA 98104 206.296.8689 (v) 206.296.3749 (0 wwwAngeounty.gov / landmarks CITY OF KENT LANDMARKS COMMISSION FINDINGS OF FACT AND DECISION Mill Creek Historic District Si TMMARY The City of Kent Landmarks Commission (commission) unanimously voted to designate the Mill Creek Historic District (district) as a City of Kent Landmark on November 20, 2014. Property Description: Block 1, Lots 9 -13; Block 3; Block 4, Lots 1 -24 of Clark's First Addition to Kent; and Block 2, Lots 7 -8; Block 3; Block 4, Lots 7 -12 of Clark's Second Addition to Kent; and legal parcels 1612500314, 1922059035, 1922059135, 1922059155, 1922059139, 1922059138, 1922059144, 1922059140, 1922059344, 1 922059 1 1 6, 1922059124, 1922059106, 1922059105, 1598600130, 1598600120, 1598600110, and including all bounding roads and alleys to their centerlines. See attached map. BACKGROUND The Mill Creek Historic District landmark registration form was prepared by Mimi Sheridan, a preservation consultant, under the direction of the Mill Creek Neighborhood Council (Council), and Todd Scott, King County Preservation Architect. Members of the Council conducted extensive research and prepared the initial draft of the registration form. The nominated area, located east of downtown Kent on the edge of East Hill, consists of approximately five blocks of historic single family houses which constitute a subarea of the larger Mill Creek Neighborhood. The district was originally identified as potentially eligible for landmark designation in 2007 following an historic resource survey of the city. During this period Mill Creek residents undertook efforts to formally recognize the neighborhood and in 2007 the City established the Mill Creek Neighborhood Council. Between 2009 and 2012, the Council undertook a campaign to preserve and enhance the history of the neighborhood. In June 2014, the Council sought the approval of the City Council to nominate the district as a City of Kent Landmark. The City Council unanimously recommended nominating the district for consideration by the Landmarks Commission. A completed nomination application was submitted to the Landmarks Commission in September 2014. Findings of Fact and Decision Mill Creek Historic District Landmark Designation December 3, 2014 Page 2 of 7 Public Hearing: The commission held a public hearing on nomination of the Mill Creek Historic District on November 20, 2014, at the Kent Senior Activity Center, 600 E. Smith Street, Kent, Washington. The landmark registration form, a boundary map delineating the boundaries of the nominated district, and a list of property owners in the proposed district were submitted to commissioners prior to the meeting. Immediately preceding the hearing commissioners toured the district. At the hearing a staff report /recommendation was submitted to the commission followed by a PowerPoint presentation that summarized staff's recommendation. In addition, the following corrections/additions to property descriptions in the landmark registration form, received from Sharon Bersaas, were read into the record: 1. 436 Jason Ave N - change siding material from metal to original wood siding 2. 429 Jason Ave N - add that the metal siding has been removed 3. 410 Prospect Ave N -change historic name to the Andrew Sandwick House 4. 617 E Temperance St - add that house was built by W.R. Murker in 1909 and that,he served as mayor of Kent from 1927 -30. In addition, the commission asked staff to amend the landmark registration form to correct grammatical and formatting errors, and to rectify any discrepancies in dates. Eleven people testified in favor of landmark designation generally citing that the neighborhood retained its historic character and designation would provide stability for the district and an opportunity to obtain grants for restoration work. Two people testified in opposition to designation citing a desire to avoid additional regulations, and stating the neighborhood was not the most significant historic area in Kent. Three people had concerns or questions about potential design guidelines for the district. Prior to the hearing two people submitted written testimony asking to be removed from the district. FINDINGS In support of its decision the commission found that although many of the houses have been altered to some degree the overall scale, massing, and orientation to the street of the majority of buildings remains intact. In addition, most houses retain original siding, fenestration patterns and primary entrances sufficient to convey a strong sense of historic character thus the district meets integrity criteria. The commission found that the district meets the age criterion of 40 years because the majority of houses in the district date to between 1903 and 1958. Further, the commission found that the district meets landmark designation criterion A3 because it contains a well - preserved concentration of historic dwellings that together reflect the physical evolution of domestic architecture in Kent during the first half of the 20`h century. The following specific findings were made: Findings of Fact and Decision Mill Creek Historic District Landmark Designation December 3, 2014 Page 3 of 7 1. A landmark district is defined in KMC 14.12 as "a geographic area that possesses a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development... " 2. The district consists primarily of portions of two early plats: most of the southern half of Clark's First Addition and the central section of Clark's Second Addition. William and Laura Clark filed the First Addition plat in April 1890; I.C. and Grace Clark and H.L. and Norma Clark filed the Second Addition plat in May 1907. 3. Buildings in the district are associated with three distinct periods of growth articulated in the landmark registration form. These include: Dairy Production Era (1890s - 1920s); Truck Farming Era (1920s — 1940s); and, Industrialization Era (1950s — 1960s). The majority of houses, 28, were built during the era when the dairy industry was dominant, followed by the Truck Farming Era when 18 houses were built. Only eight houses date to the period of increasing industrialization during the 1950s and 60s. 4. The district's period of significance extends from 1903, the date built of the oldest house in the district, to 1962, when the Howard A. Hanson Darn was completed. This event began the transformation of the White River Valley from agricultural use to large scale commercial/industrial uses. 5. Because of its proximity to downtown, many of Kent's leading citizens built homes here, including numerous business owners and three mayors. Well -known early residents include Duffy Armstrong and Louis and Chuck Becvar, who along with a third Becvar brother operated the Kent Flying Service. Another prominent resident was Ward Rader, who bottled the popular Rader's root beer. 6. The registration form identifies contributing and noncontributing properties. Contributing properties are those that were built during the historic period, remain in their original location, and possess sufficient integrity of design, materials, association, setting, and feeling to contribute to the historic character of the district. Contributing buildings are synonymous with "feature of significance" as defined in Kent Municipal Code (KMC) 14.12. Non- contributing properties are those built after the historic period and /or do not possess integrity sufficient to convey historic character. All contributing properties identified in the registration form are recommended as features of significance herein. 7. The district contains 60 properties of which 50 are contributing. Forty -eight of the contributing properties are houses; two are vacant lots. Ten properties are non - contributing due to age, relocation, or because they have been substantially altered and do not possess sufficient physical integrity; one of these serves as a parking lot. Regarding relocation of properties, one house, 721 E. Temperance St., was moved into the neighborhood during the Findings of Fact and Decision Mill Creek Historic District Landmark Designation December 3, 2014 Page 4 of 7 historic period and is therefore considered contributing; another, 432 Clark Ave N., was moved into the district after the historic period and is considered non - contributing. 8. A district can contain features that lack individual distinction as well as individually distinctive features that serve as focal points. A district may be considered eligible even if all of the components lack individual distinction, provided that the area as a whole conveys historic character. In either case, the majority of components that contribute to a district's historic character, even if they are individually undistinguished, must possess some degree of integrity. The district possesses integrity of • Location, because most of the houses are located on their original sites; • Design, because the elements that characterize the district are largely intact including but not limited to, narrow streets oriented to the cardinal directions, building orientation and placement on the lot; original massing and roof configuration; porch configuration; exterior cladding; fenestration and associated sash; • Setting, because the surrounding area retains many houses constructed in the first half of the 201h century and retains its historic use as a residential neighborhood; • Materials, because the houses retain much of the original exterior material, including but not limited to, wood cladding (horizontal and vertical boards and shingles), brick veneer, and decorative wood trim. The significant changes to materials on the exterior are replacement of wood shingle roofs with asphalt/composition shingles; some wood window sash with aluminum or vinyl sash; and original front doors; • Feeling, because overall the physical features of the district strongly convey the its historic character and use as a residential neighborhood; and • Association, because the district has a documented link to the historic context as described in the landmark registration form including association with three distinct periods of development in Kent and the larger White River Valley. 9. The landmark registration form provides additional contextual information supporting its eligibility for designation as a City of Kent landmark. 10. The district contains one City of Kent landmark, the Bereiter House, designated in 2008; it will be subject to the same design standards as those applied to the district. 11. Features of significance described herein arc subject to the regulatory provisions contained in KMC 14.12.060 until such time as district - specific design standards are developed and adopted by the Commission. Section V of the Commission's Rules and Procedures provide for development of such standards. Findings of Fact and Decision Mill Creek Historic District Landmark Designation December 3, 2014 Page 5 of 7 MINUTES AND EXHIBITS The following exhibits are part of the record: 1. City of Kent Landmark Registration Form, Mill Creek Ilistoric District (October 2014) 2. Boundary Map 3. Email from Elizabeth Evans (October 23, 2014) asking to have her non - contributing property removed from the district. 4. Email from Barb Purcell (October 27, 2014) asking to have her contributing property removed from the district. 5. Email from Desiree Canter (November 20, 2014) expressing concerns about possible design guidelines and costs associated with designation. 6. Staff Report/Recommendation (November 20, 2014) 7. PowerPoint presentation (November 20, 2014) 5. Minutes of November 20, 2014 public hearing 6. Audio recording of November 20, 2014 public hearing All exhibits are on file in the King County Historic Preservation Program office, 201 S. Jackson, Suite 700, Seattle, WA. DECISION At its November 20, 2014 meeting the City of Kent Landmarks Commission unanimously approved a motion to designate the Mill Creek Historic District as a City of Kent landmark based on the above findings. Boundaries of Significance: Block 1, Lots 9 -13; Block 3; Block 4, Lots 1 -24 of Clark's First Addition to Kent; and Block 2, Lots 7 -8; Block 3; Block 4, Lots 7 -12 of Clark's Second Addition to Kent; and legal parcels 1612500314, 1922059035, 1922059135, 1922059155, 1922059139, 1922059138, 1922059144, 1922059140, 1922059344, 1922059116 ,1922059124,1922059106, 1922059105, 1598600130, 1598600120, 1598600110, and including all bounding roads and alleys to their centerlines. See attached map. Features of Significance: All exterior portions of houses on contributing properties, and all open space, including but not limited to parking areas, street rights -of -way, and undeveloped portions of properties both contributing and non - contributing. More specifically these include the following components: 1. Buildings: Exterior siding; roof forms; porches; fenestration; orientation on lot 2. Roads and parking areas and particularly street width Findings of Fact and Decision Mill Creek Historic District Landmark Designation December 3, 2014 Page 6 of 7 3. Vacant and undeveloped land for all parcels within the district boundaries (reviewed for new construction only) PROTECTION MEASURES Controls: No feature of significance may be altered nor may any new construction take place within the designated boundaries, without first obtaining a Certificate of Appropriateness from the City of Kent Landmarks Commission pursuant to the provisions of King County Code 20.62.080 as adopted by reference in Kent Municipal Code 14.12.060. The following exclusions are allowed: 1. In -kind maintenance and repair 2. Routine landscape maintenance 3. Emergency repair work INCENTIVES The following incentives are available to the property owners: 1. Eligibility to apply for funding for property rehabilitation /restoration through King County's cultural development authority 4Culture 2. Eligibility for technical assistance from King County Landmarks Commission and stab 3. Eligibility for special tax programs through King County Decision made November 20, 2014 Findings of Fact and Decision issued December 3, 2014 CITY OF KENT LANDMARKS COMMISSION December 3, 2014 Thomas K. Hitzroth, Chair Date TRANSMITTED this 3rd day of December 2014 to the following parties and interested persons: Terry Dreblow Amy Peri Earl Fleming Sharon Bersaas Findings of Fact and Decision Mill Creek Historic District Landmark Designation December 3, 2014 Page 7 of 7 Michael Johnson Sharon Franklin - Dudash Lori Dru Fleming Michael Lane Mary Jacob James McHugh Mr. & Mrs. Derrick Dooley Raymond Kozlowski Maureen Vander Pas Jack Sheaharb Stacey Kroeze Ruby Armstrong Angela Schultz Carolyn Clayton Vern & Joan Schultz Gregory Brown Desiree Canter Nancy Simpson Robert & Jana Weber Elizabeth Evans Chris Morrison Douglas Scharnhorst Amy Derheim Darrell & Lyndell Ehlers John Lloyd & Joanne Ottini Jack Mazickacki Terry Pallas Ngocdzung & Jason Smith Gwen Meyers Steve Frail Darik Eaton Rose & John Dunkel Robin Curran Carmela Tiangco & E Thormeyer Robert & Kirst Richardson Joung Sook Lim Anthony Greco Katherine Coyle & Ruiz Ma Stephen & Melinda Schmeising Cheryl & Lionel Forde Anh Hoang & Paul Nguyen John & Lacey M Bray Ken & Sala Louie Kimberly Portera Lee & Susan Weise Barbara Purcell Shannon & Joshua Dierks City Of Kent Efren Diaz & Luz Palacios Jennifer Hickey Carla Janes Laura Jean Gorder Robert & Vickie Pringle Gregg Merryman Clint & Sarah Gossett Paul & Holly Seim Barbara McMichael Cheri Sayer Greg & Laura Gorders Dan Ulrey Sandy Ulrey Erik Pfaff Grant Weasner NOTICE OF RIGHT TO APPEAL Appeal. A party of record aggrieved by a decision of the commission designating or rejecting a nomination for designation of a landmark, may, within fourteen (14) calendar days of mailing of notice of such decision, appeal such decision in writing to the hearing examiner. The written notice of appeal shall be filed with the historic preservation officer and the city clerk. The written notice of appeal shall be accompanied by a statement that includes the items required in Kent City Code 12.01.195(E) for similar closed record appeals. The appeal to the hearing examiner shall be a "closed record appeal," as that term is used in Ch. 12_01 KCC. If, after the closed record appeal hearing, the hearing examiner determines: 1) An error in fact was made by the commission, the hearing examiner shall remand the proceeding to the commission for reconsideration; or 2) The decision of the commission is based on an error in judgment or conclusion, the hearing examiner may modify or reverse the decision of the commission. The hearing examiner's final decision shall include findings of fact and conclusions from the record which support the decision. The hearing examiner may adopt all or portions of the commission's findings and conclusions. The decision of the hearing examiner shall be final unless within twenty -one (2 1) calendar days from the date of issuance of the decision an appeal is filed in King County superior court. (Ord. No. 3809, § 1, 9 -5 -06) Chapter 20.62 PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF LANDMARKS, LANDMARK SITES AND DISTRICTS Sections: 20.62.010 Findings and declaration of purpose. 20.62.020 Definitions. 20.62.030 Landmarks commission created - membership and organization. 20.62.040 Designation criteria. 20.62.050 Nomination procedure. 20.62.070 Designation procedure. 20.62.080 Certificate of appropriateness procedure. 20.62. 100 Evaluation of economic impact. 20.62.110 Appeal procedure. 20.62.120 Funding. 20.62.130 Penalty for violation of Section 20.62.080. 20.62.140 Special valuation for historic properties. 20.62.150 Historic Resources - review process. 20.62.160 Administrative rules. 20.62.200 Severability. 20.62.010 Findings and declaration of purpose. The King County council finds that: A. The protection, enhancement, perpetuation and use of buildings, sites, districts, structures and objects of historical, cultural, architectural, engineering, geographic, ethnic and archaeological significance located in King County, and the collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of historic and prehistoric materials, artifacts, records and information pertaining to historic preservation and archaeological resource management are necessary in the interest of the prosperity, civic pride and general welfare of the people of King County. B. Such cultural and historic resources are a significant part of the heritage, education and economic base of King County, and the economic, cultural and aesthetic well -being of the county cannot be maintained or enhanced by disregarding its heritage and by allowing the unnecessary destruction or defacement of such resources. C. Present heritage and preservation programs and activities are inadequate for insuring present and future generations of King County residents and visitors a genuine opportunity to appreciate and enjoy our heritage. D. The purposes of this chapter are to: 1. Designate, preserve, protect, enhance and perpetuate those sites, buildings, districts, structures and objects which reflect significant elements of the county's, state's and nation's cultural, aesthetic, social, economic, political, architectural, ethnic, archaeological, engineering, historic and other heritage; 2. Foster civic pride in the beauty and accomplishments of the past; 3. Stabilize and improve the economic values and vitality of landmarks; 4. Protect and enhance the county's tourist industry by promoting heritage- related tourism; 5. Promote the continued use, exhibition and interpretation of significant historical or archaeological sites, districts, buildings, structures, objects, artifacts, materials and records for the education, inspiration and welfare of the people of King County; 6. Promote and continue incentives for ownership and utilization of landmarks; 7. Assist, encourage and provide incentives to public and private owners for preservation, restoration, rehabilitation and use of landmark buildings, sites, districts, structures and objects; 8. Assist, encourage and provide technical assistance to public agencies, public and private museums, archives and historic preservation associations and other organizations involved in historic preservation and archaeological resource management; and 9. Work cooperatively with all local jurisdictions to identify, evaluate, and protect historic resources in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. (Ord. 14482 § 68, 2002: Ord. 10474 § 1, 1992: Ord. 4828 § 1, 1980). 20.62.020 Definitions. The following words and terms shall, when used in this chapter, be defined as follows unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: A. "Alteration" is any construction, demolition, removal, modification, excavation, restoration or remodeling of a landmark. B. 'Building" is a structure created to shelter any form of human activity, such as a house, barn, church, hotel or similar structure. Building may refer to an historically related complex, such as a courthouse and jail or a house and barn. C. "Certificate of appropriateness" is written authorization issued by the commission or its designee permitting an alteration to a significant feature of a designated landmark. D. "Commission" is the landmarks commission created by this chapter. E. "Community landmark" is an historic resource which has been designated pursuant to K.C.C. 20.62.040 but which may be altered or changed without application for or approval of a certificate of appropriateness. F. "Designation" is the act of the commission determining that an historic resource meets the criteria established by this chapter. G. "Designation report" is a report issued by the commission after a public hearing setting forth its determination to designate a landmark and specifying the significant feature or features thereof. H. "Director" is the director of the King County department of development and environmental services or his or her designee. I. "District" is a geographically definable area, urban or rural, possessing a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united by past events or aesthetically by plan or physical development. A district may also comprise individual elements separated geographically but linked by association or history. J. "Heritage" is a discipline relating to historic preservation and archaeology, history, ethnic history, traditional cultures and folklore. K. "Historic preservation officer" is the King County historic preservation officer or his or her designee. L. "Historic resource" is a district, site, building, structure or object significant in national, state or local history, architecture, archaeology, and culture. M. "Historic resource inventory" is an organized compilation of information on historic resources considered to be significant according to the criteria listed in K.C.C. 20.62.040A. The historic resource inventory is kept on file by the historic preservation officer and is updated from time to time to include newly eligible resources and to reflect changes to resources. N. "Incentives" are such compensation, rights or privileges or combination thereof, which the council, or other local, state or federal public body or agency, by virtue of applicable present or future legislation, may be authorized to grant to or obtain for the owner or owners of designated landmarks. Examples of economic incentives include but are not limited to tax relief, conditional use permits, rezoning, street vacation, planned unit development, transfer of development rights, facade easements, gifts, preferential leasing policies, private or public grants -in -aid, beneficial placement of public improvements, or amenities, or the like. O. "Interested person of record" is any individual, corporation, partnership or association which notifies the commission or the council in writing of its interest in any matter before the commission. P. "Landmark" is an historic resource designated as a landmark pursuant to K.C.C. 20.62.060. Q. "Nomination" is a proposal that an historic resource be designated a landmark. R. "Object" is a material thing of functional, aesthetic, cultural, historical, or scientific value that may be, by nature or design, movable yet related to a specific setting or environment. S. "Owner" is a person having a fee simple interest, a substantial beneficial interest of record or a substantial beneficial interest known to the commission in an historic resource. Where the owner is a public agency or government, that agency shall specify the person or persons to receive notices under this chapter. T. "Person" is any individual, partnership, corporation, group or association. U. "Person in charge" is the person or persons in possession of a landmark including, but not limited to, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, an assignee of rents, a receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, tenant, agent, or any other person directly or indirectly in control of the landmark. V. 'Preliminary determination" is a decision of the commission determining that an historic resource which has been nominated for designation is of significant value and is likely to satisfy the criteria for designation. W. "Significant feature" is any element of a landmark which the commission has designated pursuant to this chapter as of importance to the historic, architectural or archaeological value of the landmark. X. "Site" is the location of a significant event, a prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether standing, ruined, or vanished, where the location itself maintains an historical or archaeological value regardless of the value of any existing structures. Y. "Structure" is any functional construction made usually for purposes other than creating human shelter. (Ord 14482 69, 2002: Ord. 11620 § 13, 1994: Ord. 10474 § 2, 1992: Ord. 4828 § 2, 1980). 20.62.030 Landmarks commission created - membership and organization. A. There is created the King County landmarks commission which shall consist of nine regular members and special members selected as follows: 1. Of the nine regular members of the commission at least three shall be professionals who have experience in identification, evaluation, and protection of historic resources and have been selected from among the fields of history, architecture, architectural history, historic preservation, planning, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cultural geography, landscape architecture, American studies, law, or other historic preservation related disciplines. The nine regular members of the commission shall be appointed by the county executive, subject to confirmation by the council, provided that no more than four members shall reside within any one municipal jurisdiction. All regular members shall have a demonstrated interest and competence in -historic preservation. 2. The county executive may solicit nominations for persons to serve as regular members of the commission from the Association of King County Historical Organizations, the American Institute of Architects (Seattle Chapter), the Seattle King County Bar Association, the Seattle Master Builders, the chambers of commerce, and other professional and civic organizations familiar with historic preservation. 3. One special member shall be appointed from each municipality within King County which has entered into an interlocal agreement with King County providing for the designation by the commission of landmarks within such municipality in accordance with the terms of such interlocal agreement and this chapter. Each such appointment shall be in accordance with the enabling ordinance adopted by such municipality. B. Appointments of regular members, except as provided in subsection C of this section, shall be made for a three -year term. Each regular member shall serve until his or her successor is duly appointed and confirmed. Appointments shall be effective on June 1st of each year. In the event of a vacancy, an appointment shall be made to fill the vacancy in the same manner and with the same qualifications as if at the beginning of the term, and the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold the position for the remainder of the unexpired term. Any member may be reappointed, but may not serve more than two consecutive three -year terms. A member shall be deemed to have served one full term if such member resigns at any time after appointment or if such member serves more than two years of an unexpired term. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation except for out -of- pocket expenses incurred in connection with commission meetings or programs. C. After May 4, 1992, the term of office of members becomes effective on the date the council confirms the appointment of commission members and the county executive shall appoint or reappoint three members for a three -year term, three members for a two -year term, and three members for a one -year term. For purposes of the limitation on consecutive terms in subsection B of this section an appointment for a one-or a two -year term shall be deemed an appointment for an unexpired term. D. The chair shall be a member of the commission and shall be elected annually by the regular commission members. The commission shall adopt, in accordance with K.C.C. chapter 2.98, rules and regulations, including procedures, consistent with this chapter. The members of the commission shall be governed by the King County code of ethics, K.C.C. chapter. 3.04. The commission shall not conduct any public hearing required under this chapter until rules and regulations have been filed as required by K.C.C. chapter 2.98. E. A special member of the commission shall be a voting member solely on matters before the commission involving the designation of landmarks within the municipality from which such special member was appointed. F. A majority of the current appointed and confirmed members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A special member shall count as part of a quorum for the vote on any matter involving the designation or control of landmarks within the municipality from which such special member was appointed. All official actions of the commission shall require a majority vote of the members present and eligible to vote on the action voted upon. No member shall be eligible to vote upon any matter required by this chapter to be determined after a hearing unless that member has attended the hearing or familiarized him or herself with the record. G. The commission may from time to time establish one or more committees to further the policies of the commission, each with such powers as may be lawfully delegated to it by the commission. H. The county executive shall provide staff support to the commission and shall assign a professionally qualified county employee to serve as a full -time historic preservation officer. Under the direction of the commission, the historic preservation officer shall be the custodian of the commission's records. The historic preservation officer or his or her designee shall conduct official correspondence, assist in organizing the commission and organize and supervise the commission staff and the clerical and technical work of the commission to the extent required to administer this chapter. I. The commission shall meet at least once each month for the purpose of considering and holding public hearings on nominations for designation and applications for certificates of appropriateness. Where no business is scheduled to come before the commission seven days before the scheduled monthly meeting, the chair of the commission may cancel the meeting. All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public. The commission shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the action of the commission upon each question, and shall keep records of all official actions taken by it, all of which shall be filed in the office of the historic preservation officer and shall be public records. J. At all hearings before and meetings of the commission, all oral proceedings shall be electronically recorded. The proceedings may also be recorded by a court reporter if any interested person at his or her expense shall provide a court reporter for that purpose. A tape recorded copy of the electronic record of any hearing or part of a hearing shall be furnished to any person upon request and payment of the reasonable expense of the copy. K. The commission is authorized, subject to the availability of funds for that purpose, to expend moneys to compensate experts, in whole or in part, to provide technical assistance to property owners in connection with requests for certificates of appropriateness upon a showing by the property owner that the need for the technical assistance imposes an unreasonable financial hardship on the property owner. L. Commission records, maps or other information identifying the location of archaeological sites and potential sites shall be exempt from public disclosure as specified in RCW 42.17.3 10 in order to avoid looting and depredation of the sites. (Ord. 14482 § 70, 2002: Ord. 10474 § 3, 1992: Ord. 10371 § 1, 1992: Ord. 4828 § 3, 1980). 20.62.040 Designation criteria. A. An historic resource may be designated as a King County landmark if it is more than forty years old or, in the case of a landmark district, contains resources that are more than forty years old, and possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and: 1. Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of national, state or local history; or 2. Is associated with the lives of persons significant in national, state or local history; or 3. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, style or method of design or construction, or that represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or 4. Has yielded or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history; or 5. Is an outstanding work of a designer or builder who has made a substantial contribution to the art. B. An historic resource may be designated a community landmark because it is an easily identifiable visual feature of a neighborhood or the county and contributes to the distinctive quality or identity of such neighborhood or county or because of its association with significant historical events or historic themes, association with important or prominent persons in the community or county, or recognition by local citizens for substantial contribution to the neighborhood or community. An improvement or site qualifying for designation solely by virtue of satisfying criteria set out in this section shall be designated a community landmark and shall not be subject to the provisions of 20.62.080. C. Cemeteries, birthplaces, or graves of historical figures, properties owned by religious institutions or used for religious purposes, structures that have been moved from their original locations, reconstructed historic buildings, properties primarily commemorative in nature, and properties that have achieved significance within the past forty years shall not be considered eligible for designation. However, such a property shall be eligible for designation if they are: 1. An integral part of districts that meet the criteria set out in 20.62.040A or if it is: 2. A religious property deriving primary significance from architectural or artistic distinction or historical importance; or 3. A building or structure removed from its original location but which is significant primarily for its architectural value, or which is the surviving structure most importantly associated with a historic person or event; or 4. A birthplace, grave or residence of a historical figure of outstanding importance if there is no other appropriate site or building directly associated with his or her productive life; or 5. A cemetery that derives its primary significance from graves of persons of transcendent importance, from age, from distinctive design features, or from association with historic events; or 6. A reconstructed building when accurately executed in a suitable environment and presented in a dignified manner or as part of a restoration master plan, and when no other building or structure with the same association has survived; or 7. A property commemorative in intent if design, age, tradition, or symbolic value has invested it with its own historical significance; or 8. A property achieving significance within the past forty years if it is of exceptional importance. (Ord. 10474 § 4, 1992: Ord. 4828 § 4, 1980). 20.62.050 Nomination procedure. A. Any person, including the historic preservation officer and any member of the commission, may nominate an historic resource for designation as a landmark or community landmark. The procedures set forth in Sections 20.62.050 and 20.62.080 may be used to amend existing designations or to terminate an existing designation based on changes which affect the applicability of the criteria for designation set forth in Section 20.62.040. The nomination or designation of an historic resource as a landmark shall constitute nomination or designation of the land which is occupied by the historic resource unless the nomination provides otherwise. Nominations shall be made on official nomination forms provided by the historic preservation officer, shall be filed with the historic preservation officer, and shall include all data required by the commission. B. Upon receipt by the historic preservation officer of any nomination for designation, the officer shall review the nomination, consult with the person or persons submitting the nomination, and the owner, and prepare any amendments to or additional information on the nomination deemed necessary by the officer. The historic preservation officer may refuse to accept any nomination for which inadequate information is provided by the person or persons submitting the nomination. It is the responsibility of the person or persons submitting the nomination to perform such research as is necessary for consideration by the commission. The historic preservation officer may assume responsibility for gathering the required information or appoint an expert or experts to carry out this research in the interest of expediting the consideration. C. When the historic preservation officer is satisfied that the nomination contains sufficient information and complies with the commission's regulations for nomination, the officer shall give notice in writing, certified mail/return receipt requested, to the owner of the property or object, to the person submitting the nomination and interested persons of record that a preliminary or a designation determination on the nomination will be made by the commission. The notice shall include: 1. The date, time, and place of hearing; 2. The address and description of the historic resource and the boundaries of the nominated resource; 3. A statement that upon a designation or upon a preliminary determination of significance, the certificate of appropriateness procedure set out in Section 20.62.080 will apply; 4. A statement that upon a designation or a preliminary determination of significance, no significant feature may be changed without first obtaining a certificate of appropriateness from the commission, whether or not a building or other permit is required. A copy of the provisions of Section 20.62.080 shall be included with the notice; 5. A statement that all proceedings to review the action of the commission at the hearing on a preliminary determination or a designation will be based on the record made at such hearing and that no further right to present evidence on the issue of preliminary determination or designation is afforded pursuant to this chapter. D. The historic preservation officer shall, after mailing the notice required herein, refer the nomination and all supporting information to the commission for consideration on the date specified in the notice. No nomination shall be considered by the commission less than thirty nor more than forty five calendar days after notice setting the hearing date has been mailed except where the historic preservation officer or members of the commission have reason to believe that immediate action is necessary to prevent destruction, demolition or defacing of an historic resource, in which case the notice setting the hearing shall so state. (Ord. 10474 § 5, 1992: Ord. 4828 § 5, 1980). 20.62.070 Designation procedure. A. The commission may approve, deny, amend or terminate the designation of a historic resource as a landmark or community landmark only after a public hearing. At the designation hearing the commission shall receive evidence and hear argument only on the issues of whether the historic resource meets the criteria for designation of landmarks or community landmarks as specified in K.C.C. 20.62.040 and merits designation as a landmark or community landmark; and the significant features of the landmark. The hearing may be continued from time to time at the discretion of the commission. If the hearing is continued, the commission may make a preliminary determination of significance if the commission determines, based on the record before it that the historic resource is of significant value and likely to satisfy the criteria for designation in K.C.C. 20.62.040. The preliminary determination shall be effective as of the date of the public hearing at which it is made. Where the commission makes a preliminary determination it shall specify the boundaries of the nominated resource, the significant features thereof and such other description of the historic resource as it deems appropriate. Within five working days after the commission has made a preliminary determination, the historic preservation officer shall file a written notice of the action with the director and mail copies of the notice, certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner, the person submitting the nomination and interested persons of record. The notice shall include: 1. A copy of the commission's preliminary determination; and 2. A statement that while proceedings pursuant to this chapter are pending, or six months from the date of the notice, whichever is shorter, and thereafter if the designation is approved by the commission, the certificate of appropriateness procedures in K.C.C. 20.62.080, a copy of which shall be enclosed, shall apply to the described historic resource whether or not a building or other permit is required. The decision of the commission shall be made after the close of the public hearing or at the next regularly scheduled public meeting of the commission thereafter. B. Whenever the commission approves the designation of a historic resource under consideration for designation as a landmark, it shall, within fourteen calendar days of the public meeting at which the decision is made, issue a written designation report, which shall include: 1. The boundaries of the nominated resource and such other description of the resource sufficient to identify its ownership and location; 2. The significant features and such other information concerning the historic resource as the commission deems appropriate; 3. Findings of fact and reasons supporting the designation with specific reference to the criteria for designation in K.C.C. 20.62.040; and 4. A statement that no significant feature may be changed, whether or not a building or other permit is required, without first obtaining a certificate of appropriateness from the commission in accordance with K.C.C. 20.62.080, a copy of which shall be included in the designation report. This subsection B.4. shall not apply to historic resources designated as community landmarks. C. Whenever the commission rejects the nomination of a historic resource under consideration for designation as a landmark, it shall, within fourteen calendar days of the public meeting at which the decision is made, issue a written decision including findings of fact and reasons supporting its determination that the criteria in K.C.C. 20.62.040 have not been met. If a historic resource has been nominated as a landmark and the commission designates the historic resource as a community landmark, the designation shall be treated as a rejection of the nomination for King County landmark status and the foregoing requirement for a written decision shall apply. Nothing contained herein shall prevent renominating any historic resource rejected under this subsection as a King County landmark at a future time. D. A copy of the commission's designation report or decision rejecting a nomination shall be delivered or mailed to the owner, to interested persons of record and the director within five working days after it is issued. If the commission rejects the nomination and it has made a preliminary determination of significance with respect to the nomination, it shall include in the notice to the director a statement that K.C.C. 20.62.080 no longer applies to the subject historic resources. E. If the commission approves, or amends a landmark designation, K.C.C. 20.62.080 shall apply as approved or amended. A copy of the commission's designation report or designation amendment shall be recorded with the records, elections and licensing services division, or its successor agency, together with a legal description of the designated resource and notification that K.C.C. 20.62.080 and 20.62.130 apply. If the commission terminates the designation of a historic resource, K.C.C. 20.62.080 shall no longer apply to the historic resource. (Ord. 14482 § 71, 2002: Ord. 14176 § 4, 2001: Ord. 11620 § 14, 1994: Ord. 10474 § 6,1992: Ord. 4828 § 7, 1980). 20.62.080 Certificate of appropriateness procedure. A. At any time after a designation report and notice has been filed with the director and for a period of six months after notice of a preliminary determination of significance has been mailed to the owner and filed with the director, a certificate of appropriateness must be obtained from the commission before any alterations may be made to the significant features of the landmark identified in the preliminary determination report or thereafter in the designation report. The designation report shall supersede the preliminary determination report. This requirement shall apply whether or not the proposed alteration also requires a building or other permit. The requirements of this section shall not apply to any historic resource located within incorporated cities or towns in King County, except as provided by applicable interlocal agreement. B. Ordinary repairs and maintenance which do not alter the appearance of a significant feature and do not utilize substitute materials do not require a certificate of appropriateness. Repairs to or replacement of utility systems do not require a certificate of appropriateness provided that such work does not alter an exterior significant feature. C. There shall be three types of certificates of appropriateness, as follows: 1. Type I, for restorations and major repairs which utilize in -kind materials. 2. Type II, for alterations in appearance, replacement of historic materials and new construction. 3. Type III, for demolition, moving and excavation of archaeological sites. In addition, the commission shall establish and adopt an appeals process concerning Type I decisions made by the historic preservation officer with respect to the applications for certificates of appropriateness. The historic preservation officer may approve Type I certificates of appropriateness administratively without public hearing, subject to procedures adopted by the commission. Alternatively the historic preservation officer may refer applications for Type I certificates of appropriateness to the commission for decision. The commission shall adopt an appeals procedure concerning Type I decisions made by the historic preservation officer. Type II and III certificates of appropriateness shall be decided by the commission and the following general procedures shall apply to such commission actions: 1. Application for a certificate of appropriateness shall be made by filing an application for such certificate with the historic preservation officer on forms provided by the commission. 2. If an application is made to the director for a permit for any action which affects a landmark, the director shall promptly refer such application to the historic preservation officer, and such application shall be deemed an application for a certificate of appropriateness if accompanied by the additional information required to apply for such certificate. The director may continue to process such permit application, but shall not issue any such permit until the time has expired for filing with the director the notice of denial of a certificate of appropriateness or a certificate of appropriateness has been issued pursuant to this chapter. 3. After the commission has commenced proceedings for the consideration of any application for a certificate of appropriateness by giving notice of a hearing pursuant to subsection 3 of this section, no other application for the same or a similar alteration may be made until such proceedings and all administrative appeals therefrom pursuant to this chapter have been concluded. 4. Within forty five calendar days after the filing of an application for a certificate of appropriateness with the commission or the referral of an application to the commission by the director except those decided administratively by the historic preservation officer pursuant to subsection 2 of this section, the commission shall hold a public hearing thereon. The historic preservation officer shall mail notice of the hearing to the owner, the applicant, if the applicant is not the owner, and parties of record at the designation proceedings, not less than ten calendar days before the date of the hearing. No hearing shall be required if the commission, the owner and the applicant, if the applicant is not the owner, agree in writing to a stipulated certificate approving the requested alterations thereof. This agreement shall be ratified by the commission in a public meeting and reflected in the commission meeting minutes. If the commission grants a certificate of appropriateness, such certificate shall be issued forthwith and the historic preservation officer shall promptly file a copy of such certificate with the director. 5. If the commission denies the application for a certificate of appropriateness, in whole or in part, it shall so notify the owner, the person submitting the application and interested persons of record setting forth the reasons why approval of the application is not warranted. D. The commission shall adopt such other supplementary procedures consistent with K.C.C. 2.98 as it determines are required to cany out the intent of this section. (Ord. 11620 § 15, 1994: Ord. 10474 § 7, 1992: Ord. 4828 § 8, 1980). 20.62.100 Evaluation of economic impact. A. At the public hearing on any application for a Type I1 or Type III certificate of appropriateness, or Type I if referred to the commission by the historic preservation officer, the commission shall, when requested by the property owner, consider evidence of the economic impact on the owner of the denial or partial denial of a certificate. In no case may a certificate be denied, in whole or in part, when it is established that the denial or partial denial will, when available incentives are utilized, deprive the owner of a reasonable economic use of the landmark and there is no viable and reasonable alternative which would have less impact on the features of significance specified in the preliminary determination report or the designation report. B. To prove the existence of a condition of unreasonable economic return, the applicant must establish and the commission must find, both of the following: 1. The landmark is incapable of earning a reasonable economic return without making the alterations proposed. This finding shall be made by considering and the applicant shall submit to the commission evidence establishing each of the following factors: a. The current level of economic return on the landmark as considered in relation to the following: (1) The amount paid for the landmark, the date of purchase, and party from whom purchased, including a description of the relationship, if any, between the owner and the person from whom the landmark was purchased; (2) The annual gross and net income, if any, from the landmark for the previous five (5) years; itemized operating and maintenance expenses for the previous five (5) years; and depreciation deduction and annual cash flow before and after debt service, if any, during the same period; (3) The remaining balance on any mortgage or other financing secured by the landmark and annual debt service, if any, during the prior five (5) years; (4) Real estate taxes for the previous four (4) years and assessed value of the landmark according to the two (2) most recent assessed valuations; (5) All appraisals obtained within the previous three (3) years by the owner in connection with the purchase, financing or ownership of the landmark; (6) The fair market value of the landmark immediately prior to its designation and the fair market value of the landmark (in its protected status as a designated landmark) at the time the application is filed; (7) Form of ownership or operation of the landmark, whether sole proprietorship, for profit or not- for -profit corporation, limited partnership, joint venture, or both; (8) Any state or federal income tax returns on or relating to the landmark for the past two (2) years. b. The landmark is not marketable or able to be sold when listed for sale or lease. The sale price asked, and offers received, if any, within the previous two (2) years, including testimony and relevant documents shall be submitted by the property owner. The following also shall be considered: (1) Any real estate broker or firm engaged to sell or lease the landmark; (2) Reasonableness of the price or lease sought by the owner; (3) Any advertisements placed for the sale or lease of the landmark. c. The unfeasibility of alternative uses that can earn a reasonable economic return for the landmark as considered in relation to the following: (1) A report from a licensed engineer or architect with experience in historic restoration or rehabilitation as to the structural soundness of the landmark and its suitability for restoration or rehabilitation; (2) Estimates of the proposed cost of the proposed alteration and an estimate of any additional cost that would be incurred to comply with the recommendation and decision of the commission concerning the appropriateness of the proposed alteration; (3) Estimated market value of the landmark in the current condition after completion of the proposed alteration; and, in the case of proposed demolition, after renovation of the landmark for continued use; (4) In the case of proposed demolition, the testimony of an architect, developer, real estate consultant, appraiser or other real estate professional experienced in historic restoration or rehabilitation as to the economic feasibility of rehabilitation or reuse of the existing landmark; (5) The unfeasibility of new construction around, above, or below the historic resource. d. Potential economic incentives and/or funding available to the owner through federal, state, county, city or private programs. 2. The owner has the present intent and the secured financial ability, demonstrated by appropriate documentary evidence to complete the alteration. C. Notwithstanding the foregoing enumerated factors, the property owner may demonstrate other appropriate factors applicable to economic return. D. Upon reasonable notice to the owner, the commission may appoint an expert or experts to provide advice and/or testimony concerning the value of the landmark, the availability of incentives and the economic impacts of approval, denial or partial denial of a certificate of appropriateness. E. Any adverse economic impact caused intentionally or by willful neglect shall not constitute a basis for granting a certificate of appropriateness. (Ord. 10474 § 8, 1992: Ord. 4828 § 10, 1980). 20.62.110 Appeal procedure. A. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the commission designating or rejecting a nomination for designation of a landmark or issuing or denying a certificate of appropriateness may, within thirty -five calendar days of mailing of notice of such designation or rejection of nomination, or of such issuance or denial or approval of a certificate of appropriateness appeal such decision in writing to the council. The written notice of appeal shall be filed with the historic preservation officer and the clerk of the council and shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the grounds for the appeal, supporting documents, and argument. B. If, after examination of the written appeal and the record, the council determines, that: 1. An error in fact may exist in the record, it shall remand the proceeding to the commission for reconsideration or, if the council determines that: 2. the decision of the commission is based on an error in judgment or conclusion, it may modify or reverse the decision of the commission. C. The council's decision shall be based solely upon the record, provided that, the council may at its discretion publicly request additional information of the appellant, the commission or the historic preservation officer. D. The council shall take final action on any appeal from a decision of the commission by adoption of an Ordinance, and when so doing, it shall make and enter findings of fact from the record and reasons therefrom which support its action. The council may adopt all or portions of the commission's findings and conclusions. E. The action of the council sustaining, reversing, modifying or remanding a decision of the commission shall be final unless within twenty calendar days from the date of the action an aggrieved person obtains a writ of certiorari from the superior court of King County, state of Washington, for the purpose of review of the action taken. (Ord. 10474 § 9, 1992: Ord. 4828 § 11, 1980). 20.62.120 Funding. A. The commission shall have the power to make and administer grants of funds received by it from private sources and from local, state and federal programs for purposes of 1. Maintaining, purchasing or restoring historic resources located within King County which it deems significant pursuant to the goals, objectives and criteria set forth in this chapter if such historic resources have been nominated or designated as landmarks pursuant to this chapter or have been designated as landmarks by municipalities within King County or by the State of Washington, or are listed on the National Historic Landmarks Register, the National Register of Historic Places; and 2. Developing and conducting programs relating to historic preservation and archaeological resource management. The commission shall establish rules and regulations consistent with K.C.C. chapter 2.98 governing procedures for applying for and awarding of grant moneys pursuant to this section. B. The commission may, at the request of the historic preservation officer, review proposals submitted by county agencies to fund historic preservation and archaeological projects through the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Secs. 5301 et seq.), the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (31 U.S.C. Secs. 1221 et seq.) and other applicable local, state and federal funding programs. Upon review of such grant proposals, the commission may make recommendations to the county executive and county council concerning which proposals should be funded, the amount of the grants that should be awarded, the conditions that should be placed on the grant, and such other matters as the commission deems appropriate. The historic preservation officer shall keep the commission apprised of the status of grant proposals, deadlines for submission of proposals and the recipients of grant funds. (Ord 14482 § 72, 2002: Ord. 10474 § 10, 1992: Ord. 4828 § 12, 1980). 20.62.130 Penalty for violation of Section 20.62.080. Any person violating or failing to comply with the provisions of Section 20.62.080 of this chapter shall incur a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars per day and each day's violation or failure to comply shall constitute a separate offense; provided, however, that no penalty shall be imposed for any violation or failure to comply which occurs during the pendency of legal proceedings filed in any court challenging the validity of the provision or provisions of this chapter, as to which such violations or failure to comply is charged. (Ord 4828 § 13, 1980). 20.62.140 Special valuation for historic properties. A. There is hereby established and implemented a special valuation for historic properties as provided in chapter 84.26 RCW. B. The King County landmarks commission is hereby designated as the local review board for the purposes related to chapter 84.26 RCW, and is authorized to perform all functions required by chapter 84.16RCW and chapter 254 -20 WAC. C. All King County landmarks designated and protected under this chapter shall be eligible for special valuation in accordance with chapter 84.26 RCW. (Ord. 14482 § 73, 2002: Ord. 10474 § 12,1992: Ord. 9237 §§ 1 -3 , 1989). 20.62.150 Historic Resources - review process. A. King County shall not approve any development proposal or otherwise issue any authorization to alter, demolish, or relocate any historic resource identified in the King County Historic Resource Inventory, pursuant to the requirements of this chapter. The standards contained in K.C.C. 2 IA. 12, Development Standards - Density and Dimensions and K.C.C. 2 IA. 16, Development Standards - Landscaping and Water Use shall be expanded, when necessary, to preserve the aesthetic, visual and historic integrity of the historic resource from the impacts of development on adjacent properties. B. Upon receipt of an application for a development proposal located on or adjacent to a historic resource listed in the King County Historic Resource Inventory, the director shall follow the following procedure: 1. The development proposal application shall be circulated to the King County historic preservation officer for comment on the impact of the project on historic resources and for recommendation on mitigation. This includes all permits for alterations to historic buildings, alteration to landscape elements, new construction on the same or abutting lots, or any other action requiring a permit which might affect the historic character of the resource. Information required for a complete permit application to be circulated to the historic preservation officer shall include: a. a vicinity map; b. a site plan showing the location of all buildings, structures, and landscape features; c. a brief description of the proposed project together with architectural drawings showing the existing condition of all buildings, structures, landscape features and any proposed alteration to them; d. photographs of all buildings, structures, or landscape features on the site; and e. an environmental checklist, except where categorically exempt under King County SEPA guidelines. 2. Upon request, the historic preservation officer shall provide information about available grant assistance and tax incentives for historic preservation. The officer may also provide the owner, developer, or other interested party with examples of comparable projects where historic resources have been restored or rehabilitated. 3. In the event of a conflict between the development proposal and preservation of an historic resource, the historic preservation officer shall: a. suggest appropriate alternatives to the owner /developer which achieve the goals of historic preservation. b. recommend approval, or approval with conditions to the director of the department of development and environmental services; or c. propose that a resource be nominated for county landmark designation according to procedures established in the landmarks preservation ordinance (K.C.C. 20.62). 4. The director may continue to process the development proposal application, but shall not issue any development permits or issue a SEPA threshold determination until receiving a recommendation from the historic preservation officer. In no event shall review of the proposal by the historic preservation officer delay permit processing beyond any period required by law. Permit applications for changes to landmark properties shall not be considered complete unless accompanied by a certificate of appropriateness pursuant to K.C.C. 20.62.080. 5. On known archaeological sites, before any disturbance of the site, including, but not limited to test boring, site clearing, construction, grading or revegetation, the State Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP), and the King County historic preservation officer, and appropriate Native American tribal organizations must be notified and state permits obtained, if required by law. The officer may require that a professional archaeological survey be conducted to identify site boundaries, resources and mitigation alternatives prior to any site disturbance and that a technical report be provided to the officer, OAHP and appropriate tribal organizations. The officer may approve, disapprove or require permits conditions, including professional archeological surveys, to mitigate adverse impacts to known archeological sites. C. Upon receipt of an application for a development proposal which affects a King County landmark or an historic resource that has received a preliminary determination of significance as defined by K.C.C. 20.62.020V, the application circulated to the King County historic preservation officer shall be deemed an application for a certificate of appropriateness pursuant to K.C.C. 20.62.080 if accompanied by the additional information required to apply for such certificate. (Ord 11620 § 12, 1994). 20.62.160 Administrative rules. The director may promulgate administrative rules and regulations pursuant to K.C.C. 2.98, to implement the provisions and requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 11620 § 16, 1994). 20.62.200 Severability. If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected. (Ord. 10474 § 14, 1992). (King County 12 -2002)