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Fort Myers environmental advisory board urges bird-safe design, limits on fireworks and updates to development code
Summary
The City of Fort Myers Environmental Advisory Board presented its 2024 annual report, urging the council to pursue bird-safe building standards, consider limiting aerial fireworks in favor of drone shows and update portions of the city's land-development code to strengthen green space, permeable-surface and resiliency requirements.
The Fort Myers Environmental Advisory Board (EAB) presented its 2024 annual report to the City Council on May 5, outlining recommendations for shoreline protection, building design and code updates.
The EAB said its work over the past year focused on shoreline stabilization, resilience planning and ordinance review, and recommended several policy changes the board says would reduce environmental harm and strengthen long-term resilience in the city.
Board members Connie Bennett Martin, past chair, and David Heppelman, current chair, told the council the EAB received briefings from state and city staff on topics including living seawalls, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's…
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