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Staff reports strong application volume, tax‑exemption activity and higher plaque costs

West Palm Beach Historic Preservation Board · December 10, 2025
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Summary

City historic preservation staff reported 10 completed ad valorem tax exemption applications this year, processing 782 historic‑preservation applications in the past year, and a major rise in plaque costs (from about $190 to $500–$800).

Jordan Hodges, city historic preservation planner, told the board the division saw an unusually high year of activity and made several housekeeping announcements.

Hodges said staff processed 782 preservation‑related applications in the last year across permitting and certificates of appropriateness, and that the office forwarded eight tax‑exemption resolutions to the…

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