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ORDINANCE NO. 17C
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 182, DULY ORDAINED AND ENTERED BY THE
CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON THE 20th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1959,
TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
BE IT ORDAINED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT,
LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
(1) Preservation of public health and general welfare.
It is the duty and obligation of the owner and occupant of all real
property in the city to help preserve and protect the public health and
general welfare of all residents and their property by keeping their
respective lots, parcels or tracts of land in said city, as well as ad-
jacent sidewalks and parkways, free from all filth, trash, weeds, dirt,
leaves, grass and rubbish and to keep down by mowing, cutting or removal
of same excessive growth of grass, weeds and noxious plants.
(2) Inspection; report; notice.
Annually hereafter, or oftener as deemed necessary in the interests
of the health, safety-and general welfare of the citizens and residents
of the city, the City Manager may direct the Health Officer, or his deputy,
to inspect all real property in the city and in writing report to the City
Manager the description of all property including adjacent sidewalks and
parkways upon which they find filth, trash, weeds, dirt, leaves, grass and
rubbish and an excessive growth of accumulation thereof.
Upon receipt of such report and after due consideration thereof, the
City Manager shall direct the City Clerk to notify, in writing, each
owner or occupant of said property and give them ten days from date of
notice to have removed from their property, as well as all adjacent side-
walks and parkways, all filth, trash, weeds, dirt, leaves, grass, rubbish
and excessive growth of grass, weeds and noxious plants; and, if not so
done the City would have such work performed for which, under the laws of
Florida, the City would claim and enforce a lien against said real property.
(3) Failure of owner to comply: lien.
If the owner or occupant then fails or refuses to have the work per-
formed, the City Manager shall either contact for or have the city crews
perÆorm suéh work.t~Œfcthe~City crews perform said work the charge shall
be equal to that of an independent contractor, day laborer and regular
macþine hire charges.
The City Clerk shall bill the owner and occupant of the property and
if not paid within thirty days the clerk shall, in behalf of the city and
without requiring further authority of the Council, file a claim of lien
against the property. the Clerk shall monthly report to the Council the
status of these liens and the Council shall instruct the City attorney
to foreclose same, advancing the required costs.
(4) Exceptions; citrus groves.
In considering real property on which there is excessive growth or
accumulation of grass, weeds and noxious plants, the City Manager shall
consider and make allowance for real property set into commercial citrus
groves, but each owner shall be required to maintain at least a fire guard
of sufficient width to prevent the spreading of fire. However, nothing
herein shall allow an accumulation of grass, weeds, leaves, etc., from one
citrus fruit season to another without same being at least annually worked
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or turned into the said real property by plows, discs, hàrrows and like
grove cultivation machines.
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON BECOMING A
LAW.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THE 3rd day of August, 1965.
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City of Clermont, Florida
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çE~rD APPROVED by me this .~ day of O~:;;""¡r¿: I(~ , 1965.
Mayor of City of Clermont,
Florida
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a certified copy of the foregoing Ordinance
was posted on the public municipal butiè~in board for a period of not
less than one (1) week, as required under the Charter of the City of
Clermont, beginning
August 4,
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of th-~cforegoing :
Ordinance duly PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Council of Clermont, Florida~
on August 3, 1965, the original of which is filed in the OrdinaÍ1ce. ~o()¡çs"'-
of this City in my office.
DATED:
August 4,
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