§ 4-3-16. Created; jurisdiction.

There is hereby created a fire service unit which shall be known as the Charlotte County Fire Rescue Department, hereafter "Department," which shall assume fire and rescue responsibility in a jurisdictional territory which shall include the entire unincorporated area of Charlotte County except:

(1)

The Cecil Webb Wildlife Refuge; and

(2)

The area within the jurisdiction of the Englewood Fire Control District; and

(3)

The area within the jurisdiction of the Boca Grande Fire Control District; and

(4)

The area within the jurisdiction of the Barrier Islands Fire Service Unit; and

(5)

Little Gasparilla Island, more particularly described as: the island lying in Sections 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 21, 22, and 27 of Township 42 South, Range 20 East of Charlotte County, Florida, further described as: the island lying in said sections of Township 42 South, Range 20 East, bounded by Gasparilla Pass to the southerly side; thence Placida Harbor and Lemon Bay to the easterly side; thence the southerly section line of Section 3 and the northerly section line of Section 10 to the northerly side; thence the Gulf of Mexico to the westerly side.

(Ord. No. 86-33, § 1, 9-2-86; Ord. No. 86-50, § 1, 10-14-86; Ord. No. 87-15, § 1, 5-19-87; Ord. No. 91-01, § 1, 1-29-91; Ord. No. 91-40, § 1, 9-3-91; Ord. No. 91-69, § 3, 12-17-91)