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Lee County zoning board approves five agenda items, including future‑land‑use change for 19 acres
Summary
At its Aug. 7 meeting the Lee County zoning board approved five items — a 19-acre future land‑use amendment for multifamily development and four rezoning requests — all passing by recorded votes; the session included sustained public comment on the Santoyo truck-parts rezoning, which passed 4-1.
Lee County zoning officials on Aug. 7 approved five items on the agenda, including a small-scale future land-use amendment and four rezoning or plan-development requests, with most measures passing unanimously and one contested rezoning passing 4-1.
Staff and the local planning agency recommended adoption of CPA 2023-11, a future land-use map amendment to redesignate about 19.3 acres (15180 Meadow Circle, Fort Myers) from Central Urban to Intensive Development to enable a future multifamily development. The board adopted the small-scale map amendment by unanimous vote.
Other items approved included an ~8-acre rezoning on Pine Island Road for a Floor & Decor site, a 35-acre rezoning on Bayshore Road to allow up to 180 multifamily units (with Condition 6 requiring compensatory flood-storage analysis at development order), and DCI 202239 (Burnt Store mixed-use plan development) to rezone ~35.49 acres for up to 354 dwelling units and 263,470 square feet of commercial uses. Those measures were approved with staff- and hearing-examiner-recommended conditions.
Votes at a glance: - CPA 2023-11 (future land use map amendment, ~19.3 acres): motion to adopt; outcome: approved, vote 5-0. - Pine Island Road rezoning (~8 acres to Commercial PD for a Floor & Decor): approved, vote 5-0. - Bayshore Road rezoning (~35 acres to PD for up to 180 multifamily units): approved, vote 5-0; Condition 6 added to require compensatory storage analysis during development-order review and permitting. - DCI 202239 (Burnt Store mixed‑use PD, ~35.49 acres): approved, vote 5-0. - DCI 22 49 (Santoyo Truck Parts and Sales, ~2.82 acres): approved, vote 4-1 (Commissioner Greenwell objected).
Public comment: The Santoyo item drew the largest public turnout. Residents raised concerns about potential elevation changes and fill, noise from diesel truck traffic, air-quality and vibration impacts, the height of new structures and the adequacy of enforcement for conditions limiting repair work. County staff and project engineers said technical issues such as compensating storage and drainage would be handled during development‑order permitting and via required state (ERP) and federal reviews where applicable.
What happens next: Approved rezonings proceed to the development-order phase and must meet any additional county, state or federal permitting requirements before construction. For the Bayshore and Santoyo projects, condition language requires compensatory storage analyses and other technical reviews at the development stage.
The board adjourned after the five items were disposed.
