St. Lucie West, Port St. Lucie

St. Lucie West is an area inside the City of Port St. Lucie that the city does not count as part of its original platted city (Port St. Lucie growth and development FAQ).

The city's growth FAQ explains the distinction. General Development Corporation platted 66 square miles of Port St. Lucie into primarily single-family lots, a platting that began in the 1950s and continued through the 1980s, with minimal infrastructure such as roads and drainage (Port St. Lucie growth and development FAQ). Asked which parts of the city are not considered part of the original platted city, the same FAQ names St. Lucie West first, ahead of the areas west of I-95 and some properties along US 1 (Port St. Lucie growth and development FAQ).

The FAQ contrasts a platted community with a planned unit development, a zoning classification under section 158.170 of the Port St. Lucie Zoning Code that lets a property owner set its own development standards such as lot size, house size and setbacks (Port St. Lucie growth and development FAQ). St. Lucie West also has its own layer of local government: the St. Lucie West Services District describes itself as a community development district overseeing St. Lucie West (St. Lucie West Services District home page).

The St. Lucie West Services District is a community development district created by state rule, with rules on its creation, boundary and supervisors in Florida Administrative Code chapter 42I-1, all effective January 1, 1990 (Florida Administrative Code chapter 42I-1).

The rule pages list the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission as the department and the division as the St. Lucie West Community Development District, with rulemaking authority in section 190.005 of the Florida Statutes (Rule 42I-1.001, Creation; Rule 42I-1.002, Boundary). That statute makes a commission rule the method for establishing a community development district of 2,500 acres or more, and a county ordinance the method for most districts under 2,500 acres (Florida Statutes 190.005).

Under section 190.006, a district board has five members, each serving a term of 2 or 4 years, and the board passes over time from landowner-elected members to members elected by the district's qualified electors (Florida Statutes 190.006). The St. Lucie West Services District lists an elected Board of Supervisors and holds public workshops and regular board meetings, and says the regular meetings follow Florida's Sunshine Law (St. Lucie West Services District home page). Its office is at 450 SW Utility Dr., Port St. Lucie, FL 34986, phone (772) 340-0220 (St. Lucie West Services District government page).

In St. Lucie West, the St. Lucie West Services District website handles utility bills and accounts, lists a Utilities Department and a Public Works Department, and publishes irrigation water and lakes upkeep schedules (St. Lucie West Services District home page).

The district website carries its own bill payment and account pages, an irrigation water schedule, a lakes upkeep schedule, a rainfall chart and explainers on tap water, wastewater treatment and reuse, yellow staining from irrigation water, odors around lakes, backflow prevention and stormwater drainage (St. Lucie West Services District home page). Section 190.012 lists, among a district's powers, systems for water management and control and for water supply, sewer, wastewater management, reclamation and reuse (Florida Statutes 190.012).

The St. Lucie West Services District home page also links a facts and FAQ page on the full retail integration of the Reserve Community Development District's water and wastewater services with the St. Lucie West Services District (St. Lucie West Services District home page).

Two district schools are on Cashmere Boulevard in St. Lucie West: St. Lucie West Centennial High at 1485 and St. Lucie West K-8 at 1501 SW Cashmere Blvd. (Centennial High profile; St. Lucie West K-8 profile).

Addresses and capacities come from the two district profiles (St. Lucie West Centennial profile; St. Lucie West K-8 profile), and the grades from the state workbook rows for school 0401 and school 0131 (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades workbook). The St. Lucie West K-8 profile lists the Red zone, school board district 3, a Shark mascot and a school day of 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., later than the high school's 7:33 a.m. start (St. Lucie West K-8 profile; Centennial profile). The St. Lucie West Centennial High guide covers that school in depth.

McChesney Park and Dog Park, at 1585 SW Cashmere Blvd. in St. Lucie West, is a 24.5-acre city park established in 1995 with six lighted soccer fields, a lake for fishing and the city's third dog park (Port St. Lucie McChesney Park page).

The city page says the park is home to the Mako Soccer Club, which runs the concession stand during soccer events, and lists a 22 by 36 foot lighted pavilion, a fenced playground for ages 2 to 12 and ADA restrooms (McChesney Park page). The 3/4-acre dog park opened on August 3, 2019, with three fenced compounds for small, medium and large dogs and no lights for night use (McChesney Park page). Park hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., with a 9:30 p.m. sports lights curfew (McChesney Park page).

The City of Port St. Lucie lists intersection projects along St. Lucie West Boulevard at California, Peacock, Cashmere and Bayshore boulevards, a California Boulevard widening and an FDOT bridge and ramp project at I-95 (Port St. Lucie St. Lucie West Blvd. Projects page).

The page says the Peacock work is meant to complement the FDOT interchange project and new bridge on St. Lucie West Boulevard over I-95. That FDOT project builds a new eastbound bridge over I-95 for St. Lucie West Boulevard, converts the existing bridge to two westbound lanes and adds new entrance and exit ramps (Port St. Lucie St. Lucie West Blvd. Projects page).

The Port St. Lucie city guide covers the rest of the city around St. Lucie West. Last verified: October 22, 2026, with the St. Lucie West Services District pages, chapter 42I-1 and its rules, three sections of Florida Statutes chapter 190, the city growth FAQ, McChesney Park and road project pages and two school profiles read fresh.