Collier County, FL Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)
Key Facts
- Board created
- Ordinance No. 2009-33
- Board size
- 7 county-resident members
- Member terms
- 3 years, max 2 consecutive terms
- Map update cycle
- Historical/Archaeological map every 5 years
- Meeting minimum
- At least 4 times per year
- Alteration control
- Certificate of appropriateness required
Summary
Collier County's Historic/Archaeological Preservation Board designates sites, structures, districts and buildings as historically or archaeologically significant under County Code Sec. 2-2000.12(d). The seven-member board, created by Ordinance No. 2009-33, maintains the county's Map of Areas of Historical Archaeological Probability and issues certificates of appropriateness before altering a designated resource.
There is hereby created a Historic/Archaeological Preservation Board ("Preservation Board,") which shall serve as an advisory board to the BCC for Collier County, Florida. The Preservation Board is vested with the power, authority, and jurisdiction to designate, regulate, and administer historical and archaeological resources in the County under the direct jurisdiction and control of the BCC. ... (d)To designate specific sites, structures, districts, buildings, and properties as historically and or archaeologically significant in accordance with Section 2.03.07 E. of the Collier County Land Development Code;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 126 | Land Development Code: Supplement 33).
Full Breakdown
The Preservation Board was established under Ordinance No. 2009-33 as an advisory body to the Board of County Commissioners, vested with authority to designate, regulate and administer historical and archaeological resources anywhere under county jurisdiction (Sec. 11). Its designation power runs through Sec. 07 E. Before exercising that power, the board must maintain and update, at intervals not to exceed five years, a countywide Map of Areas of Historical Archaeological Probability (Sec. 12(b), (c)). S. R. Section 67 (2001) (Sec. 12(n)). The board also designs the survey/assessment waiver application, reviews waiver denials appealed from county staff, and, once Collier is a certified local government, can recommend National Register of Historic Places nominations to the Florida Review Board (Sec.
12(k), (o), (p)). Membership is fixed at seven Collier County residents: one each from history, archaeology, real estate/land development/finance, architecture/engineering/building construction/landscape architecture, and law/urban planning, plus two citizens at large (Sec. 13(b)). Members serve three-year terms capped at two consecutive terms; the chair and vice-chair serve one-year terms capped at two consecutive years (Sec. 13(c), (d)). The board must meet at least monthly whenever business is pending, and no fewer than four times a year regardless, with every meeting open to the public and its agenda published the Sunday before (Sec. 15).
Violations & Fines
The Ordinance sets no separate fine schedule of its own. Unauthorized work on a designated site is pursued the same way as any other county code violation, through the Consolidated Code Enforcement Ordinance in Chapter 2, Article IX, which lets a Code Enforcement Officer demand correction and, if the work continues uncorrected, refer the case to the Special Magistrate or Enforcement Board for citation and civil penalty.
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Sources & Official References
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