2026-10-07 - Planning and Zoning Commission

00:14UH.

00:44IT'S IT'S GREAT.

01:01WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF

01:03PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION'S.

01:04TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH

01:06,2026.

01:07SORRY.

01:08I'M IN.

01:08THIS MEETING WILL COME TO WORK.

01:10AND I'LL HAVE A MOMENT OF

01:13SILENCE.

01:16PLEASE.

01:17AFTER THE CONSULTATIONS.

01:21I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

01:24OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

01:26AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH

01:28IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,

01:31INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

01:34JUSTICE FOR ALL.

01:39YEAH.

01:41MADAM CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL

01:43THE ROLL.

01:45YES, CHAIR.

01:46BEFORE I CALL THE ROLL

01:47ALTERNATE MEMBER THE THE MU HAS

01:49ASKED TO BE EXCUSED AND I WILL

01:51MARK HER SO SPEAKING.

01:53HERE BOTANA HERE STAYS.

01:56HERE MARTIN HERE MORE SENATOR

02:03ERIC SEVERSON HERE SCHWARTZ

02:07HERE.

02:11SEVEN PRESENT, ONE EXCUSED, ONE

02:15ABSENT.

02:15THANK YOU.

02:16>> NEXT ITEM FIVE UH, CHANGES

02:18TO THE AGENDA AND ADOPTION

02:20AGENDA.

02:20ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE

02:21AGENDA?

02:24SEEING NONE I'LL HAVE A MOTION

02:26AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE

02:27AGENDA.

02:28I MOVE TO ACCEPT A.

02:31SECOND BY.

02:33COMMISSIONER MARTIN AND, UH.

02:35COMMISSIONER TATO.

02:38OKAY.

02:38>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

02:40UH.

02:41>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED?

02:42NONE.

02:43JONES ACCEPTED.

02:45NEXT ITEM SIX APPROVAL OF THE

02:48MINUTES COPY OF THE AUGUST 5TH

02:49,2026 MEETING MINUTES WHERE

02:52ENCLOSING FOR REVIEW AND YOUR

02:53BACKUP MATERIAL.

02:54IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

02:58SEEING NONE.

02:59I'LL HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND

03:01I'LL MAKE.

03:01>> A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE

03:02MINUTES AS PRESENTED.

03:04SO.

03:05>> SECOND.

03:09OKAY.

03:09ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

03:10UH.

03:11>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED?

03:12DONE.

03:13EXCUSE ME.

03:13PASSES.

03:14EXCUSE ME.

03:15>> WHO WAS THE SECOND SIEVERS.

03:17SIEVERS?

03:17>> NEXT ITEM ITEM SEVEN

03:27BUSINESS.

03:28UH, PROPOSED 2027 PLANNING AND

03:31ZONING MEETING SCHEDULE A COPY

03:32OF THE PROPOSED 2027 PLANNING

03:35AND ZONING MEETING SCHEDULE WAS

03:36INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP.

03:39IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

03:43SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A

03:45MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE

03:47THE, UH, MEETING SCHEDULE FOR

03:492027.

03:50SO MOVED ESTES.

03:51SECOND.

03:52>> MARTIN.

03:54ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

03:55ALL RIGHT.

03:56ALL THOSE OPPOSED?

03:57NONE.

03:58MOTION PASSES.

04:01NEXT ITEM SEVEN B PLANNING AND

04:03ZONING VACANT VACANCY

04:05INTERVIEWS.

04:06THERE ARE CURRENTLY THREE

04:07REGULAR AND TWO ALTERNATE

04:08VACANCIES.

04:09WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS SEEKING

04:11REAPPOINTMENT.

04:12UM COMMISSIONERS BOTH TANO

04:15MARTIN AND SENATOR UH, WOULD

04:17YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE A ONE

04:19MINUTE INTRODUCTION OR

04:20BACKGROUND AS IT APPLIES

04:21COMMISSION OR DO WE MOVE

04:23FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION

04:25FOR THE UH COUNCIL?

04:27ANY COMMENTS?

04:29I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE UM THE

04:32APPLICANTS AS PRESENTED HAVE A

04:34SECOND.

04:34SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF

04:36THE TONTO MART AND SANITARY

04:38BEING RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL

04:40FOR APPROVAL?

04:41UH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED?

04:43NONE.

04:44MOTION PASSES.

04:47NEXT ITEM IS EIGHT PLANNING AND

04:49ZONING COMMISSION PUBLIC

04:50HEARINGS ITEM IS EIGHT A

04:52ORDINANCE 57 DASH 26 I'LL TURN

04:55THE FLOOR OVER TO STAFF.

05:19THERE WE GO.

05:20GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

05:22FOR THE RECORD, MIKE MURPHY

05:23WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING

05:24COMMISSION WE HAVE FOR YOUR

05:27CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING A

05:29CHANGE TO THE CITY'S LAND

05:31DEVELOPMENT CODE.

05:32THIS IS ORDINANCE 5726 AND THIS

05:36WOULD, UH, AMEND THE TEMPORARY

05:39SIGN SECTION IN ARTICLE SEVEN

05:41OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE

05:43AND IT WOULD, UH, ALLOW FEATHER

05:46BANNERS TO BE USED FOR

05:49ADVERTISING PURPOSES AT

05:50QUALIFYING MULTIFAMILY RENTAL

05:53COMPLEXES THAT HAVE LEASING

05:55OFFICES.

05:55AND THAT'S ONE OF THE KEYS HERE

05:57THAT HAVE AN ACTIVE BUSINESS

05:59TAX RECEIPT.

06:00AND I'LL JUST VERY BRIEFLY WHY

06:02WE'RE HERE THIS MORNING THIS

06:04PARTICULAR ISSUE WAS DISCUSSED

06:07UH, AT THE UH AT THE AUGUST

06:0912TH COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

06:11MEETING AND FOLLOWING A

06:12DISCUSSION OF THIS PARTICULAR

06:15TOPIC AND THAT BEING TO BROADEN

06:18THE SITUATIONS IN WHICH FEATHER

06:20BANNERS COULD BE USED FOR

06:21ADVERTISING PURPOSES IN THE

06:23CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL AT THAT

06:25MEETING DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING

06:27BACK UH TO THEM FOR THEIR

06:30CONSIDERATION REGULATIONS FOR

06:32ALLOWING FEATHER BANNERS WITH

06:33MULTIFAMILY UH USES.

06:35SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE THIS

06:36MORNING.

06:39THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE UH

06:42ADDS MULTIFAMILY RENTAL

06:46COMPLEXES TO THOSE USES IN

06:48WHICH FEATHER BANNERS CAN BE

06:51UH, LAWFULLY UH, USED FOR

06:53ADVERTISING PURPOSES AND THE

06:55ONLY OTHER USE CURRENTLY WHERE

06:57FEATHER BANNERS CAN BE USED UH

06:59ARE FOR UH MODEL HOME USES IN

07:01THE CITY.

07:03THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW UP

07:05TO FOUR FEATHER BANNERS AND ONE

07:08CONVENTIONAL BANNER AT A

07:09QUALIFYING COMPLEX.

07:11AND IT DOES KEEP ALL OF OUR

07:13MODEL HOME PROVISIONS IN PLACE.

07:15SO ALL OF THE CURRENT RIGHTS

07:17AND ENTITLEMENTS THAT MODEL

07:19HOMES CURRENTLY ENJOY IN

07:21REGARDS TO UTILIZING FEATHER

07:22BANNERS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY

07:24THIS ORDINANCE.

07:26IN TERMS OF THE STANDARDS THAT

07:29ARE FOUND IN THIS ORDINANCE FOR

07:32QUALIFYING MULTI HOME COMPLEXES

07:34A SIGN PERMIT IS NOT REQUIRED.

07:37UH THERE IS A SPECIFIED MAXIMUM

07:41WIDTH AND HEIGHT FOR FEATHER

07:43BANNERS AND THAT IS A MAXIMUM

07:44WIDTH OF THREE FEET AND A

07:45MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 15FT.

07:47THE ORDINANCE DOES SPECIFY WHAT

07:51TYPES OF MATERIALS THE FEATHER

07:53BANNERS CAN BE CONSTRUCTED OF,

07:56AND IT ALSO STATES THAT ALL

07:58BANNERS AND FEATHER BANNERS

08:00MUST BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD

08:02CONDITION AND MAY NOT BE FADED

08:04OR TORN IF THAT WERE TO BE THE

08:06CASE THOSE UH EITHER THAT

08:08BANNER OR THE FEATHER BANNERS

08:09WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH

08:12A UH BANNER THAT WAS IN UH,

08:16GOOD CONDITION IN TERMS OF UH,

08:20DURATION AND OPERATING

08:21CONDITIONS.

08:22FEATHER BANNERS CAN BE UTILIZED

08:24FOR 180 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE

08:28ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF

08:30OCCUPANCY.

08:31THESE BANNERS CAN BE DISPLAYED

08:33ONLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8

08:35A.M. AND 5 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH

08:38SUNDAY, AND THERE IS ALSO A

08:40PROVISION THAT IF THE LEASING

08:43OFFICE IS CLOSED FOR EXAMPLE

08:44LIKE FOR A HOLIDAY OR FEATHER

08:46BANNERS AND CONVENTIONAL

08:49BANNERS MUST BE REMOVED AND

08:51STORED INSIDE THE OFFICE UNTIL

08:53THE LEASING OFFICE WAS UM BACK

08:56OPEN IN AN OPERATION UH STAFF

08:59IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF

09:00ORDINANCE 5726.

09:01WE'VE RECEIVED NO

09:03CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS

09:05ORDINANCE CHANGE AND I'LL STAND

09:06BY IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

09:08THANKS, MIKE.

09:08UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN

09:10.

09:11ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

09:12WISHING TO SPEAK PLEASE USE THE

09:14PODIUM TO MY LEFT.

09:16UM, PLEASE PRINT YOUR NAME AND

09:18ON THE SIGN IN SHEET AND BE

09:19SURE TO STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE

09:22RECORD.

09:24SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARING IS

09:27NOW CLOSED, SIR.

09:30UH, ANY, UH, COMMISSIONER

09:32DISCUSSION.

09:34SEEING NONE.

09:35I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO

09:37APPROVE ORDINANCE 57 DASH 26.

09:40I'LL MAKE.

09:42OUR SECOND PHIL BOTANA MADAM

09:48CITY CLERK.

09:48UH, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL.

09:52AT KING.

09:55I BOTANA UH, ESTES.

09:59I MARTIN.

10:01I MORE HAVE MORE SENATOR UH,

10:06SEVERSON.

10:06UH.

10:07SCHWARTZ UH ALL EYES MOTION

10:10CARRIED.

10:10THANK YOU.

10:11>> ITEM NINE UH, CITIZENS INPUT

10:14TIME.

10:14I'LL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR

10:16CITIZENS INPUT.

10:17ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE

10:18WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE USE

10:20THE PODIUM TO MY LEFT.

10:22UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND SIGN

10:24IN.

10:29SEEING NONE.

10:31PUBLIC INPUT IS NOW CLOSED.

10:33UH, ITEM TEN OR IS THERE ANY,

10:35UH, STAFF UPDATES?

10:37NO UPDATES FROM STAFF, MISTER

10:39CHAIRMAN.

10:39THANKS, MIKE.

10:40UH, NUMBER 11 ANY UNFINISHED

10:44BUSINESS SEEING NONE.

10:46MOVING ON.

10:47ITEM 12 ANY MEMBER COMMENTS

10:51QUIET TODAY.

10:52OKAY.

10:54UH OH.

10:56OKAY.

10:56I'M SORRY I MISSED YOU.

10:57ONE QUESTION.

10:58UH, AS WE'RE DOING A.

11:00WALK AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,

11:02UH.

11:02KIND OF, UH, OBSERVED SEVERAL

11:05HOUSES THAT SEEM TO BE EMPTY

11:07AND OCCUPANCY NOW I WAS

11:09WONDERING IF QUESTION FOR STAFF

11:11IS THERE ANY KIND OF REGISTRY

11:13OR ANY KIND OF DATABASE THAT WE

11:15USE MAYBE THROUGH THE POLICE

11:17DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY PLACES

11:19THAT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED OR

11:22ARE, YOU KNOW, IN ILL REPAIR?

11:25UH, THAT WOULD TEND TO BE SOME

11:27PLACE THAT.

11:28COULD.

11:29>> YOU KNOW, BE A PROBLEM FOR

11:31HOMELESSNESS OR SOMETHING LIKE

11:32THAT.

11:32IT'S JUST CURIOUS TO ME BECAUSE

11:34THE HOUSES THE LAWNS ARE IN

11:37DISREPAIR AND THE HOUSES ARE

11:39SOMETIMES RUNDOWN HOLES IN THE

11:41ROOFS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

11:42AND SO IS THERE ANY KIND OF

11:43DATABASE WE AS AS CAPE CORAL

11:46KEEP THAT WOULD IDENTIFY THOSE

11:48POTENTIAL PROPERTIES OF BEING A

11:49POTENTIAL PROBLEM AREA.

11:51IN A GENERAL SENSE?

11:53UH, THE ANSWER TO THAT WOULD BE

11:54NO WE'RE NOT WE DON'T KEEP A

11:56DATABASE FOR EXAMPLE WHEN WHEN

11:59PEOPLE MOVE OUT AND UH AND THE

12:01HOUSE IS UNOCCUPIED FOR ANY

12:03LENGTH OF TIME EXCEPT IN UNTIL

12:05A SITUATION MIGHT UM.

12:10OCCUR IN WHICH THERE MIGHT BE

12:13NUISANCE CONDITIONS THAT YOU

12:14MIGHT VISIBLY NOTICE IF YOU

12:16DRIVE BY THE SITE WHERE YOU

12:17MIGHT HAVE UNUSUALLY LONG, UH,

12:21GRASS GROWING IN THE YARD MAYBE

12:23MAYBE THERE'S BEEN GARBAGE.

12:24IT'S IN THE YARD OR ALONG THE

12:26CURB THAT HASN'T PICKED UP IN

12:28THAT CASE, NORMALLY CODE

12:30COMPLIANCE STAFF WOULD NOTICE

12:32THAT WOULD NOTICE THAT AND THEN

12:34THEY WOULD START TO TAKE ACTION

12:36MORE THAN LIKELY TO START DOING

12:38THEIR INVESTIGATION AND SEE IF

12:40THERE NEEDED TO BE SOME TYPE OF

12:42UH VIOLATION ISSUED.

12:44OKAY.

12:44>> MR. CHAIRMAN.

12:47MR. ESTES, THANK YOU.

12:49UH, FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION

12:50.

12:51UM.

12:51EVERY NOW AND THEN.

12:52YOU HEAR ABOUT A HOUSE THAT,

12:55UH, MAY NOT HAVE A FENCED POOL

12:58RESIDUE FROM IN THEIR POOL

13:00COULD GO DOWN.

13:01UM, I KNOW ONE HOUSE BEEN EMPTY

13:03FOR A YEAR BECAUSE A PERSON

13:04DIED.

13:06UM, HE'S GOT A CAR PARKED IN

13:08THE FRONT YARD.

13:08THE TAGS HAVE EXPIRED.

13:10I HELP ME THROUGH THIS BECAUSE

13:12I GUESS IN FLORIDA, UNLIKE ME I

13:15CAME FROM YOU DON'T ALLOW

13:17ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT SO YOU

13:19BASICALLY HAVE TO THROW

13:20YOURSELF OUT IN THE PUBLIC

13:21SAYING YOU'RE THE COMPLAINER.

13:22IS THERE ANY WAY FOR CITIZENS

13:25TO ALERT THE CITY THAT YOU KNOW

13:28THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM WITHOUT

13:30THEMSELVES BEING EXPOSED AND

13:34POSSIBLY SET UP FOR UM,

13:37RETALIATION?

13:38I'M NOT AWARE OF OF ANY GIVEN

13:41THE CHANGE IN STATE LAW THAT

13:45OCCURRED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,

13:46I'M LOOKING OVER AT OUR

13:49ATTORNEY TO SEE IF HE IS AWARE

13:50OF, UH YOU KNOW THAT

13:53FORTUNATELY.

13:53>> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO

13:54DISCLOSE YOUR NAME OR.

13:55IDENTIFY YOUR NAME IN ORDER FOR

13:56THERE TO BE ANY TYPE OF

13:58ENFORCEMENT ACTION OR ACTION

13:59TAKEN BY THE CITY THAT

14:00STATUTORY LAW CHANGE.

14:01I THINK.

14:02I TO SAY FOUR, MAYBE FIVE YEARS

14:04AGO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN AND

14:06THAT'S TO AVOID THE ANONYMOUS

14:08COMPLAINTS THAT WERE OCCURRING

14:09THROUGHOUT MULTIPLE

14:10MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES.

14:12SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION NO I

14:14YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY

14:16YOUR NAME OTHERWISE THE CITY'S

14:17NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO

14:18ANYTHING ABOUT THAT UNLESS

14:20THERE IS A PROACTIVE ACTION IN

14:21THAT CASE THAT WILL REQUIRE THE

14:23CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHILE

14:24THEY'RE OUT AND ABOUT OBSERVING

14:26THE VIOLATION TO TAKE

14:27ENFORCEMENT ACTION THAT WAY.

14:28OKAY.

14:29>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER

14:30MARTIN.

14:31OKAY.

14:32>> UH, MIKE, MY RECOLLECTION IT

14:35SEEMS THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE

14:37OF A REGISTRY UH, BACK IN LIKE

14:402008 2009 WHEN.

14:41WE HAD ALL THE.

14:42FORECLOSURES IN THE MARKET.

14:43ONE CHILD.

14:45YOU RECALL THAT?

14:47I SEEM TO HAVE SOME VAGUE

14:50RECOLLECTION OF THAT WHEN YOU

14:52KNOW THAT WAS SO UNCLEAR

14:54COINCIDED WITH THE GREAT

14:55RECESSION BACK THEN AND WE

14:57LITERALLY HAD HUNDREDS OF OF

15:00HOMES THAT FELL INTO THAT

15:02CATEGORY AND I THINK THAT WAS

15:04PRIMARILY USED FOR TRACKING

15:05PURPOSES FOR CODE COMPLIANCE AT

15:09THAT TIME.

15:09AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I KNOW ON

15:10THAT.

15:10MR. MARTIN.

15:11OKAY.

15:11SO THE ONLY COMMENT I HAD THERE

15:14WAS A HOME ON UH CAPE CORAL

15:16PARKWAY THAT WAS VACANT FOR

15:16EIGHT YEARS.

15:17IT FINALLY SOLD.

15:19UH, SO YOU KIND OF HAVE

15:21SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.

15:22UH.

15:23>> WHETHER THEY'RE GOING

15:24THROUGH COURT OR WHATEVER IT

15:25IS, IT JUST TAKES FOREVER.

15:27SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU AS A

15:30CITIZEN YOU WANT TO KEEP AN EYE

15:31ON TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN

15:32YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

15:33BUT, UH, YOU STILL HAVE TO

15:35REPORT THAT TO THE CITY AND

15:37GIVE A NAME.

15:38SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S

15:40ALWAYS SOMETHING LIKE THAT

15:41GOING ON AND AREAS AND THEN

15:43YOU'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT HOW

15:44MANY SNOWBIRDS OWN HOMES IN A

15:46PARTICULAR AREA THEY'RE

15:47STARTING TO FUNNEL IN RIGHT NOW

15:49.

15:49SO SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT

15:51SEEM UNOCCUPIED ARE GOING TO

15:53OCCUPY HERE SHORTLY AND IT'S UH

15:56THE ECONOMY ITSELF HAS BEEN

15:58RATHER UH DIM AROUND HERE FOR A

16:00WHILE AS EVERYONE KNOWS.

16:01SO IT'S JUST UH A MATTER OF

16:04SEEING WHAT HAPPENS AND KEEP AN

16:05EYE ON IT.

16:06SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL

16:08YOUR COMMENTS.

16:08UH, ITEM 13 IS DATE AND TIME IN

16:11THE NEXT MEETING.

16:12THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE

16:13PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

16:14IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY,

16:17NOVEMBER 4TH DAY AFTER THE

16:19ELECTION.

16:19SO BE ENTERTAINED AT 9 A.M. AND

16:22COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

16:23UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO

16:24ADJOURN?

16:25>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE

16:25ADJOURN.

16:26A SECOND.

16:28SECOND MEETING IS ADJOURNED.