community
Beverly Hills
A prime example of a threats to a specific historic building galvanizing support for greater preservation efforts.
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Report Card Grade Summary
The City of Beverly Hills’s amended historic preservation ordinance was fully implemented in November 2015, reversing much of the significant progress that earned the City a grade of A+ on our 2014 Preservation Report Card. The Conservancy has correspondingly revised the city’s grade to C-. The revised grade reflects the reversal in protections to historic resources and our desire to hold communities accountable if they weaken local preservation planning tools.
C-
This grade reflects a reversal in the protections to historic resources and our desire to hold communities accountable if they weaken local preservation planning tools.
Preservation Report Card
The scoring details for this community appear below. To see scores for all communities, compare specific communities and categories.
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Total Score
172
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Historic Preservation Ordinance (150) / Honorary Ordinance (10)
150
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Dedicated Historic Preservation Commission (5)
5
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Dedicated Preservation Staff (15)
15
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Total Score
172
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Historic Preservation Ordinance (150) / Honorary Ordinance (10)
150
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Dedicated Historic Preservation Commission (5)
5
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Dedicated Preservation Staff (15)
15
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Single-family residences not eligible for inclusion in local historic districts.
Ability to Designate Historic Districts (15)
7
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Owner Consent Not Required for Designation (10)
10
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Active Landmark Designation (at least annually) (5)
5
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In progress, not yet adopted.
Survey of Historic Resources: Citywide (15) / Partial (10)
15
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Survey Updated Within Past 5 Years (5)
5
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Mills Act Incentive Program (10)
10
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Additional Incentives (5)
5
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A pending application was withdrawn after city’s 2015 ordinance revisions rendered it ineligible for CLG status.
Certified Local Government (5)
0
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Historic Preservation Element or Plan (5)
5
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A Certificate of Ineligibility can be obtained without objective assessment and at sole discretion of the Director (-20). Landmark designation criteria for nominated properties without owner consent have hard to attain or exceedingly high thresholds (-20). Landmark designation criteria for nominated properties without owner consent have hard to attain or exceedingly high thresholds (-20).
Demerit
-60
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Extra Credit (1-25)
0
