COURT ORDER - MOTION TO DISMISS
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This ca'J.;3'c i'3 }~fol"'e the CC'l.l.rt cn the };!otion to
D1S!:1iS3 ii led by thl~ Def~ndaL t, CITY OF CLEf~RWATER. The
CITY 01? CLEAR1NATER i~3 alle?;sd to hav,9 annex,~d certain territory
which lies in an ar~a said by the Plaintiff, CITY OF SAFETY
HAR3ca, to h3ve been prohibited to be annexed by reason of
~n o.6:".CC~'~.1t among the Ci fi<?3 of Clearw:J.ter, Dunedin, and
Safety ~arbQr dated February 2, 1970.
The agl"eemen t referr(:?d to mere ly pr~)V1d~s that,
"Es.ch of th-? :oespective r~1Unicipali ':~JJ3 n~r~a to 3.void and
discoura~e future plans or requests for annexation of any
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lands contained in the areas cesignated.
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The land said
to have bleen 2.l1n,~~'ted by Clearwater is further said to have
b~en cont~illed in tha areas d~signated.
'l'he Plaintiff relies on City ofF't. L3.ud'~rd:.:lla v.
Town of 3acienda Villag8 172 3o.2d 451 for authority cf a city to
prohibit ezpansiQn of ~unicipal territory. That case, how~ver,
involved a prohibition by the Lggislature against any city
e;<c,~p t pt L.'luderd'3.1& annexing the land in ques t ion and tile
words of t~e l~gi31ative Act were definite warda of prohibition,
in contrast to the words used in tne subject agT~ement.
'T~e PI ain tlff conc~des th3. t absen t t~1e ~greement among
ev~ citi~s it would have nOf,;t3.ndin~ to r;Jaintain this action,
and the CGurt i:3 o.r the opinion tha~ the ngreel:1ent does not
invo~t tb,e Pl~l.intifl', CITY O~i' Si\~"'~TY IP.JmOR, wi'i:h such 3t3ndln~.
~his conclu3ion 13 r~ached ~eluctantly bec3us~ of the feelin~
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of tho] CO:lrt th~t :l'?;:r~~:::e:1t; of c1tieg 3af')~ld b~ :1f~'c.er~d to,
-'Jut !,~e Cou:-t r.'1.r:r:'Jt~)::?t6-:. et;:~ic~ll or .-:!or.ll C0n3id~rati()r:;;
.into leg31 St3tU3.
rl.'hc ?!ct~J)n to Disr,1"is;; .is ~~rnnt.?d with leave to th,~
Plaintiff to an~en6 ~';ithin twenty (~W) d'\j'8 from the dat'H h'Jr(~():f
if of tt..:~ opini.on that !Iii'tenarnent is f,:?lt to b~ pos31bl;-~ and
proper.
If noam~ndD~nt is filed within t~enty (20\ days from
the cia t'3
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ti::en this O:-.::1er sh:111 beCOi>lB a Final
Judgn~nt of Dismissal.
DO?n A~!D Cn:::::~ED in Chambers at Cle:n'v!:;l tel", Pi ne llr!.s
Countj:, Florida, th is 9 'ti\"-d3.Y of .J~'nual"Y 1 A. D. 1973.
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CIRC;JI"i' J"{JDGE
COpiBS furnished to WILLI 1\1'1 P. O':,.Ir\LI.EY, 301 ?ierca street,
Cle3rwatsr, Florida 33516 and
N. S. GOULD, 311 30uth r.[issotlri Avenue, \/
C1earwntcTt Flcrida 33516
this Lfy1'day of Jn~uarYt 1973, by U. S. r.~il.
s/ Dwayne E. '3rown
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