| 1 | A bill to be entitled | 
| 2 | An act relating to Broward County; providing for extending  | 
| 3 | the corporate limits of the City of Coral Springs;  | 
| 4 | providing for annexation of the unincorporated area known  | 
| 5 | as Ramblewood East Condominium; providing for continuation  | 
| 6 | of certain regulations; providing for transfer of public  | 
| 7 | roads and rights-of-way; providing an effective date. | 
| 8 | 
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | 
| 10 | 
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| 11 |      Section 1.  Effective September 15, 2005, the corporate  | 
| 12 | limits of the City of Coral Springs shall be amended to include  | 
| 13 | the lands composed of the Ramblewood East Condominium  | 
| 14 | Association, Inc., hereinafter referred to as "Ramblewood East  | 
| 15 | Condominium." On September 15, 2005, the City of Coral Springs  | 
| 16 | shall have all powers as provided in section 171.062, Florida  | 
| 17 | Statutes, except as provided in this act. | 
| 18 |      Section 2.  Ramblewood East Condominium shall be described  | 
| 19 | as follows: | 
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| 21 | That portion of the Northwest One-Quarter (NW 1/4) of  | 
| 22 | Section 15, Township 48 South, Range 41 East described  | 
| 23 | as follows; | 
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| 25 | BEGINNING at the point of intersection of a line  | 
| 26 | parallel with and 53.00 feet East of as measured at  | 
| 27 | right angles to the West line of the said Northwest  | 
| 28 | One-Quarter (NW 1/4) of Section 15, with a line 15.00  | 
| 29 | feet North of and parallel with the South line of the  | 
| 30 | North One-Half (N 1/2) of said Section 15, also being  | 
| 31 | a point on the municipal boundary of the City of Coral  | 
| 32 | Springs, as established by Chapter 82-285, Laws of  | 
| 33 | Florida; | 
| 34 | 
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| 35 | Thence Easterly along said parallel line and municipal  | 
| 36 | boundary to the intersection with a line parallel with  | 
| 37 | and 40 feet West of as measured at right angles to the  | 
| 38 | East line of the Northwest One-Quarter (NW 1/4) of  | 
| 39 | said Section 15; | 
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| 41 | Thence along the municipal boundary of the City of  | 
| 42 | Coral Springs, as established by Chapter 89-422, Laws  | 
| 43 | of Florida, the following four (4) courses; | 
| 44 | 
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| 45 | Thence Northerly along said parallel line to the  | 
| 46 | intersection with the North line of Tract 11, "FLORIDA  | 
| 47 | FRUITLANDS COMPANY'S SUBDIVISION NO. 2", according to  | 
| 48 | the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page  | 
| 49 | 102, of the Public Records of Palm Beach County,  | 
| 50 | Florida; | 
| 51 | 
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| 52 | Thence Westerly along said North line of Tract 11 to  | 
| 53 | the West line of said Tract 11; | 
| 54 | 
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| 55 | Thence Southerly along said West line to the North  | 
| 56 | line of Tract 13 of said plat of, "FLORIDA FRUITLANDS  | 
| 57 | COMPANY'S SUBDIVISION NO. 2"; | 
| 58 | 
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| 59 | Thence Westerly along said North line to the  | 
| 60 | intersection with a line parallel with and 53.00 feet  | 
| 61 | East of, as measured at right angles to, the West line  | 
| 62 | of said Section 15; | 
| 63 | 
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| 64 | Thence Southerly along said parallel line, also being  | 
| 65 | along the municipal boundary of the City of Coral  | 
| 66 | Springs, as established by Ordinance No. 85-134, City  | 
| 67 | of Coral Springs, to the POINT OF BEGINNING. | 
| 68 | 
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| 69 |      Section 3.  Upon annexation into the City of Coral Springs,  | 
| 70 | the following shall govern the area described in section 2: | 
| 71 |      (1)  The present land use designations and zoning districts  | 
| 72 | provided for under the Broward County Comprehensive Plan and  | 
| 73 | Code of Ordinances of Broward County shall remain the law  | 
| 74 | governing the Ramblewood East Condominium, notwithstanding the  | 
| 75 | fact that the Ramblewood East Condominium is now a part of the  | 
| 76 | City of Coral Springs, until amended by majority vote plus one  | 
| 77 | of the governing body of the City of Coral Springs. | 
| 78 |      (2)  Notwithstanding subsection (1), any use, building, or  | 
| 79 | structure that is legally in existence at the time that the  | 
| 80 | Ramblewood East Condominium becomes a part of the City of Coral  | 
| 81 | Springs shall not be made a prohibited use by the City of Coral  | 
| 82 | Springs, on the property of said use, for as long as the use  | 
| 83 | shall continue, and not be voluntarily abandoned. | 
| 84 |      Section 4.  Subsequent to the effective date of this act,  | 
| 85 | no change in land use designation or zoning shall be effective  | 
| 86 | within the limits of the lands subject to annexation herein  | 
| 87 | until the Ramblewood East Condominium has been annexed into the  | 
| 88 | City of Coral Springs; no annexation within the Ramblewood East  | 
| 89 | Condominium by any municipality shall occur during the time  | 
| 90 | period between the effective date of this act and the effective  | 
| 91 | date of the annexation. Moreover, subsequent to the effective  | 
| 92 | date of the annexation, any resident in the area to be annexed  | 
| 93 | by this act into the City of Coral Springs shall be deemed to  | 
| 94 | have met any residency requirements for candidacy for any  | 
| 95 | municipal office. | 
| 96 |      Section 5.  Nothing in this act shall be construed to  | 
| 97 | affect or abrogate the rights of parties to any contracts,  | 
| 98 | whether the same be between Broward County and a third party or  | 
| 99 | between nongovernmental entities, which contracts are in effect  | 
| 100 | prior to the effective date of the annexation. | 
| 101 |      Section 6.  All public roads and the public rights-of-way  | 
| 102 | associated therewith, on the Broward County Road System, lying  | 
| 103 | within the limits of the lands subject to annexation herein, as  | 
| 104 | described in section 2, are transferred from Broward County  | 
| 105 | jurisdiction to the jurisdiction of the City of Coral Springs.   | 
| 106 | All rights, title, interests, and responsibilities for any  | 
| 107 | transferred roads, including, but not limited to, the ownership,  | 
| 108 | operation, maintenance, planning, design, and construction of  | 
| 109 | said roads, and to the rights-of-way associated therewith, shall  | 
| 110 | transfer from Broward County jurisdiction and ownership to the  | 
| 111 | jurisdiction and ownership of the City of Coral Springs upon the  | 
| 112 | effective date of the annexation. | 
| 113 |      Section 7.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |