St. Petersburg, FL Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)

St. 070, lets the City Council designate local landmarks, individual buildings, structures, objects, archaeological sites, historic districts, and multiple-property landmarks, on recommendation of the Community Planning and Preservation Commission. 5(D), including that 'its value is a significant reminder of the cultural or archaeological heritage of the City, state or nation,' that it's identified with a significant person or event, or that it exhibits distinguishing architectural characteristics. The property must then also meet at least one of seven integrity factors (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association), though feeling and association alone are insufficient.

Applications can be filed by the property owner, any City resident, any organization, or the City itself, and the City charges a fee that's waived for City-initiated applications or properties already individually listed on the National Register. Individual designation requires a simple majority vote of the Commission and City Council, rising to a supermajority if the owner objects. 5(H) bars the POD from issuing any permit for exterior alteration, new construction, demolition, or relocation on the subject property until the Council designates it, the application is withdrawn, or the designation is denied.

3 makes it a $500-per-day fine to conduct, remove, deface, destroy, or alter any archaeological site or resource on City-controlled land or within a designated landmark or sensitivity zone without an approved Certificate of Appropriateness or Certificate to Dig, plus forfeiture of any collected material.