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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| RZN24-000014 TO BE HEARD By: City Council ON: May 20, 2026 4:00 P.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
The applicant requests a rezone from Professional Office (P-1) to Commercial (C) for one property totaling 28,938 sq. ft. The parcel has retained the Commercial/Professional (CP) since the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan in 1989. |
| RZN25-000010 TO BE HEARD By: City Council ON: May 20, 2026 4:00 P.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
A privately initiated small-scale rezoning request from existing Residential Multi-Family Low (RML) to South Cape (SC) zoning. |
| TXT26-000001 TO BE HEARD By: City Council ON: May 20, 2026 4:00 P.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
Amend Section 5.2.1 and Section 5.2.7 of the Land Development Code (LDC), to provide consistency and clarity as well as providing additional emergency response / administrative deviation allowances for fence and wall implementation as follows: 1. Amend LDC, Section 5.2.1, Table 5.2.1.A, to be consistent with the permissible setback requirements established in LDC Section 5.2.7. 2. Amend LDC, Section 5.2.7 to create new code language for exceptions to regulations for fencing and walls for emergency response . 3. Amend LDC, Section 5.2.7 to create new code language for the allowance of administrative deviations for walls and fences which aligns with the requirements of LDC Section 3.3.6.C. 4. Amend LDC, Section 5.2.7, to streamline, clarify and provide enhanced specificity for existing sections of code throughout the section. Amendments include: removing duplicate sections; providing enhanced specificity where ambiguity in measurements, location, or requirements exists; and adding specific sections which pertain to new or existing conditions encountered throughout the city. |
| TXT26-000009 TO BE HEARD By: City Council ON: May 20, 2026 4:00 P.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
Ordinance 17-26 amends sections 5.2.1 and 5.2.7 of Articles 5 of the Land Development Code (LDC) for fence and wall requirements. This ordinance will eliminate existing inconsistencies and duplicities appearing in the LDC, provide needed clarity on specific subsections, and offer flexibility to property owners seeking minor relief from setback, height and materially requirements for fences and walls. The ordinance also provides exemptions from specific regulatory requirements for areas deemed vital for the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the community. This ordinance is consistent with one objective appearing in the Comprehensive Plan and is also consistent with applicable standards for proposed LDC text amendments. |