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Lee County adopts density increase, adds preserves for Babcock new community
Summary
The board voted to adopt CPA 2023-12, a privately initiated Lee Plan text amendment that raises allowable density in the Babcock new community to 1.9 units per acre, reduces hotel room allocations in the North Olga community plan, and increases preserve area by about 534 acres.
Brandon Donahue of Lee County Development and Community Services presented CPA 2023-12 at the Jan. 22 zoning hearing, a privately initiated Lee Plan text amendment affecting the Babcock new community and the North Olga community plan.
Donahue said the amendment amends Lee Plan policy 1.15 (listed in the materials as policy 115) to update density to 1.9 units per acre within the Babcock new community portion, amends policy 29.9.1 and 29.9.2 to reflect additional units and to reduce the number of hotel rooms allowed in the North Olga community plan goal, and updates table 1a note 19 for internal consistency. He also said the proposal would increase preserve area by approximately 534 acres as part of the related zoning application.
Donahue told the board the county previously reviewed the proposal for Lee Plan consistency and transmitted it to state reviewing agencies after board direction on Nov. 6, 2024; he said the Department of Commerce, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the Fish and Wildlife Commission submitted letters indicating no objections. Staff recommended the board adopt the proposed amendments.
A board member moved to adopt staff’s recommendation; another board member seconded. Chairman Cecil Penegraff commented that he had visited the property and observed homes already built on the Lee County side. No public objections were recorded and the motion carried. The board’s action at the hearing was adoption of the amendments as presented.
