District Court of Appeal of Florida

An order upholding an ordinance approved by a county commission seeking to amend the county's charter involving voluntary annexation by severing portions found to be invalid is affirmed where the trial court correctly interpreted a subsection to allow charter counties to provide their own method of voluntary annexation, and did not err in attempting to sever the unconstitutional portions from the charter amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2006
• Published 09/20/2006

Judges

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Claudio Riedi, Dexter Lehtinen and Anthony J. O'Donnell of Lehtinen, Vargas & Riedi, P.A., Miami;  Jeffrey S. Kurtz and Jonathan M. Streisfeld, of Brinkley, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley, Lunny & Crosby, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant Village of Wellington., Susan A. Ruby, City Attorney, Delray Beach, for appellant City of Delray Beach., Elaine A. Humphreys, Assistant City Attorney, Lake Worth, for appellant City of Lake Worth., Keith W. Davis of Corbett & White, P.A., Lantana, for appellants City of Atlantis and Town of South Palm Beach., Linda Brehmer Lanosa, Assistant County Attorney, Orlando, for Amicus Curiae Orange County.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert P. Banks, Assistant County Attorney, West Palm Beach, for appellee.