Senate Bill 2648

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    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SB 2648

    By Senator Campbell





    33-1754-99                                         See HB 1571

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Broward County; providing

  3         for the revision of the Charter of the Town of

  4         Pembroke Park; providing for extending the

  5         corporate limits of the City of Hollywood;

  6         providing for extending the corporate limits of

  7         the Town of Pembroke Park; providing for

  8         annexation of unincorporated areas within

  9         Broward County; providing for referenda;

10         providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  As of the effective date of this act,

15  Broward County shall have completed a feasibility study of the

16  areas described within this act as South Central Broward

17  County. Broward County shall be responsible for the

18  dissemination of such study to the residents within South

19  Central Broward County.

20         Section 2.  The governing body of the Town of Pembroke

21  Park shall schedule an election in accordance with the

22  provisions of law relating to elections currently in force in

23  Broward County on March 7, 2000. The subject of said election

24  shall be a revision of the Charter of the Town of Pembroke

25  Park, effective September 15, 2002, as proposed by the

26  Unincorporated Communities of South Broward, including the

27  presidents or designees of the following civic associations:

28  Carver Ranches/Hyde Park, Twin Lakes, South Broward Commercial

29  Development Corporation, Miami Gardens, Lake Forest, and a

30  designee of the Town of Pembroke Park.  The proposed revised

31  Charter of Pembroke Park shall, at a minimum, contain equal

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  1  representation by single-member districts for the governing

  2  body of the Town of Pembroke Park and the change of name of

  3  said municipality. The proposed revision shall be submitted to

  4  the Town of Pembroke Park no later than November 1, 1999. Only

  5  registered voters residing within the boundaries of the Town

  6  of Pembroke Park may vote in said election. A mail ballot

  7  shall not be used in said election.

  8         Section 3.  Notwithstanding anything contained in

  9  section 2, the revised Charter of Pembroke Park shall be

10  effective only upon an affirmative vote for annexation into

11  the Town of Pembroke Park, as provided in section 4.

12         Section 4.  If a majority of voters voting in the

13  referendum provided in section 2 vote in the affirmative, a

14  second election shall be scheduled by the Board of County

15  Commissioners of Broward County in accordance with the

16  provisions of law relating to elections currently in force in

17  Broward County, in conjunction with the general election to be

18  held in November 2000. The subject of said election shall be

19  the annexation into the City of Hollywood or into the Town of

20  Pembroke Park of the unincorporated area within South Central

21  Broward as described in this act.  Only registered voters

22  residing in the unincorporated area within South Central

23  Broward, as described in this act, may vote in said election.

24  A mail ballot shall not be used in said election.

25         Section 5.  If a majority of voters voting in the

26  unincorporated area within South Central Broward, as described

27  in this act, vote for annexation into the City of Hollywood,

28  the area described in this act shall be deemed a part of the

29  City of Hollywood on September 15, 2002, with the exception of

30  the Town of Pembroke Park.

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  1         Section 6.  If a majority of voters voting in the

  2  unincorporated area within South Central Broward, as described

  3  in this act, vote for annexation into the Town of Pembroke

  4  Park, the area described in this act shall be deemed a part of

  5  the Town of Pembroke Park on September 15, 2002, and shall be

  6  subject to the charter as provided in section 2.

  7         Section 7.  South Central Broward as herein described

  8  shall include all lands bounded on the south by the boundary

  9  of Broward County with Dade County, on the east by the

10  right-of-way forming a part of I-95, on the north by the

11  inclusion of all the rights-of-way of Pembroke Road, and on

12  the west by the inclusion of all of the right-of-way of State

13  Road 7.

14         Section 8.  All public roads and the public

15  rights-of-way associated therewith, lying within the limits of

16  the lands subject to annexation herein, as described in

17  section 7, except any county collector roads, are transferred

18  from the jurisdiction of Broward County to the jurisdiction of

19  the annexing municipality.

20         Section 9.  Upon annexation into either the City of

21  Hollywood or the Town of Pembroke Park as renamed, the

22  following shall govern the areas described in this act as to

23  South Central Broward:

24         (1)  The present land use designation and zoning

25  provided for under the Broward County Comprehensive Plan and

26  Code of Ordinances of Broward County and of Pembroke Park

27  shall remain the law governing the areas provided for in this

28  act. The land use designations and zoning of Broward County

29  and Pembroke Park shall be deemed conforming law.

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  1         (2)  Any change of designated land use or zoning shall

  2  be accomplished by enactment of the vote of the majority of

  3  the full governing body of the municipality plus one.

  4         (3)  Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), any use

  5  that is legally in existence in the areas subject to

  6  annexation by this act, at the time such areas become a part

  7  of any municipality, may not be prohibited by any municipality

  8  for as long as the use shall continue, and may not be

  9  voluntarily abandoned.

10         Section 10.  Subsequent to the effective date of this

11  act, no annexation by any municipality shall be effective in

12  the area described within this act as South Central Broward.

13         Section 11.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this

14  act shall take effect only upon its approval by a majority of

15  those voters of Broward County residing within the boundaries

16  of the Town of Pembroke Park voting in a referendum called by

17  the governing body of the Town of Pembroke Park to be held on

18  March 7, 2000, in accordance with provisions of law relating

19  to elections currently in force, except this section shall

20  take effect upon becoming a law.

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