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Ordinance No. 2025-002d' CLERWONT CITY OF CLERMONT e 1 nw , ORDINANCE NO.2025-002 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 115, "PARKING AND VEHICULAR USE AREAS", SECTION 115-14 "TABLE OF MINIMUM PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS"; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, THE ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENERS ERROR, 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 February 4, 2025, 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 115, "Parking and Vehicular Use Areas", Section 115-14 "Table of Minimum Parking Space Requirements"; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Clermont, that Chapter 115, "Parking and Vehicular Use Areas", Section 115-14 "Table of Minimum Parking Space Requirements" of the Clermont Code of Ordinances shall be amended to make changes, 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: Chapter 115, "Parking and Vehicular Use Areas", Section 115-14 "Table of Minimum Parking Space Requirements" of the Land Development Code of the City of Clermont is hereby amended to read as follows (note strikethrough indicates removed words and underlined indicates added): Sec. 115-14. Table of minimum parking space requirements. (a) Determination for unlisted uses or alternative parking. If the proposed use is not listed or compatible with a use listed in the table of minimum parking space requirements, the administrative official shall make a determination of the appropriate parking for the proposed use based on the standards and guidelines of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) or the latest Smart Code published by the Form Based Codes Institute. In reaching the determination, the director may consider and be guided by the requirements for similar uses, the number and kind of vehicles likely to be attracted to the proposed use, parking requirements of such uses in other jurisdictions, special conditions or situations of the proposed use, or a combination of sources. d' CLERWONT CITY OF CLERMONT —d« ORDINANCE NO.2025-002 (b) Minimum off-street parking space requirements. Minimum off-street parking space requirements are as follows: Land Use Minimum Minimum Number of Per Number of Spaces per Indicated Unit of Spaces per Unit in the Measure Indicated Unit Central Business District Single-family 2 1 Per dwelling unit Multifamily 442 1.25 Per one -bedroom Unit Multifamily 22.5 1.5 Per two -bedroom unit Multifamily 243 2.0 Per three - bedroom unit Mobile home parks 2 N/A Per dwelling unit Churches and funeral 1 0.5 Per four homes permanent seats in the sanctuary or assembly room Offices and veterinary 1 0.5 * Per 200 square clinics feet of floor space Hospitals, clinics, s I 1 For each four and nursing homes beds Plus I N/A For each doctor Plus 1 0.5 For each 4 employees ACLFs �_ ' I For each four beds Plus I N/A For each doctor Plus - - 0.5 For each 4 employees Rooming houses and 4- ( For each boardinghouses bedroom Nursery schools, 1 I Per 300 square childcare centers, feet of classroom kindergartens, or space public, vocational and professional schools Plus 1 0.5 For each staff member CLER NT CITY OF CLERMONT ORDINANCE N0.2025-002 Plus 1 0.5 For each four employees Wholesale business and 1 0.5 Per 200 square personal services feet of floor space Retail 1 0.83'1 Per 333 square feet of floor space Theaters, auditoriums 1 0.5 For each four and cinemas seats in the assembly rooms Hotels, motels and Bed I 1 For each and Breakfast accommodation Plus I N/A For each three employees Restaurants, takeout only 1 0.5 Per 100 square feet of gross floor area Restaurants and lounges 1 0.5 Per 4 seats (including outdoor seating) Plus I 1 For each four employees Automotive services and 4 4 For each service gas stations bay or similar facility Plus 1 0 For each employee Recreation facilities 1 0.5 Per 200 square feet of floor area devoted to patron use Golf course 6/ 1 N/A Per green/per practice tee Lodges and clubs 1 0.5 Per 50 square feet of floor space Light manufacturing I I Per 500 square feet of floor area or 1 1 For each two employees based on the greatest number of employees at work on the d' CLERWONT CITY OF CLERMONT eofORDINANCE NO.2025-002 largest shift, whichever is greater Unmanned utility I 0 Per 1,000 square facilities feet of floor area, with a minimum of two spaces required Warehouse/Bulk Storage 1 0.5 Per 1,000 square feet of floor space, with a minimum of two spaces required Warehouse/Showroom I I Per 1,000 square feet of floor space, with a minimum of two spaces required (c) Central Business District Parking: The followingshall hall apply to uses within the Central Business District: * (1) For uses Retail. and Office as described in Sec. 115-14 (b) shall be exempt from any and all parking requirements; the boundary of the downtown exemption shall be as follows: Bounded by BLOCK 77 lot 20 and 18, BLOCK 80, BLOCK 81, BLOCK 91, BLOCK 92, BLOCK 93, BLOCK 94 Lots 1-6. BLOCK 95 Lots 1-3 and 10-12, of the official map of the City of Clermont, according to the map or plat thereof as recorded in plat book 8, page 17, public records of lake county. This exemption applies to single storms or a first floor of any structure within the abovementioned boundaries. If the office or retail use, under Section 115-14(c) is changed within five (5) years after receiving the initial parking exemption, then the applicant/owner shall be responsible for paving into the downtown parking fund at its current rate, under Section 115-14 (c)(2). (2) As stipulated in Section 115, all new developments are required to provide adequate parking. Property or business owners may to pay a downtown parking fee of $3,000.00 per required space, which will contribute to the CRA fund designated for parking. This fee will be calculated based on the total parking requirement for a specific use or uses. The downtown parkin fee env be increased at any time through a Resolution passed by the Clermont City Council. Payment of these fees does not grant any property or business owner ownership, usage rights, occupancy, or claims to any city -owned parking spaces. CITY OF CLERMONT C a ORDINANCE NO.202.5-002 All parking spaces will remain available for public use in accordance with the rules and ordinances of the City of Clermont, with the city council retainingthe he right to reserve any or all spaces for emergency services, law enforcement, municipal functions, and special events. f�&_Neto- Planned Unit Developments. Planned unit developments shall provide off-street parking based upon the aggregate sum of all proposed uses, discounted for any reduced parking benefit attributable to the unique mix of uses and offsetting peak hour parking demands. 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: 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. (91 CLER ONT CITY OF CLERMONT C�ofC ORDINANCE NO.2025-002 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida on this 25th day of February, 2025. CITY OF CLERMONT Tim Murry, Mayor Tracy Ackroyd Howe, MMC City Clerk Approved as form and legal' y: ristia W. Wpdgh, City Attorney CC �LEt(� N CITY OF CLERMONT �P�, ORDINANCE NO.2025-002 BUSINESS IMPACT ESTIMATE TO: Mayor Murry and Council Members FROM: Planning and Development Services / Curt Henschel DATE: February 6, 2025 SUBJECT: Ordinance No. 2025-002 — Sec. 115-14 "Table of Minimum Parking Space Requirements" Section 166.041, Florida Statutes, effective July 1, 2023, requires the City prepare (or cause to be prepared) a business impact estimate prior to final consideration of an ordinance, subject to exemptions noted in the Law. The new law requires that the business impact estimate be posted on the City's website at the time of the published notice of the City Council's final consideration of the ordinance, or ten (10) days prior to the adoption public hearing, whichever is longer. Ordinance 2025-002 is proposed to be adopted by the City on February 25, 2025, and is subject to this new requirement. Following are the categories required to be addressed for the proposed ordinance based on the new legislation: 1. Summary of proposed Ordinance 2025-002. Land Development Code, Chapter 115, Sec. 115-14 — "Table of Minimum Parking Space Requirements", to (1) eliminate parking requirements for a subset area of the CBD, (2) if any new development within the CBD is unable to provide the required onsite parking, they would have the option to pay a downtown parking fee of $3,000 per required space and move forward with their development, and (3) an increase in required parking for specific land uses outside the CBD. 2. Estimate of the direct economic impact of the proposed ordinance on private, for -profit businesses in the city: a. Estimate of direct compliance costs that businesses may reasonably incur if the ordinance is enacted. New businesses within the certain boundary area of the CBD will be required to pay a downtown parking fee of $3,000.00 per required space. b. Identification of any new charge or fee on businesses subject to the proposed ordinance or for which businesses will be financially responsible. There are no new charges or fees on existing businesses. c. An estimate of the City's regulatory costs, including an estimate of revenues from any new charges or fees that will be imposed on businesses to cover such costs. The proposed ordinance does not add enforcement requirements for City staff beyond that which are in the existing code, therefore there are no additional regulatory costs. 3. A good faith estimate of the number of businesses likely to be impacted by the ordinance. The proposed ordinance is not expected to impact any existing businesses. 4. Any additional information the board determines may be useful. No additional information. Page 1 of 1