Fla. Stat. § 171.011
Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Municipal Annexation or Contraction Act.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 171 — LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARIES
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Fla. Stat. § 171.021
Purpose
The purposes of this act are to set forth procedures for adjusting the boundaries of municipalities through annexations or contractions of corporate limits and to set forth criteria for determining when annexations or contractions may take place so as to:(1) Ensure sound urban development and accommodation to growth.(2…
Fla. Stat. § 171.022
Preemption; effect on special laws
(1) It is further the purpose of this act to provide viable and usable general law standards and procedures for adjusting the boundaries of municipalities in this state.(2) The provisions of any special act or municipal charter relating to the adjusting of municipal boundaries in effect on October 1, 1974, are repealed…
Fla. Stat. § 171.031
Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings unless some other meaning is plainly indicated:(1) “Annexation” means the adding of real property to the boundaries of an incorporated municipality, such addition making such real property in every way a part of the municipality.(2) “Com…
Fla. Stat. § 171.0413
Annexation procedures
Any municipality may annex contiguous, compact, unincorporated territory in the following manner:(1) An ordinance proposing to annex an area of contiguous, compact, unincorporated territory must be adopted by the governing body of the annexing municipality pursuant to the procedure for the adoption of a nonemergency or…
Fla. Stat. § 171.042
Prerequisites to annexation
(1) Before commencing the annexation procedures under s. 171.0413, the governing body of the municipality shall prepare a feasibility study setting forth the plans to provide urban services to any area to be annexed, and the feasibility study must include the following:(a) A map or maps of the municipality and adjacent…
Fla. Stat. § 171.043
Character of the area to be annexed
A municipal governing body may propose to annex an area only if it meets the general standards of subsection (1) and the requirements of either subsection (2) or subsection (3).(1) The total area to be annexed must be contiguous to the municipality’s boundaries at the time the annexation proceeding is begun and reasona…
Fla. Stat. § 171.044
Voluntary annexation
(1) The owner or owners of real property in an unincorporated area of a county which is contiguous to a municipality and reasonably compact may petition the governing body of said municipality that said property be annexed to the municipality.(2) Upon determination by the governing body of the municipality that the pet…
Fla. Stat. § 171.045
Annexation limited to a single county
In order for an annexation proceeding to be valid for the purposes of this chapter, the annexation must take place within the boundaries of a single county.
Fla. Stat. § 171.046
Annexation of enclaves
(1) The Legislature recognizes that enclaves can create significant problems in planning, growth management, and service delivery, and therefore declares that it is the policy of the state to eliminate enclaves.(2) In order to expedite the annexation of enclaves of 110 acres or less into the most appropriate incorporat…
Fla. Stat. § 171.051
Contraction procedures
Any municipality may initiate the contraction of municipal boundaries in the following manner:(1) The governing body shall by ordinance propose the contraction of municipal boundaries, as described in the ordinance, and provide an effective date for the contraction.(2) A petition of 15 percent of the qualified voters i…
Fla. Stat. § 171.052
Criteria for contraction of municipal boundaries
(1) Only those areas which do not meet the criteria for annexation in s. 171.043 may be proposed for exclusion by municipal governing bodies. If the area proposed to be excluded does not meet the criteria of s. 171.043, but such exclusion would result in a portion of the municipality becoming noncontiguous with the res…
Fla. Stat. § 171.061
Apportionment of debts and taxes in annexations or contractions
(1) The area annexed to a municipality shall be subject to the taxes and debts of the municipality upon the effective date of the annexation. However, the annexed area shall not be subject to municipal ad valorem taxation for the current year if the effective date of the annexation falls after the municipal governing b…
Fla. Stat. § 171.062
Effects of annexations or contractions
(1) An area annexed to a municipality shall be subject to all laws, ordinances, and regulations in force in that municipality and shall be entitled to the same privileges and benefits as other parts of that municipality upon the effective date of the annexation.(2) If the area annexed was subject to a county land use p…
Fla. Stat. § 171.071
Effect in Miami-Dade County
Municipalities within the boundaries of Miami-Dade County shall adopt annexation or contraction ordinances pursuant to methods established by the home rule charter established pursuant to s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the State Constitution.
Fla. Stat. § 171.081
Appeal on annexation or contraction
(1) Any party affected who believes that he or she will suffer material injury by reason of the failure of the municipal governing body to comply with the procedures set forth in this chapter for annexation or contraction or to meet the requirements established for annexation or contraction as they apply to his or her…
Fla. Stat. § 171.091
Recording
Any change in the municipal boundaries through annexation or contraction shall revise the charter boundary article and shall be filed as a revision of the charter with the Department of State within 30 days. A copy of such revision must be submitted to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research along with a statem…
Fla. Stat. § 171.093
Municipal annexation within independent special districts
(1) The purpose of this section is to provide an orderly transition of special district service responsibilities in an annexed area from an independent special district which levies ad valorem taxes to a municipality following the municipality’s annexation of property located within the jurisdictional boundaries of an…
Fla. Stat. § 171.094
Effect of interlocal service boundary agreements adopted under part II on annexations under this part
(1) An interlocal service boundary agreement entered into pursuant to part II is binding on the parties to the agreement, and a party may not take any action that violates the interlocal service boundary agreement.(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, without the consent of the county, the affected muni…
Fla. Stat. § 171.20
Short title
This part may be cited as the “Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement Act.”
Fla. Stat. § 171.201
Legislative intent
The Legislature intends to provide an alternative to part I of this chapter for local governments regarding the annexation of territory into a municipality and the subtraction of territory from the unincorporated area of the county. The principal goal of this part is to encourage local governments to jointly determine…
Fla. Stat. § 171.202
Definitions
As used in this part, the term:(1) “Chief administrative officer” means the municipal administrator, municipal manager, county manager, county administrator, or other officer of the municipality, county, or independent special district who reports directly to the governing body of the local government.(2) “Enclave” has…
Fla. Stat. § 171.203
Interlocal service boundary agreement
The governing body of a county and one or more municipalities or independent special districts within the county may enter into an interlocal service boundary agreement under this part. The governing bodies of a county, a municipality, or an independent special district may develop a process for reaching an interlocal…
Fla. Stat. § 171.204
Prerequisites to annexation under this part
The interlocal service boundary agreement may describe the character of land that may be annexed under this part and may provide that the restrictions on the character of land that may be annexed pursuant to part I are not restrictions on land that may be annexed pursuant to this part. As determined in the interlocal s…
Fla. Stat. § 171.205
Consent requirements for annexation of land under this part
Notwithstanding part I, an interlocal service boundary agreement may provide a process for annexation consistent with this section or with part I.(1) For all or a portion of the area within a designated municipal service area, the interlocal service boundary agreement may provide a flexible process for securing the con…
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