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Pressure washing for Lakewood Ranch homes.

Pressure washing in Lakewood Ranch, the planned community that spans Manatee and Sarasota counties, while the Phase III order limits what an HOA can require.

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Pressure washing in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch is not a city: the Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District, created by the Florida Legislature in Chapter 2005-338, Laws of Florida, covers over 25,000 acres in Manatee and Sarasota counties.

Lakewood Ranch Town Hall manages the Community Development Districts and three village associations: Country Club/Edgewater, Summerfield/Riverwalk and Greenbrook.

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Pressure washing rules in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch HOA notices fall under the Modified Phase III order: no HOA or other entity may enforce a deed restriction or community standard that requires pressure washing until the order expires on March 31, 2027.

Lakewood Ranch lawns and common areas draw irrigation water from Braden River Utilities, which serves the CDDs, HOAs, the Stewardship District and commercial properties there.

Braden River Utilities runs that Lakewood Ranch system to use reclaimed water and surface water first, citing the District’s aim to cut reliance on groundwater.

Building permits and code enforcement follow the county line, since Lakewood Ranch is not on Manatee County’s list of incorporated municipalities: the Manatee County Building Division on the Manatee side and Sarasota County Planning and Development Services on the Sarasota side.

Enforcement of the order also splits at the Lakewood Ranch county line: Manatee County Utilities works with County Code Enforcement, and Sarasota County Public Utilities writes citations without a warning first.

Lakewood Ranch homes and the surfaces they have

Median year built
2014
Built 2010 or later
68.4%
Built before 1990
2.9%
Detached houses
68.3%

Census figures: U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, B25034 and B25035, Lakewood Ranch CDP.

The Lakewood Ranch census place has a median build year of 2014, and about two in three of its homes went up in 2010 or later.

Only 2.9 percent of Lakewood Ranch homes predate 1990, and detached houses make up 68.3 percent of its housing units.

The Lakewood Ranch census place is drawn across both counties, with most of its land on the Manatee County side.

The MyLWR Map of Districts shows which Lakewood Ranch district a street sits in.

The Lakewood Ranch census place covers 46.1 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer) and counted 43,945 residents in the 2020-2024 survey.

Renters occupy 20.0 percent of the occupied homes in the Lakewood Ranch census place (Census).

Pressure washing questions in Lakewood Ranch

My Lakewood Ranch HOA sent a pressure-washing notice: does it apply during the water shortage?

While the Modified Phase III order stands, through March 31, 2027, no Lakewood Ranch village association, including Country Club/Edgewater, Summerfield/Riverwalk and Greenbrook, may enforce a deed restriction or community standard that requires pressure washing. Owners in those three villages can raise a notice with Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, which manages their associations.

Which county’s rules apply to my Lakewood Ranch address?

The county the parcel sits in, because the Stewardship District covers land in both Manatee and Sarasota counties, and Lakewood Ranch has no city government, so county offices handle permits and code enforcement. The Map of Districts PDF on mylwr.com shows the district boundaries street by street.

Where does Lakewood Ranch irrigation water come from?

Braden River Utilities is the sole provider of non-potable irrigation water to Lakewood Ranch. Its supply blends reclaimed water, surface water and groundwater, and it draws groundwater sparingly because the area’s aquifers lie in the Most Impacted Area of the Southern Water Use Caution Area.

Sources

  1. Southwest Florida Water Management District: District Extends Modified Phase III Water Shortage (September 22, 2026)
  2. Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District
  3. Lakewood Ranch Town Hall
  4. Braden River Utilities (Lakewood Ranch)
  5. Lakewood Ranch: Map of Districts (PDF)
  6. Manatee County Building Division
  7. Sarasota County 311: What is PDS? (Planning and Development Services)
  8. Manatee County: Manatee County to Follow Modified Phase III Water Shortage Restrictions (updated September 22, 2026)
  9. Sarasota County Public Utilities: Water Restrictions
  10. U.S. Census Bureau: Gazetteer Files (2024 places, Florida)
  11. U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, B25034 and B25035, Lakewood Ranch CDP
  12. U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, B01003 and B25003, Lakewood Ranch CDP

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Lakewood Ranch, on the map.

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