CS/HB 1375

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Tierra Verde Community, Pinellas
3	County; providing requirements for the municipal
4	annexation of the community; requiring a referendum of the
5	electors within the community prior to such annexation;
6	describing the community boundaries; providing that
7	annexation ordinances not adopted in the manner required
8	by this act are not valid or effective, regardless of when
9	adopted; providing an effective date.
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11	WHEREAS, Tierra Verde is a group of small barrier islands
12	situated in the southern area of unincorporated Pinellas County,
13	served by a single two-lane bridge crossing the Intracoastal
14	Waterway from St. Petersburg, and surrounded by navigable state
15	waters, and
16	WHEREAS, Tierra Verde was developed as a predominantly
17	residential community, with most of the residents residing
18	within the deed-restricted community of the Tierra Verde
19	Community Association, which includes the designated
20	neighborhoods of Entrada, Monte Cristo, Pinellas Bayway, Sands
21	Point, East Shore, and West Shore, and
22	WHEREAS, the majority of the neighborhoods of Tierra Verde
23	are part of a master community association that provides and
24	maintains services, functions, and amenities for the residents
25	of Tierra Verde, and
26	WHEREAS, the residents of Tierra Verde have developed a
27	common vision of Tierra Verde's future as a family-oriented,
28	residential island community where small businesses and
29	commercial uses serve to complement and support island
30	residents; and, in recognition thereof, Pinellas County has
31	adopted a Tierra Verde Community Overlay within the Pinellas
32	County Comprehensive Plan that reflects the community's vision,
33	and
34	WHEREAS, the residents of the Tierra Verde Community pay ad
35	valorem taxes to support and receive fire control services from
36	the Tierra Verde Fire Control District, and
37	WHEREAS, s. 171.031(11), Florida Statutes, states that a
38	special act may prohibit the annexation of territory that is
39	separated from the annexing municipality by a body of water or
40	watercourse, NOW, THEREFORE,
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42	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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44	Section 1.  Annexation of territory by municipalities;
45	communitywide referendum required.--Notwithstanding any other
46	provision of law, a municipality within Pinellas County may not
47	annex any unincorporated territory situated within the defined
48	boundaries of the Tierra Verde Community on the effective date
49	of this act unless the annexation of all of the territory within
50	the boundaries of the Tierra Verde Community is approved by a
51	majority vote of the electors of the Tierra Verde Community
52	voting in a referendum called for that purpose.
53	Section 2.  Legal description; Tierra Verde Community.--All
54	those lands situate, lying, and being within the herein
55	described parcel:
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57	A portion of fractional Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 29,
58	30, 31, and 32, Township 32 South, Range 16 East,
59	together with submerged lands and together with
60	unsurveyed lands, lying in Pinellas County, Florida,
61	being described as follows:
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63	From the Southerly most corner of Lot 5, Block 23,
64	TIERRA VERDE UNIT ONE, as recorded in Plat Book 57,
65	Pages 42 through 55, Public Records of Pinellas
66	County, Florida, as the Point of Commencement; thence
67	North 30°52'53" East, along the East line of said
68	Block 23 and the Northeasterly extension thereof,
69	1,187.95 feet to a point on the center of the main
70	ship channel of Boca Ciega Bay, the same being the
71	City Limits of the City of St. Petersburg; thence
72	along said main ship channel of Boca Ciega Bay and
73	City Limits of the City of St. Petersburg the
74	following two courses and distances, (1) North
75	56°23'06" West 2,350.94 feet, (2) North 24°49'37" West
76	459.96 feet to the intersection with the Pass-a-Grille
77	Channel, the same being the City Limits of the City of
78	St. Pete Beach, said point being the Point of
79	Beginning; thence along the said Pass-a-Grille Channel
80	and the City Limits of the City of St. Pete Beach, the
81	following four courses and distances: (1) South
82	49°04'05" West 2,741.70 feet, (2) South 38°55'13" West
83	1,201.77 feet, (3) South 21°58'42" West 1,202.38 feet,
84	(4) South 11°52'59" East 2549.64 feet; thence
85	departing said Pass-a-Grille Channel and City Limits
86	of the City of St. Pete Beach, South 10°50'24" East
87	2,510.20 feet; thence South 48°30'09" East 740.07
88	feet; thence South 03°49'00" West 2,557.86 feet;
89	thence South 37°18'04" East 6,807.92 feet; thence
90	North 88°30'47" East 173.30 feet, more or less to a
91	point on the West line of the City Limits of the City
92	of St. Petersburg; thence along said West line of the
93	City Limits of the City of St. Petersburg North
94	00°09'46" West 15,402.33 feet to a point on the
95	aforesaid main ship channel of Boca Ciega Bay; thence
96	along said main ship channel of Boca Ciega Bay
97	continuing along the City Limits of the City of St.
98	Petersburg, the following two courses and distances:
99	(1) North 56°23'06" West 2,601.89 feet, (2) North
100	24°49'37" West 459.96 feet to the Point of Beginning.
101	Section 3.  Validity and effectiveness of annexation
102	ordinances.--An annexation ordinance that is not adopted in
103	the manner required by this act is not valid or effective,
104	whether adopted before, on, or after the effective date of
105	this act.
106	Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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