Ordinance 76-17 o~t~n~c~ NO. 7~-17.
N 0 D N E AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 74-42
AND 75-24, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING REGU-
WILDERNESS ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED BE~W
AND PROVIDING ~ EFFECTIVE DATE
WHE~AS, Wesley G. Do~ing, .representing
of the property hereinafter described, petitioned the Board
of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida to change
the zoning classification of the real property hereinafter
described:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of
County Commissioners of CoLlier County, Florida=
SECTION ONE~
The zoning classification of the hereinbelow de-
scribed real property in Collier County, Florida, is a Planned
Unit Development (PUD) and is subject to all conditions as
hereinafter described and, the Official Zoning Atlas as
described in Ordinance No. 74-42 and 75-24, is hereby amended
accordingly.
A. Generals The basic development concept which und~in~Z r-'
ship golf course in a densely wooded setting, and uti~ati~ .
of this setting as the site for a high quality, low density,
cloistered residential aperient complex. The subject property
has perhaps the most spectacular scenic quality of any
inland property in the Greater Naples Area. It is extensively
vegetated with a broad assortment of native trees and shrubs.
The land has a handsome rolling character, with elevations
zanging from more than 12 feet in the pine forested sand'
ridges to only 2 feet above mean sea level in the cypress
hammock lands along the Gordon River basin bottom. Two existing
single family residences within the property, occupied by
members of the landowner ~a~ily, are to continue as an
integral part of the finished .development./!,',,339 dWelling 'units
are to be established in cjusters of'2 and 3-storm garden
apartments. The character of this project, aa evidenced
in the name, ia to be e~tahli~hed through preservation
a maximum amount of the existing handsome native forest.
The "wilderness" character o£ the finished product isdepend-
ed upon to create market acceptance of the relatively
expensive real estate development product.
B. OwnershiRl The ownership characteristics of the Wilderness
Project are somewhat varied from normal land development
projects, as followsl the pro~ect lands are now owned by
members of the E.H. Frank family.. The development organi-
zation has leased the lands from ~he Frank family and will
underwrite the capital investment required to develop the
project as planned. The apartment structures will be condo-
miniums, with individual apartments and the land on which
the apartment is located to be sola outright. As the deve-
lopment organization constructs and sells apartment units
and permanent golf club memberships, its ownership of the
golf course, clubhouse, and other land improvements within
the project will be proportionately reduced, with the sale
of the last apartment unit extinguishing the development
organization's interest in the pro~ect improvements. At
this point, apartment owners/club members, headed by a
Board of Governors of their own choosing, will own end manage
the club and golf course, with that ownership being
to the underlying land lease.
C. Development and Marketi~: D~ring the development and
marketing phase of the project, it is anticipated that the
development corporation will conduct project administrative
and marketing activities in the club building. This function
wall terminate at or before the time club ownership and man-
agement responsibility passes from the development organization
to the Club members.
II. STATISTICAL INFORMATION
A. Description of Principa~s.~ Landowners/Lessors~ members
of the E.H. Frank family, Frank Road, Naples,
Trail, Naples, Florida. Land ~lanne=~ William R. Vines,
AIP, 1170 Third Street South, Naples, Florida. Engineerll
Tri-County Engineering, In=., 3560 Tamiami Trail North~ Naples~
Florida. Architects Richard W. Morris, AIA, 1207 Third
Street, South, Naples, Florida. Golf Course Architect~
Arthur W. ~ills, 7351 West Bancroft, Toledo, Ohio 43617.
B. Legal Descrip.~ion of.. Subject Property= Lots 12 thru
22, Naples Improvement Company's Little Farms, as recorded in
Plat Book 2, Page 2, Public Records of Collier County, Florida.
This property lies within Sections 22 and 27, Township 49
South, Range 25 East. The property is 218.639 acres in area,
ia bounded on the west by Frank Road and lies lmediately
south of the ~ole-in-the-Wall Golf Course. Precise property
boundaries are shown on Exhibit "b" which accompanies this
application.
C. Control of Developm~ntl No land is included with£n this
PUD application except that owned by members of the E.N. Frank
family.
D. Topographys Topographic survey data, compiled by Tri-
County Engineering Company in late 1972 and early 1973, has
been ,uper~mposed upon the attached 1" - 100' aerial photograph
entitled rxhibit
E. Densitys The golf course and residential complex contains
207.949 acres. Gross residential density shall not exceed
1.64 dwelling units per acre.
F. Natural Featuress Existing natural features on tho site,
including the pattern of extensive forestation, is clearly
evident on the 1" - 100' scale aerial photograph on which
the development plan has been superimposed, and which ~m
marked Exhibit
G. Land Areas The total land area ~s 218.639 acres.
H. Land Usess Land uses include an 18-hole par-72 golf course;
a golf club complex including a maximum of six g%~est rooms,
an integral feature of the club building, to be ~sed for~..j ~
overnight visits by visiting fam/ly an4 ~nvited guests of club
members; a maximum of 339 apartment u~ts; utilitarian golf
vehicular accesswaya and offlt=ee~ park~n~ area! %Wo&s~ngle ....
family rosidonces~ a manned access control gate and a
security fence around the entire project! and extensive
natural
open space. ~
1. Internal Traffic Movementl Vehicular drivel within the ~
project are to be privately owned and maintained. They can k~
be functionally classified as minor residential streets in ~
part, and in part as apartment driveways. A golf cart will
be garaged at each apartment. Circulation by project residents/
club members within the pro~ect area will be almost entirely
by golf cart or foot, reducing the necessity for automobile
traffic to that which is entering or departing the project.
This will result in a very low volume of automob£1e traffic
within the project. Automobile travelway construction will
equal or exceed in quality that required by the County for
minor residontial stroets in new platted resident~al develop-
mentso
Street pavement widths are to be 18 feet. There
is to be a single entrance road interconnection with Frank
Road (S.R. 951). Additionally, there will be a service
vehicle drive from Frank Road to the golf course maintenance
area. Combination s~dewalks/cart paths/bicycle paths
interconnecting all multi-family dwelling units with each
other and w~th the club facility are to be 8 feet in width,
and to be privately owned and maintained. Golf cart paths
within the golf course are to be 4 feet in width.
J. Fire Protectionl The Wilderness Project lies in the North
Naples Fire Control District; partially in the East Naples
Fire Control District. The development plan has been reviewed
by the Chiefs of both of these Districts, each of whom ham
indicated that no fire fighting problems are posed by the
development plan. Additionally, the C~ty of Naples Fire
Chief was contacted relative to the adequacy of planned
access ways in the event his larger pumper truck is called
upon in connection with an elevator apartment fire. The
Chief indicated that the planned vehicular travelways would
provide satisfactory access for all of his fire fighting
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K. Outdoor Lighting. L~aoo= ligh~lflg &long
of the project's roadway system will be utilized. Fixtures
to be utilized will be residential type post lanterns served
by underground electrical conduit. The lighting fixtures
will include a shade which will direct light groundward,
preventing nuisance causing direct glare into residential
apartment windows. The streetside post lanterns will be
established at about 300 feet intervals.
III. MULTI-F~4ILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
A. Development Pattern=. The apartment structures in the
project are to be developed in cjusters, with each cjuster
occurring within a defined numbered area as set forth on
Exhibit "Bm, as follower
Parcel 2 2.576 acres
Parcel 3 2.345 acres
3 story
2 story
24 dwelling units
24 dwelling units
Parcel 4)
Parcel 5)
Parcel 7
15.841 acres
9.25 acres.
2 & 3 story 104 dwelling units
2 & 3 story 83 dwelling units
Parcel 8 11.033 acres 2 & 3 story 104 dwelling units
- 41.045 acres "'339 duelling uni~'~
B. Ownership= Condominium apartment Parcels
and 8 are not separately owned parcels~ and simply represent
spatial envelopes within which the planned 339 apartment
dwelling units are to be confined. As can be seen on the
development plan, a substantial portion of these spatial
envelopes is to be utilized for recreational open space, lake
area, and inbounds golf play.
C. Setbacks: No apartment structure shall be closer than
30 feet to another apartment structure. Go long as all multi-
family apartment structures are contained within the pre-
established development parcels, no specific yards or set-
backs shall be required between the structure and the edge
of the development parcel or between a structure and an
access drive. This latter variation from normal street. - · . .,~.
fronCyar~ requirements is necessitated by ~be fact t~a~:*~he *"' '
access drives ara private and are phYs~.c~a~.ly inta~rat&~
covered parking spaces for automobiles and golf carts. .
D. Floor Area~ ResidentiaL'apartment floor areas will have .
a minimum of 1,460 square fae*~..
E. Parking= Each dwelling unit in the development complex
will be served by at least 1.5 offstrest parking spaces. One
space per dwelling unit will be covered. The additional
spaces will be uncovered and will ~ointly serve the second
automobile for those families which have two, guest parking,
and service vehicles. Additionally, a covered golf cart
parking space will be developed at each dwelling unit.
F. Maintenance of Structures and Grounder Funds for
maintenance Of the apartment structures and the grounds
immediately around them will be provided in the typical con-
dominium corporation manner, ~.e., through monthly main-
tenance fees which are paid to and expended by the officers
of the condominium corporations. Maintenance and management
actions are to be made a lawful responsibility of the
Condominium Association, which will be established under
the CondominiumAct, Chapter 711, Florida Statutes, 1963.
The pertinent excerpt from the Declaration of Condomin£um
followsz
5. Maintenance, alteration and improvement.
Responsibility for the maintenance of the
condominium property, and restrictions upon
its alteration and improvement, shall be as
follows~
5.1.
Apartments
a. By the Association. The Association
shall ma£ntain, repair and replace
at the Association's expensez
(1) All portions of an apartment,
except interior surfaces, con-
tributing to the support of the
apartment building, which portions
shall include but not be l~mited
to loadbearing columns'and load-
bearing walls.
(2) All conduits, ducts, plumbing,
wirLng and other facilit~ee for
the furnishing of utility.
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services contained in the portions
, o! an apartment maintained by the
Associationl and all such facilities
contained within an apartment that
se=vice part or parts of the con-
dominium other than the apartment
within which containedl and
(3) All incidental damage caused to an
apartment by such work.shall be
repaired promptly at the expense
of the Association.
By the apartment owner. The reaponslbil~ty
of the apartment, owner shall be as
follows~
(1) To maintain, repair and replace at
his expense all portions of his
apartment except the ~orttona to
be maintained, repaired and replaced
By the Association. Such shall
be done without disturbing the rights
of other apartment owners.
(2) Not to paint or otherwise decorate
or change the appearance of any por-
tion of the exterior of the apart-
ment building.
{3) To promptly report to tho Association
any defect or need for repairs for
which the Association ia responsible.
Alteration and improvement. Neither an
apartment owner nor the Association shall
make any alteration in the portions of
an apartment or'apartment building that
are to be maintained by the Assocfati0n~:/
or remove any 'portion of such, or make
any additions to them, or do anything
that would Jeopardize the safety or
soundness of the apartment building, or
impair any easement, without first
obtaining approval in writing of owners
of all apartments in which such work
is to be done and the approval ¢.f the
Board of Directors of the Association.
A copy of the plans for all such work
prepared by an architect licensed to
practice in this state shall,be filed
with the Association prior to the start
of the work.
5.2 Common elements.
a. By the Association. The maintenance and
operation of the common elements shall
be the responsibility of the Association
and a common expense.
b. Alteration and improvement, After the
completion of the improvements included
in the common elements contemplated by
this Declaration; there shall be no
alteration nor further improvement of
the real property constituting the
common elements without prior approval
in writing by the owners of not less
than 75% of the common elements except
as provided by the By-Laws. Any such
alteration or improvement shall not
interfere with the rights of any apart-
ment owners without their consent. The
cost of such work shall not be assessed
against a bank, life insuran=e company
of savings and loan association that
acquires its title as the result of
owning a mortgage upon the apartment
the alteration or improvement, and thiS"
shall be so whether the title ks acqui'red ....
by deed £rom the ~ortgagor. or througB ",
foreclosure proceedings°, The share of
any cost no2 ~o assessed shall be assessed
to the other apartment owners in the
shares that their shares An the co.on
elements bear to each other. There shall
be no change An tho shares and
of an apartment owner An the common
elements altered or further £mproved,
whether or not the apartment owner con-
tributes to the cost of such alteration
or improvements.
~V. SINGLE FAMILY ~ESIDENTIAL DEVELopMENT .
The defined boundaries of the two s£~gle-fam~ly
residences within the project are numbered as Parcels 1 and
6 as shown on Exhibit
Parcel I 4.145 acres i dwellingunit
Parcel 6 6. 18 acres I dwelling unit
10.325 acres 2 dwelling units
The single family residential sites will represent
separate real estate ownerships from thQ remainder of the
land. Uses permitted on the two single-family residence sites,
in addition to single-family residences, include field crops,
horticulture, fruit and nut production, forestry, and non-
commercial poultry, horses and cart1& used solely by the
residents.
Should the present or subsequent owners of the
single-family residential tracts wish to subdivide or develop
the tracts for uses other than those set forth above,
ta£1ed development plans shall be submitted to the County
accord with the provision set forth in Section 11.31 of
the Collier County Zoning Ordinance, entitled C~NGES IN THE
DEVELOPMENT PLAN, as amended.
· he 10o69 acre site, shown as Parcel 9 on ~b~2
"a". representing 4.~% of the gross pro,act area, is &
separato entity from '..he land.Included'An the c~ub, go~£ course,
and apartment sites, This site is owned by the ~,~. Frank
family, and is not included in the land area leased to the
project developers. Specific developmen~ plans for Parcel 9
have not yet been settled upon. It is intended that Parcel
9 be utilized for a use oF uses which will be fully compatible
with the remainder of the project development. It is hereby
committed that prior to development of Parcel 9, detailed
development plans shall be submitted to the County in accord
with the provisions set forth in Section ll.31 of the Collie~
County Zoning Ordinance, entitled CHANGES IN THE DEVELOPMEN~
PLAN, as amended.. At the time of this future Parcel 9 site
plan submission, a new public hearing shall be held, at
which time the site plan will be reviewed as to drainage,
road access, parking, setback, overall sign plan, landscaping,
and such other items determined to be appropriate.
VI.THE GOLF CLUB
A. Facilities~ The initial golf clubhouse development will
consist of a 2-story structure ~ontaining approximately
10,000 square feet of floor area. At the ground level a
pro shop and cart storage facility will be developed, while
the second floor will house shower and locker room
for men and women, and a club grill and lounge area. 'At
such time aa a majority of the apartments are developed
occupied, and the club members have assumed management of the
club, said members will determine whether and to what extent
clubhouse area and facilities expansion shall occur.
B. Me~%bershtp~ Since the golf course will be in play well
before a high percentage of the planne4 apartment units are
built, it is contemplated that, ~nitl&lly, short term club
memberships will be sold. These memberships will be for &
term of one year, renewable at the option of the development
organizationz As apartment units are constructed and
their buyers will purchase permanent club membership, and a
like number of term memberships will be permitte4 to expire,
insuring that total club membership, at all times is' l~m~te~
to a maximum of 339 families. It is the developme,'t~0rg&ni
riCh's objective to limit permanent club membership to
apartment owners. It is possible however, that ciroumstancel ''~
will result in e low ~partment owners who do not wish ~o be
club members, and in this event club memberships may be sold
to persons other than project residents, so long as club
membership does not exceed 339, ~
C. Parkings Offstreet parking needs at the golf club will CD
be greatest after the course has been developed and before -~
apartment units have been constructed, since at ~hat ~'
many
time there will be a high proportion of non resident term ~
memberships, with all golfers holding such memberships
arriving'at the club by automobile. As time passes and the
proportion of project resident/club members rises, club
members will increasingly travel to the golf club from their
apartment by golf cart, resulting in a decline in offstreet
parking space needs. At the time of initial club development,
100 permanent offstreet parking spaces will be constructed
at the club. Additionally, grassed offetreet parking areas
on the extensive clubs grounds will be provided as required
to insure an adequacy of parking spaces completely off of
the project roadways. After the overall project is completed,
should there be evidence that permanent parking spaces in
addition to the initial 100 are needed, the additional amount
needed will be constructed.
VII OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION AREAS
A. Descriptions Open spaces and recreation areas include the
followings the centrally located club facility which will offer
varied indoor, and outdoor recreation activities and whose site
will accommodate the addition of recreation facilities 'from
time to time as determined by club members; the 18-hole golf
course; the grounds immediately around the multi-family
structures, wherein pools and other appropriate residential
recreation facilities will be established; the extensive
man made water bodies which lie partially in and partially out
of the golf course~ and the preserved natural wooded area.
The open spaces and recreation areas ere hereby identified.
on the development plan marked Exhibit 'A'~
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B. OwnershlpI The open spaces and recreation areas ara to
bo commonly owned (ac'tually leased for 99 years).
c. Maintenances The common areas'will initially be managed
and maintained by the development organizatton~ with manage-
ment and maintenance responsibility shifting to a club member/
apartment owner organization when ?5% to 80t of the 339
dwelling units, have been developed and are occupied. Con-
dominium apartment Article of Incorporation and By-Laws, and
Club By-Laws, to be established in advance of any apartment
sales, will require payment of monthly dues and fees which
will fund all management and maintenance activities within
the project.
A maintenance and storage area has been designated
adjacent Frank Road Just north of the north boundary of
Parcel 9. Equipment sheds~ open storage, equipment maintenance
and tho like, will take place at this £acilityo The entire
facility will be surrounded with a 10 foot high chainlink
fence which will be shrub covered so as to provide a complete
visual screen around the maintenance facility. Two gated
openings into the facility will be developed; one permitting
vehicular entry from Frank Road, the second permitting access
onto the golf course.
D. Open Space Per Dwelling Unit: Deleting Parcel 9 from
the total acreage leaves 207.949 acres. Approximately l0
acres will be covered by building or paved for drives and
parking. Thus, the amount of golf course, other recreation
areas, lakes, landscaped grounds~ and natural wooded areas
per dwelling unit is 26,720 square feet.
'VIII DEVELOPMENT PHASING
Phase I will include the complete golf course and
lake system, the club house, and the two apartment Structures
in Parcel 3. Subsequent apartment development timing will
be dictated by market response, with apartment development
sequence occurring in the various parcels as followss
Parcel 3, 7, 2, 4~ 5, and 8.
IX CONSTRUCTION PLAN APPROVAL
All detailed development plans, including but not
limited to site preparation plans, building construction
plans, landscaping plans and utilities installation plans,
shall be submitted to and aPproVed by the County Planning
Director prior to initietio, of any site preparatio~ or
construction activity. The planning Director shall review
the detailed plans and insure that they fully comply with
the approved over-all development plan.
X UTILITIES
The project will be served by approve~ central
water and sewer utilities, and by underground ele~tric, tele-
phone, and television service. Easements for these under-
ground installations will follow the road system in the
development plan, as required by the various utility companies.
XI WATER MANAGEMENT
The basic water management strategy involves
development of a system of Xakes into which surface water
runoff will be directed. The lakes will interlock with each
other and each will have a controlled outlet structure. The
lower lakes, when overtopped, will spil! into the natural
lowlands in the foreoted drainage basin bottom area. The
lake system is so design'ed that less'surface waters will run
off the property after development than is now the case.
Three of the golf holes,-lying in the lower portion of the
property, are to be slightly raised so as to be playable most
of the time, but these h01es will flood during heavy rains
and will thus be out of play while they are functioning as
part of the surface water storage area. Waters moving from
higher elevation to lower elevation lakes will pass through
pipes or shallow wet weather swales in the higher portions
of the property, and will meander as sheet flow through
natural, undisturbed wooded areas in the 1owe= portions of
the property. For those building sites wherein natural
ground elevations are not higher than the design flood
elevation, the building site and adJo~ing ~=ive.&nd pa=king
areas will.be raised, utilizing fill material
from the system of prope~
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Detailed water management plans have been eubmitted to ~he
County staff, County Water Management Board~ and the County
Environmental Advisory Council. The Water Management ~oard
voted its approval of the water management plan on January 11~
1973. The Environmental Advisory Board voted its approval
on December 22, 1972. The water management plan is shown
on Exhibit "D".
As requested by the County Engineer~ a lake
monitoring program will be established by or under the direction
of the U.S. Geological Survey, with the data and conclusions
produced by the monitoring program to be furnished to the
County Engineer..The pro,ett sponsors will underwrite the cost
of this lake monitoring program and, should program results
determine the necessity to modify the'size of a lake or
lakes or to undertake other specific water management activities,
such lake modifications and/or water management actions will
be accomplished as a project expense.
SECTION TWO
This Ordinance shall take effect upon receipt
of notice that it has been filed with the Secretary of
State.
DATEDI April 13. 1976 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
· - .. COLLI~COUNTY~ FLORIDA
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