O-353-CCITY OF CLERMONT
ORDINANCE
N0.353-C
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT AMENDING CHAPTER 2, "ADMINISTRATION", OF
THE CITY CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 2-212, "COUNSEL
NAMED" PROVIDING THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SHALL
REPRESENT THE CITY STAFF BEFORE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
BOARD, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY,
CONFLICT AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Florida Statute Section 162.05, provides that the City Attorney for a
local government that creates a Code Enforcement Board shall represent the Code
Enforcement Board or the City; but not both; and
WHEREAS, the Clermont City Council has determined that in the best interest of the
efficient and effective enforcement of city codes, that the City Attorney should provide legal
services to the City and not represent the Code Enforcement Board.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1. Section 2-212, "Counsel Named" of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Clernont, Florida, is amended to read as follows:
Section 2-212. Counsel Named
The City Attorney shall serve as counsel to the City in all matters before the Code
Enforcement Board.
Section 2. Severability. It is declared to be the intent of the City Council that, if any
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held
invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a
separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions hereof.
Section 3. Conflict. Any portion of the Code of Ordinances, City of Clermont, Florida
or any ordinance or part thereof in conflict with this ordinance is hereby repealed to the extent of
such conflict.
Section 4. Codification. The text of Section 1 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.
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Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect April 1, 2007.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY the City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida
on this 9th day of January 2007.
CITY OF CLERMONT
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Tracy kroyd, City rk
Haro d S. Turville, Jr., Mayor
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