Residents of southeast Cape Coral are feeling anxious and confused after receiving red notices from the city, instructing them to "stop work immediately", even though construction isn't underway."Went to the city and we got the paperwork from the city, the 13-page handout looked pretty complicated," said Fran Esquerre, who received a citation.Esquerre is one of the many residents who received a red notice on their door from the City of Cape Coral. He owns two houses on SE 20th Place, so he received two."Thursday morning, I was visited by the city itself, they were going door-to-door, super professional came in with a couple of his people and totally put me at rest and asked a couple questions," Esquerre said.But neighbors like Joe Goldstein weren't as calm as him."What code have I violated? Well FEMA didn’t share that with us," said Goldstein, a southeast Cape Coral resident.On Wednesday during the Cape Coral City Council meeting, the city manager referenced 22 properties got notices, approved 214 demolitions and issued 108,000 permits that are not Hurricane Ian-related."In fact, in some of our inspections that we’re doing regarding these properties, we are finding unpermitted work that was not post-Ian, we are seeing work that was unpermitted, but was done maybe five or six years ago and we’re still taking action on those properties," said Micheal IIcyzyn, Cape Coral's city manager.Some neighbors believe that this could've been handled better instead of leaving a red sign on their door preventing them from making any adjustments to their property."We have landscaping that we need to do we have painting, we still haven’t fully recovered from the impact of Ian. We still have work to do, but now we can’t even move forward on that," Goldstein said.The city has about three weeks left to get documents to FEMA or people could face higher flood insurance rates in October. Residents told ABC7 they have to appear at a hearing at the city hall scheduled during the first week of May.Count on ABC7 to keep you updated as this story develops.