Ordinance No. 2023-009CC
CLERWONT CITY OF CLERMONT
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; CHAPTER 102 SIGNS;
AMENDING SECTION 102-26 "OTHER SIGNS"; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICT; SEVERABILITY; CODIFICATION; THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENERS ERRORS;
RECORDING; PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, the City of
Clermont Planning and Zoning Commission, acting as the Local Planning Agency of the City, has
held a public hearing on March 7, 2023 and following such hearing found this Ordinance to be in
the best interest of the City of Clermont, and recommended that the City Council adopt this
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Clermont shall amend the Land Development
Code, Chapter 102-Signs, amending section 102-26 "Other Signs" to allow murals and artworks
that reflects and enhances the City's diversity, character and heritage through designs by artists for
commercial development in the Central Business District; and
WHEREAS, the City of Clermont Code of Ordinances, Land Development Code, Chapter
102 "Signs", purpose and intent is to ensure adequate means of communication through signage
while maintaining attractive visual appearance within the City, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Clermont, that Chapter 102 "Signs" of the Clermont Code of Ordinances be amended to amend
Section 102-26 "Other Signs" as set forth in the following amendments shown in Section 2.
SECTION 1: AUTHORITY
The City Council of the City of Clermont has the authority to adopt this Ordinance pursuant to
Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapter 163 and 166, Florida Statutes.
SECTION 2.
The Land Development Code of the City of Clermont Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 102-26. "Other Signs"
(1) Mural signs. Artwork painted or affixed to building walls, facades or other
exterior surfaces shall be limited to the sides and rear building facades on the first
floor of any commercial buildings located in the Central Business District. The
city council may approve larger murals as a variance to the land development
codes, at a public hearing after notice to adjacent property owners. Mural art
works are to be exclusively non-commercial in nature, and in no way identify a
product and deemed to provide artistic value and benefit to the surrounding area
and not just of benefit to the building or business proposing the mural.
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Murals and works of art shall be permitted on the sides and rear of any commercial
building walls and shall not be allowed on any front building facades and walls.
(a) Works of art and murals shall be located in the Clermont Central Business District
(CBD). Murals and artwork projects are prohibited for residential only buildings
and uses.
(b) The artwork should show sensitivity be family -oriented, appropriate for all ages,
educational, display community values, provide creativity and quality
workmanship, enrich history, and create a vision of what makes it unique. Artwork
projects may not encompass any nudity, offensive languages or gestures, gang
symbols, graffiti, political affiliations, drugs or alcohol symbols, violence, and no
racial or hate messages within its content. The maximum amount of text within
any mural shall be limited to five (5) percent.
(c) Corporate logos and/or any commercial signage shall be prohibited for any art
project or artwork design content. This article will not permit or allow any type of
illegal sign, irrespective of artist content.
(d) The property owner is required to obtain a permit for any artwork and/or mural art
project display before the installation of any art display on any buildings. The
artwork permit application must include an 11" x 17" sketch/graphic design of the
proposed artwork for review and approval by the designated city staff. All
proposed artwork must include the artwork display location on site and/or
buildings.
(e) All works of art must comply with any applicable Clermont Codes and Regulations
that include any applicable building and fire code requirements for installation,
creation, and construction on site. No art project can be placed on or located on
any streets, sidewalks, dedicated easements; city owned property, rights -of -way,
public access and must comply with any ADA requirements for the site.
(f) Custody, supervision, maintenance and preservation of the murals and art works is
the responsibility of the property owner. The property owner is required to
maintain the mural and artwork in good condition at the approved location, failure
to comply with this requirement as required by law or other applicable guidelines
shall subject the property owner to code enforcement action including violations
and fines, and the Clermont City Council may revoke the permit after a public
hearing.
(g) A hold -harmless release and identification wavier in a form acceptable to the City
must be signed by the property owner that excludes, indemnifies and releases the
City of Clermont of any liability for public art projects on private property.
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SECTION 3: CONFLICT
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with any of the provisions of this Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: SEVERABILITY
If any portion of this Ordinance is declared invalid, the invalidated portion shall be severed from
the remainder of the Ordinance, and the remainder of the Ordinance shall continue in full force
and effect as if enacted without the invalidated portion, except in cases where such continued
validity of the remainder would clearly and without doubt contradict or frustrate the intent of the
Ordinance as a whole.
SECTION 5: CODIFICATION
The text of Section 2 of this Ordinance shall be codified as a part of the Clermont City Code. The
codifier is authorized to make editorial changes not effecting the substance of this Ordinance by
the substitution of "Article" for "Ordinance", "Section" for "Paragraph", or otherwise to take such
editorial license.
SECTION 6: ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENERS ERROR
Regardless of whether such inclusion in the Code as described in Section 5 is accomplished,
sections of the Ordinance may be re -numbered or re -lettered and the correction of typographical
and/or scrivener's errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by the City Manager or
designee, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected or re -codified copy of same with
the City Clerk.
SECTION 7: RECORDING
This Ordinance shall be recorded in the Public Records of Lake County, Florida.
SECTION 8: PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall be published as provided by law and it shall become law and shall take effect
immediately upon its Second Reading and Final Passage.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County,
Florida on this 14th day of March 2023.
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Tracy Ackroyd Howe, MMC
City Clerk
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City Attorney
CITY OF CLERMONT
Tim Murry,Mayor