Resident urges full hearing on parcel‑specific South Naples rezoning

A resident asked commissioners on Feb. 10 to remove a proposed parcel‑specific rezone and comprehensive plan amendment for the project referred to as "South Naples Toy Storage" from the summary agenda and give it a full hearing.

Cody Davis, who gave his address to the board, said his concerns were procedural rather than personal to the applicant. He argued the item combines a parcel‑specific commercial planned‑unit development rezoning with a parcel‑specific growth‑management plan amendment that would create a new subdistrict limited to a single parcel and single use. “This is the definition of an isolated district,” Davis said, and he urged that the project receive heightened scrutiny and not be treated as a summary item.

Davis reviewed staff criteria and told the board he found the staff report’s logic circular: safeguards were being marked as satisfied only if the board first agreed to amend the comprehensive plan. He said that when the growth management plan must be amended parcel by parcel to legalize a use otherwise not allowed, that constitutes a special entitlement rather than generally applicable public policy.

Several commissioners responded on record, thanking the resident for attending and describing the staff and commissioner review process. Commissioners said private property owners are entitled to pursue rezones under the county’s processes and that commissioners weigh public concerns against property‑owner rights. One commissioner encouraged citizens to participate in the formal process and noted that parcel‑specific requests are part of long‑standing land‑use procedures.

The item as referenced in public comment was continued to a later meeting for full consideration; the board did not take final action on the rezoning at this meeting.