Finding Aid for the City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department records, circa 1925-1975 0000173
Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130
805-893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
Title: City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department records
Identifier/Call Number: 0000173
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9.0 Linear feet
(1 record storage box, 1 box of rolls, 1 flat file drawer, 2 models)
Date (inclusive): circa 1925-1975
creator:
Santa Barbara (Calif.) Community Development Dept..
Partially processeed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Gift of the Santa Barbara Community Development Department, 2001.
City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture
Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
The City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department is responsible for planning, zoning, building and safety, planning,
design review, and historic preservation for the City of Santa Barbara. The department is divided into three branches: the
Building & Safety Division; the Administration, Housing & Human Services Division; and the Planning Division. Its mission
is to “assist the public in managing the development of the community in order to protect and preserve the quality of life,
promote a sound economic base and appropriate design, and ensure safe construction, all in balanced with the constraints of
the City’s environment and resources”.
The city of Santa Barbara Community Development Department records span 9 linear feet and date from circa 1925 to 1975. The
collection is composed of selected architectural drawings of city plans and landscape designs, as well as, presentation drawings,
maps of Santa Barbara, an environmental impact report on downtown cumulative traffic dated 1982, and small zoning maps.
Related Archival Materials note
ADC Study collection, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Barbara (Calif.) Community Development Dept..
Architectural drawings
Architectural models
Presentation drawings (proposals)
Reprographic copies