Applicant seeks multiple buffer and landscaping deviations; staff recommends offsetting plantings

Sep 3, 2026

The applicant requested six deviations from Lee County's Land Development Code, including single‑access relief and exemptions from interior building perimeter plantings; staff recommended approval with offsets such as planting 24 trees in detention and a flexibility statement for Daniels Parkway buffers to protect an existing billboard view shed.

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During the hearing, applicant planner Stacy Ellis Hewitt outlined six deviations from the Lee County Land Development Code to accommodate site constraints and easements. She said deviation 1 would permit a single access (relief from LDC section 10‑2‑913) because wetlands and preserve areas make an interconnect impractical, and deviations 2 and 3 would reduce interior perimeter and internal vehicle‑use landscaping because of overhead doors and turning movements.

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