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Captiva Community Panel

The next panel meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 11
beginning at 9 a.m. (tentatively) in the Cone Rooms at South Seas Island Resort. For a copy of the current agenda, click here.

 

Hurricane season... are you ready?

The next storm season starts June 1, so make sure your Hurricane Authorization Letter is up to date. If the people authorized
to check on your property after a storm has changed, or if
your contact information is new, download a blank authorization letter and get your new information to island authorities.

 

Captiva Code approved

In an unanimous vote, the Lee County Commission approved the Captiva-specific amendments to the Lee County Land Development code -- the Captiva Code. For a copy of the new code, click here.

 

New sign rules in place

As part of the Captiva Code, new rules on Captiva's signs have been enacted... updating old lnaguage and including some changes.
For a summary of the changes, click here; and
for a complete copy of the new sign regulations, click here.

 

County approves new
building heights language

By a 4-1 vote, on Sept. 28. 2011, Lee County commissioners approved
the proposed Lee Plan change on building heights requirements proposed by the panel. The new language is:

 

Due to the nature of a barrier island, the height of buildings and structures is dependent on conditions such as elevation of the site above sea level and mandatory flood elevation requirements. In response to these conditions, the height of buildings and structures may not exceed the least restrictive of the two following options:

a. 35 feet above the average grade of the lot in question or 42 feet above mean sea level measured to the peak of the roof, whichever is lower; or

b. 28 feet above the lowest horizontal member at or below the lawful base flood elevation measured to the mean level between eaves and ridge in the case of gable, hip, and gambrel roofs. If the lowest horizontal member is set above the base flood elevation the 28 foot measurement will be measured starting from the base flood elevation.

Notwithstanding the above height limitations, purely ornamental structural appurtenances and appurtenances necessary for mechanical or structural functions may extend an additional four (4) feet above the roof peak or eight (8) feet above the mean height level in the case of gable, hip, and gambrel roofs, whichever is lower, so long as these elements equal 20% or less of the total roof area.

 

Water quality update

Click here (or go to our Water Quality page) for

the latest report from the SCCF Marine Lab on

the panel's ongoing water quality monitoring project.

 

 

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New rules in effect for golf cart use on Captiva