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Naples council, airport authority agree to rewrite utilization-and-site-plan process; seek NAA input
Summary
City council and the Naples Airport Authority began drafting code changes to clarify how airport utilization plans and site plans are reviewed. Council directed staff to continue negotiating redline language and to have the NAA review draft ordinances before Planning Advisory Board consideration.
City Council and staff presented a draft of ordinance changes on Sept. 3 to clarify how the airport utilization plan and subsequent site-plan petitions will be reviewed and approved, beginning a process to align the city’s Land Development Code with comprehensive plan language.
The issue: City staff and the airport authority agreed there is ambiguity in local code over which documents must be approved by council and which steps are administrative. Council passed a May 2025 resolution directing staff to align the city code, the utilization plan process, and site-plan review. The Sept. 3 public discussion was a redline review between airport staff and city attorneys to find common language.
What staff proposed
- Adopt a defined “airport utilization plan” (AUP) that will act as a formal, city-acknowledged map of proposed, existing and planned airport…
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