§ 16-1. Purpose.  


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  • The designation of historic resources allows the city to formally recognize and protect significant elements of city's history; enhance the visual character of the city, foster public appreciation of and civic pride in the beauty of the city and the accomplishments of the past; strengthen the local economy by protecting and enhancing the city's attractiveness to residents, tourists and visitors: stabilize and improve property values within the city; promote private and public use of historic resources for education, prosperity and the general welfare of the people.

(Prior Code, § 27.001(part); Code 2006, § 15.8.1; Ord. No. 1254, § 1(part), 1992)