HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-23ORDINANCE NO. 76- 23
AN ORDINANCE CREATING TILE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
WATER MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT, DEFINING
THE BOUNDARIES OF SAID SAID TAXING UNIT TO
INCLUDE A PORTION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
AUTHORIZING THE LEVY BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
OF A TAX NOT TO EXCEED TIiREE (3) MILLS ON ALL
THE REAL AND TANGIBLE PROPERTY WITHIN SAID
TAXING UNIT; PROVIDING THE ADOPTION OF A BUDGET
AND ASSESSMENT, LEVY AND COLLECTION OF SUCH
TAXES WITHIN SAID TAXING UNIT, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Florida Statute Section 125.01'(1) (q) establishes
the power of a non -charter County to levy ad valorem taxes within
the Constitutional limits fixed for municipal purposes within a
municipal service taxing unit established on properties lying
within the unincorporated areas of Indian River County,
Florida; and
WHEREAS, Section 125.01 (1) (q) Florida Statute grants
the Board of County Commissioners of a non -charter County the
power to establish a municipal service- taxing unit for any
part or all of the unincorporated area of the County within
which may be provided water services from funds derived from
taxes within such unit only;
NOW, TIiEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN'RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1. A new Ordinance of the Code of Ordinances
for Indian River County, Florida, to be designated as Chapter
21, Article VI is hereby adopted to read as follows:
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Section 21-54. Water Municipal Taxing Units: There
is hereby created an Indian River County Water Municipal
Service Taxing Unit under the authority of Section 125.01,
Florida Statutes. The boundary'of said Water Municipal
Service Taxing Unit shall be as described in Exhibit "A"
attached hereto and made a part of this Ordinance.
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Section 21-55. Determination of Cost of Scrvice. The
Municipal Service Taxing Unit is created for the purpose of
providing and maintaining the water supply and distribution
system within the boundary of said Unit. The Board of County
Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, shall determine
each year the estimated cost of providing water services, in-
cluding capital and equipment, improvements, rental and acquisition
and operating and maintenance costs and expenses, for the ensuing
County fiscal year within the boundaries of said Unit.
Section 21-56. Levy of Taxes, Adoption of Budget. The
Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida,
hereby authorizes the levy of a tax not to exceed three (3) mills
on all the real and tangible property within said Indian River
County Water Municipal Service Taxing Unit created under the
provisions of this Ordinance for the purpose of providing water
services within the boundary of said Unit. Said tax shall be ;
levied and a budget prepared and adopted by the Board at the
same time and in the same manner as the Board prepares and adopts
its County annual budget and levies taxes as provided by law.
Said•taxes shall be assessed, levied, collected, remitted to and
accounted for at the time and in the manner as*the assessments,
levies, collections, remittance and accountability of taxes by
said Board as provided by law. Said budget shall contain all or
such portion of the estimated costs of providing water services
within the boundary of said Unit, determined under the provisions
of Section 21-55 of this Ordinance, as said Board shall determine
to be necessary to provide such services.
Section 21-57. Disposition of Proceeds from Levy of Taxes
for Water Services. Those funds obtained in a levy of a tax on
all real and tangible property within the boundary of said Unit
shall be maintained in a separate account and used solely for the
purpose of providing water services within the boundary of said
unit.
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Section 21-58. This Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and filing as provided by law.
DONE AND ADOPTED in regular session this 16th day of
December, 1976.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA.
By .�
William C. Wodtke, Jr., Chairman
ATTEST:
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EXHIBIT "A"
Begin at the samtheast corner of they north=zt quarter of Section. 28, Taste '%jp
32 South, Range 39 East,. Indian► River County, Florida; thcuce r= -north aloes
.the west line of the northwest quarter of Section 28 and the west line of the
southwest quarter of Section 21 to the nob-_iraost corms of the south t qu=t;ar•
of Section 21, Township 32 South, Pang® 39 East; thence rum eant along the-noreb
line of the southwest quarter and the southwest quarter of Section 21, Towusbjp
32 South, Range 39 East, to the narthmeat corner of Tsact 9, Secttan. 21,
Township 32 South, Range 39 East, Indian River Farms;Coupaay Suhdivisioa as. per:
Plat Book 2, Page 25, St. Lucie County Record's, now Ind zama Ri.vr Couutrf, ri�c'adu:p,
thence run south along the gest lima of Tract 9 to thQ soutimest co=Gr, of
Tract 9; thence run east to the southmat coxnar of T'rsct 9s thence, north;. almig;
the east line of Tract 9 to the northeast cornmr of the southeast ,u,..zter of
Section 21, Township 32 South, Range 39 East; thmcea east along the+ north, Line,
of the southwest quarter of Section 22, Township 32. South,., Range 39 •Eart: to the,
northeast corner of the southwest quarter; thence tun north. along. the east lines
of the northwest quarter of aforesaid Section 22 to the northeast corner of tie:
northwest quarter of Section 22, Township 32 South, Range 39 East; thence rur:
east along the north line of Sectioa 22, Towa„whlp 3Z South, Range 39 East to the
intersection of the centerline of U.S. Highway No. 1; thence ruin south and.
easterly along the aforesaid centerline to the south line of the northwest
quarter of Section 23, Township 32 South, Ranga 39 East; thence run east: along
the south line of the aforesaid northwest quarter to the southeast corner of the
northwest quarter of Section 23, Township 32 South, Range, 39 East; thence 171m.
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south a14 13 Llle cast lino of the nouthwe,.,. , .arter of Sectio:A 23, -TownaL..r
South, Range 39 East to the southeast cornor of the southwout quarter of Section
23, Township 32 South, Range 39 East; thence east along the south line of the
aforesaid Section 23 to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the
southeast quarter of Section 23, Township 32 South, Range 39 East; thence run
south along the east lines of the west half of the northeast quarter and the
west half of the southeast quarter of Section 26, Township 32 South, Range 39
East, to the south line of Section 26; thence run east along the south lana of
the aforesaid Section 26 to the southeast corner of the aforesaid Section 26;
thence run south along the west line of Section 36, Township 32 South, Range
39 East, to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest
quarter of aforesaid Section 36; thence run east along the north line of the
southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 36 to the northeast
corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter; thence run south
along the east line of the aforesaid southwest quarter of the northwest quarter
to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of
Section 36, Township 32 South, Range 39 East; thence run vest along the south.
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line of the northwest quarter of the aforesaid Section 36 to the west line of
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Section 36t thence continue west along the south line of the northeast quartet
of Section 35, Township 32 South, Range 39 East to the City Limits of the City
of Vero Beach, Florida, said City Limits lying and being east of U.S. Highway leo. 1;
thence run north and westerly along the City Limits of the City of Vero Beach to
the intersection of the north line of Section 35, Township 32 South, Range 39
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East; thence run west along the aforesaid north line to the intersection of the
west right -of -u -ay of the Florida East Coast Railway and also 'the City Limits. i
Of the City of Vero Beach, Florida;.thence run north and westerly along the
aforesaid City Limits to the south line of the northwest quarter of Section
26, Township 32 South, Range 39 East; thence run westerly through the centers
Of Sections 26, 27, and 28 to the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of
Section 28, Township 32 South, Range 39 East and the: point of beginning,
Also all of that land in Tracts 11, 12, 13, and 14, Section 27, Township 32
South, Range 39 East, lying south of South Gifford Road andnorth of the north
City Limits of the City of Vero Beach, Florida, and all of Tracts 9, 10, 11,
and 12, of Section 28, Township 32 South, Range 39 East, lying south of the
South Gifford Road and north of the north City Limits of the City of Vero Reach,
Florida; _and also all of the northwezt quarter of the nortbonst quarter. of
SQctiou 36, Toa.uulUp J2 Suurh, •R.jILxa 3,) gist.
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