MDC.Municipality_poly

A polygon feature class of Miami-Dade County Municipal boundaries.

To identify the Municipal boundaries along with their municiplity code and names.

Miami-Dade County, previously known as Dade County, Home Rule Charter was adopted May 21, 1957.
  
Municipalities created after the Home Rule Charter, legal description can be found on www.municode.com.  Click on Municode Library tab, select State, click on Miami-Dade County then click on Miami - Dade County Code of Ordinances.  To the left of the page scroll down to Appendix A (contains the creation of Municipalities after the Home Rule) and Appendix B (contains Annexation and De-annexation after the Home Rule).
  
Municipalities created prior to the Home Rule, were processed through the Florida State Legislation, until the formation of Miami Dade County.  To obtain a copy of their legal description one would need go to the City's Clerk or use the above mentioned website, but click on the City of interest instead of Miami Dade County and you may find their Charter.
  
Home Rule is a constitutional delegation to Miami-Dade County of specific decision making powers and authority which were formerly reserved to the state, subject to a county charter as approved by the voters of Miami-Dade County.  See: Sections 6(e) and 11 of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm?Mode=Constitution&Submenu=3&Tab=statutes  
  
A copy of Miami Dade County Home Rule Charter can be found at http://www.miamidade.gov/charterreview/ or http://www.miamidade.gov/charter/library/Charter-01-26-07.pdf
  
Procedures_Used:
The municipality legal description was provided to us and using ArcInfo tool ArcEdit, along with our base LOT layer and Digital Orthophotography the boundaries were drawn.  The Street Network was also used.
  
Also, the boundaries are the same as those found in the REDI Plat Volumes with other references from the Official Map of Miami-Dade County Florida, 1989, and the shoreline coverage.  The Rand McNally Miami Metro map was used originally.
  
Revisions:
Date: May 9th, 2012    By: Jeffrey Ruiz
Reason: Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners adopted Ordinance No. 12-14 abolishing the City of Islandia (munic code 29).  This ordinance became effective March 16, 2012.  The area is now considered Unincorporated Miami-Dade.
  
Date: December 15, 2010   By: N. Alvarez, Jeffrey Ruiz
Reason: Sweetwater SubArea1-3-4 Annexation. The municipal boundary of the City of Sweetwater is hereby changed, extended and enlarged, and the charter of such municipality is hereby amended by the annexation to the City of Sweetwater of the following property:
Portions of Section 31, Township 53 South, Range 40 East, Section 6, Township 54 South, Range 40 East and Government Lot 6, between Townships 53 and 54 South, Range 40 East, lying in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
  
Date: August 2010               By: N. Alvarez 
Reason: Realigned small portion of City of Miami boundary, along the north line of the South one-fourth (S 1/4) of Section 28 of Township Fifty-four (54) South, Range Forty-one (41).
  
Date: July 2010                    By: N. Alvarez
Reason: Realigned small portion of  North Miami Beach boundary between Lot A  (PB 66-19) and Lot G  (PB 73-49). 
  
Date: June 2010                  By: N. Alvarez
Reason: To align south boundary of El Portal, along the North shore line of Little River using 2008 Woolpert Water FC. 
  
Date: March 2010                By: B. Oung
Reason: To include the above Home Rule and legal description source in the metadata.
  
Date: December 8th, 2009   By: Alex Guzman
Reason:  Added the OmegaGIS Metadata Stylesheet with the following parameters in order for the MDPD Omega CrimeView Density Map function to operate properly:
  
Feature Class: Municipality_poly
Registered Type: OTHER
Default Field: NAME
Report: Density_Municipality.rpt
  
Date: June 2009                   By: N.Alvarez, Jeffrey Ruiz
Reason: Corrected Municipal boundary of Pinecrest and Coral Gables at SW 57 AVE as per Pinecrest Corporate Boundary. Also cleaned up many annotations in South Miami, Coral Gables, and Unincorporated Miami-Dade.
  
Date: June 2009                   By: N. Alvarez, Jeffrey Ruiz
Reason:  The municipality boundary of the City of Homestead is hereby changed, extended, and enlarged and the charter of such municipality is hereby amended by the annexation to the City of Homestead of the following property:
The Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 14, Township 57 South, Range 38 East in Miami-Dade County, Florida; bounded on the South by SW 328th St. (also known as Lucy St. or SW 8th St.); bounded on the West by SW 194th Ave.; bounded on the North by SW 324th St.; bounded on the East  by SW 192nd Ave. (also known as Tower Road or Longview Road or SW 18th Ave.).
  
Date: December 2008          By: N. Alvarez, Jeffrey Ruiz
Reason:  The municipal boundary of Miami Shores Villas is hereby changed, extended, and enlarge, and the charter of such municipality is hereby amended by the annexation to Miami shores Village of the following property:
That portion of Miami-Dade County, Florida in Section 36, Township 52, Range 41 East, Bounded on the North by the centerline of NW 115th St., on the South by centerline of NW 111th St., on the West by the Easterly limited access right of way line of I 95, on the East by the existing boundary of the Village of Miami Shores along the centerline of NW 5th Ave. 
  
Date: December 2008          By: N. Alvarez. Jeffrey Ruiz
Reason: The municipal boundary of Florida City is hereby changed, extended, and enlarged by Florida City's Annexation Areas "G1, G2, and G3" generally described as follows:
Area "G1": The SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of the SW ¼ less the South 30 feet for Road Right- of-way, of Section 25, Township 57 South, Rage 38 East.
Area "G2": Lots 1 thru 50 of Blk 8, lots 1 thru 50 Blk 9, of the Florida City Realty company's Subdivision, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book No 14, at Page 50.
Area "G3":  East ½ of the NW ¼ of the NE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 25, township 57 south, Range 38 East. 
  
Date: July 2008                  By: N. Alvarez. Jeffrey Ruiz
Reason: The municipal boundary of the City of North Miami are hereby changed, extended and enlarged, and the charter of such municipality is hereby amended by the annexation to the City of North Miami of the following property: 
That portion of the S1/2 of the NW1/4 of the SW1/4 of SW1/4 of Section 19, Township 52 South, Range 42 E, lying E of the centerline of NE 2nd Ave, (known as NE 2nd Ct.) as shown and delineated upon Deed Book 1952, Page 509.  And that portion of the S1/2 of the N1/2 of the NW1/4 of the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 Section 19, township 52 South, Range 42 E, lying E of the centerline of NE 2nd Ave. (known as NE 2nd Ct.) as shown and delineated upon Deed Book 1952, Page 509, of records, in Miami-Dade County, Public Record's , Florida.
  
Date: June 2008                  By: N. Alvarez, Jeffrey Ruiz
Reason: On July 3rd, 2008 the municipality boundaries of the City of Homestead was hereby changed, extended, and enlarged, and the charter of such municipality was hereby amended by annexation to the City of Homestead of the following property: COMBINED LEGAL DESCRIPTION ANNEXATION AREAS NW-1 & NW-2 generally described as follows: NORTH: SW 288th St. (Biscayne Dr), SOUTH:  SW 304th St (Kings Hwy), EAST: SW 189th Ave., WEST: East one-half (E ½ )  of the northwest one-quarter (NW ¼) of the northwest one-quarter (NW ¼) of Section 573811.
  
Date: May 2008                  By: N. Alvarez, Jeffrey Ruiz
Reason: On May 28th, 2008 the municipal boundaries of the City of Florida City was hereby changed, extended, and enlarged, and the charter of such municipality was hereby amended by the annexation to the City of Florida City of the following property:  Florida City Annexation Area "F" generally described as follows: NORTH: SW 352nd St., SOUTH: SW 360th St.,  EAST: Krome Ave. (SW 177th Ave), State Road 5 (US-1) and Card Sound Road, WEST: Former East right-of-way line of the Florida East Coast Rail Road
  
In addition, realigned City of South Miami by 59th Ave and 62nd St.; Biscayne Park by Biscayne Canal and NE 113th St. and Florida City intersection of S Krome Ave / Card Sound Rd.  Realignments did not affect property folios.
  
Date: October 2006            By: GIS Technical Support Staff
Reason: The data was converted from the legacy coverage format to the ArcGIS Geodatabase feature class format.
  
Date: March 2006              By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  To correct north limit of "Track A" located East of Biscayne Blvd and NE 162nd St., between the boundaries of North Miami and North Miami Beach. Updated the FLG = 1 for the Municipal boundary in pmunic.aat.
  
Date: January 2006            By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  The boundaries of Florida City is hereby changed (enlarge) by the "C1" annexation of certain lands located by the NORTH: SW 352nd St. and the City of Homestead limits, SOUTH: SW 376th St., EAST: West line of E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of section 573928 WEST: along centerline of Card Sound Road to the intersection with State Road 5 (US Highway Number 1).
  
Date: November 2005         By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  To add the incorporation of Cutler Ridge: A portion of Miami-Dade County, Florida generally bounded on the North by SW 184 St (the South boundary of the Village of Palmetto Bay), bounded on the South by SW 232 St, bounded on the East by Biscayne National Park and bounded on the West by the South Miami-Dade Transit Corridor (Bus Way) and SW 112 Avenue (Allapattah Road).  Updated the FLG = 1 for Municipal boundary in the .AAT.  To modify the name of Cutler Ridge to Cutler Bay as per November 8th 2005, charter and name change special election.
  
Date: June 30 2004             By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  To correct the municipal boundaries of the City of Miami Beach by certain lands lying and being on Fisher Island, Miami-Dade County and the separation of certain land of Fisher Island property from City of Miami Beach.
  
Date: April 2004                  By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  The boundaries of the City of Hialeah and Hialeah Gardens are hereby changed and enlarged by the annexation of certain lands.  Municipalities name abbreviated were changed to match table of Postal Services used by the CSR 311 system to validate addresses.  Boundaries effective  May 1st, 2004.
  
Date: March  2004             By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  To correct the limits between the City of Miami jurisdiction on Virginia Key and Miami-Dade County and  the City Property adjacent to and Southeast of Mast Academy is within the jurisdictional limits of Unincorporated Miami-Dade County. Ordinance #94-298 does not include the charter school.  Correction verified by Public Works/Right of Way Department
  
Date: Oct. 2003               By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  Aligned the boundary of Town of Medley lying Southwest of the centerline of the Miami Canal with the northerly R/W line of NW 74th Street lying within Section 11 Township 53 South Range 40 East.
  
Date: July 2003               By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  The boundaries of the Town of Medley and North Miami are hereby changed due to Medley and North Miami annexation of certain lands.
  
Date: June 2003               By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  To incorporate the municipality boundaries of Doral.
  
Date: June 2003               By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  The boundaries of the city of Coral Gables are hereby changed due to Kings Bay annexation to the City
  
Date: May 2003                By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  Added Miami Gardens boundary.  Aligned the centerline of NW 170 Ave - North of Miami Lakes boundary.
  
Date: February 2003           By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  Made corrections to the Miami Beach inlet area.
  
Date: Dec.  2002              By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  Corrected boundaries  of Miami Lakes (North, East and West) and added Tract "A" 35 feet between the boundaries of North Miami and Miami Dade County.
  
Date: Oct, 2002               By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  Aligned the coastline by Biscayne Park due to Palmetto Bay Incorporation.
  
Date: Sept, 2002              By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  Added Florida City Annexation at the W 1/4 corner of section 30, Township 57, Range 39.  Between State Road No. 5 and State Road No. 4a to the municipality of Florida City.
-  Added the incorporation of Village of Palmetto Bay The corporate boundaries of the Village are: Northern   S.W. 136 Street and the City of Coral Gables, Eastern    City of Coral Gables and Biscayne Bay,  Southern   S.W. 184 Street,  Western    Centerline of U.S. 1 from 136 Street, southwesterly to S.W. 160 Street, then to the center line of southbound U.S. 1 from S.W. 160 Street to S.W. 184 Street.  Aligned the cost line by Biscayne Park.
  
Date: July 2002               By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  Aligned a small NW portion of Homestead, S boundary of Pinecrest, SE portion of Miami and the south coastline area.
  
Date: June 2002               By: N. Alvarez
The boundaries of the City of Coral Gables are hereby changed by the E 1/2 of SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 30, Township 54, Range 41 E Less 250.00 feet there of in Miami Dade County.
  
Date: May  2002               By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  Changing the boundaries of the Town of Medley by the annexation of certain land located by the North - South bank Canal of Miami South - 122 St N.W., East - 107 Ave N.W. and West - Turnpike Extension excluding there from the right-of-way for said Homestead Extension of the Florida Turnpike.
  
Date: August 6, 2001          By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  On July 24, 2001 a new annexation to the City of Homestead was approved. Areas by the Northern Boundary: SW 288th Street (Biscayne Dr) Southern Boundary: Theoretical SW 308th Street (city limits) Eastern Boundary: SW 137th Avenue, Western Boundary: Homestead Extension of the Florida Turnpike.
  
Date: January 2001            By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  Aligned Miami Lakes SW area.
  
Date: January 2001            By: A. Solis, N. Alvarez
Reason:  To add the new city of Miami Lakes, update FLG in .AAT and update the .LUT tables.
  
Date: October 2000            By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  Move annotation for WASD away from manhole, from time to time.
  
Date: February 2000           By:  N. Alvarez
Reason:  Unsplited arcs in the SW line of Sunny Isle.
  
Date: October 1999            By: N. Alvarez
Reason:  Changed munic-name  'Unincorporated' to 'Unincorporated Miami-Dade'
Metadata  B. Khan
  
Date: June 1999               By: Nancy Alvarez
Reason:  Aligned part of the  west side (State Road 9) of the city of North Miami Beach with the Zone layer.  Alignment did not affect the city boundaries.
  
Date: May 7, 1999             By: Nancy Alvarez
Reason:  To align the boundary of Homestead in the area of SW 168th Ave.  Between 304th St. and 307th St. Also, aligned the south limits of Sunny Isle. These changes did not affect the property layer boundaries.
  
Date: February 1998           By: Nancy Alvarez
Reason:  To change Coral Gables city limits.
Metadata by: Nancy Alvarez and B. Khan
  
Date: April 1998                  By: Nancy Alvarez
Reason:  To incorporate the municipality boundaries for Sunny Isle
  
Date: August 1996             By: Nancy Alvarez
Reason:  To reflect new municipality's boundaries of Pinecrest.  Munic code is 20.   Aventura became a municipality for the 1996 withTax Roll code 28.  On Tuesday April 9, 1996, there was an election for the Pine Bay Estates Section of Pinecrest, which resulted in Coral Gables annexing this area from Pinecrest.
  
Date: 1995                    By: Charlton Lewis
Reason:  To incorporate the municipality boundaries and their extensions out into the bay beyond the actual shoreline.
  
As of 12/28/1990, there was an effective annexation of the Medley municipality.  This includes the area between NW 83rd and NW 79th avenues that was previously a part of Dade County, it extends downward and is bordered by a lake on the south.  A second area of annexation is the tiny triangular portion, formerly a part of Dade, lying between the railroad and NW 82nd avenue.
  
Reviews_Applied_to_Data:
Data is reviewed by GIS Data Administrator and GIS Metadata Administrator.
  
Other_References_Cited:
Created by: Charlton Lewis of Miami-Dade County, on November 26th, 1990.
  
The boundaries are the same as those found in the REDI Plat Volumes with other references from the Official Map of Dade County Florida, 1989, and the shoreline coverage.  The Rand McNally Miami Metro map was also used.
  
Notes:
Incorporation is done throught an election process.  The results can be found on the Miami-Dade County Elections Department website, after the votes have been casted and determined. The municipality is adopted and becomes effective immediately, providing it received the majority of votes.
  
Annexations, with less than two hundred and fifty residence in the proposed area goes before the Board of County Commissioners, where it is accepted or withdrawn.  On the other hand, if the total affected residence is more than two hundred and fifty then, it goes through the election process mentioned above.
  
Conditions for each Incorporation, Annexation or De-annexation could vary.
  
Also, these items can be found in the Miami-Dade County, Legislative website.