Simi Valley, CA Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)

508). The Council must hold a public hearing and decide within ninety days of the Board's recommendation, with notice published once in a newspaper of general circulation and posted at City Hall at least ten days before the hearing. A property owner who objects must file that objection with the City Clerk before the Council acts. While a designation is pending, the owner is barred from defacement, demolition, alteration, removal of, or addition to the site. 509: applications go to the Board, which must find the application complete within thirty days, and the Board must rule within ninety days of a complete filing or the certificate is deemed approved.

Board decisions can be appealed to the City Council within fourteen days. Minor work, such as in-kind window or door replacement, rear-yard fencing not visible from the street, exterior paint, unenclosed patio covers, or tree removal (unless the tree is historically significant), can be processed as an Administrative Certificate of Appropriateness without a public hearing. 510 requires that a designated site have historic, aesthetic, or special interest to the general public, that designation not obligate the City to spend money disproportionate to the resource's value, and that it not unreasonably infringe on the owner's private use of the property.