No Digging, Filling, or Dredging; Digging, dredging, grading, filling, mining, or removing soil, peat, gravel, or other materials is prohibited unless specifically authorized.
No Interference With Drainage; No one may block, alter, damage, or interfere with drainage areas, flowways, culverts, erosion-control systems, water-control structures, or wildlife habitat. Residents should not create paths, install landscaping, clear areas behind their homes, or make changes to conservation property without written authorization.
What the CDD Is Allowed to Do
The CDD and its approved contractors may enter conservation areas to perform work required by environmental permits and District responsibilities.
This may include:
Removal of Invasive Plants; Environmental contractors may remove invasive species such as Brazilian pepper, melaleuca, and other non-native vegetation.
Stormwater Maintenance; The CDD may inspect, repair, clear, and maintain culverts, drainage structures, flowways, water-control devices, and other stormwater systems.
Environmental Restoration; The District may restore damaged areas, replace approved vegetation, control erosion, and complete work required by environmental agencies.
Removal of Dangerous Trees; Dead, dying, diseased, or hazardous trees may be trimmed or removed when necessary to protect residents, homes, roads, or District property and when permitted by the applicable environmental requirements.
These rights belong to the CDD and its authorized contractors. They do not give residents, homeowners, landscapers, or other private individuals permission to perform the same work.
Dumping Is Illegal; Dumping trash, furniture, construction materials, household items, lawn clippings, tree limbs, soil, or landscape debris in our lakes, wetlands, preserves, drainage areas, or other District property is prohibited. This behavior damages the environment, interferes with drainage, creates additional expense, and affects everyone in the community.
If You See Someone Actively Dumping;
- Call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency number at: 239-477-1000
- Call 911 if there is an immediate threat, violence, a blocked roadway, or another urgent safety issue.
- Do not confront the person.
- If it is safe to do so, record:
- The license-plate number
- The make, model, and color of the vehicle
- A description of the individuals
- The date and time
Understanding the CFM CDD (continued)
- The exact location
- The type of material being dumped
- Photographs or video taken from a safe location
If You Find an Existing Dump Site;
If you discover furniture, household trash, construction debris, landscape waste, or other materials that have already been abandoned, report it.
- Lee County Solid Waste; 239-533-8000
- Lee County Code Enforcement; 239-533-8895
- A complaint may also be submitted through Lee County’s online Code Enforcement reporting system.
Florida law generally requires someone reporting a county code violation to provide their name and address. Anonymous complaints are generally not accepted, except in certain situations involving an immediate threat to public health, safety, welfare, or the environment.
Notify the CFM CDD
Because approximately 479 acres of conservation property are owned or controlled by the CFM CDD, the District should also be notified of suspected dumping, unauthorized clearing, damaged drainage structures, or other activity on CDD property.
Contact:
Belinda Blandon, District Manager
Rizzetta & Company, Inc.
9530 Marketplace Road, Suite 206
Fort Myers, Florida 33912
239-936-0913
Email: [email protected]
The District can inspect the location, determine who owns the property, document the damage, contact the proper authorities, and arrange for cleanup or restoration.
Protecting Our Community
Magnolia Landing’s wetlands, lakes, preserves, and native vegetation are not unused property. They are an important part of our drainage system, flood-control system, wildlife habitat, and community environment. They belong to all of us and protecting them is everyone’s responsibility. Please do not dump, mow, clear, trim, build, landscape, or create paths within a conservation area. If you see something, report it. Let the CDD and its authorized professionals determine what action should be taken.
No Digging, Filling, or Dredging; Digging, dredging, grading, filling, mining, or removing soil, peat, gravel, or other materials is prohibited unless specifically authorized.
No Interference With Drainage; No one may block, alter, damage, or interfere with drainage areas, flowways, culverts, erosion-control systems, water-control structures, or wildlife habitat. Residents should not create paths, install landscaping, clear areas behind their homes, or make changes to conservation property without written authorization.
What the CDD Is Allowed to Do
The CDD and its approved contractors may enter conservation areas to perform work required by environmental permits and District responsibilities.
This may include:
Removal of Invasive Plants; Environmental contractors may remove invasive species such as Brazilian pepper, melaleuca, and other non-native vegetation.
Stormwater Maintenance; The CDD may inspect, repair, clear, and maintain culverts, drainage structures, flowways, water-control devices, and other stormwater systems.
Environmental Restoration; The District may restore damaged areas, replace approved vegetation, control erosion, and complete work required by environmental agencies.
Removal of Dangerous Trees; Dead, dying, diseased, or hazardous trees may be trimmed or removed when necessary to protect residents, homes, roads, or District property and when permitted by the applicable environmental requirements.
These rights belong to the CDD and its authorized contractors. They do not give residents, homeowners, landscapers, or other private individuals permission to perform the same work.
Dumping Is Illegal; Dumping trash, furniture, construction materials, household items, lawn clippings, tree limbs, soil, or landscape debris in our lakes, wetlands, preserves, drainage areas, or other District property is prohibited. This behavior damages the environment, interferes with drainage, creates additional expense, and affects everyone in the community.
If You See Someone Actively Dumping;
- Call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency number at: 239-477-1000
- Call 911 if there is an immediate threat, violence, a blocked roadway, or another urgent safety issue.
- Do not confront the person.
- If it is safe to do so, record:
- The license-plate number
- The make, model, and color of the vehicle
- A description of the individuals
- The date and time
Understanding the CFM CDD (continued)
- The exact location
- The type of material being dumped
- Photographs or video taken from a safe location
If You Find an Existing Dump Site;
If you discover furniture, household trash, construction debris, landscape waste, or other materials that have already been abandoned, report it.
- Lee County Solid Waste; 239-533-8000
- Lee County Code Enforcement; 239-533-8895
- A complaint may also be submitted through Lee County’s online Code Enforcement reporting system.
Florida law generally requires someone reporting a county code violation to provide their name and address. Anonymous complaints are generally not accepted, except in certain situations involving an immediate threat to public health, safety, welfare, or the environment.
Notify the CFM CDD
Because approximately 479 acres of conservation property are owned or controlled by the CFM CDD, the District should also be notified of suspected dumping, unauthorized clearing, damaged drainage structures, or other activity on CDD property.
Contact:
Belinda Blandon, District Manager
Rizzetta & Company, Inc.
9530 Marketplace Road, Suite 206
Fort Myers, Florida 33912
239-936-0913
Email: [email protected]
The District can inspect the location, determine who owns the property, document the damage, contact the proper authorities, and arrange for cleanup or restoration.
Protecting Our Community
Magnolia Landing’s wetlands, lakes, preserves, and native vegetation are not unused property. They are an important part of our drainage system, flood-control system, wildlife habitat, and community environment. They belong to all of us and protecting them is everyone’s responsibility. Please do not dump, mow, clear, trim, build, landscape, or create paths within a conservation area. If you see something, report it. Let the CDD and its authorized professionals determine what action should be taken.