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CODE ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO, 149-C
AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
AMENDING SECTION 26-73 OF ARTICLE X OF APPENDIX
A OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR
NONCONFORMING SIGNS; 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.
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Section 26-73 of Article X of Appendix A of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
All signs, erected, placed or designed in a manner contrary to
the provisions of this article, including signs permitted under
a special exception or variance, prior to the enactment of this
article shall be deemed nonconforming signs.
Nonconforming signs may be replaced or modified by permit with-
out fee. Any sign erected prior to the enactment of this article
that does not meet the standards of measurement of this article
by a factor of ten per cent (10%) for any measurements shall be
considered nonconforming, although subject to all the other re-
quirements of this article. Each business may retain one sign,
of a class of their choice, that is nonconforming according to
the standards of this article.
Signs or sign features prohibited"in :section 26-79·,lO~shalLÐe
,:removed or modified within .thirty (30).days. Said periods::are
hereby declared to be a reasonable amortization period for the
enforcement of this requirement; provided, however, that this
provision shall not prevent immediate enforcement procedures,
punishment for violation or other appropriate action with respect
to any sign that adversely affects the public safety, Any non-
conforming sign that requires repair, replacement or re-erection
for any reason, and such cost exceeds 'fifty per. cent (50%):)öf the
current value, shall be re-erected or replaced in a conforming
manner. Signsrofy not be modified to advertise a different
business or service than that which they advertised at the time
they be;ame nonconforming.-
SECTION 2,
A 11 Ordi nances or parts of Ordi nances in confl i ct herewilth are hereby re-
pealed,
SECTION 3.
Should any section or part of this section be declared invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such adjudications shall not apply or affect any other
provisions 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,
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CODE ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO, 149-C
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SECTION 4.
This Ordinance shall be published as provided by law and it shall become law
and shall take effect 30 days from the date of its Second Reading, and Final Passage.
First Reading this 13th day of July, A, D. 1976
Second Reading this 10th day of August, A, D. 1976.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY,
FLORIDA THIS 10th DAY OF AUGUST, 1976.
CITY OF CLERMONT
BY:
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DO~ES W. CARROLL, CITY CLERK
APPROVED by me this 10th day of August, 1976.
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a certified copy of the foregoing Ordinance No. 149-C
was published on the 22nd day of July, 1976 in a newspaper of general circulation
located within the City of Clermont, as required by Florida Statutes 166,041 (3)(a),
said date of publication being 14 days prior to the Second Reading and Final Adoption
of this Ordinance.
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D5t~ES W. CARROLL, C~~ERK