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Residents and planning staff challenge requests for two 50-foot boat canopies in Cape Coral
Summary
Two separate applicants sought 10-foot deviations to install 50-foot boat canopies; planning staff recommended denial in both cases and neighbors testified that larger canopies would harm navigation, views and safety. Hearing examiner took testimony and will issue decisions later.
Two Cape Coral property owners requested 10-foot deviations to install 50-foot boat canopies over existing docks at 5355 Colonnade Court and 150 Southwest 50th Street, and planning staff recommended denial in both hearings on March 4.
Candace Ford, planner with the Cape Coral Planning Division, told the hearing the proposed canopies would extend farther into the canals than staff finds reasonable and that, for the first property, “the proposed 50 feet length of the canopy appears excessive, to protect a boat that has a length of…
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