§ 20-53. Findings.

It is hereby ascertained, determined and declared that:

(1)

Article VIII, Section 1 of the Florida Constitution and F.S. §§ 125.01 and 125.66, grant to the board all powers of local self-government to perform county functions and to render services for county purposes in a manner not inconsistent with general or special law, and such power may be exercised by the enactment of county ordinances.

(2)

In addition to its powers of self-government, the board is authorized by F.S. §§ 125.01(1)(q) and (r), to establish municipal service benefit units for all or any part of the unincorporated area within the county, or within the municipal boundaries of an incorporated area upon consent of the governing body of the affected municipality, to provide water, sewer, streets, sidewalks, street lighting, drainage and other essential facilities and municipal services.

(3)

Enactment of this article will establish a uniform system for creating and managing municipal service benefit units to provide a local improvement and/or local service for the special benefit of a neighborhood or other local area.

(Ord. No. 10-10, Art. I, § 1.03, 5-3-10)