560 S Collier Blvd Hotel

A rezoning petition (REZN-24-000098) proposes changing the 10.44-acre Hilton Hotel site at 560 S. Collier Blvd. on Marco Island from Residential Tourist (R-T) to Planned Unit Development (PUD). The applicant, Marco Beach Hotel, Inc., seeks to increase the number of hotel units from 310 (30 units per acre) to 626 (60 units per acre) and to permit structures up to a maximum height of 150 feet, with uses generally similar to those allowed in the RT district. The applicant also proposes using fractional density or interpreting the Resort Residential Future Land Use category as having no density limit, with the PUD document creating the additional units. City staff recommended denial, citing conflicts with the Comprehensive Plan, while the Planning Board voted 3-2 to recommend approval; the application was filed by attorney Zachary W. Lombardo and Robert Mulhere of Hole Montes, a Bowman Company.