10/04/2022
Mountain View is revising its historic homes registry.
In 2003 City representatives knocked doors to potential historic homes. They asked if owners would like to be on the registry. If they said yes, they would have to mandatorily follow historic guidelines when doing any work on their homes. If they answered no, they would not.
There was also a THIRD OPTION, the option to VOLUNTARILY be on that list and to choose to comply or not, but the choice was that of the homeowner.
THE PROBLEM is that homeowners who chose to voluntarily try to respect the architectural styles of homes and expand or modify with that respect, WERE THEN PLACED ON THE LIST OF HISTORIC HOMES ONLY ONE YEAR LATER.
As it stands, if you were on that voluntary list, you are now MANDATED to comply with historic restrictions.
If you happen to be on that "voluntary" list, but have been constrained by it, we want to hear from you. Please either DM us or comment below.