To preserve and protect buildings, landmarks and other areas within the community that have historic value to the city because of their cultural, artistic, social, economic, political, architectural, engineering or other heritage. Such preservation would:
(a)
Protect, enhance and perpetuate the use of structures and sites that are reminders of past eras, events and persons important to local, state or national history, or which provide significant examples of architectural styles of the past which are unique and irreplaceable assets to the city and its neighborhoods and which provide for this and future generations examples of physical surroundings in which past generations live;
(b)
The development and maintenance of appropriate settings and environment for such structures;
(c)
The enhancement of property values, the stabilization of neighborhoods and areas of the city, the increase of economic and financial benefits to the city and its inhabitants, and the promotion of tourist trade and interest;
(d)
The enrichment of human life in its educational and cultural dimensions by serving aesthetic as well as material needs and fostering knowledge of the living heritage of the past.
(Ord. 1221 (part), 1996)