Commented out the SetEnv line in .htaccess and added a comment where to add the line.

public/.htaccess

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV development
+# If you're a developer add the following line to your apache config. Otherwise ignore the line.
+# SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV development
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]