| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the City of Lauderhill, Broward County; |
| 3 | extending and enlarging the corporate limits of the city |
| 4 | to include specified unincorporated lands; providing an |
| 5 | effective date of annexation; providing an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. The legal description of the area referred to |
| 10 | in this act is as follows: |
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| 12 | That portion of Section 31, Township 49 South, Range |
| 13 | 42 East, Broward County, Florida described as follows: |
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| 15 | Begin at the point of intersection of the East line of |
| 16 | said Section 31 with the centerline of Sunrise |
| 17 | Boulevard, as shown on the plat of THUNDERBIRD SWAP |
| 18 | SHOP I, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in |
| 19 | Plat Book 139, Page 2, of the Public Records of |
| 20 | Broward County Florida; |
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| 22 | Thence Westerly along said centerline to a point of |
| 23 | the Southerly prolongation of the West line of EXXON- |
| 24 | SUNRISE BOULEVARD, according to the plat thereof, as |
| 25 | recorded in Plat Book 141, Page 38, of the Public |
| 26 | records of Broward County, Florida, said point being |
| 27 | on the municipal boundary of the City of Lauderhill, |
| 28 | as established by Ordinance No. 04-10-217; |
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| 30 | Thence Northerly along said Southerly prolongation and |
| 31 | the West line of said plat and along said municipal |
| 32 | boundary to the Northwest corner of said plat; |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Thence Easterly along the North line of said plat and |
| 35 | the Easterly prolongation thereof and along said |
| 36 | municipal boundary to a point of intersection with the |
| 37 | East line of said Section 31; |
| 38 | |
| 39 | Thence Southerly along said East line to the POINT OF |
| 40 | BEGINNING. |
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| 42 | Section 2. The area described in section 1 shall be deemed |
| 43 | a part of the City of Lauderhill on September 15, 2010, subject |
| 44 | to section 171.062, Florida Statutes, except as provided for in |
| 45 | this act. |
| 46 | Section 3. Upon annexation into the City of Lauderhill, |
| 47 | the area described in section 1 shall be governed as follows: |
| 48 | (1) The annexed property shall be governed by the relevant |
| 49 | land use and zoning provisions of the City of Lauderhill's Code |
| 50 | of Ordinances. Any change of the zoning districts or land use |
| 51 | designations may only be accomplished by enactment of the vote |
| 52 | of a majority plus one of the full governing body of the City of |
| 53 | Lauderhill. |
| 54 | (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), any use, building, or |
| 55 | structure that is legally in existence at the time of annexation |
| 56 | shall become a part of the City of Lauderhill. Such use shall |
| 57 | not be made a prohibited use by the City of Lauderhill, on the |
| 58 | property of such use, for as long as the use shall continue and |
| 59 | not be voluntarily abandoned. |
| 60 | Section 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to |
| 61 | affect or abrogate the rights of parties to any contract, |
| 62 | whether the contract be between Broward County and a third party |
| 63 | or the City of Lauderhill and a third party, or between |
| 64 | nongovernmental entities, which contracts are in effect prior to |
| 65 | the effective date of the annexation. |
| 66 | Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |