FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                   

Contact:   Mary Gibbs, Lee County Community Development
                (941) 479-8345

LEE COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADDS RESOURCES TO WEB SITE

FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 17, 2002) – Lee County’s Community Development Department has added new information to its web site in an effort to keep the public better informed on development issues in unincorporated Lee County. 

The department’s web site is www.lee-county.com/dcd. 

New on the site are meeting agendas for the following committees and boards: 

•          Affordable Housing Advisory Committee

•          Building Industry Oversight Committee

•          Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals

•          Eagle Technical Advisory Committee

•          Executive Regulatory Oversight Committee

•          Historical Preservation Advisory Committee

•          Land Development Code Advisory Committee

•          Local Planning Agency

•          Mechanical Board of Adjustments and Appeals

•          Plumbing Board of Adjustments and Appeals

•          Board of County Commissioners Zoning Hearings

A “What’s New – Zoning Cases” section also has been added that highlights significant rezoning, variance and development order applications before they have been scheduled for public hearing.  The list is periodically updated. 

Existing databases on the site include the Lee Comprehensive Plan, the Land Development Code, monthly building permit reports by area, “how to” lists for permitting and inspections, and information about endangered and protected species regulations. 

The county issued permits totaling $1.5 billion in value during 2001, its third consecutive year of $1 billion+ permitting. 

Lee County Community Development oversees planning, zoning, and development services such as permitting, development review, code enforcement and building inspections in the unincorporated areas of the county and for Bonita Springs and Fort Myers Beach.  It employs 180 people and has a fiscal year 2002 operating budget of $16.4 million.