Redman - Hirahara House Historic Inventory Delisting
Summary
SCH Number
2025090262
Public Agency
Santa Cruz County
Document Title
Redman - Hirahara House Historic Inventory Delisting
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/8/2025
Document Description
The Redman-Hirahara House will be delisted from the Santa Cruz County Historic Inventory because of severe deterioration of the structure.
Contact Information
Name
Matthew Sundt
Agency Name
County of Santa Cruz
Job Title
Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Santa Cruz
Counties
Santa Cruz
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Lee Rd and West Beach Street
Zip
95076
Total Acres
13.5840
Parcel #
052-271-04
State Highways
Hwy 1
Township
12S
Range
2E
Section
17, 8
Other Location Info
320 Lee Rd
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA Guidelines 15064.5a.2, states, “a structure included in a local register is presumed to be historical or culturally significant unless the preponderance of evidence demonstrates otherwise.” In this case, the preponderance of evidence is the combination of the building inspection and architectural historian reports on
file, which conclude that the structure has lost its historical or cultural significance, is unhabitable and dangerous.
These two reports constitute the “preponderance of evidence” and so would be the basis in which the delisting and demolition or its removal could be exempt from CEQA. The Exemption is based on CEQA Guidelines 15061(b)(3).
County Clerk
Santa Cruz
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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