Florida Senate - 2012                            (NP)    SB 1892
       
       
       
       By Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       11-00455-12                                           20121892__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the East Lake Tarpon Community,
    3         Pinellas County; providing requirements for the
    4         municipal annexation of the East Lake Tarpon
    5         Community; requiring a referendum of the electors
    6         within the community before such annexation; providing
    7         exceptions; describing the community boundaries;
    8         providing for expiration; providing an effective date.
    9  
   10         WHEREAS, East Lake Tarpon is an area surrounded on three
   11  sides by a lake and the county lines of Pasco and Hillsborough
   12  Counties and is situated in the northeastern area of
   13  unincorporated Pinellas County, and
   14         WHEREAS, East Lake Tarpon was developed as a predominantly
   15  residential community, with most of the residents residing
   16  within the deed-restricted communities of the East Lake Tarpon
   17  area, and
   18         WHEREAS, the residents of East Lake Tarpon are developing a
   19  common vision of East Lake Tarpon’s future as a family-oriented,
   20  residential scenic community where small businesses and
   21  commercial uses serve to complement and support area residents,
   22  and the community is working with Pinellas County to adopt an
   23  East Lake Tarpon Community Overlay within the Pinellas County
   24  Comprehensive Plan that reflects the community’s vision, and
   25         WHEREAS, the residents of the East Lake Tarpon Community
   26  pay ad valorem taxes to support and receive fire control
   27  services from the East Lake Tarpon Fire Control District, NOW,
   28  THEREFORE,
   29  
   30  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   31  
   32         Section 1. Annexation of territory by municipalities;
   33  communitywide referendum required.—
   34         (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
   35  municipality within Pinellas County may not annex any
   36  unincorporated territory that is situated within the defined
   37  boundaries of the East Lake Tarpon Community on the effective
   38  date of this act unless the annexation of all of the territory
   39  within the boundaries of the East Lake Tarpon Community is
   40  approved by a majority vote of the electors of the East Lake
   41  Tarpon Community voting in a referendum called for that purpose.
   42         (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), and pursuant to section
   43  171.044, Florida Statutes, a property owner may apply for and be
   44  granted voluntarily annexation into a municipality after
   45  approval of such application.
   46         Section 2. Legal description; East Lake Tarpon Community.
   47  All those lands situate, lying, and being within the herein
   48  described parcel:
   49  
   50  The East Lake Tarpon Community is described by the following:
   51  
   52         Begin at the Northeast Corner of Section 1, Township
   53         27 South, Range 16 East, Pinellas County, Florida;
   54         thence run south along the said East Section Line
   55         (Hillsborough/Pinellas County Line) to the East-West
   56         Half Section Line of Section 1, Township 28 South,
   57         Range 16 East; thence West along said Half Section
   58         Line to the Easterly right-of-way Line of Florida
   59         Power Corporation; thence South along said right-of
   60         way Line to the East-West Half Section Line of Section
   61         12, Township 28 South, Range 16 East; thence East
   62         along said Half Section Line to the Northeast Corner
   63         of Florida Power Corporation Substation; thence South
   64         along the East Line of said Substation to the South
   65         Section Line of said Section 12; thence West along
   66         said South Section Line to the North-South Center
   67         Section Line of said Section 12; thence North along
   68         said Center Section Line to the South Right-of-way
   69         line of Florida Power Corporation; thence West along
   70         said right-of-way Line to the West Line of Section 11,
   71         Township 28 South, Range 16 East; thence North along
   72         said West Line to the North right-of-way Line of said
   73         Florida Power Corporation; thence East along said
   74         right-of-way Line to the East Line of the Northwest
   75         1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12; thence
   76         North along said Easterly Line to the East-West
   77         Centerline of said Section 12, thence East along said
   78         Centerline to the West Line of the East 1/2 of the
   79         East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 12;
   80         thence North along said line to the North Section Line
   81         of said Section 12; thence East along said line to the
   82         North-South Centerline of Section 1, Township 28
   83         South, Range 16 East; thence North along said line a
   84         distance of 491.97 feet; thence North 75 00’00” east
   85         to the West right-of-way Line of Florida Power
   86         Corporation; thence North along said right-of-way Line
   87         to the East-West Centerline of said Section 1; thence
   88         West along said line a distance of 1,837.78 feet;
   89         thence North to the South Line of the Northeast 1/4 of
   90         the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 1; thence West along
   91         said line to the West Line of the Northeast 1/4 of the
   92         Northwest 1/4 of said Section 1; thence North along
   93         said line to the North Line of the Southwest 1/4 of
   94         the Southwest 1/4 of Section 36, Township 27 South,
   95         Range 16 East; thence West along said line to the
   96         North-South Centerline of Section 35, Township 27
   97         South, Range 16 East; thence South along said line to
   98         the South Section Line of said Section 35; thence West
   99         along said Section Line to the Southwest corner of
  100         said Section 35; thence South along the West Section
  101         Line of Sections 2 and Section 11, Township 28 South,
  102         Range 16 East to the North Section Line of Section 15,
  103         Township 28 South, Range 16 East; thence West along
  104         the North Line of said Section 15 to the North-South
  105         Centerline of said Section; thence South along said
  106         Section 15 North-South Centerline to the Northwest
  107         corner of that parcel described in Official Records
  108         Book 8989, Page 918 of the Public Records of Pinellas
  109         County, Florida; thence along the Northerly boundary
  110         line of said parcel to the Northeast property corner
  111         thereof; thence along the Easterly boundary line of
  112         said parcel to the Northerly right-of-way line of
  113         Tampa Road (S.R. 584); thence in a Northwesterly
  114         direction along said right-of-way line to the
  115         Southerly Line of Florida Power Corporation; thence
  116         Southwesterly along said Southerly Line to the
  117         centerline of the Lake Tarpon Outfall Canal; thence
  118         Northerly along the centerline of the Lake Tarpon
  119         Outfall Canal into Lake Tarpon to its North-South
  120         Centerline; thence Northerly along the North-South
  121         Centerline of Lake Tarpon to the City Limit Line of
  122         the City of Tarpon Springs on the Northern shoreline
  123         of Lake Tarpon; thence along the City Limit Line of
  124         Tarpon Springs around its Easterly point above Lake
  125         Tarpon and then Westerly to the North-South Centerline
  126         of Salt Lake; thence northerly along the North-South
  127         Centerline of Salt Lake to the Centerline of the
  128         Anclote River; thence Northeasterly along the
  129         Centerline of the Anclote River to the Pasco-Pinellas
  130         County Line; thence East along the Pasco/Pinellas
  131         County Line to the Point of Beginning.
  132         LESS any areas annexed into the corporate municipal
  133         limits of Oldsmar or Tarpon Springs.
  134         Section 3. This act expires September 30, 2022.
  135         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.