(a) Landmark. For purposes of this article, “landmark” shall mean any object, building, structure, site, area, place, or natural formation which has historic, architectural, archaeological, cultural or aesthetic significance to the City of Thousand Oaks, and:
(1) Exemplifies or reflects special elements of the City’s social, aesthetic, engineering, architectural or natural history;
(2) Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of the City’s cultural heritage;
(3) Is associated with the lives of persons important to the City;
(4) Has yielded or has the potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of the City; or,
(5) Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values.
(b) Point of Historic Interest. For purposes of this article, “point of historic interest” shall mean any object, building, structure, site, area, place, or natural formation which has historic, architectural, archaeological, cultural or aesthetic significance to the City of Thousand Oaks that:
(1) No longer exists or was associated with historic events, important persons or embodied a distinctive character or architectural style;
(2) Has been altered to the extent that the integrity of the original workmanship, materials or type has been substantially compromised; or,
(3) Is a site of an historic event which has no distinguishable characteristics other than that an historic event occurred there and the site is not of
sufficient historic significance to justify the establishment of a landmark.
(§ 1, Ord. 868-NS, eff. September 18, 1984, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1015-NS, eff. December 6, 1988, Ord. 1276-NS, eff. February 12, 1997, and § 1, Ord. 1420-NS, eff. December 17, 2003)