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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TXT26-000001 TO BE HEARD By: Planning and Zoning Commission ON: April 1, 2026 9:00 A.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: Planning and Zoning Commission ON: April 1, 2026 9:00 A.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
Ordinance 19-26 amends sections 3.1.3, 3.6.1, and 5.9.3 of the Land Development Code (LDC) for the Outdoor Display of Merchandise. This ordinance will improve and clarify the outdoor display items that the DSD Director can administratively approve and changes the decision maker from the City Council to a City Special Magistrate for approvals outside of the DSD Director’s capacity. Staff recommends approval of Ordinance 19-26. |
| RZN25-000006 TO BE HEARD By: City Council ON: April 15, 2026 4:00 P.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
This is a privately initiated rezoning request. The applicant has requested rezoning Unit 3 Block 163 Lots 20-21 from Residential Multi-Family Low (RML) District to Professional (P) District for one parcel totaling +/- 10,000 sq.ft. Property located at 124 Cape Coral Parkway W. |