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

Here's The Reality: South Seas 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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Updates

Are All of These Cases Related?

Yes, they’re related. For the County to have approved the increase in density and building heights on South Seas, it had to first amend its Land Development Code, exempting South Seas from Captiva’s longstanding hotel density and ...

South Seas Lawsuit Against the Captiva Community Panel

In a lawsuit brought by South Seas against a Captiva community organization, South Seas claims that the Captiva Community Panel failed to provide all community planning documents relating to South Seas that it requested under the ...

South Seas’ Continuing Efforts to Disqualify Judge Shenko Denied by the Sixth District Court of Appeal as “not legally sufficient”

South Seas continues to claim in a lawsuit pending before Judge Shenko that the 912 unit limit in the 2003 Settlement Agreement between CCA and the County did not include hotel units – and that CCA ...

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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