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ORDINANCE NO. 1958fi <br />AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING HISTORIC PRESERVATION; AMENDING <br />SECTIONS 2.402, 2.403, 2.404, 2.405, 2.406, 2.407, 2.408, <br />2.409, 2.1990, AND 9.fi08 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1911; AMEND- <br />ING AND RENUMBERING SECTIONS 2.410, 2.411, AND 2.412 OF <br />THAT CODE; ADDING NEW SECTIONS 2.410 AND 2.414 THERETO; <br />AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />THE CITY DF EUGENE ODES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Sections 2.402, 2,403, 2.404, 2.405, 2.406, 2.401, 2.408, and <br />2.409, of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended; Sections 2.410, 2.411, and 2.412 <br />of that Code are amended and renumbered 2.411, 2.412, and 2.413 respectively; <br />and new Sections 2.410 and 2.414 added thereto, to provide: <br />Historic Landmark Preservation Polic <br />2.402 Pur ose. The purposes of sections 2.402 to 2.414 are to promote <br />the historic, educational, cultural, economic and general welfare <br />of the public, and to safeguard the city's historic and cultural heritage, <br />through the preservation, restoration and protection of buildings, structures <br />and appurtenances, sites, places and objects of historic interest within the <br />city. ,These purposes shall be accomplished by establishing procedures, <br />~ncent~ves, and cr~ter~a far designation of historic landmarks, subject to <br />special regulations far development, alterations, moving, demolition, res- <br />toration and maintenance. <br />2.403 Definitions. For purposes of sections 2,402 to 2.414, 9.488 to <br />9.491, and 9.608, the following terms and phrases mean: <br />Alter. To remove, add to, ar otherwise change the appearance <br />of any part of an historic property. Maintenance is not considered <br />alteration of a property. <br />Board. The historic review board of the city. <br />Demolish. Raze, destroy, dismantle, or in any other manner <br />cause significant partial or total destruction of an historic <br />property. <br />District. A geographic area possessing a significant concen- <br />tration, linkage, continuity or design relationship of historically <br />significant sites, buildings, structures, landscape features, or <br />objects unified by past events or physical development . <br />Ensemble. A smal 1 district. <br />Exterior. All outside portions of an historic structure or <br />building. <br />Historic landmark. A building, and/or site, structure, object, <br />ensemble, landscape feature, thematic group or district designated <br />as an historic landmark under section 2,407. <br />Ordinance - 1 <br />