The City of Cape Coral is looking into changing the land designation for more than 1,000 acres in northwest Cape Coral. That could mean more retail and other businesses, a lot closer to home.
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WFTXThe city said to Fox 4, “By changing this to one district, we can set consistent design standards and prevent unwanted uses, like storage or stand-alone housing.”
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Community concern as the city looks into land use changes for more than 1,000 acres in northwest Cape
However, what many of the people who live here now want is to prevent more traffic.
“Like any other large city or any other growing city, they fail to work on infrastructure before they decide to build,” said Henry Ellis, a resident in northwest Cape Coral.
Henry Ellis lives within 500 feet of the proposed new district and was a part of the group of people who got a letter in the mail to tell him about the new neighbors he could have.