O-52-113
ORDINANCE NO. J I ;$
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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE PREVENTION
AND ADDITIONAL PRarECTION IN CONNECTION WITH HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS AND PROCESSES; arHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO;
AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT,
FLORIDA:
Section 1: Adoption of Fire Prevention Code.
There is hereby adopted by the City of Clermont for the
purpose of providing for fire prevention and protection in
connection with hazardous materials and processes, that cer-
tain code known as the Fire Prevention Code, Abbreviated
Edition, recommended by the National Board of Fire Under-
writers of New York, being particularly the 1949 edition
thereof and the whole thereof, save and except such portions
as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, of which not
less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the
office of the Clerk of the City of Clermont and the same are
hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length
herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take
effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within
the limits of the City of Clermont.
Section 2. Definitions.
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Wherever the word "Municipa Ii ty" is used in said code,
it shall be held to mean the City of Clermont.
Section 3: Establishment of Limits in which Bulk Storage
of Flamable Liquids is Prohibited.
(1) The limits in Section 312 of said code in which
bulk storage of flammable liquids in outside aboveground tanks
is prohibited, are hereby established as follows:
All areas including the unzoned area except the M-l and
M-2 Industrial Areas as described in the Zoning Ordinance of
the City of Clermont and as shown on the Official Zoning Map
of the City of Clermont on file in the office of the Clerk of
the City of Clermont.
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Section 4: Validity.
The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance or of the code hereby adopted shall not invalidate
other sections or provisions thereof.
Section 5: Penalties.
Anyone found guilty of violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be fined a minimum of $25.00 and a maxi-
mum of $200.00 or a minimum of ten (10) days in jail and a maxi-
mum of thirty (30) days in jailor in the discretion of the
court both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 6: Inconsistent Ordinances Repealed.
Ordinances or parts thereof in force at the time that this
ordinance shall take effect and inconsistent herewith, are
hereby repealed.
Section 7: Date of Effect.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage:and approval by the Mayor of the City
of clermont or if vetoed by the Mayor, it shall become effective
as of the date when and if it is passed by the City Council
over the Mayor's veto.
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PASSED by the City Council of the City of Clermont at
its adjourned Regular Meeting held on December 16, 1952.
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RECEIVED AND APPROVED by me, this December
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16, ~1952.
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