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CITY OF CLERMONT
CODE ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 188-C
AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE
COUNTY, FLORIDA: PROVIDING FOR INITIATIVE; PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES FOR
SAME; PROVIDING FOR STRAW BALLOT STATUS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CON-
FLICT 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.
Initiative. There is hereby established a procedure for registered voters of the City
of Clermont to place a question on the ballot at a general election of the City of Clermont.
SECTION 2.
Petition. A Petition to place a question on the ballot shall be presented to the City
Clerk in the following form:
"We, the undersigned Petitioners, request the following question be
placed on the ballot at the next general election:
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SECTION 3.
Percentage of Registered Voters. The Petition shall contain a minimum number of signatures
equal to ten percent (10%) of the registered voters of the City of Clermont at the time it is
submitted to the Gity Clerk and each signature shall be accompanied by the current residence
of the respective registered voter.
SECTION 4.
Certification of Signatures. Each Petition shall be certified by the Supervisor of
Elections, Lake County, Florida, who shall certify to the City Clerk that the Petition contains
a minimum of ten percent (10%) of the registered voters of the City of Clermont, Lake County,
Florida.
SECTION 5.
Time. The Petition, certified by the Supervisor of Elections, Lake County, Florida,
shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before 5:00 P.M. of the last day for qualifying for
the general election as provided in Chapter 7, Section 7-6, Code of Ordinances, City of Clermont.
SECTION 6.
Straw Vote Status. The results of the initiative shall be of a straw-ballot nature and
shall not be binding on the City Council.
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CITY OF CLERMONT
CODE ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 188-C
SECTION 7.
All ordinances or parts of this Ordinance in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 8.
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 in-
separable in meaning and effect from the section to which such holding shall apply.
SECTION 9.
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 24th day of OCTOBER , 1978.
Second Reading this ;¿,I/ -rPv day of -1"~LA- 1978.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
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OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
THIS
DAY OF
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, 1978.
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BY:
CARLISLE A.
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APPROVED by me this ~d'
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CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a certified copy of the foregoing Ordinance no. 188-C was published
on the 2nd day of November, 1978, 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 the Ordinance.
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DOLORES W. CARROLL - City Clerk