The purpose of this chapter is to promote the educational, cultural,
economic and general welfare of the community by providing a mechanism
for the identification, protection, enhancement, perpetuation and
use of buildings, structures, signs, objects, features, sites, places,
areas, districts, neighborhoods, streets, works of art, natural features
and significant permanent landscaping having special historical, archaeological,
cultural or architectural value in the City for the following reasons:
(A)
To safeguard the City's heritage as embodied and reflected in such
resources;
(B)
To encourage public knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of
the City's past;
(C)
To foster civic and neighborhood pride and a sense of identity based
on the recognition and use of cultural resources;
(D)
To promote the use and enjoyment of cultural resources beneficial
to the education and welfare of the people of the City;
(E)
To preserve diverse and harmonious architectural styles and design
preferences reflecting phases of the City's history and to encourage
complementary, contemporary design and construction;
(F)
To protect or enhance property values and to strengthen the economy
of the City and the financial stability of its inhabitants;
(G)
To protect and enhance the City's attraction to tourists and visitors,
thereby stimulating business and industry;
(H)
To identify as early as possible and resolve possible conflicts between
the preservation of cultural resources and alternative land uses;
(I)
To integrate the preservation of cultural resources and the extraction
of relevant data from such resources into public and private land
management and development processes;
(J)
To conserve valuable material and energy resources by the ongoing
use and maintenance of the existing built environment;
(K)
To foster and encourage the preservation, restoration and rehabilitation
of structures, areas and neighborhoods and thereby prevent future
urban blight.
(Ord. 2668 § 1, 1988)
