8.14.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the general welfare by providing for the identification, protection, enhancement, perpetuation and use of artifacts that reflect special aspects of the town’s historical, architectural, cultural or aesthetic heritage for the following reasons:
A. To encourage public knowledge, understanding, appreciation and use of the town of Atherton’s past;
B. To foster civic pride in the beauty and character of the town and the accomplishments of its past;
C. To preserve the visual character of the town by preserving artifacts that reflect its history;
D. To protect property values within the town;
E. To balance the concerns of property owners with the community’s interests in preserving artifacts of the town’s past. (Ord. 567 § 1 (part), 2007)