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CITY OF CLERMONT
CODE ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 193-C
AN ORDINANCE UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT,
LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROHIBITING LITTERING ON PUBLIC STREETS, RIGHT-
OF-WAYS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH:, PROVIDING FOR SEVERA-
BILITY; 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.
This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Clermont Litter Ordinance.
SECTION 2.
Terminology used in this Ordinance may be defined as follows:
a. IILitter" means any garbage, rubbish, cans, bottles, containers, trash, refuse,
papers, lighted or unlighted cigarette or cigar, or flaming or glowing material.
b. "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, or unincorporated association.
c. "Law enforcement officer" means any officer of the Florida highway patrol,
county sheriffs' departments, municipal law enforcement departments, law enforcement
departments of any other political subdivision, department of natural resources, and
game and fresh water fish commission.
SECTION 3.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, discard, place or deposit litter
in any manner or amount whatsoever in or on any public highway, road, street, alley,
thoroughfare, or any other public lands, except in containers or areas lawfully provided
therefor. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, discard, place, or deposit any
garbage, cans, bottles or containers in or on any fresh water lakes, rivers, streams,
or tidal or coastal waters of the state. In addition, it shall be unlawful for any person
to throw, discard, place, or deposit litter in any manner or amount whatsoever on any
private property, unless prior consent of the owner has been given and unless said litter
will not cause a public nuisance or be in violation of any other state or local laws,
rules, or regulations.
SECTION 4.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall upon conviction,
be punished by a fine not exceeding FIVE HUNDRED AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($500.00).
It shall be the duty of all law enforcement officers, as defined herein, to enforce
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the provisions of this section.
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CITY OF CLERMONT
CODE ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 193-C
SECTION 5.
All ordinances or parts of this Ordinance in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6.
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 7.
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 FEBRUARY , 1979.
Second Reading this ';¿7~ day of Hta/u-L 1979.
PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE
FLORIDA, THIS c2.. 7 t!::- DAY OF
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY,
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CITY OF
BY: (ìß
CLAUDE, SMOAK, JR., - Mayor
ATTEST:
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DOLORES W. CARROLL - City Clerk
APPROVED by me this .2 7 ~
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CLAUDE E. SMOAK, JR., -
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a certified copy of the foregoing Ordinance No. 193-C was
published on the 15th day of March, 1979 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