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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

South Seas & County Concluded Rebuttal Case on April 18

After hearing from 52 members of the public opposing the South Seas rezoning application, the rebuttal case presented by South Seas and the County only served to highlight the ill-advised nature of the South Seas overdevelopment ...

Please Contribute to the Protect Captiva Legal Fund

We are cautiously optimistic that we can prevail in our efforts to protect Captiva by maintaining our island’s historic density and height limits. But to do so, we need to continue to retain the best land use, trial, and appellate ...

We Are Also Appealing DOAH Decision that Found Code Amendments to be Consistent with Lee Plan

The Lee Plan devotes an entire Chapter to the protection of the barrier island of Captiva -- requiring the County to maintain and enforce development regulations that continue the historic development pattern on Captiva and South Seas. The Administrative Law Judge misread the ...