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El Portal could be expanding.
The village is planning to annex two nearby areas.
The first area includes only one property, Horace Mann Middle School at 8950 NW Second Ave., village manager Jason Walker in an email. There are no residents in this area.
The second area’s boundaries are the village’s southern boundary (roughly Northeast 83rd Court) on the north, Biscayne Boulevard to the east, the Little River to the west and the city of Miami to the south (83rd Street) and west (the Little River). There are 35 registered voters in this area.
Walker said the second area will bring in tax revenue for the village.
“Area B will bring approximately $30,000 in additional revenue,” he said.
The application was submitted earlier this year, but it will take six to nine months to get it approved.
Walker said Area A “is surrounded on each side by the village and we would like to have zoning control on any potential zoning request that may be submitted” by Miami-Dade County Public Schools. “Area B was originally annexed by the village in 1939 through the state of Florida.”
Walker added that the village was unable to locate the ordinance that accepted the annexed area in 1939, so the county requested that El Portal reapply.
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