HB 1477

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Broward County; providing for the
3	extension of corporate limits of the City of Cooper City
4	and the Town of Davie; providing for annexation of the
5	unincorporated area known as "United Ranches"; providing
6	for annexation of the area known as "Rio Ranches
7	Neighborhood"; providing for an election; providing for an
8	effective date of annexation; providing for interlocal
9	agreement; providing for continuation of certain Broward
10	County regulations; providing for transfer of public roads
11	and rights-of-way; providing an effective date.
12
13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
14
15	Section 1.  The following described areas are hereby
16	annexed into the City of Cooper City effective September 15,
17	2006:
18
19	Area A:
20	All of Tract 29, in Section 30, Township 50 South,
21	Range 41 East, of "John W. Newman's Survey", according
22	to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page
23	26 of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida,
24	together with a portion of the South New River Canal
25	right-of-way lying adjacent to said tract, and
26	together with Tracts 59, 60 and 61 and a portion of
27	Tracts 62 and 64, in Section 31, Township 50 South,
28	Range 41 East, of "Florida Fruit Lands Company's
29	Subdivision No. 1", as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page
30	17 of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida, more
31	particularly described as follows:
32
33	BEGIN at the Southeast corner of said Tract 29; thence
34	along the municipal limits of Cooper City per Chapter
35	59-1195, Laws of Florida, as amended by Chapter 61-
36	2050, Laws of  Florida, the following three (3)
37	courses; thence Westerly along the South line of said
38	Tract 29 to the Southwest corner thereof; thence
39	Northerly along the West line of said Tract 29 to the
40	Northwest corner thereof; thence Westerly along the
41	Westerly prolongation of the North line of said Tract
42	29 to the Northeast corner of Tract 28 of said "John
43	W. Newman's Survey"; thence Northerly along the
44	Northerly prolongation of the East line of said Tract
45	28 to a point of intersection with the centerline of
46	the South New River Canal right-of-way; thence
47	Easterly along said centerline and along the municipal
48	limits of the Town of Davie, per Chapter 84-420, Laws
49	of Florida to the Northerly prolongation of the East
50	line of said Tract 29; thence Southerly along said
51	Northerly prolongation and along the municipal limits
52	of Cooper City per Chapter 59-1195, Laws of Florida,
53	as amended by Chapter 61-2050, Laws of Florida and
54	along the East line of said Tract 29 to the POINT OF
55	BEGINNING.
56
57	TOGETHER WITH:
58	The West 60.00 feet of the North 145.00 feet of the
59	West 685.00 feet of Tract 64 of said "Florida Fruit
60	Lands Company's Subdivision No. 1".
61
62	TOGETHER WITH:
63	BEGIN at the Southwest corner of said Tract 59, said
64	point also being on the West line of the Southeast
65	one-quarter (SE 1/4) of said Section 31; thence
66	Northerly along the West line of said Tracts 59, 60,
67	61 and a portion of  Tract 62, also being along said
68	West  line, to the Southwest corner of the municipal
69	limits of Cooper City per Ordinance number 2002-03-01;
70	thence Easterly along said municipal limits line,
71	being 165.00 feet North of and parallel with, as
72	measured at right angles to, the South line of said
73	Tract 62, to the East line of said Tract 62; thence
74	Southerly along a portion of the East line of said
75	Tract 62 and along the East line of Tracts 61, 60 and
76	59 being along the municipal limits of Cooper City per
77	Chapter 59-1195, Laws of Florida, as amended by
78	Chapter 61-2050, Laws of Florida, a portion of which
79	is also along the municipal limits of Cooper City per
80	Ordinance number 83-6-4 and Ordinance number 84-8-8,
81	to the Southeast corner of said Tract 59; thence
82	Westerly along the South line of said Tract 59 and
83	along the municipal limits of Cooper City per
84	Ordinance number 84-8-7 to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
85
86	Said lands situate, lying, and being in Broward County, Florida.
87
88	Area B:
89	All of Tracts 24, 33 and 34 and a portion of Tracts 35
90	and 36 of Section 31, Township 50 South, Range 41 East
91	of "Florida Fruit Lands Company's Subdivision No. 1",
92	as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 17 of the Public
93	Records of Dade County, Florida, and all of the plat
94	of "Indian Pond", as recorded in Plat Book 139, Page
95	21 of the Public Records of Broward County, Florida,
96	more particularly described as follows:
97
98	BEGIN at the Northeast corner of said Tract 24; thence
99	Southerly along the East line of the Northwest one-
100	quarter (NW 1/4) of said Section 31 and along the
101	municipal limits of Cooper City per Chapter 59-1195,
102	Laws of Florida, as amended by Chapter 61-2050, Laws
103	of Florida, to the Northeast corner of the Southwest
104	One-Quarter (SW 1/4) of said Section 31; thence
105	Southerly along the East line of said Southwest One-
106	Quarter (SW 1/4), a portion of which is along the
107	municipal limits of Cooper City per Ordinance number
108	2002-03-01, to the Southeast corner of said Tract 36;
109	thence Westerly along the South line of said Tract 36
110	and along the South line of said "Indian Pond" to the
111	Southwest corner of said Tract 36, also being the
112	Southwest corner of said "Indian Pond"; thence
113	Northerly along the West line of "Indian Pond" and
114	along the West line of said Tracts 34, 33 and 24 to
115	the Northwest corner of said Tract 24; thence Easterly
116	along the North line of said Tract 24 to the POINT OF
117	BEGINNING.
118
119	Area C:
120	All of  Tract 26 and a portion of Tract 27, in Section
121	30, Township 50 South, Range 41 East, of "John W.
122	Newman's Survey", according to the plat thereof as
123	recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 26 of the Public Records
124	of Dade County, Florida, together with portions of the
125	South New River Canal right-of-way lying adjacent to
126	said tracts, together with a portion of "Pleasant
127	Acres", according to the plat thereof, as recorded in
128	Plat Book 131, Page 48, of the public records of
129	Broward County, Florida and also together with a
130	portion of  Section 31, Township 50 South, Range 41
131	East of "Florida Fruit Lands Company's Subdivision No.
132	1", as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 17 of the Public
133	Records of Dade County, Florida, more particularly
134	described as follows:
135
136	COMMENCING at the Southeast corner of the Southwest
137	one-quarter (SW 1/4) of said Section 30; thence
138	Westerly along the South line of said Southwest one-
139	quarter (SW 1/4) to an intersection with a line
140	parallel with and 15 feet West of the East line of the
141	Southwest one-quarter (SW 1/4) of said Section 30;
142	thence Northerly along said parallel line to the South
143	line of Tract  28 of said "John W. Newman's Survey";
144	thence along the municipal limits of Cooper City per
145	Chapter 59-1195, Laws of Florida, as amended by
146	Chapter 61-2050, Laws of Florida, the following two
147	(2) courses; thence Westerly along the South line of
148	said Tracts 28 and 27 to the Southwest corner of said
149	Tract 27; thence Northerly along the West line of said
150	Tract 27 to a point on the South line of a parcel of
151	land described in Official Records Book 33192, Page
152	1763 of the Public Records of Broward County, Florida
153	and the POINT OF  BEGINNING; thence Easterly along the
154	South line of said parcel and along  the Easterly
155	prolongation thereof to the centerline of S.W. 108
156	Avenue; thence Northerly along said centerline to the
157	centerline of the South New River Canal right-of-way;
158	thence Westerly along said centerline and along the
159	municipal limits of the Town of  Davie, per Chapter
160	84-420, Laws of Florida to the Northerly prolongation
161	of the West line of said Tract 26; thence Southerly
162	along said Northerly prolongation and along said West
163	line of Tract 26, a portion of which is along the
164	municipal limits of Cooper City per Ordinance number
165	87-2-2, to the Southwest corner of said  Tract 26;
166	thence along the municipal limits of Cooper City per
167	Chapter 59-1195, Laws of Florida, as amended by
168	Chapter 61-2050, Laws of Florida, the following four
169	(4) courses; thence Easterly along the South line of
170	said Tract 26 to the Southeast corner thereof; thence
171	Northerly along the East line of said Tract 26 to the
172	Northeast corner thereof; thence Easterly along the
173	Westerly prolongation of the North line of said Tract
174	27 to the Northwest corner of said Tract 27; thence
175	Southerly along the West line of said Tract 27 to the
176	POINT OF BEGINNING.
177
178	TOGETHER WITH:
179
180	BEGIN at the Southeast corner of  Tract B of said
181	"Pleasant Acres"; thence Westerly along the South line
182	of said Tract B to the Southwest corner thereof;
183	thence Northerly along the West line of said Tract B
184	and along the Northerly prolongation thereof to the
185	North line of said Section 31; thence Easterly along
186	said North line and along the municipal limits of
187	Cooper City per Chapter 59-1195, Laws of Florida, as
188	amended by Chapter 61-2050, Laws of Florida, to a
189	point of intersection with the Northerly prolongation
190	of the East line of said Tract B; thence Southerly
191	along said prolongation and along said East line to
192	the POINT OF BEGINNING.
193
194	Said lands situate, lying and being in Broward County, Florida.
195
196	Section 2.  (1)  The legal description of the area referred
197	to in this act as the United Ranches area is as follows:
198
199	Portions of Tracts 25, 27 and 28, in Section 30,
200	Township 50 South, Range 41 East, of "John W. Newman's
201	Survey", according to the plat thereof as recorded in
202	Plat Book 2, Page 26 of the Public Records of Dade
203	County, Florida, together with that portion of the
204	hiatus lying West of said Section 30 and together with
205	that portion of the South New River Canal right-of-way
206	lying adjacent to said tracts and hiatus, more
207	particularly described as follows:
208
209	COMMENCING at the Southeast corner of the Southwest
210	one-quarter (SW 1/4) of said Section 30; thence
211	Westerly along the South line of said Southwest one-
212	quarter (SW 1/4) to an intersection with a line
213	parallel with and 15 feet West of the East line of the
214	Southwest one-quarter (SW 1/4) of said Section 30;
215	thence Northerly along said parallel line to the South
216	line of said Tract 28 and the POINT OF BEGINNING;
217	thence along the municipal limits of Cooper City per
218	Chapter 59-1195, Laws of Florida, as amended by
219	Chapter 61-2050, Laws of Florida, the following nine
220	(9) courses; thence Westerly along the South line of
221	said Tracts 28 and 27 to the Southwest corner of said
222	Tract 27; thence Northerly along the West line of said
223	Tract 27 to the Northwest corner thereof; thence
224	Westerly along the Easterly prolongation of the North
225	line of Tract 26 of said "John W. Newman's Survey" to
226	the Northeast corner of said Tract 26; thence
227	Southerly along the East line of said Tract 26 to the
228	Southeast corner thereof; thence Westerly along the
229	South line of said Tracts 26 and 25 to the Southwest
230	corner of said Tract 25; thence Northerly along the
231	West line of said Tract 25, being on a line parallel
232	with and 15 feet East of the West line of said Section
233	30, and along a portion of the municipal limits of
234	Cooper City per Ordinance  number 87-2-2 to the
235	Northwest corner of said Tract 25; thence Westerly
236	along the Westerly prolongation of the North line of
237	said Tract 25 to the West line of said Section 30;
238	thence Southerly along said West line to the Westerly
239	prolongation of the South line of said Tract 25;
240	thence Westerly along said Westerly prolongation to
241	the East line of  the municipal limits of Cooper City
242	per Ordinance number 2001-4-2; thence Northerly along
243	said municipal limits line and along the Northerly
244	prolongation thereof to the centerline of the South
245	New River Canal right-of-way; thence Easterly along
246	said centerline and along the municipal limits of the
247	Town of Davie per Chapter 84-420, Laws of Florida, to
248	the Northerly prolongation of the East line of said
249	Tract 28; thence Southerly along said prolongation and
250	along a portion of the municipal limits of Cooper City
251	per Chapter 59-1195, Laws of Florida, as amended by
252	Chapter 61-2050, Laws of  Florida, to the POINT OF
253	BEGINNING;
254
255	LESS therefrom the following:
256	That portion of Cooper City per Ordinance number 85-6-
257	1 described as follows; the North 378 feet of that
258	portion of Tract 28, Section 30, Township 50 South,
259	Range 41 East according to, John W. Newman's Survey,
260	lying South of the South right of way line of South
261	New River Canal, as recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 26
262	of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida, said
263	lands situate, lying and being in Broward County,
264	Florida; less the East 45 feet for road right-of-way.
265
266	And also LESS:
267	That portion of Cooper City per Ordinance number 87-2-
268	2 being a part of Tract 25, Section 30, Township 50
269	South, Range 41 East, "John W. Newman's Survey", as
270	recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 26 Dade County Records,
271	more particularly described as follows:
272
273	COMMENCE at the Southeast corner of said Tract 25;
274	thence on an assumed bearing of North 00°16'37" East

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