HB 1407

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Broward County; providing for
3	extending the corporate limits of the City of
4	Deerfield Beach; providing for annexation of specified
5	unincorporated areas; providing for an interlocal
6	agreement; providing for continuation of certain
7	Broward County regulations; providing for the transfer
8	of public roads and rights-of-way; providing an
9	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.  That the following described lands shall be
14	annexed into and a part of the City of Deerfield Beach effective
15	September 15, 2004:
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17	That portion of Sections 11, 13 and 14 Township 48
18	South, Range 42 East, Broward County, Florida,
19	described as follows:
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21	BEGINNING at the intersection of the centerline of
22	N.W. 36 Street (Sample Road) with the Easterly right-
23	of-way line of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad, being
24	a point on the municipal boundary of the City of
25	Pompano Beach, as described in Chapter 2000-458, Laws
26	of Florida;
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28	Thence Northeasterly along said municipal boundary and
29	along said Easterly right-of-way line to the North
30	right-of-way line of Sample Road, as described in said
31	Chapter 2000-458, Laws of Florida;
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33	Thence Westerly along said North right-of-way line and
34	said municipal boundary to the Westerly right-of-way
35	line of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad, being a point
36	on the municipal boundary of the City of Deerfield
37	Beach, as described in Chapter 99-471, Laws of
38	Florida;
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40	Thence along said municipal boundary the following two
41	courses;
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43	Thence Northeasterly along said Westerly right-of-way
44	line, to the South right-of-way line of N.W./N.E. 48
45	Street (Green Road);
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47	Thence Easterly along said South right-of-way line to
48	the Easterly right-of-way line of the Florida East
49	Coast Railway;
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51	Thence Southwesterly along said Easterly right-of-way
52	line to the centerline of N.E. 36 Street (Sample
53	Road);
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55	Thence Westerly along said centerline of N.E./N.W. 36
56	Street (Sample Road) to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
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58	Section 2.  An interlocal agreement shall be developed
59	between the governing bodies of Broward County and the City of
60	Deerfield Beach and executed prior to the effective date of the
61	annexation as provided for in section 1. The agreement shall
62	include a financially feasible plan for transitioning county
63	services, buildings, infrastructure, waterways, and employees.
64	Section 3.  Upon annexation into the municipality, the
65	following provisions shall govern the areas described in section
66	1:
67	(1)  The present land use designations and zoning districts
68	provided for under the Broward County Comprehensive Plan and
69	Code of Ordinances of Broward County shall remain the law
70	governing the area described in section 1, notwithstanding the
71	fact that the area described in section 1 is now a part of a
72	municipality. The land use designations and zoning districts of
73	Broward County shall be deemed the conforming laws of the
74	municipality of which the area described in section 1 is now a
75	part.
76	(2)  Any change of zoning districts or land use
77	designations may only be accomplished by enactment of the vote
78	of the majority of the full governing body of the municipality
79	plus one.
80	(3)  Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), any use,
81	building, or structure that is legally in existence at the time
82	that the area described in section 1 becomes a part of the
83	municipality shall not be made a prohibited use by the
84	municipality, on the property of said use, for as long as the
85	use shall continue, and said use shall not be voluntarily
86	abandoned.
87	Section 4.  Subsequent to the effective date of this act,
88	no change in land use designation or zoning shall be effective
89	within the limits of the lands subject to annexation herein
90	until the area described in section 1 has been annexed into the
91	municipality. No annexation within the area described in section
92	1 by any municipality shall occur during the time period between
93	the effective date of this act and the effective date of the
94	annexation.
95	Section 5.  Subsequent to the effective date of the
96	annexation, any resident in the area to be annexed by this act
97	into the City of Deerfield Beach shall be deemed to have met any
98	residency requirements for candidacy for any municipal office.
99	Section 6.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
100	affect or abrogate the rights of parties to any contracts,
101	whether the same be between Broward County and a third party or
102	between nongovernmental entities, which contracts are in effect
103	prior to the effective date of the annexation.
104	Section 7.  All public roads and the public rights-of-way
105	associated therewith, on the Broward County Road System, lying
106	within the limits of the lands subject to annexation herein, as
107	described in section 1, are transferred from Broward County
108	jurisdiction to the jurisdiction of the annexing municipality.
109	All rights, titles, interests, and responsibilities for any
110	transferred roads, including, but not limited to, the ownership,
111	operation, maintenance, planning, design, and construction of
112	said roads, and the rights-of-way associated therewith shall
113	transfer from Broward County jurisdiction and ownership to the
114	jurisdiction and ownership of the annexing municipality upon the
115	effective date of the annexation.
116	Section 8.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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