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ORDINANCE NO. l14-C
AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SUB-SECTIONS
(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) OF SECTION 26-22
OF APPENDIX A OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; RE-DEFINING THE
PURPOSE IN R3A, TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS;
AMENDING SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITTED USES
IN R3A, TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS; REQUIRING
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS OF 24 UNITS OR MORE TO OBTAIN
A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT; ESTABLISHING MINIMUM LAND SQUARE
FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS IN R3A, TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL ZONING
DISTRICTS; ESTABLISHING MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS IN
R3A, TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS; ESTABLISHING
A MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE IN R3A, TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL
ZONING DISTRICTS; ESTABLISHING SIGN REQUIREMENTS IN R3A,
TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS; PROVIDING FOR
MINIMUM BUILDING SETBACK REQUIREMENTS IN R3A, TOWNHOUSE
RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS ; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, HEREBY ORDAINS THAT:
SECTION 1.
Subsection (A) of Section 26-22A of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(A) Purpose.~ The purpose of this district is to provide housing
characteristics for both single-family and multiple-family dwellings.
The purpose is further to encourage housing innovations in the
grouping of separate one-family dwelling units as well as low density
multiple-family dwellings, so as to make efficient use of land so
restricted that the same will be continually well maintained in
order to preserve the health, welfare, safety, morals and conveni-
ence of the neighborhood and surrounding areas.
SECTION 2.
Sub-section (B) (3) of Section 26-22A of the Code of Ordinances is
amended to read as follows:
(3) Two-family dwelling units having a minimum of 700 square feet
per dwelling unit, exclusive of garages, carports and screened areas.
SECTION 3.
There is hereby added a new sub-section to Sub-section (B) of Section
26-22A of the Code of Ordinances, numbered (3.1), said new sub-section to read
as follows:
(3.1) Three-family dwelling units having a minimum of 600 square feet
per dwelling unit, exclusive of garages, carports and screened areas.
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SECTION 4.
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The introductory paragraph of Sub-section (B) (4) of Section 26-22A
of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows:
(4) Townhouse and multiple-family dwellings, provided that no dwelling
unit thereon contains less than 800 square feet per townhouse unit
and 600 square feet per multiple-family unit. Townhouse and multiple-
family developments of 24 units or more must obtain a conditional use
permit in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 26-27.
Townhouse and multiple-family developments of less than 24 units
must obtain site plan approval in accordance with the requirements
set forth in Section 26-27. Townhouse and multiple-family develop-
ments of less than 24 units must obtain site plan approval in
accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 26-50.
SECTION 5.
Sub-section (C) of Section 26-22A of the Code of Ordinances is her.eby
amended to read as follows:
(C) General Requirements.
(1) Lot size: The minimum usable land area shall be 6,000
square feet for single family, 5,000 square feet each for two-
family, 4,000 'square feet each for three-family, and 3,500
square feet each for multiple-family.
(2) Lot width: A minimum width of lots, parcels or tracts,
however designated, shall be 60 feet measured at the building
set-back line and 50 feet measured along the property line or
lines contiguous to any street, road or highway for single
family.
A minimum width of lots, parcels or tracts, however designated,
shall be 100 feet measured at the building set-back line and
50 feet measured along the property line or lines contiguous
to any street. road or highway for duplex, triplex, townhouse
or multiple-family.
(3) Lot area per family: The lot area per family shall be
a minimum of 6,000 square feet for single family, 5,000
square feet each for two-family, 4,000 square feet êach for
three-family, and 3,500 square feet each for multiple-family.
(4) Lot coverage: The maximum lot coverage shall be forty
percent (40%) for single-family and duplex, thirty-five per-
cent (35%) for triplex, and twenty-five percent (25%) for town-
house and multiple-family.
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(5) Height, The maximum height shall be thirty-five (35)
feet.
SECTION 6.
Sub-section (D) (1) (b) of Section 26-22A of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended to read as follows:
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(b) Townhouses and multiple-family dwellings may have one (1)
ground sign for each street with an entrance. The maximum size
for each sign shall be thirty-two (32) square feet.
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SECTION 7~'
Sub-section (E) (2) of Section 26-22A of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(E) Setbacks:
(2) The building line from any side yard property line shall
be seven (7) feet for a single-family, nine (9) feet for duplex
and triplex, and fifteen (15) feet for townhouse and multiple-
family. When a townhouse or multiple-family use abuts a single-
family use, the townhouse or multiple-family use shall provide
a landscape buffer strip at least five (5) feel wide planted
along the side property line. Add one (1) foot to setback
for each 2,000 square feet of tot size over 14,000 square feet.
SECTION 8. Sub-section (E) (3) of Section 26-22A of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(E) Setbacks.
(3) The building line from any rear yard property line shall
be twenty-f,ive (25) feet. The rear building line on lake front
property shall be measured from the established high water mark.
When a townhouse or multiple-family use abuts a single-family
use, the townhouse or multiple-family use shall provide a land-
scape buffer strip at least five (5) feet planted along the rear
property line. Add one (1) foot to setback for each 2,000 square
feet of lot size over 14,000 square feet.
SECTION 9.
Sub-section (F) (2) of Section 26-22A of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(2) Townhouse and multiple-family developments of twenty-four (24)
or more dwelling units.
SECTION 10.
There is hereby added to Sub-section (F), Conditional Uses, of Section
26-22A of the Code of Ordinances, a new sub-section, numbered (4), to read as
follows:
(4) Townhouse and multiple-family developments of twenty-four (24)
units or more.
SECTION 11.
Sub-section (6) of Section 26-22A of the Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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(G) Off street Parking.
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(1) Single, duplex and triplex dwellings shall have two (2)
parking spaces per dwelling unit.
(2) Townhouses and multiple-family dwellings shall have two (2)
parking spaces per dwelling unit.
(3) Schools shall have one (1) parking space for each 200 square
feet of space.
SECTION 12.
All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 13.
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 inseparable in meaning and effect from the
section to which such holding shall apply.
SECTION 14.
This Ordinance shall be published as provided by law, and it shall
become law and take effect thirty (30) days from the date of its Second Reading
and Final Passage.
First Reading on this 27th day of August, A. D. 1974.
Second Reading on this 8th day of October, A. D. 1974.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT,
LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, this 8th day of October, A. D. 1974.
CITY OF CLERMONT
By:
ATTEST:
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DOLORES W. CARROLL, City Clerk
CLAUDE E. SMOAK, JR.
Mayor
APPROVED by me, this 8th day of October, A. D. 1974.
Mayor
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CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a certified copy of the foregoing Ordinance No.
l14-C was published on the 19th and 26th days of September, A. D. 1974, in a
newspaper of general circulation located within the City of Clermont, Florida, as
required by Florida Statute=166.04l (3) (a), said date of publication being
fourteen (14) days prior to the Second Reading and final adoption of this Ordinance.
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