Questions residents ask
Is Silverlakes gated?
Yes — Lee County records list it as a gated community.
What evacuation zone is Silverlakes in?
Zone E, per Lee County Emergency Management (checked August 2026). Always confirm your exact address on the county's official lookup before a storm. Check your address ↗
What day is trash pickup in Silverlakes?
Friday, per the county's collection map (checked August 2026).
What county commission district represents Silverlakes?
District 2 — Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass, per Lee County GIS (checked August 2026).
Who built Silverlakes at Gateway?
Silverlakes is a gated community in the master-planned Gateway area of unincorporated Fort Myers, and one of Gateway's original neighborhoods — its homeowners association was organized in 1993 and the sampled home sits on an early-1990s plat. It is a compact community of about 329 homes (roughly 315 single-family homes plus 14 villas), governed by the Silver Lakes-Gateway Homeowners Association, built around several lakes. It is a standard HOA community with a clubhouse, pool, tennis and basketball courts and no golf course of its own (the Gateway Greens golf club is a separate nearby community). Silverlakes sits within the Gateway Services Community Development District, so the sampled 2025 tax bill carries a Gateway Services CDD assessment plus the county solid-waste assessment (Lee County GIS, the sampled 2025 tax bill, the Sunbiz association record and Lee tax-roll common-tract owners, and Gateway/Fort Myers market coverage, checked August 2026). No specific homebuilder is named here beyond what the public record supports.
Does Silverlakes at Gateway have a CDD?
Yes. Silverlakes sits within the Gateway Services Community Development District, which appears as a non-ad-valorem line on the annual tax bill and funds shared Gateway-area infrastructure. On the sampled 2025 bill the Gateway Services CDD assessment was about $1,286 (plus the county solid-waste assessment). CDD amounts vary by home and pay down over time, so confirm the current figure for a specific property (sampled 2025 Lee County tax bill, checked August 2026).
Is Silverlakes in a flood zone?
No — all of its mapped flood features (100%) are zone X, outside the high-risk area. That's county map data — not a flood determination for insurance or lending purposes — so check your parcel on the official lookup.
