Chula Vista Municipal Code Ch. 21.02 General Provisions

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sections:

• 21.02.010 Title. 21.02.015 Enabling authority. 21.02.020 Purpose and intent. 21.02.030 Historic preservation authority.

This title shall be known as the City of Chula Vista historic preservation ordinance (HPO). (Ord. 3196 § 3, 2011).

This chapter is enacted pursuant to California Government Code Section 37361(b); California Constitution Article I, Section 7; and United States Code of Federal Regulations Title 36, Part 61. (Ord. 3196 § 3, 2011).

The Chula Vista City Council (Council) declares that the identification, recognition, preservation, protection and adaptive reuse of historical resources are essential for the health, prosperity, social and cultural enrichment, and general welfare of the citizens who live in, work and visit Chula Vista. The purpose and intent of the HPO is to serve, protect and enhance the public health, safety and welfare through the following:

• 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).

The Planning Commission governs processes and activities presented in this title as further defined in Chapter 2.42 CVMC. The discretionary project review responsibility of the Planning Commission shall include the review of major alterations, historical resource demolition applications, historic determinations and appeals, and consistency of said projects with the City’s HPP, applicable historic district guidelines, and this title. (Ord. 3539 § 1(Z), 2022; Ord. 3196 § 3, 2011).