The Esplanade Lake Club Community Development District is a uniform community development district established by the Board through adoption of Lee County Ordinance 18-21 on September 18, 2018. The District’s external boundary was previously modified by the Board through adoption of Lee County Ordinance 20-10 on October 6, 2020, which resulted in 20.359 acres being added to the District and 2.208 acres being removed from the District.
Currently, the Esplanade Lake Club Community Development District is comprised of 797.081 acres and has the power to finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate and maintain systems and facilities for the following basic infrastructure: water management; water supply; sewer and waste water management; bridges and culverts; district roads; and other projects within or without the district boundary for which a development order is issued.
In accordance with Florida Statutes Ch. 190, the Esplanade Lake Club Community Development District has petitioned the Board of County Commissioners to conduct a public hearing for the purpose of adopting a non-emergency ordinance to:
Expand the Esplanade Lake Club CDD to include 46.293 acres, contiguous to the existing Esplanade Lake Club CDD property, and amend the District’s external boundary.
The original District consisted of 778.903 acres and was subsequently modified by Ord. 20-10 to increase the size to 797.081 acres. Adding 46.293 acres to the Esplanade Lake Club CDD will result in a cumulative increase of approximately 8.28% to the original District area.
The Esplanade Lake Club CDD’s request for boundary expansion is consistent with the Lee County Comprehensive Plan. All development activity within the boundaries of the District will be subject to the Lee Plan and all related land development regulations.
At the subject public hearing, inquiry will focus on whether or not a change has occurred since the creation of the District that would render authorization for expansion of the boundaries inappropriate. Staff has reviewed the factors set forth in F.S. §190.005 and finds no new information relevant to those factors that is inconsistent with the expansion of District boundaries.
The Office of the County Attorney and Planning Staff recommend that the Board of County Commissioners grant the Esplanade Lake Club Community Development District’s petition by adopting the proposed amendment to Lee County Ordinance 18-21, as previously modified by Lee County Ordinance 20-10.