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2004/2005 Lee Plan Regular Amendment Cycle

Objections Recommendations and Comments Report (ORC) by the Department of Community Affairs' (DCA)

Amendments were adopted on October 12, 2005 (Adopting Ordinances 05-19, 05-20, and 05-21).

The Department of Community Affairs will conduct a compliance review and issue a Notice of Intent regarding the adopted comprehensive plan amendments on or about December 19, 2005 to be published in the Fort Myers News-Press.

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If you have a comment or question on a specific case, please click here to submit them to Planning Staff.

  • CPA 2004-16 - Amend the Lee Plan as follows: A. Amend the Future Land Use Map series for specified parcels of land (total of approximately 157 acres) located in Section 31, Township 43 South, Range 22 East to change the Future Land Use classification shown on Map 1 from "Coastal Rural" to "Outlying Suburban." The property is generally located in the Bokeelia area south of Barrancas Avenue and north of Pinehurst Road; B. Amend the Pine Island Vision Statement and Goal 14 to recognize the value of preserving agricultural activities on the island; C. Amend the Future Land Use Element Policy 1.4.7, the Coastal Rural Policy, to allow the retention of active or passive agriculture in lieu of habitat restoration to regain density; D. Amend the current percentages of preserved or restored uplands in Policy 1.4.7; E. Amend the Lee Plan to add a policy that further defines the restoration standards referred to in Policy 1.4.7; F. Amend Housing Element Policy 100.2.3 to incorporate a reference to the Coastal Rural future land use category; E. Amend the Pine Island Vision Statement, Goal 14, Table 1(a) footnote 4, the Definition of Density in the Glossary, and any other Plan provisions to create a new transfer of development rights program for Pine Island; Amend the definition of Density to allow mixed use projects to retain some or all of their residential density that is typically lost to commercial acreage, if Pine Island TDRs are utilized to regain density; F. Amend the Mixed Use definition in the Glossary to better define mixed use projects; G. Evaluate creating a concurrency exception area for a portion of Pine Island Center; and, I. Evaluate establishing additional Urban Infill areas on the mainland portion of the County to be receiving areas for Pine Island TDRs. Evaluate increasing allowable bonus densities in specific locations based on a point system that incorporates several criteria. - ADOPTED

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