eLaws | eCases | Florida State | Florida Administrative Code | Florida Courts | Counties & Cities of Florida | Code of Federal Regulations | United States Code |
 Orlando
 Code of Ordinances
 Title I. CHARTER
 Chapter 18. DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT BOARD ACT

  § 4. Orlando Central City Neighborhood Redevelopment Area Description.  

Latest version.

  • (1)

    The Orlando Central City Neighborhood Development Area includes the central business district and its environs, being all lands described by the City Council in accordance with the following: The initial development area for the purposes of this act shall be the area set forth by the City Council in its ordinance of December 15, 1969, being Documentary 8978-A. From and after approval of this act by the referendum required in section 13, the development area shall have existence as herein provided.

    (2)

    The City Council may from time to time, after a period of one (1) year from the approval of this act, by the procedure herein provided, alter or amend the boundaries of the development area by the inclusion of additional territory or the exclusion of lands from the limits of the development area; provided, however, that no real property included within the boundaries of the development area as established herein shall be removed from said area without the consent of the freeholders as provided in section 13 hereinafter. No tax shall be levied upon property later added to the development area by expansion of the boundaries except as provided for by vote of the free holders within the added territory as provided for in section 13(10), and compliance otherwise with this act. The City Council shall set a date for a public hearing prior to the adoption of an ordinance describing area to be added to or deleted from the development area. Upon the adoption of a resolution, the City Council shall cause a notice of the public hearing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the City, which notice shall be published one (1) time not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days from the date of the hearing. The notice shall set forth the date, time, and place of the hearing and shall describe the boundaries of the proposed development area. Any citizen, taxpayer, or property owner shall have the right to be heard in favor or opposition. After the public hearing, the City Council shall in the manner authorized by its charter, adopt a new ordinance establishing and defining the development area.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 71-810, § 4)