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Lee County hearing examiner hears rezoning request for Ted Allen property; staff recommends approval with conditions
Summary
A Lee County hearing examiner heard DCI 202500006 for 3640 SW Pine Island Road, where the owner seeks a Commercial Plan Development to allow contractors/builders uses and expansion to 3,000 sq ft. Staff recommended approval with conditions; the owner agreed to remove an existing billboard and to submit a revised master concept plan by the next business day.
Hearing examiner Amanda Rivera on Thursday heard a rezoning request (DCI 202500006) to convert 1.4 acres at 3640 Southwest Pine Island Road from agricultural to a Commercial Plan Development to allow contractors and builders group 1 and 2 uses and to permit future expansion of the existing 1,250‑square‑foot building to up to 3,000 square feet.
Brianna Schrader, a planner with Lee County Community Development, told the examiner that staff recommends approval "subject to the conditions" listed in staff materials. Schrader said the applicant provided a master concept plan that depicts required buffers and open space and that staff’s recommended conditions include abating active code enforcement violations, providing any required state wetland permits, and ensuring development stays within uplands.
Applicant representative Fred Droblec, AICP, said the current filing narrows the permitted uses from an earlier, broader proposal the Board of County Commissioners denied on March 8, 2023. Droblec described the revised plan as limited in intensity: it would allow small work trucks and…
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