City Planning Public Hearing Cases
Public Hearing Information
This page contains links to information on cases coming before the Planning and Zoning/Local Planning Agency, Hearing Examiner, and/or City Council. The City's Hearing Examiner meets on the first Tuesday of the month. The Planning and Zoning/Local Planning Agency meet on the first Wednesday of every month. Occasionally, there are special meetings held.
The Planning and Zoning/Local Planning Agency is the recommending body for Future Land Use Map Amendments and Comprehensive Plan Text Amendments. The Planning and Zoning/Local Planning Agency is also the recommending body for revisions to the Land Development Code Regulations and Annexations.
The Hearing Examiner is the final decision-making authority for the following cases: Appeals to Administrative Decisions, Special Exceptions, Marine Improvement Deviations (Docks), Variances, Landscape Deviations, Non-Residential Design Standard Deviations, and some Planned Development Projects. The Hearing Examiner is the recommending body for Vacations of Plat, Zoning Amendments, and some Planned Development Projects.
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| FLUM25-000009 TO BE HEARD By: City Council ON: February 18, 2026 4:00 P.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
This is a large-scale City-initiated request for an amendment to the Future Land Use Map where the City is the property owner. The applicant has requested an amendment to the Future Land Use Map, amending the current Mixed Use (MX) land use to a proposed Light Industrial (I) & Natural Resources/Preserve (PR) land use for a portion of parcels totaling +/- 3,048,935 SF or 69.99 Acres. |
TXT26-000002 TO BE HEARD By: Planning and Zoning Commission ON: March 4, 2026 9:00 A.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
Amend Articles 1, 3, and 5 of the Land Development Code (LDC), to modify height requirements for buildings and structures as follows: 1. Amend LDC, Section 1.15.H. to provide consistency between how building height is measured with respect to the City’s current definition of building height appearing in Article 11. 2. Amend LDC, Section 3.3.6. to establish a deviation process for allowing additional height of buildings and structures not to exceed 10% of the standard established in Article 4 or Article 5. 3. Amend LDC, 5.1.12. to add a new subsection on height. This subsection clarifies how the height of structures not meeting the definition of a building will be measured; exempts buildings and structures on City sites from height restrictions; and establishes a deviation process that includes criteria for evaluating modest requested increases in height. |
| RZN25-000004 TO BE HEARD By: City Council ON: March 4, 2026 4:00 P.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
This is a privately initiated request for re-zoning. The applicant has requested re-zoning from the current Commercial (C) zoning to a proposed Single-Family Residential (R-1) zoning for (2) parcels totaling +/- 20,625 SF or 0.473 Acres. |