Historic Preservation

Manatee County protects its historical resources in order to preserve the cultural, architectural and archaeological history of the County, and to provide opportunities for education, aesthetic value and passive enjoyment of the resources.

Manatee County’s Land Development Code (Zoning Code) protects historic resources by designating them with a Historical and Archaeological Overlay District. (HA) These areas have special regulations applied to them in order to preserve the character of the existing resource or resources. (LDC 403.5)

Development or construction within the Historical and Archaeological Overlay Districts may be subject to a review by the County’s Historic Preservation Board. That review is known as the Certificate of Appropriateness process. (LDC Section 347)

The Comprehensive Planning Division works closely with the Division of Historical Resources of the Manatee County Clerk’s Office. The Clerk's Office manages the Manatee County Historical Village as well as the 1912 Schoolhouse in Cortez. Manatee County also works closely with the state Division of Historical Resources and the federal National Register of Historic Places.

Meeting are held the second Monday at 3 P.M. in the 1st Floor Commission Chambers at the Manatee County Administrative Venter, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton, FL 34205.

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