Questions newly raised about seal and sea lion protections and possibly adding more properties to the district necessitate responses by proponents that must be reviewed by the State Historical Resources Commission.
Owners of the 1928 home want it deemed historic under three possible criteria, but city staff members contend that modifications have made it ineligible.
San Diego Historical Resources Board could reconsider the late Joseph Yamada's role in the Jerome and Joyce Shaw/Lloyd Ruocco house on Rue de Roark at a future date.
The city of San Diego says the Lloyd and Raymona Swortwood ‘spec house’ ‘continues to embody the distinctive characteristics of the Contemporary style.’
A local preservationist hails the decision as 'glorious,' and the applicants for a planned development of the property hope for clear guidance on what they will be allowed to do.