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Hearing for shipping container at 5790 Estero Blvd. continued after town cites failed owner contact
Summary
The magistrate continued a code-enforcement hearing for a shipping container at 5790 Estero Blvd. to Aug. 5, 2025, after town staff said certified mail, posting and phone attempts failed to reach the out-of-country property owners.
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — A code-enforcement hearing for a shipping container on the property at 5790 Estero Boulevard was continued to the Aug. 5, 2025 Fort Myers Beach Special Magistrate agenda after town staff said they were unable to contact the property owners.
Thomas Yazzo, the town’s compliance and emergency services director, told the magistrate that the owner information in the Lee County records shows the owners as the Antonino DeMilo Trust and the Lynn Jackson DeMilo Trust. Notices were mailed by certified and regular mail to a Canadian address (30 Stonegate Street, Stouffville, Ontario) and to the Estero Boulevard address, the town said, and a notice was posted at the property and at town hall.
Yazzo said staff also attempted telephone contact and left messages but had not received a response, prompting the town’s request for a continuance to allow additional noticing and further contact efforts. The magistrate continued the case to Aug. 5, 2025 and instructed the town to pursue any additional statutory noticing measures needed to complete service.
Yazzo described the item as a mini shipping container placed on a construction site and said the town had previously notified the construction company; photographs in the town’s file show the container remained on the property for months.
The continuance preserves the town’s enforcement options while staff continue noticing efforts.
