The South Florida Water Management District has dropped its enforcement case against the Good Mood Ranch in East Naples.
Based on a neighbor’s complaint, the ranch’s owners — Luc and Karen Goemaere — found themselves in hot water with Collier County Code Enforcement and the Water Management District for clearing and filling land and disturbing wetlands without permission or permits.
As a result, the Goemaeres feared their one-of-a-kind ranch, which they’d sunk their life savings into and turned into a local attraction, could get shut down. Late last year, they sought relief from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in the form of an agricultural exemption — and they succeeded…