Resolution 2017-248 RESOLUTION NO. 17- 248
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA DESIGNATING THE VISITOR
CENTER, A FORMER HUNTING LODGE, AT PEPPER RANCH AS A
HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE, PURSUANT TO THE
HISTORIC/ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRESERVATION REGULATIONS
AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 2.03.07.E OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THE SUBJECT IS LOCATED ON
LAND SOUTH OF TRAFFORD OAKS ROAD WITHIN THE
GREATER PEPPER RANCH PRESERVE AREA OF 2512+ ACRES IN
IMMOKALEE IN SECTIONS 26 AND 35, TOWNSHIP 46 SOUTH,
RANGE 28 EAST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA. [PL20160000438]
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County adopted Ordinance
No. 91-70, the Historical/Archaeological Preservation Ordinance, on August 7, 1991 and
subsequently incorporated this Ordinance into the Collier County Land Development Code; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County seeks to recognize
the importance and significance of Collier County's historical heritage, and to this end has
enacted regulations to protect, preserve and perpetuate Collier County's historic and
archaeological sites, districts, structures, buildings and properties; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.03.07.E of the Land Development Code, provides for official
designation of particular sites and structures as historically significant and provides regulations
to maintain the historic character of officially designated properties; and
WHEREAS, Pepper Ranch was used beginning in the 1920's for farming, cattle
ranching, and cabbage palm farming, and since the 1980's, for oil production; and
WHEREAS, the Visitor Center was built in 1964 and used by the Pepper Family as a
hunting lodge and occasional residence; and it is representative of early cracker houses with
wood frame construction and an interior line of tongue and groove pine and cypress with a
vaulted, exposed beam ceiling; and
WHEREAS, the Pepper Family were early pioneers in Collier County; Frank Pepper
worked for Henry Flagler on the Florida East Coast railroad as a surveyor and real estate agent.
Frank Pepper also was one of the founders and owners of Royal Palm Club and Gulfstream
Racetrack, both in Miami. His brother, James Pepper, founded the Immokalee 1St Baptist Church
in 1927; and
WHEREAS, the Collier County Historical/Archaeological Preservation Board reviewed
and considered the application for historic designation of the Visitor Center, formerly a hunting
lodge, at Pepper Ranch at a public meeting held for that purpose; and
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WHEREAS, on January 20, 2016, the Preservation Board voted to recommend approval
of the application for historic designation of Visitor Center at Pepper Ranch; and
WHEREAS, the Preservation Board hereby forwards said nomination to the Board of
County Commissioners.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA that:
In recognition of its important and significant place in the historical heritage of Collier
County, the structure commonly known as the Visitor Center at Pepper Ranch, formerly a
hunting lodge, located on land south of Trafford Oaks Road within the property described as
Property Tax Identification number 00053840000 in the Warranty Deed recorded on February 2,
2009 in Official Records Book 4425 Page 3280 of the public records of Collier County, is hereby
designated as a historical structure.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Visitor Center at Pepper Ranch shall hereafter be
subject to the Historic/Archaeological Preservations Regulations of the Collier County Land
Development Code as they pertain to historically designated property including all applicable
incentives and restrictions.
Thi Resolution adopted after motion, second and majority vote this ( day of
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ATTEST: 4, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DWIGHT E. B o CLERK COLLIER 0 '' TY, FLORIDA
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By: 7 i ni/ NI
Attatesito PENNY" LOR, an
signature only,
Approved as to form and legality:
H idi Ashton-Cicko
Managing Assistant County Attorney
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