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Lee County Board of County Commissioners Votes Against Near-Unanimous Opposition of Residents

Here's The Reality: South Seas Just Confirmed Our Community's Worst Fears.

South Seas Island Resort and Timbers Resorts have confirmed our worst fears – it has always been about more hotel rooms and condos. It’s always been about density.

South Seas Island Resort’s true intentions were made clear just days after Lee County commissioners approved the sweeping changes to the Lee Plan and Land Development Code. The resort’s rezoning application seeks more than 700 hotel rooms and condos, a significant increase from the current 247 units – especially when this was supposedly never about density. The resort also plans to build up to 64 feet, towering over all other buildings on Captiva.

Exactly what we warned would happen has unfortunately begun to take shape. It’s more important now than ever that we use all available resources to protect our special barrier island.

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About Our Coalition

The Protect Captiva Coalition was established in June 2023 by concerned citizens and organizations in opposition to increasing building height and density and opening the door for hundreds of new hotel rooms on Captiva Island. Our coalition includes more than 13,000 residents, organizations, and other individuals who are opposed to this shortsighted plan that will forever change the character and safety of Captiva.

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Updates

It’s Time Once Again to Donate to the “Protect Captiva” Legal Fund

Since September 2023, approximately $500,000 of legal work has taken place in our efforts to maintain Captiva’s existing density and height limits. Our efforts have gained momentum on three fronts: Completing an administrative hearing to prove that ...

Legal Update: DOAH Trial Completed & More

Our legal challenges to increased building heights and density on Captiva continue to progress in three different venues.  Here are some of the highlights of what has taken place. TRIAL BEFORE DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS (DOAH) COMPLETED ...

Plan Application & Legal Fund Updates

As we stated earlier, South Seas’ third revised Plan Application to build 196 new condominiums and two new hotels with a total of 435 rooms has again been rejected as insufficient by the County. At this time, ...