FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — A group of residents want answers from the Fort Myers Beach local planning agency.
They say lots they bought years ago have been deemed "unbuildable" after Hurricane Ian, despite the fact other lots have received the go-ahead to rebuild.
Estero Boulevard in Fort Myers Beach is where some of these residents say they have land that has been deemed unbuildable because of what are called "non-conforming lots."
And according to some of these residents who we heard from at the last city council meeting, it all has to do with the dimensions of these lots that they say are 50 to 60 feet.
They say in order to get a permit to build on this land the dimensions need to be 40 by 75 feet.
And property owners like Dave Lawrance brought these concerns to the council meeting on Monday.
He says he's owned his lot for 25 years and was not aware that an ordinance had been passed making these lots nonconforming and ultimately unbuildable.
Lawrance says, "It's really unfair, we weren't really informed in any manner, oh no we weren't aware and they're trying to market these lots for sale."
The complaints about the lot dimensions go back to a city code change that was made in 2021.
Now each of the residents who spoke at that city council was asked to be at the local planning agency meeting on Tuesday.
