Historic Preservation Development Applications

Historic Universal Application Form 

Making changes to a historic structure and/or district requires a Certificate of  Appropriateness (COA) application.  The Historic Application Checklist form provides guidance as to what documents are needed to complete a Certificate of Appropriateness request.

Project Relief Request (Variance, Waiver, In-Lieu Parking)

The Delray Beach Historic Preservation Board reviews all requests relief for properties located within a designated historic district, or for properties individually listed on the Local Register of Historic Places.  A request for a variance, waiver, or In-Lieu Parking must be filed using the Historic Universal Application form AND the Project Relief Request supplemental form.

Historic Designation

To qualify as a historic site, historic district, historic structure, or historic interior, individual properties, structures, sites, or buildings, or groups of properties, structures, sites, or buildings must have significant character, interest, or value as part of the historical, cultural, aesthetic, and architectural heritage of the city, state, or nation.  The Historic Designation Application Checklist and Report Requirements form provides guidance as to what documents are needed to complete a Historic Designation request.

Historic Ad Valorem Property Tax Exemption

The Historic Property Tax Exemption is designed to encourage the preservation and rehabilitation of properties that are historically significant. The exemption is available to owner occupied residences and/or income producing properties that are historically contributing to a historic district or those individually listed in the Local Register of Historic Places.