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CITY OF CLERMONT
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ORDINANCE NO. 186-C
AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT,
LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA,AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
PERTAINING TO SUBDIVISIONS; PROVIDING A CODE OF THE SUBDIVISION
REGULATIONS FOR THE CITY OF CLERMONT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING 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:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 20 of the Code of Ordinances pertaining to subdivisions is hereby repealed
and a new Chapter 20 is hereby adopted.
SECTION 2.
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The rules and regulations hereby adopted shall be known and cited as the subdivision
regulations, City of Clermont, Florida.
SECTION 3. Definitions.
The the purpose of this chapter, certain words or terms used herein shall be inter-
preted as follows:
The present tense includes the future tense, the singular number includes the plural
and the plural number includes the singular.
The word shall is mandatory; the word may is permissive.
The words used or occupied include the words intended, designed, or arranged to be
used or occupied.
The word building includes the word structure and shall mean any structure designed
or built for the support, enclosure, shelter or protection of persons, animals or chattels
of any kind.
The word land includes water surface and land under water.
Other terms are defined as follows:
Abutting property. Any property that is immediately adjacent or contiguous to
property that may be subject to any hearing required to be held under these regulations
or that is located immediately across any road or public right-of-way from the property
subject to any hearing under these regulations.
Applicant. Any person who submits subdivision plans to the City for the purpose of
obtaining approval thereof.
Architect. A qualified person registered and currently licensed to practice arch i-
tecture in the State of Florida.
Engineer. A registered professional engineer licensed to practice civil engineering
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in the State of Florida.
Hardship. A situation arising as the result of extraneous or unique circumstances
which deprives the developer of the reasonable use of his land if a strict application
of the ordinance is used.
Lot, COrner. A parcel of land at the junction of and fronting on two (2) or more
intersecting streets.
Lot, depth. The distance measured in a mean direction of the side lines of the lot
from the midpoint of the front line and the midpoint of the opposite rear line of the lot.
Lot,width. The distance between the side boundaries of the lot measured at the
front building line.
Plan, preliminary. The material which comprises the first "official" submission of
a subdivision scheme.
Plat, final. The material which comprises the second and last "official" submission.
Roadway. The portion of the street right-of-way which contains the street pavement,
curb and gutter and is used primarily for vehicular movement and secondarily for storm
water drainage. The pavement width is measured from back-face of curb.
Street, arterial. A street or highway used primarily for fast and heavy traffic
traveling considerable distances.
Street, collector. A street which, in addition to giving access to abutting pro-
perties, carries traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets and
highways.
Streets, marginal access. A minor street parallel with and adjacent to arterial
streets or highways and which provides access to abutting property and protection from
through traffic. A marginal access street may also be called a frontage road.
Street, minor. A street used primarily for access to abutting properties and not
for through traffic.
Subdivision. Any division or redivision of a parcel of land, whether improved or
unimproved, into two (2) or more lots or parcels of land, each of three (3) acres or less.
or any division of a parcel of land if a new street or the establishment or dedication of
lands for public use is involved. The sale or exchange of small parcels of land to or
between adjoining property owners where such sale or exchange does not create additional
lots or building sites shall not be considered a subdivision of land.
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Subdivision, Class I. A subdivision requiring no public improvements that involves
dedications or easements, except dedication of easements as required by the City; and
requiring no public improvements except monuments by these regulations, sidewalks, and
street trees.
Subdivision, Class II. Any subdivision which is not a Class I subdivision.
"S.A.C." Subdivision Advisory Committee consisting of the city manager, city
engineer, city attorney, director of public works, superintendent of public utilities,
and the building official or their representatives.
Surveyor. A land surveyor registered in Florida, and engaged by the developer to
survey and prepare the plat.
Utility company. Any pri va te orpubliè companies engag~ed :l.n ~pro;'Iding a public~--
service, such as CATV, electricity, telephone service, gas, etc.
Walkway. A right-of-way intended primarily for pedestrian use.
Work. All construction as required for the plat approval as well as all required
construction as shown on approved plans and specifications for all facilities and features
of any kind.
SECTION 4. Preparation of Plans.
(A) The plat is to be prepared by registered surveyors and plans for required public
improvements shall be prepared by a professional engineer.
(B) The plat shall be drawn at a minimum scale of one hundred (100) feet to the
inch. The sheet size shall be the size required by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Lake County. If necessary, more than one (1) sheet may be used as long as a key map is
shown to relate each sheet to the entire planned area.
SECTION 5. Preliminary Plan Procedure - Step One
(A) A subdivision plan shall receive it's first official consideration as a
"Preliminary plan".
(B) Ten (10) copies of the preliminary plans and supplemental material specified
in Section 7 shall be submitted to the S.A.C. at least fourteen (14) days prior to the
meeting at which it is to be considered. To cover the direct administrative costs of
revising the plan, the developer shall pay to the City a fee of FIFTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($50.00), per acre or any part thereof, up to a maximum of FIVE HUNDRED AND NO/100
DOLLARS ($500.00).
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(C) The city manager shall be the agent for receiving these materials and pre-
paration for reporting to the S.A.C.
(D) If the proposed subdivision is to be a large one and the developer plans to
construct it in phases, the nature and extent of such phases shall be clearly delineated,.
but the developer must show the full extent of his development and submit, for the entire
development, plans and data as required by Section 5.
(E) At a scheduled public hearing, the S.A.C. will receive reports on and review
the preliminary plan and other required supplementary materials to determine compliance
with applicable regulations. The developer and other persons interested in or affected
by the proposed subdivision shall have a right to be heard in person, by letter, or by
agent or attorney before action is taken by the S.A.C.
(F) The subdivision advisory committee will ~ct for preliminary approval, con-
ditional approval, with conditions noted, postponement, or disapproval. The city manager
shall notify the developer of the S.A.C. action in writing.
(1) Preliminary approval means that the developer is now authorized to proceed
with the preparation of the required improvement plans, outlined in detail under Section
8. No developer shall proceed with any construction or any other work in the proposed
subdivision before obtaining preliminary approval of these improvements in writing. Lots
shall not be sold nor shall building construction begin at this time. Preliminary
approval grants the developer a maximum time of twelve (12) months within which he shall
submit his plat for approval unless a time extension is granted by the S.A.C. Within
this period no substantial changes shall be made in the approved preliminary plan.
(2) Conditional approval means the developer may proceed after written notice
from the city manager, as outlined about under "preliminary approvallt but only after he
has submitted at least five (5) copies of the corrected preliminary plan to the staff
for distribution to the concerned agencies. The city manager will notify the developer
in writing when conditions are met.
(3) Postponement means action is delayed for specific reasons which shall be
noted and transmitted in writing to the developer by the city manager. Certain specific
changes may have to be made in the plans, but no completely new resubmission of the plan
is required for the developer.
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(4) Disapproval means denial of the application for the subdivision because
the developer's plans are not in compliance with these regulations. For further consider-
ation, the developer must rework his plans as though they were a completely new preliminary
plan.
SECTION 6. Plan and Data Required - Preliminary Plan Submission.
(A) The preliminary plans shall be at a minimum scale of one hundred (100) feet to
the inch. It shall show the following information:
(1) Proposed subdivision name or identifying title preceded by the words
"Preliminary Plan of
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(2) The section, township, and range in which the proper ty is located. The
description of the boundary survey.
(3) The complete name and mailing address of the property owner, the developer,
the engineer, and other persons directly involved in the proposed subdivision.
(4) North arrow (with North being at the top of the map, when practical),
·-date ·of pieparation,-and~ ãny other ~pertinent -legeñd data.
(5) A summary list containing the total acres, number of lots, minimum lot
area, lineal feet in streets, and zoning.
(6) A sketch or "key map" at a scale of not more than five hundred (500) feet
to the inch showing the position of the subdivision with relation to surrounding streets
and properties. Also, showing other important features such as zoning, railroads and
corporate limits, etc.
(7) Zoning of adjacent land and plat of adjacent subdivisions with plat book
and page number, typical lot size, streets, and easements of such adjacent subdivision
or subdivisions.
(8) Tract boundaries, with dimensions.
(9) Conditions on tract, including all existing water courses, drainage
ditches, and bodies of water, marshes, flood prone elevators and areas, surrounding
physical features affecting the site; isolated preservable trees, and other significant
features.
(10) Existing property lines, buildings, transmission lines, sewers, bridges,
culverts, and drain pipes, water mains, city limit lines and utility easements.
(11) Utilities on or adjacent to the tract.
(12) Drafts of protective covenants whereby the developer proposes to regulate
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(B) Additional information is necessary for Class II Subdivisions:
(1) Location, name and width of all proposed streets, alleys, rights-of-way,
easements, and purpose of easements; proposed lot lines with dimensions; lot numbers,
and block designations.
(2) Typical sections showing street type and width, curb and gutter, sidewalks,
storm drainage and designs of any proposed fences and entrance structures. Statements
concerning storm water disposition, method of water supply and waste disposal, all con-
forming to city specifications.
(3) Contours on the tract, based on U.S.C.& C.S. datum at not less than one
(1) foot intervals.
(4) Subsurface conditions on the tract, location and results of tests made
to ascertain subsurface soil, rock, percolation, and gr?und water conditions.
(5) Proposed public improvements, such as highways or other major improvements
planned by public authorities for future construction on or near the tract.
(6) Sites and/or improvements to be dedicated or reserved for public use.
SECTION 7. Improvement Plan Procedure - Step Two.
(A) Class II Subdivision plans receive their second official consideration as
"improvement plans". These plans shall be approved by the city engineer who shall
certify that the plan is in conformance with these regulations and requirements. Variance
from the requirements shall be permitted only by city council action. No developer shall
proceed with any construction work in the proposed subdivision before obtaining this
approval. In subdivisions consisting of less than six (6) lots, if in the opinion of
the city engineer this requirements would create an unnecessary hardship, the engineer
may waive improvement plan requirements.
(B) When the improvement plans are submitted to the city engineer, the developer
shall pay to the City a fee, to cover direct administrative costs of reviewing the plan,
equal to one percent (1%) of the costs of constructing all improvements as estimated by
accepted construction cost estimating techniques.
(C) The developer shall have an engineer prepare the improvement plans in confor-
mance with the format, design, and improvement standards required by these regulations.
Utility companies and other concerned public agencies shall be consulted before the plans
are prepared.
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(D) To secure formal action on his improvement plans, the developer shall file
with the city engineer two (2) certified white background prints of the improvement plans.
(E) The city engineer shall review the proposed improvement plans and notify the
S.A.C. in writing of his approval, conditional approval, or denial.
(1) Approval means the developer is now authorized to proceed with the
physical improvement in the subdivision after securing any required construction permits,
and to proceed with preparation of the final plat.
(2) Conditional approval means the developer may proceed as outlined in the
preceding paragraph, but only after he submits two (2) certified copies of the corrected
improvement plans to the city engíneer.
(3) Denial means disapproval of the improvement plans. For further consider-
ation, the developer must rework his plans to conform to the requirements of these
regulations, and them submit the reworked plans to the city engineer as though they were
a completely new set of plans.
(F) The developer shall submit a construction and maintenance agreement assuming
responsibility for construction and maintenance of streets, alleys, and other improve-
ments. Prior to accepting municipal improvements, the City shall require a maintenance
bond guaranteeing the performance of streets, drainage facilities, water and sewer
facilities and any other physical improvements, for one (1) year after construction is
certified by the city engineer as having been completed. Amount of bond shall be twenty
percent (20%) of total improvement cost. In lieu of bond, a cashier's check made in the
amount of twenty percent (20%) of total improvement cost, may be drawn in favor of the
City. The amount will be placed in certificates of deposit with interest paid to the
developer, twelve (12) months after construction is certified by the city engineer as
having been completed.
SECTION 8. Plans and Data Required - Improvement Plan Submission
The plans for the required public improvements shall be prepared for the approval
of the city engineer and applicable governmental agencies prior to construction and only
after approval of the preliminary plan. Such improvement plans shall show the proposed
locations, sizes, types, grades, and general design features or each facility, and shall
be based on reliable field data.
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(A) The improvement construction drawings shall be submitted on white background
prints. The sheet size shall be 24" x 36" unless another size is approved by the c.ity
engineer. The drawings shall include the following information:
(1) Construction plans. The plan and profile of each proposed street
(indicating the existing ground surface elevation and proposed street grade surface
elevation including extensions for a distance on one hundred (100) feet to three hundred
(300) feet beyond the tract boundary),as required by the city engineer. Design shall
be in accordance with good engineering prac.tices.
(2) Street - Typical sections. A typical section of each proposed street
shall be submitted, per attached A, showing the width of pavement, curb and gutter, the
location and width of sidewalks, where required, and rights-of-way.
(3) Water supply, sewers, and storm water drainage. The plan and profile of
proposed distribution systems, sanitary sewers and storm drainage sewers or other drainage
ways, with grade and sizes indicated. Storm water shall be disposed of in a manner agreed
upon by the city engineer, and the Lake County Pollution Control Board and other applicable
governmental agencies. Water and sewer systems shall be approved by the city engineer
and the state.
(4) Other public improvements. A,plan shall be prepared for parks, recreation,
or other public use areas and improvements.
(5) "As built" plans. The designing engineer shall submit to the City
engineer two (2) sets of white background prints and one (1) mylar of certified "as built"
plans.
SECTION 9. Plat Procedure - Step Three.
(A) All subdivision plans shall receive their last official consideration as "a
plat". No developer shall sell any lot until after his plat has been rec.orded.
(B) The plat and required supplemental material shall be submitted to the S.A.C.
through the city manager. The plat shall be acc.ompanied by an application fee of TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($250.00), per lot plus TWO AND 50/100 DOLLARS ($2.50),
per lot if a computer summary is furnished, or, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($250.00), per lot plus FIVE AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($5.00), per lot is no computer summary
is furnished, plus rec.ording and printing cost. Recording of the plat shall be
accomplished upon the completion of requirements of the regulations.
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(C) The original plus fifteen (15) copies of the plat and required supplementary
material shall be prepared as specified in Section 11 and shall be submitted within twelve
(12) months after approval of the preliminary plan, otherwise, the plans shall not receive
"plat" consideration, but may be resubmitted as a new tlpreliminary plan".
(D) No plat shall be considered for final action by S.A.C. until it has been
reviewed and certified by the city engineer to be in conformance with these regulations.
The S.A.C. will review plat certification and then act for approval or disapproval.
(E) After the S.A.C. action, the city manager shall mark two (2) copies of the
pertinent final plat materials in conformance-with the committee's action, keeping one
(1) set for the City's files and making the other available to the developer. The city
manager shall then notify the developer of the committee's action. The meaning of the
committee's action shall be as follows:
(1) Approval. S.A.C. approval shall be set as recommendation to the City
Council at it's next scheduled meeting.
(2) Disapproval means denial of the present final plat as it is not in com-
pliance with these regulations.
(F) No plat shall be considered for action by the city council until it has met the
requirements of these regulations.
(G) No building shall be erected on a lot or parcel of land subject to these
regulations nor shall any building or use permit be issued therefor unless such lot or
parcel is within a subdivision for which a plat has been recorded and the required
improvements have been installed and accepted by the council. Buildings may be constructed
concurrently with the construction of the subdivision improvements required by these
regulations if a bond acceptable to the City has been posted. Such buildings shall not be
issued a certificate of occupancy until all the required improvements have been completed
and accepted by the council.
SECTION 10. Plats and Data Required - Plat Submission.
(A) The plat shall be prepared by a Florida registered land surveyor in accordance
with Florida Statute 177 as amended. The plat will be of the size required by Lake
County, drawn to a minimum scale of one hundred (100) feet to the inch.
(B) The final plat shall include the following features:
(1) Space and form for the following necessary acceptances or approvals:
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(1) mayor and attested by the city clerk of the City of Clermont; (2) Lake County Clerk
of the Circuit Court.
(2) The plat shall contain on the face thereof an unreserved dedication to
the public of all streets, highways, alleys, parks, parkways, easements, commons, or
other public places included within the plat, such dedication to be subscribed to by the
legal and equitable owners of such lands and city attorney certification as to correct-
ness of dedication and adequacy of title thereto.
(C) Protective covenants shall be in an approved form for recording.
(D) No plat shall be accepted until all taxes and statutory mechanics' liens levied
against the lands included in such plat have been joined, paid, or satisfied.
(E) For construction and installation of municipal improvements, the developer
shall provide with the plat, an acceptable payment and performance bond, prior to the
acceptance of the plat by the city council. The bond shall guarantee that all required
work shall be completed in full accord with the plat and all conditions attached thereto.
If bond is not thus furnished, the final approval or acceptance of the plat shall be
automatically void, and the plat shall not be filed or recorded. All required work
shall be completed within a period of twenty-four (24) months from the date of accept-
ance of the final plat.
SECTION 11. Inspections.
(A) The city engineer shall inspect all work while under construction. Upon com-
pletion of all work under bond, the developer's engineer shall submit to the city manager
a certificate stating that the work has been entirely completed, that it was constructed
under his supervision, and that it conforms in all respects to the plat for required
improvements and to the specifications set by these regulations. Upon receipt of this
certificate of completion, the city engineer shall make a final inspection of each of the
contract operations on the site. If the work conforms to all plans and specifications
the city engineer shall inform the city council by letter. The letter shall constitute
authority for release of the contractor's performance and payment bond. If the project
does not conform to the requirements of these regulations, and the plans and specifications,
the city engineer shall notify the developer in writing so that corrective measures may
be instituted.
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(B) Before the performance and payment bond will be released, the developer shall
furnish to the city manager one (1) mylar copy of "as built" construction drawings, along
with three (3) white background prints.
SECTION 12. Design standards.
The subdividing and developments of any area subject to this chapter shall be in
conformity with the City's general goals, objectives, and established city policies and
plans.
(1) Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed arterial
street provisions shall be made for marginal access streets as required.
(2) In the design of streets, turn radii and reverse curves, good engineering
design principals shall be used.
(3) Property lines at street intersections shall be rounded with a minimum
radius of twenty-five (25) feet.
(4) There shall be no private streets or easements for street use platted in
any subdivision.
(5) Minimum street right-of-way widths, unless otherwise indicated or required
by law, shall be as follows:
Minimum Roadway width
(a) Street Type Right-of-way Back to Back of Curb
Arterial 100 feet 48 feet
Collector 80 feet 32 feet
Minor 60 feet 24 feet
Marginal access 40 feet 20 feet
(b) Curb radii at street intersections shall be a minimum of twenty-five
(25) feet.
(6) Half or partial streets shall be prohibited.
(7) Dead end streets, designed to be so permanently, shall be prohibited
except where designed as a cul-de-sac. Such streets shall not exceed twelve hundred
(1,200) feet in length). They shall be provided at the closed end with a circular
dedicated area with a diameter of not less than one hundred fifty (150) feet with
eighty (80) feet width paving. Streets terminated temporarily shall end in a cul-de-sac
or as otherwise approved by the city engineer.
(8) All streets shall be named. No name shall be used which will duplicate
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or be confused with existing street names in the county.
(9) Street grades shall be determined in relation to the drainage installations
for the subdivision; wheneve~ feasible street grades shall not exceed eight percent (8%)
or be less than .40 percent, unless otherwise approved by the city engineer.
(B) Alleys.
(1) Alleys shall be provided in commercial and industrial districts.
(2) The width of an alley shall not be less than thirty (30) feet with a
paving width of twenty (20) feet.
(3) Dead end alleys shall be prohibited.
(C) Easements.
(1) Easements across lots where necessary, or centered on rear lot lines shall
be provided for utilities and shall be at least fifteen (15) feet in width.
(2) Easements, when required for drainage of the area to be subdivided shall
be of such width as is necessary to permit proper construction of drainage facilities
based on the drainage system of the area.
(D) Block Standards.
(1) The lengths, widths~. and shapes of blocks shall be determined with due
regard to providing adequate building sites suitable to the special needs of the type
of use comtemplated, the zoning requirements as to lot sizes and dimensions, the needs
for convenient access, circulation, control and safety of street and pedestrian traffic
and fire protection, and the limitations and opportunities of topography, with special
emphasis on drainage of the proposed subdivision and the possible adverse effects of that
drainage on properties surrounding the subdivision.
(2) Block lengths shall not exceed twelve hundred (1,200) feet.
(E) Lot Standards.
(1) Each lot shall conform to the requirements and regulations of the zoning
district in which the subdivision is located.
(2) Double frontage lots should be avoided.
(3) Lakefront lots shall have minimum back lines at the established high-water
elevation.
(4) Flag lots are prohibited.
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(F) Parks and recreation sites.
(1) It is the intent of these regulations that properly located parks, play-
grounds and recreation facilities be provided. When lands are subdivided at least five
(5) percent of the gross area of such lands shall be dedicated by the owner or developer
to the City for parks and recreation purposes. The location of such park and recreation
area shall be clearly shown and no plat shall be accepted without these areas clearly
shown and their location approved by the city council. Where property abuts a lake, the
City may require that the five percent (5%) dedication include up to five percent (5%) of
the lake frontage included in the subdivision.
(2) If the land area to be subdivided is too small for a park or recreation
area to be dedicated from such land, then the owner or developer shall pay to the City
a sum of money, equal to five percent (5%) of the value of the gross area to be subdivided,
such money to be held in escrow and used by the City for the purpose of acquiring park
and recreation areas and for no other purpose. Determination of the value of the gross area
to be subdivided shall be the value of the land with public improvements and shall be
determined jointly by the city council and the owner or developer.
SECTION 13. Public and Other Improvements.
Approval of the plat shall be subject to the subdivider having submitted to the
City plans and specifications for all improvements required by the City of Clermont, these
plans and specifications being approved by the city engineer prior to commencement of
construction and receipt of an acceptable p~yment and performance bond. A Florida
registered professional engineer shall be employed to design the required improvements.
After required improvements have been constructed under his supervision, such engineer
shall submit certification to the city that such improvements have been constructed
according to the approved plans and specifications.
The city engineer shall inspect all construction subject to these regulations. He
shall be authorized to call to the attention of the contractor any failure of work or
materials to conform with the plans and specifications, and, thus failing to secure
appropriate results, such attention shall be called to the developer and his engineer.
The city engineer shall have the authority to reject materials or suspend the work when
not in conformity with approved plans and specifications. He shall require laboratory
tests of field measurements for:
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Sub grade and shoulders - width, depth, density, and limerock bearing ratio.
Base - width, depth, density, crown.
Surface - width, depth, density, extraction and stability.
Concrete - compressive strength.
Such tests to be made by a duly licensed testing laboratory at the devloper's expense.
(A) Monuments.
(1) Permanent reference markers and permanent control points shall be set in
accordance with Flordia Statute 177.
(2) All lot corners shall be staked with concrete markers.
(B) Signs and markers.
(1) The developer shall furnish and install street signs and traffic control
devices as specified by the city.
(C) Sidewalks.
(1) Sidewalks shall be constructed five (5) feet wide, four (4) inches thick
and six (6) inches thick at driveways.
(2) Sidewalks shall be located within and in alignment with the street right-
or-way. Sidewalks shall be constructed prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy
on family dwellings or other structural improvements on the lot.
(D) Street lights.
Street lights shall be in accordance with City specifications and standards.
(E) Street trees.
Street trees shall be provided and planted in accordance with City specifications
and standards.
(F) Utilities.
(1) In residential subdivisions, utility service connections to individual
properties for electricity, telephone, gas and television communication shall be placed
underground.
(2) Utility lines other than water and sanitary sewer shall be located along
the rear lot lines. In general, all water lines and sanitary sewers shall be located
within the street right-of-way, in accordance with state standards.
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(G) Storm drainage.
(1) An adequate storm drainage system, including storm sewers, drain inlets,
manholes, culverts, retention areas, bridges and other appurtenances, shall be required
in all subdivisions, and installed in accordance with the plans and specifications approved
by the city engineer.
(2) All natural drainage ways shall be preserved at their natural gradient
and shall not be filled or interferred with in any way except as approved by the city
engineer.
(3) The drainage system shall be designed using accepted engineering principals
for rainstorms of two (2) hour intensity based on a ten (10) year interval for the
central Florida area using U.S. Weather Bureau data. The system shall be designed by a
registered professional engineer in the State of Florida and shall provide for drainage
of lots, streets, roads, and other public areas as well as handling the run-off from
adjacent areas that naturally flows into the subject area. Run-off coefficients shall be
based on completed projects.
(4) If the added run-off from the developed area will, in the judgement of the
city engineer, overtax or overload existing facilities, then the developer shall include
in his plans sufficient work to enlarge the present facilities to care for the added
drainage imposed on the system. Added run-off shall be stored in subdivision area.
(5) Where land may be subject to periodic flooding by the overflow from lakes,
canals, or streams, a flood plain must be established and clearly designated on the plat.
The plain shall be in accordance with the Federal HUD Flood Plain maps. No building will
be permitted within the area of the flood plain, unless all applic~b~e governmental rules
and regulations are met.
(6) The following standards shall apply to all drainage projects:
(a) Developer's engineer shall furnish drainage map to city engineer
showing entire area to be developed and, if feasible, all remaining area in the same
watershed. Final disposal of storm waters 'shall be shown.
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(b) Where the following methods 'of drainage, using pipe, are required
the following standards apply:
(1) Cross-drain pipe.
(a) Reinforced concrete or asphalt coated corrugated metal
(b) Minimum size 18" or equal
(c) Cover l' below base
(d) Headwall, inlet, or manhole required each end
(2) Storm sewer.
(a) Reinforced concrete
(b) Asphalt coated corrugated metal
(c) Minimum size - 15" or equal
(d) Inlet or manhole required at each change of
alignment or grade
(3) Side drain pipe.
(a) Concrete
(b) Plain corrugated metal
(c) Plain aluminum
(d) Minimum size - 15" or equal
(c) Bridges. Steel and concrete will be the type materials permitted in
the construction of bridges. The bridges must be designed to have an H-20 loading and
meeting current state specifications.
(d) Curb. Curb and gutter will be required and must be the standard type.
(e) Headwalls shall be constructed of either gravity or cantilever concrete.
(f) Inlets shall be either precase reinforced concrete or brick.
(g) Manholes may be either precast reinforced concrete or brick.
(7) All necessary drainage easements shall be furnished at no expense to the
City of Clermont and meet the requirements of the city engineer.
(8) Filters, screens and other environmental protection measures as required
by the Lake County Pollution Control Board and city engineer.
(H) Sewer and Water.
(1) City water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer shall be provided.
(2) Water and sewerage systems shall be designed and constructed in accordance
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with the standards and regulations of the state; three (3) copies of as built plans and
one (1) mylar copy shall be prepared and furnished the City upon completion of these systems.
(3) A looped central water system of six (6) inch water mains or larger con-
nected to the City's system shall be provided in all residential or commercial subdivisions
unless approved otherwise by the city engineer. The system shall be designed and con-
structed to satisfy the domestic requirements established by the State Board of Health
and the fire protection requirements established by the National Board of Fire Under-
writers. As a minimum standard, the distribution system shall be capable of delivering
in addition to domestic requirements at peak demand residual pressures of not less than
twenty(20) pounds per square inch, fire flows of at least five hundred (500) gallons per
minute in single family residential subdivision, and one thousand (1,000) gallons per
minute in commercial, institutional, and industrial areas. Fire hydrants of a type
approved by the city engineer in single family residential subdivision shall be measured
along lot lines and spaced no greater than five hundred (500) feet from any part of a
building and shall be connected to mains.
shall be determined by the city engineer.
The location and installation of fire hydrants
All water mains shall be approved material.
All single service lines shall be a minimum of three-quarters (3/4) inch; all double
service lines shall be a minimum of one (1) inch.
(4) A sanitary sewer system shall be provided in all subdivisions. The system
shall have a minimum of eight (8) inch mains. All sanitary lift stations, sewer mains,
and force mains shall be of approved material and design.
(5) Cost of installing water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer facilities shall
be borne by the developer, provided, however, that where the developer is required to
install larger lines or facilities than necessary to serve his development in order to
provide for future development, the difference in costs between installing facilities
adequate for the subdivision and the oversize lines shall be negotiated by the City.
(I) Street, curbs, and gutters.
(1) All streets and public ways shall be cleared and graded to their full
paving width, including side slopes, and to the specific grade. If required to prevent-:
erosion or excessive washing of the shoulders, protective measures shall be taken by
the developer as required by the city engineer. Excavations and depressions must be
properly backfilled and compacted.
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(2) A properly prepared subgrade and an approved road base and wearing surface
shall be provided for all streets. Each street shall be paved to the minimum width
established in these regulations as per Attachment A.
(3) Concrete curbs and gutters shall be constructed on all streets and shall be
installed according to the standard established _by the city engineer.
(J) The city engineer shall decide all questions, difficulties, and disputes, of
whatever nature, which may arise relative to the interpretation of the plans, construction,
prosecution, and fulfillment of the contract.
SECTION 14. Variances.
In the event a developer can show that strict application of this ordinance
deprives him of the reasonable use of his land and that he suffers a hardship as defined
herein and that the granting of a variance to the ordinance will not adversely affect
the essential character of the area, the city council may grant a variance.
(A) The developer shall file an application with the city manager stating clearly
and definitely the reason for a request of variance.
(B) The council, shall determine, at public hearing, whether a hardship, as defined
by this ordinance, exists and whether the proposed variance will not adversely affect
the adjacent property nor will it be deterimental to general public interest.
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SECTION 15.
Administration and Enforcement.
The city manager shall administer and enforce this subdivision code.
SECTION 16. Other Regulations.
The developer shall be responsible for complying with laws, regulations, or
ordinances outside of this code and the City of Clermont, The City of Clermont shall
in no way be responsible for enforcing any other ordinances, regulations, covenants, or
laws that might be more restrictive than this code.
SECTION 17. Penalties.
Any person, who being the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within
the City of Clermont, thereafter transfers or sells such land, or any part thereof, by
reference to a plat showing a subdivision of such land before such plat has been approved
by the city council and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lake
County, Florida, and any person to whom such transfer of sale is made, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be punished accordingly; and each day that any structure of land
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is used in violation of these regulations shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 18. Appendix Authorized.
There may be attached to any copies of this chapter used for public information and
guidance an appendix containing all or any of the following: and technical specifications
and standards adopted as aforesaid; any plans legally adopted by the City, a true copy
of the comprehensive plan, a true copy of the Master Drainage Plan, and any other
appropriate addenda. However, such appendix shall be understood as not having been adopted
by this reference. Nothing in the appendix shall be considered to alter or modify
anything stated in this chapter.
SECTION 19.
All ordinances or parts of this Ordinance in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 20.
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 pro-
vision 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 21.
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 SEPTEMBER 1978.
Second Reading this c2~~ day of tl) /1;1e Æ/ , 1978.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY ,
FLORIDA, THIS 02/f-t&- DAY OF (Qf~ , 1978.
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CLAUDE E~~L~r
ATTEST:
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DOLORES W. CARROLL - City Clerk
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APPROVED by me this
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. 186-C
was published on the 5th day of October
, 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