Historic Preservation in Miami-Dade County, FL (2026)

1 county-level rule, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Miami-Dade County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Historic-Cultural Monuments

Miami-Dade County's Historic Preservation Board can designate any building, structure, landscape feature, or archaeological zone as a protected individual site, district, or cultural resource under Section 16A-10, based on criteria like architectural or cultural distinction. The moment staff files a designation report, the law imposes an automatic moratorium: the owner cannot erect, alter, renovate, move, demolish, or disturb the ground on the property until the process concludes.

Miami-Dade County Historic Site Designation Rules

Significant Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 16A-10

(1)Criteria. The Board shall have the authority to designate areas, places, buildings, structures, landscape features, archaeological and paleontological sites, and other improvements or physical features, as individual sites, districts, or archaeological or paleontological zones that are significant in Miami-Dade County's history, architecture, paleontology, archaeology or culture.[...](5)(i)M...

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Historic Preservation by City in Miami-Dade County

1 cities in Miami-Dade County have their own historic preservation rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

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1 verified rule • Historic-Cultural Monuments

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