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Naples planning board recommends code changes to tighten airport planning and require council sign‑off on runway expansions
Summary
The Planning Advisory Board voted to recommend approval of an ordinance that adds an airport utilization plan, tightens definitions in the airport commercial district and requires City Council approval before increases in declared runway distance or land acquisition for runway expansion; opponents warned of federal preemption and added costs.
The Planning Advisory Board voted to recommend approval of an ordinance that rewrites multiple sections of the city’s land‑development code governing Naples Municipal Airport, board members and staff said.
The motion — to recommend the ordinance to City Council subject to the edits discussed at the meeting — carried on the roll call (six in favor, one opposed, one absent). The board’s action advances the package to the council for first reading, which staff said is scheduled for Jan. 21.
City counsel and staff presented the ordinance as a codification and clarification exercise: it adds new definitions (including a distinct "airport utilization plan"), sets procedures and submittal timelines for airport master and utilization plans, prescribes criteria city council may use in review, and cleans up the C‑4 Airport Commercial District code so that currently permitted on‑site uses (for example, the humane society and an observation deck) remain authorized.
In several exchanges board…
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