Hollywood, FL Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)

5, a seven-member Historic Preservation Board (plus two alternates, including an architect, an architectural historian or planner, an engineer or general contractor, and a Hollywood Historical Society representative) administers designation and review of Historic Sites, Historic Districts and Historic Multiple Property Resource Listing Districts. B bars the Building Official from issuing any permit for new construction, demolition, alteration, rehabilitation or signage affecting it, or any material change to designated interior features, until the Board issues a Certificate of Appropriateness (or a Certificate to Dig for archaeologically significant sites).

Exemptions exist only for permits that do not touch exterior facades or a designated interior, and for permits needed to comply with a Chief Building Official, Special Master, Unsafe Structures Board, or Fire Marshal order for immediate public health or safety. 3 must first satisfy mandatory criteria (integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship and association), plus at least one review criterion such as association with significant historic events or persons, distinctive construction methods, high artistic value, or archaeological information potential. Requests can come from the Board, City Manager, Planning and Development Board, City Commission, a property owner, a majority of owners in a proposed district, the Broward County Historical Commission, or a historic-preservation organization, and non-city applicants pay a Commission-set fee.

A joint public hearing of the Historic Preservation Board and Planning and Development Board follows, with mailed notice to owners within 500 feet at least 15 days ahead, before the City Commission holds two hearings on the recommendation. 5 blocks issuance for up to six months pending the City Commission's designation decision. The city currently lists three Historic Preservation Overlay Districts (including the Historic Hollywood Business District and Hollywood Beach Historic Overlay District) and 21 individually designated Historic Preservation Overlay Sites, such as the Young House and the Hollywood Publishing Company/Old City Hall.