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AN ORDINANCE 'ro ~NACT THE REVISED G_~Nl'RAL ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF CLEHMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORI:JA,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CI'lY COUNCIL OF TH.b: CI1Y OF
CLERMONT, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the accompanying general revision
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of the Ordinances of the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida,
of a general and permanent nature, as revised and reported
by the City Solicitor, under inst~lction from the City
Council, be and the same are hereby ordained and adopted
as the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Clermont,
Lake County, Florida. Every ordinance of a general and
permanent nature heretofore ordained by the City Council
of the City of Clermont, Florida, apd every part of such
ordinances not included in the said Revised General Ordinances,
is hereby repealed; provided, nothing herein contained shall
be construed as repealing or affecting in any manner any
ordinances providing for the issuance of'bonds; the purchase
of public utilities; the paving of streets; the laying of
sewers; the assessments of liens against property ~or
cost of improvements; or in anywise affecting the levy and
collection of taxes.
Section 2. The Revised General Ordinances of the City
of Clermont, Florida, shall go into effect immediately on
the passage of this ordinance and its approval by the Mayor.
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Section 3. There shall be published in booklet form,
and securely bound One Hundred (100) copies of said ordinances
with an appendix giving all Special Acts of the Legislature
of the State of Florida, relating to the City of Clermont,
Florida, and in making such publication, the City Solicitor
shall be at liQerty to make the necessary corrections of
clerical errors, and numbering of sections as may be found
necessary.
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Section 4. '~en printed, said ordinances shall be
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placed in the custody of the City Clerk. Each officer of
the City shall be supplied with one copy of said ordinances
and the remaining copies shall be sold on demand for the
price of Two (~2.00) Dollars per copy.
Passed in regular session of the City Council of the
City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, this (þ d day of
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City Cle;(.r~
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President or City Uouncil
Approved this
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RULES OF ORDER FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
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Council shall meet at the Council Chamber op the
first Tuesday in each and every month at 7:30 o'clock P. M.
RULE 2
The President of the Council shall take the chair
at the hour appointed for any regular, adjourned or extra
meeting; shall immediately call all members to order, and
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on the/appearance of a quorum, shall cause the minutes of
the preceeding meeting to be read.
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He shall preserve order and decorum and shall appoint
all committees unless the Council shall otherwise direct,
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in which case they shall be appointed by ballot.
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In the absence of the President, or while he is act-
ing as Mayor, at any re,gular, extra or adjourned meeting,
the Vice-President shall preside.
RULE 5
The following order shall be observed in the trans-
action of business:
First--Calling the Roll.
Second--Reading minutes.
Third--Reports of standing Committees.
Fourth--Reports of special committees.
Fifth--Repouts of Officers.
Sixth--Resolutions, Con~unications, etc.
Seventh--Unfinished Business.
Eighth--New Business.
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RULE 6
No account not examined and certified to be correct
. by. member of the appointed Committee will be passed.'
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RULE 7.
Every Con~ittee shall repo~t upon the subject or
subjects referred at the same or succeeding meeting, or
show good cause why the same is not made.
RULE 8
Every officer whose duty it is made by ordinance,
order or resolution of Council to report at the regular
meetings of Council shall punctually perform his duty or be
fined in the discretion of the Council, unless he can fur-
nish a reasonable excuse.
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RULE 9
No Ordinance shall be introduced except at a regular
meeting of the Council.
RULE 10
Every Ordinance shall receive two readings in
Council previous to its passage. That is, once upon the
night of its introduction and once at the succeeding regular
meeting, when it shall be acted upon, provided that by un-
animous consent the said Ordinance may be ordered to the
second reading on the night of its introduction, and may
be passed.
RULE 11'
All motions or resolutions shall be reduced to
writing by any member of Council offering the same, when
requested by two members.
BlULE 12
In all matters coming before Council a Majority shall
govern. In all cases of a tie the Chairman of Council shall
have a casting vote.
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RULE 13
Whenever the Chairman shall desire to ~peak or
address the Council upon any matter, he shall designate some
member of the Council to take the chair, and he shall leave the
same.
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No member, whole Council is in session, shall offer
any motion or make any remarks, or speak on any subject
under discussion, without first rising, addressing and being
recognized by the chair. ìfhen more than one member shall
rise at or near the same time, the Chairman shall decide
in favor of that one who shall first attract hÊ attention,
and no memb~r shall interrupt another while speaking except
uo call him to order.
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The President of the Council shall decide all
questions of order, but any member dissatisfied with any
of the decisions shall have the right of appeal to Council.
RULE 16
A motion to reconsider any of the proceedings of
Council ~ill not be en~ertained unless it be made by a
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member who previously voted in the Majority; nor shall it
be entertained at any meeting other than the one at which
the proceedings were had or the meeting immediately succeed-
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RULE 17
The Clerk shall give notice to the members of
Council of the several Committees to which they have been
appointed.
RULE 18
Any additional rule or rules may from time to time
be made by Council but no alteration of a rule, or adoption
of a new rule shall take place without the consent of two-
thirds of the members present, and upon one month's notice.
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The Clerk shall keep a separate book, in \Vhich
shall be entered these and all other rules and ordinances
which the Council shall pass.
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RULE 20
No person other than a member shall be allowed to
address the Council unless by a Majority vqte of Council, .
and when such vote is taken the person so permitted to speak
shall take his place wi thin the bar of the COlmcil.
RULE 21
No communications to Council shall be entertained
unless the same be in writing.
RULE 22
The President, when the Council is in session, shall
enforce Parliamentary rules for its government so far as
they are applicable to such a legislative body.
RULE 23
No person shall be permitted within the bar of
the Council except the members of the Council and officers
of-the Town unless they are invited by .the Council.
RULE 24 '
The yeas and nays may be called for upon any question
and shall be ordered whenever demanded by any member present.
Whenever the yeas and nays are ordered the Clerk
s~all call the roll of Councilmen and record the vote of
each member.
RULE 25.
Any of the foregoing rules may be suspended by a
unanimous vote of Council for the meeting then in session.
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Chapter I.
OFFICERS.
Section I. The officers of the City of Clermont
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shall consist of a Mayor, a Treasurer, a Tax Assessor, a
Tax Collector, a Marshal and Inspector, a City Engineer, a
City Solicitor, five Councilmen, a Board of Bond Trustees,
and a zoning Cou.m1ssion¡ also such special police officers
as may be appointed by the Mayor. Other persons connected
with the City shall be deemed employees.
Section 2. T:'e offices of Clerk and Tax Collector
shall be held by one and the same person, and the offices
of Marshal and Inspector shall be held by one and the same
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person.
Section 3. The City Clerk Shall be ex-officio
registration officer.
Section 4. The offices of Mayor, Councilmen,
Treasurer and Assessor shall be elective offices.
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Section 5. The terms of all officers of the Cit~
except the Board of the Bond Trustees and Zoning Commission
shall begin on the first Tu~sday of January of each year.
The terms of all elective officers, except Councilmen, shall
be for one year, and the terms of office of Counci"1men shall
be two years.
Section 6. No person shall be eligible to any office
except that of Marshal, who is not a qualified elector in
the City. Provided, that temporary appointments of special
police officers may be made regardless of this qualification.
Chapter II.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
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Section 1. The Mayor, Treasurer and Tax Assessor
shall be elected each year at the Annual election.
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Section 2. Three Councilmen shall be elected on even
years, and two Oouncilmen shall be elected on odd years at the
Annual election.
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Chapter III.
APPOINTi,E£J:TT Olt' OF~'IC lmS.
Section 1. The City Engineer, City Solicitor,
City Clerk and Tax Collector and Marshal and Inspector,
shall -;1e appointed by the City Council ~d shall hold office
until their successors are appointed and qualified.
Section 2. Special police officers shall be appoint-
ed by the },Iayor when, in his discretion, the sa.me are nec-
essary, having reg:".I.rd to the currllnt budget.
Chapter IV.
~Li~C~IONS
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Section 1. On the second Tuesday of December of
each year an election shall be held for t}'e purpose of
elccting a Mayor, Treasurer, Tax A2sesoor and three Council-
men on ~~e even years and tITO Councilmen on odd years, and
for the election of such other office s as may from !time
to time b~ created by the City Council and subject to
election.
Section 2. Every person of the age of twenty-one
years or ovsr residing wi thin tho corporate limits of the
City, and ~ho shall have. resided and had his or her place of
abode therein for six months, last prior to the date of any
election, anQ who shall possess aI- the qualifications of
an elector ¡rescribed by the Constitution and La,¡ys of the
State of Florid&, an 0, vrho:lshall be duly registered as requir-
ed by the provisions of the ordinances of t~e City, shall be
doomed and held a qualified elector L..uthorized to vote at..'·
any City elÐction for the election of officers. Provided,
tha.t the payment of a ~tate Poll Tax shall be prerequisite
for voting at any election as it is a prerequisite for vot-
ing at any state election, and under like conditions.
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Section 3. In all elections held in the City,
whether general or special, the voting shall be by secret
ballot, printed and distributed as provided by ordinance,
and no ballot' shall be received or counted at any election
unless the same be prepared and distributed as is provided
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by ordinance.
Section 4. The Council shall cause to be prepared
official ballots for use at all elections provided for in
the ordinances of the City and shall meet on the day pre-
ceeding any election and place the ballots in the ballot
box together with the cards of instructions to voters and
the revised list of qualified registered electors and deliver
the same to the Marhhal who shall deliver the same at the
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polling place to the election officers before the hour for
opening the polls on the day of election.
Section 5. The Council shall cause to be printed
on the ballots to be used in any general or special election
for the election of officers the names of all candidates who
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have been put in nomination by a petition signed by not less
than twenty-five electors; and each candidate shall sign a
statement to be attached to the petitions that he will serve
in such capacity if elected. In addition to the names to
be printed on such ballots, there shall be left blank lines
equal in number to the number of persons who may be elected
to fill any office under the space alloted to such office.
Section 6. The name of no person shall be p¡aced
on the ballot who shall, not less than twenty days before the
election, notify the Council in writing that he will not,
accept the nomination specified.
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Section 7. All petitions for candidacy shall be pre-
served in the office of the Clerk for the period of six months
after the date of the election.
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Section 8. The names of all candidates nominated
as herein provided shall be printed on the official ballot.
The names of all candidates for the same office shall be
printed together and in the same style type, irrespective
of the party or faction making the nomination, and shall
be arranged alphabetically according to the first letter of
the sirname. The order in which the various offices shall
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appear shall be left to the discretion of the officers
charged with the printing of the ballots.
section 9. All ballots provided by the Council
for an election shall be alike, of the same size, printed
on plain white paper in" plain type and in straight lines
with a slender line separating the names and extending
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sufficiently to the left of each name to easily permit
marking before each name a cross mark (X) and in appropriat'e
place the words "Vote for One II , "Vote for Two" or "Vote for
Three" as the case may be to indicate the number which may
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be elected to each office. Such ballots shall be printed
on paper of sufficient thickness that the printing can
not be read through, and shall be in substantially the
form prescribed herein. Nothing herein shall be construed
to prohibit the names of candidates or matters to be voted
upon being placed in more than one column on the sœne ballot.
Section 10. The official ballot shall be in substan-
tially the following form:
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City of Clermont, Floridao
Election A. Do 19
(Mark a cross mark (X) before the name of the
candidate of your choice.)
FOR MAYOR
Vote for one
JOHN AURON
WILLIAM JONES
T. J 0 WRIGHT
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FOR TREASURER
Vote for one
A. Co AMES
P. C. BANKS
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FOR TAX AS~:ŒSSOR
Vo te for one.
S. A. SIMS
A. Do ZAOHARIAS
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FOR COUNCILME1!
Vote for Two 0 (Three)
A. C. ATMORE
P. '.1. FINNIGEN
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Section II. All ballots for use in any election
shall be fastened together in convenient book or pad form,
in such manner that each ballot may be easily detached and
removed separately. Each ballot shall have attached to it
a stub with perforated lines separating such stub from the
ballot proper. Said stub shall be of sufficient size to
permit one of the inspectors to write or stamp his name or
initials tbereon, and shall be so attached to the ballot
proper that when the ballot is marked and folded by the
elector, said stub may be easily removed without exposing
the contents of the ballot.
Section 12. The stubs shall be detached by one of
the inspectors who shall write or stamp his name or initials
thereon and file and preservè the same. Each stub so de-
tached shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number
one for the first ballot voted.
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Section 13. There shall be provided for each election
not less than one hundred ballots for each fifty registered,
qualified electors of the City.
Section 14. The Mayor shall cause booths to be
arranged at the polling place into which the electors shall
go to mark their ballots. Each booth shall be so arranged
that when an elector enters to mark his ballot, his ballot
cannot be seen from the outside.
Section 15. Thirty days prior to the date of any
and all elections the Mayor of the City shall issue his pro-
clamation calling said election, which cål shall specify
what questions are to be submitted to the voters and which
officers are to be elected, the length of time such officer
is to serve, the date and place where such election shall be
held.
Such proclamatioh shall be published once in a
hewspaper published in the week prior to the date of the
election called thereby.
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Section 16. The City Council shall appoint three
inspectors 'and one clerk for each election and cause the
City Clerk to notify such officials in writing at least ten
days prior to the date 'of such election; if, at the time
the pollils are to be opened, any of such officials should
not be present, or should refuse to serve, those present
may choose from the voters present sufficient to complete
the number of election officials, and if none of the inspectors
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are present, then the voters present sÌlal1 choose three from
among their numbGr to act as inspectors, at such election.
Provided, that no elector who can not read and write. shall
be permitted to act as inspector or clerk at any election.
The inspectors and clerk shall receive the sum of $2.00'
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Section 17. The po4ls shall be open from eight
o'clock A. M., to ~unset, Eastern ~tandard Time.
Section 18. vVhen the poals have been closed, the
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inspectors shall immediately proceed to canvass the ballots
and make out their re~urns in rolplicate form. Each copy of
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such returns shall De signed by each of the three inspectors.
One copy of such returns shall immediately be delivered to
the President of the City Council and the other copy of
said returns, together with the ballots and stubs shall be
placed ,in the ballot box, locked and se&led, and delivered
to the City Clerk. The ballot box and key thereto shall
be delivered by noon of the day next following the election.
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Section 19. For all elections to be held by the
City of Clermont, the City Council shall be and are hereby
constituted a Board of Canvassers whose duty it shall be
within six days after the date of the election to meet and
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canvas the returns thereof and declare the result.
Section 20. In all matters pertaining to elections
of the City vmere the same are not provided for by ordinance,
the laws of the State of Florida governing General Elections
shall govern.
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Section 21.
Special elections shall be called by
the Mayor upon direction of the City vouncil in the same
manner and conducted in the same way as Gcneral Elections,
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unless special provision~ for the same shall be made by
ordinance, but all special elections shall be advertised
not less than three weeks.
Chapter V.
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Section I. Every person of the age of twenty-one
years or over residing within the corporate limits of the
City of Clor.mont and who shall have so resided and had his
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or her habitation, domicile, home and permanent place of
abode therein for six months last prior to date of any election,
and who shall possess all the qualifications of an elector
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prescribed by the constitution of the State of Florida, and
shall be duly registered as hereinafter specified shall be
deemed and held a qualifie~ electo~ rolthorized to vote at
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any City election, where such qualific~tions are not spec i-
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fie ally altered by the provisions of the Charter of said
City; provided, that the payment of a State poll tax shall
be a prerequisite for voting at any city election as it is
a p~erequisite for voting at any State 'or County Election,
and under like conditions, and the same shall be for thè
years prescribed for payment thereof to qualify an elector
to vote at a Stat~ or County election.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall be ex-officio Reg-
istration Officer of the City and shall, twenty days before
any general or special election, open the registration books
at some convenient place in the City and shall keep said books
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open every day for ten days from ten o'clock A.M. to twelve
0' clock JIIJ:. and from three o'clock P. IvI. to five o'clock P. M. ,
and shall give notice thereof by publication in a newspaper
published in the City for the period of two weeks prior tothe
d,±oe of the opening of said books. Such registration Officer
shall register all persons applying to him who shall not have
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been previously registered in the City and who are otherwise
qualified, provided, that each person applying to him for
registration shall take and subscribe to the following oath
to be administered by the Registration officer: "I, (name),
do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a bona fide resident
of the City of Clermont, in the County of Lak':, State of
Florida; that I will support, protect and defend the constitu-
tion and government of the United States and of the State of
Florida; that I am over the age of twenty-o~e years and have
been an actual resident of the State of Florida for the period
of one year and of the City of Clermont in the County of Lake
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Section 3. 'The name of each person so registered
shall be entered in alphabetical order in a book prepared
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and kept for that purpose, giving also his or her age, color
and occupation under appropriate headings. Immediately upon
the closing of the registration books the City Council shall
convene and prepare from such book a list in alphabetical
order of all registered and ~lalified electors of the City
prior to the date of the election at which the same shall
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be used. The names of all persons who, for any reason,
are not qualified t'o vote in a City election shall be omitted
from such list. . The registration so revised shall be cer-
tified to by the City Clerk and by him presented to the man-
agers of the election at which the same is to be used, and
shall constitute the list of qualified electors entitled to
vote at such election.
Section 4. No person shall be entitled to vote at
any election unless he shall have been duly registered and
qualified as is required by the Revised General ordinances of
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the City.
Section 5. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to
obtain from the Tax Collector of Lake County, Florida, a complete
list of all persons residing within the City, who shall have paid
their poll tax for the current year on or before the second
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Saturday of the month preceding that in Which an election
is to be held, for the use of the City Council in revising
the registration list.
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Chapter VI.
OFFICERS' BONDS.
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Section I. The person'holding the office of Clerk
and Tax Collector shall give bond in the sum of $5,OOO~00.
Section 2. The person holding the office of Treasurer
shall give bond in the sum of $5,000.00.
Section 3. The person holding the office of Marshal
shall give bond in the sum of $2,000.00.
Section 4. AII.bonds shall be payable to the Ci~
of Clermont and shall be conditioned upon the faithful and
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honest performance of the duties of the offices for which
they are given and upon the true and correct accounting for
all moneys received and handled by such officers in their
official capacity.
Section 5. All bonds' shall be filed with the
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City Clerk and by him noted upon the minutes of the Council
and carefully kept and preserved; no bond shall be in effect
until approved by the City Council.
Chapter VII.
SALARIES OF OFFIC~RS
Section 1. The Clerk and Tax Collector shall re-
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resolutions, for the services of the two offices combined;
and shall receive a fee of $1.00 for each case docketed in
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Section 2. The Tax Asses80r shall receive such
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compensation as the Council may determine, payable upon
adoption of assessment roll.
Section 3. The Marshal and Inspector shall receive
a salary to be fixed by the Council by resolution or motion;
and shall be entitled to the sum of one dollar for each arrest
where the charge is sustained.
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Section 4. The Mayor shall receive no salary,
but shall receive the sum of one dollar for each prisoner
arraigned in his Court whether or not conviction is had.
Section 5. The Councilmen shall receive no salary.
Section 6. Special Policemen shall receive a salary
to be determined by resolution of the City Council.
Section 7. The City ~olicitor shall receive such
salary and compens9.tion as the Council may determine by
resolution or motion.
Chapter VIII.
f DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
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Section I. The Mayor shall make monthly reports
in writing to the City Council of the conduct of his official
duties, which report 'shall give the number of cases disposed
of in his Court and the fine assessed in each case, or other
disposition thereo~.
Section 2. The Mayor shall, from time to time,
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make such communications and recommendations to the City
Council as, in his opinion, are required for the good of
the City.
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Section 3. The Mayor shall, upon written request,
signed by three-fifths of the Council, call special meetings
of the City Council for the purpose of considering and acting
upon such matters as may be set forth in such written re-
quest.
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Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to
see that all ordinances are faithfully executed.
Section 5. The Mayor shall issue his mandate dirßcted
to the Marshal or other police officer of the C~y to have
brought before him at such time and place within the corporate
limits of the City-as he may designate any person or persons
charged with the breach of any ordinance of the City,and he is
authorized to compel the attendance of witnesses, to administer
oaths, to inquire into the truth or falsity of the charges, to
determine from the evidence before him the guilt or innocence of
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the accused, and to fix the penalties within the limits of
the Laws of the ~tate of Florida and of the ordinances of the
C,i ty, and to enforce the same.
Section 6. The Mayor, when in his discretion the
same shall be necessary, may appoint such number of police-
men as may be deemed necessary for the preservation of the
peace and the protection of the City, whose compensation
shall be fixed by the Council, keeping within the current
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CITY COUNCIL
Section 7. The meetings of the City (;01IDCil, both
regular and special, shall be held in the City Hall, unless
for good cause it shall be deemed expedient to meet in some
other place.
Section 8. Regular meetings of the City Council
shall be held on the first Tuesday in each month at such
hour as may be fixed by resolution.
Section 9; The City C01IDCi1 shall be the sole
judges of the,qualifications and election of its own members;
choose its Ofnl presiding officer; make such by-laws and rules
of precedure as it deems expedient, and, with the concurrence
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of four-fifths of its members, expel or remove a member of
the Councilor any officer of the City, except the Mayor,
for disorderly conduct in office, malfeasance or non-feasance
in office; the Mayor may be impeached as provided in the
Ci t:T Charter.
Section 10. The Council shall, at its first regular
meeting in any year, select one of its members for President
and another for Vice-President.
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Section 11. The President shall preside over all
meetings of the Council, either regular or special, and in
the case of absence, sickness or disability of the Mayor,
shall assume the office of Mayor; during the continuance of
such disability or absence of the Mayor, and while so acting
as Mayor he shall be disqualified from presiding over the City
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Councilor participating in their proceedings, and the Vice-
President of the Council shall assume the duties of the
President; t~e President may call such special meetings of
the Council as he may deem necessary.
Section 12. The President of the City Council
shall certify all ordinances passed by the Council to the
Mayor for his approval or disapproval.
Section 13. All committees of the Council, wheth~r
standing or special, shall make full réport of their action
on all matters referred to them for consideration to the
City Council at its next regular meeting after such refer-
ence and at each meeting of the Council until the matter
shall have been disposed of or taken from the hands of the
committee.
Section 14. The President of the Council shall
appoint from its members before the second regular meeting
in each year the following:
Finance Cpmmittee,
Street Committee,
Fire and Building Committee,
Street Lighting and Sanitary Committee,
Laws and Auditing Committee,
Water Cormni ttee,
Park Committe'e,
Each Committee shall consist of three members.
Section 15. The President shall notify each member
of the committee or committees to which he is appointed and
shall report all his appointments to the next regular meeting
of the Council and the same shall be written into the minutes
of such meeting.
Section 16. A majority of the members of the Council
shall constitute a_quorum for the transaction of business, but
a smaller number may adjourn from day to day.
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Section 17. No Councilman shall be eligible to
any other office of the City while serving as Councilman.
Section IS. The Council shall inquire into all
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bills and accounts before ordering the same paid, and no
bill shall·be paid until approved by the Council; provided,
that salaries due may be paid before approval when known
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to be correct; and the Clerk shall be provided with a
petty cash drawer to take care of s~all items.
Section 19. The ~treet Committee shall have complete
supervision of the Construction and repair of streets, side-
walks and other public property, except the Municipal Plants.
Section 20. The Street Committee shall make
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report to the Council all needed repairs.
Section 21. Whenever any sidewalk in front of any
, property on any street or avenue within the City, shall be-
come broken or in bad repair the street committee shall
cause the Marshal to serve notice on the owner of such pro-
perty, or his resident agent, if such owner or resident
live in Clermont, Florida, or, if such o~mer or agent re-
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side beyond the limits of the City of Clermont, Florida,
he shall CIDlse notice to be duly mailed to such owner or
agent, at his or her last known Post Office address, re-
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as may be deemed expedient, not less than thirty days nor
more than sixty days from the date of such notice and if
such repairs be not made within the time allowed, then
the City Council shall cause such repairs to be made and
shall issue a'certificate of indebtedness against such
property for the cost of such repairs; and the City shall
have a Lien against such property in the amount expended,
until paid, with 8~ interest.
~ection22. The street Committee may authorize
and make repair of streets where the same are re~lired. They
shall also have the supervision of the sì"ade trees along the
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several streets of the City and on public property, and
shall direct and supervise the trimming of the same, and
the removal thereof when necessary. .
Section 23. The Str~et COlmnittee, in addition
to the duties enumerated by ordinance, shall perform such
other and further duties as may be referred to them by the
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Section 24. The Fire and Building Committee shall
have supervision over the fire department, public buildings,
structures and materials. They shall decide all questions
relative to, and pass upon all. applications for building
permits applied for under the ordinances of the City.
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STREET LIGHTING AND SANITARY COMUITTEE
Section 25. The Street Lighting and Sanitary
Committee shall have complete jurisdiction over street light-
ing and the scavenger departments an0 shall employ such
person or ,persons as they deem proper and necessary for
the performance of the work. They shall have power to fix
and regulate the ~harges for scavenger services, when not
fixed by ordinance.
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Section 26. The Finance Committee shall have direct
supervision over the finances of the City.
LAWS AND AUDITING COmUTTEE
Section 27. The Laws and Auditing Committee shall
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audit of all accounts at least once every three months; and
shall see that all warrants paid by the Treasurer are duly
cancelled and filed,' and shall see that all books and accounts
are kept in proper order. They shall see that all ordinances
passed by the Council are properly advertised as required by
ordinance and that the s aIDe are properly recorded by the Clerk,
and shall perform such other duties as shall, from time to time
be prescribed by the Council.
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Section 28. It shall be the duty of the Tax Collector
to collect all taxes levied by the City and to do and perform
all the duties of a ~ax Collector of the City, in accord-
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of the City of Glermont, and he shall collect all moneys
due the City for licenses.
Section 29. The Tax Collector shall make'monthly
reports to the City ~ouncil showing the amounts of money
collected by him during the preceding calendar month in
his capacity as Tax Collec..tor. Such report shall be in
detail and shall show each item collected; and such report
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shall show the licenses collected separate from other ..taRes.
Section 30. The Tax Collector shall pay over' to the
City Treasurer all moneys by him collected for the City
in his official capacity and take the receipt of the Treasurer
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for the same.
Section 31. It shall be the duty of the Tax Collector
immediately upon the closing of Tax Books for the collection
of Taxes to issue Distress Warrants for any taxes' o~ personal
property remaining unpaid and to deliver the same to the City
Marshal for execution; and in the ca~e of delinquent taxes
against real estate, to proceed to advertisement and sale as
provided by law.
CITY CLERK.
Section 32. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to
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keep a correct minute of the proceedings of the COlln~:1l and
cnter the same into a minute book to be kept for that purpose,
and he shall cause a copy thereof to bc furnished to a news-
paper in the City, unless otherwise instructed by the Council.
Section 33. The Clerk shall duly and correctly record
all ordinances passed by the City Council and ap~roved by the
Mayor or which are passed by the Council over t~e vote of the
Mayor in the minute book of- the Council and see that the same
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are properly and promptly advertised, either by publishing
in a weckly newspaper circulated in the City, or by postine
in three public places for three consecutive wceks; he shall
obtain from the editor or rr.anager of the newspaper a prop~r
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office and a minute of the same cntered on the margin of
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and places of posting.
Section 34. The Clerk shall be clerk pf the Mayor's
Crnlrt, and shall keep the docket of such Court; and shall
enter therein the names of all persons arrested, and upon
what charge, and shall note the disposition of the case.
Section 35. The Treasurer shall keep a true arid
correct account of all ~oneys received and paid out by h~m
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Section 36. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys
belonging to the City and issue his receipt therefor to the
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Section 37. The Treasurer shall make full and detail-
ed report of all ~oneys received and paid out by him in his
official capacity once each month, or oftener, if required
by the Council, and shall submit the same to the Council
together with the books and if found correct the same shall
be filed with the Clerk.
Section 38. The Treasurer shall payout no moneys
from the City Treasury except upon warrants duly signed 'by
the President of the City Council and counter-signed by the
Cl erk.
Section 39. The Tax Assessor shall assess all property,
re real and personal in the City of Clermont, and shall be governed
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of Clermont.
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MARSr~L AND INSPECTOR.
Section 40. The Marshal and Inspector shall obey the
commands of the Mayor.
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Section 41. The Marshal shall preserve peace, prevent
crime; detect and arrest offenders against city ordinances;
.protect the rights of persons and property; guard the publìc
health; preserve order at elect~ons; report and abate nuisances;
assist, protect and advise strangers in the City; an<j see that
ªll ordinances of the City relative to police regulations
are enforced.
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Section 42. The Marshal and Inspector shall perform
such other and further'duties as may be required by the Mayor
or Council.
Section 43. The Marshal shall collect all money due
the city for scavengcr service'in accordance with the pro-
visions of the ordinances.
Section 44. The Marshal shall be executive officer
of the Mayor's Court, preserve order therein, and collect
all fines and execute all judgments rendered by said Court.
He shall pay all moneys collected by him for fines to the '
Clerk and take the receipt of the Clerk for the same.
Section 45. The Marshal shall make monthly reports to
the Cpuncil showing the amount of money collected by him in
his official capacity which report shall be itemized and show
for what purposes the ~oneys were collected. SuCh report
shall further show the number of arrests made by the police
department and the disposition o£ each prisoner arrested.
Section 46. The Marshal shall be ex-officio Chief
of Police, and as such, shall transmit all orders from the
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Section 47. The Marshal and Inspector shall, in
either capacity, make such investigations and reports as
the Mayor or Council may direct.
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the Marshal is empowered to call upon any bystander to assist
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Section 49. The Marshal shall have charge of all pri-
soners and convicts of the City and see that they are properly
fed and cared for.
Section 50. The Marshal shall be custodian of all pro-
perty belonging to the City, except as otherwise provided.
Section 51. The Marshal shall be· ex-officio Pound
Master, and shall impound all animals required to be impounded
by the City~
Section 52. The'Marshal shall not engage in any other
occupation or business than that of attending to his official
duties, unless permission , shall have been obtained from the
City Council and approved by the Mayor.
Section 5g. The Inspector shall thoroughly examine
all premises within the City at least once each month or at
other times when directed by the Mayor or Council and shall
make report to the Mayor iramediately after inspecting all
places found in un-sanitary condition.
CITY SOLICITOR
See tion 54., The City Solicitor shall, ,when requested
by any officer of the City, advise them as to their official
duties.
Section 55. The City ~olicitor shall frame or pass
upon all ordinances before the same are passed by the Council.
Section 56. The City Solicitor shall represe~t the
City in all matters of litigation pertaining to the City and
shall receive reasonable compensation therefor.
BOND TRUSTEES
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Section 57~ The Board of Bond Trustees shall be elected
by the City Council in the manner provided by the Cl' arter of
the City and shall perform such duties as are outlined in said
City Charter.
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Section 58. The zoning Commission shall be elected
by the City Council in the manner provided in the Charter of
the City and shall perform such duties as are outlined in
the said City Charter.
Chapter IX.
FILLING VACANCIES.
Section I. Wnenever a vacancy shall occur in the
office of Mayor or any other elcctive office of the City
more than six months next preceding the general election,
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by reason of death, rej,gnation or otherwise, it sh~ll be
the duty of the Council to order an elcction to f ill the
vacancy, and until such election is held, if the vacancy be
that of, Mayor, the President of the Council shall fill the
vacancy until such election, and if the vacancy be in any
other office, the'Council shall appoint some fit and .suitable
person to fill such office until the election can be held.
Chapter X.
TAXES
Section I. All property, real and personal, owned
or held within the City Limits on the first day of January
of each year, and which is subject to taxation by the State,
shall be assessed and listed for taxation for city purposes.
Section 2. Between the first day of January and the
15th day of May of each year, the City Assessor shall ascertain
by diligent inquiry the names of all ovmers of taxable personal
property and also the taxable real estate in the City, and
shall make out an asses ::.;ment roll of all' such taxable property.
Section 3. The assessment of real estate shall be
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personal property sþall be responsible for taxes on real
property, and real estate shall be responsible for taxes on
personal property.
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guardian, executor, administrator or agent, a designation of
his representative capacity shall be added to his name, and
such assessment shall be entered on a separate line from his
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Section 5. It shall be the duty of the o\vners of pro-
perty within the City to make a return to the assessor not later
than the 1st day of March in each year on a form Or blank to
be furnished for that purpose, and for the purpose of receiving
such returns the assessor shall be at his æ fice at least tnlO
days of each week between the 15th day of 3anuary and the 15th
day of March in each year.
Section 6. The assessor may require any person to
make affidavit befor~ him of the full amourit and true value
of the personal property o~vned by. such person.
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by the assessor for that year.
Section 7. Any person refus ing or failing to make re-
turn of his real estate and personal property shall not be
allowed to reduce the value placed thereon by the assessor and
~qualize~ by the Council.
Section 8. All taxable lan~s within the City Limits
shall be listed for taxation each year, beginning with the lowest
numbered lots or blocks, and thß lots or blocks in their numer-
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so entered and its valuè extended separately. All lands not
øub-divided into blocks or lots shall be listed according
to g' overnment sub-divisions as far as pract:i.cal. When returns
of any real estate shall have been made by the owner or their
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land owned or returned by them; but, when returns shall not
have been made, the word, "unkno'íJlln II shall be entered in the
columns of the names. If any return made shall be known by
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Section 9. As seon as may be after the first Monday
in May in each year, and not later than the first Monday in
September, the Assessor shall enter upon the assessment roll
of real estate the ~alue thereof as given in by the ,owner or
his agent, and if no value be given by such owner or agent
the assessor shall enter a fair and equitable valuation thereon.
Section 10. The City Council shall meet on the first
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Tuesday in June of each year, or as soon thereafter as may
practically be for the purpose of examining and equalizing the
assessment ro~l as made up by the assessor.
They may adjourn from time to time' until the work
is completed and shall correct all errors of assessment which
they may find, assess all property which has been omitted by
the assessor and either raise or lower any valuation of any
property in the assessment as made by the assessor.
The Council shall cause a notice to be published
for two weeks that. they will meet as an equalization board to
finally equalize the taxes.
Section 11. Vfuen the Council shall have equalized
the assessment roll, they shall notify the ovmers of the property
upon which the valuation shall have been,raised from that
affixed by the Assessor and in such notice shall state a cer-
tain time when the Council will meet to hear complaints from
any person relative to raise in valuation of property and if
such complaint seem well founded, the Council shall make such
reduction· in the v.aluation as they may deem proper and just.
Section 12. As sson as the Council shall have completed
the equalization of the tax roll and shall have .determined all
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complaints relative to increase in value of any property, the
Assessor shall make out two complete lists of the property as
assessed, extendæQšthe amount of ta~ assessed against each
separate piece,or parcel of land or personal property for each
fund for which a millage is ,assessed and the same shall be pro-
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perly totaled; the pages shall be footed and are-capitulation
table appended, which shall show the total of each class of
property, and totals of tax for each levy, and the grand total
to be collected. To one copy the Assessor shall attach a
warrant to the collector to collect the several amounts
named therein, and shall deliver the same to him taking his
receipt therefor, which amount shall be~charged to the collector
and accounted for by him.
Section 13. The City Council shall at its regular
meeting in September of each year determine the amount of"
money to be raised by taxation for each particular fund and
the amount of millage necessary to be assessed for the purpose
of raising such amounts which shall be used by the Assessor
in making hi~ complete rolls. ~¿ Ir~¿~ 'I
Section 14. The terms "real property/} as used in
these ordinances shall have the same meaning as the said
terms have when used in the revenue laws of the Stt;, te of
Florida.
Section 15. In all matters pertaining to the assess-
ment and collection of taxes where the srone are not provided
for in these ordinances and in the Charter of the City, the
provisions of the general laws of the State of Florida rela-
tive to like matters shall govern. Taxes shall be due and
payable on November 1st of each year; a two per cent discount
shall be allowed on taxes paid in November, and a one per cent
discount on taxes paid in December--such discounts applying
only to the current year. Taxes shall be net rrom January 1st
to March 31st and from April 1st, interest at the rate of
I per cent per month shall be added to the tax, until d~te of
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LICENSE TAX
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Section 1. Th8license year of the City of Clermont
shall begin on the first day of October, and end on the
thirtieth day of September each year, on \vhich latter date
all licenses shall, expire. No license shall be issued for
more than one year ~or less than one year prior to April
first of any year, after which date a license for six months
may issue for one-half of the amount of the annual license.
Section 2. No person, firm or corporation shall
engage in or manage any bu.siness, profession or occupation
mentioned in this' act within the City until after a 1 i.cense
shall be issued to each person, firm or corporation on receipt
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of the amount hereinafter provided, paid to the City Tax
Collector, who shall issue all licenses.
Section 3. Every license by' the City shall contain
the following provision written or printed upon the face
thereof: "The City of Clermont expressly reserves the right
to revoke or cancel this license in case the licensee or any
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person doing business hereunder so conducts such business
that it becomes a nuisance or annoys and disturbs the peace
of the citizens of the community."
Section 4. The May.or is hereby empowered to revoke
any license upon proper complaint and sufficient evidence to
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sustain complaint. Any person affected by the revocation of
any license may make appeal to the City Council from the order
of the Mayor at its next regular meeting and such appeal shall
operate as a sepersedia, unless sooner heard and determined
by the City Council. Upon such hearinß the Council may either
vacate or confirm the order of the Mayor. Any person, firm
or corporation conducting such business after the revocation
of such license shall be subject to fine or impriso~ment as for
doing business without license.
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Section 5. The City Tax Collector before issuing
a license based on a property value or a capital stock shall
require the person applying for the license to make a written
s ta tement under oath of the value of t}¡e property or the
amount of the capital stock, 'Nhich statement he shall attach
to his next report.
Section 6. All license.s shall be transferable, rJÍ th
the approval of the Mayor, \'lÍ th the bus iness for r¡hich they
~ere taken out, when there is a bona fide sale 'or transfer
of the property used and employed in the business as stock
in trade; but such transf~rred license shall not oe ßoed for
any longer time nör in any other place than that for which
it was originallY issued. The original license must be
surrendered to and filed with the City Tax Collcctor at the
time of tl¡e application for the tran:::fêr and such transfer
after being approved, shall be of the same force and ef.r:'ect
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Section 7. In all cases where the applicant for a
license pays taxes on real Or personal property to the City
of Clermont, the amount of the license shall be One Dollar
plus the fee of Twenty-five cents for the City Clerk; and
in all casesvhere the applicant does not pay any taxes on
real or personal property to the City of Clermont, the fees
shall be as follows:
I. Allctioneers -~--------------------------------$25.00
2. Auctioneers selling real cstate, per day -----100.00
3. Abstractors of title ----~-------------------- 20.00
4. Agents: Brokers or,dealers in futures, stocks
bonds and securities of foreign companies ----IOO.OO
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Agents ': Immigrant-Any person, agent, solicitor or
recruitor engaged in the business of,hiring,
soliciting or engaging laborers or immigrants
in the City of Clermont to be transported ar.d
employed beyond the limits of the St~.:.te of
Florida ----~-------------------------------- 500.00
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7. Agents: Automobiles and other horseless
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tion with garage or hardware business ------------ 15.00
10. Agents: FlIonuments and tombs tones, traveling------ 20.00
II. Agents: Rentals --------------------------------- 5.00
12. Safe or vaults, sale or exchange ----------------- 10.00
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Typewriters ----------------------------- 5.00
Sewing machines, excepting merchßDts
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Real Estate ----------------------------- 15.00
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17. Architects ----~~--------------------------------- 10.00
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orations or other1persons distributing circulars,
phamplets or other mattèr (this does not apply to
merchants selling their own goods or to the news-
paper concerns) -~~------------------------------- 25.00
19. Automobile: Trucks for hire --------------------- 5.00
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21. Any vehicle attached to motor vehicle as
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Delivery truck, small -------------- 5.00
Delivery truck, large -------------- 10.OO
23. .owners of each car or truck must carry "For Hire"
sign on such a place that ic can be seen from
the outside (failure to display such sign shall
forfeit license and shall be punished by fine of
not more than $IOO.OO or by imprisonment in
the City Jail for not more than 90 days). ________
24,. Automobile: Repair shop~ not including sale of
accessories, oil or gasoline --~------------------ 10.00
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coaster, but without shows of any kind, per week - 25.00
26. Artificial Stone Works --------------------------- 5.00
27.; Astrogplist ------:..-----:.----.;.--------------------300.00
28.: Balloons (See rubber balloons).
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30. Bakers '----""'------------------------------ -------- 7.50
31. Barbers, each chair .------------~-:---------------- 2.50
32. Bicycles, agents for, excepting merchants carry-
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34. Bill Posters --------------------------------------- 5.00
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36. Billiard or pool tables, each table (persons
under the age of 18 years must not be allowed in
pool room under forfeiture of license) ------------- 5.00
37. Bowling Alley, each alley -------------------------- 5.00
38. Boiler works --------------------------------------- 10.00
39. Bottling works ------------------------------------- 5.00
40. Brokers: Stocks and bonds -------------------------- 25.00
41. Building and Loan Associations, local -------------- 5.00
42. Building and Loan Associations, foreigh ---'---------200.00
43. Building materials --------- -------'----------------- 10.00
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(A) 3-5 rooms --------------------------------------
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46.' Canning and marmalade factories -------------------- 10.00
47. Candy Stands, chewing gum, etc. -------------------- 5.00
48. Card writing --------------------------------------- 3.00
49. Carriage and wagon factory ------------------------- 7.50
50. Carnivals, each tent, booth, stand, per day -------- 5.00
51. Carnivals: or all street fairs, during the first 60
days and last 60 days of any calendar year, for each
tent, booth, contrivance, apparatus or other place,
per day. ---------~--------------------~------------ 25.00
52. Cane racks: Or any other place, contrivance or appar-
atus operating independent of the carniv~l, each
place per day ---------------------------~--------~- 25.00
53. Christian ·t:lcienc.e Practitioner --------------------- 10.00
54. Chiropodist ---------------------~------------------ 10.00
55. Civil ~ngineers or surveyors ----------------------- 10.00
56. Cider dealers (Non-intoxicating) 7------------------ 50.00
57. Coffee, roasting and spices --------------.---------- 3.00
58. Coal dealers --------------------------------------- 5.00
59. Cold storage plant not connected with ice factory -- 10.00
60. Contractors or builders ---------------------------- 10.00
61. Circuses,' per day ---------------------------------- 50.00
62. Circuses, or shows of every ,nature for each parade
given through the streets where the show is given
inside of the town --------------------------------- 20.00
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parade given through the streets where the
show is shown outside of the town ------------- 50.00
64. Dance,
65. Drays:
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67. Dealers
license
Instruction or halls ------------------- 10.00
One horse ----------------------------- 5.00
two horses ------.--------------------- 10.00
in cigars or tobacco, who pay no other
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68. Dealers in curios, alligators, etc. ----------- 10.00
69. Dealers in dynamite or like explosives -------- 25.00
70. Dealers in fresh meats, packers or refrigeràtors
wholesale, not connected with ice factory ----- 25.00
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71. Dealers in lubricating anq illumin~ting oils
and gasoline, wholesale. ---------------------- 25.00
72.. Retail (When not run in connection with garage) 10.00
73. Dealers in automobiles and other horseless
vehicles where garage license is not paid ----- 25.00
74. Dealers in pistols, sling shots, brass knuckles,
dirk knives, (provided not sold to minors) --,--100.00
75. Dealers in second hand clothing --------------- 10.OO
76. Dentist --------------------------------------- 10.00
77. Doctors or ,Physicians with local of'fice, each - 10.00
78. Dog and pony show, (To be classed as a dog and
pony show no performance or exhibit other than
trained animals must be given, per day,-------- 20.00
Electric Light Plant or operators and distri-
butors or electric current -------------~------ 25.00
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Electric contractors -------------------------- 10.00
Electric machinery ---------------------------- 5.00
Exp~ess Companies ----------------------------- 10.00
Employment agencies --------------------------- 10.00
Emmigration agencies --------------------------500.00
Fertilizer manufacturers ---------------------- 15.00
Fertilizer, dealers in ------------------------ 10.00
Fruits, wholesale dealers including orange
packing house --------------------------------- 10.00,
Fruits, selling from railroad car, per car ---- 5.00
Fruits, retail not paying merchants license --- 5.00
Florist --------------------------------------- 3.00
Fortune Tellers -----------------------,--------IOO.OO
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Furniture dealers, second hand installment ---- 10.00
Gas Plant ------------------------------------- 25.00
Harnes~ shops --------------------------------- 3.00
Hat cloaning and blocking -------~------------- 5.00
Garages, storing, selling, repairing~ inc~uding
sale of oil, gasoline and accessories for IDlto-
mobiles --------------------------------------- 25.00
Hawkers and vendors of medicine and drugs, sell-
ing or advertising, per day -_-----------------IOO.OO
Hacks, for haul~ng passengers ----------------- 3.00
Horse and mule dealers -- selling at auction
per day --------~------------------------------ 25.00
Horse and mule dealers not covered by liverý
license --------------------------------------- 25~00
Hypnotist, per day ----------------------------100.00
102. Ice Plant ------------------------------------- 15.00
103. Ice cream or cold drinks; not covered by
druggist or merchants license ----------------- 10.00
104. Ice cream wagon (see peddler) ----------------- 10.00
105. Ice cream manufacturers; capacity of over 10
gallons per day ------------------------------- 25.00
106. Ice cream factory including cold storage plant 25.00
107. Insecticide manufactories --------------------- 10.00
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108. Insurance agents, local agents, each company -- , 2.50
109. Insurance agents or solicitors, non-resident,
each Company ---------------------~------------ 10.00
110. Jewelry, notions or postcards on stand -------- 5.00
Ill. Junk dealers ---------------------------------- 25.00
112. Job printing connected with newspapers -------- 10.00
113. Job printing alone ---------------------------- 5.00
114. Land development companies, each member ------- 15.00
115. Land development companies, agents for, not
having an office in the city. ----------------- 50.00
116. Lawyers --------------------------------------- 10.00
117. Laundries, steam ------------------------------ 10.00
lIS. Laundries, hand ------------------------------- 3.00
119. Laundry wagons or trucks, place of business
o~tside of City, each wagon ------------------- 5.00
120. Livery (feed and sale stables, less than 5
horses) -------------------------------~------- 10.OO
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horses) ----------------------------~---------- 15.00
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123. Lunch stands, seating less than 10 persons
124. Lunch stands, seating more than 10 persons
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125. Lung testers ---------------------------------- 10.00
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or rental, having permanent place of business,
not handlinß oriental goods, license shall be
~1.50 each ~1000.00 of stock rnlt no license shall
issue for less than ------------ -------------- 2.50
127. Merchant Tailor --~---------------------------- 7.50
128. Mid-wife -------------------------------------- 5.00
129. Machine shops ~~ foundry --------------------- 10.00
130. Minstrels, tent or otherwise ------------------ 20.00
131. Ment~l healors, or all persons claiming to heal
by absent~eatment ----------------------------100.00
132. Manufacturers of medic,ine --------------------- 25.00
133. Manufacturers of cigars and tobacco ----------- 10.00
134. Marble yards ---------------------------~------ 5.00
135. Markets, dealers in fresh IT.eats, vegetables etc. 5.00
136. Mattress factories ---------------------------- 10.00
137. Milk depot ------------------------------------ 3.00
138. Money lenders other than bankers -------------- 25.00
139. Mass factories -------------------------------- 10.00
140. Moving picture shows any building having seat-
ing capacity unde~ 300 ------------------------ 20.00
141. Moving picture shows having seating capacity over
1000 ------------------------------------------ 60.00
142~ Moving picture shows having seating less than
one thousand ånd over three hundred ----------- 40.00
143. Musicians playing on streets, (other than
shows having license) ------------------------- 3.00
144. Musicians, organ grinders --------------------- 5.00
145~ News agent or stand, not having merchant's
license ----------------------~---------------- 3.00
146~ Nursery stock or forest trees, agent for or
dealer in ------------------------------------- 5.00
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147. Opera house (see Theatre)
148. Opticians, permanent -------------------------- 10.00
149. Opticians, traveling -------------------------- 20.00
150. Occulist, traveling --------------------------- 25.00
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152. Osteopath ------------------------------------ 10.00~'
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155. Painters ------------------------------------- 10.00
156. Pawn brokers, each place --------------------- 50.00
157. Phrenologist, per day ------------------------IOO.OO
158. Plumbers, each (to be issued only on approval
by Sanitary Committee and City, Engineer) ----- 10.00
159. Peddlers, ice cream, each cart --------------- 5.00
160. Peddlers, peanuts and popcorn, each ---------- 3.00
161. Peddlers, Stoves ranges clocks, each vehicle,
per day -------------------------------------- 25.00
162. peddl ers , not enumerated, per day ------------ 10.00
163. Piano tuners, permanently located ------------ 5.00
164,. Piano tuners, not permanently located -------- 10.00
165. Planing mills, .novel ty mills, saVl mills, etc.,
including lumber yards ----------------------- 25.00
166. Picture agents, enlargi~g -------------------- 50.00
167~ Photographers, permanent --------------------- 5.00
168. Pressing clubs, not classed as mGrchant tailors 5.00
169~ Railroads, whose tracks Gnter the corporate
limits of the City --------------------------_ 20.00
170. Repair shops not automobilcs ----------------_ 5.00
17l~ Rest~lrants, seating less than 10 persons ---- 5.00
172. Restaurants, seating more than 10 and less than
20 persons ----------------,-----------------__ 7.50
173. Restaurants, seating more than 20 and less than
30 ,persons ------------------------~-----____ 10.00
174. Rest~lrants, seating more than 30 and less than
40 persons ------------------~---------------- 15.00
175; Rest~lrants, seating more than ~O persons ---- 25.00
176. Rubber balloons, dealers, each --------------- 5.00
177. Sheet meàl¡ works -------------------------___ 10.00
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per day --------------------------------------IOO.OO
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Skating rinks ------------------------------__ 10.00
Si~n writing, or lettering with pa~ or metal
letter other than local painters, Paying license
per day -----------------------------------___ 10.00
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182. Shoe shine, one chair (outside barber shop or
hotel ) ------------------------------------- 5.00
Each additional chair ----------------------- $.50
183. Shooting gallery ----------------------------IO.OO
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186. Shows (see circuses or dQg and pony show)
187. Tailors, -merchants -------------------------- 7.50
188. Telegraph companies -------------------------10.00
189. Telephone companies -------------------------IO.OO
190. Theatres (Not including fitted building
for moving pictur~s only) -------------------25.00
19l. Undertakers and Embalmers -------------------10.00
192. Watch repairing ----------------------------- 3.00
193. ~llcanizing, including repairs and tires ----
194. Water companies; any persons or person selling
water for a profit shall be construed a water
company (not including cold drink stands or
drug stores selling mineral water ) ---------50.00
195. wood yards ---------------------------------- 5.00~
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tion which has been listed in these ordinances, \dthout having
first obtained a proper license from the City Tax Co~lector,
shall, upon conviction, be fined an amount not less than the
amount of the license, nor more than double the amount of the
license, or shall be imprisoned not more than thirty days or
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both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the
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occupation or profession shall be a separate offense.
Chapter XII.
FIRE LIMITS.
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Section I. From and after the passage of this
ordinance and its approval by the Mayor of the City, the fire
limits of the City of Clermont, in the Co-mty of Lake, ::>tate
of Florida, shall censist of all of that territory included in
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Blocks 79,8Q,81,82,90,91,92 and ~3 as shown on the official
map of the City of Clermont.
Section 2. Before any person, firm œ corporation
shall erect, repair, alter or change any building or
structure within the fire limits he, she or they shall make
written application to the Fire and Building Committ~e of
the City Cöuncil for a permit therefor, and shall file with
the committee a written statement on the blanks to be provid-
ed, giving the location, dimensions and manner of construction
of the proposed building or structure, and, if in their judg-
ment necessary, the Comnittee may require structural detail
drawings. If it shall app~ar to the Committee that the
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laws and ordinances of the City are complied with, they shall
give the permit as applied for upon á written form to be used
for that purpose, and the corrmittee shall keep a record of all
such permits; provided, that the committee shall not be re-
quired to grant a permit in any instance until the plans
and specifications shall be such as to insure the buildings to
be of requisite st~ength and of proper material and not un-
necessarily dangerous as a fire risk.
Section 3. Blank forms for the statements herein
required shall be kept at the office of the City Clerk and
shall, by the Clerk be supplied to any person applying for
same who shall intend to apply for a permit t~ build, alter,
repair or change any building or structure within the fire
limits, and said statement shall be signed by the owner or
oVlners" or their duly authorized agent; such ovmer or agent
shall also sign an agreement to be printed on the forms herein
provided for that he, she or they will, in all respects, construct
the work proposed in said application of statement in accordance
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with such detailed statement, plans and specifications, and in
compliance with the laws and ordinances of the City of Clermont,
and -it shall not be lawful to construct, alter or repair any
building, buildings, structure or structures within the fire
limits without such permit, or in any respect different from the
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statement, plans and specifications which shall have been filed
wi th the Committee; provided, that any change not inconsistent
wi th .the laws and ordinances of the City may be made after the
permit has been granted, if a statement descriptive of the pro-
posed change shall have first been filed with and approved by
the Committee.
Section 4. No structure of any kind other than the
charactør in this section provided shall be constructed, alter-
ed, repaired or changed within the territory included within
the following boundary lines, to-wit: All of that territory
included in Blocks 79-SG-Sl-S2-90-91-92-93 as shown on the
official map of the City of Clermont. Within said limits the
exterior walls of all buildings shall be of brick, stone, mortar
or other incombustible ~~terial; for buildings two stDries
in height the wall for the first story shall be not less than
twelve inches thick of incombustible material and for the
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second story not less than eight inches thick of incombustible
material; for buildings three stories in heighth the walls for
the first story shall be not less tnan sixteen inches thick of
incombustible material, for the second story the walls shall
not be less than twelve inches thick of incombustible naterial
and for the third story not less than eight inches t!~ink of
incombustible material. For all buildings over three stDries
in height, the structure shall be of the standard dimensions
as recognized by reputable architects and builders and of
incombustible .material. All party walls for the purpose of
carrying two structUres shall be not less than rour inches
thicker than those mentioned above.
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Section 5. All buildings within the limits described
in Section I of these ordinances shall be covered with metal,
tile or concrete roof, or some good asbestos or fireproof roof-
ing to be approved by the Fire and Building Committee.
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Section 6. Any person, persons, firm or corporation
violating the provisions of this section, either as principal
or agent shall be fined not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment
in the City Jail at hard labor not more than sixty days or
both, and the building or structure in connection with which
the 'violation shall have been committed shall be torn down and
removed by the City Marshal at the expense of the mmer. And,
any~ contractor, superintendent or architect working in connection
with such building or structure in violation of this ordinance,
shall be deemed and taken as an agent of the owner and subject
to the same fine and imprisonment as the principal.
Chapter XIII.
BUILDING OUTSIDE FIRE LIMITS.
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Section I. Any person,persons, firm, association, or
corporation who shall desire to erect, construct, remove, dem~
olish, repair, alter or change any building, shed, fence or
other structure within the cor,porate limits of the City of
Clermont, outside tJ:.1e Fire Limits, shall f,irst make applica-
tion to, and receive from the fire and building committee of
the City Council of the City a permit therefor.
Section 2. Each applicant for a permit for any of
the purposes enumerated in Section 1, shall be to the Fire
and Building Committee of the City ,Council and shall state fully
and accurately the purpose for Which the per.mit is sought, the
nature of the materials to be used, the nature of the build-
ing, shed or other structure to be affected, the exact location
of such building, shed or structure, the use to which such build-
ing, shed, fence orbther structure is to be put, and the
approximate cost of and the time required for the completion
of the purpose for which permit is sought.
Section 3. The Fire and Building Committee are here-
by delegated fUll "power and discretion in granting or refusing
to grant any permit applied for, and may grant or refuse to
grant any permit as, in the exercise of their dis~retion, may
seem proper. A vote 'of two-thirds of said committee shall be
necessary to grant or refuse to grant any permit.
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Section 4. Each application for a permit and a copy
of each permit granted thereon, or the reasons for refusing to
grant such permit, where permit is refu~ed, shall be filed in
the office of the Clerk.
Section 5. Each permit. granted shall contain a
complete statement of the purpose for which the permit is granted,
the location of the buildings, the time in which the work to be
performed under such permit shall be completed, and the mater-
ials to be used therein and shall in every instance be in
writing and signed by not loss than two-thirds of the Fire
and Building Uommittee.
Section 6. No permit shall be used for any other
purpose than that set out in the permit, nor by any other
person than the one to whom the permit is granted, his agents,
employees or legal representatives, nor during another/period
than that named in such permit.
Section 7. No person other than the ovmer or the lessee
or the lawful agent of the owner or lessee shall be granted any
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Section 8. Any person, persons, firm association, or
corporation who shall, for themselves or as agents for another,
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conviction, be fined not less than $IO.OOand not more than
$200.00, or by imprisonment in the City Jail at hard labor not
exceeding sixty days or both such fine and imprisonment.
Chapter XIV.
FIRE DEPARTI:IENT.
Section I.
There shall be organized and maintained
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in the City of Clermont, a Fire Department to be known as
"Clermont Fireman's Company" as is hereinafter provided.
Section 2. The City Council shall elect some fit and
sui table person to be knovm and designated as "Chief of the
Clermont Fireman1s Company" who shall be in command of the
Clermont l"ireman1s qompany and shall organize the same upon
such lines as may seem expedient to him and shall ele,ct from
the members of such company such subordinate ,officers as he
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may deem proper.
Section 3. The Chief of the Clermont Fireman's
Company shall elect for members of said Company n<1t more th,an
ten (IO) men including the engineer in charge of the Fire
engine.
Section 4. The Chief of the Clermont Fireman's
Company shall receive a salary per month to be fixed by the
Council, and each member of said company snaIl each receive
$2.00 for each call responded to including the first hour of
service and, after the first hour, each member shall receive
fifty cents for each half hour or fraction thereof.
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Section 5. The Chief of the Clermont Fireman's
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Company shall be custodian of all fire fighting apparatus
belonging to the City and charged with proper care of same.
Section 6. The territory embraced within the cor-
porate limits of the City of Clermont, is hereby divided into
wards as follows:
The water tank at the int~r-section of Lake Avenue
an~ Desota Stre8t shall be taken as a dividing potnt, and all
territory North of Desota Street and West of Lake Avenue, shall
be known as Ward #l; all territory East of Lake Avenue and
North of Desota Street shall be knovm as Ward #2; all ~erritory
South of Desota street and Wes t of Lake Avenue shall be Imown as
Ward #3; all territory Eas t of Lake Avenue and ::>outh of Desota
street which lies East o f Eas t avenue, shall be known as Ward
#4; and all of that territory which is East of East Avenue and
South of Desota Street shall be known as Ward #5.
Section 7. The Chief of the fire-department shall,
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from time ~o time, make such recommendations as to the purchase
of additional fire equipment and establishment of fire stations
as may, in his judgment, be necessary.
City of Clermont, and the rules and regulations off the City
Engineer and under the supervision of the City Engineer.
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Section .2. Each building, the nearest portion of
which is not more than Two "Hundred feet, from the sewer main
in which household liquid waste, human sewerage or manufactured
or industrial liquid waste may be g~nerated, shall be s~parately
connected with said sewer line, such connections :to be made of
a permanent character, in conformance to the ord~nances of the
front or on t he side of their re,spective property, within
sixty days after date of notice from City Engineer of the City
of vlermont, Florida.
Section I. That it shall be the duty of the owners
or agents æ all improved property abutting upon the streets
or parts of the streets, where sanitary sewers shall be laid
or have been laid to make connections with the sèwer main in
PUBLIC SEWERS
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for not more than ten days, or by both such fine and imprison-
appuratus llsed by the said Fire Department. Any person
convicted of the violation of the provisions of this ordinance,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00 or more
than ~ÞIOO.OO or by imprisonment in ,the common ja~l of the City
interfere with, tamper with, cut, damage or destroy any
property of the Fire Department of the City of Clermont, in-
cluding, fire engines, trucks, hose or other equipment or
other person in charge of such fire hose.
Section 9. It shall be unl&wful for any person to
cart or any vehicle over any fire ho~e belonging to or being
used by the City of Clermont, unless such person be directed
so to do by the Marshal, the Chief of the Fire Department or
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Section 8. It shall be unlawful for any person
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Section 3. The p-.umbing in no building shall be'
connected with the sewer main unless, the same be approved
first by 'the City Engineer.
Section 4. All connections with t!"e sewor mains shall,
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unless physically impossible, have a uniform fall of not less
than one quarter of an inch to the foot. Outside of buildings
where the soil is of sufficient solidity for propel' foundations,
cylinder terra cotta pipes a'the first quality, free from
flaws, splints or cracks, perfectly burned and well salt glazed
over the inner and outer surface may b3 used, laid as required,
but in no case shall terra cotta pipes be permitted within five
feet of any 'foundation wall or the top of terra cotta pipes
less than six inches under the ground, and no connection shall
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be made with rain water conductors, surface or air inlet, except
as hereinafter specified.
Section 5. The City Engineer shall have charge under
the direction of the City Council of all public sewerages and
drains and appurtenances of the same. He shall regularly in-
spect the same and supervise their cleaning out and repairing
where and when necessary, and shal,l report to the City Council.
In addition to this duty he shall be charged with the inspecting
of all plumbing in all buildings and the ventilation from all
cess pools, drains, waste, and ventilation pipes from all
sanitary fixtures that may be placed in a building or outside
thereof, which is connected wi th tho sewer system of the City.
He shall make three separate inspections, or more if necessary
of the plumbing work inside or outside of new buildings and
of the alteration or repair of plumbing work inside or out-
side of old buildings. The first inspection shall include all
terra cotta pipes laid from the main sewer in the street to
a point five feet outside of the foundation line. The second
inspection shall include all soil, drain and vent pipes within
the building to a point five feet beyond tJ:e fOlmda tion line,
making the proper test of the same. The Third inspection shall
include all fixtures and the manner of making connections and
shall be the finãl inspection.
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Section 6. ~Vhen any plumbing work is completed and
approved by the City Engineer, hé shall file with the City
Clerk a notice of such approval, which notice shall show the
character, o~vnership and the location of the property; the
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number and character of the plumbing fixtures and whether city
w~ter or water from private system is to be used in such plumb-
ing, and the name of the plumber doing the work.
Section 7. The City Engineer shall have the right b
enter any building or premises in the City, to inspect the
plumbing and plumbing fixtures and shall have authority to
order the removal of any plumbing fixtures connected with the
public sewer system or any soil drain or waste'pipe connected
therewith which may be found in any unsanitary condition. Any
person who shall interfere with him in the performance of such
duties shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $25.00 or by
imprisonment not to, exceed thirty days.
Section 8. The City Engineer before granting any
permit for the connection with the sewer main shall collect
from the person, firm or corporation, applying for such permit
a connection fee of Five Dollars for theme of the City and may
require a deposit with him of a sum not to exceed Five Dollars
as security for the payment on his inspection fee. The City
Engineer may requtæ the installation of grease traps where
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Òection 9. Any person who is the o~mer or agent of
~y property, which under the terms of this ordinance shculd
connect with the sewer system, who refuses to connect with the
same as provided by ordinances and under the direction and super-
vision of the City Engineer, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than $100.00 or by imprisonment in the city jail for
more than ninety days.
Section 10. Any person following the trade or
occupation of plumbing within the City of Clermont, who shall
delegate any apprentice or other person who is not qualified
under the ordinances of the City to do plumbing work to perform
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any plumbing at any place where he is not under the direction
and personal supervision of a plumber who is so qualified shill
be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00 or by imprison-
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ment in the City jail not to exceed ninety days.
Section II. The City Engineer shall cause to be connect-
ed at convenient intervals from the sewer main to the curb
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line, connecting lines at the expense of the City but such connec-
tion lines shall be. laid of the shortest practical length and
the inspector shall receive from the City the sum of $1.OO for
inspection fees of such work.
Section 12. The City Engineer shall receive for his
services fees ~o be paid him by the property owner or his
agent for such inspection in addition to any inspection fees
that are nŒI provided by ordinanc~s as follows: for granting
permit, fifty cents; inspection of sewer line from within four
f8et of the building to the place of connection with sewer main,
fifty cents; for inspection of connection, One Dollar.
Section 13. No plumbing work or sewer connection
shall be covered until the same has been inspected and approved
by the City Engineer and all connections with the sewer shall
be made at such place and manner as shall be designated by the
City Engineer and under his supervision.
Section 14. No plumbing shall be connected with the
sewer mains unless the same be supplied with water from the
City water works or with water showing by actual analysis to
have the same chemical content, and the water·from thè City
water works shall not be turned on to any plumbing except by
order of the City Clerk, after the City Engineer has filed
with said City Clerk, a notice that the same has been finally
inspected and approved.
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Chapter XVI.
PRIVATE SEWERS.
Section 1. No persons or person shall install or cause
to be installed any private system or plant for disposing of
house sewerage, that is, the liquid waste from household or
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domestic and industrial service, except S~le be made and construct-
ed to comply with the plans and specifications prescribed in ~he
provisions of this ordinance.
Section 2. '~en any private sewerage plant or system
already in operation at the time of the passage of this
ordinance shall be complained of as a nuisance, as provided in
the' revised General Ordinances of the City of Clermont, Florida,
anft if after hearing had as· provided therein such plant or system
shall be found to be. a nuisance, the Mayor shall enter judg-
ment to the effect, and that the same shall, by the owner,
proprietor or user, be made to comply with the regulations and
specifications prescribed in this ordinance within à reasonable
time to be named in such judgment, not to exceed thirty days,
and should such person fail or refuse to make such plant or
s~stem so comply, the City Marshal shall order it done at the
expense of such owner, proprietor or user and such expense
shall .cons ti tute a lien, prior to any lien thereafter accruing.
Section 3. The private plant or system for disposing
of house sewerage as described by this ordinance shall be that
system commonly known as the s~ptic tank system.
Section 4. The number of gallons of sewerage per
capita per diem to be used in all calculations Shall be seventy
for all hotels, boar~ing houses and commercial buildings; that
is, store and office buildings, etc., and shall be fi~ty for
al¡ residences, school, buildings and public buildings.
Section 5. The 'septic tank shall, according to plans
contained in these ordinances, have two tanks or chambers, the
first, the fermenting chamber, shall be made large enough to
hold, the deposit for two days before emptying into the second
or filtering chamber, which shall be made large enough to hold
the water from the first chamber for two ~ys before emptying
into the main outlet. In cases where s~ptic tanks are used
for hotels and places where the use is extensive, the second
chamber shall be made large enough to hold w~ter thÐee days
before emptying to outlet.
Section 6. The tanks shall be reade air tight. The
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water line a{ the two tanks shall be not less than six inches
from the top of such tanks. The inlet pipe shall enter from
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above the water line, and shall extend approximately one-
third of the distance from tbe water line to bottom of the
tank, and shall be of tile pipe, six inches in diameter; the
siphon arm taking water from first to second chamber, shall
extend downward into the first chamber approximately three-
fourths of the distance from water line to bottom of tank;
the other end of said siphon extending into the second chamber
shall empty into a cypress trough that has been closed at
both ends (th~s for the purpose of evenly distributing the
water over the filter bed.)
Section 7. The filter bed in the filter chamber
shall be constructed as follows: Sections of PÐ~S tile are
to be laid at the bottom of the chamber; these are to be
covered with a layer of broken stone, such as would pass through
one anù one-half inch ri~g, this layer to extend about one-
third of the distance from bottom of chamber to water line.
Upon this Œone a layer of sand two or three inches thick shall
be placed; then a layer of small broken stone ~uch as would
pass through a one-quarter inch ring shall to placed within
three inches of the bottom of the trough.
Section 8. The effluent water shall pass out of the
chamber through a four inch tile pipe, which shall be connected
with the porous tile at the bottom of the chamber, and shall
pass out at a point level with the water line of the two
charr.bers. \~ere a septic tank serves for hotels, boarding
houses, schools, etc., the water shall be carried off through
a pipe to an open running ditch. Where tanks serve for residences
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th:, water shall be led 011 t for several lengths of porous tile
pipe, (the number of sections to be within the disc~etion of
the engineer.)
Section 9. The concrete to be used shall be of a
1:3:5 mixture; that is, one part of the best Portland cement,
three parts of clean, dry take Weir sand (or any other sand of
similår grade) and five parts of broken stone; no stone to be
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over two inches in diameter. Concrete shall be placed in
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molds fairly wet, and shall be tamped until water appears on
the top. The main monolith mass shall be six inches thipk
for all sides and bottom, and shall be coated on the inside with
a half inch layer of neat cement. The top shall be of reinforced
concrete, and a mànhole shall be provided for in top of the first
chamber for the purpose of cleaning. The first chamber shall
be cleaned out at least once every year at a time when least
in use.
Section 10. The maximum number of p~rsons who shall
occupy such hotel, boarding house, residence, etc., shall be
used in the calculation. No tank shall be ,constructed with a
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capacity for less than four persons.
Section 11. T~e City Engineer is delegated the author-
ity to issue permits for the construction of any proposed septic
tank, if after application and plans for same have been submitted
to him, he approves the same. No septic tank shall be construct-
ed or put in operation unless a permit is first obtained.
The city Engineer shall inspect and approve all work on said
tank before same is placed in operation, and for issuing said
permit and making said inspection he shall receive from such
applicant a fee of $1.00.
Section 12. Until such time as septic tanks are
required by order of the City Engineer, cess pools may be used;
but no cess pool shall be constructed without a permit from the
City Engineer, who shall have authority to make regulations
governin~ their installation.
Section 13. Any person, or persons violating the
provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punish-
ed by a fine of not le~ than $10.00 and not mo~e than ~lOO.OO
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or imprisonment at hard labor for not more than sixty days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
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Chapter 'XVII
CITY ENGINEER
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Section 1. There shall be and hereby is created the
office of City Engineer fo:r the City of Cle rmont, .t"lorida.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the City Engineer
to perform all work of an engineering character for the City,
to advise and furnish estimates and informa tion to the Council
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and to City officials in the official capacity whenever called
upon to do so and to perform any and all other duties that the
Council may by ordinance confer upon such City Engineer.
Section 3. The manner of filling said office shall
be as follows: The City Council shall, at the first regular
meeting after the annual election in each year, or as soon
thereafter as practiçable elect a City Engineer to serve for
the ensuing year, or until his successor is elected and
qualified.
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Section 4. The City Engineer shall appoint
competent persons as Plumbing Inspector, and Electrical Inspector;
such appointments not to be effective until approved by the
City Council, wad the City Council may remove such inspectors
at their pleasure. The City Engineer shall provide the
compensation of such ~uc~ inspectors, out of the fees collected.
Ohapter XVIII.
PLlnÆBING CONSTRUCTION.
Section I. All plumbing done in the City of Clermont,
shall be done under the control of the City Engineer, subject,
however, to the Jirections of the Sanitary Committee.
Section 2. . It shall be unlawful for any person to
make any cut or trench in any highway, street reservation or
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public space in the City of Clermont, or to disturb or to re-
move any public works· or materials therein, or turn, lift or
remove, any public works, raise or tamper with any cover of
any man-hole, basin, inlet or other appurtenance of any pub-
lic sewer without a permit from the City Engineer; this permit
must be kept on the work to be exhibited to persons authorized
to examine the same.
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Section 3. No person shall do any act or thing
which may impair or obstruct the flow of any pUblic sewer
or clog up any appurtance thereof, or place therein any sub -
stance, solid or liquid other than the waster products for which
said sewers are provided.
Section 4. The drainage and ilumbing of all
buildings both public or private shall be done in accordance
with plans previously approved by the City Engineer, Drawings
and complete descriptions of proposed work shall be made on
forms furnished at the office of the City Engineer, and shall
be filed by the master, employing or journeyman plumber in
the office of the City Engineer. Plans must be legibly drawn
in ink or copy pencil. One vertical section and one plan being
sufficient if they can be made to show all the work. If not,
two or more forms shall be used.
Section 5. Plans shall show the distance in feet from
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the nearest man-hole or intersecting street property line to
point at which house sewer is required and the number of lots
or parts thereof and the number of the block or square.
Section 6. Alterations to existing work must be shown
in black lines for the old and red lines for the new work. Plans
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will be approved or re jected within ten days from the time of
filing, and the work' shall not be commenced or proceeded with
until said plans have been so filed and approved, and a permit
to do the work issued by the City Engineer.
Section 7. A permit will be required to do any
pl~~mbing of any character, repair any plumbing or change any
plumbing, extend or disconnect plumbing or change the ,location
of any fixtures except repairs of leaks, the opening up of
stoppage and the repairing of broken fixtures. No permit shall
be issued to connect any sanitary plumbing, such as toilets, bath
tubS, cess pools and the like, to any person except a plumber
licensed by the City of Clermont or the State of Florida.
soil pipe, and be extended above the natural level or thE~ ground
rrom which point the standard cast iron soil pipe may be used,
and fittings mu~t in every case be of extra heavy cast iron
Section 130 In enclosed buildings, which term includes
any buildinG enclosed on two or more sides, or in Which the
ground under it is lower than on the outside, the sewer pipes
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Section 12o Where buildings are built on piers and
two feet above the ground, and open on three sides, terra cotta
pipe may be used ror the house sewer, provided it can be covered
with twelve inches of earth at the highest part of the natural
level, and does not come within a radius of two feet or any
wall, pier, chimney, or ten feet or any well or cisterno
Otherwise cast iron soil pipe and fixtures shall be usedo
Every building shall have at least one four inch cast iron soil
stack extended above the main rooro
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sinks, kitchen sinks, urinals, wash trays, wash basins or
lavatories, pantry sinks, showers, drinking fountains, floor
drains, cuspidòrs, laundry tubs and each section of sectional
shall include water closets, bath tubs, catch basins, slop
as to comply with the rules and re~llations governing plumbingo
Section 10o All ::'lumbing in existence prior to the
passage of this ordinance may b,.; connected to the sewer system,
after being subjeèted to a testo This test shall be made by
the City Engineero '
Section 110 The term fixture used in this ordinance
Engineer, who shall order the same placed in such condition
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Section 90 No plumbing work or fixtures round to be
in unsanitary condition arter having been examined by the plumber
shall be replaced but the same shall be reported to the City
each sewerage connection and twenty-five cents for each or
every fixture roughed in ror, or placed in new, reconstructed,
old or additional plumbing 0
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Se~tion So Permit shall not be issued by the
City Engineer until after the following inspection fees shall
have bee~ paid to said City Engineer, to-wit: One Dollar for
except as hereinafter provided.
Section 14. No person shall connect or cause to be
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connected the drainage system of any building, lot or premises
otherwise than with the portion of the public sewer intended
for it as shown by t~e records of the Engineering Depart::nent.
Section 15. All repairs, including obstructions,
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to laterals in the streets will be effect~ by the sewer depart-
ment and when caused by the negligence of the plumber the cost
of the same shall be charged to him.
Section 16. The cost of removing all subsequent ob-
structions will be charged to the plumber ordering the work done.
Section 17~ If a soil stack and fixtures are added
to an existin~ plumbing system connected with a public sewer,
otherwise than required by Sections 14 and IS, a separate sewer
connection shall be provided for the premises in accordance
with said section.
Section IS. All iron sewers shall have approved clean-
outs placed every twenty-five feet and brought above the floor
level, or provided wi th doer s in the floor s:o as to give access
to same. Such sewers shall be supported on bricks piers, laid
in trenches, securely fastened to the walls, or suspended from
the floor timbers, by strong iron hangers, as the City Engineer
may direct.
Section 19. All soil, waste and vent pipes shall be
of tar coated cast iron, lead or brass pipes, and no wrought
iron œ steel pipes shall be used in any case on the sewer side
of t:q.e traps. .
Section 20. No soil,· drain, waste, vent or supply
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pipe shall be built into masonry or concrete walls but the same
shall have suitable chases, arranged fœ them. Such chases may
be lathed and plastered so as to conform to the wall.
Section 21. All soil and waste lines must be as direct
as possible and shall have the proper fall towards the. sewer.
Section 22. Soil, ITaste and vent pipes shall extend
at lease one foot above the highest opening in the roof.
Section 23. All soil stacks carried to the
second floor must be extended full size through the roof.
Section 24. Stacks shall be flashed, properly caulked
into the stack, all stacks being left open at the tops.
Section 25. A brass cleanout shall be placed at the
foot of all soil stacks.
Section 26. Fittings for soil, drain, waste or vent
pipes shall correspond in weight and thickness with the pipe
in which they are used, and openincs and changes in diroctions
for fixtures shall be made with Y's 1-6 or 1-16, bends, Sanitary
TiS crosses, double Yls of one-fourth bends, shall not be
used in horizontal lin~s, but the same may be used in vertical
lines, provided that at the foot of vertical lines a sweep
bend be used.
Section 27. All ferrules used in connection with
the extra heavy pipe shall be not less than four inches in
l~nBth and shall weigh not less than two inches 16 ounces, thvce
inches twenty-eight ounces and four· inches forty o~nces, the
brass ferrules used in connection with standard pipe sÞ~ll
not be ~ess than four inches in length and shall weigh not
less than two inches twelve ounces, three inches twenty ounces,
four inches thirty ounces. The use of the tapering ferrules
is prohibi"ted.
Section 28. No connections shall be allowed with
cast iron soil pipe except those made with brass ferrules, and
lead pipe with wiped joints, and the weight of the lead pipe
shall be, for use with extra heavy pipes "e" lead, and for standard
pipes "D" lead.
Section 29. All joints in cast iron shall be caulked
',lith oakum and lead, with not less than twelve 'ounces of lead
per inch diameter to the joint being used. All concealed lead
work within a building shall bemade rat proof by covering with
galvanized wire cloth well fastened on Traps when allo\red.
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Section 30. All lead traps and bonds shall corres-
pond in weight per lineal foot with respective weight of "e"
and liD" lead pipes.
Section 31. Nickel plated brass shall not be any
lighter in weight than No. Band S. wire gauge.
Section 32. The use of any bell trap, pot or drum
trap, bottle trap or any trap having a moving part, or which
d~pends upon interior partition for a seal is prohibited.
Section 33. All bath tubs shall be provided with
drum traps placed not over three feet from the stack.
Section 34. No trap shall have less than one and one-
half inch water seal.
Section 35. Every fixture shall have a separate
approved trap placed near the fixture as possible, except wash
tubs which may have one trap for a set of three compartments.
Section 36. Traps and wash pipes shall not be lass
than two inches for urinals, shmvers or, slop sinks, one and one-
half inches for bath tubs, sinks, sets, tubs and wash tubg and
one and one-fourth inches for wash basins, cuspidors or drinking
fountains.
Section 37. Means shall'be provided for thoroughly
flushing all soil drains, waste pipes, wat~r closets, or urinals
and a sufficient amount of water shall be used to maintain
such pipes and fixtures a cleanly and s"anitary condition at all
times.
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Section 38. Dental cuspidors may be put in by
connecting the adjacent traps to a vented waste line and exten-
sions made there from and to the connectors plates; provided,
however, that said places are not more than twenty-five feet
distant along said extension which extensions shall not be
less than three-fourths inch in diameter.
Section 39. All traps are to be protected from
syphonage by a vent pipe of a size not less than the waste pipe
except that water closets may be vented ~ith not less than
two inch pipe. Three closets may be vented into one four inch
pipe; six into four inch vent pipe}. 12 into a four inch vent pipe
Four basins may be put in as abovs using a two
inch 'waste pipe with a one-half "s" trap to eac!~ basin.
Section 41. The waste pipes from any fixture other
than water closets may be installed on a combined waste and
vent system as follows: A waste stack shall be run from the
sewer direct through the roof undiminished in size and as many
as two inch branches allowed, the combined area of ~hich do
not'exceed double the area of said stack, provided said bramhes
are placed so as to use one-half "s" traps and that the waste
pipes of said branches do not exceed five feet in length be-
tween the ~tack and the seal of the trap, and that not more
than one two-inch waste is placed in a tw'o inch stack. One
half "s" trap shall be placed so that the lowest point
of the branch'shall not be any longer or lower than the bottom
of the said trap.
Section 42. ~Vhenever practicable, the plumbinß shall
be put in on the continuous or wet vent system as follo~s: the
vent shall be taken out of the ~aste pipe between the stack and
the fixture and as many waste branches, the combined area of
which does not exceed the area of said vent, may be connected
under the same conditions governing the combined waste and vents;
provided that in sinks or urinal waste the revent shall not be
less than three ,inches, but may be repuced to two inches after
rising above the sink or urinal. Said revents shall then be
connected ~ith the stack above all fixtures, or into a separa~e
vent or stack, or be carried through the floor separately.
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center to cente~ reventing may be omitted by continuing the
waste line full size of or in the form of a loop back to the
stack above all fixtures or into a separate vent stack.
Section 40. When a line of not more than six
closets are in a row and ~ over thirty-six inches apart from
IS into a 4 inch vent, pipe; 24 into a 6 inch vent pipe; said
vent pipe shall be increased one size on every fifty feet
vertica¡ and for every 25 feet horizontal. T.v basins, bath
tubs or similar fixtures shall be considered as equal to one
closet.
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Section 43. Each vent pipe shall be connected above
the highest fixture into the adjacent soil pipe if distance
therefrom be not more than five feet; provided, however, that
this regUlation docs not apply to Section 41.
Section 44. No vent shall be extended through the
roof smaller than two 'inches. No vent line shall be constructed
or Bl[<intained \"/hich opens below t:he top of and \.,i thin fifteen
feet of a window, but the vent must be extended above the top
of the window.
Section 45. ìVhere it is impracticable to revent a
fixture as in making additions to old works or where a fixture
must be placed in a position away from any wall, non-syphoning
,traps may oe used of such make as the City Engineer may approve,
said traps to be not over seven feet from main stack.
Section 46. Where lead is used for supply pipes or
branches, all joints shall be wiped, no bolted joints being
allov/ed.
Section 47. Application for city water connections
'.:i th the city main shall be made on blanks furnished at the
office of the City Engineer and shall ShOVI the required lo-
cation of the trap stated in feet from the nearest intersect-
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ing street property line, the number of the lot or part thereof
and the number of the block. This application sllall be filled
by the plur.:ber at the office of the City Engineer.
Sectiôn 48. The water service pipe for any build-
ing, lot or premises, shall not be laid over or through any
other building, lot or ~remises and no person shall connect
or cause to be connected any building lot or premises with the
water service pipe belongin,3 to or supplying any other huild-
ing,. lot or premises, excepting that stables or other outhouses
ir- the rear of the building used in connection with the same
may be supplied from the same servic,e pipe.
Section 49. It shall be unlwWful to connect a
power pump direct to a service, pipe or street rru:::.i n f or supplying
water to a steam boiler tank or receptilcle in a building, pre-
china syphon jet or syphon action wash do¥m.
Section 54. Rainwater conductors, when placed uithin
the'walls or undor the floor of any enclosed building, shall be
of cast iron with caulked joints, or copper pipes with soldered
joints and every conductor shall be so arranged as to empty on
the streets without any traps in the line in front of the
nearest abutting wall of said building.
Section 55. Each residence' or tene~ent, and eabh
apartment, of every flat or apartment house, shall be supplied
,:ith one water closet, and each school, store, building, facto~J,
office building, hotel, romming house, or any other pUblic
building, shall be supplied with one water closet for every
twenty occupants or fractional part ~hereof.
Section 56. Water closets shall be of vitreous
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waste or vent pipes; nor shall any soil ~aste or vent pipes
be used as a rainwater conductor.
connected with or empty into house sewers, nor used ~s soil,
Section 53. Rainwater conductors shall not be
the sanitary cOMmittee, which pe~it may at any tiDC b~ revoked,
and such connections discontinued and closed upon order of
either t~e s~nitary cOL~ittee or the City ~ngineer or both.
se~erage pipes of any building for the purpose of receivir.g
surface water of a cellar or basement or area" unless a
special permit is granted by the City Engineer and cr.air:can of
Section 52. No opening shall be a"llowed in the
except in case of emergency.
water department to use the cock on the inlet side of meters
laid a water service pipe parallel to or within 18 inches of
any søwer pipe nor across any sewer pipe with any uater ser-
vice þipe having a joint within 18 inches of such sewer.
Section 51. Hereinafter all s~rvice pipes not now
pro'vided with stop and \7~ste cocks shall be so provided and it
shall be unlawful for any person, excepting employees of the
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Section 50.
mises or establishment, or to maintain such connection.
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Section 57. The use of enwme¡ed iron water closets
with short hopper and trap is prohibited, excepting that they
may be used as yard closets, if provided with enam~led roll
rim bowl and lift-up seats and are located not less than five
(5) feet from any building or pr.operty line.
Section 58. No water closet shall be supplied
with water until all connections with sewerage disposal have
been made.
Section 59. No water closet shall be supplied
with water except from an independent tawt or cistern for eaCh
closet, and the flush pipe shall be not less than one and one-
quarter inches in diameter from high tanks and two inches in
diameter for low tanks.
Section 50. No uater closet shall be supplied
with ~ator direct from the City's supply.
Section 61. Water closets of the flushameter type
may be llsed only when supplied ,by a separate and independent
tank, the water of which is used for no other purpose.
Section 62. Every water closet shall be used except
those of such makes as have the traps above the floor.
Section 63. \Vhere earthenware closets are used a
brass floor flange of approved make shall be soldered to the
lead pipe where it comes through the floor, which brass plate
must be scre~ed to the floor, and the said closet securely bolt-
ed to the plate with rubber Baskets and putty between.
Section 64. Water closets shall not be installed
or used where there are no sewers, but connections for same
may be put in and sealed up until such time as sewers are pro-
vided.
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Section 65. In every building, the water closet
or urinal department shall have a window not less than four feet
square in area arra~ged so as to open the outside air, or into
a light shaft with an area of not less than four square feet
for ~very water closet or urinal compartment opening into the
same.
five feet in length between the CQtch basin and the fixture,
said waste pipe to be trappedo
Section 71. Such waste pipe when connected ~ith the
sewer shall be emptied into other fixtures when practical,
but in all cases there must be an open air space between the
said riTaste pipe and the connection with the sewer, 1;1~ ich
connection shall be properly trapped and vented.
Section 720 The waste pipe from bar sinks, soda
fountains, ice boxes or drinking fountains may b~ emptied into
a catch basin or slop sink placed in the floor close to the
fixture, provided that the catch basin or slop sink used shall
be c£ such make as can be caulked on to the trap and the trap
caulked into the sewer, and that no waste pipe is put in over
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Section 700 Waste pipes from refriBor~tors or oth~r
recepticals in which provisions or food are stored, shall not
be directly conr-ected with the sewer.
connected with the house sewers.
th~ house 'sewers.
Section 690 Sediments, blow-off, or steam exhaust
~ipes from boilers and tank overflow pipes s~all not be
Section 680 The waste from safes under water closets,
urinals, or other fixtures, shall in no case be connected with
ventilated as hereinbefore provided.
Section 670 No w&ter closet or urinal department
shall be ventilated by any window opening through the wall of
the blilding when said wall is built on property line.
or urinal apartment is partitioned off from a roo~ for other
purposes, the, parti tion shall extend up to the ceiling of the
room to be ceiled over, and said partitions must be to all
intent and purposes air tight. Said compartment shall be
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Section 660 In all buildings where the water closet
same area as shaft.
Said light shaft may be built square, round or rec-
tangular, no one dimension 0 f which shall be less than trlenty-
four inches, but must have glass top with louvres on sides of
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Section 73. ~Vherever it is practicable, the catch
basin may be constructed of concrete, as the City Engineer may
;'; irect.
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Section 74. Hereafter the wastes from the floors of
buildings used as automobile garages, stores or warehouses,
occupied by a person or persons, firms or corporations, engag-
ed in the sale or storage of inflammable oils, car barns,
carriage houses for the stab: ing or housing of horses, mules
or cows shall empty into catch basins, constructed so as to
intercept gasoline, oil or sand before entering the house
sewer; said catch basin to be of a form of const~lction approved
by Sanitary Committee and the City Engineer and to be subject
at all times to inspection or condemnation by the Sanitary
Committee or tbe City Engineer or both.
Section 75. Where it is impracticable to conncct
any sewer, .the waste shall be conducted into a septic tank
built on the lot according to specifications which will be
furnished by the ~anitary Committee.
Section 76. Hereafter, where drinking fountains
are put in, or where they have already been put in for public
use, they shall be arranged so as to be of an approved bubbling
cup type.
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Section 77. It shall be the duty of allplumbers
to construct and complete all work entruste~ to their care
without unreasonable delay and \nth all possible speed.
Section 78. Where work is ordered done by the City
Engin3er and ~anitary Committee and the plumber fails to do
the work within a reasonable time by his own neglect or by
reason o~ the request of the party for whom he is to do the
work, he shall forfeit h~ license for the period of one year,
and the "said license shall be revoked by the Sanitary Committee.
Section 79. Any journeyman plumber, viõlating any
of the provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit his license
for a period of one year, which license shall be revoked by
the Sanitury Committee.
by the engineer a smoke or peppermint test shall be applied to
the work by the plumber.
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have: excaped the no tice of the engineer a;nd when deÐmed necesRa:ry
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plumber of his responsibility for any defective work which may
work a notice, the same as the foregoj,ng shall be given the
engineer for a final inspection, and if he finds the work has
been satisfactorily done he shall issue ~ certificate of a)prova¡
upon the request of the plumber or owner.
Section 85,. This certifica te does not relieve the
Section 83. Notices to inspect work must be given
into the office, for morning inspections, before 5 o'clock, P. ~.
the preceeding day; and for afternoon inspections, before I o'clock
P. M. the same d~y.
Section 84. After the entire completion of the
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ground to roof level.
Section 82. In large and complicated jobs the
work may be tested in sections on the approval of the C;ty
system of plumbing with water from a point three feet outside
the building to the roof level, except where terra-cotta sewer
is allowed, the test shall be from a point twelve inches under
City Engineer uill notify the plumber in charge of said ~ork,
when he will inspect the same and the plumber shall test the
work in the presence of the City Ene;ineer by filling the whole
spuds are in place to receive the fixtures, notice in writing
properly filled in upon blanks furnished at the office of the
engineering department, stating the loc~tion of the uork,
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the name of the ormer, the name of the master f'dF' employing
plumber having the permit and the name of the plumber doing
the work shall be given to the City Engineer' at the office of
the City Engineer at the office of t~e engineering department.
Section 81. As soon as practicable thereaft3r, the
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advanced for testing and all necessary lead connections or
Section 80. Where a:ny plumbing work is sufficiently
Section 86. All work shall be cone in a workmanlike
manner and to the entire satisfaction of the City Engineer.
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Section 87. After any work has been inspected by
tho City ingineer and he finds tba tit has b'.:.:en done according
to the prescribed rules, he shall place thereon wbi te sticker
seals showing the work h~,s been "Inspected" and passed and no
person shall cover up or conceal any plumbing work which does
not bear said "inspected" seals.
Section 88. If the work is not properly done the
Inspector "lill place thereon red "Condemned" seals.
Section 89. No OVIIl,:r or agent shall allow any
new rnlilding in the sewer district to be occupied by any person,
nor shall the water be turned on at the water department
until after the plumbing in said bu.ilding shall have been
approved by the 'City Engineer.
Section 90. Any person violating any of the pro-
visions contained in this ordinance shall, upon conviction,
be punished by a fine of not less than ~?25.00 and not more
than Ÿ300.00 or ÞJ impriso~ment in the City jail not exceeding
nine ty day s .
Chapter XIX.
ELECTRIC ~"JIRIN{J
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section I. All electric construction and all material
and appliances used in connection with the work and operation
of electrical apparatus in the City of Clermont, ~lorida, shall
be in cOl~ormity wit~ the rules and regulations set dO~1Il in
wha t is knoVlm as the "National Board of Fire Under-writers
for the installation of Electl'ic Wiring am Apparatus," as
the same are now established, or may hereafter be established,
from time to time, and the said rules and regulations are he~eby
adopted and approved.
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Section 2. No person shall engage in or carryon the
business of electrical construction or wiring within the City
of Clermont, j;1'lar ida, until such person shall have obtained from
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the Tax C~llector of the City of Glermont, a license to carry
on such business, and before obtaining such license the party
applying therefor shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars to-
gether with the Tax Collector's fee of twenty-five cents, for
issuing such a license and shall take and subscribe to the
following oatJ;l, "I, do solenmly
swear that I \rlll faithfully discharge my duties in connection
with the electrical construction and wiring in'the City of
Clermont, Florida, that I will not perform any work within the
City of vlermont for which permit has not been obtained; that
all work done and performed by me or under my direction will be
done in the manner prescribed by the ordinance of the City of
Clermont, .J:t'lorida, and submitted to inspection by the City
Engineer as provided by the ordinance of said City." The
Tax Uollector shall cause such oath, after being subscribed
and sworn to to be filed 'in the office of the City Clerk, and
any such license so issued may be revoked by the City Council
for violation by the holder thereof of any of the provisions
of the Ordinance of the City of Clermont, ~lorida, and shall
be issued for the term of twelve months from the date of issuance
unless revoked at an earlier da te by action of th e City Council;
licenses to tax payers may be had for One Dollar plus the
Clerk's fee of Twenty-five cents.
Section 3. Before any electrical wiring or
a,p~ratus shall be installed a permit shall be obtained from
the City ~ngineer who shall ba satisfied that the plans and
specifications for such electrical \7iring or apparatus correspond
to the rules and reßulations specified in th~s ordinance and
no permit shall be granted to any person for any electrical
wiring or the installation of any electrical apparatus who has
not obtained a license to do such work under the provisions of
this ordinance. The City Engineer shull ch~rge and collect a
fee of .J:t'ifty Cents for each of the permits.
Section 4. No electrical work or wiring shall be
enclosed lmtil the same shall have been approved after inspection
by the City ~ngineer or an assist~nt of the City Enßineer.
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Section 1. The municipal water works pla.'11.t of
the City of Clermont shall be under the supervision of the
City ;:later Connnittee of the City Council. The City Council
shall employ some suitable person as supe~intendent of the
water 1.'lorks at such salary as nlaJT be deter::nined by tne City
Council.
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Chapter XX
WAT:¿R ~,VORIŒ
Charges according to above schedule and $2.50 for d:;rnamo.
Section 7. Any person violating any of the ~ro-
visions of the ordinance Shall, upon conviction, be punished
by a fine not less than $10.00 and not more than ~100.00
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or by impriso~~ent not to exceed sixty days.
Starter boxes each -------------- 1.00
Motors each --------------------- 1.50
I to 3 lights -------------------$ 0.50
4 to 10 lights ------------------ .75
II to 20 lights ----------------- 1.00
21 lights and over -------------- 1.75
Fixtures
10¡ outlets and over - --,-- ---- --- 10.00
51 to lOa outlets --~------------ 6.00
collect for his services the following fees:
I to 3 outlets ------------------80.50
4 to 10 outlets ----------------- 1.00
10 to 15 outlets ---------------- 1.50
16 to 24 outlets ---------------- 2.CO
25 to 50 outlets ---------------- 4.(D
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electric plant shall be made to any electric wirinß or appar-
atus until the same shall be inspected and approved by the
City Engincer or his assistant.
Section 6. T!1e City bnginoer shall charge and
Section 5. No connection wit~ the municipal
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Section 20 The following rates shall be charged
consumers of water until furt~er orde~s of the City, Council;
Minimum char3e ait~out meter, per month, $2000.
~inimum char3e for 4500 gallons or less, per
month $1050;
Over 4500 gallons and not"over 10,000 Gallons, 25
cen ts for each addi tional thousand r;allons;
Over 10,OOO ~allonsand not over 25,000 g&llons,
20 cents 'for eac}: additional thousand gallons;
Over 25,000 gallons, 15 cents for each additional
thousand gallons.
Section 30 The City s~all require a deposit of
$lOoCO on each standard ·water meter installed, and on meters
larger than those in ordinary use a larger deposit will be
required, the superintendent of water works to fix the amount
of deposit. All meters shall remain the property of the
City, and the rr.eter deposits shall be kept separate from oth~r
City funds and shall be credited to the persons depositinß same,
and held as a credit to eact depositor. Upon the discontinuance
of the use of any meter, the City will, if all ~ater bills
are paid, refund to the party making such :m.eter deposit the
~ount of such deposit, without interest. But the current
wator bills shall not be allowed to accumulate against such
deposits and the water shall be turned off promptly if the bills
are not paid as hereinafter provided. Upon the discontinuance
of water service to a consumar, the City shall deduct from the
deposit any amounts due the City on unpaid water bills, and
the w~ter shall not be turned on until the deposit has been
made up to the amount required.
Section 4. All bills for uatcr service must be paid
by the tenth da.y of the month following the supplying of the
uat~r, and the City shall have the right to discontinue water
services for failure .to pay the bills therefor on or before
the tenth day of the month, and where water is discontinued for
the non-pay:m.ent of the bills, a fae of One Dollar in addition to
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Section 7. The City will make connection from any
s.treet water m...dn to any lot upon application provided the
distance fror.1 the ~I_ain to such lot does not exceed 100 feet.
If the applicant for such service owns property situated4more
than lOa feet from any water main, to obtain City wat0r service,
the applicant must pay for ßuch connection in excess of said
distance, but in no case shall the City be comp011ed to
install water service in excess of lOa feet from its main, the
matter being left to the discretion of the ~ater COLmdttee of
the City Council. In such cases the City may refund to such
applicant the cost of the necessary pipe in excess of said
distance by supplying water free of charge until the amount of
water consumed, if charged on the basis hereinbefore fixed,
shall equal such cost.
Section 8. All ormers of real estate situated within
t~e corporate limits of the City of Ulermont shall be held res=
ponsible for payment to the City of Clermont for all ~atG~
supplied by said City and 11sed on any real estate situated in
the said Uity, VIhether such water supplied is used by such pro-
perty owner or their tenent; and the City of Clermont s~all
have a lien upon any such property for unpaid water bil'~_s re-
maining unpaid for a period of 90 days. Such lien to be sup-
erior in dignity to all other liens except for taxes and assess-
ments, and such liens may be foreclosed in tho IT.anner provided
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all arrearaßos in bills must be paid bsfore the uater s~!all
be turned on again.
Section 50 The City sr-all keep on hUld a supply of
water meters of st~ndürd constrl1ction and will inst~ll a meter
at any point requested where the City's water ~ains are laid
on the adjacent street upon tñe payment of an installation fee
of ~5.00 and the deposit of wlOoOO above mentioned.
Section 60 The City may, at any time, discontinue
the furnishing uf water to any person who refuses to have a
meter installed, aftor the superintendent of water works has
notified such person to install SllCh meter. Such notice shall
allow the property OYlner thirty days in which to install
a ~etero
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by law for the foreclosure of liens for labor and material.
Section 9. It shall be unlawful for any person to
turn on the water from any of the City's pipes or mains, to
any premises, lots or other property without the written per-
mission of the superintendent of water works; it shall be un-
lawful for any person, after the water has been cut off from
his or her premises for non-payment of water bill to turn suCh
~at9r back on; and any person convicted of the violation of
any of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $10.00 and not more than ~50.00 or, by
imprisonment for not more than 30 days or by both such fine
and imprisonment at the discretion of the Mayor.
Section lOt If shall be unlawful for any person
to cu~, mutilate, destroy or tamper with any of t~e water
pipes, mains, meters or other property of the Water' Uepartment
of the City of ~lermont; it shall be unlawful for any person
to take any water from any water faucet or other opening in
a water pipe or main except it be uith the consent of the owner
of the property; it shall be unlawful for any person to waste
or allow to run constantly water from any water pipe or Tr',ain
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of the City. Any person convicted of the violation of any
of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine
of not less than $10.00 ~d not more than $50.00 or by imprison-
ment for not more ,than 30 days or by both such fine and imprison-
ment at the discretion of the Mayor.
Chapter XXI.
STORAG~ OF GASOLI1~
Section 1..- No person, firm or co rporat ion or any
employee, representative, agant or officer of any person, firm
or ,corporation, shall hereafter store any gasoline within the
City limits of the City of Clermont, except as hereinafter pro-
vided.
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Section 2. No gasoline shall be stored in the fire
limits except as follows:--Not over one ga lIon may be kept in-
side of any buildinB in a m€tal can or container; not over
five gallons may be kept outside of any building in a metal
(For location of Gasoline pumps see ~ection 9 of
Chapter Twenty-four.)
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ordinance.
Section 7. It shall be the duty of the Marshal
and lnspector to inspect all premises within the city limits
once each thirty days and vmerever he finds gasoline not stored
in accordance with the prov~sions of this section, to notify
the ovmer or occupants as to the manner in which gasoline ~ust
be stored and require strict cmmpliance ~ith the terms of this
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ab~tement of other nuisances.
for the purpose of ~toring gasoline shall be deemed a nuisance
and shall be abated in the manner and form provided for the
~ection 6. Any tank or container which is not
constructed according to the requirements of this ordinance
at the discretion of the Mayor.
of gasoline shall be installed, constructed or erected within
the City limits until the plans and specifications therefor
shall have been submitted to and approved by the Fire and
Building Committee and a permit therefor issued in the ~anner
and form required for other blildings.
Section 5. Any person or persons violating any of
the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than
$5.00 and not more than ~25.00 or not more than ten days in
the City jail at hard labor, or both such fine and imprisonment
Section 4. No taru{ or container for the storage
Section 3. No gasoline of greater agsregate quantity
than fifty ßallons Shall be stored in any part of the City
Limits except in specially constructed and permanent tanks or
containers, which said tanks or containers shall be approvsd
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by the Fire and Building Conwittee and shal1\be located in
less distance'than thirty feet of any dwelling.
eastern Underwriters Association.
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container; all amounts in oxcess of five gallons shall be
stored in underground tanks or containers, which said tanks
or containers shall be approved by the Fire and Building Co:,:mi ttee
and shall be in accordance with the requirements of the South-
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Chapter XXII. '
HOU SE NUliBERS
Section I. All houses within the corporate limits
of the City of Clermont are he~eby required to be numbered, and
to have legible numerals, not less than two inches high, so
placed on or over the front doors of such houses as to be
readily seen.
Section 2. The City Engineer is hereby authorized
and directed to assign to each hous a designated number, and
it shall be unlawful for any property owner or occupant to place
or cause to be placed on any house any number other than that
designated by the City Engineer.
Section 3. The City Engineer shall begin with streets
running East and West at the "JVestern boundary of the City, or
as near thereto as is practical, and shall assign the even
numbers to the North mde of such streets, and the odd numbers
to the ~outh side, and each block shall have assigned thereto
fifty numbers on each side, so that houses on the South side
of the first street numbered shall have numbers from 1 to 99
(odd num~ers only) and the North side numbers 2 to 100 (even
numbers only); and in the next block the numbers shall run
from 101 to 200, and so on indefinitely, jumping to the next
hundred for each block; and upop completion of the numbering
of the streets running East and West, the City Engineer shall
bcgin at the Northern boundary of the City and in like manner
number the streets running North and South, using the same
method; and shall thereafter number any other streets than
those running as herein mentioned.
The City Engineer shall first make out and submit
a plan of numbering to the Street Committee of the City Council,
and receive the approval of such committee before assignming
any nwnbers.
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Section I. All persons ovming dogs are required
to obtain from the City Tax Collector a dog license, which
shall be issued for a fee of One Dollar, and Clerk's fee of
twenty-five cents. A ffietal disc, with a number corrosponding
to a number on license shall be given out with each license,
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and such disc shall at all times be kept attached to the dog's
collar. The license shall be as other licenses, rurl¡~inB from
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notice given by the City Engineer; provided, r'owever, t hat the
City of lJlermont will furnish such num1:ers as nay be necessary
at a price of twenty-five cents for each house, to ~e paid
by the property owner OJ' occupant; property o\'mers are not
required to use the numbers furnished by the City, but may
furnish t,;eir ovm numbers provided they are of size provided
by this ordinance.
Section 5. Any person who shall fail to provide
and place the numbers as designated by the City Engineer \rlthin
thirty days after receipt of such notice, shall upon conviction
in the Mayor's Court be punished by a fine of nΠless than
Five Dollars nor more than Twenty-five Dollars.
Section 6. Any person who shall place or erect
or cause to be placed or erected on any house in the City of
Clermont any number Or numbers other than those assigned thereto
by the City Engineer, shall upo,n conviction in the Mayor's
Court be punished by a fine of not more than Fifty Dollars,
and the improper numbers: shall be removed by the City lilarshal.
Chapter XXIII
DOGS
Section 4. The City Engineer shall notify the pro-
perty owner or occupant of a:ny house to which a number is
~ssigned of the number assigned to the particular house, and
it shall be the duty of such o\vner of occupant to provide
,metallic numerals, not less than two inches high, and place
such numbers in a conspicuous place on or over the door of
such house which is nearest to the street upon which the number
is assiGned; and such property owner or occupant
shall provide and place such nwnbers wi thin thirty days from:!b.e
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October lst to September 30th following.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Marshal
or any other police officer of the City to catch and impOlmd
any dog or other animal of the canine species found running
at large in the City vdthout a liccnse tag. Such dpg or
other animLd shall be impounded for the period of 24 hour s .
If the owner of such dog shall call for such dog during such
time and produce proof of such ownership and pay to the Marshal
the sum of $1.00 as impounding fee, and purchase a dog license,
such dog shall be delivered to fu.e ovmer. Otherwise, such
dog or animal shall be killed by the Marshal or 0 ther police
officer.
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There shall be provided a net or mesh for the catc-,'-
ing of such dog or animal.
Section 3. Any person who shall interfere with any
police officer o~ Marshal in the exercise of his duties under
the provisions of this ordinance shall be f¡ned not more
than $50.00 or by imprisonment in the City Jail nOD more
than 60 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Chapter XXIV
STREETS AND S IDE',VALK:$
Section I. Any person who shall throw or deposit
any decayed fruit, 'waste paper, shavipgs, offal, dirt, or trash
of any xind on any street or sidewalk of the City shall be
punished by a fine not less than ~5.00 and not more than ~~25.00,
or by imprisonment not exce~ding ten days or both, at the
discretion of the Mayor.
Section 2. No Pßrson, or persons shall cause to
bc placed, or' place or allow to remain in front of his or their
premises any merchandise, gocds or show cases, barrels, wagons,
carts, signs, adv~rtisements, or·articles of any description,
on any sidewalk or street uithin the limits of the City,
except by permission of the Uayor.
Section 3. No pa~son or persons shall place or
deposit or cause to be placed, or depositäd, any building mater-
ials on any' sidewalk, or in any st-reot of the City, unless such
construction, and requiring such owner to make the repairs or
cons truction ordered by the Councilo Such notice shall be
sidewalks, and the Council shall act upon such reco~~endation
and order the construction or repairs or both, as ma~ bc ro-
cor..mended; and the City Clerk shall notify the OrTnez> or agent
of the O\VDer of the property affected, ~ving ten days'notice
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in the case of repairs and thirty days' notice in the case of
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it necessary t"at a sidewalk be constructed in front of un:~r
property, or adjacent to any property; or .~,enever the ~treet
Committee shall deem it necessary tha t any sidewalk be repaired,
the Street Committee shall make recommendations to the City
Council for the Bonst~uction or repair of suCh sidewalk or
is lcss than seven feet clear of the sidewalk; awning or
veranda posts shall j~ placed on ª lin~ ~ith the outer 0ège
of the sidewalk, the rridth of such sidewalk being as provided
by ordinance. Any person or persons vi olating any of the pro··
visions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not
exceeding $20000 or imprisoned not exceeding twenty dayso
Section 50 Whenever the Street Committee shall deem
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s~all be, upon conviction, fined not less than ~5.00 and not
more than $25.00, or by imprisonment in the City Jail not
exceeding twenty days.
Section 4. No person sh&ll hang or allo~ to ~em~in.
across any sidewalk or street in this Town~ any sign or banner
that projects beyond the outer edge of tbs sidewalk, or ~hich
violating the provisions of this or the preceding section,
between the hOlæs of sunset and sunrise. Any person or persons
persons in charße of such erection, or repair work shall be re-
quired to keep a li"c;hted lantern at each end of any obstruction
materials are fœ use in buildin2s in course of erection or
repair, located uithin the Ëmediate vicinity. For the deposit
of such materials not more than one-half of the uidth of the
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street in front of such buildings shall bc·occupied. After
the completion of the roof and the exterior of such building,
all building materials then remaining shall be removed from
the street and sidewalk as far as practicable. Any person, o~
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served by the Marshal, if the owner reside in or be found in
the' Ci ty of Clermont, and if the o\'mer cannot be fOl.l!ld, or does
not reside in the City, the notice shall be sent by registered
mail to the last known place of address of such owner. In the
event the o',"mer does not have tbe repairs or construction per-
formed within the time provided, the City shall perform tho
repairs or construction, and the cost of same shall be a
lien ag&inst the property superior to all liens accruing there-
after, and may be enfórced in the same manner as are liens
for labor and. IDa tcrials furnished; if the Council shall so
direct, the cost of such labor and construction shall be paid
in three annual installments, \rlth interest at t~e rate of
eight per cent per annum.
Any person who shall refuse, after having notice
served, to repair or construct any sidewall{, shall upon
oonviction be punished by & fine of not less than $IO.OO and
not more than One Hundred Dollars or by imprisonment for
not mor e than thirty days or by "00 tho
Authority is hereby delegated to the street
Corr~ittee to make rules and regulations for the construction
of sidewalks, and tþß same shall be constructed under the
supervision of the City Engineer, who shall recêtve an inspec-
tion fee of One Dollar for each 100 feet or fraction of
sidewalk constructed, tl1e samè to be added to the cost of cons-
truction and paid by property owner.
seètion 6. No huckster, peddler, stòrekeeper, mer-
chant or other person shall useor occupy any portion of any
public square, park, street or side~~ll{ for the purpœe of
selling or offering for sale any goods, wares or merchandise.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this sec~ion
shall, upon conviction, be f!ncd not exceedinß ~20.00 or impri-
soned not excecdine; twenty days for each offense.
Section 7. All s~..'eets, pavoments &nd sidewalks
shall bf.:; kept c lean, free from rubbish and 1!7eeds, and in goo d
repa.ir by the several land o\!ners and the occupants of premises
arnltting thereon. Should any such streets, pavement or side-
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shall also be unlawful to erect or cause to be erected any
building, shed or structure which projects over or across the
built,' any gasoline pump, tank or other similar device, in such
manner as to cause any part of same to encroach upon, ove:? or
under any street avenue or alley in the City of Clermont; it
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Section 9. It shall be unlawful for any person, firD
or corporation to erect or rnlild, or cause to be erected or
than twelve inches below the surface of the ground. Any water
mains and pipes now laid in said streets at a depth less than
required as aforesaid, shall be relaid by the person, or
persons, ovming or controlling the same, when notified to do
so by the City ""ouncil. Any person, firm or corporation vj.o-
lating this section shall be fined not more than $15.00 and
any main or pipe placed, or allowed to remain in violation
hereof, may be removed 'or so relaid as to co¡]f'orm hereto,
in the discretion of the I.i~yor, at the expense of the ov;ner
thereof.
streots of the City of Clermont, shall be pl~ced not less than
eighteen inches below the surface of the ground, and other
~ater pipes placed in tho said streets shall be laid not less
removed at the expcnse of the abutting owner.
Section S. All water mains hereafter laid in the
Mayor, and such r~pairs shall be made, or such obstructions
said timc, he shall upon conviction, be punished by a fine of
not lett than $10000 and not exceedinß ~25.00 or by imprisonment
not exceoding thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the
refuse to make such rcpairs, or remove such obstructions within
obstructed by trash or weeds, it shall be the duty of the City
Marshal to give notice thereof to said o~ner, or occupant,
or the recognized agent of either, requirinG such o~ner or
occupant, as the case may be, to repair the same, and to
remove any and all obstructions thereon, within ter. days of
receipt of such notice; and should any such owner or occupant
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health, or reasonable ~vonvenience of citizens, or beco~e
walk become in any manner dangerous or detrimcntal to the
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sidewalk into the street; it shall also be unlawful to erect
or cause to be erected any device for the discrarging of
gasoline into vehicles ,~ile such vehicles are stationed upon
any street, avenue or alley in the City of Clermont.
All persons hereafter erecting or causing to be erect-
ed gasoline ~xmps, filling stations and similar devices shall
be and are hereby required to locate such dcvices cntirely
~ithin the property lines, and, no part of same shall project
upon, over, under or across any sidewalk' or street.
Nothing in this ordinance shall affect any gasoline
filling station or device which at the time of tho passage of
this ordinance is already in operation.
Any person ~onvicted in the Mayor's Court of the
violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
punished by a fins of not less than Ons Hundred Dollars, nor
more than Five Hundred Dollars, or by imprisonrnent in the common
jail of the vity for not less than ten days nor IT.ore than
sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment at the dis-
cretion of the Mayor.
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Chapter XXV.
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person,
or persons, to carry or haul, over, or upon the streets of the
City of Clermont' any unreasonable weights, or to propel, or
haul any vehicle with an unusllal number of horses or other
animals. Any vehicle so loaded as to break through, ,cut or
damage the clayed or paved streets of said City, shall be
deemed to be of unreasonable weißht¡ any person Convicted of
violating the provisions of this section shall be fined, not
less than ~?25.00 and not ,more than ~2:0.00 or imprisoned not
more than sixty days.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to propel, operate or move, or cmlse to be propelled,'
operated Or moved over the streets of the City of Clermont,
Florida, which are surfaced ~ith cement, crushed stone, slag,
lines have becn painted on the street ßurface, shall rest with
both right hahd wheels (front and rear) parallel to and within
but when pas~ng ano~her vehicle from the rear shall pass to
the left of such vehicle; any vehicle resting, stopping or
remaining still in any street, except where diagonal parking
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Section 6. All persons riding upon or driving any
vehicle upon any of the streets or avenues of the City of
Clermont, ~·lorida, shall travel on the right hand side of the
street; all vehicles meeting on any of the streets of the Ci~J
of Clermont, ~'lorida, shall pass by each turning to its right,
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visions of either of the foregoing sections shall, upon con-
viction, be punished by a fine of not less than ~25000 and
not more than ~p200eOO or by imprisonment in the City jail for
a period of not more than ninety dayso
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Section 5. Any person violating any of the pro-
such streets.
such load, object, or collection of objects is such as to
injure the surface of said streets, or any object, regardless
of weight, ,~ich will cut or otherwise injure the surface of
hardsurfacing I~aterial, any object, collection of objects or
load of more than two tons in weight or the nature of which
Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to move, haul ~r propel over the streets of Clermont
which are surfaced with cement, crushed stone, slag or any
equipped.
matcrial, an'~r aut.omoble, motorcycl..e, bicycle or other wheel
~~~:~for use of rubber tires when ID1Ch wheels are not so
Soction 3. It shall be unlawful for any person
to oper~te over and upon the streets of Clermont which are
surfaced with coment, crushed stone, slag or any hardsurfacing
faces.
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or any hardsurfacing material, any machine, rig, vehicle,
implement, engine or other device or devices which ~ill ex-
pose to the surface æ said streets any roughened, corrugated,
flanged ribbed or other ~neven surface; provided that this
shall not apply to rubber tires with uneven or roµghened sur-
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six inches of the curb, and no motor driven vehicle shall at
any time or place be run backward on any street except when
and where necessary to place the same in proper position for
parking. No truck shall park on either of the following
streets, to-wit: Montrose ~treet from ~eventh to Eighth
streets; ~ighth street from i'.1ontrose ötreet to Minneola
Avenue, for any other purpose than the iIT~ediate loading or
unloading of such truck.
Section 7. From and after the passage of this
ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person to park or
leave standing any vehicle, car or other object within ten
feet on either side of Bnyfire plug on any of the streets
of the City of Clermont, Florida.
Section 8. Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of Sections 7 and 6, shall, upon conviction be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than $5.00 and not more than
$IOO.OO or by imprisonme~t in the City Jail for not more
than Sixty days.
Section 9. Every automobile or other motor driven
vehicle operated or driven upon any of the streets, alleys,
roads or other public driveways or roads vdthin the corporate
li~its of the 0ity of vlermont, Florida, shall be equipped
rrith adequate brakes in good working order and sufficient to
control such vehicle at all times When the same is in llse,
and an adequate horn or other device for signaling, sufficient
under all conditions to give timely warning of the approach
of the motor vehicle, and shall, during the period of one-half
hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise display
two lighted lamps on the front and one on the rear of such
vehicle. The light of the front lights shall be visible
at least two hundred feet in the-direction in which tho motor
vehicle is proceeding and shall be provided ITith dimmers,
efficient in protecting the drive~of a vehicle traveling in an
opposite direction and such dimmers shall be used at all times
in passing an'bther vehicle when lights are required or necessary
on such motor vehicles. Every person operating or driving
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warning device on such vehicle in such manner as to give
warnin~ or notice of the approach and shall lower the speed
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of such vehicle to such an extend as will place the vehicle
under positive ani qµick control.
Section 10.. Every motor driven vehicle shall be
equ1~ped with an exhaust muffler and no cut-out or other ex-
haust release shall be used when the vehicle is on any of
the streets, alleys, roads or other public driveways within
the corporate limits of said City.
Section II. No motor vehicle shall be operated
at a higher rate of speed than twenty-five miles per hour
at any place in the City; and no motor vehicle shall be operato-
ed within that part of the City known as the "business district"
at a greater rate of speed than fifteen miles per hour.
Section 12. Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of Section 9, Section 10 or Section II shall, upon
conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than 1:5.00 and
not more than ~no.o.oo or by imprisonment in the City Jail at
hard labor for a period ç£ not more than Sixty days.
Section 13. The Ma~shal shall have full control
over the movement of traffic in congested areas, and, all drivers
shall obey without question t~e orders of the Marshal cr any
special policeman; the marshal shall paint diagonal parking
lines on.. the pavement on those streets where diagonal parking
is expedient; he shall have authority to divert traffic, to
close temporarily a street or avenue, to designate parking
places, and to require the removal of any vehicle which in
his judgment is obstructing traffic. Any person who shall in~
terfere with the marshal in his duties as traffic officer or
shall refuse to obey the orders of the Marhhal or ~p0cial
Policer;.an, shall be deemed guilty of obstrncting an officer
in the discharge of his duties, and upon conviction shall ~le
punished by a fine of not less than ~5.00 ~d not more than
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any motor vehicle in the said City of Vlermont, shall,
upon approaching any curve or turn in any street where
the view is obstructed by any object, sound the horn or other
$IOOoOO or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the
Mayor.
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Section 14o No person shall obstruct or interfere
~ith the vehicles of the fire department travelling towards a
fire; aP.d when the alarm for the fire vehicles is sounded it
shall be the duty of all drivers of vehicles to draw up to
the curb and remain until the fire trucks have passed; and
no vehicle sl~ll follow closer than 500 feet to any fire
trucko No vehicle shall approach closer than 5LC feet to the
scene of a fire, until the fire t~lcks have .left. Any person
convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished
by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars nor more than Fifty
Dollars, or by imprisonment for no t mor e than Ten days 0
Section 15o The Ci~ Marshal shall cause to be
erected "stop" signs at important street intersections, ani
it shall bc unlawful to drive into any street intørsection
where a "Stop" sign is located without Ì:aving stopped within
50 feet of such intersection; any person convicted of over-
running a "stop" sign shall be fined no t less than $loOO and
not more than ~pIOoOO or imprisoned not more than three days,
or both, at'the discretion of the mayoro
Section 160 The following acts by drivers of motor
vehicles are prohibited:
A. Turning around on streets at any ;¡lace other
that ~treet intersection.
Bo Turning to opposite direction at a ~treet inter-
section where the same is prohibited by sign painted on street
surface, or other visible sign.
Co Parking on travelled part of street not lighted
by white way lights, ~ithout leaving li8hts burning on caro
D. Operating motor vehicle ~ith cut out open.
E. Operating motor vehicle with less than required
number of lightso
F. Operating motor vehicle without license or
ti tIe certificate requi red by the la'ws of the Stc..te of Floridao
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Chapt er XXVI
CRII.ŒS AND Pl',~JALTIES.
Section I. Any person who,s:"',all be guilty of
discharginß firearms within the corporate li~its of the City
except for the protection of person or property, unless author-
ized or permitted so to do by the Mayor, shall be punished by
a fine of not less than $5.00 and not more than $25.00 for each
offcnse or by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than
twenty days or both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 2. ìVhoever sets fire t'J or throws, or
causes to be set fire to or throw any rocket, squib, roman car;,dle,
serpent, or any other explosive, or. fireworks liable to set fire
to buildings within the corporate limits of the City, except
at such ~laces as may be designated by the iiayor, shall be
pl.1.r..i..shed upon conviction by a fine of not less than :)5.00 anè.
not more than ~?20.00 or by imprisonL1ent at hard labor not
exceeding ten days or by both such fine and impriso~ent.
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I. Driving motor vehicle on lavnîs, PQrl~iays or
shri:tbbery of another.
J. Driving motor vehicle out of side street on
to main travelled street at greator rate of speed tb,an 10
miles:per hour.
K. Any reckless or careless driving of a motor
vehicle IThich endangers the lives or property of another.
Any person convicted of violation of any of tt-e
provisions of this section s hall be fined not less than
$5.00 and not more than $ICO.OÖ, or iñ:rprisoned not I:;.ore than
thirty dc..ys or both, a t the discretion of the l¡ayor.
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driveway.
G. Operating motor vehicle of anoth·· r wi thout
the owner's consent.
H. Parkinß motor vehicle in private driveway of
another without consent of owner or person in charge of such
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Section 30 No pe~son shall sell or keep, or
expose for sale within the City limits of the City of Clermont,
any toy pistol or toy designed and intended for the purpose
of exploding any ex~losive, detonating or ~llmir-atinß ~aterial,
\7het:her such toy shall be of the shape or kind corr..nlonly known
as toy pistols or ot~£rITise.
S~ction 40 No person shall discharge or explode
within the Vity limits of the City of Clermont any such toys
mentioned in the preceeding Section, and shall be punished
upon conviction, by a fine of not less than ~5000 and not
not exceeding ~50~00 or by imprisonment at hard labor not
exce-,ding thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment 0
~oction 50 ~Vhoever overdrivos, overloads, drives
when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of
necessary sustcnance, or cr':!olly or unmercifully beats, whips
or abuses any animal, or procures same to be done; and ~Doever
having custody or charge of any animcl either as owner or
otherwise, inflicts unnecessary cr~elty upon it, or rides,
dri ves or works it \men sick or unfi t for Vlork or fails to
provide with proper food, drink, shelter or protection
from the weather, sh~ll be ~lnished by a fine of not less
than f,¡i5000 and not exceeding, $50oC C or by imprisonment at
hard labor ,not oxceeding thirty days or by both such fine and
imprisonmsnto
Section 60 It shall be the duty of tho Marshal to
see that Section 5 is enforced in all cases of violation coming
under hi s pe rs onal notice, and in such cases he shall arrest ~he
offenders either '.t'lith or wi thou t a warren to
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Se~tion 70 It shall be unlawful for any person to
kill, injure or attempt to kill or injure, or to chase or molest
in any manner, ony squirrel or vlild bird, or any pet animal
or bird in the City of Clermont 0 Any person violating any of
the provisions of ~is section sr~ll upon conviction, be pun-
ished òy a fine of not less than one dollar, and not more thnn
one day, and not more t~an twenty-five days or both such fine
and imprisonment; provided, however, that the privileges of
Section 10. It shall ,be the duty of every hotel,
tavern or innk~eper, and the keeper of any billiard or pool
table, and every other person or person~, ~::eeping a putlic
house, to prevent the persons who may resort to their houses,
from disturbing their neighbors, ei ther in ,tho day or in
the night time, b:," leud cr,ies, carousals, songs or other neises,
calculatèd or having the effect to interrupt the tranquility,
peace and quieti tude of the' neighborhood, and any such pe~son
who shall allow or permit such disorder to be committed on his,
her or their premises, shall be punished by a fine of not less
than $5.00 and not more than ~50.00 or by imprisonment at
hard labor, for not more than sixty days or both such fine and
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shall be ~lnished by a fine of not loss than $1.00 and not
more than $IO.OO or by imprisonment at hard labor, for not
more than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonnlent.
or waste, trash or refuse. Any person violating this section
to place, throw or deposit in. or upon any lake, canal or basin, .
or upon the banks thereof, or any a¿proach thereto, E.i.I1J
obstruction, or any sticks, s tones, paper, cans, bottle, filth,
this section shall not apply to pigeons goinß at large, nor
to ~nglish sparro\m, nor to night prowling dogs or cats.
Section 8. It shall be lUll awful for any person
under the age of eighteen to enter, or remain in, or engage
in ÐI1Y games in any billiard or pool room n6t l:cpt for privata
use in tho City of Clermont, or for the owner, wanager or
keeper of such billiard or pool room, not kept for private
use as aforesaid to ~ormit any minor under tho age of eishteen
ye~s to en4cr, remain in or engage in any g~e therein. Any
person violating any of the provisions of this section shall
up'-:n conviction be punished b~T a fine of not less than :';:1.00
or more than ~10.00 or by imprisonment in the City Jail for
not more than ten days.
Section 9. It shall be unlawful for any person
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Section II. Any person who shall neglect or refuse
to aid in arresting any person, after eing requested to do
so by the Mayor, MarShal or any police officer of the City,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than ~5.00 and not
more than ~p25.00 or imprisonment at hard labor for not more
than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Soction 12. Whoever shall use profane, abusive or
indecent lan~lage in a public place within the city limits,
shall upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than
$5.00 and not exceeding ~~25.00 or by imprisonment at hard
labor not exceeding twenty days, or l:y both such fino and im-
prisonment.
Section 13. Any person found guilty of throwing
stones, or other missiles, endangering persons or property,
within the City limits, shall be punished by a fine of
not less than ~1.00 and not exceeding ~25.00 or imprisonment
at hard labor not exceeding twenty days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
Section 14. ~Vhoever shall be guilty of a breach
of the peace, disorderly conduct, drunl:enness or indecent
exposure of the person, shall be punished by a fino of not
less than ~5.00 and not exceeding ~25.00 or by imprisonme~t ,
at hard labor not exceeding thirty days or by both.
Section 15. No person shall be allowed to hold
any public meeting of any character within any rÆ the city
parks, or streets without permission of the Mayor first having
been obtained. Any person convicted of violating this
section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5.00
and not over W50.00 or by imprisomilent at hurd labor not ex~eed-
ing thirty days.
Section 16. ~Vhoever shall, between the hours of
ten P. H. and five A. M. rinB bells, yell,halloo, s:bout or
make any other malicious and other unnecessary noise that
shall disturb the peace and quietude of the night, or break
the rest of, or a:.noy the residcnts of the cor;JIllunity, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than $5.00 ~~d not exceeding
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Section ISo No person or pe~sons shall be allo~ed
to l·':~ep, maintain or st'ore powder in quanti ties exceeding twenty-
five pounds nor shall any person or persons keep, maintain or
store nitroglyc::rine or any compound thereof wi thin the cor-
porate limits of the City ,of Clermont. Any violation of this
section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5000
and not exceeding wIOOôOO or imprisonment at hard labor not
exceeding sixty dayso
Bection 190 Any person who shall rob 01"' destroy
any bird nests vdthin the corporate limits of the City of
Clermont shall, upon convj_ction be punished by a fine of not
less than $1000 and not more than $5000 or tuo days imprison-
ment at hard labor or both; provided, that robbing or destruction
of the nests of English sparrows shall not come within the pro-
visions of this sectiono
Section 200 Any person, or persons who sÞ~11 carry
or handle a ßun, riflc or pistol within the corporate limits
of the City 0t: Clermont, whether loaded or not, in a l.oose
or careless TI~nner, or otherwise than with the muzzle pointed
toward the ground shall be punished by a !ine nd exceeding
Ten Dollars, or imprison~ent at hard labor not exceeding ten dayso
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$25000 or by imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding ten
days or both; provided, that this shall not be held to
preclude the giving of any alarm, signal or warning of
fire or riot at any hour of the nighto
Section 17o No person shGlI injure or destroy any
fence, gate, buildinß, sißn, seat, tree, shrub or flower within
the c~ty parks, or on any public street, or any public property
'7ithin the corporate limits, or .....i tch [IDY horse, DUle or other
animal to any tree on the public street, or post any signs on
the trees or fences along the public streeto Any person vio-
lating any of the provisions of this section~ shall be pun-
ished by a fine not less than ~5000 and not exceedinß ~25000
or imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding thirty days or
botho
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Section 21. It shall be unlawful for any person
to carry what is commonly knovm as a pea-shooter, sling
shot, nigger-killer rubber sling or similar contrivance, or
with such article or contrivance to shoot or thÐOW any nail,
pin, rivet, shot, pea, bean, china-be~ry or any other missile.
Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction,'
be punished by a fine of not less tha~ ~1.00 and not ~ore
than ~25.00 or by imprisonme~t at hard l&bor for not more
than thirty days, or both" for each offense.
Section 22. T4ut whoever shall carry concealed
arms of any kind on or abollt his person or whoever shall
have concealed an or about his person, any dirk, pistol,
metalic knuckles, sling shot, billie or other weapon, .except
a cornrùon pocket knife, shall, upon conviction be punished
by imprisonment in the City jail at hard labor for a period
of not less than thirty days nor excezding sixty days, or by
a fine not less than Twenty-five Dollars nor exceeding
Two hundred Dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Provided, tha~ nothing' in this act shall be considered as
applying to sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, city marshals or police-
men of the City of Clermont, constables or United ~tates
Uarshals or their deputies, if within the bounds of their
territorial jurisdiction.
The carrying of cQncealed weapons is hereby declared
a breach of the peace a~d any officer of the City authorized ~o
make arrests under the Charter and Ordinances of the City of
Clermont and the Laws of the state of Florida is hereby author-
ized to make arrest, ~ithout warrant, of persons violating the
provisions of this OrdinßDce.
Section 23~ It shall be unlawful for any person
rrithin the City limits of ClGrmont to board, enter or leave
any rail~ay car or locomotive while the same is in motion or
cling to or remain 'on any bar, railing, platform or anyout-
side fixture of or attachment to', any railway car or loco-
motive while the train is in motion, provided, however, that
this section shall not apply to persons whose employment
require them to be on such car or locomotive. Any person
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violating this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be
punished by a fine of not less than $5000 and not more than
$50000 or by imprisonment at hard labor not more than thirty
days or botho
Section 240 Any cngineer, fireman,or conrnlctor,
or~her person who shall have charge or control of any, loco-
motive, or train of cars, who shall run the same at a greater
ra te of speed than 25 miles per hour wi thin the corpora te limits
of the City, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished
by a fine of not more than ~50.00 nor less than ~10000 for
each and every offense, or shall be imprisoned at'hard labor
not more than thirty days and not less than ten days.
Section 250 No locomotive or cars shall be allowed
to obstruct any street crossing in the city for a longer time
than five minutes; and "any person or persons, having charge of
any such locomotive or cars, permitting the same to remain
for a greater length of time than above shall be punished
by a fine of not less than ~10000 nor more than $90000 for
each and every offense or be impr~soned at hard labor for not
more than thirty days nor less than ten days 0
Section 260 Every railroad company shall cause the
pell on the engine to be rung before crossing any strect in
the City of Clermonto No train of any railroad company shall
go through any of the traveled streets within the corporate
limits of the Gity of Ulermont at a rate of speed greater than
fifteen miles per houro Any railroad company, or its agents
or employers, who shall neglect or refuse to comply with any
of the provisions of this ordinance, shall, upon conviction,
be punished by a fine of not less than ~~5000 nor more than
$25000 or by imprisonment not exceedinB thirty days, or botho
Section 270 Any pe'('son riding ,or drivi!J,g any horse
or other animal on any of the streets of the City in a fast
or reckless reanner shall be punished by a fine of not
more than $50000 or by impriso~~ent at hard labor not exceeding
sixty days for each offense 0 ,
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Section 320 Whoever shall in the city set up or
keop any gambling dvvice or apparatus of chance at which any
game of chance shall b~ played for money or property, or
anythinB representing money or property, or who Shall keep
a place for or allow gambling of any kind to òe carried on, on
or about his premises, shall upon conviction be punished by
a fine of not less than $25000 or more than $100000 or by
imprisonment for not more than sixty days at hard labor, or
by both such fine and imprisonmento
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a gambling table or room or house, booth, tent shelter, or in
any place which he may directly or indirectly have charge,
control or management of, either exclusively or with others,
procures, suffers or ~er.mits any pe~son to ~ for money or
anything of v31ue at any game whatever, shall be punished by
a fine of not less' than ~25000 and not exceeding ~l00900 or by
imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding sixty days or by both
such fine anL im~risonmënto
aßent, or in any other manner has, keeps, exercises or maintains
not more than ten dayso t~
Section 300 Whoever keeps a house of il~or any
house or ~Duses in which noisy or riot~us conduct is permitted,
shall be p'.mished h.,- a fine of no t less than $10000 and not
exceeding ~IOOoOO or by imprisonment at hard labor not exceed-
ing sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonmento
Section 3lo V{hoever by himself or sergant, clerk or
Section 290 Any person who shall leave standing,
unhitched in any of the streets of the City of Clermont, any
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horse, or horses, mule or mules, Shall be punished by a fine
of not more than $10000 or by ~prisonment at hard labor for
Section 280 No horse, mule or other animal shall
be driven, led or ridden or allowed to stand on any of the
sidewalks of the Cityo Any person violating the provisions
of t~~s section shall be punished by a fine of not more than
$10000 or impriso~~ent at hard labor for not more than ten days
for each offenseo
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Section 33.. Any person who shall engage in any keno,
pool, billiards, wheel of fortune, cor~on gambling, raffle,
lottery, crackloo, craps, c~rd or other game of chance for money
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or other thing or things of value, shall upon conviction, be
punished by a fine 'of not less than $25..00 or more than $100000
or by imprisonment in the City Jail for not less than ten or
more than thirty days..
Section 34.. All rogues and vagabonds, idle or
dissolute persons '.rho go about begging, common gamblers, persons
\lho use juggling or unlawful games, cor..:nnon pipers and fiddl ers,
co~on drunkards, common night walkers, thieves, pilferers,
traders in stolen property, lewd, wanton and lasivious persons,
coremon, railers and brawlers, persons who neglect their calling
or employment, or are without reasonably continuous employment
or regular income and who have ~ot sufficient property to
sustain them and misspend rrbat they ~arn without providing
for themselves or the support of their families; persons wander-
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ing or strolling around fromptace to p'lace without any laØful
purpose Or object, habitual loafers, idle and disorderly
persons, persons habitually frequenting houses of ill-fame or
gambling houses, persons able to work but habitually living
upon the income of their \"lives or minor children, and all able
bodied male persons over tbe age of eiGhteen years uho are
without means of support and live in idleness, shall be deemed
vagrants and upon conviction shall be punished as hereinafter
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Upon proper information made upon oath before the
Uayor, or other offtçer authorized to act in his stead, he
shall issue his warrant for ar~e:t of the person named therein,
charged with being a vagrant lmder tho provisions of this section,
and such warrant shall b", duly executed by the lIIc.:r:'shal or any
officer duly authorizedo Provided, the marshal or duly author-
ized officer n.ay arrest any vagrant described in this section
wi thout a ','¡arrant in case delay in procuring the warrant \"JOuld
proà~bly enable the alleged vagrant to escape arrest, and any
persons 'arrested, eithür with or \ì'Íthout a ~"larrant, shall be
utterances, pictures or communications whatsoever aßai~st the
Government of, the United t>ta tes of ,America wi thin the City of
Clermont shall, upon conviction before the Mayor, be punished
by a fine of not more than Three Hundred Doll&rs or by im-
prisonment in th9 city jail fœ a period of not ~ore than
sixty days or by both such fine and imprisonment in tho discrc~ion
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~iven speedy trial, ar..d upon conviction shall bv fincdjl
not less than ;.¿5 0 00 E1nd not exceeding ~p50 000 or ir.1px>isomr:cnt
at hard labor not exceedinß thirty days.
Section 350 It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to travel on a 'bicycle on t..'l-J.e streets of Clermont
~ithout havinß t..~e~eon a oell, 'ßPnß or whistle, ITit~IThich tbcy
shall warn pedc:trians and drivers of vehicles at otre0t
crossings \men passing; provided always t~at pedestrians have
the right of uayj or for any person to ride a bicycle on the
stre~.ts of said city after dark without having a lighted head
lamp, or some other sufficient light on said bicycle; or for
any person or persons to ride a bicycle in a fast, careloss
or reçkles t:J rr.:anner; or to hang 011 to another vehicle 0 Any
person violating the provisions of this section shall be
punished by a fine of not more than $10000 and not less than
One dollar, or by imprisoIlnient at hard labor of not more
than ten days, or botho
Section 36. It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons whomsoever to ride any bicycle on any of the side-
walks or foot pavements along the several stre~ts and avenues
within the corporate limits of the City of Clermont, ~ake CountYjI
Florida, and the same is hereby prohibited. Any person vio-
lating the provisions of this section shall, upon convictionjl
be fined not le,ss,.than :;;1000 and not more than ~25000 or by
imprisonment in the City jail not exceeding thirty days or
both such fine and imprisonmento
Section 370 :Yhoevcr speaks, uses, utters, ~Tites,
p~ints, marks, cuts, paints, carves or otherwise makes knovm
to any person or persons whomsoever by words pictures, marks,
signs, tokens or other means whatsoever any seditious lan3UagcjI
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Section 380 That it shall hereafter be unlewful in
the City of Clermont for any corporation, company, firm or
person to sell, barter, furnish or give away, directly or
indirectly, to any minor any cigarette, cigarette wrap~r or
any substitute for either; or to procure for, or to persuade
advis·e, counselor compel any child under said age to smoke
any cigaretteo
Section 390 Any such corpord ion, company, firm or
person violating an:'" of the provisions of Section 38 shall,
for the first, offense, 1.1pOn conviction thoreof be fined in
any sum not more than $50000, nor ~ess than $IOoOO; and for
a second and any subsequent offense, such corporation, company,
firm or person shall upon conviction the'eof, be fincd in any
sum not more than $IOOoOO nor less than $10000, and to which
may be added imprisonment in the City jail for æñy period not
exceeding sixty dayso
It i.s hereby made tho duties of the City Marshal
or any police officer to enforce the provisions of Section
38, and he m&y summon any minor who may have or havs ha¥ in
his possession any cigarette or cigarette material, and make
him testify before the Mayor as to where and of whom he obtained
such cigarettes Q[' cigàrette material 0
Chapter XXVII.
INTOXICATING LIQUORS
Section 10 That when the r.1arshal or any other
police officer of the City of Clermont, F'lorida, shall have
reason :to believe and does believe the. t any T'II.: rson wi thin
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the territorial jurisdiction of suchæficer is engaged in
the m~nufacture, unlawfully transporting, selling or having
in his possession any intoxicating liquor, or has reason to
believe and does believe that any person within tho territorial
jurisdiction of such officer is engaged in the traffic of
whiskey or intoxicating liquors, such marshal or other police
officer shall make affidavit before the Mayor æ the City of
Clercont, Florida, åhat he has reason to believe and does be-
sufficient to show probable cause, to issue his warrant to the
,marshal or any other police officer of such City, authorizing
said marshal or other police officer to apprehend and search
'any vehicle in whic~, the pe~son named in the affidavit may be
found, and to enter and search' the building or place named in
the affidavit, and to seize any and all intoxicating liquors
and apparatus for manufacturing such liquors so found and to
bring the defendant, together wi th any such intoxic:.,ting li-
quors or appar~tus so found, before the Court to be further
dealt with according to lawo
Section 0. VVhen any such warrant is issued it shall
be held by the Marshal or other police officer procuring the
same until hi.- shall have executed the S8.Il1e by performing the
search thsein cor.manded and thereupon, regardless of ~hat the
ø result of such search may be, shall return the \"larrant to the
officer who issued the same, with a full statemont thereon sho~-
ing tbe result of the search. Such search 'warran ts l~ay be ex~cut-
ed by the proper officers at any time. Provided that no feos
sbaJ.I be paid to any Marshal or other police officer for execut-
ing such warrant, unless such search should reveal the fact
that the person named therein is guilty of the offense charged 0
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Mayor of the City of Clermont, ~120rida, it shall thereupon
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become his duty, if he deems the 'facts stated in the affidavit
licve that such person, to b~amed .in the affidavit is man-
ufacturing, trar'sporting, selling or has in his possession,
unlawfully, intoxicating liquors/or that he has reason to
believe and does believe that such person to be named in the
affidavit is engaged in the lmlawful traffic of whiskey, or
other intoxicating lignors, particulurly descrj.bing the place
or places Ylhcre the moans by which such traffic is carried
on. Each affidavit made under the provisions of this section
shall briefly state facts upon which thealleged belief of tho
affiant is based.
Section 2. ¡/hen such affidavit is made before the
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Section 40 No warrant shall be issued in blank
under the provisions of Section I of Chapter XXVII, but each
affidavit shall particularly describe the vehicle, place or
house to be searched, and give the name by ~lhich the person
sought to bc searched is gBnerally known, and such person shall
be so designated in the warranto
Section 50 ~7hoever shall be or become drunk or
intoxicated within the City limits of the City of Clermont,
Florida, shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine
of not less than $10000 and not more than $500000 or by impri-
sonment in the City jail for not more than sixty days or by
both such fine and imprisonmcnto
Section 60 Vfuocver permits any ,lot, tcnt, house
or structure owned or occupied by him or her to be used as a
storing place for intoxicating liquors, not lawfully ovmed
by such person, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine
of not less than $10000 and not more than $500000 or by impri-
sonment in the City jail for not more than Sixty days or by
both such fine and imprisonmento
Section 70 ~noever uses or allows to b0 used any
automobile or other motor device, vehicle or any cart, wagon
or vehicle in his or her possession, custody, or control for
the purpose of transporting or conveying any intoxicating li-
quors within the City of Clcrmont, Florida, shall, upon con-
viction, be punished by a fine of not less than $10000 and not
more than ~500000 or by imprisonment in the City Jail for not
more than Sixty days or by both such fine and imprisonment 0
Section 80 Whoever has in his or her possesåon
~ithin the City of Clermont, Florida, any still or other
apparatus for the manufacture of· intoxicating liquors shall,
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upon conviction, bü punished by a fine of not less than ~IOoOO
and not more than ~500000,or by imprisonment iIi the city jail
for not mo:::'c than Sixty days 'or by both such fine and imprison-
mento
Section lo Complaints before the Mayor for viola-
tion of ordinances of the City shall be made by affidavit in
writing, if so required by the Mayoro
Section 2. Vlhen complaint shall be made before
the M,yor that any person has violated any of the ordinances
of the City he shall issue a warrant directed to the Marshal
or other lawful officer of the City, commanding that such
person be forti-'with arrested and brouGht before the L!ayor to
be dealt with according to lawo The warrant shall state the
offense, or the cause of the action, and shall be executed by tho
officer to whom directed, if the person named be found within
the City limits.
Section 30 It shall be the duty of the Marshal or
any police efficer to arrest instanter and confine in the common
jailor calaboose, all persons WllO shall disturb the peace$
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Chapter XXVIII
PROCE:B."'DINGS FOR VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES
not be necessary to prove the chemical analysis of any such
liquor, but a conviction may be had based upon taste$ smell
or other evidenceo
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Section IOo Intoxicating liquor, as mentioned in
these ordinances, shall be any liquor, containing alcohol
to the extent of one-half of one per cent or more by volume;
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Section 90 1Vhoever has in his or her possession
any intoxicating liquor, shall upon conviction before the
Mayor be punished by a fino of not loss than ~aooo and not
more than $500000 or by imprisonment of nor mor ': than sixty
days in the City Jail, or by both imprisonment and fineo
Provided, that proof ~roduced by any person charged under
the provisions of this section$ satisfactor,r to the Mayor, that
he came into possession ~ such intoxicating liquor by lawful
means, shall be a complete defense to the provisions of this
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good order and dignity of t~e City of Clermont, O? violation
of any of t~e ordinances the~eof, uhether such cases come
under his obse:t'vation or are reported to him by otherš¡ "ro-
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vidcd, tl~at if pra.cticable, he shall first ap;:ly to, the Uayor,
for his ~arrant therefor, in \lhich warrant the offcnse alleged
shall be specifically charged¡ but, if not practicable, then
he shall make the said arrest without ü uarrant, and thereupon
said ~arr&nt shall be issued i~TIediately after the aprest and
cDnfinement of the offender.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Marshal
to confine all persons ar¡"'es ted by him in the cOt;l:lon jail;
provided, that he shall permit any person arrested by him
to [3;i ve such bond as shall secure the to~'m. and shall meet
~ith his approval.
Section 5. ~he ru~rshal shall safely keep all
)risoners under arrest or under sentEmcc, and shall be al1.owed
fifty cents a dc.ò.y for reeding and custody of the same.
Section 6. ~~èn any person who shall have given
bond for appearance in the Mayor's court, should fail to appear
a t tIle r..our set, such bond shall be declared forfeited and the
same pa.id into the City Treasury, but no such forfeiture of
bond shall prevcnt the person so charged from being brought
'biSfore the l\Iayor and tried upon the s :.une charße; prov~
th~t when any bond is forfeited the cos~of the MayO, and
Marshal shall be paid therefrom.
Section 7. Any person charged with ûny offense
against the ordinances of the City shall bc entitled to a
speedy trial; shall have compulsory process for obtaining
~ tnesses in hiB behalf, and t~e privilege of defending himself
in person, or by Attorney.
Section 8. 'Jl1.enever any person shall ba convicte.
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of any of,'ense the Layor shall i:r.:J.pose such sentence as Lay be
por:citted :'JY larV', a.nd sl1.::..11 seem just, and sha.ll issue a cœidIlitt-
n:ent in ';7ri ting connni tting sucl1 person to the custod:'l of the
Earsh!;:.l ',Yi th orders to see that the sentende is executed. If
in t~e City jail for violation of any of t~e ordinances of the
City, shall be required to perform, under the direction of the
Marshal, reason,able labor upon the public streets, si..:.ewalks
or other property belonging to the City; and it shall be t~e
duty of the Marshal to keep all. such prisoncrs so employed,
and, while employed, to guard or provide a suitable guard theÐefor,.
at his ovm expense; provided, that in case so ~risoners
shall be employed at any given time as to render it impossible
for the Marshal to safely guard them, the Mayor may upon appli-
cation order the employment of additional guards and render
bill therefor to the City Council with his endorsement.
Section 12. The City Clerk shall keep a record of
all proceedings búfore the Mayor, in a docket or book kept for
that purpose. S-g.ch record shall show the style of the cause,
the offense charged, the day of issuing complaint and warrant,
the judgment or sentence imposed, and shall contain a memorandum
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All able bodied prisoners confined
Section II.
may be lncurred in its collection.
Section lOt The Mayor may remit in'!lhole, or in
part any fine imposed by him, or may order the discharge of
uny person in prison, when in his j~dgment such remission or
discharge ',vould be jus t and proper.
sufficient to sec~re the payment of ~he fine' and all costs that
may be released from custody by giving bond, approved by the
Mayor and his successors in office, and conditioned to pay
such fine within ninety days. Such bond shall be in a sum
ir~~diately, to commit the prisoner to the City jail until~
such fine is paid, but such imprisonment shall not exceed
ninety days. If a sentence of both fine and imprisonment shall
be imposed, and such fine be not paid, the priso~er shall be
first held for the term which imprisonmßnt was specifically
adjudged, and upon the expiration thereof, shall continue in
custody until such fine shall be paid, but the comòined term
of imprisonment shall not exceed ninety days.
Section 9~ Any person sentenced to pay a fjne,
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such person shall beØsentenced to pay a fine, the Marshal shall
be ordered to collect such fine, and if the same is not ps.id
in the case and of the costs.
Section 13. '¡ii tnesses shall, ,when sumr.,oned,
receive ~1.OO per day for attendance upon trial before the
lIayor.
~ection 14. In all cases in which the payment of
any sum of money shall be adjudged by the Mayor as a fine, he
shall include therein the costs of proceeding. The I:Iarshal
shall collect all fines levied and imposed by the Mayor, and
aftEr paying the costs shall pay the balance to the City
Clerk, taking his receipt therefor. If any costs, or fines
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shall be lost in the City or uncollected throur,h the default,
negligence or carelessness of the 1i1arshal, all snch fines and
costs shall be charged to his account and deducted from his
salary.
Chapter XXIX
HEALTH AND SANITA'rION
Section I. It shall be unlawful for any person
or personspfirrn or corporation, within the corporate limits
of the City of Clermont, to expose for sale any fruits, meats,
vegetables or any other articles intended for fo~ on, abutting
or within, his or their premises or place o~ business, unless
the receptable containing the same is covered with a fly scr~en
~over, or fly proof show case, and elevated at least eighteen
inches above the Bround or floor. The word "Receptable" as used
in this ordinance shall be understood to include meat blocks
and counters, as well as box or wire baskets, and the words
"fruitsn, "i1:eats", "vegetables", shall include all raw or
cooked articles of food not enclosed in sealed cans or orig-
inû.l packages. Any :;crson violating the provisions 0 f thi s
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article shall, upon conviction, bo punished by a fine of not
less than \Þ5.00 and not exceeding ~~25.00 or by imprisonment
at hard labor not exceeding twenty days.
Section 2. lVhoever permits the premises owned,
occupied or controlled b:'T him to becomc or rerr.:::.in in a filthy
condi tion, or permits the use or occupation of same in such
a rr.anner as to create noxious or offensive smells and odors
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in connection therewith, or the accumulation of unwholesome
matter on, or the creation of an unwholesome and offensive
matter on the premises, to the menace of the public health
and the annoyance of the people residing ITithin the vicinity,
shall be deemed guilty of maint~ininß a nuisance ~d upon
conviction shall oe punished by a fine of not less than ~5000
and not morû than Fifty Dollars, 0!1 by imprisow:ent not
exceeding fifty days ~d such nuisance shall be abated as
provided in these ordinances for the aboatement of nuisanceso
Section 3. \Vhoever permits the assembling or con-
gregating of noisy, drunk or dissolute parsons upon the premises
owned, occupied or controlled by him or :'ermits disreputable
women to resort thereto; or whoever conducts any business or
trade in such manner as to n.ake or cause to be made disturbing
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unusual, offensive or annoying noises 'n connection there\1i th,
or so as to make such place of business or the vicinity thereof,
a resort of disreputable ITomen, or idle, dissolate, drunken or
disorderly persons or so as to cause crowds or idle, ðissolRte,
drunken or disorderly persons to assemble in, or in the vicinity
of, such place of trade or rnlsiness, shall be deemed guilty of
maintaininß a n1lIisance, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by [.. fine of not less than~IOoOO and no t more than
$100000 or ~J imprisonL:ent at hard labor of not more than thirty
days and such nuisance shall be abated as provided hereafter
in ~ection 4 for the abatement of nuisanceso
Section 40 Vfuen complaint in vœiting, ani signed,
shall be presented to the Mayor, or ,when the IiIarshal, Sanitary
Inspector or other health officer shall, in writing, report to
him that any building or structure is in such condition as to
constitute a nuisance as defined in Section 2 of t~is Chapter,
or shall report to him that any person, firm or corporation, is
llsing or permitting his or its premis;:;s to be used or to get or
remain in such condition as to constitute a nuisance as defined
in ~ections 2 and 3 of this chapter, the MaJTor shall cause a
copy of such complaint or report to be forthwith served upon
the o~ner, occupant or person having control or charge of such
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str~cture or premises together with a writ requiring him, her
or it to abate such nuisance by a time named therein; such
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ti~e to be not less than tcn days from the service of such
writ, or on said day to appear before the ßayor and show cause,
if any he has, why such nuisance should not be abated. If.
such o',;ner, occupant or person is not knO\m or cannot be found
in said city, then a copy of said writ and of said complaint
or report shall be posted on the building or strl1cture or upon
the premises complained of and a COp~'7 mailed to such o\mer,
occupant or person having charge thereof, at his, her or its
last known Post Office address. The Mayor shall issue sub-
poenas for all witnesses that may be asked for on behalf of
either the conplainant or the respondent, and upon. the retunn
day named in the writ, if such nuisance shall not have been
abated, shall proceed to hear and determine the complaint. If,
upon a hearing, the building/structure or premises complained
of shall be f01.1.nd to be a nuisance, the 'lUayor shall enter a
judgment to that effect, and that the saIT.e shall be abated by
the o\mer, occupant or person having charge thereof within a
reasonable time to be named, such time to be no t less than ten
days, and that sho'lld such person, firm or corporation fail,
neglect or refuse to so abate the same, that it shall be abated
;:Jy the City Marshal at the expense of such person or persons,
firæ or copporation.
Section 5. Any decayed or dilapidated house or
structure calculated or liable to produce disease of any kind
or which is dangerous to persons using the streets in the vicinity
t- creof or occupying adjacent premises, or is unfit for use
or ha:>itation, shall be deemed and held to be a nuisance, and
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if not ab,_ted by tr...e oV/ner, occupant or pcrson havinB charge
thereof within a reasonable time to be fixed by the Mayor, after
notice to such effect, the same shall be abated by the Marshal
~s provided in Section 4 of t::is ord i..nance.
Section 60 The City vouncil of the City of Clermont
shall have fUll power to cause the owners of lots and cellars
within the corporate limits of the City of Clermont to drain or
Section 7. Any owner or occupant of any lot or
premises, vmo shall suffer to remain on such lot or premises
any decaying flesh or vegetable matter or any other thing
which may prove to be annoying to his or her neighbors, or tend
to affect the health of the neighborhood, shall be notified by
the City Marshal to remove the same within six hours, and,
upon failure to do so, shall be punished by a fine of not less
than ~5000 and not exceeding ~IOoOO or imprisonment at hard laõor
not exceeding ten days.
Section 8. No person shall keop ~n any house or
place of business a deposit of green or dry hides, or filthy
hides, or any other matter ~ thing of offensive character
except by permission of the Mayor, and upon the violation of
this section, it shall bs the duty of the City Narshal to r.oti~
such person to remove said deposit within six hours; upon
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fill tf'e same to a lev~;t of the streets and alleys upon ,"¡hich
the said lots or cellars may be located and to cause'the o\7ners,
occupants or persons having charge of any lot or premises upon
which there r.ay be any hole filled with dirty water or filth,
or any cess pool, or open, unused well, uhi~ may be a breed-
ing place for mosquitoes and is dangerous to the he<h and
safety of the public, to fill the same to a level of the lot
or premises upon which s~e may be foundo The Mayor shall
have served upon such owner, occupant or person having
cr~rge of such premisos, written notice ordering said orlner,
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occupant or person to comply with the requirements by draining
such lots or cellars or fillinß up the same, or filling such
cess-pools, holes or wells as the case may be. If, after
such notice, such owner, occupant or person having charge of
said premises shall fail or refuse to comply with said require-
ments, it shall be la'¡lful for t"'e said Council to have the
work performed, and tÌle amount so expended sholl be a lien
against the s~id lots, cellars or premises, to be enforced in
like manner as provided by law for enforoement of liens for
construction of sidewalks.
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neglect or refusal to do so, he shall, u.pon cQnviction, be
punished by a fine not exceeding ~10000 or by imprisonment at
hard labor not exceeding ten dayso
Section 90 No person shall slaughter any beef,
hog or other animal within the corporate limits of the City of
Clermonto Any person violating this section shall, upon con-
viction, be punished by a fine of not less than ~1000 and not
exceeding ~IOoOO or imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding
ten days 0
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Section 100 No swine srall be kept rdthin the
City limits, without the permission in 'rœiting of the r\~ayoro
Any person violating t:i s section shall, upon conviction, be
punished by a fine not exceeding ~lOoOO or imprisonment at
hard labor not exceeding ten d~yso
Section llo No cow or horse shall be kept, penned,
hoased or stalled ~Yi thin less than One hundred feet of any
drlelling house in the City lini ts of Clermont, !I'lor iduo Any
person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall,
upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not ¡ess tran ~loOO
and not exceeding ~IOoOO or by imprisonment in the City jail
not exceeding forty dayso
Section 12o It shall be unlauful for any person
to sell, or offer for sale within the carporate limits of the
City of UI~rmont, any animal or part of animal that may have
b~en sick, diseased of un,¡holesome, or which may have died
from dise~se or accident, or any fish, vegetables, fruits or
other articles of food not fresh, sound and wholesomeo It
shall be the du.ty of' the Marshal to report to the Mayor a:n.y
violation of this section, and any person convicted of violat-
ing the ~J,10visiollS of this section shall oe punished by a fine
of :r:ot less than ~P10000 and not exce..:;ding ~~lOOoOO or 1J¡J impri-
so~~.ent at hard labor not exceeding sixty days or botho
Section 130 ','!}:en:2}ver any dead carcass shall be found
~.,i thin the corpc:ra te lillli ts of tLe City of Clermont, calcula. ted
to annoy ~ny citizcn of said city, or endanger the l'Culth of
any citizen therein, it shall be the duty of the own3r thereof
vacl1 rIcck by or before seven o'clock A. no, at r::o.ic1: ~-:our s11ch
accumulations st..all be re:r.oved by the scavenger cart 0 Any
out in the street outside of the sidewalk, or place such trash
in barrels provided for that purpose, on Saturday reorning of
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box or barrel, or othel" sui tahle rccc:>tacle &r":' ~11ú.ce the SaTIlC
dut~r to put G.l1 or any accumulations as above s!-,ecifiod in a
off:ic es, shops or booths, a.ny p&per, ~air, chips, bones, !='eels,
slops, s tra',v or was:, in;ß of any kind; but it shall r.J:3 their
or on any pubLic square any sweepinGs of any stores, d~ellinG~
streets or sidewalks ';v'ithin the business portion of U.:e c~_t~,r,
Section 16. No person shall deposit an any of the
not more than ~;50.00 or De imprisoned not exceeding t!'.irtJ, da'J-::;o
shall upon conviction pU~T a fine of not less than ~5o 80 ili1.ð,
ond~nger their huulth; and any person violating this section
or other offensive matter calculated to annoy the citizens or
another, any foul ~ater, or other fluid substance or thro~ there-
on any decayinß flesh or vegetablos, junk, tinc~s, trash
Section 15.. No person st...all disc:-arge upon any
street or a.llOY or upon is own lot, or upon the lot of
charact-:r which r.10-y occur in .said hotel, house, booth or stallo
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And if any proprietor or occupant as afo~esaid shall f&il to
report as aforesaid, he shall be punished by a fine of not less
than $5.00 and not exceeding $40.00 or by imprisonment at
hard labor in the City jail not exceedinG thirty da~s or both.
the Uayor or Council of any contagious disease of a dangerous
bniJth, tent or stall in thìs city to Cive irnr.lediate :"otic6 to
koeper, boarding ~ouse keeper, occupant of a residence, room,
Section l~. It shall be ~1e duty of every hotel
he or she shall, upon convic ion, pay a fine not exccJdinG
$10.00 end the cost of removal of said carcass, \:ir.ich cost
sha.ll be as follo-."ls, to--::it: for rerr.oval of horse 0:" CO',1,
t\[O dollars; for eacl'} 001 t or cal~, one dollar; for a dog,
cat or other ~niml.ll, f:ì.fty cents.
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refu~al of such o':mer to remove said carcass, after due notice,
to remove the same ITit~in six hours; and upon the f_ilurc or
person viòlatlng this 3E::ction sÏ.lall, bu :¡'.unished '.Jy a fine of
not less than :j5" 00 and not oxceeding *00000 or by imprisonment
not exceeding twenty days.
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Section 170 All OT:m.ers or occupants of ¡',remises
~:akinB us e of R- vies or open closets wi thin the City 0 f Clermont
sh~ll be required to IJay the sum of Seventy-five cents per month
to the City Marshal for scaven.?;cr dues; provided such dues shall
e paid quarte~ly in adv~ceo' The OVffier or occ~pant of premises
on which a privy or closet is located shall provide the same
wi th one or more privy buckets or such other, 'receptacle as the
City Council shall from time to time throueh the t>cavenger
COllZ.1i ttee dir ec t; 0 Such buckets shall he used only for the pur-
pose for which they are intended, and shall he lr.ept free from
c~~s, bottles, dish w~te~ and otlwr like substances. Any
person or persons violating the provisions of this section
shall, ulJOn conviction, :'\e fined not less than ~?10000
nor mor e than :J25 " 00 0
Section 180 Apertures in the seats of privies or
·."fa ter clos oJ.:s shall at all titles r¡hen r..ot in use be kept covered
and the back of the ?rivy or closet shall be provided ~ith a
removable or hinged shutter or cover, to permit access of the
scavenger to the buckets, and at all other times to be kept
shut to prevent the escape of offonsive odors and to prevent
bhickcr,s or other animals from interferrinB wi th buekets or
f,A.cal mattero All privies and closets shall be provided \7ith
lime, phenol or other approved disinfectant to be sprinkled on
the excremental matter and around the prÐmiseso Any person
vblating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a
fir.LG of not les:.> than one dollar or more than ;,1;25000 or by im-
p:-i SOnl'L.ent at lard labor, for :~ot more than ten days.
Section 19. The City t>c<.....venßer stall clean all
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9rivi~s ~r.d pr~lisos receivinc Uity ~caven0or so~vice, once
each \"leol::, or oftcjneJ' ::hen requ.ired by the 0CaVe::1ç;er COlTIIi1i ttee,
and sh all at each cleaninß rern.ove all excrement, \![:.3 te trash
or pap er fro", the bl\cke ts, and from under ani a boo t s ucfr ivies,
and, when provided with lime, phenol or'other approved disinfec-
Section 21o. The removal of all excrement~ garbaße~
or other refuse matter shall be made by the City Scavenger und€~
the control of the Scavenger Committee~ subject to tlÐ
approval of the City Council; " but no excrement~ garb£ge or other
refuse matter shall be burned within the corporate limits of
the Cityo Any person violating theprovisions of this section
shall be ,unished by a fine of not more than ~IOoOO or by im-
prisonment at hard labor of not more than ten dayso
Section 220 The Inspector s~all have a ßeneral
oversight over the sanitary condition of the City; he shall
see thát all excrement from privies is removed as often as is
required by the City ordinances; he shall see that e'ach pri~J
In t!~o City is provided by the o';mer or occupant with a 1;ucket
of the kind ordered by the Scavenger Committee, the number of
such b'1J.ckets in anyone privy to be regulated by the City 1:Iarshal~
s!.lbject, in case of dispute, to reference to the Scavenger CorJr.1ittee,
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move such privy s~ball continue, if upon the hearing before
the Mayor it shall be found that such removal ~as reasonably
requiredo
days to remove such privy when required by the Inspector or
City Council~ s~~ll be fined not less than ~2050 nor more
than ~Þ5000 for each day that such failure or refusal to re-
tant, shall scatter same in and around the privy buckets and
ovsr t' e soil under ths privyo And he shall cG.refully replace
all buckets in proper place under the seatso Upon violation
of any of the ~ovisions of this section,-by any person in
his employ, or upon such privy hoinß found in bad order~ the
said Scavenger shall O,J fined for each offense not less than
~2050 nor more than ~5000o
Section 200 \1hen any :Jrivy is so located as to be
offensive to t1w occupants of adjacent property~ ~1d complaint
thereof shall ~Je made to the l:>anitaIJT Inspector, or the City
Council, tho said Inspector or said City Council~ shall ir.vesti-
gate such compla.int, and require such privy to be re;:;~oved to
such place on the premises as will avoid such offense if the
same can reasona.bly be doneo Any person, whet~er o~~er of
or occupant of the premises, r:ho shall fail or refuse for five
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Section 230 The City Marshal shall see that all
laws and ordinances regarding the sanitary condition of the
City are strictly complied with, Dnd shall Dromptly report
to the Mayor any viola tion of the srone 0 He shall make monthly
reports to the Council at its regular meeting, of. the sr..nitary
condition of the city; -the number of privy buckets in use,
and s:1all suggest in such report, the 'Work necessary to be
done, relating to the sQnitary conditions of the Cityo
Section 240 That any person, firm, or corpora-
tion keep ing or maintaining surface closets and privies used
for the deposit of human excreta within the ci t;! limits of
the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, wh ich are no t fly
proof in construction and are not in conformity wi th the plans
specified in Section 25, shall be guilty of a m.isdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be punished by fine not less than
$5000 and not exceeding $IO.OO or by imprisonment of not more
than twenty days in the City jailo
Section 250 All surface closets kept or maintained
within the City limits of the City of Clermont, Florida, for
the deposit of hlnnan excreta shall be constructed according
to the following plans) to-wit:
(I) The roof shall be water tight.
(2) The house shall be without cracks through
, which flies may enter'o
(3) The door shall fit closely and shall be
self closingo
(4) The seat shall be self closing, hinged coverinGs
over each opening.
(5) The vault shall be closed by a tightly fitting
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(6) A water tight pail or tub shall be placed
under each opening of the seats. The tops of the pail shall
not be more than one inch belo\J the seat.
(7) All openincs for ventilation, etco, shall
be screened with wire aettingo
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to be served on the owner of such Land by which such require-
monts shall be complied with; such notice shall' further advise
that unless such requirements are complied with the work will
be done by the City and the cost ~ the same assessed against
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Section 30. Wr-e~ any residence or place of busi-
ness for which dues shall have been paid for scavenger service
shall be vacant for all of any calendar month, the ~roper
portion of dues thus paid shall be credited on the,ensl~ing
quarter upon written noti,ce from the o~mer or agent tc t~e
Marshal of such vacancy.
Section 31. Whenever the ~anitary Committee of
the City of Clermont shall decm it necessary for the proper
sanitation of the City thaÿ any lot, piece or parcel of land
should be filled in, drained, cleared, raked, or cleaned up,
they shall cause such written notice of such requirements
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sanitary condition to the Mayor v/ho shall forthwith issue
his mandate requiring tho owners of such premises or their
agènts to be brought before him to be dealt with according to
Section 29. The ì::>anitary. Committee are hereby
authorized to require the City Marshal and Inspector to
collect for Scavenger service and make monthly re90rts. The
City Marshal and Inspector shall also make inspection of
all surface toilets or privies within the City at leasb once
each month and report such as are delapidated or in an un-
advance.
whose Œ2ties and compensation shall be as hereinafter set out.
Section 28. The ì::>ani tary Committee shall furni-sh
Scavenger service to each residence or place of business for
a consider~tion of $3.00 per ~~arter year for each.surface
privy to be paid by the o\vner of such duelling, but no such
service shall be furnished for any residence or place of
business unless said consideration shall have been uaid in
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Section 27. The Sanitary Committee shall contract
l¡d th some fit and sui ta, lIe person to act as City Scavenger
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the property.
Section 32. Upon failure of the owner or his agent
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to comply with the requirements of the Sanitary Committee~sh~ll
be the duty of the City Marshal to CWlse such work to be done
keeping an accurate account of the cost of the same and report
the same to the Ci tJT Council who shall pay the same O')t of the
City Treasury and assess and collect such cost against the pro-
perty involved in ~anner and farm as is provided .for the assess-
ment and collection of sidewalk liens.
Section 330 No loose hay fodder, shucks, shavings,
refuse or other light combustable material shall be piled loose
outside of a blilding \rlthin one hundred feet of any dwelling,
~__t, garage or ouher building ~rlthin the Civ.r limits of the
City of Clermonto
Section 34. Any pe,:'son violating ~he provisions of
this ordinance shall upon conviction, be fined not more than
Ten Dollars ($10000) or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a
period of not more than ten days or less than one dayo
Section 350 The Sanitary Committee shall recommend
to the City Council some Competent person to be designated
City Health Officer; such officer shall recmive such salary as
the Council may determineo
Section 360 The City Health officer is hereby dele-
gated po~er and authority to exercise such measures towards the
prevention and controll of contagious diseases a3 may be reasonably
required; and in enforcing the same he may, with the approval
of a majority of the Sanitary CO!lJ~.ittee, exclude persons, suffer-
lng from contagious diseases, from attendance at schools, theaters,
churches or other public gatherings in the City; and he may order
the quarantine, either withi!: their residence, or at some other
suitable place, of persons suffering with contaßious diseases.
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Section 370 In all cases of exclusion or quarantine,
the City Health officer shall issue an order in wri tinß, which
shall be approved by a majority of the Sanitary Committee, direct-
ing such excl\.l.sion or quarantineo t>uch order shall be in duplicate
and shall be BÐrved by the marshal, or by a ,reputable physician,
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by delive~J of one copy to the person or persons against whom
s~ch order is issued, or ~n the case of children to the parent
or guardian of same; and the person serving such ord0~ shall
note on the other copy of same, the time, ,lace and person
upon whom the order was served, and shall sign and return it
to the City Clerko
Section 380 Any person convicted of violating or
Qisregarding the order of exclusion or quarantine shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than $10000 nor more than $IOO.OO
or by imprisonment for not more than 60 days or botho
Section 390 The order of exclusion or quarantine
as the case may be, where children under fou:,teen years of age
are involved, shall be served on the parent or guardian of such
cflildren; and such parent or guardian shall be held responsible
for violation of the ordero
Chapter XXX
IMPOUNDING ANI1~LS
Section lo It shall be lawful for the City M~rshal,
and he is hereby authorized, tâ> take up and -i,mpound any cow, or-
cattle, horse, mule, sheep or J-'og found running at large unattend-
ed by a keeper or driver, and to keep the same confined in
the pound for a period of six days; provided that the Marshal
inm1ediately upon taking up or impolxnding such cow, c~ttle,
hœse, mule, goat, sheep or hog, shall give nntice to the ovmer
if he is known, or'if he be not Imown, he shall post at least
three notices, one of wlrlch shall be at the Clerk's office
one at the City pound, and one at some other conspicuous place
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or public resort within the city, giving description of such
above specified animal, requiring the owner or keeper thereof
to a9pear within the next six days and redeem the same; provided,
that if the said,oìvner or keeper of said cow, cattle, ~orse,
mule, Boat, sheep or hog, shall desire to contest the judgment
of such impoùnding, or the amount of the fees charged for the
same, he may at any time ""Ii thin the next ten days, allowed for
the claiming of the said cow, ca t tIe, J~orse, mul e , goat or
sheep or hog appear before the Mayor who shall hear anddetermine
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than ten dollars and the cost of Court or be imprisoned in the
City jail for a period of not more than tuenty dayso
before the Mayor,' be fined not less than one , dollar or more
Section 20 Any owner or owners of chickens or
chicken who shall allow the same to run at large contrary to
the provisions of ~ th~S ordinance shall upon conviction
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.,/órdinance it shall be unla~.ful for the owner or owners of any
chick~n or chickens to allow the same to run at large in the
City Df Clermont, Florida beyond the limits or confines of '
his or thèir own premises and such limits,' or confines of pre-
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mises shall be taken, considered and construed to beyadjacent
street line or the property line of the adjoining propertyo
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such matter or complaint, with the right of appeal from his
decision to the Circuit Court as provided by lawo
Section 2. Any person giving satisfactory evidence
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pf tho o..-mership of any cow, cattle, horse, mule, goat, sheep
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or hog impounded under this ordinance, may release ~aid animal
by the payment to the pound master, 'who s hall be the ~arshal,
of the following fees, to-~lit: for each horse or mule impoÛDded,
two dollars, and a further sum of twenty cents for each feed
given to the said animal while in the pound; for each other
ani~al impounded, two dollars, and a further sum of ten cents
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for each feed given said animal while in the pound; and a
fl1rther sum of twenty-five cents for writing and posting notice.
Section 3. In case the owner of any animal so
impounded shall not appear and claim said animal or animals
within the period of six days as herein provided, the City
Marshal shall sell the same at public auction for cash, after
having advertised the same in a newspaper published in
Clermont, not less than three days previous to .sale. Provided,
the orTner, or keeper of said animal may re~eem the same at any
time before the sale thereof upon payment of cost of advertis-
ing, and the other fees and charges above mentioned in Section 2.
Section 4. After the sale of any such animal the
Marshal shall pay into the Treasury the proceeds of such sale
after the deduction of his fees, and the cost of feeding and
advertising, and a further fee of fifty cents for each animal
sold. Provided, that any person giving satisfactory proof of
the ownership of said animal or animals so sold by the City of
Clermont, shall have the right wi thin twelve monthS, from the
sale of such animal to have the net rroceeds of such sale paid
over to him after deducting the fees, ßosts and expenses herein
provided for. And aftoj," the expiration of twelve months from
the date of sale the ovmer c~ any person claiming through or
under him shall be debarred from any claim in respect of the
proceeds of such sale.
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