City of Winter Park Historic Preservation Board: September 9, 2026 (Agenda)
Meeting Overview
Type: Regular Meeting Location: City Hall Commission Chambers, 401 S. Park Avenue
Records note: This record carries the published agenda. Outcomes, votes and speaker counts belong to the minutes, which sit outside this reading; every item below is scheduled.
Agenda Items
Item 5.a: COR #26-08, Winter Park Day Nursery, 741 South Pennsylvania Avenue
- Type: Historic Review (COR; public hearing)
- Case Number: COR #26-08
- Location: 741 South Pennsylvania Avenue, within the College Quarter Historic District
- Applicant: Winter Park Day Nursery
- Request: Approval to construct a 1,025 square-foot, single-story addition in the rear of the existing building
- Current Zoning: R-2
- Estimated time: 15 minutes
- Status: Scheduled
Item 6.a: Demolition of Existing Home, 726 Maryland Avenue, College Quarter Historic District
- Type: Historic Review (non-action discussion)
- Location: 726 Maryland Avenue, within the College Quarter Historic District
- Request: "Discuss demolition of existing home within the College Quarter Historic District located at 726 Maryland Avenue."
- Estimated time: 15 minutes
- Status: Scheduled for discussion
Item 7.a: Code Update and Incentive Ideas for a Joint Work Session with the Commission
- Type: Other (action item; list of ideas for code updates and incentives)
- Request: "Finalize a list of ideas for code updates and incentives to have a joint work session with the Commission on September 24, 2026."
- Estimated time: 30 minutes
- Status: Scheduled
Public Hearings Summary
One public hearing is listed, COR #26-08; participation and comment must be in person. Speaker counts and positions belong to the minutes.
Key Signals
- The Day Nursery addition goes through historic review before its conditional use. COR #26-08 seeks a 1,025 square-foot, single-story rear addition at 741 South Pennsylvania Avenue in the College Quarter Historic District. The Planning & Zoning Board's August 25, 2026 work session minutes state that the conditional use "is expected to be heard in October because the property is within the College Quarter Historic District and must first be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Board" (
2026-08-meeting-PZB-WS.md). - A demolition in the College Quarter Historic District is on the table for discussion. The board lists 15 minutes to discuss demolition of an existing home at 726 Maryland Avenue, as a non-action item.
- Historic preservation code and incentives head to a joint session. The board is to finalize a list of ideas for code updates and incentives ahead of a joint work session with the Commission on September 24, 2026.
Raw Notes
- Routine items: selection of Chair and Vice Chair; consent approval of the May 13, 2026 minutes.
- The work session minutes of August 25 describe the addition as "approximately 1,000-square-foot"; this agenda gives 1,025 square feet.
- Source: agenda PDF, CivicClerk
winterparkfl, event 2741.