§ 3.2. Election district.
A.
The Board of Commissioners shall divide the territory lying within the municipal boundaries of the City of Madeira Beach, Florida, into four (4) areas to be known as districts. These four (4) districts shall be created by the Board of Commissioners by dividing the territory lying within the municipal boundaries of the City of Madeira Beach, Florida, so that each district shall contain, as nearly as possible, the same number of electors. The district shall be numbered from one (1) through four (4), in order, from South to North, with District No. 1, being that district lying most southerly with the municipal boundaries. Upon completion of the division of the municipal territory into four (4) districts, the Board of Commissioners shall forthwith prepare a map setting forth the four (4) districts, showing their numbers and boundaries, and file same with the City Clerk.
B.
The Board of Commissioners shall, in the year 1978, by Ordinance either change the existing boundaries of said districts as it may deem expedient or to reaffirm the old district boundaries so that each district shall contain as nearly as possible the same number of electors; and similar Ordinances either changing or affirming the said district boundary lines for this purpose shall be passed every four years thereafter. If, prior to the passage of any Ordinance or Ordinances applicable to district boundary lines and made mandatory by this section, it should appear to the Board of Commissioners that there is an imbalance of electors exceeding fifteen (15) percent of the said district, or such imbalance that in their judgment and opinion, a new Ordinance changing the boundaries of said districts should be passed in order to equalize as nearly as possible the number of electors in each district, by Ordinance, change the boundaries of said district for such purposes. No change in districts shall be made within six (6) months next preceding an election in the City.
(Ord. No. 282, 2-3-1966; Ord. No. 441, 12-10-1974; Ord. No. 592, 9-16-80; Ord. No. 691, 9-16-1986; Ord. No. 743, 2-20-1990; Ord. No. 816, 5-17-1994; Ord. No. 981, 7-8-2003; Ord. No. 998, 12-14-2004/3-8-2005; Ord. No. 1114, § 2, 8-14-2007; Ord. No. 1128, 6-10-2008; Ord. No. 2014-11, § 4, 10-14-2014)