Residents urge denial of Fort Myers Beach food‑truck court and beer garden, citing noise, parking and safety

Public commenters at a Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency meeting urged denial of a proposed food‑truck court, paid parking and an adjacent beer garden on Estero Boulevard, saying the project would bring amplified music, alcohol service and traffic harms to nearby residences.

The comments centered on compliance with existing town regulations and the potential local impacts of the developer’s requested deviations. A public commenter told the agency, “what’s right for the town is everything that fits squarely within what’s in in the current regulations,” and said the applicant had offered few binding guarantees on hours, music or the number of vendors.

Neighbors described direct, neighborhood-level effects they said would follow if the proposal were approved. Susan Von Bigley, a year‑round resident who said she lives “about a hundred feet from this proposed paid parking lot,” told the panel she had posted photos and videos showing current…