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CITY OF CLERMONT
CODE ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 177-C
AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 26 OF
APPENDIX A; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
The City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida
hereby ordains that:
SECTION 1.
Section 26-19 D(l) Cd) is hereby amen'dedto read as follows:
Churches and similar places of worship, and their attendant educational
and recreational buildings, may have on-site signs of types not otherwise pro-
hibited in the district, providing that the total area of all signs does not
exceed one square foot for each four feet of street frontage up to twenty-four
square feet on each street frontage.
SECTION 2.
Section 26-23 D(l) (a) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Those signs permitted in the R3A Townhouse Residential District.
SECTION 3.
Section 26-23 D(l)(c) is hereby amended ~o read as follows:
Boarding houses, rooming houses, professional offices, hospitals,
clinics, nursing homes, nursery schools, kindergartens, mobile home parks,
and publiè buildings may have one ground sign on each street with an entrance.
The maximum size for each sign shall be one square foot for each four feet of
frontage up to thirty-two square feet on each street frontage.
SECTION 4.
The following definition in Section 26-71 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
MARQUEE SIGNS:
or canopy. Marquee
marquee.
A sign attached to or part of a marquee, fixed, awning,
signs shall not extend above the highest point of a
SECTION 5.
Section 26-79.10 is hereby amended to read as follows:
LIGHTING STANDARDS: SIGNS OR SIGN FEATURES PROHIBITED
(a) No sign will be permitted within fifty feet of a street or highway
paving which includes lighting which appears by approximate size and color to
be a traffic signal or emergency vehicle light. The colors specifically pro-
hibited are: red, amber or yellow, green or blue. No rotating or flashing
signal lamp similar to those used on emergency vehicles is permitted regardless
of location or color. No sign shall be erected or maintained at any location
where, by reason of position, illumination, shape or color, it may interfere
with, obstruct the view of, or be confused with any authorized traffic signal,
sign or device; nor shall it make use of the words, "STOP", "LOOK", "DANGER",
or any word, phrase, symbol or character in such manner as to interfere with
or confuse traffic. No sign of any description shall be erected or placed in
any location where its presence will interfere with clear sight distances of
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either motor vehicles or pedestrian traffic. The above standards shall be
applied as determined by the City Traffic Engineer.
(b) The illumination of any sign located so as to be visible from any
street or thoroughfare shall not exceed three foot candles at any point along
the paving or curb. The brilliance of moving or intermittent lighting at any
location shall conform to the standards of the Commercial Zone at the borders
of residential property.
(c) The following signs or sign features are prohibited:
1. Bullseye, sequential or flashing lights designed to focus
attention to a single point.
2. Flashing or intermittent lighting.
3. Signs constructed in such~a manner as to feature rotating
or moving extremities.
4. Paper signs other than exempt and political signs, bumper
stickers, and strings of lights, except for temporary use
at locations permitted by the City Manager.
5. Paper signs other than exempt political signs and bumper
stickers are prohibited on vehicles.
SECTION 6.
Section 26-79.19 Cj) 'is hereby amended to read as follows:
A sign painted on the door or show window limited to the following in-
formation when all letters and characters are no more than four inches in
height:
Name of proprietor, name or nature of business,hours of operation
and emergency telephone numbers.
If any letter or character is greater than four inches in height, such
sign is to be considered a wall sign and is not exempt from permit requirements.
SECTION 7.
Section 26-79.20 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 8.
Section 26-79.30 is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) Measurements for height and setback for all signs shall be made from
that portion of the sign nearest that point of ground reference to which the
measurements are to be made. The height shall be measured from grade level at
the edge of the street pavement and shall include all decorative portions of
the signs. All setback measurements should be made from the property line as
a point of reference unless otherwise specified.
(b) The following measurements apply to the type of sign as listed:
GROUND SIGNS: Ground signs lower than nine feet above grade
measured to bottom of sign shall not be forward of the established building
line; ground signs above nine feet from grade level to bottom of sign shall
not be erected nearer than four and one-half feet to the property line. No
sign shall be located nearer than fifty feet from intersecting street right-
of-way lines. The vertical cross sectional area below nine feet of these
supporting members shall not exceed twenty-seven square feet. Outdoor ad-
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vertising signs (billboards) shall not be forward of the established building
line.
WALL SIGNS: Wall signs may not project more than eighteen inches
from the wall and may not extend above the roof or facade line.
PROJECTING SIGNS: Projecting signs must be a minimum of eight
feet above grade level.
VEHICLE/PORTABLE SIGNS: Vehicle/portable signs may be located up
to the property line with permission of the City Manager.
GROUND DIRECTIONAL SIGNS: Ground directional signs may be located
up to the property line. No sign of any type shall be placed or erected on
any space used to meet the City minimum parking requirements.
SECTION 9.
All Ordinances or parts of this Ordinance in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 10.
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 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.
SECTION ll.
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 on this 23rd day of May, A.D. 1978.
Second Reading on this 27th day of June, A.D. 1978.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, THIS 27th DAY OF JUNE, 1978.
CITY OF CLERMONT
BY:
CLAUDE E.
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ATTEST:
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DOLORES W. CARROLL - City Clerk
APPROVED by me this 27th day of June, 1978.
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CLAUDE
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a certified copy of the foregoing Ordinance No. 177-C
was published on the 8th day of June, 1978, in a newspaper of general circu-
lation located within the City of Clermont, as required by Florida Statutes
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166.041 (3) (a), said date of publication being 14 days prior to the
Second Reading and Final Adoption of the Ordinance.
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DOLORES W. CARROLL, CITY CLERK
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