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Historic Preservation Ordinance
(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

The City of Miami's Historic and Environmental Preservation Board (HEPB) has adopted the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation as the foundation for its decisions regarding modifications to historic buildings. The "Standards" encourage the retention and preservation of historic buildings by respecting their architectural design, materials, and workmanship.

The HEPB has also adopted special standards and guidelines to provide more specific information to property owners about particular items and issues. The design guidelines are separated into "General," which apply to all designated historic buildings, and to "Supplemental" guidelines that were developed to recognize the City of Miami's historic districts and address topics unique to each district.

Click on the following links to download these documents as PDF files
(requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

General Design Guidelines for the City of Miami's Historic Sites and Districts

Design Guidelines for Fences, Hedges, Walls, and Gates

The following links to electronic guides from the National Parks Service provide additional information and assistance to owners who wish to learn more about the rehabilitation of historic buildings.

Electronic Rehab
The Rehab YES/NO Learning Program
Learn How to Read a Historic Building

The City of Miami: Historic
Preservation web site was designed by Marc Dahl at Modifive Design, Inc.,
aka the design crusaders at http://www.modi5.com. The site was developed
by Blue Reef Digital at http://www.bluereefdigital.com. The historic
preservation consultant was Janus Research at http://www.janus-research.com.
The site was designed and developed in March through June of 2003.

:: Site design Modi5 :: Site development Blue Reef Creative :: Historic Preservation Consultant Janus Research