HB 1217

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to the City of Bradenton Beach, Manatee
3County; amending chapter 28915, Laws of Florida, 1953;
4amending the city's boundaries; authorizing the city to
5exercise certain police powers and jurisdictional
6authority 500 feet into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico
7adjacent to its established corporate limits and within
8Sarasota Bay from the eastern municipal boundary of the
9city to the west right-of-way line of the Intracoastal
10Waterway; providing an effective date.
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12Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14     Section 1.  Section 6 of Article I of chapter 28915, Laws
15of Florida, 1953, is amended to read:
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ARTICLE I
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
18     Section 6.  (1)(a)  The boundaries of the area which shall
19be included in the territory of the City of Bradenton Beach, in
20Manatee County, Florida, shall be as follows:
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22All lands on Anna Maria Island lying south of a line
23with a point of beginning at the intersection of
24Sarasota Bay (Intracoastal Waterway) and the southerly
25boundary of Sunrise Park Re-Plat (Plat Book 11, Page
2694 of the Public Records of Manatee County, Florida)
27thence continuing westerly along the southerly
28boundary thereof and its westerly extension and the
29southerly boundary of Sunrise Park (Plat Book 10, Page
3031 of the Public Records of Manatee County, Florida)
31and its westerly extension thereof and along the south
32line of Block 33, Lots 20 and 1 of Ilexhurst
33Subdivision (Plat Book 1, Page 154 of the Public
34Records of Manatee County, Florida) to the west right-
35of-way line of State Road 789 (also known as Gulf
36Drive); thence northerly along the west right-of-way
37line of said State Road 789 (Gulf Drive) approximately
3850 feet; thence westerly approximately 100 feet along
39the south line of former Block 34, Lot 19 of Ilexhurst
40Subdivision (Plat Book 1, Page 154 of the Public
41Records of Manatee County, Florida); thence northerly
42approximately 100 feet along the west line of former
43Block 34, Lots 19 and 18 of said Ilexhurst Subdivision
44(this portion of Ilexhurst Subdivision is now re-
45platted as Ocean Park Terrace Condominium Book 12,
46Page 161 of the Public Records of Manatee County,
47Florida); thence westerly along the north line of
48Ocean Park Terrace (Condominium Book 12, Page 161 of
49the Public Records of Manatee County, Florida) and its
50westerly extension to the shoreline of the Gulf of
51Mexico; thence southerly along the shoreline of the
52Gulf of Mexico to the southern terminus of Anna Maria
53Island; thence easterly around the southerly tip of
54Anna Maria Island; thence northerly along the
55shoreline of Anna Maria Island including United States
56Government Lot #1, Section 10-35-26 (Coffee Shell
57Island) to the point of beginning.
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59Such property otherwise described as Anna Maria Island
60lying south of the Holmes Beach city limits.
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62     (b)  Additionally, the municipal boundary of the City shall
63be expanded to include an area adjacent and contiguous to the
64current city boundary within Sarasota Bay and designated as the
65Bradenton Beach Mooring Field, more specifically described as:
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67Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of 8th
68Street South and Sarasota Bay (Intracoastal Waterway)
69thence run east a distance of 1,500.00 feet; thence
70northerly parallel to the Intracoastal Waterway
71Channel to a point on the southerly right-of-way line
72of Cortez Road; thence westerly along said southerly
73right-of-way line a distance of 1,400.00 feet to the
74mean high water line of Sarasota Bay (Intracoastal
75Waterway); thence southerly along the mean high water
76line of said Sarasota Bay (Intracoastal Waterway) to
77the point of beginning.
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79Lying and being in Sections 3, 4, 9 and 10, Township
8035 South, Range 16 East, Manatee County, Florida.
81All lands on Anna Maria Key lying South of the South
82Boundary of the Subdivision of Ilexhurst as recorded
83in Plat Book 1 Page 154 of the Public Records of
84Manatee County, Florida; said line being the Northern
85Boundary line of Township Thirty-five (35) South,
86Range Sixteen (16) East, Manatee County, Florida.
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88     (c)  Provided, however, that the said City shall have the
89power to change its boundaries in the manner hereinafter or as
90authorized otherwise by the laws of the State of Florida
91provided.
92     (2)  The City of Bradenton Beach, Manatee County, is
93authorized to exercise its police powers and jurisdictional
94authority 500 feet into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico
95adjacent to its established corporate limits and within Sarasota
96Bay from the eastern municipal boundary of the City to the west
97right-of-way line of the Intracoastal Waterway; however, the
98exercise of such police powers and jurisdiction beyond the
99corporate limits of the City shall extend only to the abatement
100of nuisances, the enforcement of sanitary laws and regulations,
101the regulation of zoning, and the suppression of crime.
102     Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.


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