A. Serve as the regulatory document of the City’s historic preservation program (HPP);

B. Promote and accomplish the historic preservation goals, policies, and strategies of the City’s General Plan;

C. Promote the recognition, preservation, protection and use of historical resources through historical resource surveys and the designation of historical resources;

D. Preserve and enhance those historical resources that give Chula Vista its identity by utilizing the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties;

E. Honor Chula Vista’s rich history and heritage by designating significant historical resources and historic preservation districts that are associated with important historical events, persons, significant architecture, and landscape elements;

F. Provide strong and safe neighborhoods by encouraging harmony as to style, form, proportion, and material between historical resources and new construction that are located within designated historic preservation districts;

G. Provide for a sustainable environment through the preservation and protection of resources and neighborhoods that have historical significance;

H. Carry out the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act and the certified local government program established under said Act;

I. Establish the use of incentives and benefits for the protection, retention and preservation of historical resources; and

J. Promote the recognition, preservation, protection and use of historical resources through education and an HPP that is maintained up to date and valid. (Ord. 3196 § 3, 2011).