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Naples Grama water‑amenity not currently before the board; appeals process and petitions explained
Summary
Staff and commissioners told a packed public-comment period the Naples Grama hotel's proposed water amenity is not currently an agenda item; appeals of staff interpretations could bring the matter to the board for a review of the original official interpretation.
Speakers filled the public‑comment period to express opposition to a proposed water amenity at the Naples Grama hotel; staff and commissioners clarified that the matter will come to the board only if an administrative appeal is filed.
Mike Bozzi, the county's planning and zoning director, said staff issued two official interpretations (OIs) related to the proposed water amenity and that if those OIs are appealed the matter would proceed through the hearing/exceptions process and could eventually be considered by the Board of County Commissioners. "If those OIs are appealed, ... the likelihood is that those appeals would go to the HECS and then to the Board of County Commissioners," Bozzi said.
Residents and organized opponents said they expected to file appeals; one speaker reported nearly 5,000 petition signatures and fundraising toward legal defense. Commissioners stressed procedural limits: Commissioner Hall explained the board cannot simply block a landowner's right to apply and that the board's role would be to rule on an administrative interpretation if appealed, not to vote yes/no on whether a hotel can include the amenity.
Commissioners and staff urged opponents to watch appeal filing deadlines (noted as 30 days from the date of the OI) and to use the appeals process if they wish the board to review staff's interpretation. Several speakers said they planned to file appeals and assemble evidence opposing the amenity; county staff said they would provide an executive summary and notify the board if appeals are formally submitted.
No final land‑use decision was made at the meeting; commissioners said the public will have an opportunity to comment again when, and if, an appeal or formal petition is filed.
