How to Watch a Board Meeting?

The public will be able to listen to and view the meeting at the following:

YouTube

www.fortlauderdale.gov/fltv
www.youtube.com/cityoffortlauderdale
Cable Television - Comcast Channel 78 and AT&T U-verse Channel 99

NOTE: Members of the public may attend this meeting in person. Historic Preservation Board Meetings are held at the following location: 

Development Services Department (DSD) Lobby

700 NW 19th Avenue 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311

2025 Agendas & Minutes

Board Agendas, Minutes, Backup, Video and Other Files (Searchable)

2020 (Before July 1, 2020)

2019

2018

NOTE: Agendas and minutes are posted in PDF format.

The Purpose of the Historic Preservation Board:

To implement the city's historic preservation regulations which promote the cultural, economic, educational and general welfare of the people of the city and of the public generally through the preservation and protection of historically or architecturally worthy structures.

Powers and Duties:

A. To take action necessary and appropriate to accomplish the purpose of this board. These actions may include, but are not limited to:

1. Continuing the survey and inventory of historic buildings and areas and archeological sites and the plan for their preservation.

2. Recommending the designation of historic districts and individual landmarks and landmark sites.

3. Regulating any alterations, demolitions, relocations, adaptive use and new construction to designated property by issuing certificates of appropriateness.

4. Applying the "United States Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings" as guidelines for changes to designated property.

5. Working with and advising the federal, state and county governments and other boards and departments of the city.

6. Advising and assisting property owners and other persons and groups, including neighborhood organizations which are interested in historic preservation.

7. Initiating plans for the preservation and rehabilitation of individual historic buildings.

8. Undertaking education programs including the preparation of publications and the placing of historic markers.

9. Review National Register nominations and provide comments to the appropriate entities.

B. The board shall have the power to conduct public hearings to consider historic preservation issues. A simple majority of the membership shall be required for decisions involving landmarks, landmark sites, and historic districts. Applicants shall be given written notification of the board's decisions. The board shall prepare and keep on file available for public inspection a written annual report of its historic preservation activities, cases, decisions, qualifications of members and other historic preservation work.

Members shall be residents of the city and shall have knowledge of historical or architectural development within the city and have deep concern for the preservation, development and enhancement of the historic buildings in the city. To the extent possible, one (1) member shall be a registered architect, four (4) members shall be from one (1) of the following occupations: architect, historian, real estate agent, real property appraiser, planner, engineer, building contractor, lawyer, landscape architect and banker or financial institution officer, and the remaining members shall be from other segments of the community.

If you are interested in becoming a Historic Preservation Board member and to view the board's legislation, please go to the Board Details Page.

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