§ 5-52. Authority to adopt regulations.  


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  • The Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, is hereby authorized and empowered to prescribe, as prerequisites to the approval for record of any plat or plats of lands lying outside municipal limits, the width and location of roads, streets, alleys, thoroughfares and ditches and setbacks therefrom; to adopt, prescribe and promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this act [division]; to prescribe specifications and requirements for and regulations relating to construction of roads, streets, alleys, drainage facilities, minimum lot sizes, maximum block sizes, building lines, names of streets and roads, bridge construction, water supply, sewage disposal and other related matters involving lands to be platted; to require streets, roads and alleys shown on such plat or plats to be paved, with proper drainage, according to specifications of the board, or to require security in cash, surety bonds, or other security which is sufficient in the discretion of the board of county commissioners to assure completion of such paving, drainage facilities and all features of construction appurtenant thereto within twelve (12) months or such longer period from the date of recording of such plat as said board shall fix as reasonable, provided, however, the board may grant extensions of time as the board deems feasible for the completion of such improvements.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 69-1550, § 2)