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CITY OF CLERMONT
CODE ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 187-C
AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT,
LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA; AMENDING CHAPTER 21, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 21-2
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR A TAX ON UTILITIES, FUEL
OIL, METERED OR BOTTLED GAS: REPEALING CHAPTER 21, ARTICLE II:
REPEALING CHAPTER 21, ARTICLE III; 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 21-2 of Article 1 of Chapter 21, Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section 21-1. Tax collected by seller based upon charges or sales to purchaser.
There is hereby levied by the City a tax on each sale in said City electircity,
metered gas, bulk gas, bottled gas, telephone service, telegraph service and fuél oil
sales. Said tax is hereby levied in the following amounts and manners:
(a) Electricity. An amount equal to three and one-half percent (3.5%) of
the total amount charged the user each month on each electric meter.
(b) Telephone service. An amount equal to five and one-half percent (5.5%) of
that portion of the total bill rendered the user each month attributable to
local service and equipment, (not including Federal and State taxes).
(c) Metered Gas. An amount equal to three and one-half percent (3.5%) of the
amount charged the user each month on each gas meter.
(d) Bottled gas and bulk gas (not metered). An amount equal to three and one-
half percent (3.5%) of each retail sale.
(e) Telegraphic service. An amount equal to five and one-half percent (5.5%) of
the total charge for telegraphic service less any Federal or State taxes imposed.
(f) Fuel Oil. An amount equal to three and one-half percent (3.5%) of each retail
sale of all fuel oil (including kerosene) used for the purpose of cooking or
heating.
SECTION 2.
Article II of Chapter 21, Code of Ordinances, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
Article III of Chapter 21, Code of Ordinances, is hereby repealed.
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CITY OF CLERMONT
CODE ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 187-C
SECTION 4.
Should any section or part of this section be declared invalid by any Court
of competent jurisdiction, such adjudications shall not apply or affect and 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 5.
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 /Oît day of !Pf#elV , 1978.
Second Reading this 1 If- -r& day of ?(~i.v,/ 1978.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY
FLORIDA, THIS 1-¡.-r:ß¿ DAY OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY,
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, 1978.
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DOLORES W. CARROLL - City Clerk
APPROVED by me this )
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CERTIFIGATE OF PUBLICATION
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a certifi~d^cRPY of the foregoing Ordinance no. 187-C was
published On the ~day of {V~~ , 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