UNWANTED TENANTS: Neighbors say iguanas have taken over a building in south Cape Coral<\/a><\/p>\n“It’s pretty trashy,” Patty Koyanis said.<\/p>\n
Gary Colley agrees the building is problematic for the downtown area.<\/p>\n
“For being downtown, it does look really bad in the main area of the Cape,” Colley said.<\/p>\n
The iguanas have moved beyond just the building itself. Colley said he’s seen large iguanas taking over owl burrows.<\/p>\n
“There’s a couple of them that were, like, three feet long inside the owls burrows on the cold morning hanging out, and I think they’re running off the owls,” Colley said.<\/p>\n
According to the city’s website, a full demolition permit application was submitted on Thursday. While the permit hasn’t been approved yet, construction crews have been spotted at the building.<\/p>\n
“If the building was gone, it would deter them being around and being in such large numbers. For the homeowners, with respect to break walls and damage that they do,” Dycha said.<\/p>\n
I reached out to the property owner but didn’t hear back.<\/p>\n
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