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CITY OF CLERMONT
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA,
ADOPTING THE SCHOOL SITING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENT FOR THE CITY OF CLERMONT; AMENDING
THE TEXT OF ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO RECOGNIZE
THE CRITERIA FOR LOCATING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AS
REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 163.3177(6)(a), FLORIDA STATurES;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the 1998 Rorida Legislature amended section 163.3177(6)(a),
Rorida Statutes, to require local governments to include school location criteria in their
comprehensive plans; and
WHEREAS, per section 163.3177(6)(a), Rorida Statutes, local govemments must
revise the Future Land Use Elements of their comprehensive plans to incorporate criteria
that encourage the location of public schools near urban areas and to collocate them with
parkS, libraries and community centers to the extent possible; and
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WHEREAS, local governments must designate the land use categories where
public schools are an allowable use; and
WHEREAS, any local government that fails to incorporate school location and
collocation criteria by October I, 1999 will be prohibited from amending their
comprehensive plan as provided by section 163.3187(6);
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved and enacted by the City Council of the City
of ClennQnt, Rorida:
Section 1.
The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Clennont, adopted by the City of
Clennont on August 13, 1991, pursuant to the Local Government Planning and Land
Development Regulations Act of 1985, Chapter 163, Part n, Rorida Statutes, after public
hearings by the City of Clennont Local Planning Agency and the Clennont City Council,
is hereby amended in the following manner:
A. The Future Land Use Element is amended by incorporating the text as shown in
Attachment A.
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CITY OF CLERMONT
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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 3.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with any of the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4.
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.
First reading this 14th day of March 2000.
Second reading this 28th day of March 2000.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA THIS 28m DAY OF MARCH 2000.
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Harold S. Turville, Mayor
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"ATTACHMENT A"
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CHAPTER I - FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT
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Obiective 2: The City through adoption of the Future Land Use
Element, and the adoption of Land Development Regulations
consistent with the time frames delineated by Chapter 163, Florida
Statutes, shall provide and ensure future development and
redevelopment activities are located in appropriate areas of the
City as illustrated on the adopted Future Land Use Map; which
shall be consistent with sound planning principles, and provides
for control of urban sprawl in conformance with directives of the
adopted Future Land Use Element. Future Land Use approvals shall
be coordinated with and based upon suitable and appropriate
topographic features, soil conditions and availability of
facilities and services.
policv 2-1: The City shall advocate and foster the use of
innovative land use development techniques such as planned unit
development projects and cluster housing techniques.
policy 2-2: Concentrate high density and intensity growth in and
around areas which are adequately served by transportation
facilities, public utilities, and community services and
facilities.
policv 2-3: In accordance with directives of this plan and the
Future Land Use Map the City shall locate future land uses at
densities and intensities which will control all forms of urban
sprawl and leap-frog development that unduly depletes the
physical, social, and financial resources of the City.
policv 2-4: High density (8 to 12 units per acre) and intensity
(C-2 zoning uses) growth shall not be permitted in conservation
areas, or those areas best suited for continued low density (1 to
4 units per acre) and intensity (C-1 zoning uses) development.
policy 2-5: Residential subdivisions shall be designed to include
an efficient system of internal circulation, including the
provision of external collector streets, where needed, to guide
traffic onto external arterial roads and highways.
Policy 2-6:
satisfy the
residents.
Develop a broad diversity of residential densities to
housing preferences and income levels of City
Policy 2-7: Protect residential areas from incompatible commercial
and industrial uses.
Policy 2-8A: Provide residential areas of sufficient density to
economically support adequate community facilities.
Policy 2-SB: As designated on the Future Land Use Map, public
schools are an allowable use in all land use categories except
industrial and conservation areas. Public technical/training
schools may be located in industrial areas. The location of public
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schools shall be proximate to existing and planned urban
residential areas to the extent possible, and shall be located
based on siting criteria that includes but is not limited to:
school size, land area, land use compatibility, environmental
impacts, availability of public utilities, transportation impacts
and public safety. The City shall require the co-location of
public facilities such as parks, libraries and community centers,
with public schools to the extent possible. The following criteria
shall apply:
a. public elementary schools shall be sited primarily in
residential areas that include housing types and densities to
meet the school's enrollment capacity with students who are
predominately within walking distance of the school.
b. Public middle and high schools may be sited in areas with a
mix of land uses, including commercial.
c. Access to public school sites should be from a collector road
for middle and high schools or a minor collector or local
road for elementary schools. Ingress and egress should not
create detrimental impacts on roads adjacent to the site.
Approaches to the site should be safe for pedestrians,
bicycles, cars and buses.
d. public utilities shall be available to the site.
policv 2-9: Require central water and sewer systems for new urban
developments, which are designed to be compatible with future
public utility systems.
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