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Clermont City Council, August 25, 2026 minutes

City of Clermont City Council: August 25, 2026

Meeting Overview

Type: Regular Meeting Time: 3:00 PM, Tuesday, August 25, 2026; the minutes record "THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:29PM" Location: Clermont City Hall Record: The minutes are the meeting agenda with each item's STATUS and VOTE entered beneath it. Attendance, motions and discussion sit outside this record.

Agenda Items

Item 13: Ordinance No. 2026-029 Final, Amend LDC (Administrative Adjustments)

  • Type: Text Amendment (Land Development Code)
  • Case Number: Ordinance No. 2026-029
  • Location: Citywide
  • Request: "Consider approval to allow for an amendment of the Land Development Code to allow for administrative adjustments."
  • Action: STATUS: TABLED TO 10/13
  • Vote: VOTE: 5/0

Item 14: Ordinance No. 2026-030 Final, Smoke Vape Shops Moratorium

  • Type: Moratorium
  • Case Number: Ordinance No. 2026-030
  • Location: Citywide
  • Request: "Consider approval to establish a 6-month moratorium on new smoke/vape shops."
  • Action: STATUS: APPROVED
  • Vote: VOTE: 5/0 ROLL CALL

Item 15: Ordinance No. 2026-031 Final, Marijuana Dispensary Moratorium

  • Type: Moratorium
  • Case Number: Ordinance No. 2026-031
  • Location: Citywide
  • Request: "Consider approval to establish a 6-month moratorium on new marijuana dispensaries."
  • Action: STATUS: APPROVED
  • Vote: VOTE: 5/0 ROLL CALL

Item 16: Ordinance No. 2026-032 Final, Data Centers Moratorium

  • Type: Moratorium
  • Case Number: Ordinance No. 2026-032
  • Location: Citywide
  • Request: "Consider approval to establish a 6-month moratorium on data centers."
  • Action: STATUS: APPROVED AS AMENDED
  • Vote: VOTE: ROLL CALL 5/0
  • Notable Discussion: The amendment's text sits outside this record. The six-month term is the agenda's description; the adopted term follows whatever amendment the Council made.

Item 18: Resolution No. 2026-026R, Elite Vet. Specialists CUP

  • Type: Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
  • Case Number: Resolution No. 2026-026R
  • Location: M-1 Industrial District
  • Applicant: Elite Vet. Specialists (as the agenda titles the item)
  • Request: "Consider a Conditional Use Permit to allow for a veterinary clinic to operate within the M-1 Industrial District."
  • Action: STATUS: APPROVED
  • Vote: VOTE: 5/0

Item 19: Ordinance No. 2026-025 Intro, Amend LDC (Outdoor Lighting and Dark Sky Standards)

  • Type: Text Amendment (Land Development Code)
  • Case Number: Ordinance No. 2026-025
  • Location: Citywide
  • Request: "Consider the ordinance introduction of a Land Development Code amendment to adopt Chapter 129, Outdoor Lighting and Dark Sky Standards."
  • Action: STATUS: INTRODUCED
  • Vote: VOTE: 5/0

Public Hearings Summary

Items 13 through 16 sat under Unfinished Business as final readings; Items 18 and 19 sat under New Business. The action record carries the status and vote for each item and no speaker counts or public comment.

Key Signals

  • Clermont paused three uses in one sitting. The City Council approved six-month moratoria on new smoke/vape shops (Ordinance No. 2026-030) and new marijuana dispensaries (Ordinance No. 2026-031) by roll call 5/0, and a moratorium on data centers (Ordinance No. 2026-032) APPROVED AS AMENDED, roll call 5/0.
  • Data centers now sit on three Lake County dockets. Minneola's Planning & Zoning Commission took up Ordinance 2026-05 on data centers on June 1, 2026, and Lake County's Planning & Zoning Board agenda for August 5, 2026 listed a Data Center Moratorium for the unincorporated county. Clermont's Ordinance No. 2026-032 is the one of the three recorded as approved at a final reading.
  • Two Land Development Code amendments moved differently on the same night. Ordinance No. 2026-029 (administrative adjustments) was TABLED TO 10/13, 5/0. Ordinance No. 2026-025 (Chapter 129, Outdoor Lighting and Dark Sky Standards) was INTRODUCED, 5/0.
  • A veterinary clinic cleared the conditional use route in the M-1 Industrial District. Resolution No. 2026-026R for Elite Vet. Specialists was APPROVED, 5/0.

Raw Notes

  • Consent agenda (Items 1 to 12: minutes, surplus, Budget Amendment #4, Lake County mitigation plan, open container, dispatch agreement, Urban SDK contract, temporary staffing, landscape architecture and ADA term contracts, City Hall A/C, surplus property sale on Carroll Street): "STATUS: APPROVED 1 – 6; 8-11 VOTE: 5/0"; "STATUS: APPROVED # 7 VOTE: 4/1"; "STATUS: APP AS AMEND #12 VOTE: 5/0".
  • Item 17, Citizen Request: a resident asked to address Council regarding the downtown R-3 residential district. STATUS: TABLED TO 9/8, VOTE: 5/0.
  • Item 20, Council Member Request on a bike and pedestrian pathway along East Avenue and an enhanced crosswalk between Aurelia M. Cole Academy and Cypress Ridge Elementary School: "Direct staff to bring complete streets plan in 5 weeks," VOTE: 5/0.
  • Item 21, Council Member Request on public notices in the Clermont Sun: "Direct City Manager to publish notices in the Clermont Sun," VOTE: 5/0.
  • Presentations: Employee of the Quarter, Quarterly Budget Presentation, Parking Garage Update. Proclamation: Alberta Mae "Toni" Bell-Rescoe.
  • The agenda and the minutes are both posted on the CivicClerk event page (event 1728); the minutes add the STATUS and VOTE lines to the agenda text.

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