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Council adopts LDC changes to residential fill, HVAC placement and PUE encroachments
Summary
Ordinance 25-25 amended Cape Coral’s Land Development Code to clarify single-family fill limits (foundation fill 12 inches; outside on-site fill up to 30 inches), allow screened HVAC enclosures in front yards under conditions, and create an administrative deviation process for limited encroachments into public utility easements.
Cape Coral City Council adopted Ordinance 25-25 on June 4 to change three parts of the city’s Land Development Code affecting single-family residential construction: fill limitations, HVAC equipment placement, and the process for limited encroachments into public utility easements (PUEs).
Deputy Development Services Director Matt Grambo told council the ordinance refines…
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