Role/jurisdiction: Unincorporated county roads only — the county does not review or permit work inside Bradenton, Palmetto, Anna Maria, Holmes Beach, Bradenton Beach, or Longboat Key (town straddles the Manatee/Sarasota line). Heavy development review volume (Parrish, Lakewood Ranch corridor). Land development review runs through the Development Services Department (electronic submittal via the Accela Online Services Portal); roadway operations through Public Works Traffic Management Division.
Known starting points (resolved 2026-07-08 unless tagged):
- The governing traffic study document is now the Traffic Study Guidelines, March 20, 2026 (Development Services) — it superseded the long-standing March 2015 Public Works guidelines. Transportation concurrency is still active here (unlike Hillsborough’s mobility fees).
- Traffic calming: the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program (NTCP) was re-adopted 2025-05-06 (Resolution R-25-001) — criteria and petition mechanics below.
- Signals countywide (including Bradenton and Palmetto systems) are run from the Manatee–Sarasota Regional Traffic Management Center under a 2005 interlocal — see signals entry.
- Always confirm FDOT vs. County maintenance for a corridor — major arterials (US 41, US 301, SR 64, SR 70) are state roads, FDOT District 1
#status/verifyper corridor.
Collect (link each as found; date it)
- TIA/TIS guidelines: Manatee County Traffic Study Guidelines (signed PDF) — Development Services Department, March 20, 2026 edition (24 pp.). Study types: Traffic Study Waiver (supported by a trip-generation comparison), Trip Reservation Report/Operational Analysis (TRR/OA) for administratively approved projects, Multimodal Site Access and Safety Analysis (MSASA) mandatory for applications heard by the BOCC, and Comprehensive Plan Amendment Traffic Study (CPA-TS). “De Minimis” impact = fewer than 50 gross PM-peak-hour trips or fewer than 300 gross daily trips. Pre-study methodology meeting with Transportation Planning staff (and the County’s traffic review consultant when required) is required. Plain-language overview on the county’s Transportation Planning page. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Parking study guidelines / parking code (with section #): LDC Chapter 10 — Transportation Management: § 1005 Off-Street Parking and § 1006 Off-Street Loading (Municode); lot construction per the Public Works Standards. No standalone county parking study guideline is published online — reduction/alternative-rate study expectations: request from Development Services. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Traffic calming program/guidelines: Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program (PDF) — adopted 2025-05-06 (Resolution R-25-001, Exhibit A). Key mechanics: public local residential streets in the unincorporated county only (thoroughfares excluded); request from an HOA or a group of ≥ 4 separately owned abutting properties; eligibility screen = posted speed ≤ 30 mph, ADT > 150 and ≤ 2,000 vpd, and 85th percentile ≥ 5 mph over posted; a volume/speed/multimodal grading system needs ≥ 6 points to proceed; petition needs 67% “yes” of property owners in the study area plus “yes” from owners within 100 ft of each device; requestors pay the device cost (county installs/maintains); BOCC approval before installation. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Complete Streets policy · Vision Zero / Safety Action Plan: county safety plan = Traffic & Road Safety Program and Action Plan (PDF) — Public Works, June 2025, developed with federal SS4A funding. No standalone county-adopted Complete Streets policy found published online (complete-streets goals were added to the Comprehensive Plan circa 2013)
#status/verify— request from the county. Regional: Sarasota/Manatee MPO Destination Zero Safety Action Plan (first adopted 2022-02-28). (checked 2026-07-08) - Roadway design standards / standard details: Manatee County Public Works Standards — Part 3, Highway and Traffic Standards Manual (adopted April 2022, Resolution R22-039**)**, plus transportation/stormwater/utilities parts — all hosted on the Public Works Standards ArcGIS Hub; landing page: View Public Works Standards. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Access management standards: LDC Chapter 10: § 1000 Right-of-Way Standards, § 1001 Street Standards, § 1004 Driveway Regulations (Municode); turn-lane and access-spacing design per the Public Works Standards (Part 3). Driveway connections to county roads need an access & drainage permit — see permits entry. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Traffic count requirements (seasonal factors accepted?): the 2026 Traffic Study Guidelines require analysis of peak-hour, peak-season conditions and counts collected within 12 months of the application; the word “seasonal factor” is not used — confirm the accepted adjustment source (FDOT vs. county factors) at the methodology meeting
#status/verify. County count data: 343 locations (20 permanent continuous + ~293 portable), updated annually — View Traffic Volume Data · interactive counts map · Traffic Count Stations dataset on open data. (checked 2026-07-08) - Crash/safety dashboard: no county-published public crash dashboard found online — crash analysis lives in the June 2025 Traffic & Road Safety Program and Action Plan; regional KSI data (Signal Four-based) at the MPO’s Destination Zero safety data page. Request corridor crash data from Public Works. (checked 2026-07-08)
- GIS / open data portal: GIS Maps and Data → Manatee County Open Data (ArcGIS Hub) — parcels, roads, traffic count stations, interactive maps. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Signal timing procedures & maintaining agency: Public Works Traffic Management runs signals from the (Manatee–Sarasota) Regional Traffic Management Center in Bradenton — 200+ signals in Manatee County monitored, ATMS/CCTV/travel-time instrumentation (county TMC article). Per the 2005 interlocal (FDOT, Manatee County, Sarasota County, City of Sarasota, City of Bradenton) the regional TMC also operates the City of Bradenton and City of Palmetto systems (FDOT D1 ITS architecture) — confirm the operations vs. maintenance split for city signals before citing
#status/verify. No written signal-timing procedures published — request from Traffic Management. (checked 2026-07-08) - Development review process & submittal requirements: Development Services Department — all planning/permitting applications submitted electronically via the Accela Online Services Portal (Digital Plan Room for uploads); application instructions, fees, and forms: Development Services Instructions and Forms. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Permit forms (ROW, driveway): Request a Right of Way Use Permit — apply through the Online Services Portal; driveway connections use the access & drainage (driveway) permit — Driveway and Culvert Application (PDF). (checked 2026-07-08)
- Example projects (ours & public): ours live in the private vault (see callout below); no county-published example TIS/MSASA submittals found online. (checked 2026-07-08)
Contacts, review-comment history, and institutional notes live in the private vault — never on the public site.
See also: MOC - Agencies · Sarasota Manatee MPO · City of Bradenton · Sarasota County