14.01.080 Historic district designation—Purpose and application.
A. Historic (H) District Designation. All properties within historic districts shall be designated by an “H” zoning. Properties zoned “H” shall be subject to the provisions and standards as provided in Chapter 17.54 (zoning) of the municipal code.
B. Purposes of Historic Districts. The purposes of historic districts and H zone designation are to:
1. Implement cultural resource preservation policies of the general plan, the preservation provisions of adopted area plans, the historic preservation and archaeological resource preservation program guidelines; and
2. Identify and preserve definable, unified geographical entities that possess a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development;
3. Implement historic preservation provisions of adopted area and neighborhood improvement plans;
4. Enhance and preserve the setting of historic resources so that surrounding land uses and structures do not detract from the historic or architectural integrity of designated historic resources and districts; and
5. Promote the public understanding and appreciation of historic resources.
C. Eligibility for Incentives. Properties zoned as historic preservation (H) shall be eligible for preservation incentive and benefit programs as established herein, in the guidelines and other local, state and federal programs.
D. Where Applied. The (H) designation may be applied to areas or neighborhoods with a collection or concentration of listed historic properties or archaeologically significant sites, or where historic properties help define an area or neighborhood’s unique architectural and historic character or sense of place.
E. “H” District Combined. A historic preservation overlay district (H) may be combined with any zoning district, and shall be shown by adding an “H” to the base zone designation. H district boundaries shall be drawn to follow property lines or right-of-way lines, and as set forth in the zoning regulations. (Ord. 1557 § 3 (part), 2010)