The City’s Historic Resources Preservation Ordinance, as codified in the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code (HBMC) Chapter 17.53 was adopted in 1998. The purpose of the historic resources preservation program is to identify and ensure the long-term protection and use of local historic resources, such as buildings and structures, sites and places within the City that reflect special elements of the City's architectural, artistic, cultural, historical, political, and social heritage. 

Protecting the integrity of historic resources in Hermosa Beach is one way the community can distinguish itself from ‘everywhere USA.’ The City's historic resources preservation program encourages protection of historically significant structures or sites.

As of July 2022, the following buildings have been designated or identified for protection under the City’s Historic Resources Preservation Ordinance:

1. The locally designated landmark ‘Bijou Theater’ at 1229-1235 Hermosa Avenue (City Council Resolution 99-5980);
2. The locally significant landmark Hermosa Beach Community Center at 710 Pier Avenue (City Council Resolution 02-6216); and
3. The Bank of America Building at 90 Pier Avenue and Hermosa Hotel at 20-26 Pier Avenue are designated as potential landmarks that warrant further study by Section 17.53.040(B) of the Historic Preservation ordinance (per Planning Commission Resolution No. 98-65).

Links 

• Historic Landmark Nomination Application 
• Hermosa Beach Historical Society
• Los Angeles Conservancy
• California Preservation Foundation
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• State Office of Historic Preservation
• State Historic Building Code
• Secretary of Interior Standards for Rehabilitation