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Lee County adopts text amendment for Florida Gulf Coast Business Center land-use rule
Summary
At its April 2 zoning hearing, the Lee County Board of County Commissioners adopted CPA-2024-00005 to remove a 50% "white industrial" floor-area requirement for about 74.32 acres east of 3 Oaks Parkway, after staff and the hearing examiner recommended approval and state reviewers raised no objections.
Acting Chair Cecil Pittergoth said the Lee County Board of County Commissioners voted April 2 to adopt CPA-2024-00005, a privately initiated text amendment to the county comprehensive plan affecting roughly 74.32 acres east of 3 Oaks Parkway between 3 Oaks Parkway and Interstate 75.
The amendment removes the policy requirement that a minimum of 50% of the total floor area consist of "white industrial" uses for properties added to the industrial-commercial interchange after Jan. 1, 2007. Joe Seracino of Lee County Planning told the board that the change applies only to the highlighted property and is listed in attachment 1 of the staff report. Seracino said state reviewing agencies — the Florida Department of Commerce, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission — submitted responses and raised no objections. He recommended adoption.
The hearing examiner previously recommended approval, and the board had found the amendment consistent with the Lee Plan and voted unanimously to transmit the amendment on Jan. 22, 2025.
The board took a motion and second, heard no public comment on the item, and adopted the amendment. Staff and the hearing examiner recommendations were recorded in the hearing record.
The amendment changes Lee Plan policy cross-references for the specified parcels and will be implemented through the county's usual plan amendment adoption procedures.
