The Boynton Beach City Commission has taken the first step toward the possible creation of a historic preservation ordinance.
The commission voted at its July 21 meeting to appoint an ad hoc committee to look into the issue. Although commissioners are intrigued by the benefits of such an ordinance, they want more information, including the impact on affected property owners and what rules the ordinance would mandate.
Barbara Ready, chairman of the Boynton Beach Arts Commission and the president of Save Old Boynton High, urged the commission to probe the issue.
“I would encourage you to establish a task force to look into this,” Ready told commissioners, adding that she knows a few people who would be eager to join that advisory board.
“This does come with pots of money,” she said, although matching grants would be required.
Boynton Beach has several historical properties, including the Boynton Woman’s Club and the 1913 Schoolhouse, which are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Although Delray Beach has a historic preservation ordinance, she noted,
“We aren’t Delray Beach, we don’t need to have one as strict as theirs.”
— Linda Haase
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