HB 1407

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Broward County; providing for
3	extending the corporate limits of the City of
4	Deerfield Beach; providing for annexation of specified
5	unincorporated areas; providing for an interlocal
6	agreement; providing for continuation of certain
7	Broward County regulations; providing for the transfer
8	of public roads and rights-of-way; providing an
9	effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  That the following described lands shall be
14	annexed into and a part of the City of Deerfield Beach effective
15	September 15, 2004:
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17	That portion of Sections 11, 13 and 14 Township 48
18	South, Range 42 East, Broward County, Florida,
19	described as follows:
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21	BEGINNING at the intersection of the centerline of
22	N.W. 36 Street (Sample Road) with the Easterly right-
23	of-way line of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad, being
24	a point on the municipal boundary of the City of
25	Pompano Beach, as described in Chapter 2000-458, Laws
26	of Florida;
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28	Thence Northeasterly along said municipal boundary and
29	along said Easterly right-of-way line to the North
30	right-of-way line of Sample Road, as described in said
31	Chapter 2000-458, Laws of Florida;
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33	Thence Westerly along said North right-of-way line and
34	said municipal boundary to the Westerly right-of-way
35	line of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad, being a point
36	on the municipal boundary of the City of Deerfield
37	Beach, as described in Chapter 99-471, Laws of
38	Florida;
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40	Thence along said municipal boundary the following two
41	courses;
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43	Thence Northeasterly along said Westerly right-of-way
44	line, to the South right-of-way line of N.W./N.E. 48
45	Street (Green Road);
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47	Thence Easterly along said South right-of-way line to
48	the Easterly right-of-way line of the Florida East
49	Coast Railway;
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51	Thence Southwesterly along said Easterly right-of-way
52	line to the centerline of N.E. 36 Street (Sample
53	Road);
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55	Thence Westerly along said centerline of N.E./N.W. 36
56	Street (Sample Road) to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
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58	Section 2.  An interlocal agreement shall be developed
59	between the governing bodies of Broward County and the City of
60	Deerfield Beach and executed prior to the effective date of the
61	annexation as provided for in section 1. The agreement shall
62	include a financially feasible plan for transitioning county
63	services, buildings, infrastructure, waterways, and employees.
64	Section 3.  Upon annexation into the municipality, the
65	following provisions shall govern the areas described in section
66	1:
67	(1)  The present land use designations and zoning districts
68	provided for under the Broward County Comprehensive Plan and
69	Code of Ordinances of Broward County shall remain the law
70	governing the area described in section 1, notwithstanding the
71	fact that the area described in section 1 is now a part of a
72	municipality.
73	(2)  Any change of zoning districts or land use
74	designations may only be accomplished by enactment of the vote
75	of the majority of the full governing body of the municipality
76	plus one.
77	(3)  Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), any use,
78	building, or structure that is legally in existence at the time
79	that the area described in section 1 becomes a part of the
80	municipality shall not be made a prohibited use by the
81	municipality, on the property of said use, for as long as the
82	use shall continue, and said use shall not be voluntarily
83	abandoned.
84	Section 4.  Subsequent to the effective date of this act,
85	no change in land use designation or zoning shall be effective
86	within the limits of the lands subject to annexation herein
87	until the area described in section 1 has been annexed into the
88	municipality. No annexation within the area described in section
89	1 by any municipality shall occur during the time period between
90	the effective date of this act and the effective date of the
91	annexation.
92	Section 5.  Subsequent to the effective date of the
93	annexation, any resident in the area to be annexed by this act
94	into the City of Deerfield Beach shall be deemed to have met any
95	residency requirements for candidacy for any municipal office.
96	Section 6.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
97	affect or abrogate the rights of parties to any contracts,
98	whether the same be between Broward County and a third party or
99	between nongovernmental entities, which contracts are in effect
100	prior to the effective date of the annexation.
101	Section 7.  All public roads and the public rights-of-way
102	associated therewith, on the Broward County Road System, lying
103	within the limits of the lands subject to annexation herein, as
104	described in section 1, are transferred from Broward County
105	jurisdiction to the jurisdiction of the annexing municipality.
106	All rights, titles, interests, and responsibilities for any
107	transferred roads, including, but not limited to, the ownership,
108	operation, maintenance, planning, design, and construction of
109	said roads, and the rights-of-way associated therewith shall
110	transfer from Broward County jurisdiction and ownership to the
111	jurisdiction and ownership of the annexing municipality upon the
112	effective date of the annexation.
113	Section 8.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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