About Pelican Marsh
Pelican Marsh is a gated community of 3,438 residential parcels in Naples, built around an 18-hole championship golf course (Robert von Hagge, opened 1994; member-owned equity club).
Amenities — golf and social amenities owned by the member-owned (equity) Pelican Marsh Golf Club; community-wide services run through the Pelican Marsh CDD — include an 18-hole championship golf course (Robert von Hagge, opened 1994; member-owned equity club), a community center, a tennis facility and pickleball, dining, a guard-gated entry, roughly 26–30 residential sub-neighborhoods across the master plan.
On paper, the community sits in evacuation zone B.
Pelican Marsh rewards a careful read of how it is actually governed, because it does not fit the usual single-HOA mold. This is a large, guard-gated, WCI-developed master community of more than 2,000 residences across roughly 26 to 30 sub-neighborhoods in North Naples, close to Mercato and Vanderbilt Beach. But the corporate master and owners' associations from its 1990s developer era were dissolved years ago. Today, community-wide governance runs through the Pelican Marsh Community Development District — a governmental special district — while the golf and social amenities belong to the member-owned, equity Pelican Marsh Golf Club, and each sub-neighborhood keeps its own association for its own common areas. The practical takeaway for a buyer: there is no single master-HOA office to call; you confirm the CDD for community-wide infrastructure and assessments, the equity club for golf and social membership, and the specific neighborhood association for the home itself.
The golf is a member-owned, 18-hole Robert von Hagge course that opened with the community in 1994, supported by a community center, a tennis facility, pickleball and dining. Because the club is equity and separate, golf is a membership decision distinct from the home purchase.
On the records, county data places Pelican Marsh in evacuation Zone B, in the North Collier fire district, with a flood profile leaning to the lower-risk X500 band and Friday solid-waste collection. The Collier PUD boundary counts roughly 3,400 parcels within the community — a number that reflects its many condominium and attached-home neighborhoods alongside the single-family estates, so it runs higher than a simple 'homes' figure. The headline for a buyer is governance literacy: know which body — CDD, equity club, or neighborhood association — owns each obligation before you buy.A few practical notes: electricity is Florida Power & Light, and the community's position near Mercato, Vanderbilt Beach and the North Naples retail corridor is a genuine locational advantage. Because Pelican Marsh has no single master HOA, a buyer should budget time to gather documents from three sources — the CDD, the equity club and the specific neighborhood association — rather than one management office, and confirm what each assessment covers before closing. The payoff for that extra diligence is one of North Naples' most amenity-rich and well-located master communities, with an established golf club and quick access to the Gulf beaches. Confirm current dues, membership terms, amenity access and any rules directly with the association and club; this page is an independent, records-based starting point and is not affiliated with the community, its club or any developer.
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