After finding out they were not eligible for a Temporary Placement Permit for 5 food and drink trailers on their property, the owners of the Wyndham will now shoot for an option that’s never been approved in the history of Fort Myers Beach.
Years ago, the town approved an ordinance for recurring special events. It was created for events like a Farmers Market or the Friday night Sunset Celebration in Times Square. The goal was to prevent these organizations from having to come before the council every week for the same upcoming weekends events. The Wyndham owners now hope to get around the Temporary Placement Permit denial by applying for a recurring special events permit. They will be asking for this recurring permit to operate an ongoing business until their bigger plan is approved. On Monday, they also asked the Town Council to expedite their request and get them on the April 6th agenda. That’s not how the Town Council sets their agenda.
The Wyndham owners may have just as hard a time with this new idea as they did with the application for a temporary permit. It says the following right in the ordinance: “A recurring special events permit may not occur more often than weekly over a period of one year based upon a single application.” During a discussion about the issue Monday, Town Council members did not seem like they were leaning toward approving any such request…