The purpose of this chapter is to:

    1. Promote the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare of the public through the recognition, enhancement, and perpetuation of sites and districts of historical and cultural significance;

    2. Safeguard the city's historic, aesthetic, and cultural heritage by preserving sites and districts of historic and cultural significance;

    3. Stabilize and improve property values;

    4. Foster pride in the legacy of beauty and achievements of the past;

    5. Protect and enhance the city's attractions to tourists and visitors and the support and stimulus to business thereby provided;

    6. Strengthen the economy of the city;

    7. Promote the use of sites and districts of historic and cultural significance as places for the education, pleasure, and welfare of the people of the city.  (Ord. 91/T-9663)