The purpose of this chapter is to:
A. Protect, enhance, and perpetuate those buildings, sites, and districts that represent or reflect special elements of the city's cultural, social, economic, and architectural history;
B. Safeguard the city's historic, aesthetic, and cultural heritage as embodied and reflected in such buildings, sites, and districts;
C. Strengthen the city's economy by encouraging the stabilization, improvement, preservation, or rehabilitation of designated properties, districts or sites;
D. Protect and enhance the city's historic, cultural, and architectural heritage for tourists and visitors and thereby support and stimulate business and industry;
E. Promote the use of historic buildings, sites and districts for the education, pleasure, and general welfare of the people of the city;
F. Promote attention to sound design principles in areas of new development and redevelopment, and raise the level of community understanding and expectation for quality in the built environment; and
G. Integrate historic preservation with the city's comprehensive land use plan. (Ord. 5057, 7-11-2011)