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Lee County hearing examiner hears rezoning request to expand DSAM Plaza in Lehigh Acres
Summary
At an April 29 hearing, county staff recommended approval of a rezoning and master-concept amendment to expand DSAM Plaza in Lehigh Acres from prior approvals to about 40,000 sq. ft., subject to conditions and several deviations; neighbors raised traffic, noise and maintenance concerns and the record was closed for the examiner to issue a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners.
LEE COUNTY — The Lee County hearing examiner on April 29 heard testimony on DCI202500013, a request by DSAM Enterprises LLC to rezone about 3.9 acres and expand the DSAM Plaza commercial plan development to add roughly 14,873 square feet of nonresidential floor area — bringing the center to about 40,000 square feet — while keeping a maximum building height of 35 feet.
The applicant’s planner, Stacy Ellis Hewitt of RBI Planning and Landscape Architecture, told the examiner that the proposal adds an access point on 5th Street West, relocates stormwater to the southeast portion of the site and updates the master concept plan to reflect earlier administrative amendments and current mixed-use overlay standards. “We respectfully request recommendation of approval,” Hewitt said, incorporating the applicant’s 48-hour notice and attachments into her testimony.
Why it matters: County staff, represented by principal planner Beth Workman, recommended approval with conditions and several deviations from Lee County land development standards. Staff concluded the site is in the central urban future land-use category and the mixed-use…
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