Role/jurisdiction: Unincorporated county roads only — distinct from the City of Sarasota, Venice, North Port, and Longboat Key (town straddles the Sarasota/Manatee line). Strong complete-streets/multimodal orientation (2021 Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan + Complete Streets Implementation Strategies). Development review runs through Planning and Development Services (electronic submittal via Accela); traffic operations through Traffic Engineering & Operations under Transportation/Public Works. FDOT District 1.
Known starting points (resolved 2026-07-08 unless tagged):
- Heads-up: scgov.net returns 403 to non-browser clients — every scgov link below was confirmed live via current search listings and Wayback Machine snapshots (Dec 2025–Apr 2026), not by direct fetch; they load normally in a browser.
- The site was restructured: Traffic Engineering & Operations now lives under
/government/transportation/(the old/government/public-works/...-6092URL still circulates — frontmatter link updated to the current page). - Transportation concurrency is still active here — the county publishes a TIA methodology and annual Level of Service reports (below).
- Traffic calming: the Residential Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (RNTMP) was revived/revised per Ordinance 2023-071 — criteria below.
- Always confirm FDOT vs. County maintenance for a corridor (US 41, SR 72, SR 681 etc. are state roads)
#status/verifyper corridor.
Collect (link each as found; date it)
- TIA/TIS guidelines: the Transportation Planning page links a Transportation Impact Analysis Methodology (PDF, scgov doc 46018 — 12-pp. scanned document) and Concurrency Management Systems Regulations (PDF, doc 46019), plus annual roadway Level of Service Analysis reports (2014–2023 editions). Code hook: UDC § 124-253 — Transportation Regulatory Provisions (Article 13, Subdivision or Site Development Plan Regulations). Scope/methodology expectations beyond the posted documents: request from Transportation Planning. (checked 2026-07-08; scgov links verified via Wayback 2025-12-28 snapshot — 403 to bots)
- Parking study guidelines / parking code (with section #): UDC (Code of Ordinances Chapter 124) § 124-120 — Off-Street Parking and Loading (Article 8, Supplemental Development Regulations) (Municode Ch. 124 TOC). No standalone county parking study guideline published online — request from Planning and Development Services. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Traffic calming program/guidelines: RNTMP Part II (Traffic Calming) — administered by Traffic Engineering & Operations per Code § 98-14 and Ordinance 2023-071; program details and petition form live on the Traffic Engineering & Operations page. Key mechanics: petitioner must own a parcel abutting/accessing the street; petition needs ≥ 10 signatures of owners of abutting residential parcels; county then runs a traffic criteria study against § 98-14; stakeholder workshop (waivable for feedback signs); survey requiring two-thirds majority support of abutting/accessing parcel owners; approved devices = driver speed feedback signs, raised crosswalks, speed cushions, modular mini roundabouts; petitioners pay the device cost, county installs/maintains/removes. (checked 2026-07-08; page verified via Wayback 2026-04-17 snapshot — 403 to bots)
- Complete Streets policy · Vision Zero / Safety Action Plan: BCC adopted the 2021 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan and Complete Streets Implementation Strategies Plan in 2021 (with direction to fold them into the UDC) — see Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning. Safety: Sarasota County SS4A Safety Action Plan (with the cities of Sarasota, Venice, North Port and the Town of Longboat Key) — SS4A Action Plan page links the plan document and fact sheet. Regional: Sarasota/Manatee MPO Destination Zero Safety Action Plan (first adopted 2022-02-28). (checked 2026-07-08; scgov pages verified via Wayback — 403 to bots)
- Roadway design standards / standard details: transportation design/detail requirements live in the UDC — Article 13 (§§ 124-250–124-256, esp. § 124-253**)** and Article 18, Appendix F — Transportation Technical Details (Municode); county road construction defaults to the Florida Greenbook and FDOT Standard Specifications per Chapter 98 — Roads and Bridges (Municode). The legacy pre-UDC Road Construction Technical Manual (old Ch. 74 technical manuals) still circulates — confirm current applicability with Land Development before relying on it
#status/verify. (checked 2026-07-08) - Access management standards: UDC § 124-121 — Access and Circulation (Article 8) plus the transportation provisions of § 124-253; any work in county right-of-way including driveway connections requires a Right-of-Way Use Permit (see permits entry). (checked 2026-07-08)
- Traffic count requirements (seasonal factors accepted?): yes on seasonal adjustment for published data — the county states raw counts on county roadways are converted to AADT “using seasonal factors.” Data: Traffic Count Database System (TCDS) at trafficops.scgov.net (interactive, public) and annual count downloads on the Traffic Operations Data page; Quarterly Arterial Performance Reports (BlueTOAD travel-time, segment LOS A–F, segment crashes) in the Traffic Reports Library. Whether study counts may rely on county factors vs. FDOT factors: confirm at methodology
#status/verify. (checked 2026-07-08; scgov pages 403 to bots, verified via search + Wayback) - Crash/safety dashboard: the county itself publishes Annual Crash Reports (2016–2024) — Traffic Engineering analyzes 10,000–20,000 FLHSMV crash reports per year; the prior-year report posts after June 30 (links on the TEO page and Traffic Reports Library). Regional KSI mapping: MPO Destination Zero safety data. (checked 2026-07-08)
- GIS / open data portal: Sarasota County Enterprise GIS open data (ArcGIS Hub) — streets (with maintaining entity attribute), address points, boundaries, planning layers; county Maps/GIS page. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Signal timing procedures & maintaining agency: county Traffic Operations manages ~273 signalized intersections through its Traffic Management Center (real-time retiming requests via the Contact Center); the county is party to the 2005 regional ATMS interlocal (FDOT, Sarasota County, Manatee County, City of Sarasota, City of Bradenton) with the shared Regional TMC located in Manatee County (FDOT D1 ITS architecture). City of Venice maintains its own downtown signs/signals; per-corridor maintaining agency inside Venice and North Port
#status/verify. No written signal-timing procedures published — request from Traffic Engineering & Operations. (checked 2026-07-08) - Development review process & submittal requirements: Planning and Development Services — pre-application and development applications submitted electronically via Online Permitting (Accela Civic Access + Digital Plan Room); permit records searchable at building.scgov.net; land development overview: Land Development page. (checked 2026-07-08; scgov pages 403 to bots, verified via search + Wayback)
- Permit forms (ROW, driveway): Right-of-Way Use Permit required for any work in county ROW (driveway connections, utilities, sidewalks, drainage — per Ch. 98); applications go through the Accela Online Permitting portal (Land Development section handles ROW). No standalone paper form posted — apply online. (checked 2026-07-08)
- Example projects (ours & public): ours live in the private vault (see callout below); no county-published example TIA 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 Sarasota · Manatee County