PLACEMENT: Consent
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APPROVAL OF A MAINTENANCE MAP FOR A PORTION OF SE BEACH ROAD (COUNTY ROAD 707)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Pursuant to the provisions of Section 95.361, Florida Statutes, staff requests approval of a Maintenance Map for a portion of SE Beach Road (County Road 707) in the Town of Jupiter Island. Approval will establish prima facie evidence of ownership of the land by the County to the extent and width that it has been actually maintained for the prescribed period.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PREPARED BY: Name: Thomas Walker, Jr., PSM
Title: County Surveyor
REQUESTED BY: Thomas Walker, Jr., PSM, County Surveyor and James Gorton, Deputy Public Works Director
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PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 95.361, Florida Statutes, if the County has been regularly maintaining or repairing a road that was not constructed by the County or where it cannot be determined who constructed the road, the road is deemed to be dedicated and all right, title, easement, and appurtenances in and to the road are vested in the County. The County may file a map, known as a Maintenance Map, to establish prima facie evidence of its ownership in the land of such a road. The Public Works Department routinely maintains and repairs roads and rights-of-way within the County and keeps an inventory of the work completed.
SE Beach Road (CR-707) lies through the Town of Jupiter Island within an existing Maintenance Map that was recorded on March 22, 1978 in the Public Records as Plat Book 7, Page 44 and the road has been continuously maintained by the State/County since 1974 as indicated on said Maintenance Map. During the current design for the resurfacing of the road using funds from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), it was discovered that there is a segment of SE Beach Road (CR-707) where the existing Maintenance Map is inadequate; the County has been ...
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