Florida Administrative Code › 28 - ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION › 28 - Departmental › Chapter 28-25 - LAND PLANNING - PART III BOUNDARY AND REGULATIONS FOR BIG CYPRESS AREA OF CRITICAL STATE CONCERN › Section 28-25.001 - Boundary

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situated lying
				  and being in Collier, Dade and Monroe Counties in the State of Florida being
				  more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the Northerly right-of-way line of
				  State Road 84 (Alligator Alley), which point is the Southwest corner of Section
				  36 in Township 49 South, Range 28 East and running thence
(1) Turning and running North along the West
				line of Sections 36, 25, 24 and 13 in Township 49 South, Range 28 East, a
				distance of four miles; thence
(2)
				Turning and running East along the Northerly line of Section 13, Township 49
				South, Range 28 East and Section 18, Township 49 South, Range 29 East, a
				distance of two miles; thence
(3)
				Turning and running North along the Westerly line of Sections 8 and 5 in
				Township 49 South, Range 29 East, a distance of two miles; thence
(4) Turning and running East along the
				Northerly line of Sections 5, 4 and 3 in Township 49 South, Range 29 East, a
				distance of three miles; thence
(5)
				Turning and running North along the West line of Sections 35 and 26 in Township
				48 South, Range 29 East, a distance of two miles; thence
(6) Turning and running East along the North
				line of Sections 26 and 25 in Township 48 South, Range 29 East and continuing
				East along the North line of Sections 30 and 29 in Township 48 South, Range 30
				East to the point of intersection with the Easterly right-of-way line of State
				Road 29; thence
(7) Turning and
				running North along the East right-of-way line of State Road 29 to a point
				which point is the Northwest corner of Section 29 in Township 47 South, Range
				30 East; thence
(8) Continuing
				North along the West line of Sections 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Township 47 South,
				Range 30 East, and still North along the West line of Sections 32, 29, 20, 17
				and 8 in Township 46 South, Range 30 East, a distance of nine miles;
				thence
(9) Turning and running East
				along the North line of Sections 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in Township 46 South,
				Range 30 East, a distance of five miles to the Hendry County line;
				thence
(10) Turning and running
				South along the boundary line between Hendry and Collier counties which line is
				also the boundary line between Ranges 30 and 31 East, a distance of seventeen
				miles; thence
(11) Turning and
				running East along the Hendry and Collier County boundary line, which line is
				also the boundary line between Townships 48 and 49 South, Range 31 East, a
				distance of twenty-four miles; thence
(12) Turning and running South along the
				Collier and Broward Counties line to a point which point is the point of
				intersection of Broward, Collier and Dade Counties on boundary line between
				Townships 51 and 52 South, a distance of nineteen miles; thence
(13) Turning and running East along the
				Broward and Dade Counties boundary line, which line is also the boundary line
				between Townships 51 and 52 South to the point of intersection with the
				Westerly right-of-way line of the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control
				District Levee L-28; thence
(14)
				Turning and running South in Dade County along the Westerly right-of-way line
				of Levee L-28 to its point of intersection with the Southerly right-of-way line
				of Tamiami Trail (U.S. Route 41, State Road 90); thence
(15) Along the Southerly right-of-way line of
				Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41, State Road 90) in a Southeasterly direction to its
				point of intersection with the North right-of-way line of State Road 94;
				thence
(16) Turning and running
				West along State Road 94 to its point of intersection with the Northwest corner
				of Everglades National Park in Dade County which point is in the Northwest
				corner of Section 20 in Township 54 South, Range 35 East; thence
(17) In a Southerly, Westerly and Northerly
				direction along the boundary of Everglades National Park to the point which is
				the Western most point of the Everglades National Park adjacent to Round Key of
				the Ten Thousand Islands in Gullivan Bay; thence
(18) On a line in a Westerly direction one
				mile seaward of the most Southerly of the Ten Thousand Islands to a point,
				which point is the Southeastern tip of Cape Romano; in Section 15, Township 53
				South, Range 26 East; thence
(19)
				Turning and running Northwesterly along the West shore of Morgan Beach to a
				point in the South side of Caxambas Pass, which point is the Northeast corner
				of Section 32 in Township 52 South, Range 26 East; thence
(20) In an Easterly direction across Caxambas
				Pass and Caxambas Bay to a point, which point is the most Southwest land
				portion of Horr Island and continuing Easterly and Northerly along the mean
				high water line of Horr Island to a point, which point is the most East
				Northeast land portion of Horr Island and continuing in a Northerly direction
				to a point in the mean high water line at Goodland on Marco Island, which point
				is the Southeast corner of Section 24 in Township 52 South, Range 26 East, and
				continuing along the mean high water line of the South and East shore of
				Goodland to a point, which point is the point of intersection of the South
				right-of-way line of State Road 92 with the East shore of Marco Island;
				thence
(21) In a Northeasterly
				direction along the South right-of-way line of State Road 92 to its point of
				intersection with the West line of Section 33 in Township 51 South, Range 27
				East; thence
(22) Turning and
				running South along the West line of Section 33 in Township 51 South, Range 27
				East; thence
(23) Still South along
				the West line of Sections 4, 9 and 16 in Township 52 South, Range 27 East, a
				distance of three miles; thence
(24) Turning and running East along the South
				line of Section 16 in Township 52 South, Range 27 East, a distance of one mile;
				thence
(25) Turning and running
				North along the East line of Section 16 in Township 52 South, Range 27 East, a
				distance of one mile; thence
(26)
				Turning and running East along the South line of Section 10 in Township 52
				South, Range 27 East, a distance of one mile; thence
(27) Turning and running North along the West
				line of Sections 11 and 2 in Township 52 South, Range 27 East, a distance of
				two miles; thence
(28) Turning and
				running East along the boundary line between Townships 51 and 52 South which
				line is also the South line of Section 35, in Township 51 South, Range 27 East,
				a distance of one mile; thence
(29)
				Turning and running East along the North line of Sections 35 and 26 in Township
				51 South, Range 27 East, a distance of two miles; thence
(30) Turning and running East along the North
				line of Section 25 in Township 51 South, Range 27 East and the North line of
				Sections 30, 29, 28, 27 and 26 in Township 51 South, Range 28 East, a distance
				of six miles; thence
(31) Turning
				and running North along the West line of Sections 24, 13, 12 and 1 in Township
				51 South, Range 28 East and North along the West line of Sections 36, 25, 24,
				13, 12 and 1 in Township 50 South, Range 28 East, a distance of ten miles to
				the point or place of beginning.
Specifically exempting herefrom the following described urban
				  areas:
(a) The incorporated areas of
				Ochopee being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
All that certain lot, piece of parcel of ground situate lying
				  and being in Collier County, State of Florida, consisting of Sections 27, 28,
				  33 and 34 in Township 52 South, Range 30 East.
(b) The incorporated areas of Everglades City
				situate lying and being in Collier County, State of Florida, consisting of
				portions of Sections 11, 14, 15 and 23 in Township 53 South, Range 29
				East.