The property is currently zoned Rural Agricultural District in the Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District and only allows up to one home per acre. The settlement allows 4.5 units per acre, up to 369 multi- or single-family homes or both. Prior plans allowed three homes per acre, up to 247 single-family homes.

Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors fall under a separate national conveyor code, exempt from the stricter national elevator code because they’re used to transport materials, not passengers.

Southwest Florida airports look to adopt e-plane infrastructure

Last month, Collier County commissioners approved Phase 3 for the Paradise Coast Sports Complex: a ninth field, preengineered metal building a parking lot and bathrooms at a cost of $9 million to $10 million. It has to go out to bid for a contractor, and construction will take 12 to 18 months.