# Sec. 29-107. Requirement for Historic Area Work Permit

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 29-107. Requirement for Historic Area Work Permit

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 29-107 (2026)

(a) A Historic Area Work Permit for work on publicly- or privately-owned property containing a historic resource classified as a Historic Site or property within a Historic District shall be obtained pursuant to the provisions of this Subtitle before:

  (1) Constructing, reconstructing, moving, relocating, demolishing, or in any manner modifying, changing, or altering the exterior features;

  (2) Performing any grading, excavating, construction, or substantially modifying, changing, or altering the appurtenances and environmental setting; or

  (3) Erecting or causing to be erected any sign or other advertisement. Those signs or advertisements exempted from sign permit requirements by Division 32 of the Zoning Ordinance are generally exempt from requirements for a Historic Area Work Permit, except for signs of historical interest; murals, paintings, or other artistic displays; name or location of cities, towns, villages, and the like; regulatory signs other than those mandated by State or local law; signs on windows, other than temporary signs; memorial signs or tablets; and gateways.

(b) Building, grading, razing, and sign permit applications shall indicate whether the structure or property is a historic resource. If it is classified as a Historic Site or property within a Historic District, or if the Historic Preservation Commission has determined that it should be classified under the provisions of Division 6 of this Subtitle, the applicant shall be required to complete a Historic Area Work Permit application, unless exempted by Subsection (d) of this Section.

(c) The Commission shall adopt procedures to encourage owners of historic resources to seek the advice of the Commission, prior to filing an application for a Historic Area Work Permit, on the appurtenances and environmental setting appropriate to the resource, appropriate design, construction methods and materials, financial information concerning historic preservation, or any other matter under this Subtitle affecting the issuance of a permit.

(d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require the issuance of a Historic Area Work Permit for any ordinary maintenance, repair of exterior features, customary farming operations, or landscaping which will have no material effect on this historical, archaeological, architectural, or cultural value of the historic resource of which said features are a part. For the purposes of clarification of this Subsection, the Commission shall develop and publish guidelines regarding what activities constitute ordinary maintenance, and shall send a copy of these guidelines to the Director and the Planning Board, and by certified mail, return receipt requested, to all owners of historic resources delineated on the master plan for historic preservation.