Role/jurisdiction: Fort Myers region; prior corridor safety study context in this county. Unincorporated county roads — Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Estero, Fort Myers Beach, and Sanibel handle their own. Split responsibility: Lee County DOT (leegov.com/dot) runs operations, counts, and ROW/driveway permits; the Department of Community Development (DCD) runs development review (Development Orders via eConnect). FDOT District 1 for state roads.
Known starting points (resolved 2026-07-08 unless tagged):
- Lee County DOT maintains many signals; the DOT Traffic Operations Center monitors “the traffic signals in the County” (see below) — still confirm the maintaining agency per corridor/municipality
#status/verify. - Active safety program; crash dashboard located — it’s the Lee MPO’s SS4A crash dashboard, linked below.
- Lee County relies on road impact fees rather than concurrency for offsite mitigation: projects adding < 300 peak-hour trips are presumed mitigated by paying impact fees (TIS Guidelines).
Collect (link each as found; date it)
- TIA/TIS guidelines: LDC § 10-286 — Traffic impact statements (Ch. 10, Art. III, Div. 2 — Municode; the elaws.us mirror was returning 503 on 2026-07-08) + Traffic Impact Statement Guidelines for Development Orders (PDF) — posted version last edited 2015-02-03 (per document metadata). Thresholds: ≥ 300 peak-hour trips → comprehensive TIS of the surrounding road system; < 300 → trip generation + access-point analysis only, offsite impacts presumed mitigated by road impact fees. Methodology meeting with DCD Development Services staff “strongly recommended.” Companion: § 10-287 traffic impact mitigation plan. The old DCD “Traffic Study Resources” page (leegov.com/dcd/infraplanning/traffic) is now 404 — Wayback copy, 2025-03-19. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Parking study guidelines / parking code (with section #): LDC Ch. 34, Art. VII, Div. 26 — Parking, rates in § 34-2020 Required parking spaces (Municode Div. 26) — Table 34-2020(a) residential minimums + 10% guest parking in common lots; built-in reductions (5% for bike/ped facilities + racks; golf-cart space credits). No standalone county parking study guideline published online — request expectations from DCD. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Traffic calming program/guidelines: no published countywide residential traffic calming program or policy found online (searched 2026-07-08)
#status/verify— requests route through the DOT Request for Action intake (Survey123 form; DOT Operations (239) 533-9400 / RFA@leegov.com), county roads only. - Complete Streets policy · Vision Zero / Safety Action Plan: the safety planning lives at the Lee County MPO: SS4A Safety Action Plan — final plan + appendices and crash dashboard (posted 2025-06-03); Bicycle, Pedestrian and Traffic Safety program with the 2020 Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Action Plan (and 2013 predecessor). The MPO maintains a Complete Streets policy/initiative (TIGER-funded county projects); no county-adopted standalone Complete Streets policy or Vision Zero resolution found online
#status/verify. (checked 2026-07-08) - Roadway design standards / standard details: LDC Ch. 10 — Development Standards, Art. III Div. 2 (Transportation, Roadways, Streets and Bridges) (Municode) is the governing design chapter for private development; DOT publishes a Signal & Street Light Spec page; ROW work standards reference the Florida Greenbook via AC-11-12 (below). No consolidated county roadway design manual/standard-details set found online (searched 2026-07-08)
#status/verify— request from DOT Engineering Services. - Access management standards: LDC § 10-285 — Connection separation (same Div. 2 link; definitions treat two one-way driveways ≤ 50 ft apart as one connection) + Administrative Code AC-11-12 (PDF) — “Construction and Maintenance Activities in County… Right-of-Way…; Residential Driveway Connection on County Roads,” adopted 3/6/91, amended through 2015-01-06. State roads: FDOT access class/connection permits. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Traffic count requirements (seasonal factors accepted?): Lee County DOT publishes annual Traffic Count Reports — 2025 Permanent Count Station (PCS) report + spreadsheets back to ~2013, and a searchable MS2 TCDS database (lee.ms2soft.com). Permanent stations carry monthly/daily/hourly factors, so seasonal adjustment is supported locally — the posted TIS Guidelines don’t state a peak-season requirement; confirm at the methodology meeting
#status/verify. (checked 2026-07-08) - Crash/safety dashboard: Lee MPO SS4A crash dashboard (ArcGIS Experience) — built for the Safety Action Plan; statewide alternative: Signal Four Analytics (agency login). No county-run crash dashboard found. (checked 2026-07-08)
- GIS / open data portal: Lee County GIS → Lee County Maps and Apps (ArcGIS Hub) and the LeeGIS Data Explorer — parcels, infrastructure, zoning, flood, aerials; downloads + LiDAR on request; MPO GIS/Map Room for planning layers. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Signal timing procedures & maintaining agency: Lee County DOT Traffic Operations Center (Public Safety Center) — monitors county traffic signals, dispatches maintenance on malfunctions/flash, adjusts signals during incidents, CCTV monitoring with no recording (TOC page; page is bot-walled to some fetchers — verified via browser-UA fetch 2026-07-08). No written signal-timing/retiming procedures document published online — request from DOT. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Development review process & submittal requirements: DCD Development Services — administrative review + issuance of Development Orders for commercial/industrial/multifamily/subdivision site work in unincorporated Lee; pre-application meeting first; submittal is electronic-only via the eConnect portal (Accela). Guide: Development Order: Application and Approval Guide (PDF). (checked 2026-07-08)
- Permit forms (ROW, driveway): DOT Engineering Services — Commercial Right of Way Permits and Residential Driveway Permits (driveway stakeout/evaluation required; concrete or asphalt unless an alternate is approved; roadside drainage conveyance must be maintained) + Driveway Request Worksheet (PDF); governing policy AC-11-12 (above). (checked 2026-07-08)
- Example projects (ours & public): ours live in the private vault (see callout below); no county-published example 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 · Charlotte County · Collier County