Tag: Lee County Code Enforcement

The good and the bad regarding anonymity

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE It’s been a quiet week on the code enforcement complaint front, with nothing new listed since August 19. That’s a refreshing change, to be sure, but it doesn’t stop people on the...

Why is the promenade obstructed while downtown is picked apart?

To the Editor: I find it ironic that Lee County Code Enforcement is so vigilant in protecting the pedestrian right-of-way in the village by forcing removal of obstructing amenities such as sidewalk...

Code enforcement update: Pink horse will stay, ‘Loose’ seating still being investigated

August 16, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Last Friday, Aug. 8, Lee County Code Enforcement began an earnest attempt to clean up some of the complaints about businesses that were left lingering on the books in the Boca Grande...

UPDATE: Lee County Code Enforcement sweeps island on Friday, closes some complaints

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE UPDATED STORY AS OF THE AFTERNOON OF FRIDAY, AUG. 9 … A Code Enforcement officer was on the island Friday morning, and he has already closed out several of the complaints against...

Code enforcement cases still in limbo, Pass cam gone because of complaints

August 2, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Some changes have been made downtown in light of the recent complaints made to Lee County Code Enforcement by an anonymous person or persons, including the removal of tables, chairs...

Eight recent complaints to Code Enforcement include proposed banishment of iconic pump, seats and more

July 26, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE It must be July, because someone with a whole lot of time on their hands has decided to wage a complaint war against several local businesses … and it appears that the iconic...

Obstacles in the ‘Promenade’ prompt questions of ownership yet again

July 5, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE The right to roam the Promenade is being infringed once again, not only by overgrown bushes but by brand-new plantings right in the thoroughfare. This seems to have become an annual...