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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 171.031171.031 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings unless some other meaning is plainly indicated:(1) “Annexation” means the adding of real property to the boundaries of an incorporated municipality, such addition making such real property in every way a part of the municipality. (2) “Compactness” means concentration of a piece of property in a single area and precludes any action which would create enclaves, pockets, or finger areas in serpentine patterns. Any annexation proceeding in any county in this state must be designed in such a manner as to ensure that the area will be reasonably compact. (3) “Contiguous” means that a substantial part of a boundary of the territory sought to be annexed by a municipality is coterminous with a part of the boundary of the municipality. The separation of the territory sought to be annexed from the annexing municipality by a publicly owned county park; a right-of-way for a highway, road, railroad, canal, or utility; or a body of water, watercourse, or other minor geographical division of a similar nature, running parallel with and between the territory sought to be annexed and the annexing municipality, may not prevent annexation under this act, provided the presence of such a division does not, as a practical matter, prevent the territory sought to be annexed and the annexing municipality from becoming a unified whole with respect to municipal services or prevent their inhabitants from fully associating and trading with each other, socially and economically. However, nothing in this subsection may be construed to allow local rights-of-way, utility easements, railroad rights-of-way, or like entities to be annexed in a corridor fashion to gain contiguity; and when any provision of any special law prohibits the annexation of territory that is separated from the annexing municipality by a body of water or watercourse, then that law shall prevent annexation under this act. (4) “Contraction” means the reversion of real property within municipal boundaries to an unincorporated status. (5) “Enclave” means:(a) Any unincorporated improved or developed area that is enclosed within and bounded on all sides by a single municipality; or (b) Any unincorporated improved or developed area that is enclosed within and bounded by a single municipality and a natural or manmade obstacle that allows the passage of vehicular traffic to that unincorporated area only through the municipality. (6) “Feasibility study” means an analysis conducted by qualified staff or consultants of the economic, market, technical, financial, and management feasibility of the proposed annexation or contraction, as applicable. (7) “Municipality” means a municipality created pursuant to general or special law authorized or recognized pursuant to s. 2 or s. 6, Art. VIII of the State Constitution. (8) “Newspaper of general circulation” means a newspaper printed in the language most commonly spoken in the area within which it circulates, which is readily available for purchase by all inhabitants in its area of circulation, but does not include a newspaper intended primarily for members of a particular professional or occupational group, a newspaper whose primary function is to carry legal notices, or a newspaper that is given away primarily to distribute advertising. (9) “Parties affected” means any persons or firms owning property in, or residing in, either a municipality proposing annexation or contraction or owning property that is proposed for annexation to a municipality or any governmental unit with jurisdiction over such area. (10) “Qualified voter” means any person registered to vote in accordance with law. (11) “Sufficiency of petition” means the verification of the signatures and addresses of all signers of a petition with the voting list maintained by the county supervisor of elections and certification that the number of valid signatures represents the required percentage of the total number of qualified voters in the area affected by a proposed annexation. (12) “Urban in character” means an area used intensively for residential, urban recreational or conservation parklands, commercial, industrial, institutional, or governmental purposes or an area undergoing development for any of these purposes. (13) “Urban purposes” means that land is used intensively for residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental purposes, including any parcels of land retained in their natural state or kept free of development as dedicated greenbelt areas. (14) “Urban services” means any services offered by a municipality, either directly or by contract, to any of its present residents. History.—s. 1, ch. 74-190; s. 1, ch. 75-297; s. 75, ch. 81-259; s. 1, ch. 84-148; s. 15, ch. 93-206; s. 2, ch. 2023-305.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 171.031
Total Results: 24
178 F.3d 1175, 44 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 43, 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 14020, 1999 WL 425895
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jun 25, 1999 | Docket: 395328
Cited 426 times | Published
§ 1 (codified as amended at Fla. Stat. Ann. § 171.031(11) (West 1987)).
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178 F.3d 1175, 44 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 43, 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 14020, 1999 WL 425895
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jun 25, 1999 | Docket: 395328
Cited 426 times | Published
§ 1 (codified as amended at Fla. Stat. Ann. § 171.031(11) (West 1987)).
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178 F.3d 1175
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jun 25, 1999 | Docket: 1080753
Cited 213 times | Published
§ 1
(codified as amended at Fla. Stat. Ann. § 171.031(11) (West 1987)).3
Two attempts to secure
418 So. 2d 1148
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 23, 1982 | Docket: 1685875
Cited 10 times | Published
"party affected." Art. I, § 21, Fla. Const. Section 171.031(5), Florida Statutes, defines "parties affected"
736 So. 2d 1264, 1999 WL 493267
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 14, 1999 | Docket: 1429852
Cited 9 times | Published
to two of the parcels because they violated section 171.031(12), Florida Statutes, which precludes annexations
473 So. 2d 1387, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2000
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 21, 1985 | Docket: 1510535
Cited 9 times | Published
geographically unified and compact municipalities. Section 171.031(12), Florida Statutes (1983), defines "compactness"
925 So. 2d 340, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 460, 2006 WL 140380
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 20, 2006 | Docket: 2518507
Cited 6 times | Published
a part of the boundary of the municipality." § 171.031(11); see also Sanford v. Seminole County, 538
966 F. Supp. 1178, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7124, 1997 WL 274664
District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: May 20, 1997 | Docket: 803421
Cited 6 times | Published
prevent annexation under this act.
Fla.Stat. § 171.031(11). The statute also defines compactness:
"Compactness"
504 So. 2d 10, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 143
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 30, 1986 | Docket: 1511172
Cited 5 times | Published
with jurisdiction over the area to be annexed. § 171.031(5). Additionally, Hillsborough County is the owner
952 So. 2d 599, 2007 WL 858636
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 23, 2007 | Docket: 1703202
Cited 3 times | Published
ensure that the area will be reasonably compact." § 171.031(12), Fla. Stat. (2005). "Compactness" means the
733 So. 2d 576, 1999 WL 312242
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 19, 1999 | Docket: 1659871
Cited 3 times | Published
relief. Purporting to refer to the wording of section 171.031(5), Florida Statutes (1995), the final judgment
538 So. 2d 113, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 409, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 597, 1989 WL 8703
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 9, 1989 | Docket: 472294
Cited 3 times | Published
with a part of the boundary of the municipality. § 171.031(11), Fla. Stat. (1987).
The City argues that the
964 So. 2d 847, 2007 WL 2713544
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 19, 2007 | Docket: 1240744
Cited 2 times | Published
boundaries to an unincorporated *851 status." § 171.031(2). The Cities filed suit seeking to invalidate
273 So. 3d 243
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 22, 2019 | Docket: 15658395
Published
are located seeking review by certiorari.
Section 171.031(5) defines "parties affected" as
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Sep 24, 2007 | Docket: 3255813
Published
for certiorari review in circuit court.
8 Section 171.031(5), Fla. Stat.
953 So. 2d 8, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 91, 2007 WL 28294
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 5, 2007 | Docket: 1712749
Published
boundary of the territory was contiguous. Section 171.031(11) requires that a substantial portion of
917 So. 2d 943, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 19955, 2005 WL 3439916
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 16, 2005 | Docket: 64841623
Published
Edgewater was an “affected party” as defined under section 171.031(5). We grant certiorari and quash that portion
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Dec 10, 1998 | Docket: 3258122
Published
Stat.
9 Section 171.046(1), Fla. Stat.
10 Section 171.031(13), Fla. Stat.
11 473 So.2d 1387, 1389 (Fla
700 So. 2d 128, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 11189, 1997 WL 614416
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 8, 1997 | Docket: 64776102
Published
standing to challenge the annexation under section 171.031(5), Florida Statutes (1996), as respondent
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Aug 17, 1990 | Docket: 3258475
Published
041, F.S.). And see, s.166.041(6), F.S.
4 Section 171.031(4), F.S.
5 Section 171.0413(2)(b), F.S.
6 See
483 So. 2d 481, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 417, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6294
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 12, 1986 | Docket: 64617467
Published
employed in section 171.021 and defined in section 171.031(8). Further, under the voluntary annexation
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jul 31, 1985 | Docket: 3256055
Published
charter does not so specify such matters).
Section 171.031(11), F.S. (1984 Supp.), provides in pertinent
393 So. 2d 35, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 19405
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 16, 1981 | Docket: 64579990
Published
Chapter 171 to seek review in the Circuit Court. Section 171.-031(5), Fla.Stat. (1979), defines “parties affected”
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Sep 30, 1980 | Docket: 3258196
Published
Shores, 356 So.2d 932 (1 D.C.A. Fla., 1978).
Section 171.031, F. S., defines, for the purposes of ch. 171
