Senate Bill sb2626

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SB 2626

    By Senator Geller





    29-1830-02                                         See HB 1011

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Broward County; extending

  3         the corporate limits of the Cities of Fort

  4         Lauderdale, Lauderdale Lakes, and Oakland Park;

  5         providing for annexation of the unincorporated

  6         area known as "Rock Island"; providing for a

  7         study; providing for an election; providing for

  8         a runoff election; providing for an effective

  9         date of annexation; providing for an interlocal

10         agreement; providing for a continuation of

11         certain Broward County regulations; providing

12         for the transfer of public roads and

13         rights-of-way; providing an effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  The legal description of the "Rock Island

18  Area" is as follows:

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20         That portion of Sections 28 and 29, Township 49

21         South, Range 42 East, Broward County, Florida,

22         described as follows:

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24         Beginning at a point on the municipal boundary

25         of the City of Fort Lauderdale, as established

26         by Chapter 69 - 1057, Laws of Florida, being

27         the intersection of the North Right of way line

28         of NW 19 Street with the West right-of-way line

29         of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad;

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SB 2626
    29-1830-02                                         See HB 1011




  1         thence along said municipal boundary of the

  2         City of Fort Lauderdale, the following 7

  3         courses;

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  5         thence westerly  along said  North right-of-way

  6         line of NW 19  Street to the Southeast  corner

  7         of Lot 1, Block 1 of "North  West  Lauderdale",

  8         as recorded in Plat  Book 25, Page 25, of the

  9         Public Records of Broward County, Florida;

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11         thence Northerly to the Northeast corner of Lot

12         4 in said Block 1;

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14         thence Westerly to the Northwest corner of said

15         Lot 4;

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17         thence Southerly to the Southwest corner of

18         said Lot 1 and the North right-of-way line of

19         NW 19 Street;

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21         thence Westerly along said North right-of-way

22         line to the East right-of-way line of NW 31

23         Avenue;

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25         thence Northerly along said East right-of-way

26         line to the North boundary of the South

27         one-half (S1/2) of the South one-half (S1/2) of

28         the Southwest one-quarter (SW 1/4) of said

29         Section 29;

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    Florida Senate - 2002        (NP)                      SB 2626
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  1         thence Westerly along said North boundary to

  2         the West line of said Section 29;

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  4         thence along the municipal boundary of the City

  5         of Lauderdale Lakes, as established by

  6         Ordinance 40, of the City of Lauderdale Lakes,

  7         the following three (3) courses:

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  9         thence North along said West line to the South

10         line of the Southwest one-quarter (SW1/4) of

11         the Southwest one-quarter (SW1/4) of the

12         Northwest one-quarter (NW1/4) of said Section

13         29;

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15         thence East along said South line to the

16         Southeast corner of said Southwest one-quarter

17         (SW1/4) of the Southwest one-quarter (SW1/4) of

18         the Northwest one-quarter (NW 1/4);

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20         thence North along the East line of said

21         Southwest one-quarter (SW1/4) of the Southwest

22         one-quarter (SW1/4) of the Northwest

23         one-quarter (NW1/4) to a line 35.00 feet north

24         of and parallel with the South line of the

25         North one-half (N1/2) of said Section 29, also

26         being a point on the municipal boundary of the

27         City of Oakland Park, as established by

28         Ordinance 477, of the City of Oakland Park;

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30         thence along said municipal boundary of the

31         City of Oakland Park and along said parallel

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  1         line to a line 100.00 feet west of and parallel

  2         with the East line of the West one-half (W1/2)

  3         of the West one-half (W1/2) of the Southwest

  4         one-quarter (SW1/4) of the Northeast

  5         one-quarter (NE1/4) of said Section 29;

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  7         thence along the municipal boundary of the City

  8         of Oakland Park, as established by Chapter

  9         79-519, Laws of Florida , the following four

10         (4) courses:

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12         thence South along said parallel line, also

13         being a line 270.00 feet West of the West

14         right-of-way line of NW 26 Avenue, to the South

15         right-of-way line of NW 26 Street;

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17         thence Easterly along said South right-of-way

18         line to the East right-of-way line of NW 21

19         Avenue;

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21         thence North along said East right-of-way line

22         to the South line of the Northwest one-quarter

23         (NW 1/4) of said Section 28;

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25         thence East along said South line to the West

26         right-of-way line of the Seaboard Coastline

27         Railroad;

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29         thence along the municipal boundary of the City

30         of Oakland Park, as established by Chapter

31         83-476,Laws of Florida, and Southwesterly along

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  1         said West right-of-way line to the Point of

  2         Beginning.

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  4         Section 2.  The Broward County Board of County

  5  Commissioners shall schedule an election in accordance with

  6  the provisions of the law relating to elections, currently in

  7  force in Broward County on September 10, 2002. The subject of

  8  said election shall be the annexation of the area described in

  9  section 1, commonly known as the "Rock Island Area."  Only

10  registered voters residing in the Rock Island Area, as

11  described in this act, may vote in said election. The name of

12  each municipality to be considered for annexation in

13  accordance with this section shall appear on the ballot. The

14  voters residing in the Rock Island Area shall, by majority

15  vote of the voters participating in the election, choose one

16  municipality for annexation.

17         Section 3.  The Rock Island Area shall be deemed a part

18  of the municipality receiving a majority of the votes of the

19  registered voters residing in the Rock Island Area voting for

20  annexation into the City of Fort Lauderdale, the City of

21  Lauderdale Lakes, or the City of Oakland Park, effective

22  September 15, 2003, pursuant to section 171.062, Florida

23  Statutes, except as provided for in this act.  If no entity

24  receives a majority vote of those voting as provided for in

25  section 2, there shall be a runoff election scheduled for

26  Tuesday, November 5, 2002, between the two entities which have

27  received the highest number of votes in the election of

28  September 10, 2002.

29         Section 4.  If a runoff election is necessitated as

30  provided for in section 3, the Rock Island Area shall be

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  1  deemed annexed to the municipality which has received a

  2  majority vote of those voters voting in the runoff election.

  3         Section 5.  An interlocal agreement shall be developed

  4  between the governing bodies of Broward County and the

  5  annexing municipality and executed prior to the effective date

  6  of the annexation as provided for in section 3. The agreement

  7  shall include a financially feasible plan for transitioning

  8  county services, buildings, infrastructure, waterways, and

  9  employees.

10         Section 6.  The Board of County Commissioners of

11  Broward County is hereby authorized to set the election

12  provided for in section 2 by general election for the time

13  period provided in this act at the cost of Broward County. A

14  mail ballot shall not be used for any election provided for in

15  this act.

16         Section 7.  Upon annexation into a municipality, the

17  following shall govern the areas described in section 1:

18         (1)  The present land use designations and zoning

19  districts provided for under the Broward County Comprehensive

20  Plan and Code of Ordinances of Broward County shall remain the

21  law governing the Rock Island Area, notwithstanding the fact

22  that the Rock Island Area is now a part of a municipality.

23  The land use designations and zoning of Broward County shall

24  be deemed the conforming laws of the municipality of which the

25  Rock Island Area is now a part.

26         (2)  Any change of zoning districts or land use

27  designations may only be accomplished by enactment of the vote

28  of the majority of the full governing body of a municipality

29  plus one.

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

31  building, or structure that is legally in existence at the

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  1  time that the Rock Island Area becomes a part of a

  2  municipality shall not be made a prohibited use by a

  3  municipality, on the property of the use, for as long as the

  4  use shall continue and is not voluntarily abandoned.

  5         Section 8.  Subsequent to the effective date of this

  6  act, no change in land use designation or zoning shall be

  7  effective within the limits of the lands subject to annexation

  8  under this act until the Rock Island Area has been annexed

  9  into the municipality; no annexation within the Rock Island

10  Area by any municipality shall occur during the time period

11  between the effective date of this act and the effective date

12  of the annexation.

13         Section 9.  All public roads and the public

14  rights-of-way associated therewith on the Broward County Road

15  System, lying within the limits of the lands subject to

16  annexation herein, as described in section 1, are transferred

17  from Broward County jurisdiction to the jurisdiction of the

18  annexing municipality, except N.W. 31st Avenue and N.W. 21st

19  Avenue lying within the limits of the annexation area. All

20  rights, title, interests, and responsibilities for any

21  transferred roads, including, but not limited to, the

22  ownership, operation, maintenance, planning, design, and

23  construction of said roads and to the rights-of-way associated

24  therewith shall transfer from Broward County jurisdiction and

25  ownership to the jurisdiction and ownership of the annexing

26  municipality upon the effective date of the annexation.

27         Section 10.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

28  law.

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