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CITY OF CLERMONT
CODE ORDINANCE
NO. 274-C
AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING
PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER OF CITY OF CLERMONT,
LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA; AMENDING ARTICLE II, SECTION
6(d) BY PROVIDING A TIME FOR OFFICIALS TO TAKE THE
OATH OF OFFICE; DELETING ARTICLE ill, SECTION 24(d)
RELATING TO ELECTION CANVASSING BOARD, AMENDING
ARTICLE ill, SECTION 25 TO PROVIDE FOR PRIMARY
ELECTIONS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The City Council of the City of Clermont, hereby ordains that:
SECTION 1:
Article II, Section 6(d) Q&h of the Charter of the City of Clermont, Lake
County, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Article II, Section 6(d) Oath. Elected officials shall take the oath of office at
the next regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council following their elections.
SECTION 2:
Article III, Section 24(d). Duties of City Council is hereby deleted.
SECTION 3:
Article III, Section 25. Primary Elections is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Article III, Section 25. Primary Elections. In the event there are more than
two (2) candidates who qualify for anyone (1) seat, there shall be a primary election
held five (5) weeks prior toi1he general election. In the event one (1) of the
candidates receives a majority of the votes, he shall be declared elected. In the event
no candidate receives a majority of the votes, the two (2) candidates for whom the
highest number of votes were cast shall stand for election at the general election.
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CITY OF CLERMONT
CODE ORDINANCE
NO. 274-C
SECTION 4:
All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5:
Should any section or part of a section be declared invalid by any Court of
competent jurisdiction, such adjudication shall not apply to or affect any other section
or provision of this Ordinance except to the extent that the entire section or part of a
section may be inseparable in meaning and effect from the section to which such
holding shall apply.
SECTION 5:
This Ordinance shall be published as provided by law and shall become law and
shall take effect on the date of its Second Reading and Final Passage.
First Reading this ßff1 day of m ~ ' 1992.
Second Reading this !li!:J.... day of .;]U n e , 1992.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY FLORIDA TIllS!liL DAY OF\....Tl/I7e... ,
1992.
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Robert A. Pool, Mayor -
Attest:
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