The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . Section 171.031(5) defines "parties affected" as "any persons or firms owning property in, or residing . . . and the City concedes, that the Cape Coral petitioners are "parties affected" as defined by section 171.031 . . . determined, correctly, that the Matlacha petitioners are not "parties affected" as defined by section 171.031 . . . requirements of law in the trial court's reliance on the definition of "parties affected" in section 171.031 . . . Polk City did not assert it was a party "affected" pursuant to section 171.031(5), Florida Statutes ( . . .
. . . .” § 171.031(2). The Cities filed suit seeking to invalidate all three ordinances. . . . annexation “shall be designed in such a manner as to ensure that the area will be reasonably compact.” § 171.031 . . .
. . . .” § 171.031(12), Fla. Stat. (2005). . . .
. . . Section 171.031(11) requires that a substantial portion of a boundary of the territory annexed must be . . .
. . . .” § 171.031(11); see also Sanford v. . . . railroad rights-of-way, and like entities may not be annexed in corridor fashion to gain contiguity. § 171.031 . . . See § 171.031(11). . . . Section 171.031(11) requires that “a substantial part of a boundary of the territory to be annexed by . . . Section 171.031(11) requires that a substantial portion of a boundary of the territory annexed must be . . .
. . . court misapplied the law in concluding that Edgewater was an “affected party” as defined under section 171.031 . . . Section 171.031(5) defines “parties affected”: “Parties affected” means any persons or firms owning property . . . Here, Edgewater claims it is an “affected party” under section 171.031(5) because it has a property interest . . . Section 171.031(5) expressly grants standing to “any governmental unit with jurisdiction over” the area . . .
. . . . § 171.031, a county agency, Fla. . . .
. . . The circuit court granted certiorari as to two of the parcels because they violated section 171.031(12 . . . The county first argues that the circuit court erroneously applied section 171.031(12), which precludes . . . Significantly, the county acknowledges that section 171.031(12) is the correct law, but contends that . . . we look at the shape of the city after annexation, there are “finger areas” in violation of section 171.031 . . .
. . . . § 171.031(11) (West 1987)). . . . Ann. § 171.031(12). . " 'Contiguous' means that a substantial part of a boundary of the territory sought . . . Ann. § 171.031(11). . . . Prior to 1975, section 171.031(11) stated, in relevant part: "Local rights-of-way, utility easements, . . .
. . . Purporting to refer to the wording of section 171.031(5), Florida Statutes (1995), the final judgment . . . This construction of section 171.031 is plainly erroneous. . . . In section 171.031(5), Florida Statutes (1995), the Legislature has provided a definition of “parties . . .
. . . requirements of the law in determining that respondent had standing to challenge the annexation under section 171.031 . . .
. . . . §§ 171.081; 171.031(5), Florida Statutes (1995). . . .
. . . . § 171.031(11). . . . Fla.Stat. § 171.031(12). . . . that such an annexation would not necessarily violate the corridor annexation prohibition of Section 171.031 . . . Stat. § 171.031(13). . . . See Fla.Stat. § 171.031(12) (defining enclave as one of the things forbidden under compactness requirement . . .
. . . Contiguous and compactness are defined in § 171.031 as follows: (11) “Contiguous” means that a substantial . . .
. . . . § 171.031(11), Fla.Stat. (1987). . . . Section 171.031(11) only requires “that a substantial part of a boundary” touch municipal property. . . . Section 171.044(1) requires that the subject land be “reasonably compact” and section 171.031(12) defines . . .
. . . . § 171.031(5). . . .
. . . such land is “urban in character” as that phrase is employed in section 171.021 and defined in section 171.031 . . .
. . . The opinion referred to sections 171.044(1) and 171.031(12) both of which are concerned with and refer . . . That Broward County is a “party affected” seems clear from the wording of section 171.031(5), Florida . . .
. . . Section 171.031(5), Florida Statutes, defines “parties affected” as “any . . . firms owning property . . .
. . . This is evident from the prospective language used in Section 171.081 and Section 171.031(5), i. e., . . .