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ORDINANCE 82-0-10
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING _. OBSOLETE SECTION 8
OF THE CITY CHARTER TO REDISTRICT THE CITY
INTO FOUR EQUAL ZONES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ELECTING CITY COUNCILMEN; REPEALING ALL OR-
DINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 8 of the Charter of the City of Edgewater
divides the City into .four voting districts for the purpose of elect-
ing four members of the City Council, and
WHEREAS, the 1980 census showed that there is a tremendous dis-
parity among the four voting districts in terms of population, and
WHEREAS, the one man, one vote principle of the equal protection
clause of the United States and Florida Constitutions, together with
the Voting Rights Act of 1965, mandate that the City of Edgewater re-
district prior to the 1982 general elections to be held within the City,
for the purpose of insuring that each electoral district is in equal
size so that no vote within the City of Edgewater will be of different
weight.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That paragraph Three of Section 8 of the Charter of
the City of Edgewater, is hereby amended to read: The City is hereby
divided into four voting districts as follows: Voting District 1,
shall be the area described as: Beginning at the intersection of the
center line of the Garbody Canal, or South Canal, and the westerly
right-of-way of the intercoastal waterway; thence southerly along the
western right-of-way of said intercoastal right-of-way to a point op-
posite the center line of Ocean Avenue extended; thence westerly along
the center line of Ocean Avenue to the west corporate limits of the City;
thence northerly and westerly around the corporate limits of the City
returning to the center line of Garbody or South Canal; thence easterly
along the center line of said Canal to the point of beginning.
Voting District 2, shall be the area described as: Beginning at
the point of intersection of the westerly right-of-way line of the
intercoastal waterway and the center line of 0 Avenue extended;
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thence south along the right-of�way of the intercoastal waterway to
the intersection with the center line of a certain drainage canal lying
northerly of Indian River Boulevard; thence westerly along the center
line of said Canal until said Canal merges at its closest point with
the center line of 16th Street; thence westerly along the center line
of 16th Street until said Street merges with the center line of 17th
Street; thence westerly to the western corporate limits of the City;
thence in a northerly direction along the corporate limits to the south-
ern boundary of District 1; thence easterly along the southern boundary
of District 1 to the point of beginning.
Voting District 3 shall be the area described as: Beginning at
the point of intersection of westerly right-of-way of the intercoastal
waterway and the corporate limits of the City adjacent to the northeast
corner of the Pelican Cove Subdivision as now laid out; thence west
along the corporate borders of the City on the north line of the Pelican
Cove Subdivision to U. S. Highway 1; thence across U. S. Highway 1,
along the corporate limits of the City to the North side of the Silver
Ridge Subdivision, as now laid out; thence west along the northern
line of the Silver Ridge Subdivision to the center line of 22nd Street
as now laid out; thence south along said 22nd Street to the center line
of Guava Drive; thence north along Quava Drive to a point of inter-
section of the eastern prolongation of 21st Street; thence west along
21st Street to the corporate limits of the City; thence north along the
corporate limits of the City to the south line of Voting District 2;
thence east along the south limits of Voting District 2, to the point
of beginning.
Voting District 4 shall be the area described as: All that area
within the corporate limits lying south of the southern boundary of
Voting District 3, as previously described.
SECTION 2. There shall be an official voting district map which
shall be placed in a conspicuous location within City Hall which shall
show the voting districts described in this ordinance. A copy of said
map is attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
SECTION 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances and all
resolutions or parts of. resolutions in conflict herewith be and the same
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are hereby repealed.
SECTION f: That this ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption by the City Council. 1
The Ordinance was introduced by Mr. W11 pV{
The first reading of the above ordinance was read in full and
passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida,
iJ at the regular meeting of said Council held on the k day of March,
1982, and approved asprovided by law.
The second reading of the Ordinance to be at a regular meeting of
the City Counc'q��"1ll of, he City of Edgewater, Florida to be held on the
�6 day of 1982.
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The vote on the above and foregoing
following first Reading thereof was as
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David -ZONE ONE CO LMAN
Jacob Lodico
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ZONE DTnTHREE COUNCILMAN—
Wilbert Pendleton
E FOUR COUNCILMAN� X
Jo Wilbur UU
The roll call vote on second reading of the Ordinance, following
a duly advertised public hearing was as follows:
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