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AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 6, CEMETERIES,
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 HEREBY ORDAINS THAT:
Chapter 6, Cemeteries is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION 1.
Sec. 6-1. Short title.
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Clermont
Cemetery Ordinance.
Sec. 6-2. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein:
(1) "Cemetery" or "Municipal Cemetery" is any cemetery owned
by the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida.
(2) "Trust Fund" is the fund established for the perpetual
care of the cemetery.
Sec. 6-3. Rules, regulations, restrictions.
The Council shall by Resolution establish rules, regulations
and restrictions for the use of the cemetery relating to:
(1) Subdividing the cemetery into lots, blocks, streets,
walkways, and recording the plats thereof.
(2) Capacity of each lot.
(3) Location of graves.
(4) Type of plantings as well as the size of and materials in
monuments and markers that will be permitted for the
proper and most attractive development of the cemetery,
provided, however, that Oak Hill Cememtery, Second Addi-
tion, as per plat thereof duly filed and recorded in the
public records of Lake County, Florida is hereby restricted
to a lawn memorial type cemetery.
(5) Use of certain lots for single burials, and burials of
paupers.
(6) Location of and plans and specifications for all structures
of any kind for the interment of human bodies or cremated
remains.
(7) All other matters for the orderly use and development of
the cemetery.
Sec. 6-4. Rules for interment.
No deceased person or the cremated remains of any deceased
person shall be interred until:
(1) Burial permit has been obtained from the City and if
required from the Florida State Board of Health, or any
other agency as required by law;
(2) That the lot in which the interment is to be made has
been fully paid for;
(3) The person arranging for such interment has the right
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(4) Such lot is not used beyond its capacity;
(5) Proper record is made of the name, age, and sex of the
deceased person and of the exact location of the grave.
Sec. 6-5. Lot valuations.
The Council shall by Resolution:
(1) Place a value upon all unsold lots in the cemetery.
(2) The Council may withhold from sale any area block or area
within a block in order to promote the orderly use and
development of the area. Such areas must be definitely
marked on the cemetery records. When one lot is sold in
a reserved area then the whole area must be opened for sale
to all persons.
Sec. 6-6. Records of ownership.
The City shall keep full and complete records of the ownership
of all lots in the cemetery, of the burial capacity of each lot, sold
and unsold, of the location of each grave, of the names of persons
buried in each grave that has been used, and such other factual data
as may be deemed necessary for such records. Information for such
records must be furnished by those applying for the interment permit.
Sec. 6-7. Trust fund.
There is hereby established a trust fund, to be known as the
Clermont Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, to be derived from one-hundred
per cent of the net proceeds from all cemetery lot sales, beginning
October 1, 1983. The Council shall be trustees thereof and may invest
and reinvest same as it deems necessary. The annual cost of care and
maintenance of the cemetery shall be paid out of only the interest or
dividends earned by the Trust Fund and the general taxes assessed and
levied for such purpose. The principal must be kept separate and
apart from all other funds of the City and its use is hereby appropri-
ated exclusively for the purpose of said Trust.
Sec. 6-8. Penalties.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished as provided by Section 1-8. Each day such violation is
committed or permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate
offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
SECTION 2.
Chapter Six,
SECTION 3.
Sections 6-9 and 6-10 are hereby repealed.
All ordinances or parts of this ordinance in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4.
Should any section or part of this section be declared invalid by
any court of competent jurisdiction, such adjudications shall not apply
to 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 mean-
ing and effect from the section to which such holding shall apply.
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SECTION 5.
This Ordinance shall be published as provided by law and it shall
become law and shall take effect immediately upon its second reading
and final passage.
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FIRST READING THIS 2. 2 DAY OF
SECOND READING THIS /3Y-h..J DAY OF
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, 1983.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY
COUNTY, FLORIDA THIS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE
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ATTEST:
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WAy~~iRS, CITY CLERK