Zachary W. Lombardo, B.C.S., Local Government Law attorney Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, P.A.
Florida Land Use and Local Government Law attorney Zachary W. Lombardo was published in the February 2024 issue of The Reporter by The Florida Bar’s Environmental and Land Use Law Section (ELULS) in “The Property Line” column. Read the article here: https://eluls.org/reporter/.
Zach is on the ELULS Executive Council for 2021-2024 and served on the Treatise Committee as Vice Chair in 2022-2023. As an attorney with Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, P.A. in Naples, he is a Board Certified Specialist in City, County & Local Government Law by The Florida Bar. Additionally, he is the City Attorney for Everglades City, Florida.
Zach’s primary focus is helping public and private clients in a wide variety of land use and local government matters, including strategizing both advocacy for as well as opposition to:
comprehensive plan amendments,
re-zonings,
variances,
conditional uses,
non-conforming uses,
land development code amendments,
official interpretations, and
right-of-way permits.
Zach frequently appears before the Marco Island Planning Board, the Marco Island City Council, the Collier County Planning Commission, the Collier County Hearing Examiner, and the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County.
Beyond land use, Zach helps public and private clients navigate various local government and environmental matters such as:
public records,
property tax appeals,
agricultural tax exemptions,
bid protests,
public contracts,
interlocal agreements,
floodplain regulations,
code enforcement,
environmental resource permits,
sovereignty land leases, and
litigation related to the above.
Zach is an experienced litigator in state and federal court, both at a trial court level and on appeal. In his business matters and contract drafting, he focuses on practical solutions.