§ 16.52.520. The Engine Company No. 8 Building.

Pursuant to provisions of Chapter 2.63 and with the recommendation of the Planning Commission, the City Council designates the following building as an historical landmark in the City: The Engine Company No. 8 Building.

A.

Location, description and reasons for designation. Located at 5365 East Second Street in the City of Long Beach, Fire Station No. 8 represents the expansion of City services to the neighborhood of Belmont in a combined fire and police facility.

Opened as the Belmont Fire and Police substation on August 1, 1929, it housed two (2) fire platoons. The police substation, the first in the City, opened the following month.

The Italian Renaissance Revival style evidenced here occurs throughout the twenties as one of several popular "period revival" styles. Its use as late as the late twenties indicates a conservative choice for a public building, and one that blends in well with its surrounding neighborhood. The red tile roof is an explicit Mediterranean characteristic.

This landmark is part of a collection of small-scale period revival commercial buildings on Second Street, and relates to homes in the surrounding neighborhood characterized by Mediterranean-styled homes. It is an established and familiar visual landmark of Belmont Shore due to its architectural character and to its corner location at the east end of the Second Street commercial strip.

B.

General guidelines and standards for any changes. The "Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings" prepared by the Secretary of the Interior (Revised, 1983), as amended, are incorporated by reference, and the following additional guidelines and standards as recommended by the Cultural Heritage Commission are adopted:

Any alterations, modifications or repair of the above structure shall be done so in keeping with its historic character, and any alteration, modifications or changes shall follow the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.

No environmental changes shall be permitted to the exterior of the building unless a certificate of appropriateness has been applied for and approved by the Cultural Heritage Commission or by the City Planning Commission, upon appeal, authorizing such environmental changes.

(Ord. C-6682 § 1, 1990)