Development Services

With the addition of a new Building Services Division this year, the Planning & Zoning Department is taking on a new name: Development Services.

Development Services has four
divisions to serve you:

Development Services is responsible for the following:

Permitting of all development within the City of Clermont.
Reviewing requests for rezoning, future land use map amendments, future land use text amendments, and variances to the code.
Reviewing conditional use permits, sign permits and single-family residential development requests.
Participating in the development-review process and commenting on development permits, Developments of Regional Impact (DRI's), Planned Unit Developments, subdivision plans, site plans, conditional use permits, landscape plans, annexations and right of way/easement abandonment.
Revising existing and developing new Land Development Regulations to implement the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan and the directives of the City Council.
Assisting property owners and the development community and providing coordination between Lake County and local and state agencies.
Accepting and issuing City Local Business Tax Receipts.
Implementing development regulations, commonly referred to as the zoning code, which includes the list of permitted and conditional uses within individual zoning districts, building setbacks, parking, landscaping and signage requirements.
Handling site plan review for residential and commercial sites.

Contact Development Services for questions regarding: