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ORDINANCE No. 164
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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS OR
SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ALL STREETS
IN THE CITY OF CLERMONT. FLORIDA; AND, PROVIDING
OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO AS WELL AS PENALTY
FOR THE VIOLATION OF TillS ORDINANCE. '
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of CIermont, Florida,
and its Street Committee have established and adopted minimum standards
or specifications for the building of all streets, alleys and public ways
within said City; and, streets have been built in accordance therewith; and,
the Council desiring to have same in a more permanent form available to
the public as well as all amendments thereto, now find it necessary to
pass this Ordinance as an emergency measure; therefore,
BE IT ORDAINFD AND EST ABLISHFD BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
SECTION I.
PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Ordinance is to establish minimum standards or
specifications for the construction of all streets within the City of Clermont,
Lake County, Florida, or in adjacent subdivisions which may be annexed tu
the said City. It shall be the policy of the City to require construction of
such streets, alleys and public ways in accordance with tbese specifications
until such time as these specifications are modified or rescinded.
SECTION n.
GENERAL.
The owner of all lands through which any streets, alleys or public ways
are to be or are being constructed shall be responsible for the protection of
all existing structures and utilities encountered in the project. Any damage
caused by the owner or his operations shall be repaired by the owner without
cost to the City. If the street grades are such that existing water lines owned
by the City of Clermont must be lowered, this work will be done by the City.
SECTION lll.
APPLICABLE SPECIFlCATIONS.
All work to be performed under this Ordinance shall confonn to the
requirements of all standard specifications of the City of Clermont and to
all applicable specifications of the Florida State Road Department. The
latest published edition of the Standard Specifications of the Florida State
Road Department is made a part hereof and shall be considered as included
herein.
SECTION IV.
CLEARING AND GRUBBING.
The entire area of the street rights-oi-way shall be cleared, except
that certain trees. to be designated by the City of Clermont, shall be left
_.- in place. It shall be the owner's responsibility to remove and satisfactorily
dispose of all large roots, stumps and/or other objectionable or deleterious
material encountered during the course of the grading and paving operations.
SECTION V.
GRADING.
The owner shall perform all grading required to construct the street
pavement to the grades and typical sections shown on the plans. In all cases,
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grading shall be performed for the full width of the rights~of-way. Where
low building areas occur, they may be filled to provide drainage to the street, ->:-
if the owner of such area so requests. In all areas, the ground surface shall
slope uniformly from the property line to the top of the curb and shall drain
to the curb. All surplus excavation shall be disposed of.
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. SECTION VI. SUB-GRADE STABILIZATION.
The sub-grade ior the proposed pavement shall be stabilized to a depth
of 6 inches below the bottom of the base course by the addition and nùxing of
clay with the existing material. The owner shall add to and mix with the
existing material sufficient clay to provide a bearing value of the stabilized
material of not less than 50 psi. Borings and bearing value tests will be made
by the Owner, and the stabilization must be approved before construction of
the base course. Stabilization shall be carried to one (1) foot beyond the back
of the curbs, and curbs shall be poured on the stabilized sub~grade.
SECTION VII.
CURB.
Street curbs shall be curb and gutter constructed under the minimum
requirements or specifications as established by Ordinance by the City of
Clermont. All of the provisions of said Ordinance or any and all amendments
thereto shall be and are hereby adopted by reference as and made a part of
this Section of this Ordinance.
SECTION VIll.
SAND-CLAY BASE.
The owner shall construct on the approved stabilized subgrade a 6-inch
compacted sand-clay base course. All work and material shall be in accord-
ance with the Florida State Road Department Standard Specifications.
SECTION IX.
PRIME COAT.
Upon completion and approval of the sand-clay base. course, the owner
shall apply a prime coat to base. The prime coat shall be cut-back asphalt or
tar, applied at the rate of approximately 0.30 gallon-per square yard. After
application of the prime coat, the owner shalllighdy sand the surface as may
be required to blot up any surplus prime.
SECTION X.
DOUBLE SURFACE TREATMENT.
After the elapse of an adequate curing period, the owner shall apply a
second coat of cut-back asphalt or tar, applied at the rate of approximately
0.50 gallon per square yard. Immediately there shall be applied or spread
a coat of State Road No. 11 rock, rolled in place with steel roller of not less
than 5 ton capacity. Another coat of cut+back asphalt or tar, applied at the
rate of approximately 0.50 gallon per square yard shall be immediately spread
on which State Road No. 15 rock shall be immediately spread and rolled in
place with steel roller of not less than 5 ton capacity.
SECTION XI. CROSS-SECTION DRAWING OF MINIMUM
SPECIFlCATIONS.
. All provisions of Sections V to X, both inclusive, hereinabove are hereby
~ustrated by a typical cross-section designated as Drawing No. I, hereby
made a part of this section as well as said Sections V to X, both inclusive,
as if fully and at large set forth herein and in said Sections, to-wit:
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SECTION XII.
DRAINAGE STRUCTURES.
The owner shall furnish and install at his expense drainage structures
as required by the said City. Pipe shall be reinforced concrete or asphalt
coated, corrugated metal, and of the sizes as required by the City. Con-
....... crete pipe shall be tongue and groove with mortar joints. Curb inlets,
manholes and headwalls shall be constructed where shown on the owner's
plana or as required by the City. All concrete used shall be Class A, ready-
mixed concrete. All water so drained shall be carried to a point designated
by the City.
SECTION XIII.
CLEAN-UP.
Upon completion of the work, the owner shall clean up the site of his
operations as required to remove all roots, trash, forms, excess material
and other debris.
SECTION XIV.
DEFINITIONS.
The word stréet shall mean any public street, avenue, road, alley,
highway, lane, path, or other public place located in the City of Clermont
and established for use of any type of vehicle.
The word owner shall mean any person, firm or corporation and their
respective agents or contractors, as well as the one responsible for the
construction of the street.
Words used in the past or present tensemclude the future as well as
the past and present.
A word imparting the singular number only may extend and be applied
to several persons and things as well as to one person and thing.
A word imparting the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied
to females and to firms, partnerships and corporations as well as to males.
SECTION XV.
INSPECTIONS.
When the work, or any individual section thereof, is complete<;!. the
owner may request the City for inspection thereof, which will be made as
soon as practicable. All sections of the work must receive a final inspection
by the City before the acceptance thereof by the City.
However, final inspection and approval or acceptance thereof will in
no way constitute approval or acceptance of the street curbs to be or being
constructed on either or both sides of the street. ' .
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STREET CURBS.
All required street curbs shall be constructed and designed to meet
the minimum standards for same as established by Ordinance by the City of
Clermont.
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SECTION XVII.
GENERAL GUARANTEE.
Neither the final acceptance or approval of the street as provided in
Section XV above, shall constitute an acceptance of work done in accordance
with the owners plana and specifications or relieve the ovmer of any liability
for faulty workmanship or materials which shall appear Within one (1) year
from the date of final acceptance or approval of the work.
In the event defects in the streets is found within said period and same
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is due to faulty materials or workmanship the City shall notify the owner
in writing of the observed defects who shall remedy same within a reason-
able time at the owner's expense. If not so done the CitY shall remedy
same and the owner shall be fully liable for same and the said City shall
have a lien upon the lands of the owner enforceable as prescribed by law.
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SECTION XIX.
STREETS CONSTRUCTED BY
CITY OF CLERMONT.
Nothing herein shall in any way be interpreted to allow the City of
Clermont to construct any streets below the minimum standard or require-
ments as required in this Ordinance.
SECTION XX.
VIOLATIONS.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this
Ordinance shall not receive the final approval or acceptance thereof and the
Cily of Clermont will not assume the maintenance of same.
SECTION XXI.
SEPARABILITY.
If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court
of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and independent provision and such holding shall not effect the validity of
the remaining portions thereof.
SECTION XXII.
DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY,
EFFECTIVE DATE, REPEAL OF
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
The City Council and its Street Committee having heretofore prepared
minimum construction requirements for all streets and find there are no
further available copies of same and same should also be put into a more
permanent form so when amended or altered the public would have full
knowledge thereof; and, further finding that streets .have been constructed
to conform to said requirements and some are about to be constructed and
that it is now necessary that as an emergency this Ordinance be passed.
Tnerefore, this Ordinance is passed as an emergency measure and
the Council does, by the vote by which this Ordinance is passed, hereby declare
that an emergency exists, which makes it imperative that this Ordinance shall
become effective forthwith in order that the public health, welfare and safety
might most effectively be provided for.
This Ordinance shall become effective immediately.
All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance
or any part thereof, are hereby expressly repealed.
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~ PASSFD AND ADOPTED by the cat4.Council of the City of Clermont,
.. Florida, at its Adjourned Regular Meetmg held in the City Hall in the City
of Clermont, on Friday, December 20, 1957.
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RECEIVED AND APPROVED by me this December 20, 1957.
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