3. Lee County Population (Unincorporated)
244,972
337,490
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
Total Lee County Population: 665,845
4. Department of Community Development
122,479
42,151
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
Permits Issued
296
129
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Staff
10. Zoning
Zoning Applications – 477 in 2015
Developments of Regional Impact (DRI)
Planned Developments
Rezonings
Special Exceptions
Variances
Administrative Approvals
Land Development Code (LDC)
Update every two years
Public hearings
Hearing Examiner
Commissioners
11. Rezoning for Jet Blue Park
1) Rezone 126 +/- acres of land
from Commercial Planned
Development to Mixed Use
Planned Development to
accommodate a 12,000 attendee
baseball stadium, 425,000 square
feet of commercial, office and
recreational uses, and a 150-room
hotel; and,
2) Amend the terms of the Airside
Plaza DRI Development Order to
accommodate the land use
described above and extend the
build-out date.
14. Development Services
1,957 projects in 2015
Development orders
Administrative approvals
Plats
Vacations (roads, etc.)
Concurrency reviews
Certificates of Compliance
Annual Concurrency report
15. Development
Order
Amended approval (A01) allows for the construction of the 141,037 square foot
Stadium/clubhouse facility, a 800 square foot chiller building, a 21,213 square foot batting
tunnel structure, a 1,948 square foot concession building (noted as Cloverleaf building on DO
plans), a 7,871 square foot Maintenance building, 18 shade canopy structures, an agility field,
with dumpster enclosures, irrigation improvements, site lighting, site fencing, walkways,
plazas, and other related facilities. Originally approved for the initial phase for the construction
of the roadway infrastructure, on-site parking, six (6) soccer fields/grass parking areas, water
and sewer infrastructure, stormwater management area improvements, landscaping, and
related site improvements. The site is not approved for any vertical construction such as the
stadium facility or the site lighting. Concurrency Certificate No. CNC2010-00011
21. Permitting
Construction Permits
Applications
Online Permitting
Digital records
46,807
permits issued
in 2015
39,530 customers
served at the permit
counter in 2015
71,490 phone
calls in 2015
29. Sharon Jenkins-Owen, AICP
Principal Planner
Lee County Planning Section
(239) 533-8535
SJO@leegov.com
Tony Palermo, AICP
Senior Planner
Lee County Zoning Section
(239) 533-8325
apalermo@leegov.com
Editor's Notes
Lee County: 520,657 ac
Incorporated areas: 366,286 ac
6 Cities:
City of Ft Myers
Town of Ft Myers Beach
Cape Coral
Sanibel
Village of Estero
City of Bonita Springs
22 Planning Communities
Current Lee Plan based on projected population for the year 2030 – 979,000 pop + 18% seasonal residence
DCD staffing based on number of applications.
Note: difference in economic turndown and recovery
126 acres – across from SWFIA airport, east of old airport entrance ( and Norman Love)
Process – each layer must be consistent with the previous
Lee Plan
LDC
Development Order
Building Permit
Color Coded FLUM – how the County is proposed to grow to accommodate the 2030 population
Sets Density and Intensities (explain)
LDC/all development in unincorporated Lee County must be consistent with Lee Plan
Tradeport and Wetlands
POLICY 1.2.2: The Tradeport areas are commercial and industrial lands adjacent to the airport needed to accommodate projected growth through the year 2030. These areas will include
developments consisting of light manufacturing or assembly, warehousing, and distribution facilities; research and development activities; laboratories; ground transportation and airport related
terminals or transfer facilities; hotels/motels, meeting facilities; and office uses. Stand alone retail commercial uses intended to support and compliment the surrounding business and
industrial land uses are permitted if they are approved as part of a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) or Planned Development rezoning. Stand alone retail commercial uses are limited
to 1 acre out of every 10 Tradeport and preserved wetland acres within the project. To provide an incentive to preserve upland habitat, Developments of Regional Impact or Planned Developments
may also receive additional stand alone retail acres at the rate of 1 additional acre out of every 10 acres of preserved and enhanced uplands within the project that protect wetlands, flowways or
occupied listed species habitat. Ancillary retail commercial uses, related directly to the sale of products manufactured or services provided in the Tradeport, are allowed if they are part of a
Planned Development. Residential uses, other than bona fide caretaker residences, are not permitted in this category except to the extent provided in Chapter XIII of the Plan. Caretaker
residences are not permitted in the Airport Noise Zone B. Limerock mining may be approved through the Mine Excavation Planned Development rezoning process for the land designated
Tradeport on the Future Limerock Mining map (Map 14.) Because this area is located within the Six Mile Cypress Basin and is also a primary point of entry into Lee County, special
environmental and design review guidelines will be applied to its development to maintain the appearance of this area as a primary point of entry into Lee County. Property in Section 1 and the
east ½ of Section 2, Township 46 South, Range 25 East, and in Section 6, Township 46 South, Range 26 East, must be rezoned to a planned development zoning category prior to any
development other than the construction of essential public services. During the rezoning process, the best environmental management practices identified on pages 43 and 44 of the July
28, 1993 Henigar & Ray study entitled, “Groundwater Resource Protection Study” will be rebuttably presumed to be necessary to protect potential groundwater resources in the area.
(Amended by Ordinance No. 94-30, 02-02, 03-04, 04-16, 07-09, 09-06, 10-14, 10-20, 10-37)
OBJECTIVE 1.5: WETLANDS. Designate on the Future Land Use Map those lands that are identified as Wetlands in accordance with F.S. 373.019(17) through the use of the unified state delineation
methodology described in FAC Chapter 17-340, as ratified and amended in F.S. 373.4211. (Amended by Ordinance No. 94-30)
POLICY 1.5.1: Permitted land uses in Wetlands consist of very low density residential uses and recreational uses that will not adversely affect the ecological functions of wetlands. All development
in Wetlands must be consistent with Goal 114 of this plan. The maximum density is one dwelling unit per twenty acres (1 du/20 acre) except as otherwise provided in Table 1(a) and Chapter XIII of
this plan. (Amended by Ordinance No. 94-30)
POLICY 1.5.2: When the exact location of Wetlands boundaries is in question, Chapter XIII of this plan provides an administrative process, including a field check, to precisely define the
boundary. (Amended by Ordinance No. 94-30)
POLICY 1.5.3: Wetlands that are conservation lands will be subject to the provisions of Policy 1.4.6 as well as the provisions of Objective 1.5. The most stringent provisions of either category
will apply. Conservation wetlands will be identified on the FLUM to distinguish them from nonconservation wetlands. (Added by Ordinance No. 98-09)
Process:
Site Selection
Lee Plan Consistency
Remove property from DRI
Rezoned from CPD to MPD
12,000 attendees ( about 9,000 seats)
425,000 SF commercial office and rec uses
150 room hotel
Step #2
Parcel zoned AG-2 changed to MPD
-2-step process - HEX/BOCC public input - meet with surrounding neighbors, had to do a DRI and a PD rezoning - from AG-2 to a mixed use planned development took 2 years - multiple amendments to PD occurred during construction.
Step #2
Parcel zoned CPD changed to MPD
-2-step process - HEX/BOCC public input - meet with surrounding neighbors, had to do a DRI and a PD rezoning - from AG-2 to a mixed use planned development took 2 years - multiple amendments to PD occurred during construction.
