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Residents say new Miramar build pushes setback, coverage limits; ask council for clearer communication
Summary
Neighbors on Miramar Street told the Fort Myers Beach Town Council they are not getting timely responses from town staff and said a builder27s plans leave a house 12.6 feet from the road and show 41.34% lot coverage where they expect a 40% limit.
Becky Knight, a Miramar Street resident, told the Fort Myers Beach Town Council during public comment that she has received no meaningful follow-up from town staff after raising concerns about a new home on her block.
Knight said the proposed house appears to sit 12.6 feet from the road and that the site plans list 41.34% building coverage, exceeding what she understood to be a 40% maximum. "I'm just disappointed," she said. "I was promised that I would be communicated with and had really no information at all."
Why it matters: neighbors said the combination of tight setbacks and…
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