| 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 an |
| 7 | effective date. |
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Tierra Verde is a group of small barrier islands |
| 10 | situated in the southern area of unincorporated Pinellas County, |
| 11 | served by a single two-lane bridge crossing the Intracoastal |
| 12 | Waterway from St. Petersburg, and surrounded by navigable state |
| 13 | waters, and |
| 14 | WHEREAS, Tierra Verde was developed as a predominantly |
| 15 | residential community, with most of the residents residing |
| 16 | within the deed-restricted community of the Tierra Verde |
| 17 | Community Association, which includes the designated |
| 18 | neighborhoods of Entrada, Monte Cristo, Pinellas Bayway, Sands |
| 19 | Point, East Shore, and West Shore, and |
| 20 | WHEREAS, the majority of the neighborhoods of Tierra Verde |
| 21 | are part of a master community association that provides and |
| 22 | maintains services, functions, and amenities for the residents |
| 23 | of Tierra Verde, and |
| 24 | WHEREAS, the residents of Tierra Verde have developed a |
| 25 | common vision of Tierra Verde's future as a family-oriented, |
| 26 | residential island community where small businesses and |
| 27 | commercial uses serve to complement and support island |
| 28 | residents; and, in recognition thereof, Pinellas County has |
| 29 | adopted a Tierra Verde Community Overlay within the Pinellas |
| 30 | County Comprehensive Plan that reflects the community's vision, |
| 31 | and |
| 32 | WHEREAS, the residents of the Tierra Verde Community pay ad |
| 33 | valorem taxes to support and receive fire control services from |
| 34 | the Tierra Verde Fire Control District, and |
| 35 | WHEREAS, s. 171.031(11), Florida Statutes, states that a |
| 36 | special act may prohibit the annexation of territory that is |
| 37 | separated from the annexing municipality by a body of water or |
| 38 | watercourse, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 40 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 42 | Section 1. Annexation of territory by municipalities; |
| 43 | communitywide referendum required.--Notwithstanding any other |
| 44 | provision of law, a municipality within Pinellas County may not |
| 45 | annex any unincorporated territory situated within the defined |
| 46 | boundaries of the Tierra Verde Community on the effective date |
| 47 | of this act unless the annexation of all of the territory within |
| 48 | the boundaries of the Tierra Verde Community is approved by a |
| 49 | majority vote of the electors of the Tierra Verde Community |
| 50 | voting in a referendum called for that purpose. |
| 51 | Section 2. Legal description; Tierra Verde Community.--All |
| 52 | those lands situate, lying, and being within the herein |
| 53 | described parcel: |
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| 55 | A portion of fractional Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, |
| 56 | 30, 31, and 32, Township 32 South, Range 16 East, |
| 57 | together with submerged lands and together with |
| 58 | unsurveyed lands, lying in Pinellas County, Florida, |
| 59 | being described as follows: |
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| 61 | From the Southerly most corner of Lot 5, Block 23, |
| 62 | TIERRA VERDE UNIT ONE, as recorded in Plat Book 57, |
| 63 | Pages 42 through 55, Public Records of Pinellas |
| 64 | County, Florida, as the Point of Commencement; thence |
| 65 | North 30°52'53" East, along the East line of said |
| 66 | Block 23 and the Northeasterly extension thereof, |
| 67 | 1,187.95 feet to a point on the center of the main |
| 68 | ship channel of Boca Ciega Bay, the same being the |
| 69 | City Limits of the City of St. Petersburg; thence |
| 70 | along said main ship channel of Boca Ciega Bay and |
| 71 | City Limits of the City of St. Petersburg the |
| 72 | following two courses and distances, (1) North |
| 73 | 56°23'06" West 2,350.94 feet, (2) North 24°49'37" West |
| 74 | 459.96 feet to the intersection with the Pass-a-Grille |
| 75 | Channel, the same being the City Limits of the City of |
| 76 | St. Pete Beach, said point being the Point of |
| 77 | Beginning; thence along the said Pass-a-Grille Channel |
| 78 | and the City Limits of the City of St. Pete Beach, the |
| 79 | following four courses and distances: (1) South |
| 80 | 49°04'05" West 2,741.70 feet, (2) South 38°55'13" West |
| 81 | 1,201.77 feet, (3) South 21°58'42" West 1,202.38 feet, |
| 82 | (4) South 11°52'59" East 2549.64 feet; thence |
| 83 | departing said Pass-a-Grille Channel and City Limits |
| 84 | of the City of St. Pete Beach, South 10°50'24" East |
| 85 | 2,510.20 feet; thence South 48°30'09" East 740.07 |
| 86 | feet; thence South 03°49'00" West 2,557.86 feet; |
| 87 | thence South 37°18'04" East 6,807.92 feet; thence |
| 88 | North 88°30'47" East 173.30 feet, more or less to a |
| 89 | point on the West line of the City Limits of the City |
| 90 | of St. Petersburg; thence along said West line of the |
| 91 | City Limits of the City of St. Petersburg North |
| 92 | 00°09'46" West 15,402.33 feet to a point on the |
| 93 | aforesaid main ship channel of Boca Ciega Bay; thence |
| 94 | along said main ship channel of Boca Ciega Bay |
| 95 | continuing along the City Limits of the City of St. |
| 96 | Petersburg, the following two courses and distances: |
| 97 | (1) North 56°23'06" West 2,601.89 feet, (2) North |
| 98 | 24°49'37" West 459.96 feet to the Point of Beginning. |
| 99 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |