| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the City of Bradenton Beach, Manatee |
| 3 | County; amending chapter 28915, Laws of Florida, 1953; |
| 4 | amending the city's boundaries; authorizing the city to |
| 5 | exercise certain police powers and jurisdictional |
| 6 | authority 500 feet into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico |
| 7 | adjacent to its established corporate limits and within |
| 8 | Sarasota Bay from the eastern municipal boundary of the |
| 9 | city to the west right-of-way line of the Intracoastal |
| 10 | Waterway; providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Section 6 of Article I of chapter 28915, Laws |
| 15 | of Florida, 1953, is amended to read: |
| 16 | ARTICLE I |
| 17 | GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| 18 | Section 6. (1)(a) The boundaries of the area which shall |
| 19 | be included in the territory of the City of Bradenton Beach, in |
| 20 | Manatee County, Florida, shall be as follows: |
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| 22 | All lands on Anna Maria Island lying south of a line |
| 23 | with a point of beginning at the intersection of |
| 24 | Sarasota Bay (Intracoastal Waterway) and the southerly |
| 25 | boundary of Sunrise Park Re-Plat (Plat Book 11, Page |
| 26 | 94 of the Public Records of Manatee County, Florida) |
| 27 | thence continuing westerly along the southerly |
| 28 | boundary thereof and its westerly extension and the |
| 29 | southerly boundary of Sunrise Park (Plat Book 10, Page |
| 30 | 31 of the Public Records of Manatee County, Florida) |
| 31 | and its westerly extension thereof and along the south |
| 32 | line of Block 33, Lots 20 and 1 of Ilexhurst |
| 33 | Subdivision (Plat Book 1, Page 154 of the Public |
| 34 | Records of Manatee County, Florida) to the west right- |
| 35 | of-way line of State Road 789 (also known as Gulf |
| 36 | Drive); thence northerly along the west right-of-way |
| 37 | line of said State Road 789 (Gulf Drive) approximately |
| 38 | 50 feet; thence westerly approximately 100 feet along |
| 39 | the south line of former Block 34, Lot 19 of Ilexhurst |
| 40 | Subdivision (Plat Book 1, Page 154 of the Public |
| 41 | Records of Manatee County, Florida); thence northerly |
| 42 | approximately 100 feet along the west line of former |
| 43 | Block 34, Lots 19 and 18 of said Ilexhurst Subdivision |
| 44 | (this portion of Ilexhurst Subdivision is now re- |
| 45 | platted as Ocean Park Terrace Condominium Book 12, |
| 46 | Page 161 of the Public Records of Manatee County, |
| 47 | Florida); thence westerly along the north line of |
| 48 | Ocean Park Terrace (Condominium Book 12, Page 161 of |
| 49 | the Public Records of Manatee County, Florida) and its |
| 50 | westerly extension to the shoreline of the Gulf of |
| 51 | Mexico; thence southerly along the shoreline of the |
| 52 | Gulf of Mexico to the southern terminus of Anna Maria |
| 53 | Island; thence easterly around the southerly tip of |
| 54 | Anna Maria Island; thence northerly along the |
| 55 | shoreline of Anna Maria Island including United States |
| 56 | Government Lot #1, Section 10-35-26 (Coffee Shell |
| 57 | Island) to the point of beginning. |
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| 59 | Such property otherwise described as Anna Maria Island |
| 60 | lying south of the Holmes Beach city limits. |
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| 62 | (b) Additionally, the municipal boundary of the City shall |
| 63 | be expanded to include an area adjacent and contiguous to the |
| 64 | current city boundary within Sarasota Bay and designated as the |
| 65 | Bradenton Beach Mooring Field, more specifically described as: |
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| 67 | Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of 8th |
| 68 | Street South and Sarasota Bay (Intracoastal Waterway) |
| 69 | thence run east a distance of 1,500.00 feet; thence |
| 70 | northerly parallel to the Intracoastal Waterway |
| 71 | Channel to a point on the southerly right-of-way line |
| 72 | of Cortez Road; thence westerly along said southerly |
| 73 | right-of-way line a distance of 1,400.00 feet to the |
| 74 | mean high water line of Sarasota Bay (Intracoastal |
| 75 | Waterway); thence southerly along the mean high water |
| 76 | line of said Sarasota Bay (Intracoastal Waterway) to |
| 77 | the point of beginning. |
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| 79 | Lying and being in Sections 3, 4, 9 and 10, Township |
| 80 | 35 South, Range 16 East, Manatee County, Florida. |
| 81 | All lands on Anna Maria Key lying South of the South |
| 82 | Boundary of the Subdivision of Ilexhurst as recorded |
| 83 | in Plat Book 1 Page 154 of the Public Records of |
| 84 | Manatee County, Florida; said line being the Northern |
| 85 | Boundary line of Township Thirty-five (35) South, |
| 86 | Range Sixteen (16) East, Manatee County, Florida. |
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| 88 | (c) Provided, however, that the said City shall have the |
| 89 | power to change its boundaries in the manner hereinafter or as |
| 90 | authorized otherwise by the laws of the State of Florida |
| 91 | provided. |
| 92 | (2) The City of Bradenton Beach, Manatee County, is |
| 93 | authorized to exercise its police powers and jurisdictional |
| 94 | authority 500 feet into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico |
| 95 | adjacent to its established corporate limits and within Sarasota |
| 96 | Bay from the eastern municipal boundary of the City to the west |
| 97 | right-of-way line of the Intracoastal Waterway; however, the |
| 98 | exercise of such police powers and jurisdiction beyond the |
| 99 | corporate limits of the City shall extend only to the abatement |
| 100 | of nuisances, the enforcement of sanitary laws and regulations, |
| 101 | the regulation of zoning, and the suppression of crime. |
| 102 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |