HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2025-014CLEMONT CITY OF CLERMONT
ORDINANCE NO.2025-014
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT, FLORIDA, AMENDING ALL CHAPTERS OF THE CODE
MENTIONING BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY, ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF
SCRIVENERS ERROR, PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Clermont, Florida is a duly constituted Florida municipality
having such power and authority conferred upon it by the Florida Constitution and Chapter 166,
Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has repealed in its entirety Article IV of Chapter 34 of the
City Code entitled "Local Business Tax," thereby eliminating business taxes in the City; and
WHEREAS, due to the repeal of Article IV of Chapter 34 of the City Code, several related
provisions of the city code must be amended for clarity, to eliminate any mention or requirement
of Business Tax Receipts from all provisions, sections, and subsections.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Clermont
that:
SECTION 1: RECITALS The whereas clauses are incorporated herein as true and correct and as
the findings of the City Council.
SECTION 2: REPEAL The following Section is hereby repealed:
Sec. 36-82. Business tax receipts.
No permit will be issued or continued in operation unless the applicant or permittee, as applicable,
has paid the annual business tax required by this Code each year. All business tax receipts must be
renewed before October 1 of the fiscal year.
SECTION 3: AMENDMENTS The following Sections are hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8-65. Required.
No new building shall be occupied and no change in occupancy of an existing building or part of a
building shall be made, , until after the building
services department shall have issued a certificate of occupancy. No certificate of occupancy shall
be issued until all the requirements of the city codes for such use are met.
Sec. 10-49. Permit — Required.
No itinerant vendor or peddler shall offer any goods for sale, lease or trade within the city without
a permit from the city manager or designated representative authorizing such sales, n
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Sec. 32-143. Permit required; exemptions.
(e) The issue of a special events permit by the city shall not relieve any person from the duty to
secure other permits or approvals as may be required by this Code, to include, but not be limited
to, zoning and use approvals, a basiness twi meeipt, street closure authorization, or other
permits/authorizations.
Sec. 36-81. Amendment to permit.
(b)At the time of submitting an application for amendment, the permittee must pay a nonrefundable
application fee in the amount established by resolution. if the pefmWee is seeking te ad
Sec. 36-73. Review and approval.
(b) No permit will be issued unless the city is able to verify compliance with all applicable
regulations, and the applicant has paid the fees required by this article and the a"r-epr-iate busin
taK-for each megacycle to be placed in service.
Sec. 36-84. Permit suspension and revocation.
(a)(3) The permittee has failed to
te-maintain and display a valid decal on each megacycle.
Sec. 40-81. Requirements for watercraft rental businesses.
(2) Operations offices.
The personal watercraft operations
office must be located at a land -based site on property not owned by the City of Clermont.
Commercial operators shall immediately provide a business card, phone number, name, and
address for such operations office, upon request from any City of Clermont personnel.
Sec. 105-22. Appeals, enforcement and penalties.
(d) No development orders, site plan approvals, building permits, , zoning
compliances or certificates of occupancy shall be issued to any violator of this article for a subject
in violation until such violation of this article has been properly abated to the satisfaction of the
city.
Sec. 105-26. Exemptions.
(a)(8) b. Nonresidential land uses existing as of the effective date of the ordinance from which this
article is derived, which have received annual
development approval and which do not require site plan, subdivision or similar development
approval and building permits. For the purposes of this exemption, renewal of annual development
approval shall also be exempt; provided, however, that there are no expansions, modifications or
alterations that would increase the storage, handling, production or use of the regulated substance.
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Sec. 113-23. Findings of fact.
(14) Workers at adult entertainment establishments and sexually oriented businesses engage in a
higher incidence of certain types of unhealthy or criminal behavior than workers of other
establishments including a very high incidence of illegal prostitution or engaging in lewdness in
violation of F.S. ch. 796, , and illegal unlicensed massage.
Sec. 113-49. Records and inspection of records.
(a)(3) The worker record shall also contain a copy of any required eity or eounty business
meeipt or —adult entertainment license for any lessee, sub -lessee, independent contractor, or
subcontractor who is not an employee of the adult entertainment establishment.
Sec. 115-8. Loading, unloading and service area space.
(a)Required areas. The off-street loading, unloading and service area requirements of this chapter
are intended to provide minimum standards necessary such that no loading, unloading or servicing
of buildings or structures by refuse collection, fuel, or other public or private service type vehicular
activity shall adversely impact the public safety, generate excess capacity on the city street system,
or cause undue congestion or conflict resulting from such activities. The requirements of this
section shall apply to all public, semipublic, commercial and industrial development, whether new
structures or alterations to existing structures. Off-street facilities shall be available for use prior to
the issuance of any certificate of occupancy or a leeal business tax fveeipt-, and the continued
maintenance of such facilities shall be the obligation of the property owner and occupant as long
as the use requiring such facility continues. No off-street facility shall be altered or discontinued
except in accordance with this section.
Sec. 117-8. Prohibited signs; exceptions.
(11) d. 10. Grand opening signage under this section shall only be allowed for a verified new
business as established through hange of business, or change in
ownership as established through the state department of state, division of corporations.
Sec. 125-312. Permitted uses.
(a)(2) Personal service establishments, such as, but not limited to, beauty shops or barbershops,
tailor or dressmaking shops, shoe repair, music, dancing and photographic studios and dry cleaners.
Permanent makeup service may be allowed as an accessory use;
with medical supervision, within an existing salon, beauty shop, barbershop, medical office, or
similar use. Such service shall be limited to the face area and would consist of cosmetic permanent
makeup for eyeliner, eyebrow and mouth/lip liner definition.
Sec. 125-336. Permitted uses.
(a)(2) Personal service establishments, such as, but not limited to, beauty shops or barbershops,
tailor or dressmaking shops, shoe repair, music, dancing and photographic studios and dry cleaning
establishments. Permanent makeup service may be allowed as an accessory use; with -A h-usi ,e��
t-receipt—ei-d—with medical supervision, within an existing salon, beauty shop, barbershop,
medical office, or similar use. Such service shall be limited to the face area and would consist of
cosmetic permanent makeup for eyeliner, eyebrow and mouth/lip liner definition.
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Sec. 125-369. Permitted uses.
(a)(2) Personal service establishments, such as, but not limited to, beauty shops or barbershops,
tailor or dressmaking shops, shoe repair, music, dancing and photographic studios and dry cleaners.
Permanent makeup service may be allowed as an accessory use ( , and
with medical supervision) within an existing salon, beauty shop, barbershop, medical office, or
similar use. Such service shall be limited to the face area and would consist of cosmetic permanent
makeup for eyeliner, eyebrow and mouth/lip liner definition.
Sec. 125-526. Sidewalk cafes.
(a)(d)(6)
f*R-#;t of whieh the proposed sidewalk eafe will be The number of chairs or seats to be
utilized for the sidewalk cafe must be included in the number of seats authorized by the license.
Sec. 125-531. Home occupations.
(d)(9) A leeal business ta* reeeipt gfante.d f-A-F -Aho—mme oeeupation shall not be tr-ansfer-r-ed,
Sec. 125-587. Vacation rental permit requirements.
(b)(8) A eepy of the euf:fent eity and eounty leeal business tax r-eeeipts.
SECTION 4: CONFLICT
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with any of the provisions of this Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: SEVERABILITY
Should any Section or part of a Section be declared invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such adjudications shall not apply or affect any other provision of this Ordinance, except to the
extent that the entire Section or part of the Section may be separable in meaning and effect from
the Section to which such holding shall apply.
SECTION 6: ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION
This Ordinance may be re -numbered or re -lettered and the correction of typographical and/or
scriveners 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.
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CLANT CITY OF CLERMONT
ORDINANCE NO.2025-014
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County,
Florida on this 27t' day of May, 2025.
CITY OF CLERMONT
Ti urry, Ma r
City Clerk
Approved as to form and legality:
ristian V. Waugh, ity Attorney