The City of Mobile, a Certified Local Government (CLG), is home to seven (7) locally designated historic districts. Exterior work at all properties within these districts is subject to review against the Design Review Guidelines for Mobile’s Historic Districts, adopted in 2016. The Design Review Guidelines Updates project will consist of the development of updates and additions to multiple sections of the existing guidelines to offer greater guidance on new and emerging technologies and building materials in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (Standards). The project will include a review of the existing guidelines to make clear the difference between those based on the Standards and those that are suggested “best practices.”
