Palm Beach County v. Town of Jupiter

OPINION OF THE COURT

The Town of Jupiter enacted Ordinance Nos. 59-89, 60-89, and 61-89 annexing certain lands of unincorporated Palm Beach County. *65Petitioners contend Jupiter failed to meet the requirements for annexation set forth in Chapter 171, Florida Statutes, as to compactness and contiguity.

The annexation here is a classic example of point-to-point or comer-to-comer abutment. “Contiguous,” when used in the context of municipal annexation has been defined as “touching or adjoining in a reasonably substantial sense.” See City of Sanford v Seminole County, 538 So.2d 113, 115 (Fla. 5th DCA…