Naples City Manager to determine the Four Seasons porte cochere by mid-February.

It is now up to City Manager Jay Boodheshwar to determine whether or not Four Seasons’ Naples Beach Club may have a covered drop-off or porte cochere, and if so, how big it can be. It is anticipated that he will make a decision by the middle of February.

The primary concern is that an appropriate porte cochere for a five-star hotel like this one being built on Gulf Shore Boulevard will violate set-back regulations, in addition to the architects’ request for a significant design change after site plans were authorized. The city’s Land Use Ordinance specifies these minimal requirements for the areas surrounding buildings, according to a recent article by J. Kyle Foster of Naples Daily News.

The Athens Group is building a 216-room hotel on the site of the former Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club, which was closed for 70 years.

After reviewing three recommendations from Beach Club architect Hart Howerton over the course of three months, Naples City Council returned the decision to Boodheshwar. The majority of council members felt that a five-star hotel should have a covered driveway cover, but they couldn’t agree on whether to let Four Seasons install one.

In response to an email from Boodheshwar, the Naples communications and public outreach manager, Monique Barnhart-Tiberio, stated that she expected to make a decision by the middle of February.

She wrote, “A decision has not been made,” on February 1. “Jay will be reviewing and making a consideration by mid-February.”

Although Four Seasons has only proposed plans for a two-car porte cochere—and even a one-car proposal that architects deemed “functionally inept”—it has expressed a desire for a three-car porte cochere.

In January, Tim McCarthy, a partner at Hart Howerton, also proposed combining two of the concepts for two-car coverage, but using the one-car proposal’s shorter, flatter roof.

This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News