(a) To protect and enhance the cultural, educational and living environments of the City by affording protection to areas, places, sites, buildings, structures, objects and works of art with special historic, cultural or architectural character.
(b) To safeguard the architectural integrity of the City's listed properties and historic resources within designated districts.
(c) To safeguard the architectural integrity of the City's listed properties and historic resources and the overall heritage of the City by preserving those areas, places, sites, buildings, structures, objects and works of art which reflect elements of the City's heritage.
(d) To seek alternatives to demolition or incompatible alterations within designated areas and to listed properties before such acts are performed.
(e) To afford the widest possible scope of continuing vitality through private renewal and architectural creativity within appropriate controls and standards.
(f) To encourage development of vacant properties in accordance with the character of the designated districts and listed properties.
(g) To contribute to the economic, recreational, cultural and educational development of the City by protecting and enhancing the City's attractions to prospective residents, tourists and visitors, by providing support and stimulus to business and industry, by strengthening the economy of the City, by stabilizing and improving property values, by fostering civic pride, by facilitating the reinvestment in and revitalization of certain older historic districts and neighborhoods and by promoting the use and preservation of historic sites and structures for the education and welfare of the people of the City.
(Ord. 18-91. Passed 9-24-18.)