§ 20.20.010. Declaration of policy.

A.

The city council finds and declares as a matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement, preservation and use of historic landmarks is a public necessity and is required in the interest of the culture, prosperity, education, safety and general welfare of the people. The purposes of this chapter include the following but are not limited to:

B.

To protect, enhance and perpetuate historic landmarks which represent or reflect distinctive and important elements of the city's, region's, state's or nation's architectural, archaeological, cultural, social, economic, ethnic and political history and to develop appropriate settings for such places;

C.

To safeguard the city's historic and cultural heritage, as embodied and reflected in such historic landmarks by appropriate regulations;

D.

To stabilize and improve property values in such locations;

E.

To foster civic pride in the beauty and accomplishments of the past;

F.

To protect and enhance the city's attractions to tourists and visitors and provide incidental support and stimulus to business and industry;

G.

To strengthen the economy of the city;

H.

To promote the use of historic landmarks for the culture, prosperity, education and general welfare of the people of the city and visitors to the city;

I.

To prevent the uprooting of architectural products of distinct periods, which may occur without regard to the feasibility of preserving and continuing the use of such landmarks, and without consideration of the irreplaceable loss to the people of the city of the cultural, historic and aesthetic values represented by such landmarks.

(Ord. 16653 § 2 (part), 2007)