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HRCA No. 2017-41, HRC No. 2017-40 HPPA No. 2017-45 October 4, 2018 Page 2 property any building or part thereof, object, structure, or site having importance to the history or architecture of the city in accordance with the criteria set forth in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC). This project entails applying the selection criteria established in Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (Places of Historical and Architectural Significance) to determine if this structure is eligible for historic designation to the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The first criterion for selection requires that the structures be 50 or more years old. The structure identified meets the minimum selection criteria for inclusion on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties pursuant to criteria contained in Section 30-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code as the property is 93 years old. No known code violations exist on record for this property. The property, recognized as the Edwards House, is located within the Floral Park neighborhood boundaries and has distinctive architectural features of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. The residence was built in 1925 by Roy Russell, a notable developer and prominent local builder credited with developing the groves of Floral Park in the late 1920s and 1930s. The Edwards House is rectangular in plan with a porte-cochere attached at the south elevation and a contemporary wood -framed overhang that extends east of the porte-cochere. The house has a predominantly flat roof that is accented by a flat perimeter parapet, an angular stepped parapet, and shallow, moderate -pitch asymmetrical gable at the primary, west elevation. While the roofing material at the flat roof portion is not observable, clay barrel tiles clad the parapets as coping, and clad the asymmetrical gable, and porte-cochere. Fenestration at the primary elevation consists of tripartite Prairie School -style wood casement windows, with windows on the secondary elevations comprised of single -light, double -hung wood windows. The main entry is located within a recessed entry portico under the asymmetrical gable, and consists of a door flanked by two sidelights—all which exhibit a Prairie School -style glazing pattern. Character -defining features of the Edwards House that should be preserved include, but may not be limited to: materials and finishes (stucco); roof configuration, materials, and treatment (clay barrel tiling); massing and composition; doors and windows (Prairie School -style wood casement windows, where extant); entry portico; and porte-cochere. The Edwards House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1, as a building with the "distinguishing characteristics of an architectural style or period,' representative of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Typical features of the Spanish Colonial Revival exhibited by the Edwards House include stucco cladding, barrel Ole coping and roofing, asymmetrical composition, arched openings, and stepped parapet. Additionally, the house has been categorized as "Contributive" because it "contributes to the overall character and history" of the Floral Park neighborhood and is a "good example of period architecture" as a highly intact example of a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival house from the 1920s. Mills Act Agreement Ordinance No. NS -2382 authorized the Historic Resources Commission to execute Historic Property Preservation Agreements (HPPA), commonly known as Mills Act agreements for eligible properties (Exhibit 4). To be eligible for the Mills Act, the property must be listed on the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. The Historic Resources Commission Application and Historic Register Categorization actions proposed for this site authorize the listing of the property on the local register. The agreement provides monetary incentives to the property owner in the form of a property tax reduction in exchange for the owner's voluntary commitment to maintain the property in a good state 25A-64