§ 33-304. Purpose and intent.  


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  • The purpose of this article is solely to implement section 505 of the Charter as it pertains to the district. This article deals exclusively with the procedure for annexation of unincorporated territories in the district, which territories have been found to be existing historical and cohesive residential communities. The intent of this article is to provide the exclusive method for voluntary annexation in the district in the very limited circumstances as particularly set forth in this section.

    It is not the purpose or intent of this article to regulate density of development, intensity of development, or the issuance of development permits on lands located within the district nor is it the intent to create a special district, either dependent or independent, as those terms are defined in F.S. ch. 189.

    Nothing contained in this article and the corresponding section of the Orange County Charter is intended to modify or supersede in any way the Orange County/Ocoee Joint Planning Area Agreement dated February 11, 1994, or any other applicable joint planning area agreement. It is the intent of the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, Florida, that this article and the corresponding Charter section (section 505) shall provide a method for annexation only in the event that such Joint Planning Area Agreement or other applicable joint planning area agreement is modified to delete or weaken the prohibitions against annexation; terminated (including expiration under the terms of such Joint Planning Area Agreement or other applicable joint planning area agreement) by the parties; repudiated by either party; or declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(Ord. No. 95-1, § 4, 3-7-95)