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Moratoriums on car washes, self-storage facilities, approved
Cape Coral City Council approved controversial moratoriums on new self-storage and car washes Wednesday while business leaders continued their contention that the permitting pauses would be bad for business and is likely illegal. The moratorium on storage facilities passed 7-1 with Councilmember Richard Carr dissenting. The moratorium on car washes passed unanimously. Mark Morris, commercial broker, and real estate advisor for VIP real estate, who represents Miller Valentine — the purchaser and developer of property on Burnt Store Road and Embers Parkway — told Council it should not ignore the free market. “My client is well-established, well-funded, national developer,” he said. “You are all trying and begging for national developers to come in here and build commercial. They are prepared to put $12 million into the City of Cape Coral. I advise you all to be ...
