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CITY OF CLERMONT
CODE ORDINANCE
NO. 289-C
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE
CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE
MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN
SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT HEREBY ORDAINS THAT:
Section 1. The Code entitled "Code of Ordinances, City of Clermont, Florida," published
by Municipal Code Corporation, consisting of chapters I through 122, each inclusive, is adopted.
Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before June
23, 1998, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein,
are repealed.
Section 3. The repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive
any ordinance or part thereofthat has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by
this ordinance.
Section 4. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, every person convicted of a
violation of any provision of the Code or any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted or issued in
pursuance thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $400.00, a term of imprisonment not
to exceed 60 days or both a term of imprisonment and a fine. Each act of violation and each day
upon which any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty
provided by this section, unless another penalty is expressly provided, shall apply to the
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amendment of any Code section, whether or not such penalty is reenacted in the amendatory
ordinance. In addition to the penalty prescribed above, the City may pursue other remedies such
as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief, administrative adjudication and revocation of
licenses or permits.
Section 5. Additions or amendments to the Code when passed in the form as to indicate
the intention of the City to make the same a part of the Code shall be deemed to be incorporated
in the Code, so that reference to the Code includes the additions and amendments.
Section 6. Ordinances adopted after June 23, 1998, that amend or refer to ordinances that
have been codified in the Code shall be construed as if they amend or refer to the like provisions
of the Code.
Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective August 11, 1998.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT,
LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, THIS 11th DAY OF AUGUST, 1998.
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ATTEST:
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CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the ordinance passed at the meeting of
THE City Council of the City of Clermont, Florida, held on the 11th day of August, 1998.
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