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1 <br />Ocampo, Nuvia <br />From:lauren hartshorne <lhartshorne21@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Thursday, August 22, 2024 9:43 PM <br />To:eComments, PBA <br />Subject:Notice of Permit Request at Historic Landmark Home Conditional Use Permit No. <br />2022-06 <br />Follow Up Flag:Follow up <br />Flag Status:Flagged <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />To whom it may concern: <br />I am writing in response to a conditional use permit request for a 23’4” tall Vietnamese pagoda to be located within <br />6’ of the S/W backyard fence at 2221 N. Heliotrope, Santa Ana (commonly known as the “Maharaja House”). This <br />once-stunning historic Art Deco home, built for the Maharaja of Indore in 1939, has quickly been desecrated over <br />the past several years under its current ownership. We strongly oppose the allowance of this structure to be built, as <br />it only moves the home's current state further from its valuable historical character and prominence. Under current <br />ownership, the "Maharaja House" is no longer a gleaming gem of Floral Park, but instead an unkempt, worn-down <br />party house with year-round Christmas lights and molded exterior stucco. It is apparent the owners of this house <br />are unable to maintain the pride of ownership deserving of this once beautiful home or have no desire to do so. We <br />are concerned that adding additional structures to the property would only add to the burden of maintaining such a <br />prominent house, given the owners' current inability to do so. Additionally, it appears the owners of 2221 <br />N. Heliotrope may have already begun work on constructing this public monstrosity. This is an overt snub to their <br />neighbors, this committee, and the City of Santa Ana. <br /> <br />Please honor and support the dignity of our historic neighborhood and deny this building permit. <br />  <br />  <br />City Council 34 – 190 11/19/2024