LEGISLATIVE ACTION ITEM
SPONSOR: Grover C. Robinson, IV, Mayor
SUBJECT:
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REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION - RICHARDS MEMORIAL UNITED CHURCH PROPERTY
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RECOMMENDATION:
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That City Council approve the request for the voluntary annexation of the portion of the Richards Memorial United Church lying outside the City limits.
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HEARING REQUIRED: No Hearing Required.
SUMMARY:
Reverend Robin Noble, representing Richards Memorial United Methodist Church, has requested that the City approve the voluntary annexation of the portion of their property that is located outside the City limits, as the property is divided by the jurisdictional boundary between the City of Pensacola and unincorporated Escambia County.
The proposed annexation area is contiguous to the City limits and City Departments have confirmed that there are no concerns with providing services to the area.
Approval of the annexation request will necessitate a subsequent amendment to the City’s Zoning and Future Land Use Maps to include the subject properties.
Florida Statute 171.044 provides that:
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 petition bears the signatures of all owners of property in the area proposed to be annexed, the governing body may, at any regular meeting, adopt a nonemergency ordinance to annex said property and redefine the boundary lines of the municipality to include said property. Said ordinance shall be passed after notice of the annexation has been published at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks in some newspaper in such city or town or, if no newspaper is published in said city or town, then in a newspaper published in the same county; and if no newspaper is published in said county, then at least three printed copies of said notice shall be posted for 4 consecutive weeks at some conspicuous place in said city or town. The notice shall give the ordinance number and a brief, general description of the area proposed to be annexed. The description shall include a map clearly showing the area and a statement that the complete legal description by metes and bounds and the ordinance can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk.
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PRIOR ACTION:
None.
FUNDING:
None.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The City would receive stormwater and franchise fees and where applicable, ad valorem and public service tax revenues from the subject parcels as well as from any future improvements.
LEGAL REVIEW ONLY BY CITY ATTORNEY: Yes.
2/24/2022
STAFF CONTACT:
Kerrith Fiddler, City Administrator
David Forte, Deputy City Administrator - Community Development
Sherry Morris, AICP, Development Services Department Director
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Proposed Ordinance No. 12-22
2) Exhibit A: Maps of Annexation Area
PRESENTATION: No