The deadline to reapply for a permit to operate out of a trailer on Fort Myers Beach passed on Tuesday. Many businesses on the island are still working out of trailers, because recovery from Hurricane Ian is still far from over.
Since the storm, the town says it’s let people live and work out of trailers while they rebuild, and around 100 still do. But those permits just expired and to stay, Town Manager William McKannay says you have to reapply and show a hardship.
Watch to see what the town of Fort Myers Beach says about the reapplication process for a new trailer permit:
FMB trailer permit deadline passes for residents and businesses still rebuilding
“Understanding that many of them have had difficulties rebuilding, difficulties with financing, finding licensed contractors, FEMA reimbursements. Any number of different hardships in that regard,” said McKannay…