05-03-1955 Regular Meeting
REGULAR MEETING
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A Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Clermont was held at the city hall, Tuesday, May 3,
1955.
The meeting was called to order by Council President, E. G.
Winston at 7:30 P. M.with all council members present.
Mayor Boyd, City attorney Morse, Supt. Sheldon, Police
Chief Clark and Fireman Fullwoodl~ere also present. ~isitors
present were Mr. Long, Mr. Linderman, Mr. T. C. Cork, Jr.
Mr. T. C. Cork, Sr, Mr. Glen Middleton, Mr. Chas. Croizer,
Mr. Harry Brown and Mr. J. R. Bnown.
Theminutes of the adjourned meeting held April 19th, 1955
and the Special meeting held April 21, 1955, were read and
approved as read.
Mr. Cork, Jr. requested that the Council consider the
removal of the "I slands II and replacement with paving of
Lake Avenue from Minnehaha avenue to Montrose street.
Motion was made by Konsler, seconded by Olivenbaum, that
the "islands" be removed from Lake avenue, from Minnehaha
avenue to Montrose street, and replaced with paving.
Motion carried.
Mr. Cork Sr. appeared before the Council in behalf of the
Clermont Wellfare League Bnd requested that the Council
pass a Resolution in connection with the necessity of the
Wellfare LeagtJ_e borrowing money for the completion of South
Lake Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Grant offered, and moved the adoption of, a Resolution
pertaining to South Lake Memorial Hospital, The Clermont
Wellfare League and the City of Clermont. The motion was
seconded by Mr. Olivenbaum and upon roll call vote the
ayes were Winston, Kohsler, Grant, Beal and Olivenbaum.
Nay:none. Absent: none. Motion carried. '
Mr. Long spoke to the Council in protest of paving charges
assessed against his property abutting Bloxam avenue. Mr.
Long contented that he had not been informed that the street
would. be paved and therefore should not be expected to pay
the usual one third assessed against property owners.
After some discussion Mr. Long was informed that the matter'
would. be given eonsid.eration later.
Mr. Glen Middleton requested permission to grade a
sixty foot right of way and pave twenty four feet of said
right of way across a part of the city property previously
usea as a city dump.
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Motion was made by Beal, seconded by Konsler, that the request
made by Mr. Middleton be granted and that he be allowed to
grade a street right of way sixty feet in width, and to pave
twenty four feet of said right of way, across a portion of
city property previously used as the city dump. Motion carried.
Chas. Croizer asked the Council to state their intentions
relative to the paving of DeSoto street from East avenue
to Crystal lake. Mr. Croizer stated that\me would like to
know if the street Nould have curb and gutters and what
the approximate cost would be. Mr. Croizer was assured that
the matter would be looked into and an estimate made within
a few days.
Mr. Russell Grant, reporting for the Parks committee,
stated that a landing for the Clermont Ski club had been
pumped in adjacent to the i."C. Beach and that a beach
had been pumped in on the Sa~th side of East lake for the
use of the colored people. He further stated that the cost
of the job for the Ski club was $100.00 of which the city
would pay all and 275.00 for the colored beach, of which the
city would pay 125.00.
Motion was made by Konsler, seconded by Olivenbaum
that attorney Morse be instructed to prepare an Ordinance
amending the existing Zoning Ordinance and extending the
C-l Zone to Lake avenue. Motion carried.
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Mr. Olivenbaum offered and moved that it be passed
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL SERVICE FOR THE
COLLECTION ArID DISPOSAL OF ALL GARBAGE: PRESCRIBING
REGULATIONS FOR THE STORAGE AND COLLECTION OF GARBAGE:
PROVIDING FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SANITARY CONDITIONS ON
PuBLIC AND PRIVATE PREMISES IN THE CITY: PROVIDING OTHER
MATTERS RELATING THERETO: AND, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS
The motion was seconded by Mr. Grant and unanamously
carried. Mr. Grant moved that the rules be waived and that
the Ordinance me read the second time by title only. The
Motion was seconded by Mr. Beal and unanamously carried.
After the second reading, by title only, Mr. Beal moved
that the rules be further waived and that the Ordinance
be placed upon its passage. The motion was seconded by
Mr. Konsler and unanamously carried. Thereupon the Ordinance
was read in full and upon roll call vote the ayes were
Winston, Konsler, Grant, Beal and Olivenbaum. Nays: none.
Absent: none. The Ordinance was passed, title as stated,
and was ordered recorded in the Ordinance book and numbered
l311. A copy in full appears immediately following these
mi~tes. .
Mr. Olivenbaum offered and moved that it be passed
AN ORDINANCE ANNULLING, CANCELLING AND REVOKING ORDINANCE
NO. 68, THE SAME BEING, n AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PERSONS
UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS FROl"l REr-YAINING OR BEING
FOUND UPON THE PARKS, STREETS, ALLEYS OR PUBLIC WAYS OF THE
CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, AFTER 10:30 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT,
EASTERN WAR TIME, UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS OR HER PARENT,
GUARDIAN OR MEMBER OF HIS OR HER FAMILY OVER THE AGE OF
TWENTY-ONE :(21) YEARS; AND , PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE ".
The motion was seconded by Mr. Konsler and unanamously carri.ed.
Mr. Konsler moved that the rules be waived and that the
Ordinance be read the second time by title only. The motion
was seconded by Mr. Grant and unanamously carried. After the
second reading, by title only, Mr. Grant moved that the rules
be further waived and that the Ordinance be placed upon its
passage. The motion was seconded by Mr. Beal and unanamously
carried. Thereupon the Ordinance was read in full and upon
roll call vote the' ayes were Winston, Konsler, Grant, Beal emd
Olivenbaum. Nay: none. Absent: none. The Ordinance was passed
title as stated and ordered recorded in the Ordinance and
numbered 13Jf. A copy in full appears immediately following
these minutes.
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Mr. Olivenbaum offered and moved that it be passed
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE PRESENCE OF MINIDRS UNDER THE AGE
OF SEVENTEEN YEARS ON PUBLIC STREETS AND IN OTHER PLACES
BETWEEN CERTAIN HOURS: DEFINING DUTIES OF PARENTS OR OTHERS
IN CARE OF MINORS:; PROVI~ING FOR ARREST AND PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATION THEREOF; AND, PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATING
THERETO.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Beal and unanamously carried.
Mr. Beal moved that the rules be waived and that the Ordinance
be read the second time by title only. The motion was seconded
by f1r. Koj sler and unanamously carried. After the second reading
by title only, Mr. Grant moved that the rules be farther waived
and that the ordi~ce be placed upon its passage. The motion
was seconded by Mr. Konsler and unanamously carried. Thereupon
the Ordinance was read in full and upon roll call vote the ayes
were Winston, Konsler, Grant, Beal and Olivenbaum. Nays: none.
Absent: none. The Ordinance was passed, title as stated, and
ordered recorded in the Ordinance book and numbered 138. A copy
in full appears immediately following these minutes. I
Mayor Boyd reported that the Lions club would very much like
to have. the city cut the weeds and bushes from around Senter
lake, prior to the annual"Fishathon". The matter was referred
to mayor Boyd for action.
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Mayor Boyd stated that the manager of Sargeant Concentrate s
had requested permission to locate a house trailer on their
property. Mayor Boyd was requested to get further partictulars
regarding the matter.
Motion by Beal, seconded by Konsler, tha "Hi_test" gasoline
be used in the police car for a test period. Motion carried.
The monthly police report was read, accepted and ordered
filed.
Motion was made by Konsler, seconded by Grant, that the offer
of a free "Spray Glaze" on the Police car by Buttery's station
be accppted. Motion carried.
. Clerk Johnson reported that Mr. Frank Harman had requested
that the city make repairs to Magnolia street,in front of
his home, as the water was draining from the street in to
his yard. The matter was referred to the Streets Committee
for investigation.
Motion by Konsler, seconded by Olivenbaum and carried
that the City Clerk of the City of Clermont, be and he is
hereby instructed to issue a duplicate Tax Sale Certificate
in favor of William Kern in lieu of Tax Sale Certificate
numbered 46 for 1939 taxes on lots 6,7,8 & 9, Block 101,
Indian Hills, which has beeb lost or destroyed, and that the
proper record of same be entered in the Tax Sale Certificate
records in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Clermont,
~s.~~ovided by the Ordinances of the City of Clermont.
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Clerk ~ohnson read a letter from Mrs. Willis of Willis
Realty Company wherein request was made that lots 7, 8,
9' & 10, Block 57, be rezoned to a C-l zone.
Motion was made by KOBsler, seconded by Grant and carried
that the clerk inform Mrs. Willis that the Council did not
it necessary to extend the C-l zone at this time.
Clerk Johnson read a letter from Mr. Murray Ross, wherein
Mr. Ross requested that the city make certain repairs to the
alley in the rear of his property in Block 81. The matter
was referred to the Streets Committee for investigation.
Clerk Johnson read. letters from Mr. C. W. Brooks, Hr.
E. F. McCrary and Mr. Leon C. Burrell making applications
for positions on the local Police force.
Mntion was made by Beal, seconded by Grant and carried
that the application made by Mr. Brooks be given first
consideration when an opening occurs.
Motion by Grant, seconded by Konsler that bills be paid.
Motion carried.
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Motion by Konsler, se onded by Beal that Mr. Fullwood be
allowed to ~eave the city radio in charge of his wife for
approximately twenty four hours while he make s a short
business trip. Motion carried.
Motion by Konsler, seconded by Olivenbaum that the matter
of Parking meters be tabled until the next meeting.
The motion carried with Mr. Beal not voting.
Motion Konsler, seconded by Grant that meeting adjourn.
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At a meeting of the City Council held in the Oity Hall
at Clermont, Lake County, Florida~ on the 3rd day ot May.. 1955"
at which there were present W. W Boyd, Mayor, Ellis Konsler,
Earl Winston, Axel 011venbaum, Russell Grant and Harley Bealsl,
Councilmen, and A. ~. Johnson, C::t;r Clerk" T. C. Corlot" Chairman
of the Hospital Board of South Lake Memorial Hospital, appeared
before the council representing the Clermont Welfare League, a
non-profit corporation, that has been and is now operating South
Lake Memorial Hosp~tal under a contract with the City or Clermont,
and stated as follows:
That the Welfa~o League, acting through the Hospital
Board, had found it necessary to the continued service of the
hospital to the community that the building in which the same is
now operated, be enlarged by constructing an addition to the l3ame,
and that the Hospital Board had entered into a contract for the
construction of' addition;::; to the building for which it had contrac'~ed
and agreed to pay the sum or $57..000.00" and that it had raisE~d.. b~,
public subscrlptj.onj approximately $30,000.00 to be used in p~lYlng
tor the construction of said additions and the equipment and 1~r-
n1shings thereot" That it was necessary that the Clermont Welfare
League borrow an additional sumot approximately $27..000.00 tel be
secux-ed by a mortgage ot the hosp1tal propeX'ty. That it was dies1re~d
that the City ot Clermont convey the present hespi tal with the land,s
set apart for the use or the same to Clermont Welfare League, a non.-
profit corporation, and that the said Clermont Welfare League. as
the owner ot said property, to make, execute and deliver a mortgage
ot said premises to secure the payment of a loan to be obtained on
said hospital property" nc:lt to exceed $30..000.00.
Upon consideration ot the statement made by the x-epre-
sentative ot the South Lake Memorial Hospital and the Clermont
Welfare League.. the Council upon motion duly made and seoonded., unan-
imously resol~ed as tollows:
A. That the Clty 01' CleJ'lnont does accept the propos:ltion
made by Clermont Welfare League and endorse the action taken b~, said.
League in increasing the size 01' the building and the tao111t1E~a to
be used by South Lake Memor1al Hosp! tal, and on beha.lf of the I)eoplE~
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of the City of Clermont. the City ,Council did eXpress to said
Cle~nont welfare League its gratitude and thanks tor the int~rest
and c9natructlve work being done by said League in the promotion
of the health and well being ot the people of this community~
B. That the City of Clermont.. by its Council regula.rly
assembled~ does hereby authorize and direct that the Mayor and
Clerk of the City of Clermont execute and deliver to the Clermont
Welfare League~ a non-profit corporatlon~ a deed conveying to said
non-protit corporation the properties set apart for the use of said
hospital, and that Clermont Welfare League be authorized and di-
rected to execute and deliver to such person.. firm or corporatlonj
as would loan the necessary funds to pay for the t;l.dditlons to said
hospital not provided tor by donations obtained by the Clermont
Welfare Leagucj not to exceed the sum of $30..000.00
c. That upon the completion of said hospital building
and atter said mortgage has been executed and all payments made
for the erection of said hospital with furnishings and equipment
therein" that the Clermontdelfare League do reconvey said prem.ises
to the City of Clermont, and that-the ope~atlon of said ho~pftal be
continued by the Clermont Welfare League under the terms'and con-
ditions or the contract heretofore entered into between the City
of Clermont and the said Clermont Welfare League.
Attests
Chairman of City Council.
blty Clerk.
I hereby approv-e the foregoing Resolution.
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ORDINANCE NO. .;Jill? / 37
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL SERVICE
FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF ALL GARBAGE;
PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR THE STORAGE AND
COLLECTION OF GARBAGE; PROVIDING FOR THE MAIN-
TENANCE OF SANITARY CONDITIONS ON PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE PREMISES IN THE CITY; PROVIDING OTHER
MATTERS RELATING THERETO; AND, PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA;
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this
Ordinance the following terms, phrases, words and their deriva-
tions shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent
with the context, words used in the present tense ehall include
the future, worda in the plural number shall include the singu-
lar number, and words in the singular number shall include the
plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not
merely directory.
(8) "CITY It is the City of Clermont, Florida.
(b) "GARBAGE" is any refuse, accumulation
of animal, fruit or vegetable matter,
liquid or otherwise, that attends the
preparation, use, cooking, dealing in,
or storing of meat, fish, fowl, or
vegetables. Within this definition
shall be embraced, cans, bottles,
papers, magazines and boses.
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SECTION 2. COLLECTION AND SUPERVISION OF GARBAGE. All
garbage 'accumulated 1n the City shall be collected, conveyed
and disposed of by the City. No person shall collect, convey
over any of the stre~ts or alleys of the City, or dispose of, any
garbage accumulated in the City, except,
(a) Exception For Actual Producers. This Ordinance
shall not prohibit the actual producers of refuse, or the owners
of premises upon which garbage has accumulated, from personally
collecting, conveying and disposing of such garbage, provided
such producers or owners comply with the provisions of this
Ordinance and with any other governing Law or O~ainQnces.
. (b) Exception For Outside.Collectors. This Ordinance
shall not prohibit collectors of garbage from out6i~; of the City
from hauling such garbage over City streets, provided $uch coll-
ectors comply with the provisions of this Ordinance and with any
other governing law or Ordinances of the City.
(c) Supervision. All garbage accumulated in the
City shall be collected, conveyed and disposed of by the City under
the supervision of the City Councilor in its discretlon, the City
Superintendent. The City Councilor the City Superintendent, as
the case may be, shall have the authority to make regulations
concerning the days of collection, type and location of garbage
containers and such other matters pertaining to the collection,
conveyance and disposal as the City Councilor the City Superin-
tendent shall find necessary, and to change and modify the same
after due notice, provided that such regulations are not contrary
to the provisions hereof.
SECTION 3. PREOOLLECTION PRACTICES AND CONTAINERSo No
person shall place any garbage in any street, alley or other public
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place, or upon any private property whether owned by such
person or not, within the City, except it be in proper contain.
ers for collection or under express approval granted by the
City Councilor the City Superintendent. Nor shall any person
throw or deposit any garbage in any stream or other body of water
in the City. Any unauthorized accumulation of garbage on any
premises is hereby declared to be a nuisance and is prohibited.
Burial of garbage on any premises 1n the City is hereby prohibited.
Failure to remove any existing accumulation of garbage within
thirty days after the effective date of this Ordinance shall be
deemed a violation of this Ordinance. No person s'hall cast IJ place,
sweep or deposit anywhere within the City any garbage in such a
manner that it may be carried or deposited by the elements upon
any street, sidewalk, alley, sewar, parkway or other public
place, or in any occupied premises within the City. Within thirty
days from the passage of this Ordinance all persons shall:
(a) Put and store all garbage in metal containers
of a capacity no larger than thirty gallons and equipped with
suitable handles and tight fitting covers.
(b) Papers, magazines and/or boxes may be stacked
along side of the garbage containers if securely tied together.
(0) All garbage, papers, magazines and/or boxes
shall be placed at the curb on ~he regular garbage collection day
for the collection by the City of Clermont and if not so placed
there in time for collection on that day or if for any other
reason the garbage, papers, magazines and/or boxes are not,
collected by the City of Clermont on the regular garbage collec-
tion day same may r,gmain at the curb until noon of the following
day at which time the person so placing them there for collection
shall remove them to the rear of the premises from which they
were first carried to the curb for collection. In no case shall
garbage, papers, magazines and/or boxes be placed at the curb
for collection for a period of more than thirty_six hours. If
for any reason garbag~, from said containers, papers, Magazines
and/or boxes are scattered along the curb or the street the per-
son so placing them there shall restore the garbage to the con-
tainer and shall retia the papers, magazines or boxes as provided
herein and any person failing so to do the City shall not pick up
the garbage, papers, magazines and/or boxes and such person shall
be guilty of viOlating the provisions of this Ordinance and endang.
ering the health of the residents of the City the same as if said
garbage had originally been put in containers other than those
provided and required under the terms of this Ordinance and the
papers, magazines and/Qr boxes had been placed there not securely
tied as provided and required under the terms and provisions of
this Ordinance, and such person shall be penalized as provided
hereinafter.
(d) Garbage containers shall be provided by the owner,
tenant, lessee, or occupant of the premises, and garbage containers
shall be maintained in good condition at all times. Any container
that does not conform to the provisions of this Ordinance or that
may have ragged or sharp edges, or any other defects liable to
hamper or injure the person collecting the contents thereof shall
be promptly replaced upon notice. The City Council and/or the
City Superintendent shall have authority to refuse collection
services for failure to comply with any provisions of this Ordin-
ance. The City Council and/or the City Superintendent shall have
the right to provide for the collection of garbage, papers, maga-
zines and/or boxes from hotels, restaurants, and such other busi-
nesses and institutions within the City as he may deem necessary
in order to protect the public health, and the person occupy-
ing the premises shall place the garbage, papers anq/or maga-
zines for collection at the point designated on the days so
designated by the City Council and/or the City Superintendent,
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,.., SECTION 4. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. Any person
violating the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of
endangering the public health of those within the City of
Clermont and shall be first given an opportunity of purchasing
the required garbage containers and complying with all provisions-
of this Ordinance. Thereafter, any violations of any part of
this Ordinance, said person shall, if found ~ul1ty, be punished
by a fine of not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00), plus all costs of Court, or by im-
prisonment of not less than one (1) day nor more than ten (10)
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion
of the Judge of the Municipal Court. Provided further that each
day said violation 1s continued shall be a separate offense
hereunder.
SECTION o. SEVERABLE PROVISIONS. Each of the provisions
of tmis Ordinance are severable, and if any provision herein
shall be declared to be invalid the remaining provision~ shall
not be affected but shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take
effect immediately upon its passage and approvalJ and, all
Ordinances, or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordin-
ance are hereby repealed.
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PASSED by the City Council of the City of Clermont at a
regular meeting held on March 1, 1955.
/s/ E. G. Winston
President of the City Council
ATTEST:
/5/ A. M. Johnson
City Clerk
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RECEIVED and approved by me this March 1, 1955.
/s/ Wm. W. Boyd
Mayor
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ORDINANCE NJ. ~ / 3 J1
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AN ORDINANCE ANNULLItG, CANCELLIm ~ND REVonm
ORDINANCE W. 63, THE SAME BEIm, UAN ORDIlWIQE
PBOHIBITING PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN(lS)
!EARS FROM REMAINIOO OR BEIlil FOUND UPON THE
PARKS, S1REETS, ALLEYS OR PUBLIO t'-'AYS OF THE
CITY OF OL'EBMONT, FWRIDA AFTER 10:30 .CO'OLOCK
AT NIGHT, EASTERU liAR TTI-m, mlLESS ACcqMPAlUED
BY InS OR HER P!BENT, GUARDIAN OR MEMBER OF
InS OR HER FArmy OVER THE AGE OF T\oJElm~NE
(21) lEABS: AlTO, PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR
VIOLNl';rON OF THIS ORDUWroE. II
BE IT ORDAnmn AND ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLEPJ,I)!~T, FW:RIDA:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 63, the same being, uAn ordinance
prohibiting persons under th$ eee of eighteen (18) years fron
remaining or being round upon the parks, atreets, alleys or public
ways of the Oity of Clermont, Florida after 10:.30 O'clock at night,
~stern Her Time; unless accompanied by his or her parent, guardian
or member of bis or her family over the see of Twenty-one (21) years;
and, providing for penalty for violation of thi a Ordinance. II, passed
by the City CounciJ. at its regular adjourned meeting hold the 13th
day of April, A. D., 1943, is hereby annulled, cancelled and revoked.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its passage.
PASSED BY the Oi ty Council ar tile Oi ty of Clermont at
a regular meeting held on March 1, 1955.
Isl E. G. Winston
President of the City Council
ATTEST:
Is~ A. M. Johnson
City Clerk
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RECEIVED and approved l?y me this Maroh 1, 1955.
/s/ WIn. \01. Boyd
, ' Mayor
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ORDINANCE NO. ~ / 3 j'
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE PRESENCE OF MINORS
UNDER THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN YEARS ON PUBLIC
STREETS AND IN OTHER PLACES BETWEEN CERTAIN
HOURS; DEFINING DUTIES OF PARENTS OR OTHERS IN
CARE OF MINORS; PROVIDING FOR ARREST AND PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATION THEREOF; AND, PROVIDING OTHER
MATTERS RELATING THERETO.
WHEREAS, due to present conditions now prevailing,
juvenile delinquency and juvenile criminal delinquency has so
increased in the United States and in the State of Florida, and
same has increased in the City of Clermont so as to become a
menace to the preservation of public peace, safety, health,
morals and welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT:
Section 1. Loitering of Minors Prohibited. It shall
be unlawful for any minor under the age of seventeen years to
loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or play in or upon the public
street, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, wharves,
docks, or other public grounds, public places and public build-
ings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or
other unsupervised places in the City of Clermont between the
hours of P. M. and A. M. the following day, Eastern
Standard time; provided, however, that the provisions of this
Section do not apply to a minor accompanied by his or her parent,
guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of
the minor, or where the minor is upon an emergency errand or
legitimate business directed by his or her parent, guardian,
or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor.
Each violation of the provislons of this
Section shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 2. Responsibility of Parents. It shall be
unlawful for the parent, guardian, or other adult person having
the care and custody of a minor under the age of seventeen years
to knowingly let such minor to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or
play 1n or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys,
parks, playgrounds, wharves, docks, or other public grounds,
public places and public buildings, places of amusement and enter-
~ainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places in the City of
Clermont between the hours of P. M. and A. M. of
the following day, Eastern Standard time; proviaed, however,
that the provisions of this Section do not apply when accompanied
by his or her parent, guardian, or other adult person having the
care and custody of the minor, or where the minor is upon an
emergency errand or legitimate business directed by his or her
parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and
custody of the minor.
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Each violation of the provisions of this
Section shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 3. Penalties. Any minor violating the pro-
visions of Section 1 shall be dealt with in accordance with the
Juvenile Laws of this State. Any parent, guardian, or other
adult person having the care and custody of a minor violating
Section 2 shall be fined not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor
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more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or confined in jail
not less than one day nor more than ten days, or punished by
both said fine and imprisonment for each offense in the dis-
cretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court.
Section 4. ~eal of Conflictinq OrdinancQs. All
~ existing Ordinances of the City of Clermont are hereby repealed
insofar as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of
this Ordinanoe.
Section 5. Severability of Provisions. It is the
intention of the City Council that each separatQ provision
of this Ordinance shall be deemed independant of all other
provisions herein, and it is the further intention of the
City Council that if any provisions of this Ordinance be
declared invalid, all other provisions thereof shall remain
valid and enforceable.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall
take effect immediately upon its passage and for the first
offense each minor or his or her parent, guardian. or other
adult person having the care and custody of the minor shall be
first warned ,of the violation of this Ordinance, thereafter they
shall be punished in accordance with the previous Sections.
PASSED by the City Council of the ~ity of Clermont
at a regular meeting held on March 1, 1955.
/s/ E. G. Winston
President of the City Council
ATTEST:
/s/ A.M. Johnson
City Clerk
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RECEIVED AND APPROVED the foregoing Ordinance No. 138
by me this March 1. 1955.
/s/ Wm. W. Boyd
Mayor
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