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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| TXT26-000014 TO BE HEARD BY: Planning & Zoning Commission ON: November 4, 2026 9:00 A.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
Amends Section 5.1.6. of the Land Development Code (LDC) – Protection of easements, to remove the requirement for property owners to execute and record a Hold Harmless and Indemnification Agreement as a condition of permitting certain encroachments into public utility easements (PUEs). |
| TXT26-000015 TO BE HEARD BY: Planning & Zoning Commission ON: November 4, 2026 9:00 A.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
Amends Section 5.9.5. of the Land Development Code (LDC) – Temporary construction or field office, to remove the utility connection requirements for temporary construction trailers and field offices in both residential and non-residential zoning districts. |
| TXT26-000017 TO BE HEARD BY: Planning & Zoning Commission ON: November 4, 2026 9:00 A.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
Amend the Use Table in Section 4.1.6. of the Land Development Code (LDC), to allow heavy vehicle, sales and rental uses in the Commercial (C) District as a special exception use. Amend Article 5 of the LDC by adding a new subsection (5.12.4.) that establishes special regulations for heavy vehicle, sales and rental uses in the C District. |
| TXT26-000020 TO BE HEARD BY: Planning & Zoning Commission ON: November 4, 2026 9:00 A.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
The ordinance is a city-initiated Comprehensive Plan text amendment for two policies of the Conservation and Coastal Management Element of the Comprehensive Plan. This ordinance amends Policies 1.2.19 and 1.7.9 by removing the protected species affidavit requirement for development orders and building permits and replacing it with an acknowledgment requirement. The purpose of the future land use map amendment is to address inefficiencies in the permitting and plan review process while also reducing delays and streamlining review. |
| TXT26-000021 TO BE HEARD BY: Planning & Zoning Commission ON: November 4, 2026 9:00 A.M. AT: City of Cape Coral, Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. |
Amends Chapter 23, Protected Species, Article II, Burrowing Owl and Gopher Tortoise Protection, Section 23-12 (Development Standards) and Section 23-15 (Penalties), to replace the requirement for a physical affidavit with an electronic acknowledgment of the same information regarding the presence of burrowing owls, gopher tortoises, or burrows, and to update the penalty provisions. This is a companion ordinance to Ordinance 60-26, which amends the Comprehensive Plan to effect the same change from affidavit to acknowledgment. |