Huntington Park, CA Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)

Huntington Park does not use the term cultural monument. Its code designates Historic Resources to the Huntington Park Historic Register, and Huntington Park Municipal Code § 9-3.1806 sets the test. A Historic Resource must be significant in American history, architecture, engineering, archeology or culture and meet at least one criterion: association with events that contributed to the broad patterns of history of the City, Region, State or Nation; association with the lives of significant persons; distinctive characteristics of a property type, period, architectural style or method of construction, or the work of a significant architect, designer, engineer or builder; or information yield important in prehistory or history. Public or semi-public interiors can be included if they were historically open to the public and have intact or reversible materials. A Historic District needs a concentration of resources unified by planned or physical development.

The process runs through § 9-3.1807. The applicant can be the property owner, a City Council member, a Historic Preservation Commission member or the Community Development Director. If the applicant is not the owner, the Director notifies the owner within 30 days. The Director prepares a designation report, and the owner receives written notice of the Commission hearing at least 10 days in advance. A called-for review requires a hearing within 60 days. The Commission recommends approval to the City Council or denies the nomination, and an approved nomination goes to a noticed City Council hearing within 60 days. Designation is approved by a declaration of the City Council, executed by the Mayor and recorded by the City Clerk with the County Recorder. While a nomination is pending, no major or minor project can be undertaken on the property. Rescission under § 9-3.1808 follows the same procedure.