CITY OKS CUMBERLAND SURVEY NEIGHBORHOOD SEEKS HISTORIC DISTRICT STATUS.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. - The Cumberland Heights neighborhood is on its way to establishing itself as the city's first historic district, but the move is meeting resistance. The City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday - with Councilman Bob Yousefian dissenting dis·sent intr.v. dis·sent·ed, dis·sent·ing, dis·sents 1. To differ in opinion or feeling; disagree. 2. To withhold assent or approval. n. 1. - to have consultants survey nearly 500 homes in the community bounded by Mountain Street, Highland and Grandview avenues and Kenneth Road. The survey, paid for with a state grant and expected to take three months, will help determine if the community has enough historic fabric to constitute a historic district. But opponents have collected about 120 signatures from residents of the neighborhood opposing the historic designation, maintaining that homeowners should have the right to determine the changes they'd like in their own homes. ``Homeowners would be subjected to the set of guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. that come with the districting that break down what you can and cannot do to the property,'' said Roobik Ovanesian, a resident of the neighborhood. ``They're subjective, stringent guidelines and would require a very subjective, discretionary approval for any work you need to do to your property. Basically, more power is being shifted to the commissioners on the historic preservation Historic preservation is the act of maintaining and repairing existing historic materials and the retention of a property's form as it has evolved over time. When considering the United States Department of Interior's interpretation: "Preservation calls for the existing form, commission and the design review board.'' But supporters of establishing a historic district maintain that it would preserve the heritage of the neighborhood with mostly English, Spanish Spanish, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, issuing from Spanish Lake, S Ont., Canada, NW of Sudbury, and flowing generally S through Biskotasi and Agnew lakes to Lake Huron opposite Manitoulin island. There are several hydroelectric stations on the river. and Colonial revivals from the 1920s and 1930s, and would in turn raise property values. ``The benefit of being in a historic district is basically we are attempting to save the architectural heritage of Glendale and our neighborhood communities,'' said Sally MacAller, a member of the committee working to create the Cumberland Heights district. ``These homes are beautiful and architecturally unique, and we're trying to keep the beauty and ambience am·bi·ence n. Variant of ambiance. ambience or ambiance Noun the atmosphere of a place Noun 1. of the neighborhoods as they are. We don't really want it to look like something in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - like tract houses.'' Until two years ago, the city required 100 percent homeowner consent to create a historic district, but new, laxer Laxer may refer to:
Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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