Ordinance 79-101 ORDINANCE NO. 79-101
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AN ORDINANCE CR'EATING A brJNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING
AND BENEFIT UNIT TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY CENTER
FOR AN AREA WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF
COLLIER COUNTY KNOWN AS MARCO ISLAND, INCLUDING
GOODLAND, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN;
ESTABLISHING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE
UNIT; PROVIDING THE PURPOSE OF THE UNIT;
PROVIDING FOR THE POWER TO LEVY SERVICE CHARGES,
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS OR TAXES WITHIN THE UNIT;
PROVIDING FOR THE GENERAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNING
BODY OF TKE UNIT; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; AI~D
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF' COLLIER
COUNTY, FLORIDA that:
Section 1. Findings.
The Board hereby finds and determines that there is.a need
for a Civic Center to be constructed on Marco Island for the pur-
pose of providing suitable facilities for the educational, recrea-
tional, cultural, and related pursuits of the citizens of this
County and most particularly the residents of Marco Island.
The construction of such a Civic Center is therefore deemed
te be in the public interest.
Section 2. Creation of the Unit.
The unincorporated area of Collier County known as Marco
Island, including Goodland, and more particularly described in
Section 3 hereof, is hereby established as a Municipal Service
Taxing and Benefit Unit pursuant to Chapter 125, Florida Statutes.
Section 3. Boundaries of the Unit.
The boundaries of the Unit are as follows:
Ail those geographical islands known as Marco
Island and Caxambas Island, subject to future
accretion and reliction, lying and being situate
in Township 52 South, Ranges 25, 26 and 27 East
bounded by the Gulf of Mexico, Caxambas Pass,
Caxambas Bay, Barfield Bay, Blue Hill Bay,
Blue Hill Creek, Goodland Bay, Big Marco River
and Big Marco Pass.
Section 4.
for ~he~purpoBe' .of providing a Community Center within the
boun~arigs ii '~
of-t~e~,Unit.
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Section 5. Governing Body.
The governing body of the Unit =hall be the Board of County
Commissioners of Collier County, Florida.
Section 6. Power to Levy Service Char~es, Special Assessments,
or Taxes within'the Unit. '
The governing body of thc Unit purouant to thc authority
granted it by the Constitution of the State of Florida and the
Laws of the State of Florida shall have the power to levy ad
valorem taxes as may be legal for the purpose of providing,
operating, and maintaining a Community Center within the Unit.
Said taxes shall be levied and a budget prepared or adopted by
said Board at the same time and in the same manner as said Board
prepares and adopts its County annual budget and levies taxes as
provided by la~. Said taxes shall be assessed, levied,.collected,
remitted to and accounted for at the sam~ time and in the same
manner as the assessment, levy, collection, remittance and account-
ability of taxes by said Board as provided by law. The aforesaid
notwithstanding, the governing body shall not have the power to
levy ad valorem taxes in excess of one mil in any one year.
Section 7. General Powers. The governing body of the Unit shall
have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the
purpose of this Ordinance and such additional rights and powers
as are provided by the Constitution of the State of Florida and
the Laws of the State of Florida granted to counties and shall
have all powers not otherwise prohibited by law.
Section 8. Severabilit¥. The provisions of this Ordinance are
severable and it is the intention to confer the whole or any part
of the powers herein provided for and if any of the provisions of
this Ordinance shall be held unconstitutional by any court of
competent Jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not
affect or impair any of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance.
It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that this
Ordinance would have been adopted had such unconstitutiona~
provision not been included therein.
Section 9. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon adoption and filing as provided by law.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 18th day of December , 1979.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Cliff r' WenZ&i,~ Ch rman
App~d es t~,/~~~eo ufflc[ency~
~ Att~r~
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF COLLIER
I, WILLL~4 $. REAGAN, Clerk of Courts in and for the Twentieth Judicial
Circuit, Collier Co~n~-, Florida, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true original of:
NO. 79- 101
which ~s adopt~l by the Board of County Cormissioners during Regular Session
December 18, 1979.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the Board of County Commissioners
of Collier County, Florida, this 18th day of December, 1979.
WILLU94 J. REAGAN
Clerk of Courts and Clerk
Ex-officio to Board of
County Co~ssioners ' ': '¢,:~"~
This ordinance filed with the Secretary of State's Office
~J]e 26th day of December, 1979 and acknowledgement of that
filing received this28~ day of December, 1979.
Deity Clerk ~'
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