2025-11327-HDRB. 412 Camino Don Miguel

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City of Santa Fe
Historic Districts Review Board
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
Case # 2025-11327-HDRB
Address – 412 Camino Don Miguel
Agent’s Name – Gayla Bechtol, AIA
Owner/Applicant’s Name – Mark and Jesse O’Brien
THIS MATTER came before the Historic Districts Review Board (“Board”) for hearing
on October 28, 2025.
BACKGROUND
412 Camino Don Miguel is a two-story single‐family residence listed as non‐contributing
to the Downtown and Eastside Historic District. The historic, adobe part of the house was built
in 1947, according to Historic Building Inventories from 1983 and 1992. The non-historic
second-story addition was placed there in the early 1980s. The 1992 HBI noted that the original,
historic structure is “dominated” by the two-story addition. The property also holds a 2024 guest
house in the southwest corner of the property. The property is surrounded by a 6-foot-high
coyote fence.
In Case # 2023-6625-HDRB, the Board approved a 101-square-foot addition on the
southeast elevation of the main residence, and approved conversion of the carport on the guest
house to a garage. The garage was created by retaining the existing adobe walls and roof
structure of the carport and adding a new east wall with two windows to enclose it, with a new
door opening and window on the south façade. In administrative approvals, the property owners:
• Relocated a canale, shortened the portal on the guesthouse, eliminated a
window in the bathroom addition, and replaced rotted wood on the front (south) elevation
portal (Case # 2025-9875-ADMIN);
• Added parapets and skylights, relocated one window, deleted one window, and
added a new door for mechanical access (Case # 2024-7736-ADMIN);
• Reroofed in modified bitumen in tan color (Case # 2021-4424-ADMIN); and
• Added a 615-square-foot portal to a height of 10’6” on the east elevation, and a
yard wall and fence along the driveway (Case # 2005-187).
The Applicant now proposes the following exterior alterations:
1. Remove approximately 85 linear feet of the 6-foot-high coyote fence along the
southeastern property line.
2. Construct a yard wall with stepped heights ranging from 4’7” to the maximum allowable
height of 5’4” for approximately 85 feet along the southeastern property line. Each step
in height is approximately 20 feet in length, creating single horizontal planes of 20 feet

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before changing planes.
3. Install a 6-foot-high wood-panel pedestrian gate between the residence and the new yard
wall.
FINDINGS OF FACT
After conducting a public hearing and having heard from the Applicant and all interested
persons, the Board hereby FINDS, as follows:
1. Land Use Department Staff conducted a preliminary zoning review (“PZR”) and
determined that the application appears to meet the underlying zoning standards set forth
in the Santa Fe City Code (“SFCC”).
2. Historic Preservation Division Staff reviewed the application and related materials and
information submitted by the Applicant for conformity with applicable SFCC
requirements and provided the Board with a written report of its findings (“Staff
Report”), which evaluates the factors relevant to the application.
3. Historic Preservation Division Staff Recommendation: Staff recommended approval of
the proposed project and found that the application complies with SFCC Sections 14-
5.2(D), General Design Standards for all Historic Districts, and 14-5.2(E), Downtown
and Eastside Design Standards.
4. The project is subject to the requirements and general design standards set forth in SFCC
Section 14-5.2(D), General Design Standards.
5. The property is located in the Downtown and Eastside Historic District and is subject to
the district design standards set forth in SFCC Section 14-5.2(E).
6. Under SFCC Sections 14-2.6(B-C), 14-5.2(A)(1), 14-5.2(C)(3)(a-b) and 14-5.2(C)(4), the
Board has authority to review, approve, with or without conditions, or deny, all or some
of the Applicant’s proposed design to assure overall compliance with applicable design
standards.
7. The information contained in the Staff Report and exhibits, and the testimony and
evidence submitted at the hearing, establishes that all applicable requirements for Board
review as herein described have been met.
8. The information contained in the Staff Report and exhibits, and the testimony and
evidence submitted at the hearing, establishes that all applicable design criteria have been
met.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
Under the circumstances and given the evidence and testimony submitted during the
hearing, the Board acted upon the application as follows:
1. The Board has the authority to review and approve the application.
2. The Board approves Items # 1-3 as set forth in the application, as recommended by
Staff.
IT IS SO ORDERED ON THIS 8th DAY of SEPTEMBER, 2026, BY THE
HISTORIC DISTRICTS REVIEW BOARD OF THE CITY OF SANTA FE.

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_______________________ _____________
Cecilia Rios, Chair Date
FILED:
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Geralyn Cardenas Date
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Frank Ruybalid Date
Assistant City Attorney