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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPH (A) OF SECTION ONE
(1) AND ALL OF THREE (3) OF CHAPTER XX OF THE REVISED
GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, AS AMENDED
BY ORDINANCE NO. 142 OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, BEING
ORDINANCES REGULATING THE RATES FOR WATER CONSUMED
FROM THE WATER SUPPLY, TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM:
OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND OTHER
.MATTERS RELATING THERETO.
BE IT ORDAINED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CI TY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA:
SECTION AI That sub-paragraph (a) of Section 1 of Chapter
XX of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Clermont as
amended by sub-paragraph (a) of Section 1 under Section A of
Ordinance No. 142 of the City of Clermont, be amended to read
as follows:
Section 1:
METERS - DEPOSITS
(a) Hereafter every consumer of water
from Water Supply, Treatment & Distribution system of the City
of Clermont shall be, and is hereby, required to have installed
by the City of Clermont a water meter in the consumer-service
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line or lines, which shall include a duplex apd each business
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whether there are one or more ground f1oor~usinesses in the
same building or in detached buildings on the same premises or
on the same property owned by the same person(s), firm(s), or
corporation(s), provided, however, only one meter shall be
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required in the case of apartments (a unit consisting of at
least three (3) or more living units with kitchen facilities),
hotels, motels, trailer or tourist camps, tourist courts, and
the second and succeeding f100rs of office bui1dings, apart-
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ments or living quarters having kitchen units in an office -
building shall require separate water meters for each unit
unless there are three (3) apartments or living quarters having
kitchen units on each floor, in which case said units on the
second and succeeding floors shall be classed as apar~ments,
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as provided and defined hereinabQve.
SECTION B:
That Section 3 of Chapter XX of the Revised
General Ordinances of the Cit,y of Clermont, as amended by
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Section 3 of Ordinance No. 142 of the Cit,y of Clermont, shall
be amended to read as follows:
Section 3:
WATER RATES - BILLS
(a) Minimum Monthly Bill Each monthly
bill shall be rendered for an amount of not less than $3.50
which shall allow for the use or consumption of 2,000 metered
gallons of water, provided that in the following cases an addi-
tional charge as a part of the Minimum Monthly Bill and/or the
Meter Rate as provided in paragraph (b) hereinafter shall be
made when each of the following units are being served by one
meter:
(1) Apartments: An additional charge
of $1.00 per unit for each living unit in an apartment house or
building (consisting of at least three (3) or more living units
with kitchen facilities) two (2) or more apartment houses or
buildings on the same propert,y or on adjacent propert,y owned
by the same person(s), firm(s), or corporation(s), shall each
be charged the additional $1.60 per unit for each unit therein
having kitchen facilities.
Apartments in private dwellings
not classified as apartment houses or buildings shall pay
$1.00 per apartment unit having kitchen facilities.
(2) Motels and Tourist Courts: An
additional charge of $1.00 per unit for each unit in a motel or
tourist court which have kitchen facilities.
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(3) Duplex, Garlow. Separate Houses,
and Detached Houses or Living Units: An additional charge of
$3.50 for the second unit in a duplex. An additional charge
of $3.50 for each living unit or living quarters having kitchen
facilities in a gar10w owned by the same person(s), firm(s), or
corporation(s) whether on the same lot or fractional lots as
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the main building or dwelling or on an adjacent lot, lots or
fractional lots adjacent to the main building or dwelling. An
additional charge of $3.50 for each separate house on property
owned by the same person(s), firm(s) or corporation(s). An
additional charge of $3.50 for each detached house or living
unit (including Guest House) located on the same lot or frac-
tional lots as the main building or dwelling, or on adjacent
lot, lots, or fractional lots, and owned by the same person(s),
firm(s) or corporation(s).
(4) On each residence outside of
the boundaries of the City of Clermont an additional charge
of $1.50 plus 10% of the total of the Minimum Monthly Bill and
plus 10% of the Meter Rate as provided for in paragraph (b)
hereinafter shall be made.
On each unit of a motel, tourist
court and for each trailer in every trailer camp or tourist camp
outside of the boundaries of the City of Clermont an additional
charge of $1.00 per unit plus 10% of the total minimum Monthly
Bill and plus 10% of the Meter Rate, as provided for in para-
graph (b) hereinafter, shall be made, and each of the additional
unit charges as provided for in the above paragraphs numbered
1 to 4, inclusive, shall be billed to and are hereby charged and
made in addition to the Minimum Monthly Bill as billed on each
and every meter in the City of Clermont serving each additional
unit over and above the base unit now being served by said meter.
Each and every person(s), firm(s) or corporation(s) in which
like meters are now T~gistered or in whose name they are now
being bil~ed for water so used and consumed are hereby held
fully responsible and liable for ~ll charges made hereunder.
SEGTIÐN C: If any section, paragraph sub-section, sub-
paragråpl1, sentence, clause, phrase, word or portion of this
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Ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid or unconsti-
tutional by any Court of competent jurisdiction, such section,
paragraph, sub-section, .sub-paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase,
word or portion thereof shall be deemed to be separate, distinct,
apart and independent of the balance thereof, and such hold-
ing shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions
thereof.
SECTION Ð: This Ordinance shall become effective at
ll:59 o'clock P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Saturday, June 30th,
1956.
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PASSED AND ADOPTEÐ by the City Council of the City of
Clermont at an Adjourned Regular Meeting held on Monday, May 22,
1956, in the City of Clermont, Florida.
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RECEIVED AND APP~OVEÐ by me, this May 22, 1956.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY the foregoing Ordinance NO./~fG was
posted as required by the Charter and/or Ordinances 0 the City
of Clermont in effect at the time of the passage and approval
thereof. .
Dated June ð' / , 1956.
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