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ORDINANCE NO.115-C
AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SUB-SECTIONS (A),
(B), (C), IE), (F), AND (G) OF SECTION 26-23 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES; DEFINING THE PURPOSE IN R3, RESIDENTIAL PROFES-
SIONAL ZONING DISTRICTS; DELETING TWO-FAMILY TOWNHOUSES AND
AND MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS AS PERMITTED USES IN RESIDEN-
TIAL PROFESSIONAL ZONING DISTRICTS: ESTABLISHING MINIMUM
USABLE LAND AREAS, LOT WIDTHS AND LOT AREAS IN R3, RESIDEN-
TIAL PROFESSIONAL ZONING DISTRICTS; ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM
LOT COVERAGE AND BUILDING HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS: ESTABLISHING
BUILDING SET=BACK REQUIREMENTS: ADDING MULTIPLE-FAMILY
DEVELOPMENTS OF TWENTY-FOUR (24) OR MORE UNITS AS A CON-
DItIONAL USE IN R3, RESIDENTIAL PROFESSIONAL ZONING DISTRICTS:
ESTABLISHING MINIMUM OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR
FAMILY DWELLINGS IN R3, RESIDENTIAL PROFESSIONAL ZONING
DISTRICTS: REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH:
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY: PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE:
AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, HEREBY ORDAINS THAT:
SECTION 1.
Subsection ~~) of Section 26-23 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(A) Purpose. The purpose of this district is to provide medium density
townhouse and multiple-family housing in an urban area where needed and
where urban conveniences and facilities can be provided: a~so to
provide for those professional services not in direct conflict with
the residential usage and which do not generate traffic of such a nature
as to require commercial or industrial zoning.
SECTION 2.
Sub~section (2), (3) and (4) of Sub-section (B) of Section 26-23 of the
Code of Ordinances are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
Sub-section (C) of Section 26-23 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(C) General Requirements.
(1) Lot size: The minimum usable land area shall be 6,000 square
feet for single-family, 5,000 square feet each for two-family, 4,000
square feet each for three-family, and 3,000 square feet each for
multiple-family.
(2) Lot Width: A minimum width of lots, parcels or tracts however
designated, shall be 60 feet measured at the building set-b~ck line
and 50 feet measured along the property line or lines contiguous
to any street, road or highway for a single-family.
A minimum width of lots, parcels or tracts, however designated,
shall be 100 feet measured at the building set-back line and
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50 feet measured along the property line or lines contiguous
to any street, road or highway for duplex, triplex, townhouse
or multiple-family.
(3) Lot area per family: The lot area per family shall be a
minimum of 6,000 square feet for single-family, 5,000 square feet
èach for two-family, 4,000 square feet each for three-family, and 3,000
square feet each for multiple-family.
(4) Lot coverage: The maximum lot coverage shall be forty per-
cent (40%) for single-family and duplex, thirty-five percent (35%)
for triplex, and twenty-five percent (25%) for townhouse and
multiple-family.
(5) Height. The maximum height shall be thirty-five (35) feet.
SECTION 4.
Sub-section (E) (2) of Section 26-23 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(E) Setbacks.
(2) The building line from any side yard property line shall be
seven (7) feet for a sin9le-family, nine (9) feet for duplex and
triplex, and fifteen (15) feet for townhouse and multiple-family.
When a townhouse or multiple-family use abuts a single-family use,
the townhouse or multiple-family use shall provide a landscape
buffer strip at least five (5) feet wide planted along the side
property line. Add one (1) foot to setback for each 2,000 square
feet of lot stzeover 16,000 square feet.
SECTION 5.
Sub-section (E) (3) of Section 26-23 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(E) Setbacks.
(3) The building line from any rear yard property line shall be
twenty-five (25) feet. The rear building line on lake front property
shall be measured from the established high water mark. When a
townhouse or multiple-family use abuts a single-family use, the
townhouse or multiple-family use shall provide a" landscape buffer
strip at least five (5) feet wide planted along the rear property
line. Add one (1) foot to setback for each 2,000 square feet of
lot size over 16,000 square feet.
SECTION 6.
Sub-section (F) of Section 26-23 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended by adding a new sub-section, numbered (10), såjd:sub~section to read as follows:
(10) Townhouse and multiple-family developments of twenty-four (24) or
more dwelling units.
SECTION 7.
Sub-section (G) (1) of Section 26-23 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby
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amended to read as follows:
(G) Off street Parking.
(1) Si'ngle'; two-family:and thrèè;.:fàmilY'dwellïng:uhits shali':)
navè~ twO~{2i):'parHng' !spàêes per dwell i ng . unit.
SECTION 8.
Sub-section (G) (2) of Section 26-23 of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(G) Off street Parking
(2) Townhouse and multiple-family dwellings shall have two (2)
parking spaces per dwelling unit.
SECTION 9.
All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 10.
Should any section or part of a section be declared invalid by any
court of competent jurisdiction, such adjudications shall not apply or affect
any other provision of this Ordinance, except to the extent that the entire section
or part of the section may be inseparable in-meaning and effect from the section
to which such holding shall apply.
SECTI ON 11.
This Ordinance shall be published as provided by law, and it shall
become law and take effect thirty (30) days from the date of its Second Reading
and Final Passage.
First Reading on this 27th day of August, A. D. 1974.
Second Reading on this 8th day of October, A. D. 1974.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT,
LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, this 8th day of October, A. D. 1974.
CITY OF CLERMONT
By.:.
CLAUDE E. SMOAK, JR.
Mayor
ATTEST:
lOlJ/M..J Iv- (;AMfI
DOLORES W. CARROLL, City Clerk
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APPROVED by me, this 8th day of October, A. D. 1974.
Mayor
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a certified copy of the foregoing Ordinance
No. l15-C was published on the 19th and 26th days of September, A. D. 1974, in
a newspaper of general circulation located within the City of Clermont,
Florida, as required by Florida Statute 166.041 (3) (a), said date of publication
being fourteen (14) days prior to the Second Reading and final adoption of this
Ordinance.
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