23.60.010 PURPOSE.

The City Council finds and declares as follows:

(a) Cultural and artistic resources enhance the quality of life for individuals living in, working in and visiting the City.

(b) Balanced development of cultural and artistic resources preserves and improves the quality of the urban environment and increases real property values.

(c) As development and revitalization of the real property within the City continues, the opportunity for creation of cultural and artistic resources is diminished.

(d) As this development and revitalization continues as a result of market forces, urbanization of the community results.

(e) As these opportunities are diminished and this urbanization occurs, the need to develop alternative sources for cultural and artistic outlets to improve the environment, image and character of the community is increased.

(f) Establishment of this Art in Public Places Program will promote the general welfare through balancing the community's physical growth and revitalization and its cultural and artistic resources.

(g) It is the purpose of this chapter to establish an Art in Public Places Program to achieve the objectives stated in this section.