Purpose and declaration of policy.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 30-1
in effectSec. 30-1. - Purpose and declaration of policy.
(1) It is hereby declared as a matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement, perpetuation and use of structures and districts of historical, architectural, geographic, or cultural significance, located within the city or its mountain parks, is a public necessity, and is required in the interest of the prosperity, civic pride and general welfare of the people.
(2) The purpose of this chapter is to:
(a) Designate, preserve, protect, enhance and perpetuate those structures and districts which reflect outstanding elements of the city's cultural, artistic, social, economic, political, architectural, historic or other heritage;
(b) Foster civic pride in the beauty and accomplishments of the past;
(c) Stabilize or improve the aesthetic and economic vitality and values of such structures and districts;
(d) Protect and enhance the city's attraction to tourists and visitors;
(e) Promote the use of outstanding historical or architectural structures or districts for the education, stimulation and welfare of the people of the city;
(f) Promote good urban design including the perpetuation of related private open spaces; and
(g) Promote and encourage continued private ownership and utilization of such buildings and other structures now so owned and used, to the extent that the objectives listed above can be attained under such a policy.
(3) It is the sense of the council that the economic, cultural and aesthetic standing of this city cannot be maintained or enhanced by disregarding the historical, architectural and geographic heritage of the city and by ignoring the destruction or defacement of such cultural assets.
(4) This chapter is enacted in accordance with the city council's general police power found in Charter section 3.2.3, and not the zoning power of city council.
(Code 1950, § 131.12(2); Ord. No. 934-94, § 1(a), 11-14-94; Ord. No. 914-19, § 1, 9-30-19)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH30LAPR_ARTIINGE_S30-1PUDEPOFetched: 10/27/2026