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CITY OF CLERMONT
CODE ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 179-C
AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT,
LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 5; PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION
BY REFERENCE OF CERTAIN STANDARD CODES RELATING TO BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVID-
ING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION.
The City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, hereby
ordains that Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances relating to buildings is hereby
repealed and a new Chapter 5 is hereby created to read as follows:
SECTION 1. Adoption of Codes.
The following standard codes relating to building construction are hereby
adopted by reference as if set out in length herein and shall be controlling in
the construction of all buildings and other structures in the City of Clermont:
a. Standard Building Code, 1973 edition and amendments,
b. Standard Plumbing Code, 1975 edition and amendments,
c. Standard Housing Code, 1973 edition and amendments,
d. National Electrical Code, 1975 edition and amendments,
e. Standard Gas Code, 1973 edition and amendments,
f. Mechanical Code, 1973 edition and amendments,
g. Standard Swimming Pool Code, 1974 edition and amendments,
h. Standard 1 and 2 Family Dwelling Code, 1975 edition and amendments,
i. Standard Excavating and Grading Code, 1976 edition and amendments,
j. Standard Fire Safety Code, 1973 edition and amendments.
SECTION 2. Administration.
a. The building official shall have the power and duty to enforce the provisions
of this chapter.
b. All permits required by the provisions herein shall be issued by the
building official.
SECTION 3. Plans and Specifications.
a. No permit shall be issued for the construction of any building or structure
or for remodeling or repairing affecting bearing walls, roofs other than resurfacing,
or chimneys, or for moving a building onto premises in the City, unless the application
is accompanied by a plat or sketch of the proposed location showing lot boundaries,
and by plans and specifications showing the work to be done. Such plans and
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specifications, if required by the building official, shall bear the seal or signature
of a licensed architect or designer. New materials will be approved by inspector
when approved by Bureau of Standards.
b. All work done under any permit issued shall be in full còmpliance with all
other applicable ordinances and regulations of the City of Clermont, including but
not limited to the zoning ordinance, the waterworks and sewers ordinance, the street
ordinances, the sanitary ordinances of the City and with the laws of the State of
Florida. In addition to the fees for permits hereinafter provided for, there shall be
paid to the City such other fees pertaining to water connections, meters and so forth,
as prescribed and required under ordinances and regulations of the City pertaining to
the construction, alteration or repairing of buildings and other structures in the City.
c. A certified survey of the property with boundary markers placed will be
required for:
(1) All new construction;
(2) Remodeling when floor plan of building is enlarged and boundary
lines cannot be determined by existing boundary line markers.
SECTION 4. Fire Districts.
a. For the purpose of regulating the construction of buildings within the City
of Clermont, providing safe distance from fires for fire fighting equipment and limiting
fire damage, there is hereby established a fire district, as provided by Section 301.4
of the Standard Building Code. The fire district shall embrace all lands within the
corporate limits of the City, which according to the zone map and zoning ordinance of
the City, as adopted by Chapter 26 of this code and zoned C-1, C-2, M-l and M-2, plus
all areas used for commercial or industrial purposes by Planned Unit Developments,
special use permits or similar provisions of Chapter 26.
b. Where four (4) contiguous blocks or more comprise a fire district there shall
be a buffer zone of up to two hundred (200) feet around the perimeter of such district,
with approval of the building official. Streets, rights-of-way, and other open spaces
not subject to building construction may be included in the two hundred (200) foot
buffer zone.
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c. Where blocks adjacent to the fire district have developed to the extent
that at least twenty-five (25) percent of the ground area is built upon, and forty
(40) percent or more of the built-on area is devoted to the uses specified in para-
graph (a) they may be considered for inclusion in the fire district, and may form all
or a portion of the two hundred (200) foot buffer zone required in paragraph (b).
SECTION 5. Examinations.
1. Those:contractors, specialty contractors or subcontractors as defined in the
Resolution authorized by Section 5 herein who wish to engage in a building or con-
struction trade, shall make application on forms furnished by the City, to take a
trade examination and shall pay the necessary examination fees, and shall appear at a
place designated by the building official for the purpose of taking such trade exami-
nation to determine his competency in accordance with the following procedures:
a. Regular examination shall be offered on the last Saturday of the months
of March, June, and September, and the 2nd Saturday in the month of December.
b. Special examinations may be arranged upon request of the Examinee and
after approval of the building official.
c. All examinations shall be prepared, proctored, and graded either by
H. H. Block and Associates, Gainesville, Florida, or by Boothe's Construction Seminars,
Tallevast, Florida.
d. Examinees shall be required to take either the H. H. Block and Associates
or the Boothe's Construction examination.
e. Examination applications shall be filed with the building department not
later than twenty (20) days prior to the date of the examination.
f. Any contractor or subcontractor who has been actively engaged in a
particular trade in the City of Clermont regulated by the laws of the State of Florida,
or who may hereafter be regulated by said Chapter, who has been previously licensed
for the trade applied for, for at least two (2) out of the last three (3) years prior
to the effective date of this Ordinance, may be issued a Certificate of Competency
without examination by the building official provided the applicant offers reasonable
evidence that he has been so engaged and is otherwise qualified within a period of one
hundred twenty (120) days subsequent to the effective date of this Ordinance.
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g. Florida state certified contractors or subcontractors need not apply
for a local Certificate of Competency or take examinations, provided the state
certified contractor or subcontractor presents evidence to the building official that
he is currently certified by the Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board. Such
evidence shall consist of the original card or certificate issued by the State
,Licensing Board (photoc9pies or facsimilies will not be accepted) and some acceptable
form of personal identification proving that he is the same contractor or subcontractor
certified by the Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board.
h. Contractors or subcontractors with Certificates of Competeùcy from other
counties and municipalities shall be issued a City of Clermont Certificate of Competency
without examination, provided that the standards of qualification for certification
in such other county or municipality is in the opinion of the building official as high
as those in the City of Clermont and provided that the City of Clermont has a reciprocity
agreement with the other county or municipality.
i. Contractors or subcontractors holding a Certificate of Competency from
the City of Clermont may request the Building Department to mail a letter of reciprocity
to another municipality or county stating that said contractor or subcontractor hold
a City of Clermont Certificate of Competency. A fee of $2.00, payable to the City of
Clermont shall be paid for each letter of reciprocity mailed.
j. Any person making an initial application for a City of Clermont Certificate
of Competency, other than those specified in paragraphs f, g, and h above, shall be
required to pass the H. H. Block and Associates examination or the Boothe~s Construction
Seminar's: Examination with a grade of 75% or higher. Examinations will be given only in
the category requested for certification; and the examination must have been prepared,
proctored and graded by the official testing organization.
k. Application fees for examination at any regularly scheduled examination
shall be as provided by Section 5 herein.
I. Upon written request and approval of the building official, the requirement
of the Certificate of Competency may be waived for persons contractors or doing work
for the federal government, state government, Lake County, or City of Clermont, or any
municipality or political subdivision of the City of Clermont.
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m. A master electrician shall not employ a person on any job in the capacity
of an electrician without such person being in possission of a Certificate of Competency,
provided that nothing in this section shall be held to prohibit the working of helpers
or apprentices on any job of electrical construction, when the work of such helpers or
apprentices is performed under the supervision of an electricial holding a Certificate
of Competency.
2. Partnerships, corporations, or other legal entities contracting or sub con-
tracting in the City of Clermont shall register with the building department in
accordance with the following procedures and conditions:
a. An officer or agent of a pertnership or corporation, who has been
certified by the state or county and who has furnished proof of his certification to
the building department, shall, on behalf of the partnership or corporation, file an
application upon the form provided by the building department which 'shall include the
names and addresses of the general and limited partners and the chief construction
manager, in the case of a partnership, the names and addresses of the president, vice-
president, secretary and chief construction manager, in the case of a corporation,
and the name and address of the officer or agent making the application.
b. The officer or agent making the application and giving proof of his
certification on behalf of any partnership or corporation shall be a general partner,
an officer, or a full time employee of the partnership or corporation and shall be
actively engaged in the work or business affairs of the partnership or corporation.
c. The registration shall be issued in the name of the partnership or
corporation but shall show upon its face the name of the individual upon whose
competency it is.;.issued.
d. Registration issued under subsection (c) shall be valid only as long
as the individual shall remain in or with the partnership or corporation in the capacity
required by subsection (b).
e. No individual upon whose competency registration is issued on behalf of
a partnership or corporation shall sever his active connection with said partnership
or corporation without notifying the City of Clermont Building Department, within
ninety (90) days, and, if such an individual fails to notify the building department,
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his registration shall be revoked and will not be renewed for a period of one (1)
year subsequent to the revocation and then only upon application and approval of the
Board of Examiners.
f. Every partnership or corporation who shall fail to nòtify the building
department that the individual specified in subsection b is no longer acting in the
capacity required by said subsection shall not be re-registered for a period of one (1)
year after the time when the building official determines that such notice should have
been given.
g. The partnership or corporation to whom registration was issued upon the
competency of an individual who is no longer acting in the capacity required by. sub-
section b above shall, if such partnership or corporation has complied with subsection
f above, surrender such registration and designate within ninety (90) days some other
certified individual to appear on the registration application. The individual so
designated shall comply with subparagraph b above, except that the partnership or
corporation shall not be required to pay an additional registration fee for the balance
of the current fee year.
h. An individual upon whose competency registration is issued, shall not,
so long as the registration is outstanding and unsurrendered, obtain registration for
more than.three (3) business entities, or corporations.
3. A contractor or subcontractor who pays the registration fee prescribed by
this Ordinance shall be registered to contract or subcontract in the City of Clermont,
provided that he submits satisfactory evidence to the building official that he has
complied with the following additional requirements:
a. Shows evidence of certification by the state or county or through a
reciprocity agreement in the trade for which the application for registration is requested.
b. Files evidence of holding a current City occupational license.
c. Furnishes a bond in the amount of $5,000.00 conditioned upon compliance
with the laws of Florida and all rules, regulations, and codes adopted by the City of
Clermont of the City of Clermont Building Department.
d. Furnishes proof (certificate of insurance) that public liability
insurance is being maintained by an insurance carrier authorized to do business in
Florida, within minimum limits of $25,000.00 for one person and $50,000.00 for more than
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one person in anyone accident; also property damage insurance in the minimum amount
of $10,000.00 for anyone accident.
e. Furnishes proof (certificate of insurance or affidavit stating no
employees are to be hired) that he has met the requirements of the Florida Workmen's
Compensation Law.
f. Furnishes proof of a state registration number if he is certified and
registered with the State of Florida.
4. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all contractors and subcontractors
doing business in the City of Clermont including contractors certified by the State of
Florida and contractors doing business in the City of Clermont under a reciprocity
agreement.
SECTION 5. Schedule of Fees and Penalties-Registration.
a. The City shall establish by resolution a Schedule of Fees for Registration
for contractors and definitions therefor.
b. The registration fees shall be paid prior to the issuance of an
occupational.license in the City of Clermont prior to the issuance of a building permit
for construction work in the incorporated areas of the City of Clermont, and before any
individual, partnership, or corporation engages in the business of contracting or sub-
contracting in the City of Clermont.
c. The registration fees shall be renewed annually on or before September 30th
of each year.
d. The following penalties shall be assessed against all persons, partnerships,
and corporations that fail to renew their registration on or before September 30th of
each year:
1. Registration between the dates of October 1st and October 31st
shall be assessed a 5% penalty.
2. Registration renewed between the dates of November 1st and November
30th shall be assessed a 10% penalty.
3. Any person, partnership, or corporation, who fails to renew its
application by December 1st of the renewal year shall be purged from the registration
roles.
Such person, partnership, or corporation that fails to renew its registration
before December 1st and that is purged from the registration rolls shall be required to
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re-register and to pay the registration fees applicable to a new registrant.
SECTION 6. Amendments to National Codes.
a. Article 310-5 of the National Electric Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
1. Minimum Size of Conductors. Whether solid or stranded, conductors; shall
not be smaller than No. 12 copper. All aluminum wiring is prohibited, except that
No. 6 or larger may be used between the meter and the panel.
Exception No. 1 : For flexible cords as permitted by Section 400-12.
Exception No. 2: For fixture wire as permitted bý Section 410-23.
Exception No. 3: For fractional hp motors as permitted by Section 430-22.
Exception No. 4: For cranes and hoists as permitted by Section 610-14.
Exception No. 5: For elevator control and signaling circuits as permitted by
Section 620-12.
Exception No.6: For Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 circuits as permitted by
Sections 725-16, 725-33, and 725-40.
Exception No.7: For signaling circuits as permitted by Section 725-16, 725-33,
and 725-40.
b. Section 106.3A of the Southern Standard Plumbing is hereby amended to read as
follows:
1. Permit fees:
All fixtures-------------------------------------------$l.00
Water installation-------------------------------------$3.00
Sewer installation-------------------------------------$5.00
Minimum fee--------------------------------------------$5.00
Reinspection fee---------------------------------------$5.00
"No hub" cast iron is allowed when properly installed on firmly tamped
ground and supported horizontally by brick or concrete supports.
SECTION 7. Penalties.
a. Any person, firm or corporation, or agent, who shall be found guilty of violating
this Chapter shall be subject to the penalties provided by Chapter I, Section 1-8, Code
of Ordinances.
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b. Each such person, firm or corporation, or agent, shall be deemed guilty of a
separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation
of any ,of the provisions of this Chapter or Code herein adopted by reference is committed,
or continued, and upon conviction of any such violation such person, firm, or corporation,
or agent shall be punished as herein provided.
c. Any provision of said Code pertaining to the limits of punishment as provided
by "state laws" shall be interpreted herein to mean and refer to the penalties herein
provided.
SECTION 8. Appeals.
a. In the event no appeals procedure is provided in a standard code incorporated
herein, the appeals procedure as provided in the state building code shall be used.
SECTION 9.
All ordinances or parts of this Ordinance in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 10..
Should any section or part of this 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 holding shall apply.
SECTION 11.
This Ordinance shall be published as provided by law and it shall become law and
shall take effect 30 days from the date of its Second Reading and Final Passage.
First Reading this 27th day of JUNE , 1978.
Second Reading this 25th day of JULY , 1978.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, THIS
25th
DAY OF
JULY
, 1978.
CITY OF CLERMONT
~ SMOAK, JR., - Mayor
BY:
CLAUDE
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D~S W. CARROLL - City Clerk
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APPROVED by me this
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day of
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, 1978
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CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a certified copy of the foregoing Ordinance no. 179-C was
published on the 6th
day of
JULY
, 1978, in a newspaper of general circulation
located within the City of Clermont, as required by Florida Statutes 166.041 (3)(a), said
date of publication being 14 days prior to the Second Reading and Final Adoption of the
Ordinance.
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DOLORES W. CARROLL - City Clerk