Role/jurisdiction: Unincorporated Charlotte County (Port Charlotte, Murdock, Englewood area); Punta Gorda is the county’s only municipality and runs its own land development review, but the county maintains Punta Gorda’s traffic signals under contract (see signals entry). Land development review runs through Community Development (Planning & Zoning); roadway engineering and operations through Public Works. Heavy hurricane-rebuild (Ian) driven workload. State roads (US 41, SR 776, I-75) are FDOT District 1.
Known starting points (resolved 2026-07-08 unless tagged):
- Development code is the Code of Laws and Ordinances, Part III — Land Development and Growth Management (Municode) — there is no separately-published “TIS manual”; traffic study requirements live in the code (Ch. 3-7 Subdivisions) and site plan submittal materials.
- The MPO here is the Charlotte County–Punta Gorda MPO (ccpgmpo.gov) — its SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan and Vision Zero crash dashboard are the safety data products for the county.
- Confirm FDOT vs. County maintenance per corridor before citing standards (FDOT District 1)
#status/verifyper corridor.
Collect (link each as found; date it)
- TIA/TIS guidelines: no standalone county TIA/TIS guidelines manual published online. Code basis: § 3-7-88 — Traffic impact statement (Municode) — subdivisions must submit a traffic study of impacts on the county road network incl. site-related intersection improvements at main access points; a justification narrative may substitute for small projects, with the county engineer/planning director deciding if more analysis is required. The Site Plan Review Brochure (rev. 02/2025, PDF) lists traffic impact statements among site plan application materials. Methodology/scoping expectations: request from the county. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Parking study guidelines / parking code (with section #): § 3-9-79 — Off-street parking and loading facilities, Ch. 3-9 Zoning, Art. III Special Regulations (Municode). No county parking study guideline published online — request from Planning & Zoning. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Traffic calming program/guidelines: no published traffic calming program, criteria, or petition process found online — the Maintenance & Operations page mentions traffic calming only as part of sign/marking maintenance work. Request the current process from Public Works
#status/verify. (checked 2026-07-08) - Complete Streets policy · Vision Zero / Safety Action Plan: no county-adopted Complete Streets policy found online
#status/verify. Safety plan is the MPO’s: CC–PG MPO Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (SS4A) — $262k SS4A planning grant (2023), Vision Zero / Safe System framework, exec summary + full plan PDFs on that page (target adoption Dec 2024 per the page). (checked 2026-07-08) - Roadway design standards / standard details: Engineering Design and Construction Standards within County ROW (PDF, 22 pp.) — governs all work in county ROW; defaults to FDOT Standard Specifications/Indexes + MUTCD; County Engineer may grant variances. Subdivision pavement/ROW specs: § 3-7-84 (Ch. 3-7, Municode). Also: Supplemental Specifications for Traffic Signal and Street Light Installations, March 2025 (PDF) and the Public Works MOT policy (PDF). (checked 2026-07-08)
- Access management standards: Ch. 3-6 Roads and Bridges, Art. IV — Highway Access Control (§§ 3-6-82 to 3-6-89; highway access standards at § 3-6-85, controlled-access arterials/collectors at § 3-6-86) (Municode). Driveway connections are permitted through the ROW permit (below). (checked 2026-07-08)
- Traffic count requirements (seasonal factors accepted?): no published count-collection or seasonal-adjustment requirements — request from Public Works. Published volume/LOS data: 2025 Roadway Level of Service (concurrency) report (PDF) — peak-hour two-way LOS by segment, maintained by Transportation Engineering (Public Works). No public count database found (the old Transportation Engineering counts page now 403s); FDOT Traffic Online covers state roads. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Crash/safety dashboard: CC–PG MPO Vision Zero Crash Data Dashboard (hosted on the county’s ArcGIS portal; linked from the MPO SS4A page). No separate county-published crash dashboard found; Signal Four Analytics requires agency login. (checked 2026-07-08)
- GIS / open data portal: Charlotte County GIS — Interactive Map App Gallery, Shapefile Gallery (downloads), plus raw file server at data.charlottecountyfl.gov and ArcGIS REST services (agis3.charlottecountyfl.gov). (checked 2026-07-08)
- Signal timing procedures & maintaining agency: Public Works Maintenance & Operations runs 100+ signalized intersections, 52 incident cameras, detection systems, and 75 mi of fiber (M&O page); central control is the Charlotte County/Punta Gorda ATMS (FDOT D1 ITS architecture element). Punta Gorda contracts its signal maintenance to the county — stated on the city’s Traffic Signals, Signs & Striping Coordination page (ci.punta-gorda.fl.us; page 403s to bots but confirmed live via search snippets). Street lighting: Charlotte County Lighting District (~2,200 roadway lights). No written signal-timing procedures published — request from Public Works. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Development review process & submittal requirements: Site Plan Review (Community Development, Planning & Zoning) — online application; preliminary then final site plan review, each stage stated ≤ 30 business days. Site Plan Review Brochure (PDF) and Preliminary Site Plan Checklist (PDF). Subdivision requirements: Ch. 3-7 (Municode). (checked 2026-07-08)
- Permit forms (ROW, driveway): Right-of-Way Permit Requirements — permits required for all work in county ROW/easements incl. driveway installation/reinstallation/resurfacing, culverts, utilities; submitted at the Murdock permitting office, concurrent with the building permit (standalone ROW permit available for driveway-only work). Detail pages: Right of Way Permit · Residential Driveway. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Example projects (ours & public): ours live in the private vault (see callout below); no county-published example TIA/TIS submittals found online.
Contacts, review-comment history, and institutional notes live in the private vault — never on the public site.
See also: MOC - Agencies · FDOT Districts and Turnpike · Sarasota County · Lee County