HB 1531

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the West Palm Beach Water Catchment
3	Area, Palm Beach County; amending chapter 67-2169, Laws of
4	Florida, as amended; revising the legal description of the
5	water catchment area; authorizing the licensing or
6	permitting of certain uses within the water catchment
7	area; providing an effective date.
8
9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11	Section 1.  Sections 1 and 2 of chapter 67-2169, Laws of
12	Florida, as amended, are amended to read:
13	Section 1.  West Palm Beach Water Catchment area
14	described.--The following described lands in Palm Beach County,
15	Florida, owned by the City of West Palm Beach, Florida, form the
16	West Palm Beach water catchment area, to wit:
17
18	PARCEL ONE.
19
20	The South four hundred fifty feet (450') of the
21	Southwest quarter (SW 1/4) of Section one (1) in
22	Township forty-three South (43 S), Range forty-two
23	East (42 E), except right-of-way of Military Trail and
24	Haverhill Road.
25
26	PARCEL TWO.
27
28	The South four hundred fifty feet (450') of the
29	Southeast quarter (SE 1/4) and the entire Southwest
30	quarter (SW 1/4) of Section two (2) of Township forty-
31	three South (43 S), Range forty-two East (42 E),
32	except right-of-way for Haverhill Road subject,
33	however, to that certain easement from Model Land
34	Company to Florida Power and Light Company dated
35	September 16, 1931, to construct and operate power
36	lines on the East side of said property.
37
38	Said PARCEL TWO being also subject to 160 ft. width
39	electric power and communication line easement as
40	granted by West Palm Beach Water Company unto Florida
41	Power and Light Company by right-of-way agreement
42	dated June 23, 1953, recorded in Deed Book 1023, page
43	680, Palm Beach County Public Records. (Less Right-of-
44	Way of Haverhill Road.)
45
46	PARCEL THREE.
47
48	The South half (S 1/2) of Section three (3), Township
49	forty-three South (43 S), Range forty-two East (42 E).
50
51	Less and except Jog Road extension described as
52	follows:
53
54	A parcel of land in Section three (3), Township forty-
55	three South (43 S), Range forty-two East (42 E), Palm
56	Beach County, Florida, more particularly described as
57	follows: Commence at the southeast corner of said
58	Section three (3); thence along the south line of said
59	Section three (3), N 88°43'44" W for 302.06 feet to
60	the West right-of-way line of Florida's Turnpike,
61	recorded in Circuit Court Minutes Book 68, page 204,
62	of the public records of Palm Beach County, Florida;
63	thence along said right-of-way line, N 01°54'17" E for
64	2,188.38 feet to the point of curvature of a curve
65	concave to the east, having a radius of 43,121.85
66	feet; thence northerly, along said curve and right-of-
67	way line to the right, through a central angle of
68	0°39'37" for 496.98 feet to the north line of the
69	South half (S 1/2) of said Section three (3); thence
70	along said north line, N 88°33'32" W for 166.86 feet
71	to a non-tangent curve, concave to the west, having a
72	radius of 657.00 feet, where a radial line bears S
73	85°35'16" W; thence southerly, along said curve to the
74	right, through a central angle of 6°19'01" for 72.44
75	feet to a point of tangency; thence S 01°54'17" W for
76	2,613.48 feet to the said south line of Section three
77	(3); thence along said south line, S 88°43'44" E for
78	160.01 feet to the Point of Beginning.
79
80	PARCEL FOUR.
81
82	The North four hundred fifty feet (450') of Section
83	eleven (11), Township forty-three 43 South (43 S),
84	Range forty-two 42 East (42 E), except right-of-way
85	for Haverhill Road.
86
87	PARCEL FIVE.
88
89	The North four hundred fifty feet (450') of Northwest
90	quarter (NW 1/4) of Section twelve (12), Township
91	forty-three South (43 S), Range forty-two East (42 E),
92	as conveyed to West Palm Beach Water Company by Model
93	Land Company's two deeds of July 12, 1944, recorded in
94	Deed Book 694, page 317, and Deed Book 694, page 319,
95	subject to right-of-way of Military Trail. (Less
96	Right-of-Way of Haverhill Road.)
97
98	Subject also to easement from Model Land Company to
99	Florida Power and Light Company dated September 16,
100	1931, to construct and operate power lines on west
101	side of said North half (N 1/2) of Northwest quarter
102	(NW 1/4) of said Section twelve (12). 12;
103
104	PARCEL SIX.
105
106	The North half (N 1/2) One-Half of the North half (N
107	1/2) One-Half of the Northwest quarter (NW 1/4) One-
108	Quarter of the Northeast quarter (NE 1/4) One-Quarter,
109	Section ten (10), Township forty-three South (43 S),
110	Range forty-two East (42 E).
111
112	PARCEL SEVEN.
113
114	All of Section seventeen (17) lying South of Seaboard
115	Air Line Railway, all of Sections eighteen (18),
116	nineteen (19) and twenty (20), all of Section twenty-
117	one (21) south of Seaboard Air Line Railway; all of
118	Sections twenty-eight (28), twenty-nine (29), thirty
119	(30), thirty-one (31), thirty-two (32) and thirty-
120	three (33), all being in Township forty-two (42) South
121	(42 S), Range forty-two East (42 E).
122
123	PARCEL EIGHT.
124
125	That part of South one-half (S 1/2) of Section sixteen
126	(16), Township forty-two (T 42) South (42 S), Range
127	forty-two (R 42) East (42 E), lying south and west of
128	right-of-way of Florida Western and Northern Railroad
129	Company as described in Deed Book 225, Page 160, of
130	Palm Beach County public records, now owned by
131	Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company.
132
133	Said PARCELS SEVEN and EIGHT being subject to easement
134	of Palm Beach County, Florida, for public road known
135	as Lake Park Road across said sections 16-17-18-19-20-
136	21.
137
138	Said Sections 17-18 in said PARCEL SEVEN being also
139	subject to agreement between West Palm Beach Water
140	Company and Palm Beach County by Deed of February 26,
141	1951, recorded in Deed Book 936, page 151, permitting
142	removal by said County of shell not exceeding 15 ft.
143	in depth by the present level of water from said land.
144
145	Part of said Section thirty-two (32) 32 of Township 42
146	South (42 S), Range 42 East (42 E) in said PARCEL
147	SEVEN being subject to an estate, for its his natural
148	life, in Ike Lee, with remainder to Model Land
149	Company, its successors and assigns, as described in
150	Indenture of August 21, 1942, between J.C. Bills, Jr.,
151	et als, parties of the first part, Ike Lee, party of
152	the second part, and Model Land Company, party of the
153	third part, recorded Deed Book 656, page 102, Public
154	Records, Palm Beach County, Florida.
155
156	PARCEL NINE.
157
158	All of Sections four (4), five (5), six (6), seven
159	(7), eight (8), nine (9), seventeen (17) and eighteen
160	(18), all being in Township forty-three (43) South (43
161	S), Range forty-two (42) East (42 E).
162
163	PARCEL TEN.
164
165	All of the following described lands:
166
167	Starting at the southeast corner of Section 4, T 43 S,
168	R 40 E, proceed westerly a distance of 329.57' more or
169	less to the point of beginning, said point being on
170	the north R/W line of the Central and Southern Florida
171	Flood Control District L-8 tie back canal. From said
172	point of beginning, proceed westerly a distance of
173	170.42' more or less to a point; thence proceed N 00°
174	05' 50" a distance of 339.29' more or less to a point;
175	thence proceed easterly a distance of 170' more or
176	less to a point; thence proceed N 00° 05' E a distance
177	of 1,203.89', more or less to a point; thence N 45° E
178	a distance of 467.50' more or less to a point on the
179	east line of Section 4, T 43 S, R 40 E; thence S 00°
180	05' W a distance of 354.16' more or less to a point;
181	thence S 45° 00' W a distance of 113.34' to a point;
182	thence S 00° 05' W a distance of 1,190.74' more or
183	less to a point on the North R/W line of the Central
184	and Southern Florida Flood Control District L-8 tie
185	back canal; thence S 45° 08' 50" E a distance of
186	352.64' to the point of beginning; all the above
187	described lands lying in Section 4, T 43 S, R 40 E and
188	containing 10.83 acres, more or less.
189
190	Starting at the southwest corner of Section 3, T 43 S,
191	R 40 E proceed N 00° 05' E a distance of 1,430.16'
192	more or less to the point of beginning. From said
193	point of beginning proceed N 00° 05' E a distance of
194	354.16' more or less to a point; thence N 45° 00' E a
195	distance of 3,550.36' more or less, to a point on the
196	north line of Section 3, T 43 S, R 40 E; thence S 87°
197	46' E a distance of 340.54' more or less to a point;
198	thence S 45° 00' W a distance of 4,032.32' more or
199	less to the point of beginning. All of the above
200	described lands lie in Section 3, T 43 S, R 40 E and
201	contain 21.75 acres, more or less.
202
203	Starting at the southeast corner of Section 34, T 42
204	S, R 40 E proceed northerly a distance of 80' more or
205	less to the point of beginning; thence N 87° 46' W a
206	distance of 2,802.44' more or less, to a point; thence
207	S 45° 00' W a distance of 108.97', more or less to a
208	point on the south line of Section 34, T 42 S, R 40 E;
209	thence N 87° 46' W a distance of 340.54' more or less,
210	to a point; thence N 45° 00' E a distance of 449.51'
211	more or less to a point; thence S 87° 46' E a distance
212	of 2,902.00' more or less to a point; thence southerly
213	a distance of 250.19' more or less to the point of
214	beginning; said described lands containing 18.52 acres
215	more or less and lie wholly in Section 34, T 42 S, R
216	40 E.
217
218	Starting at the southwest corner of Section 35, T 42
219	S, R 40 E proceed northerly a distance of 80' more or
220	less, to the point of beginning; thence proceed
221	northerly a distance of 250' more or less to a point;
222	thence proceed S 87° 46' E a distance of 5,262.93'
223	more or less to a point; thence N 88° 37' E a distance
224	of 12.87' more or less to a point; thence proceed
225	southerly a distance of 250' more or less to a point;
226	thence proceed S 88° 37' W a distance of 3.12' more or
227	less to a point; thence proceed N 87° 46' W a distance
228	of 5,272.68' more or less to the point of beginning;
229	all above described lands lying in Section 35, T 42 S,
230	R 40 E and containing 30.2 acres, more or less.
231
232	Starting at the southwest corner of Section 36, T 42
233	S, R 40 E, proceed northerly a distance of 80' more or
234	less to the point of beginning; thence proceed
235	northerly a distance of 250' more or less to a point;
236	thence proceed N 88° 37' E a distance of 5,287.66'
237	more or less to the southwest corner of Section 31, T
238	42 S, R 41 E; thence proceed S 1° 41' W a distance of
239	250.11' more or less, to a point; thence proceed S 88°
240	37' W a distance of 5,281.62' more or less to the
241	point of beginning; the above described lands lying in
242	Section 36, T 42 S, R 40 E and containing 30.3 acres,
243	more or less.
244
245	Less and except that portion of Sections 35 and 36,
246	Township 42 South, Range 40 East, as described above,
247	that lie North of the following described line:
248
249	Commencing at the northwest corner of said Section 35;
250	thence S 00 05' 34" E, along the West line of said
251	Section 35, 5,205.17 feet to a point lying 82.04 feet
252	north of (as measured along said West line) the "Royal
253	Palm Beach Colony" south line of said Section 35 and
254	the Point of Beginning of the herein described line;
255	thence S 87 38' 00" E, 983.00 feet; thence S 87 51'
256	58" E, 3,082.46 feet; thence S 87 57' 41" E, 1,210.03
257	feet; thence N 88 43' 01" E, 7.93 feet to a point on
258	the East line of said Section 35, said point lying
259	57.90 feet north of (as measured along said East line)
260	the said south line of Section 35 also being the West
261	line of Section 36; thence continue N 88 43' 01" E,
262	779.85 feet; thence S 89 29' 30" E, 525.09 feet;
263	thence S 89 07' 06" E, 283.89 feet; thence N 88 39'
264	13" E, 2,494.69 feet; thence N 88 29' 15" E, 1,207.18
265	feet to a point on the East line of said Section 36,
266	said point lying 336.46 feet north of (as measured
267	along said East line) the said "Royal Palm Beach
268	Colony" south line of Section 36 and the Point of
269	Termination of the herein described line.
270
271	Said Sections are as shown on the M Canal R/W Map as
272	recorded in Road Plat Book 6, pages 136-141, Public
273	Records of Palm Beach County, Florida.
274
275	The north 250' of Section 6, T 43 S, R 41 E.
276
277	The north 250' of Section 5, T 43 S, R 41 E.
278
279	Beginning at the southwest corner of Section 33, T 42
280	S, R 41 E proceed N 59° 47' E a distance of 660' more
281	or less to a point; thence N 89° 47' E a distance of
282	4,720.0' more or less to a point on the east line of
283	said Section 33, said point being 330' more or less to
284	a point northerly from the southeast corner of said
285	Section 33. From the above described point proceed
286	southerly a distance of 250' more or less to a point;
287	thence proceed S 89° 47' W a distance of 4,490.16'
288	more or less to a point; thence S 59° 47' W a distance
289	of 160' more or less to a point on the south line of
290	Section 33, T 42 S, R 41 E; thence S 89° 47' W a
291	distance of 661.58' more or less to the point of
292	beginning; all above described land lying in Section
293	33, T 42 S, R 41 E, containing 29.5 acres, more or
294	less.
295
296	Beginning at the northwest corner of Section 4, T 43
297	S, R 41 E proceed N 89° 47' E a distance of 661.58'
298	more or less to a point; thence S 59° 47' W a distance
299	of 500' more or less to a point; thence S 89° 47' W a
300	distance of 229.51' more or less to a point on the
301	west line of said Section 4; thence northerly a
302	distance of 250' more or less to the point of
303	beginning; all above described land lying in Section
304	4, T 43 S, R 41 E, containing 2.57 acres more or less.
305	The south 330' of Section 34, T 42 S, R 41 E less the
306	south 80' thereof, containing 30.36 acres, more or
307	less.
308
309	The south 330' of Section 35, T 42 S, R 41 E less the
310	south 80' thereof, containing 30.36 acres, more or
311	less.
312
313	The south 330' of Section 36, T 42 S, R 41 E less the
314	south 80' thereof, containing 30.36 acres, more or
315	less (less R/W of State Road 7).
316
317	Section 2.  Uses.--It shall be mandatory that the City of
318	West Palm Beach retain in perpetuity full ownership and control
319	and shall not lease or grant any license for any part of the
320	water catchment area which is inconsistent with water supply,
321	environmental, educational, or conservation purposes, including,
322	but not limited to, environmental mitigation. No use of the
323	water catchment area shall be made by the city which is
324	inconsistent with water supply, environmental, educational, or
325	conservation purposes, which purposes include, but are not
326	limited to, environmental mitigation purposes. The City of West
327	Palm Beach may grant licenses permitting the construction,
328	installation, maintenance, and removal of crossings above,
329	below, and across the M-Canal by water, wastewater, gas, or
330	other utility pipes and electric or other utility lines and for
331	the construction, expansion, extension, relocation, and
332	maintenance of government roadways across the M-Canal, provided
333	such crossings are not inconsistent with the uses established in
334	this section and such crossings are not inconsistent with this
335	act or applicable laws and regulations governing Class I potable
336	water supplies and the water catchment area.
337	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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