0772 Amending City BoundariesORDINANCE NO. 772
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA, CODIFYING AMENDMENTS TO MUNICIPAL
BOUNDARIES TO THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
DUE TO CERTAIN ANNEXATIONS OF LANDS IN
UNINCORPORATED OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHICH HERETOFORE HAVE NOT BEEN RECOGNIZED BY
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR CERTIFICATION OF SAME
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, STATE OF FLORIDA;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, municipal boundaries of the City of Okeechobee, Florida are originally
contained in the City charter; and
WHEREAS, in the intervening years since charter adoption the City of Okeechobee has
acquired additional lands due to various annexations of lands within the
unincorporated area of Okeechobee County, Florida, which lands were contiguous
to then existing municipal boundaries, as provided by law; and
WHEREAS, although the current municipal boundaries are clearly described by maps held
by the Office of the City Clerk, it is necessary and appropriate for the City of Okeechobee,
Florida to formally update its municipal boundaries by ordinance adoption; and
WHEREAS, the City of Okeechobee is authorized by Florida Statutes 166.031(3) to enact
this ordinance to amend the city charter to reflect the expanded municipal
boundaries obtained through annexations; therefore
BE IT ORDAINED THAT the City of Okeechobee, Florida, through adoption by the City
Council, hereby enacts the following ordinance:
ATTEST:
1. THAT the municipal boundaries of the City of Okeechobee, Florida are
hereby re- drawn, and formally declared to include and reflect certain
annexations of lands as set out on the legal description and boundary map
attached hereto as Exhibit A, which exhibit is adopted as the most recent
and accurate description of the municipal boundaries of the City of
Okeechobee, Florida as of May 22, 2001; and which exhibit is incorporated
by reference as if fully set forth herein and made a part hereof.
2. THAT as authorized and provided in Florida Statutes 166.031(3), the charter
for the City of Okeechobee, Florida is amended to reflect the current and
updated municipal boundaries for the City, as contained and reflected in the
exhibit hereto, and which shall be incorporated into the charter.
3. THAT the office of the city clerk is directed to forward this ordinance to the
Department of State, State of Florida, as provided by law.
INTRODUCED for first reading and set for final Public Hearin on this 17 day of July
2001.
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Bonnie S. Thomas, CMC, City Clerk
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James E. Kirk, Mayor
PASSED AND ADOPTED after Second and Final Public Hearing this 7 day of August,
2001.
Bonnie S. Thomas, CMC, City Clerk
REVIEWED FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
John R. Cook, City Attorney
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Jame(E. Kirk, Mayor
EXHIBIT A ORDINANCE NO. 772
MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES
THAT A MUNICIPALITY to be called the City of Okeechobee is hereby established in
the County of Okeechobee, the territorial boundaries of which shall be as follows:
Beginning at the Northeast corner of the Northwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of
Section 15 in Township 37 South, Range 35 East, and then run South to the Southeast
corner of the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 22, Township 37
South, Range 35 East, then run West along the section line dividing Sections 22 and 27
and 21 and 28, to the Southwest corner of Section 21, Township 37 South, Range 35 East,
then run North along the section line dividing Sections 20 and 21 and 16 and 17 to the
Northwest corner of Section 16 in Township 37 South, Range 35 East, then run East along
section line dividing Section 9 and 16 and 10 and 15 to Point of Beginning;
AND IN ADDITION TO THE BOUNDARIES SET OUT ABOVE THE FURTHER AND ADDITIONAL
TERRITORY BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: Beginning at the Northeast corner of the Northeast
quarter of Section 28 Township 37 South of Range 35 East and then run South to the
Southeast corner of the Northeast quarter of Section 28, Township 37 South of Range 35
East, then run West to the Southwest corner of the Northeast quarter of Section 28
Township 37 South of Range 35 East and then run North to the Northwest corner of the
Northeast quarter of Section 28, Township 37 South of Range 35 East, and then run East
to Point of Beginning;
AND IN ADDITION TO THE BOUNDARIES SET OUT ABOVE THE FURTHER AND ADDITIONAL
TERRITORY BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: Beginning at the Southeast corner of Section 9,
Township 37 South, Range 35 East and bear North along the East line of said Section 9
a distance of 325.12 feet to the South boundary of that property described in Official
Records Book 207, Page 177, Public Records of Okeechobee County, Florida; thence
bear South 89 °59'53" West along the South boundary of said property described in Official
Records Book 207, Page 177, a distance of 351.67 feet to a point on the East right -of -way
line of State Road 15 (a /k/a Parrott Avenue); thence bear South 00 °00'07" West along said
right -of -way line a distance of 301.12 feet; thence bear North 89 °52'43" East along said
road right -of -way line a distance of 20.00 feet; then bear South 00 °00'07" East along said
road right -of -way line a distance of 24.69 feet to a point on the South line of said Section
9; thence bear North 89 °52'43" East along the South line of said Section 9 a distance of
331.66 feet to the Point of Beginning. ALSO: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Section
10, Township 37 South, Range 35 East and bear North along the West line of said Section
10 a distance of 325.12 feet to a point on the South boundary of that property described
in Official Records Book 207, Page 177; thence bear North 89 °59'53" East a distance of
448.33 feet along the South boundary of said property described in Official Records Book
207, Page 177; then bear South 00 °00'07" East along the extension of the East boundary
of said property described in Official Records of Book 207, Page 177, a distance of 321.60
feet to a point on the South line of said Section 10; thence bear South 89 °32'54" West a
distance of 448.36 feet to the Point of Beginning. All lying and being in Sections 9 and 10,
Township 37 South, Range 35 East; adopted on June 6, 1983 by Ordinance No. 486
recorded in OR Book 284 Pages 372 -373, Public Records of Okeechobee County, Florida;
AND IN ADDITION TO THE BOUNDARIES SET OUT ABOVE THE FURTHER AND ADDITIONAL
TERRITORY BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: Lot 6 and the South half of Lot 5 of Block 44; Lots 14
through 16, inclusive of Block 45; Lots 11 through 16, inclusive of Block 52; Lots 1 through
6, inclusive of Block 53; Lots 1 through 6, inclusive of Block 68; Lots 11 through 16,
inclusive of Block 69; Lots 11 through 16, inclusive of Block 76 and Lots 1 through 6,
inclusive of Block 77 all located in Conner's Highlands, as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page
21, Official Records of Okeechobee County; adopted on August 1, 1983 by Ordinance No.
489 recorded in OR Book 256 Page 991, Public Records of Okeechobee County, Florida;
AND IN ADDITION TO THE BOUNDARIES SET OUT ABOVE THE FURTHER AND ADDITIONAL
TERRITORY BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: Lots 17 through 26, inclusive of Block 52 and Lots 1
through 10, inclusive of Block 69 all located in Conner's Highlands, as recorded in Plat
Book 1, Page 21 Official Records of Okeechobee County; adopted on December 10, 1984
by Ordinance No. 526 recorded in OR Book 275 Page 1231, Public Records of
Okeechobee County, Florida;
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AND IN ADDITION TO THE BOUNDARIES SET OUT ABOVE THE FURTHER AND ADDITIONAL
TERRITORY BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: Lots 1 through 6, inclusive and 8 through 10, inclusive
of Block 76; Lots 17 through 26, inclusive of Block 69 all located in Conner's Highlands,
as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 21 Official Records of Okeechobee County; adopted on
November 19, 1985 by Ordinance No. 563 recorded in OR Book 280 Page 921, Public
Records of Okeechobee County, Florida;
AND IN ADDITION TO THE BOUNDARIES SET OUT ABOVE THE FURTHER AND ADDITIONAL
TERRITORY BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: Lots 1 through 10, inclusive of Block 52; and Lots 17
through 26, inclusive of Block 45 all located in Conner's Highlands, as recorded in Plat
Book 1, Page 21 Official Records of Okeechobee County; adopted on December 2, 1986
by Ordinance No. 583 recorded in OR Book 283 Page 790, Public Records of Okeechobee
County, Florida;
AND IN ADDITION TO THE BOUNDARIES SET OUT ABOVE THE FURTHER AND ADDITIONAL
TERRITORY BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: Parcel "C South one -half of Southwest one quarter of
Northwest one quarter of Northwest one quarter. Lying in Section 27, Township 37 South,
Range 35 East, Okeechobee County, Florida; adopted on January 20, 1987 by Ordinance
No. 587 recorded in OR Book 284 Page 374, Public Records of Okeechobee County,
Florida;
AND IN ADDITION TO THE BOUNDARIES SET OUT ABOVE THE FURTHER AND ADDITIONAL
TERRITORY BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: Lot 7 of Block 76 located in Conner's Highlands, as
recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 21 Official Records of Okeechobee County; adopted on
September 5, 1989 by Ordinance No. 613 recorded in OR Book 307 Pages 220 -221,
Public Records of Okeechobee County, Florida;
AND IN ADDITION TO THE BOUNDARIES SET OUT ABOVE THE FURTHER AND ADDITIONAL
TERRITORY BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: PARCEL I The Northwest one quarter of the Northwest
one quarter of the Northeast one quarter; together with the Northeast one quarter of the
Northwest one quarter lying North and East of Taylor Creek; also the West 176 feet of the
Northeast one quarter of the Northwest one quarter of the Northeast one quarter, less Plat
of the 2n Addition of Okeechobee Estates, also less and except the following described
parcel: Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot No. 14, Okeechobee Estates, according
to replat of Lots 1 to 14 of Okeechobee Estates, as recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 55,
Public Records of Okeechobee County, Florida, thence run South 00 °22'24" East for a
distance of 55 feet, thence North 89 °37'36" West a distance of 55 feet more or less to
Taylor Creek, thence Northwesterly along the boundaries of Taylor Creek to a point of an
extended line parallel to the South line of herein described tract then South 89 °37'36" East
for a distance of 100 feet, more or less, to Point of Beginning. All being in Section 27,
Township 37 South, Range 35 East, Okeechobee County, Florida. Parcel V Northeast
quarter of Northeast quarter; East half of Northwest quarter of Northeast quarter less and
except the West 176.00 feet of the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of the
Northeast quarter all being in Section 27, Township 37 South, Range 35 East; adopted on
October 3, 1989 by Ordinance No. 616 recorded in OR Book 307 Pages 1405 -1406,
Public Records of Okeechobee County, Florida;
AND IN ADDITION TO THE BOUNDARIES SET OUT ABOVE THE FURTHER AND ADDITIONAL
TERRITORY BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: PARCEL VI That part of the Southwest quarter of
Northwest quarter of Northeast quarter lying North and East of Taylor Creek; that part of
the South half of Northeast quarter lying North and East of Taylor Creek; that part of the
North half of Southeast quarter lying North of Taylor Creek, all being in Section 27,
Township 37 South, Range 35 East; adopted on January 2, 1990 by Ordinance No. 622
recorded in OR Book 310 Page 480, Public Records of Okeechobee County, Florida;
AND IN ADDITION TO THE BOUNDARIES SET OUT ABOVE THE FURTHER AND ADDITIONAL
TERRITORY BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying
and being in Sections 27 and 28, Township 37 South, Range 35 East, Okeechobee
County, Florida, as shown on the original Government Land Office (G.L.O.) Township Plat
and as approved by the Surveyor General on September 29, 1903. All of which is more
particularly bounded and described as follows, to -wit: Commencing for reference at a
found 5 /8" iron rod with cap (stamped "PLS 3372 at the East quarter Section corner of
said Section 28, Township 37 South, Range 35 East; Thence, bearing South 89 °30'05"
West along the South line of the Northeast quarter of Section 28, Township 37 South,
Range 35 East, a distance of 297.04 feet to set /s" iron rod with aluminum alloy cap
(stamped ECD PLS 5179) and the point and place of beginning of the herein described
parcel; Thence, continuing along same, bearing South 89 °30'05" West a distance of 62.29
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feet to a set P.K. nail and disk (stamped lb 6221) on the East right -of -way line of U.S. 441,
(a/k/a State Road 15 and Parrott Avenue, 100 feet wide right -of- way;Thence, leaving the
South line of the Northeast quarter of Section 28, bearing North 00 °10'23" West along said
East right -of -way line of U.S. 441, a distance of 242.00 feet to the South line of Block 51
First Addition to South Okeechobee, as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 17, Okeechobee
County, Florida; Thence, leaving the East right -of -way line of U.S. 441, bearing North
89 °30'05" East along said South line of Block 51, a distance of 359.56 feet to a set 7 /8" iron
rod with aluminum alloy cap (stamped ECD PLS 5179) on the East line of said Section 28;
Thence, leaving the South line of Block 51, bearing North 00 °07'12" West along said East
line of Section 28 and along the East line of said Block 51, a distance of 295.93 feet to a
set 7 /8" iron rod with aluminum alloy cap (stamped ECD PLS 5179); Thence, leaving the
East line of Section 28 and the East line of Block 51, bearing North 89 °18'40" East a
distance of 483.36 feet to a set 7 /8" iron rod with aluminum alloy cap (stamped ECD PLS
5179); Thence, bearing North 00 °10'23" West a distance of 121.82 feet, to a set 7 /8" iron
rod with aluminum alloy cap (stamped ECD PLS 5179); Thence, bearing North 89 °18'40"
East along the North line of South half of the Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter
of said Section 27 a distance of 528.47 feet to a set 7 /8" iron rod with aluminum alloy cap
(stamped ECD PLS 5179); Thence, bearing South 00 °10'23" East along a line 1421.61
feet East of and parallel with the centerline of the aforesaid U.S. 441, a distance of 730.00
feet to a set 7 /8" iron rod with aluminum alloy cap (stamped ECD PLS 5179); Thence,
bearing South 89° 18'40" West a distance of 285.41 feet to a set 7 /8" iron rod with aluminum
alloy cap (stamped ECD PLS 5179); Thence, bearing South 18 °29'43" East a distance of
234.56 feet to a set 7 /8" iron rod with aluminum alloy cap (stamped ECD PLS 5179);
Thence, bearing South 00 °10'23" East a distance of 173.72 feet to a set 4 "x 4" concrete
monument with aluminum alloy cap (stamped M.F. Lenz Co. LB 6221); Thence, bearing
South 89 °18'28" West along the North line of lands of City Markets Building, Inc. as
recorded in Official Records Book (O.R.B.) 205, Page 285 and Official Records Book 201,
Page 73, a distance of 1021.76 feet to a set 7 /8" iron rod with aluminum alloy cap (stamped
ECD PLS 5179), at the Southeast corner of those lands of Louis R. Demicco as recorded
in Official Records Book 200, Page 893 Public Records of Okeechobee County, Florida;
Thence, leaving the North line of lands of City Markets Building, Inc., bearing North
00 °07'12" West along the Easterly line of those lands of Louis R. Demicco, a distance of
424.40 feet to a set 7 /8" iron rod with aluminum alloy cap (stamped ECD PLS 5179);
Thence, continuing along the lands of Louis R. Demicco, bearing South 89 °30'05" West
a distance of 35.00 feet to a set 7 /8" iron rod with aluminum alloy cap (stamped ECD PLS
5179); Thence, continuing along the lands of Louis R. Demicco, bearing North 43 °44'23"
West a distance of 59.98 feet to the point and place of beginning; The above described
premises contain an area of 1,182,298.90 square feet or 27.14 acres. Subject to all
Easements, Conditions and Restrictions as contained within the Chain of Title; adopted
on March 17, 1998 by Ordinance No. 710 recorded in OR Book 403 Pages 1627 -1631,
Public Records of Okeechobee County, Florida.
CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 2651.649 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. (TOTAL AREA IN
ACREAGE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE AS HEREIN DESCRIBED AS OF THE DATE OF THE LAST
ANNEXATION ON MARCH 17, 1998 SET OUT ABOVE).
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