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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-09-06; City Council; 9628; Historic Site Landmark Designation H-15 Ramsay HouseCl’-- OF CARLSBAD - AGENr- BILL .*’ J f AB#- TITLE: DESIGNATION HISTORIC SITE LANDMARX DEPT. HD. kc-, ’ MTG. 916188 H-15-RAMSAY HOUSE CITY ATTY ua DEPT. RED CITY MGR. s& I RECOMMENDED ACTION: If City Council concurs, your action is to adopt Resolution No. 88-314 Ramsay House, approving Historic Landmark Designation. ITEM EXPLANATION: The Historic Preservation Commission has held a public hearing on the above site and found it to meet criteria for landmark designation. Ramsay House is privately owned and the property owner has consented to the landmark designation. Landmark designation is clearly defined and requires owners consent. Once a site has been designated, a permit from the Council is required to alter the designated site in any way. Ordinary maintenance is excluded from the permit procedure. The ordinance also contains a hardship clause that enables the Council to grant a permit for work on a designated structure that under normal circumstances might not be issued. The Commission recommends that the City Council designate the Ramsay House a Historic Landmark. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: The Planning Director has determined that the designation of Historic Landmarks do not require environmental review. FISCAL IMPACT: There will be no fiscal impact to the City as result of this action. EXHIBITS: l- Resolution No. 88-314 , Ramsay House. 2- Staff Report to Mayor and Council Members dated 7/18/88. 3- Location Map 4- Letter of Consent, Ramsay House. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 la 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -- RESOLUTION NO. 88-314 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA DESIGNATING RAMSAY HOUSE AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK. APPLICANT: HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION CASE NO.: H-15 RAMSAY HOUSE NHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, has determined that the Ramsay House meets the requirements for a Historic Landmark; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Code the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California did, on the 6th day of September , 1988, hold a duly noticed public hearing to consider designation on property described as: Parcel 1 of Parcel Map 13027 APN 156-110-73 WHEREAS, at said hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony and arguments, if any, of all persons desiring to be heard, said City Council considered all factors relating to H-15, Ramsay House. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, as follows: 11 That the foregoing recitations are true and correct. 23 That based on the evidence presented at the public hearing, the City Council APPROVES H-15, designation of the Ramsay House site as a Historic Landmark. //// /I// //// //// e . - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ia 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City. of Carlsbad, California, held on the 6th day of September , 1988, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Pettine, Mamaux and Larson NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: ? lIjiii/&A .H CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor ATTEST: //// //// //// I/// - JULY 18, 1988 ,- TO: MAYOR LEWIS COTJNCIL MEMBERS FROM: Management Analyst VIA: Housing and Redevelopment Director HISTORIC SITE LANDMARX DESIGNATION The Historic Preservation Commission has been holding regular meetings to review sites and matters relating to historic preservation as specified by the Historic Preservation Ordinance. The Commission is recommending that the Ramsay House be designated a Historic Landmark. Under the ordinance a site may be considered for designation if: 11 21 31 41 51 It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the City's cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, or architectural history: or It is identified with persons or events significant in local, state, or national history: or It embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period or method of construction, is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship or is representative of a notable work of an acclaimed builder, designer or architect: or It is an archaeological, paleontological, botanical, geological topographical, ecological or geographical site which has the potential of yielding information of scientific value: It is a geographically definable area possessing concentration of sites, buildings, structures improvements, or objects linked historically through location, design, setting, materials workmanship, feeling and/or association, in which the collective value of the improvements may be greater than the value of each individual improvement. - Following is a description of H-15-Ramsay House specifying its significance for designation as a historic landmark: The original homesite extended from Olive Avenue (now Pio Pica) to Forest Avenue on the north, to the current school walkway on Las Flores on the east, and beyond the curb of Las Flores on the south. When Las Flores was put in, it took a small portion of the Ramsay parcel. After the Chuparosa Lane cul-de-sac was installed, the Ramsay address changed from 2460 Olive to 1330 Chuparosa Lane. Chuparosa is the Spanish word for hummingbirds. Betty Ramsay named the street. It is said she loved hummingbirds and that she kept many feeders on the porch outside her office at Camp Pendleton. The lot is located in a residential area. The site slopes to the west and, at one time, included a 10 acre vegetable garden. The large Torrey pine, the palm trees and the eucalyptus were all planted by Elizabeth Ramsays' parents and grandparents. A large old-fashioned garden covers most of the property. The Ramsay House is a private residence on a two acre lot. It was built in 1904 under the direction of Edith Mary Shaw, the grandmother of the current occupant, Mary Elizabeth Ramsay. The architect is unknown, except for the fact that he was from Pasadena and that he designed may homes for ex- patriot British living in the llcoloniesll. The home is historically significant because it is one of the few remaining structures of this vintage. It has been continuously occupied by one family whose lives have been closely associated with the community, particularly St. Michael's Episcopal Church and various agricultural organizations. Edith Mary Shaw had this house designed and built in 1904. The house eventually became known as the Ramsay House because her daughter Edith Mary Dorthea Shaw married Frederick Ramsay of Oceanside. They had three children Charles Warren of Oceanside, John Edward of Sacramento, Mary Elizabeth, and Edmund of Oregon. Frederick Ramsay was one of the organizers of the Carlsbad Vegetables Growers, who engaged in dry farming before the Carlsbad Mutual Water Company piped water from Oceanside, across Buena Vista Lagoon, through a wooden pipe l The house is a large bungalow, with wide eaves and a broad veranda on the east side. It originally contained a living room, library, dining room, kitchen and four bedrooms, all opening out on to the veranda. Built before the availability of inside plumbing, electricity or gas, it has since been slightly remodeled by the addition of two bathrooms and installation of ceiling light fixtures. Heat was originally furnished by two wood burning fireplaces, one in the "West Roomtt, (living room) and one in the library; a gas floor heater was subsequently installed in the dining room. The ceilings are all 12 feet high, floors are of pine, covered with asphalt tile, and walls are all tongue and grove pine, with molded trims on doors and windows. The house was framed with 12" square redwood pillars and siding is the original quarter-sawn redwood. Interior details include a brick fireplace in the West Room, flanked by bookcases on two walls, sliding double doors leading to the veranda and distinctive ceiling light fixtures which were converted from kerosene to electricity. Bedrooms all have double closets with shelves on one side and short rods, front to back, which replace the original row of hooks for hanging clothes. A large bay window and window seat in the dining room was converted to accommodate a piano by cutting out the middle section of the seat. This room also contains a unique carved wooden bench, the handwork of Edith Mary Shaw and her daughters. According to Betty Ramsay, her grandmother, mother and aunts worked on it all of one winter spent in the Alps. Each pine (deal) panel depicts a different scene and are linked by rails carved in an intricate chain pattern. A tiny guest house just beyond the veranda was converted from a Camp Pendleton construction office; Betty Ramsay worked on the base at one time. Another distinctive feature of the garden is the series of cobblestone retaining walls, built by Frederick Ramsay, Betty's father. II LF:ec LOCATION MAP HISTORIC LANDMARK H-15 RAMSAY HOUSE city of Carlsbad CITY OF CARLSBAD 1200 ELH AVENUE CARLSBAD, CA. 92008 CONSENT FOR HISTORIC SITE DESIGNATION PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Ramsay House SITE NAME: ADDRESS: 1330 Chuparosa Wav ASSESSORS PARCEL NUMBER: 156-110-73 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Parcel Map of PM 13027 I hereby certify that I am the legal owner of the property described above and do hereby consent for the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California to designate said property as a historic site. I have received a copy of the Historic Preservation Ordinance and realize that permits must be obtained prior to my work or changes to the site or portion of site designated. We agree to not changing any exterior existing structures. Elizabeth Mary Ramsay NAME/TYPE OR PRINT NAME/TYPE OR PRINT ADril 28. 1988 DATE DATE SIGNATURE Decreed A Legal Newspaper by the Supeuor Court of San Diego County Mail all correspondence regarding public notice advertising to North Coast Publishers, Inc. corporate offices: P 0. Box 878, Encinitas, CA 92024 (619) 7X3-6543 Proof of Publication STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ss, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the county aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the above entitled matter. I am principal clerk of the printer of the Carlsbad Journal a newspaper of general circulation, published twice weekly in the City of Carlsbad, County of San Diego, State of California, and which newspaper is published for the dissemination of local news and intelligence of a general character, and which newspaper at all times herein mentioned had and still has a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers, and which newspaper has been established, printed and published at regular intervals in the said City of Carlsbad, County of San Diego, State of California, for a period exceeding one year next NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING H-15 - RAMSAY HOUSE NOTICE IS HE&BY GIVEN that the City Council ofthe City ofCarls- bed will hold a public hearing et the City Council Chambers, 1200 Elm Avenue, Cerlsbad, California, on Tuesday, August 22,19SS, at 8:00 P.M., to consider e certain historic site for the purpose of Historic Ifyou have any questions regerd- ing this matter, please call the Re- development Department et 434. 2811. If you challenge the reeommen- datlon for Historic Landmark Des- ignation in court, you may be limlt- ed to raising only those issues you or someone else raised et the pub- lic hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence deliv- ered to the City of Cerlsbed City Clerk’s Ofllce et or prior to the pub- lic hearinn preceding the date of publication of the notice hereinafter referred to; and that the notice of which the annexed is a printed copy, has been published in each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates, to-wit: Landmark De&etion. The site to be discussed is as follows: . . . . . . . . . . . . . August .1? . . 19.88. Cl 5277: August 12,199S X202-ZM-12187 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.. I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed at Carlsbad, County of San Diego, State of California on - T& 13+h Clerk of the Printer , “RITE IT - DON’T SAI :T! Date 8/18 19 To Patty C. q Reply Wanted From Karen K. q No Reply Necessary Re: Agenda Bill - Ramsay House Here is the original agenda bill. The item will be continued to the meeting of 916188. The agenda bill needs to be redone, to separate the Ramsay House (public hearing) from the Calavera Lake and Dam (not public hearing). Please make the corrections ASAP and resubmit the items as we discussed. Thanks for your help. AIGNER FORM NO. 55-032 PR,NTED IN USA I I . I . Cl”” OF CARLSBAD - AGENC- BILL g$ . BI +-ii& TITLE: ITa. 8/23/88 HISTORIC SITE DESIGNATION DEPT. HD. ‘/,,+, OMMENDED ACTION: If City Coun Interest a Historic L Resolution ic Point of ITEM EXPLANATION: p+ The Historic Preservation Commission has held public hearings on the above listed sites and found they meet criteria for historic point of interest and landmark designation. Zalavera Lake and Dam is owned by the City of Carlsbad, but it is managed and maintained by the Costa Real Water District. Ramsay House is privately owned and the property owner has consented to the landmark designation. The landmark designation is clearly defined and requires owners consent. Once a site has been designated, a permit Erom the Council is required to alter the designated site in 3lny way. Ordinary maintenance is excluded from the permit procedure. The ordinance also contains a hardship clause that enables the Council to grant a permit for work on a designated structure that under normal circumstances might lot be issued. ?oint of Interest Designation may be used for a historic resource that does not meet criteria for landmark designation >ut is of such significance as to warrant inclusion in the historic Resource Inventory. Point of interest does not require owner consent and it is done only to recognize the resource, allow for documentation through video and photos, ind to determine possible placement of markers at the site. ?oint of Interest Designation may be used for a site that has )een or will be razed. SNVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: 'he Planning Director has determined that the designation of Iistoric Landmarks and Points of Interest do not require environmental review. 'ISCAL IMPACT: 'here will be no fiscal impact to the City as result of this action. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING H-15 - RAMSAY HOUSE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, will hold a public hearing at the City Council Chambers, 1200 Elm Avenue, Carlsbad, California, on Tuesday, August 23, 1988, at 6:00 P.M., to consider a certain historic site for the purpose of Historic Landmark Designation. The site to be discussed is as follows: H-15 Ramsay House - Chuparosa Way APN: 156-110-73 If you have any questions regarding this matter, please call the Redevelopment Department at 434-2811. If you challenge the recommendation for Historic Landmark Designation in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Carlsbad City Clerk's Office at or prior to the public hearing. APPLICANT: City of Carlsbad PUBLISH: August 12, 1988 CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL RAMSAY HOUSE C NO!CICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Historic Preservation Commission of the City of Carlsbad will hold a public hearing at the City Council Chambers, 1200 Elm Avenue, Carlsbad, California, on Monday, May 9, 1988, at 5:00 pm, to consider a certain historic site for the purpose of Historic Landmark Designation. Site to be discussed is as follows: H-15 Ramsay House - Chuparosa Way APN - 156-110-73 Those persons wishing to speak on this proposal are cordially invited to attend the public hearing. If you have any questions please call the Redevelopment Office at 434-2811. If you challenge the recommendations for Historic Landmark Designation in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Carlsbad at or prior to the public hearing. APPLICANT: CITY OF CARISBAD HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONNISSION PUBLISH: APRIL 29, 1988 . ” HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT TO: CIm CLERK'S OFFICE FROM: Housing and Redevelopment Director RE: PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST REDEVELOPMENT OFFICE 2965 Roosevelt Street Suite B Carlsbad, CA 92008 (619) 434-2811 Attached are the materials necessary for you to notice Historic Landmark Designation for H-15 RAMSAY HOUSE for a public hearing before the Commission. ment cc Please notice the item for the Commission meeting of August2 1988 . Thank you. HOUSING AND f(EDEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR 8- c/- 88 DATE 7-2 +w DATE