HB 1129

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to City of Tamarac, Broward County;
3	extending and enlarging the corporate limits of the City
4	of Tamarac to include specified unincorporated lands
5	within such corporate limits; providing for an effective
6	date of annexation; providing for an interlocal agreement,
7	land use and zoning governance, and residency
8	qualification for candidacies for municipal office;
9	providing applicability to existing contracts; providing
10	for transfer of public roads and rights-of-way; providing
11	an effective date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1.  The following described lands shall be annexed
16	into and a part of the City of Tamarac effective September 15,
17	2010:
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19	Prospect Field Road/West Commercial Boulevard
20	Annexation Boundary is described as follows:
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22	A portion of Section 17, Township 49 South, Range 42
23	East, Broward County, Florida, more particularly
24	described as follows: BEGIN at the point of
25	intersection of the North line of the Southeast One-
26	Quarter (SE 1/4) of the Northeast One-Quarter(NE 1/4)
27	of said Section 17 with the East line of the West One-
28	Half (W 1/2) of the Southeast One-Quarter (SE 1/4) of
29	the Northeast One-Quarter (NE 1/4) of said Section 17,
30	said point being on the municipal boundary of the City
31	of  Tamarac, as established by Ordinance  No. 0-81-17
32	of the City of Tamarac; Thence along said municipal
33	boundary the following 3 courses; Thence Westerly,
34	along said North line, to a point 50.00 feet East of
35	the West line of the Southeast One-Quarter (SE 1/4) of
36	the Northeast One-Quarter (NE 1/4) of said Section 17;
37	Thence Southerly, along a line 50.00 feet East of and
38	parallel with the West line of the Southeast One-
39	Quarter (SE 1/4) of the Northeast One-Quarter (NE 1/4)
40	of said section 17, said line being the East right of
41	way line of Prospect Field Road, to a point of
42	intersection with the South line of the North One-Half
43	(N 1/2) of the Northwest One-Quarter (NW 1/4) of the
44	Southeast One-Quarter (SE 1/4) of the Northeast One-
45	Quarter (NE 1/4) of said Section 17; Thence Easterly,
46	along said South line, to the Southeast corner of the
47	North One-Half (N 1/2) of the Northwest One-Quarter
48	(NW 1/4) of the Southeast One-Quarter (SE 1/4) of the
49	Northeast One-Quarter (NE 1/4) of said Section 17,
50	said point being on the municipal boundary of the City
51	of Fort Lauderdale, as established  by Chapter 71-640,
52	Laws of Florida; Thence Northerly, along the East line
53	of the Northwest One-Quarter (NW 1/4) of the Southeast
54	One-Quarter (SE 1/4) of the Northeast One-Quarter (NE
55	1/4) of said Section 17,and along said municipal
56	boundary to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
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58	Prospect Field Road/N.W. 31st Avenue Annexation
59	Boundary is described as follows:
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61	A portion of Sections 8 and 17, Township 49 South,
62	Range 42 East, Broward County, Florida, described as
63	follows: BEGIN at the point of intersection of the
64	North right of way line of  Prospect  Field Road with
65	a line 264 feet East of and parallel with the West
66	line of  said Section 8, said point being on the
67	municipal boundary of the City of Fort Lauderdale, as
68	established  by Chapter 71-640, Laws of Florida;
69	Thence along said municipal boundary the following 3
70	courses; Thence Easterly, along said North right of
71	way line, to the North line of said Section 17; Thence
72	Easterly, along said North line of Section 17, to the
73	West line of Lot 11 of, LITTLE FARMS, according to the
74	plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 27, Page 29 of
75	the Public Records of Broward County, Florida; Thence
76	Southerly, along said West line and the Southerly
77	prolongation thereof, to the centerline of Orange
78	Street as shown on said plat of, LITTLE FARMS, said
79	point being on the municipal boundary of the City of
80	Fort Lauderdale, as established  by Ordinance No. C-
81	87-10 of the City of Fort Lauderdale; Thence
82	Southerly, along the West line of Lot 30 of said plat
83	and the Northerly prolongation thereof and said
84	municipal boundary, to a point on the South line of
85	the Northwest One-Quarter (NW 1/4) of the Northwest
86	One-Quarter (NW 1/4) of the Northeast One-Quarter (NE
87	1/4) of said Section 17, said point being on the
88	municipal boundary of the City of Tamarac, as
89	established by Ordinance No. 0-81-17 of the City of
90	Tamarac. Thence along said municipal boundary of the
91	City of Tamarac the following 3 courses; Thence
92	Westerly, along said South line, to the Southwest
93	corner of the Northeast One-Quarter (NE 1/4) of the
94	Northeast One-Quarter (NE 1/4) of the Northwest One-
95	Quarter (NW 1/4) of said Section 17; Thence Southerly
96	to the Southeast corner of the Southwest One-Quarter
97	(SW1/4) of the Northeast One-Quarter (NE 1/4) of the
98	Northwest One-Quarter (NW 1/4) of said Section 17;
99	Thence Westerly to the Southwest corner of the
100	Southwest One-Quarter (SW1/4) of the Northeast One-
101	Quarter (NE 1/4) of the Northwest One-Quarter (NW 1/4)
102	of said Section 17, said point being on the municipal
103	boundary of the City of Fort Lauderdale, as
104	established by Ordinance No. C-72-22 of the City of
105	Fort Lauderdale; Thence along said municipal boundary
106	the following 4 courses; Thence Westerly, along the
107	South line of the Northwest One-Quarter (NW 1/4) of
108	the Northwest One-Quarter (NW 1/4) of said Section 17,
109	to the West line of said Section 17; Thence Northerly,
110	along said West line, to the South line of the West
111	264 feet of  the North One-Half (N 1/2) of the North
112	One-Half (N 1/2) of the Northwest One-Quarter (NW 1/4)
113	of the Northwest One-Quarter (NW 1/4) of said Section
114	17; Thence Easterly, along said South line, to the
115	Southeast corner thereof;
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117	Thence Northerly, along the East line thereof, to the
118	POINT OF BEGINNING.
119	Section 2.  An interlocal agreement shall be developed
120	between the governing bodies of Broward County and the City of
121	Tamarac and executed prior to the effective date of the
122	annexation as specified in Section 1. The agreement shall
123	address infrastructure improvement projects and include a
124	financially feasible plan for transitioning county services,
125	buildings, infrastructure, waterways, and employees.
126	Section 3.  Upon annexation into the municipality, the
127	areas described in Section 1 shall be governed by the relevant
128	land use and zoning provisions of the City of Tamarac's Code of
129	Ordinances. Any change of zoning districts or land use
130	designations may be accomplished only by enactment of the vote
131	of the majority of the full governing body of the municipality
132	plus one. Any use, building, or structure that is legally in
133	existence at the time of annexation may not be made a prohibited
134	use by the City of Tamarac, on the property of such use, for as
135	long as the use continues and is not voluntarily abandoned.
136	Section 4.  Any resident in the area to be annexed by this
137	act into the City of Tamarac shall be deemed to have met any
138	residency requirements for candidacy for municipal office.
139	Section 5.  Nothing in this act may be construed to affect
140	or abrogate the rights of parties to any contracts, whether they
141	be between Broward County and a third party or between
142	nongovernmental entities, which contracts are in effect prior to
143	the effective date of the annexation.
144	Section 6.  All public roads, and the public rights-of-way
145	associated therewith, in the Broward County Road System, lying
146	within the limits of the lands subject to annexation in this act
147	as described in Section 1, are transferred from the jurisdiction
148	of Broward County to the jurisdiction of the City of Tamarac on
149	the effective date of the annexation. All rights, title,
150	interests, and responsibilities for any transferred roads,
151	including, but not limited to, the ownership, operation,
152	maintenance, planning, design, and construction of such roads
153	and the rights-of-way associated therewith, shall transfer from
154	the jurisdiction and ownership of Broward County to the
155	jurisdiction and ownership of the City of Tamarac on the
156	effective date of the annexation.
157	Section 7.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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