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Fla. Stat. § 171.021 (2025)
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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) Establish uniform legislative standards throughout the state for the adjustment of municipal boundaries.
(3) Ensure the efficient provision of urban services to areas that become urban in character.
(4) Ensure that areas are not annexed unless municipal services can be provided to those areas.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1981–2007 · leading case: Burton v. City of Belle Glade, 178 F.3d 1175 (11th Cir. 1999).
Burton v. City of Belle Glade, 178 F.3d 1175 (11th Cir. 1999). “74-190, § 1 (codified as amended at Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 171.021 -.022 (West 1987)).”
Pinellas Cnty. v. City of Largo, 964 So. 2d 847 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007). “§ 171.021; see also § 171.022 (stating that the purpose of the Act is to provide viable and usable general law standards and procedures for adjusting the boundaries of municipalities; repealing *850 provisions of any special act or municipal charter relating to the adjusting of…”
Cnty. of Volusia v. City of Deltona, 925 So. 2d 340 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). “The County contends that the circuit court applied the incorrect law when it held that section 171.021, Florida Statutes (2003), did not apply to voluntary annexations and that the criteria set forth in sections 171.”
SCA Servs., ETC. v. City of Tallahassee, 418 So. 2d 1148 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). “" § 171.021, Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1974). Reading the purposes of the act in pari materia with the legislative mandate in Section 171.”
May v. Lee Cnty., 483 So. 2d 481 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986). “044, Florida Statutes (1983), and that the land was not sufficiently urban in character, as defined by section 171.021, Florida Statutes (1983).”
SCA Servs. of Florida, Inc. v. City of Tallahassee, 393 So. 2d 35 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981). “Section 171.021, Fla.Stat. (1979); Section 171.”
Burton v. City of Belle Glade, 178 F.3d 1175 (11th Cir. 1999). “74-190, § 1 (codified as amended at Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 171.021 -.022 (West 5 1987)).”
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