28-26.002. Boundary

The following area is hereby designated as the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern:

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situated, lying and being in Lake and Polk Counties in the State of Florida being more particularly bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point in Polk County in Section 12, Township 27 South, Range 23 East, which point is the point of intersection of the south boundary line of the northernmost quarter-section of said Section 12 and the east, right-of-way line of United States Route 98 (State Road 700), and running thence:

(1) In a northerly direction along the easterly right-of-way line of United States Route 98, a distance of approximately 7.65 miles, to the point of intersection of United States Route 98 with the west boundary line of Section 16 in Township 26 South, Range 23 East; thence

(2) North along the west boundary of Sections 16, 9 and 4 in Township 26 South, Range 23 East a distance of 2.75 miles more or less; thence

(3) North along the west boundary of Sections 33, 28, 21, 16 and 9 in Township 25 South, Range 23 East to a point in the thread of the Withlacoochee River, which point is the boundary between Polk County and Sumter County, a distance of 4.5 miles more or less; thence

(4) In an easterly direction along the thread of the Withlacoochee River to a point, which point is the point of intersection of the thread of the Withlacoochee River and the north boundary line of Section 18, Township 25 South, Range 24 East; thence

(5) East along the north boundary line of Sections 18, 17 and 16 in Township 25 South, Range 24 East, a distance of 2.75 miles more or less; thence

(6) North along the west boundary line of Sections 10 and 3 in Township 25 South, Range 24 East, a distance of two miles, to a point of intersection of the north boundary of Polk County and the south boundary of Lake County; thence

(7) In Lake County, still north along the west boundary line of Sections 34, 27 and 22 in Township 24 South, Range 24 East, a distance of three (3) miles; thence

(8) Turning and running east along the north boundary line of Section 22 in Township 24 South, Range 24 East, to the point of intersection of the north boundary line of said Section 22 and the westerly right-of-way line of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad; thence

(9) Northwesterly along the westerly right-of-way line of the Seabord Coast Line Railroad to a point in the north boundary line of Section 4, in Township 24 South, Range 24 East, a distance of 3.5 miles, more or less; thence

(10) Turning and running west along the boundary between Townships 23 and 24 South, which boundary is the south boundary line of Sections 33 and 32 in Township 23 South, Range 24 East; thence

(11) Turning and running north along the west boundary of Section 32 in Township 23 South, Range 24 East, a distance of one mile; thence

(12) Turning and running east along the north boundary line of Sections 32 and 33 in Township 23 South, Range 24 East to a point in the westerly right-of-way line of the Seabord Coast Line Railroad; thence

(13) Turning and running northwesterly along the westerly right-of-way line of Seaboard Coast Line Railroad to a point, which point is in the boundary between Ranges 23 East and 24 East, which point is also in the west boundary of Section 31 in Township 22 South, Range 24 East, a distance of six miles more or less; thence

(14) Turning and running north along the boundary between Range 23 East and Range 24 East to a point in the southerly right-of-way line of the Seabord Coast Line Railroad, a distance of 3.25 miles, more or less; thence

(15) Turning and running east along the south right-of-way line of said Seaboard Coast Line Railroad to a point in the east boundary line of Section 16 in Township 22 South, Range 24 East; thence

(16) Turning and running south along the east boundary line of Section 16, in Township 22 South, Range 24 East, a distance of one-half mile, more or less; thence

(17) Turning and running east along the north boundary line of Section 22 in Township 22 South, Range 24 East, a distance of one mile; thence

(18) Turning and running south along the east boundary line of Section 22 in Township 22 South, Range 24 East, a distance of one mile; thence

(19) Turning and running east along the north boundary line of Sections 26 and 25 in Township 22 South, Range 24 East and Section 30 in Township 22 South, Range 25 East, a distance of three miles; thence

(20) Turning and running north along the west boundary of Section 20, Township 22 South, Range 25 East to a point in the south right-of-way line of State Road 50, a distance of one-half mile, more or less; thence

(21) Turning and running east along the south right-of-way line of State Road 50 to a point in Section 23, Township 22 South, Range 25 East, which point is the point of intersection of State Road 50 and the east boundary of the canal which connects Lake Minnehaha and Lake Minneola; thence

(22) Turning and running south along the eastern bank of said canal and continuing south along the eastern shore of Lake Palatlakaha to a point in the westerly right-of-way line of State Road 561, a distance of one-half mile, more or less; thence

(23) Southerly along the westerly right-of-way line of State Road 561 to a point in Section 11, Township 23 South, Range 25 East, which point is the point of intersection of State Road 561 and State Road 565B, a distance of 3.5 miles more or less; thence

(24) Turning and running west along the north right-of-way line of State Road 565B to a point in the west boundary line of Section 11 in Township 23 South, Range 25 East, a distance of one-quarter mile, more or less; thence

(25) South along the west boundary line of Sections 11 and 14 Township 23 South, Range 25 East, a distance of 1.5 miles, more or less; thence

(26) East along the south boundary line of Sections 14 and 13 in Township 23 South, Range 25 East, a distance of two miles; thence

(27) North along the west boundary line of Sections 18 and 7 in Township 23 South, Range 26 East, to a point in the north right-of-way line of Hull Road, which is depicted on the February 1969 edition of the Florida State Road Department General Highway Map of Lake County as a graded and drained road skirting the south end of Lake Susan while running approximately along the north boundary line of Section 12 in Township 23 South, Range 25 East; thence

(28) Turning and running west along the north right-of-way line of Hull Road a distance of one-half mile, more or less, to a point in Section 12, Township 23 South, Range 25 East, which point is the intersection of the north right-of-way line of Hull Road with the East right-of-way line of Lake Shore Road, which is depicted on the February 1969 edition of the Florida State Road Department General Highway map of Lake County as a paved road running west and then north of Lake Susan; thence

(29) Turning and running north, then easterly, along the easterly, then southerly, right-of-way line of Lake Shore Road a distance of 1.5 miles, more or less, to a point in Section 6, Township 23 South, Range 26 East, which point is the intersection of the southerly right-of-way line of Lake Shore Road with the west right-of-way line of Lake Louisa Road, which is depicted on the February 1969 edition of the Florida State Road Department General Highway Map of Lake County as a bituminous road running in a north-south direction to the east of Lake Susan and skirting the northeast shoreline of Lake Louisa; thence

(30) Turning and running south, then southeasterly, along the westerly right-of-way line of Lake Louisa Road to a point in Section 16, Township 23 South, Range 26 East, which point is the intersection of the westerly right-of-way line of Lake Louisa Road with the west right-of-way line of United States Route 27 (State Road 25), a distance of four miles, more or less; thence

(31) South along the west right-of-way line of United States Route 27 in Lake and Polk Counties to a point in the south boundary line of Section 8 in Township 27 South, Range 27 East, a distance of approximately 26 miles; thence

(32) Turning and running west along the south boundary line of Sections 8 and 7 in Township 27 South, Range 27 East, a distance of 1.25 miles, more or less; thence

(33) West along the south boundary line of Section 12 in Township 27 South, Range 26 East, to a point, which point is the southwest corner of the aforesaid Section 12; thence

(34) Turning and running south along the west boundary line of Section 13 in Township 27 South, Range 26 East, to the point of intersection of the west boundary line of Section 13 in Township 27 South, Range 26 East and the north shoreline of Lake Lowery; thence

(35) Turning and running east, south and west along the shoreline of Lake Lowery to its point of intersection with the east boundary line of Section 23 in Township 27 South, Range 26 East; thence

(36) Turning and running south along the east boundary line of Section 23 in Township 27 South, Range 26 East to the southeast corner of the aforesaid Section 23; thence

(37) Turning and running west from the southeast corner of Section 23 in Township 27 South, Range 26 East, along the south boundary lines of Sections 23, 22, 21, 20 and 19 and continuing to a point on the southern boundary line of Section 24 in Township 27 South, Range 25 East, which is one-half mile west of the southeastern corner of said Section 24, a distance of 5.5 miles; thence

(38) North along the west boundary line of the east half-section of Section 24 in Township 27 South, Range 25 East, a distance of one-half mile; thence.

(39) West along the north boundary line of the south half-section of Section 24 in Township 27 South, Range 25 East, a distance of one-half mile; thence

(40) North along the west boundary line of Section 24 in Township 27 South, Range 25 East, a distance of one-half mile; thence

(41) West along the north boundary line of Sections 23 and 22 in Township 27 South, Range 25 East, to a point where said boundary line intersects the northeasterly right-of-way line of State Road 559, a distance of 1.2 miles, more or less; thence

(42) West, then north, along the north, then east, right-of-way line of State Road 559 to a point in Section 10, Township 27 South, Range 25 East, which point is the intersection of the east right-of-way line of State Road 559 and the east right-of-way line of State Road 559A, a distance of 1.6 miles, more or less; thence

(43) Northerly along the east right-of-way line of State Road 559A to a point in Section 3, Township 27 South, Range 25 East, which point is the intersection of the east right-of-way line of State Road 559A and the north right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 4 (State Road 400), a distance of one mile, more or less; thence

(44) Turning and running west, then southwesterly, along the north right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 4 to a point where said right-of-way intersects the south boundary line of Section 10 in Township 27 South, Range 24 East, a distance of 5.8 miles, more or less; thence

(45) West along the south boundary line of Sections 10, 9, and 8, in Township 27 South, Range 24 East, a distance of 2.7 miles, more or less; thence

(46) South along the east boundary line of Section 18 in Township 27 South, Range 24 East, a distance of one mile; thence

(47) West along the south boundary line of Section 18 in Township 27 South, Range 24 East, a distance of one mile; thence

(48) North along the east boundary line of Sections 13 and 12 in Township 27 South, Range 23 East, to the southeastern corner of the northern one-half of the northeastern quarter-section of said Section 12, a distance of 1.75 miles; thence

(49) West along the south boundary line of the northern halves of the northeastern and northwestern quarter-sections of Section 12 in Township 27 South, Range 23 East, to the point of beginning.

Specifically excluding and exempting herefrom the following:

(1) Lake Louisa State Park

(2) The south half of Sections 28 and 29 and all of Sections 32 and 33 in Township 26 South, Range 25 East.

Rulemaking Authority 380.05(1), (12) FS. Law Implemented 380.05 FS. History–New 7-25-74, Formerly 22F-5.02, Amended 11-18-79, Formerly 27F-5.02, 27F-5.002.