DiamondHead Beach Resort expansion plans to go back to Town Council

Just two weeks after a vote by the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council to send an amended filing for the Diamondhead Beach Resort s expansion plans back to the Local Planning Agency (LPA), the plans are now being re-rerouted back to the Town Council on Nov. 16. An attorney from the Diamondhead Beach Resort pointed out to the Town Council on Monday that their vote earlier this month to send the proposal back to the LPA, did not have enough votes. The Town of Fort Myers Beach Council voted 2-1 earlier this month to remand the DiamondHead Beach Resort expansion proposal back to the Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency (LPA), following a change in the plans that removed a proposed 10-story tower from the project. The resort s owners are looking to add 55 rooms, which they are now seeking to attach to the existing building, rather than build a new tower. The LPA had voted against the original plan last month. Neale Montgomery, an attorney for the Diamondhead Beach Resort, told the Town Coun