Florida 20th Circuit Court judge denies petition challenging South Seas rezoning
A judge in Florida’s 20th Circuit Court has denied a petition challenging Lee County’s zoning approval for South Seas Resort on Captiva, which allows the approval to stand. In his decision signed Oct. 21, Judge James Shenko denied the petition, finding the board’s decision was based on competent substantial evidence, applied the correct law, and provided the public participants with the required due process. The Lee Board of County Commissioners was “free to rezone SSIR's property in a manner that honored Lee Plan policies benefitting the entirety of Lee County given the rapidly changing environment that required climate resiliency and economic benefits to the entire ...
