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RESOLUTION NO. 2020-01
DESIGNATING THE XAVIOR’S SHOE STORE/DESOUSA BUILDING
AS A DANVILLE HERITAGE RESOURCE
(375 HARTZ AVENUE)
WHEREAS, JOHN & SHARON DESOUSA are the owners of the subject property
located at 375 Hartz Avenue (APN: 199-330-016); and
WHEREAS, on October 11, 2016, the Danville Planning Commission and Heritage
Resource Commission approved Development Plan and Variance applications for the
375 Hartz Avenue project (under Development Plan request DEV16-0103 and Variance
request VAR16-0103) authorizing exterior façade improvements to the front elevation,
construction of a 1,721 +/- square foot second story addition and a 195 +/- square foot
deck at the rear of the building, construction of a 45 +/- square foot addition to the rear
ground floor, and construction of a 35 +/- square foot trash room to the existing historic
building; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 32-72 of the Danville Municipal Code (Historic Preservation)
requires the Heritage Resource Commission review and recommend approval of a
Heritage Resource Designation for Town Council consideration; and
WHEREAS, Section 32-72 of the Danville Municipal Code establishes criteria for
designation of a Heritage Resource; and
WHEREAS, the history of the Xavior’s Shoe Store/DeSousa building includes the
following:
1. The structure is believed to have been built around 1911.
2. Tony Cabral ran a pool and card room in this building around 1915.
3. John Xavior moved into the building in the late 1920s or early 1930s, and ran
Xavier’s Shoe Store, which also did shoe repair.
4. Both the post office and telephone company occupied the building at on time.
5. The building is representative of a particular architectural style and/or reflects
special elements of a distinct historical period, type, style or way of life important
to the Town.
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RESOLVED, that the Danville Heritage Resource Commission recommends that the
Town Council designate the Xavior’s Shoe Store/DeSousa building as a Town of
Danville Heritage Resource.
APPROVED by the Danville Heritage Resource Commission at a special meeting on
September 14, 2020, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAINED:
ABSENT:
CHAIR
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
CITY ATTORNEY CHIEF OF PLANNING