Resolution No. 2023-004Rd
CLErc ON-r CITY OF CLERMONT
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT REQUESTING THE LAKE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS ADOPT NEW TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES IN
THE SOUTH LAKE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE BOUNDARY
AREA; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY,
ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENERS ERROR,
PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Lake County first created a South Lake County Fee District in 1985 to
collect Transportation Impact Fees on new developments which occurred within the south Lake
County fee boundaries, and
WHEREAS, the Cities of Clermont, Minneola, Montverde, Groveland, and Mascotte are
within the South Lake County Transportation Impact Fee Boundary, and
WHEREAS, all the cities in south Lake County and areas of unincorporated south Lake
County have seen unprecedented growth over the past 10 years, and
WHEREAS, impact fees on new development help lessen the tax burden on existing
property owners and businesses and make new development pay their fair share for new
infrastructure, and
WHEREAS, Lake County hired Benesch to update Lake County's impact fee plan as
required by state law, and
WHEREAS, the updated impact fee plan shows that the Transportation Impact Fees in
the south Lake County boundary area need to be adjusted to help cover the cost of infrastructure
caused by planned new developments.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Clermont,
Florida, as follows:
The City of Clermont requests that the Lake County Board of County Commissioners adopt new
transportation impact fees in the South Lake County Transportation Impact Fee Boundary Area to
the 95t percentile of the maximum allowed as demonstrated in the study conducted by Benesch to
help all the citizens of south Lake County impacted by the transportation issues that come with
new growth.
SECTION 1: CONFLICT
All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict with any of the provisions of this Resolution are
hereby repealed.
CLE ' N, CITY OF CLERMONT
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SECTION 2: SEVERABILITY
If any portion of this Resolution is declared invalid, the invalidated portion shall be severed from
the remainder of the Resolution, and the remainder of the Resolution shall continue in full force
and effect as if enacted without the invalidated portion, except in cases where such continued
validity of the remainder would clearly and without doubt contradict or frustrate the intent of the
Resolution as a whole.
SECTION 3: ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION
This Resolution may be re -numbered or re -lettered, and/or corrected for typographical and/or
scrivener's errors which do not affect the intent of said resolution, as authorized by the City
Manager or designee, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected copy of same with the
City Clerk.
SECTION 4: PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
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CLERMONT CITY OF CLERMONT
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DONE AND RESOLVED by the Mayor of the City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake
County, Florida, this 1 Oth day of January 2023.
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ATTEST:
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-L�Tracy Ackroyd Howe, MMC
City Clerk
Approved as to Form and Legality:
Da antzaris, City Attorney
CITY OF CLERMONT
Tim Murry, ayo