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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2003-014 (2056/2953) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO AMENDING TITLE 4 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPLACING CHAPTER 4-26 TITLED "PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL MONUMENTS" WITH A NEW CHAPTER 4-26 ENTITLED "HISTORIC PRESERVATION" THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: Chapter 4-26 of Title 4 of the San Leandro Municipal Code is hereby repealed. SECTION 2: A new chapter 4-26 is hereby added to Title 4 ofthe San Leandro Municipal Code to read as follows: "CHAPTER 4-26 Historic Preservation 4-26-100 PURPOSE The purpose of this ordinance is to promote the general welfare by providing for the identification, designation, protection, enhancement, perpetuation, and use of historical resources including buildings, structures, objects, signs, features, sites, archaeological resources, cultural landscapes, places, and areas within the city that reflect special elements of San Leandro's historical, architectural, archaeological, cultural, or aesthetic heritage for the following reasons: (a) To encourage public knowledge, understanding, appreciation, and use of the city's past; (b) To foster civic pride in the beauty and character of the city and in the accomplishments of its past; (c) To enhance the visual character of the city by encouraging the preservation of resources important in the city's past; (d) To increase the economic benefits of historic preservation to the city and its inhabitants; ( e) To protect property values within the city; (f) To identify as early as possible and resolve conflicts between the preservation of historical resources/districts and alternative land uses; (g) To conserve valuable material and energy resources by ongoing use and maintenance of the existing built and natural environment; and (h) To provide property owners with monetary and other incentives to ensure that individual property owners are encouraged to voluntarily participate in the preservation of their property and city. 4-26-200 DEFINITIONS (a) Alteration means any change in the character, composition, or structure of a historic resource requiring the issuance of a building permit. (b) Archaeological Resource means any sub-surface or aboveground material remains of past human life or activities that are at least fifty years of age, and may yield additional information 1