HB 699

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the East Lake Tarpon Community,
3	Pinellas County; providing requirements for the
4	municipal annexation of the East Lake Tarpon
5	Community; requiring a referendum of the electors
6	within the community before such annexation; providing
7	exceptions; describing the community boundaries;
8	providing for expiration; providing an effective date.
9
10	WHEREAS, East Lake Tarpon is an area surrounded on three
11	sides by a lake and the county lines of Pasco and Hillsborough
12	Counties and is situated in the northeastern area of
13	unincorporated Pinellas County, and
14	WHEREAS, East Lake Tarpon was developed as a predominantly
15	residential community, with most of the residents residing
16	within the deed-restricted communities of the East Lake Tarpon
17	area, and
18	WHEREAS, the residents of East Lake Tarpon are developing a
19	common vision of East Lake Tarpon's future as a family-oriented,
20	residential scenic community where small businesses and
21	commercial uses serve to complement and support area residents,
22	and the community is working with Pinellas County to adopt an
23	East Lake Tarpon Community Overlay within the Pinellas County
24	Comprehensive Plan that reflects the community's vision, and
25	WHEREAS, the residents of the East Lake Tarpon Community
26	pay ad valorem taxes to support and receive fire control
27	services from the East Lake Tarpon Fire Control District, NOW,
28	THEREFORE,
29
30	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
31
32	Section 1.  Annexation of territory by municipalities;
33	communitywide referendum required.-
34	(1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
35	municipality within Pinellas County may not annex any
36	unincorporated territory that is situated within the defined
37	boundaries of the East Lake Tarpon Community on the effective
38	date of this act unless the annexation of all of the territory
39	within the boundaries of the East Lake Tarpon Community is
40	approved by a majority vote of the electors of the East Lake
41	Tarpon Community voting in a referendum called for that purpose.
42	(2)  Notwithstanding subsection (1), and pursuant to
43	section 171.044, Florida Statutes, a property owner may apply
44	for and be granted voluntarily annexation into a municipality
45	after approval of such application.
46	Section 2.  Legal description; East Lake Tarpon Community.-
47	All those lands situate, lying, and being within the herein
48	described parcel:
49
50	The East Lake Tarpon Community is described by the following:
51
52	Begin at the Northeast Corner of Section 1, Township
53	27 South, Range 16 East, Pinellas County, Florida;
54	thence run south along the said East Section Line
55	(Hillsborough/Pinellas County Line) to the East-West
56	Half Section Line of Section 1, Township 28 South,
57	Range 16 East; thence West along said Half Section
58	Line to the Easterly right-of-way Line of Florida
59	Power Corporation; thence South along said right-of-
60	way Line to the East-West Half Section Line of Section
61	12, Township 28 South, Range 16 East; thence East
62	along said Half Section Line to the Northeast Corner
63	of Florida Power Corporation Substation; thence South
64	along the East Line of said Substation to the South
65	Section Line of said Section 12; thence West along
66	said South Section Line to the North-South Center
67	Section Line of said Section 12; thence North along
68	said Center Section Line to the South Right-of-way
69	line of Florida Power Corporation; thence West along
70	said right-of-way Line to the West Line of Section 11,
71	Township 28 South, Range 16 East; thence North along
72	said West Line to the North right-of-way Line of said
73	Florida Power Corporation; thence East along said
74	right-of-way Line to the East Line of the Northwest
75	1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12; thence
76	North along said Easterly Line to the East-West
77	Centerline of said Section 12, thence East along said
78	Centerline to the West Line of the East 1/2 of the
79	East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 12;
80	thence North along said line to the North Section Line
81	of said Section 12; thence East along said line to the
82	North-South Centerline of Section 1, Township 28
83	South, Range 16 East; thence North along said line a
84	distance of 491.97 feet; thence North 75 00'00" east
85	to the West right-of-way Line of Florida Power
86	Corporation; thence North along said right-of-way Line
87	to the East-West Centerline of said Section 1; thence
88	West along said line a distance of 1,837.78 feet;
89	thence North to the South Line of the Northeast 1/4 of
90	the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 1; thence West along
91	said line to the West Line of the Northeast 1/4 of the
92	Northwest 1/4 of said Section 1; thence North along
93	said line to the North Line of the Southwest 1/4 of
94	the Southwest 1/4 of Section 36, Township 27 South,
95	Range 16 East; thence West along said line to the
96	North-South Centerline of Section 35, Township 27
97	South, Range 16 East; thence South along said line to
98	the South Section Line of said Section 35; thence West
99	along said Section Line to the Southwest corner of
100	said Section 35; thence South along the West Section
101	Line of Sections 2 and Section 11, Township 28 South,
102	Range 16 East to the North Section Line of Section 15,
103	Township 28 South, Range 16 East; thence West along
104	the North Line of said Section 15 to the North-South
105	Centerline of said Section; thence South along said
106	Section 15 North-South Centerline to the Northwest
107	corner of that parcel described in Official Records
108	Book 8989, Page 918 of the Public Records of Pinellas
109	County, Florida; thence along the Northerly boundary
110	line of said parcel to the Northeast property corner
111	thereof; thence along the Easterly boundary line of
112	said parcel to the Northerly right-of-way line of
113	Tampa Road (S.R. 584); thence in a Northwesterly
114	direction along said right-of-way line to the
115	Southerly Line of Florida Power Corporation; thence
116	Southwesterly along said Southerly Line to the
117	centerline of the Lake Tarpon Outfall Canal; thence
118	Northerly along the centerline of the Lake Tarpon
119	Outfall Canal into Lake Tarpon to its North-South
120	Centerline; thence Northerly along the North-South
121	Centerline of Lake Tarpon to the City Limit Line of
122	the City of Tarpon Springs on the Northern shoreline
123	of Lake Tarpon; thence along the City Limit Line of
124	Tarpon Springs around its Easterly point above Lake
125	Tarpon and then Westerly to the North-South Centerline
126	of Salt Lake; thence northerly along the North-South
127	Centerline of Salt Lake to the Centerline of the
128	Anclote River; thence Northeasterly along the
129	Centerline of the Anclote River to the Pasco-Pinellas
130	County Line; thence East along the Pasco/Pinellas
131	County Line to the Point of Beginning.
132	LESS any areas annexed into the corporate municipal
133	limits of Oldsmar or Tarpon Springs.
134	Section 3.  This act expires September 30, 2022.
135	Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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