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QUESTION: Should the City of Pompano Beach include publicly owned land in calculating the number of landowners required to petition for integration of a parcel of land or group of parcels into the city pursuant to Ch. 59-1764, Laws of Florida, as subsequently amended?

SUMMARY: Until legislatively or judicially determined to the contrary, publicly owned land within the area to be annexed pursuant to s. 233.9, Charter of the City of Pompano Beach, should not be calculated in determining the owners of not less than 51 percent of the individual parcels or group of parcels to be integrated into and…