Appendix 1
Excerpts from the Public Resources Code
Excerpts from Public Resources Code Section 5020.1:
(h) "Historic district" means a definable unified geographic entity
that possesses a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites,
buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by
plan or physical development.
(i) Historical landmark" means any historical resource which is registered
as a state historical landmark pursuant to Section 5021.
(j) "Historical resource" includes, but is not limited to, any
object, building, structure, site, area, place, record, or manuscript which
is historically or archaeologically significant, or is significant in the
architectural, engineering, scientific, economic agricultural, educational,
social, political, military, or cultural annals of California.
(k) "Local register of historic resources" means a list of properties
officially designated or recognized as historically significant by a local
government pursuant to a local ordinance or resolution.
(q) "Substantial adverse change" means demolition, destruction,
relocation, or alteration such that the significance of an historical resource
would be impaired.
Subdivision (g) of Public Resources Code Section 5024.1:
(g) A resource identified as significant in an historical resource survey
may be listed in the California Register if the survey meets all of the
following criteria:
(1) The survey has been or will be included in the State Historic Resources
Inventory.
(2) The survey and the survey documentation were prepared in accordance
with office procedures and requirements.
(3) The resource is evaluated and determined by the office [of Historic
Preservation] to have a significance rating of Category 1 to 5 on DPR Form
523.
(4) If the survey is five or more years old at the time of its nomination
for inclusion in the California Registry, the survey is updated to identify
historical resources which have become eligible or ineligible due to changed
circumstances or further documentation and those which have been demolished
or altered in a manner that substantially diminishes the significance of
the resource.
Public Resources Code Section 21098.1:
A project that may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance
of an historical resource is a project that may have a significant effect
on the environment. For purposes of this section, an historical resource
is a resource listed in, or determined to be eligible for listing in, the
California Register of Historical Resources. Historical resources included
in a local register of historical resources, as defined in subsection (k)
of Section 5020.1, are presumed to be historically or culturally significant
for purposes of this section, unless the preponderance of the evidence demonstrates
that the resource is not historically or culturally significant. The fact
that a resource is not listed in, or determined to be eligible for listing
in, the California Register of Historical Resources, not included in a local
register of historical resources, or not deemed significant pursuant to
criteria set forth in subdivision (g) of Section 5024.1 shall not preclude
a lead agency from determining whether the resource may be an historical
resource for purposes of this section.
For more information, contact:
State of California
Governor's Office of Planning and Research
1400 Tenth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-322-2318