04-02-1918 Regular Meeting
Clermont Fla April 2, 1918
Regular meeting of Clermont called to order by Pres. Brantley.
Roll call all members present.
Minutes of meeting of Mach 8, read and approved.
Finance Committee. No report.
Street Committee. Mr Goodenough reports crossing
complete on 7th street and trees trimmed on Montrose St
from pages place to 5th Street.
Improvement and Parks. No report.
Charity and Schools. No report.
Special Committee reports no progress on surveying Town
Park.
Treasurer reports balance on hand $246.16. Total collected
$456.50. Paid out $93.65. Balance on hand $609.01.
Report accepted.
Marshall Lee’s report read and accepted.
Marshall Lee tenders his resignation.
Following bills ordered paid. Electric, Light and Power Co
$68.00. L Toppino $$19.00. Marshall salary $14.00.
H Wilson $5.00,C H Goodenough $32.88. W Kern $5.17.
Moved that Mr Cummings request to build porch on his
residence be granted. Carried.
Moved that petition of A B McNiece and other to clay 4th
street be granted. Carried.
Moved that Mr Altmeyer be requested to move pole set in
front of Mr Goodenoughs place. Carried.
Marshall Lee withdrew his resignation for ten days.
Collector reports collections of $423.80. Report accepted.
Moved that time for paying taxes be extended for one month
and collector to notify all non residents and post notices in
conspicuous place. Carried.
Moved that ordinance relating to calling out all men between
the age of 18 and 55 for work on the streets be passed and
ordinance of similar name passed at Council meeting of
February 8th be null and void. Carried.
The following ordinance was introduced by Councilman
Johnson and passed by the Council.
No 30. An Ordinance granting the Town Council of Clermont,
Fla the power to compel all men between the ages of
eighteen and fifty-five to work two days on the streets of
Clermont or pay two dollars.
Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Clermont,
Lake Co, Fla, that the Town Council shall have the power to
call out by summons all able bodied men between the ages
of eighteen and fifty-five years having
Resided within the town limits for six months and require them
to labor upon the streets and highways of the Town of Clermont
for two days during each year or pay one dollar per day for the
time summonded, any person refusing to comply with this
ordinance after receiving such summons, shall upon conviction
be fined ten dollars or be confined in the jail for ten days or both
at the discretion of the Mayor.
This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and
approval of the Mayor.
Passed in open Council this second day of April 1918.
S S Fisler, Clerk
A B Brantley, President of Council
C A Roe, Mayor
Moved that above ordinance be published for one week.
Carried.
Moved that the Clerk be authorized to make out bills for cutting
weeds. Carried.
Moved that rules be suspended and ordinance relating to
sidewalk on Minneola Ave be passed to second reading.
Carried.
Moved that ordinance relating to sidewalks on Minneola Ave
be passed as read. Carried.
Moved to adjourn. Carried.
S S Fisler, Clerk.
Ordinance No 29
The following ordinance was introduced by Councilman H L
Johnson and passed by the council.
An ordinance to provide for the construction and maintenance of
sidewalks along certain streets in the Town of Clermont, Fla.
To provide for notices to be served on the owners or occupants
of the lots or parcels of land fronting or abutting upon said
streets. To provide for the building of said sidewalks by the
town where the owner or occupant fails to construct same and
to provide for the collection and enforcement of the cost of
construction.
Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Clermont,
Lake Co., Fla.
Sec 1. That the owner or owners of every lot piece or parcel
of land fronting and abutting upon the following described
portions of the following streets in the Town of Clermont, Fla.
to wit
South side of Minneola Ave Lots 1 – 3 – 5 – 7 and 9 in block
77. North side of Minneola Ave Lot 16 and west half of lot 14
in block 93. East half of lot 14 and all of lot 12 in block 93.
Lots no. 2 – 4- 6 – 8 and 10 in block no. 93 according to the
official town plat.
Be and they are directed and required to construct and
maintain sidewalks in the manner and of the material herein
after set forth.
Sec 2. All walks provided for in Sec 1 shall be five feet wide
and shall be built upon a graded surface. Said grade to be
fixed by the Town Council under the following specifications
to wit. The foundation mixture said sidewalks to be of
cement and sand. Four parts of sand to one part of cement
and shall be three inches thick. For the surface to be of sand
and cement two parts of sand to one of cement and shall be
one inch thick.
Sec 3. That said sidewalks shall be completed and ready to
use within sixty days after service of notice upon the owner
or owners of any lot, block or parcel of land on the streets or
parts of streets named in Sec 1
Sec 4. That if the owners or owners of any lot, piece or
parcel of land fronting or abutting upon said street or portion
thereof designated in this ordinance fails to construct said
sidewalks within the time prescribed here by
Then the Town Council is authorized after first giving notice as
is provided for in Sec 5 of this ordinance. To advertise for bids
to be filed with the Clerk of the Town of Clermont, Lake Co, Fla
ten days before the meeting of the Council at which said bids
for such sidewalk construction are to be considered in
accordance with the specifications for sidewalks as herein
before set forth.
Sec 5. That it shall be the duty of the Town Clerk within ten days
after the approval of this ordinance by the Mayor of the Town of
Clermont to issue a notice to each and every owner or owners
of lots, piece or parcel of land fronting or abutting upon the
street or portionsa there of described in Sec 1 advising them of
the fact that the Town Council has ordered the said owner or
owners to construct sidewalks fronting and abutting said
property and requiring them them to construct said sidewalks
within sixty days after giving of such notice. Which notice in
the case of a non-resident or absent owner who have no
agent or agents in the Town of Clermont, Florida shall be
sent by registered mail to such non residents or absent
owners at his (******) or their last known address and shall be
published for two weeks in some paper in the Town of
Clermont, Florida or a copy posted on said real estate in
which case the said notice shall be served by the Marshall of
the Town of Clermont upon the said owner or persons in
possession of said property be occupied. In the event the
owner or owners of any lot or lots, piece or parcel or land
fronting or abutting upon streets or portions thereof described
in Section 1 be unknown to the Marshall and the place of
residence of such owner or owners shall be unknown, in that
event a notice shall be posted upon the land in question for a
period of ten days. The notice provided for in for in this
section shall be substantially as follows.
Town of Clermont
To ______________ you as owner or agent of the owner or
occupant of the following described lot fronting and abutting
on ________________ street in the Town of Clermont to wit.
Are advised that the Town Council has ordered that you
contruct a sidewalk in front of and abutting said property on
said
street and that you are hereby required to construct said
sidewalk within sixty days from the receipt of this notice said
sidewalk to be five feet wide and shall be comprised of cement
and said the foundation and be three inches thick to be
composed of four parts of sand and one part of cement and
the top to be one inch thick and composed of two parts sand to
one part of cement.
Upon which the Marshall shall make (*****) substantially as
follows. Received this notice __________ day of ___________
AD and moved the same by delivering a true copy thereof to
____________ at Clermont, Lake County, FL. On this
____________day of __________ AD
Sec 6. That when said sidewalks are constructed by the
town the cost of construction of such said sidewalks together
with the cost arising under this ordinance shall be chargeable
to the owner or owners of said lots and assessable against
the lot of lots, piece or parcels of land fronting or abutting
upon said streets and the portions thereof described in Sec 1.
And such assessment shall constitute a lien superior in
dignity to all other liens upon such of the lots, pieces or
parcels of land fronting or abutting upon said streets or
portion thereof prorate according to the number of linear feet
of said lot pieces or parcels of land fronting or abutting upon
the side or sides of said street described in Sec 1 in front of
which lots said sidewalk is built by the town.
Sec 7. That the Town Council of the Town or Clermont, Fla
be and is hereby authorized to fix the proportional amount of
the assessment for the cost of construction of such sidewalk
and curbing assessable against each lot piece or parcel
thereof fronting or abutting upon said street or portion thereof
is described in Sec 1.
Sec 8. That said assessment for the construction of said
sidewalk shall become due and payable as fast as the said
sidewalks are completed and shall be paid by the lot owners
of the property upon which the sidewalks (**) are fronting.
Sec 9. That said liens shall be enforced in the manner
provided by the laws of Florida for the enforcement of
Mechanics liens against Real Estate.
Passed in open Council this 2nd day of April 1918.
S S Fisler, Clerk
C A Roe, Mayor
S B Brantley, Pres of Council.