§ 13-200.6. Purpose

The purpose of this article is to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare by providing for the identification, protection, enhancement, perpetuation and use of improvements, buildings, structures, sites, districts, neighborhoods, natural features and significant permanent landscaping having special historical, archaeological, cultural, architectural, or community 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 preserve diverse and harmonious architectural styles and design preferences reflecting phases of the city's history and to encourage complementary contemporary design and construction;

(e) To enhance property values and to increase economic and financial benefits to the city and its inhabitants; and

(f) To protect and enhance the city's attraction to tourists and visitors, thereby stimulating business and industry.

(Ord. No. 99-17, § 2, 11-15-99)