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Page 12 of 27 as noted in Appendix 1: Historic Resources Preservation Strategy of the DTPP, specifically: “The North of Marshall District character zone"is an area of transition in relation to the historic center, with architectural character and styles that incorporate materials and imagery of contemporary design. No particular style is dominant, and historic pre-World War II styles in particular have very little representation here. Greater flexibility is allowed here than in other places because compatibility isn’t as significant of an issue as it is elsewhere in the Downtown Precise Plan Area.” (DTPP, p. 158) While the city block on which the Project site is located does contain three historic resources, they do not form a contiguous cluster as one finds in the resources located on Broadway and along Main Street, and the structure that is diagonally adjacent to the Project (605 Middlefield Rd.) is listed in the DTPP as a resource which may be altered, relocated, or removed. Further, this city block is not part of an existing historic district, nor is it adjacent to an existing historic district. Analysis of the Historic Resources regulations further demonstrates that the Project does not conflict with any historic resource standards or guidelines. As with all other sections of Book 2, the Historic Resources regulations are compiled into mandatory standards and guidelines from which an applicant can propose deviations. Each identified historic resource in the Plan area has its own standards and guidelines that regulate modifications, if any, that can be made to that individual resource. For the historic resources at 620 Jefferson Ave., and 611 Middlefield Rd., the DTPP lists four standards and five guidelines, but all of these regulations pertain to modifications specific to those property only (e.g. there are no architectural review standards or guidelines limiting the height of buildings adjacent to these two properties, other than the standard height limitation of 12 stories as discussed elsewhere in this report), and they do not control development on the project site at 612 Jefferson Avenue. For the resource located at 605 Middlefield Rd., the DTPP has no standards, and only two guidelines, those being that the exterior of the building should be retained and not modified in any significant way, and that if the structure is to be removed, an attempt should be made to relocate it. Again, there is nothing in the regulations for this property that controls development on the site at 612 Jefferson, and as such, the Project complies with all historic preservation provisions. Second, the Project complies with all measures of the DTPP that apply to non-historic sites (such as the subject site) that are adjacent to historic resources. All non-historic parcels in downtown, including the Project site, are placed into non-historic mitigation groups ranging from 1 to 6, with group 1 having the most mitigation measures and group 6 having the least. (DTPP, p. 31 [Historic Resources Preservation Chart]) The groups have mitigation measures, or development restrictions, meant to minimize impacts to the adjacent historic resource(s). The Project site is identified as being in non-historic mitigation group 6, which requires review by an architectural historian and the HRAC. 8.A. - Page 12