Historic board backs downtown master‑plan zoning changes aimed at preserving character while easing housing constraints

May 27, 2026

The Historic Preservation Board voted May 27 to recommend city approval of a downtown master‑plan text amendment (CRC26‑03) that targets the Northwest historic neighborhood with new subdistricts, preservation incentives and calibrated density increases intended to protect low‑scale historic blocks while enabling ‘missing‑middle’ housing and reinvestment.

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The West Palm Beach Historic Preservation Board on May 27 recommended that the city commission approve a comprehensive update to downtown development regulations that would reshape zoning in the Northwest historic neighborhood while leaving Secretary of the Interior standards intact.

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