The US-27 Annexation Map: Three modes of jurisdictional redrawing on South Lake's spine — Clermont's wedge, Groveland's three-ordinance template, Minneola's infrastructure exchange — running in parallel during the SB 180 grandfather window

Three South Lake cities are conducting active annexation campaigns totaling roughly 1,000-plus acres of new city land in 28 months, with three distinct mechanisms operating in parallel. Clermont's Kohl's annexation in April 2026, 7-0, executes the wedge mode — a 15.9-acre anchor parcel the city had served with utilities since October 1, 1999, used as leverage for adjacent commercial parcels still under multi-company unincorporated ownership. Groveland's Gadson Street in November 2025 and Langley Industrial in May 2026 execute the three-ordinance template mode — a replicable annex-plus-CPA-plus-rezoning sequence that scales from 1.9 to 6.24 to 147 acres without breaking, all unanimous, all near-zero public comment. Minneola's Shepherd's Landing in December 2025 executes the infrastructure-exchange mode — a developer offering rapid infiltration basin land for the city's wastewater expansion in exchange for annexation entitlement. All three are voluntary annexations under F.S. § 171.044. None creates an enclave. All move parcels from county jurisdiction into city land-use code while the SB 180 grandfather window closes.