Florida Senate - 2021 (NP) SB 832
By Senator Berman
31-00875-21 2021832__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Town of Lake Clarke Shores,
3 Palm Beach County; amending chapter 57-1478, Laws of
4 Florida, as amended; extending the corporate limits of
5 the town to include portions of Edgewater Park and
6 adjoining canals; providing an effective date.
7
8 WHEREAS, s. 2(c), Article VIII of the State Constitution
9 provides that municipal annexation of unincorporated territory
10 shall be as provided by general or special law, and
11 WHEREAS, in s. 171.046, Florida Statutes, the Legislature
12 recognized that enclaves of unincorporated territory can create
13 significant problems in planning, growth management, and service
14 delivery, and therefore declared that it is the policy of the
15 state to eliminate enclaves, and
16 WHEREAS, s. 171.031(13), Florida Statutes, defines an
17 “enclave” to mean any unincorporated improved or developed area
18 that is enclosed within and bounded on all sides by a single
19 municipality or any unincorporated improved or developed area
20 that is enclosed within and bounded by a single municipality and
21 a natural or manmade obstacle that allows the passage of
22 vehicular traffic to that unincorporated area only through the
23 municipality, and
24 WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that a certain portion of
25 Edgewater Park and adjoining canals, lying contiguous and
26 adjacent to the present boundaries of the Town of Lake Clarke
27 Shores, and comprising approximately 32.768 acres in land area,
28 is a near-enclave, posing many of the inefficiencies and
29 problems in planning, growth management, and service delivery
30 that motivate the elimination of enclaves, and
31 WHEREAS, the Legislature further finds that there is no
32 available statutory procedure to expedite the annexation of
33 near-enclaves into the most appropriate incorporated
34 jurisdiction, and that it is in the best interest of residents
35 and visitors to this state that a special law be enacted for
36 that purpose with respect to the Edgewater Park near-enclave,
37 NOW, THEREFORE,
38
39 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
40
41 Section 1. Section 1 of article II of chapter 57-1478, Laws
42 of Florida, as amended by chapter 59-1465, Laws of Florida, is
43 amended to read:
44
45 ARTICLE II
46 BOUNDARIES
47 “Section 1. (1) Territorial Limits. The territorial limits
48 of said municipality are hereby redefined and re-established as
49 follows:
50
51 The following described area situate and being in the
52 county of Palm Beach, State of Florida, and bounded as
53 follows:
54
55 From the one-quarter corner in the north line of
56 Section 8, Township 44 South, Range 43 East, Palm
57 Beach County, Florida; thence southerly, along the
58 North-South one-quarter line of said Section 8, a
59 distance of 1110.22 feet to the point of beginning,
60 said point being the intersection of the center line
61 of Carambola Road and Florida Mango Fla-Mango Road, as
62 shown on the plat of Florida Mango Fla-Mango Grovelets
63 as recorded in Plat Book 21, Page 88, according to the
64 records in and for Palm Beach County, Florida; thence
65 easterly, along the center line of Carambola Road, as
66 shown on said plat and the extension thereof, to the
67 westerly right of way line of Seaboard Air Line
68 Railroad Company; thence Southerly, along the said
69 westerly right of way line of the Seaboard Air Line
70 Railroad Company, to the intersection thereof with the
71 center line of Lake Worth Drainage District’s Canal
72 No. E-4; thence southwesterly and southerly, along the
73 said center line of Lake Worth Drainage District’s
74 Canal No. E-4, to the intersection thereof with the
75 south line of Section 17, Township 44 South, Range 43
76 East; thence west, along the south line of said
77 Section 17, to the southwest corner of Government Lot
78 4 of said Section 17; thence northerly, along the west
79 line of Government Lots 4 and 3 of said Section 17, to
80 the northwest corner of said Government Lot 3 of
81 Section 17, Township 44 South, Range 43 East; thence
82 westerly, along the east and west quarter section line
83 of said Section 17, it being also the center line of
84 Lake Worth Drainage District Lateral Canal No. 9, to a
85 point 1276.2 feet east of the center of said Section
86 17; thence North 20° East (For this description, the
87 said east and west quarter section line is assumed to
88 bear east and west, and all other bearings used herein
89 are relative thereto) a distance of 237.34 feet;
90 thence North 35° 57’ East 264.12 feet; thence North
91 16° 30’ West 123.65 feet; thence North 5° O’ West
92 278.91 feet; thence North 22° 48’ West 588.27 feet;
93 thence North 3° 56’ West 105.74 feet; thence North 0°
94 04’ East 152.45 feet; thence North 7° 28’ East 281.94
95 feet; thence North 6° 32’ West 795.08 feet, more or
96 less, to a point in the north line of Section 17,
97 Township 44 South, Range 43 East; thence westerly a
98 distance of 1188 feet, more or less, along the north
99 line of said Section 17, it being also the center line
100 of Lake Worth Drainage District Lateral Canal No. 8,
101 to the intersection thereof with the center line of
102 Florida Mango Fla-Mango Road, said center line being
103 also the North-South quarter section line of Section
104 8, Township 44 South, Range 43 East; thence northerly,
105 along the said North-South quarter section line, to
106 the intersection thereof with the center line of
107 carambola Road, and the point of beginning.”
108
109 (2) The present corporate limits of the Town of Lake Clarke
110 Shores, Palm Beach County, are extended and enlarged effective
111 July 1, 2021, so as to include, in addition to the territory
112 presently within its corporate limits, those portions of
113 Edgewater Park and adjoining canals particularly described as
114 follows:
115
116 THAT PORTION OF THE PLAT OF EDGEWATER PARK AS RECORDED
117 IN PLAT BOOK 25, PAGE 236, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF
118 PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA LYING EASTERLY OF FLORIDA
119 MANGO ROAD TOGETHER WITH A PORTION OF THE L.W.D.D.
120 CANAL NO. L-9, AND A PORTION OF THAT CERTAIN 75.00
121 FOOT WIDE CANAL RIGHT-OF-WAY LYING EASTERLY OF AND
122 ADJACENT TO SAID PLAT OF EDGEWATER PARK, BEING MORE
123 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS.
124
125 COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 17,
126 TOWNSHIP 44 SOUTH, RANGE 43 EAST; THENCE N 00°31’00” W
127 (ALL BEARINGS HEREIN ARE RELATIVE TO THE BEARING BASE
128 OF THE PLAT OF EDGEWATER PARK) ALONG THE NORTH/SOUTH
129 QUARTER SECTION LINE OF SAID SECTION 17, ALSO BEING
130 THE CENTERLINE OF FLORIDA MANGO ROAD (80.00 FEET
131 WIDE); A DISTANCE OF 2705.55 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID
132 CENTERLINE OF FLORIDA MANGO ROAD, DUE EAST, A DISTANCE
133 OF 40.00 FEET TO AN INTERSECTING POINT ON THE EASTERLY
134 RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID FLORIDA MANGO ROAD AND THE
135 CENTERLINE OF SAID L.W.D.D. CANAL L-9, AND THE POINT
136 OF BEGINNING.
137
138 THENCE LEAVING SAID EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
139 FLORIDA MANGO ROAD, CONTINUING DUE EAST ALONG THE
140 CENTERLINE OF SAID L.W.D.D. L-9 CANAL, A DISTANCE OF
141 1236.20 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID CENTERLINE OF
142 L.W.D.D. L-9 CANAL N 20°00’00” E, A DISTANCE OF 237.33
143 FEET; THENCE N 35°57’05” E, A DISTANCE OF 264.12 FEET;
144 THENCE N 16°29’54” W, A DISTANCE OF 123.65 FEET;
145 THENCE N 04°59’54” W, A DISTANCE OF 278.90 FEET;
146 THENCE N 22°47’39” W A DISTANCE OF 561.62 FEET TO A
147 POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF GOVT. LOT 2 OF SAID SECTION
148 17; THENCE N 89°55’15” W ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID
149 GOVT. LOT 2, A DISTANCE OF 603.65 FEET, THENCE S
150 00°31’00” E PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH/SOUTH QUARTER
151 SECTION LINE OF SAID SECTION 17 AND THE CENTERLINE OF
152 SAID FLORIDA MANGO ROAD, A DISTANCE OF 676.50 FEET;
153 THENCE N 89°55’15” W PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF
154 SAID GOVT. LOT 2, A DISTANCE OF 603.99 FEET TO A POINT
155 ON THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID FLORIDA
156 MANGO ROAD, (80 FEET WIDE); THENCE S 00°31’00” E ALONG
157 SAID EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 676.21
158 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
159
160 SAID LANDS SITUATE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND
161 CONTAINING 32.768 ACRES MORE OR LESS.
162 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.