A.
The general purpose of this title is to promote the public health, safety and general welfare by providing for the preservation, identification, protection, enhancement and perpetuation of existing improvements, buildings, structures, signs, objects, features, sites, places, areas, districts, neighborhoods, streets and natural features having special cultural, historical, archaeological, architectural or community value in the city.
B.
Specific purposes of this title are as follows:
1.
To safeguard the city's heritage as embodied and reflected in such resources;
2.
To encourage public knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the city's past;
3.
To foster civic and neighborhood pride and a sense of identity based on the recognition and use of cultural resources;
4.
To promote the enjoyment and use of cultural resources appropriate for the education and recreation of the people of the city;
5.
To preserve diverse and harmonious architectural styles and design preferences reflecting phases of the city's history;
6.
To enhance property values and to increase economic and financial benefits to the city and its inhabitants;
7.
To protect and enhance the city's attraction to tourists and visitors, thereby stimulating business and industry;
8.
To identify as early as possible potential conflicts between the preservation of cultural resources and alternative land uses;
9.
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.
(Ord. 126 § 1, 1987)