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Florida House of Representatives - 2000 HB 1545
By Representative Harrington
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to Lee and Charlotte Counties;
3 providing legislative findings; providing
4 legislative purpose; authorizing the operation
5 of golf carts upon certain public roads or
6 streets and upon certain golf cart/bike paths
7 described in the act; providing for minimum age
8 requirements; providing penalties pursuant to
9 state law; providing an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Legislative findings.--It is declared as a
14 matter of legislative determination that the residents of
15 Gasparilla Island have a vital interest in the operation of
16 golf carts upon the public roads and certain golf cart/bike
17 paths within Lee and Charlotte Counties, all of which are
18 described as follows:
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20 Parcel I
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22 The westerly ten feet (10') of the following
23 described property:
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25 That real property described in the Final
26 Judgement entered in Condemnation Suit, Case
27 #1048 entitled Florida Bridge Company,
28 Plaintiff, vs. Sunset Realty Corporation,
29 Defendant, Circuit Court, Charlotte County,
30 Florida, said judgment being dated June 18,
31 1958, recorded June 13, 1958, in O.R. Book 39
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1 at Page 178, et. seq., of the Public Records of
2 Charlotte County, Florida, which property is
3 more particularly described as follows;
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5 A parcel containing 3.4937 acres of land, lying
6 and being in Charlotte County, Florida, lying
7 15' on either side of the following described
8 centerline:
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10 Commencing at the intersection of Sections 26,
11 27, 34 and 35, Township 42 South, Range 20
12 East; thence North 89°47'36" West, 292.84 feet;
13 thence North 22°39'51" West 147.19 feet; thence
14 North 16°28'24" East, 1,105.2 feet to the South
15 end of the South relief bridge as constructed
16 by the Florida Bridge Corp. under its
17 franchise, to point of beginning; thence from
18 said point of beginning South 16°28'24" West
19 286.85 feet to a point of curvature; thence
20 Southeasterly along a curve whose radius is
21 2,864.79 feet, an arc distance of 1,956.88 feet
22 to a point; thence South 21°56'21" East 800
23 feet to the center of the County road pavement
24 as exists at present, crossing the R/W line of
25 said County road 157.6 feet North of the point
26 as established in the center of said County
27 road, all lying and being in Sections 26, 27,
28 34 and 35, Township 42 South, Range 20 East,
29 Charlotte County, Florida.
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31 Parcel II
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2 All those certain three tracts or parcels of
3 land, with all improvements thereon and
4 appurtenances thereunto belonging, lying and
5 being in Sections 14, 11, and 2, Township 43
6 South, Range 20 East, and Section 35, Township
7 42 South, Range 20 East, in Lee and Charlotte
8 Counties on Gasparilla Island, Florida,
9 containing approximately 35.33 acres, according
10 to a plat of survey prepared by Johnson
11 Engineering, Inc., dated March 23, 1983, last
12 revised April 18, 1983, entitled "Centerline
13 Survey Remaining Seaboard Air Line Railroad
14 Right-of-Way", and more particularly described
15 as follows:
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17 Parcel 1 - All that certain tract or parcel of
18 land lying between the south line of First
19 Street and the south line of Fourth Street,
20 being 87.5 feet wide, of which 50 feet is on
21 the west side and 37.5 feet is on the east side
22 of the hereinafter described centerline, and
23 containing approximately 136,914.75 square feet
24 or 3.14 acres, more or less:
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26 Parcel 2 - All that certain tract or parcel of
27 land lying between the south line of Fourth
28 Street and the south line of Fifth Street,
29 being 56 feet wide, of which 18.5 feet is on
30 the west side and 37.5 feet on the east side of
31 the hereinafter described centerline, and
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1 containing approximately 29,437.52 square feet
2 or 0.68 acres, more or less:
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4 Parcel 3 - All that certain tract or parcel of
5 land lying between the south line of Fifth
6 Street and the south line of that certain
7 parcel of land conveyed by Seaboard Coast Line
8 Railroad Company to Charlotte County, Florida,
9 by deed dated February 8, 1982, and recorded in
10 the Clerk's Office of Charlotte County in
11 Official Record Book 694, Page 107, being 75
12 feet wide of which 37.5 feet is on the west
13 side and 37.5 feet is on the east side of the
14 following described centerline, and containing
15 1,372,696.50 square feet or 31.51 acres, more
16 or less:
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18 The Centerline - from the southeast corner of
19 Government Lot 5 of said Section 14 run
20 S89°22'31"W along the south line of said Lot
21 and said Section for 147.94 feet to the former
22 centerline of the main track of said Railroad
23 and the Point of Beginning. From said Point of
24 Beginning run N14°24'15"W along said centerline
25 for 1564.91 feet to the south line of Fourth
26 Street as shown on Revised Plat of Boca Grande
27 recorded in Plat Book 7 at page 1, Lee County
28 Records; thence continue N14°24'15" W along
29 said centerline for 61.78 feet to the north
30 line of said Fourth Street and the south line
31 of the parcel occupied by the former passenger
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1 station as shown on said Plat; thence continue
2 N 14°24'15" W along said centerline for 463.72
3 feet to the north line of said parcel and the
4 south line of Fifth Street as shown on said
5 Plat; thence continue N14°24'15" along said
6 centerline for 61.78 feet to the north line of
7 said street as shown on said Plat; thence
8 continue N14°24'15"W along said centerline for
9 598.84 feet to the south line of Seventh Street
10 as shown on said Plat; thence continue
11 N14°24'15"W along said centerline for 51.62
12 feet to the north line of said street; thence
13 continue N14°24'15"W along said centerline for
14 885.17 feet to a point of curvature; thence
15 northerly along said centerline along the arc
16 of a curve to the right of radius 3819.83 feet
17 (chord bearing N14°11'23"W) (chord = 28.60
18 feet) for 28.60 feet to the south line of Tenth
19 Street as shown on said Plat; thence continue
20 northerly along said centerline and said arc
21 (chord bearing N13°35'49"W) (chord = 50.42
22 feet) for 50.42 feet to the north line of said
23 street; thence continue northerly along said
24 centerline and said arc (chord bearing
25 N09°41'11"W) (chord = 470.69 feet) for 470.99
26 feet to a point of tangency; thence run
27 N06°09'15"W along said centerline for 378.21
28 feet to the south line of Thirteenth Street as
29 shown on said Plat; thence continue N06°09'15"W
30 along said centerline for 49.97 feet to the
31 north line of said street; thence continue
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1 N06°09'15"W along said centerline for 849.92
2 feet to the south line of Sixteenth Street as
3 shown on said Plat; thence continue N06°09'15"
4 W along said centerline for 49.93 feet to the
5 north line of said street; thence continue
6 N06°09'15" W along said centerline for 850.01
7 feet to south line of Nineteenth Street as
8 shown on said Plat; thence continue N06°09'15"
9 W along said centerline for 49.92 feet to the
10 north line of said street; thence continue
11 N06°09'15" W along said centerline for 6029.54
12 feet to a point of curvature; thence
13 northwesterly along said centerline along the
14 arc of a curve to the left of radius 3819.72
15 feet (chord bearing N14°23'45"W) (chord =
16 1095.10 feet) for 1098.89 feet to a point of
17 tangency; thence run N 22°38'15"W along said
18 centerline for 6601.81 feet to a point of
19 curvature; thence continue northwesterly along
20 said centerline along the arc of a curve to the
21 right of radius 1637.28 feet (chord bearing
22 N19°08'17"W) (chord = 199.98 feet) for 200 feet
23 to the south line of that certain parcel of
24 land conveyed by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
25 Company to Charlotte County, Florida, by deed
26 dated February 8, 1982, and recorded in the
27 Clerk's Office of Charlotte County in Official
28 Records Book 694, page 107, being the end of
29 the herein described centerline.
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31 Parcel III
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2 Such public roads, streets, alleyways and
3 publicly owned lands as are designated by
4 Charlotte County and/or Lee County for golf
5 cart use pursuant to Florida Statutes Section
6 316.212, as amended from time to time.
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8 Parcel IV
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10 The easterly ten feet (10') of Tract O, Gulf
11 Shores North No. 4, a subdivision according to
12 the plat thereof recorded at Plat Book 16,
13 Pages 26A through 26E, Public Records of
14 Charlotte County, Florida.
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16 Parcels I-IV, both inclusive, are referred to herein as the
17 "Gasparilla Island Cart Path".
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19 Section 2. Purpose.--The Legislature finds and
20 declares that regulation of the operation of golf carts on
21 Gasparilla Island, Florida, is for the benefit of the people
22 of this state and the people of Lee and Charlotte Counties.
23 Section 3. Operation of golf carts upon the Gasparilla
24 Island cart path.--The operation of a golf cart upon the
25 Gasparilla Island Cart Path is permitted except that:
26 (1) A golf cart may be operated only upon a public
27 road, street, alleyway, or other publicly owned land or
28 portion thereof that has been designated by Lee or Charlotte
29 County or other agency of the State of Florida for use by golf
30 carts pursuant to section 316.212, Florida Statutes, as
31 amended. The provisions of Florida Statutes, section 316.212
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1 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6), shall apply to operation of
2 golf carts upon the Gasparilla Island Cart Path.
3 (2) The minimum age for operating golf carts upon the
4 Gasparilla Island Cart Path shall be sixteen (16) years.
5 (3) A violation of this law is a noncriminal traffic
6 infraction punishable pursuant to chapter 318, Florida
7 Statutes as either a moving violation for infractions of
8 subsection (1), subsection (2), or subsection (3) of Florida
9 Statutes, section 316.212, as amended, or a nonmoving
10 violation for infractions of subsections (4) or (5) of Florida
11 Statutes, section 316.212, as amended.
12 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
13 law.
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