Property

Lee County government has launched a new online tool to help the community stay informed about active nuisance accumulation cases underway through the Code Enforcement process. Nuisance accumulation refers to the buildup of materials, debris or other items on private property that create unsafe or unsanitary conditions, attract pests or negatively affect surrounding properties.

Lee County’s Clerk and Comptroller Kevin Karnes and Property Appraiser Matt Caldwell are offering a free class on the property assessment and dispute process Thursday, Aug. 7 from 2-3 p.m. at the Cape Coral-Lee County Public Library on SW 39th Terrace in Cape Coral.

Gifted lands created parks and preserves—now one Sarasota County commissioner is pushing to rezone and sell part of it to himself.

The Charlotte County Property Appraiser is now accepting applications for partial 2024 property tax refunds if a residential improvement was destroyed or rendered uninhabitable for at least 30 days due to a catastrophic event (hurricane, fire, or other natural disaster).

Some 24,000 TRIM notices for the wrong year were mailed Friday to Lee County homeowners, by mistake.Property Appraiser Matt Caldwell says the error was made when a batch of the notices did not get overwritten with the current year's data.

Lee County as a whole had its property values raise 6 percent over last year. For Fort Myers Beach it was 48 percent.

City and county boards would face a higher threshold for approving property-tax hikes, under a proposal that started moving forward Monday in the Legislature.In a 15-7 vote, the House Ways & Means Committee backed a bill (HB 1195) that would require two-thirds votes by city, county and special district governing boards to approve increases in millage rates, which represent dollars assessed per $1,000 in property value.

The 562,000 tax bills being mailed to property and business owners in Lee County today are not meant to be scary, they are simply a reality of life. The bills reflect the value of the property as of January 1, 2023, when Florida law required them to be assessed.

The public is invited to join Lee County’s Clerk and Comptroller Kevin Karnes, Property Appraiser Matt Caldwell and Tax Collector Noelle Branning for a comprehensive presentation on the property assessment, collection and dispute process.The class will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 2 from 2-3 p.m. at the Estero Recreation Center, located at 9200 Corkscrew Palms Boulevard in Estero.