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ORDINANCE NO. 14.497
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SIGN ORDINANCE TO
PROVIDE FOR A 24 -HOUR NOTICE FOR COMPLIANCE
IN THE CASE OF REPEAT OFFENDERS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF
If upon inspection, the administrator finds that a
sign is abandoned or structurally, materially, or
electrically defective, or in any way endangers
the public, or is not maintained in accordance
with subsection 44 -3(d), the administrator shall
issue a written order to the owner of the sign and
the occupant of the premises stating the nature of
the violation and requiring the sign to be
repaired or removed within ten (10) days of the
date of the order.
Such signs are hereby declared to be public
nuisances. In the event of a failure to comply
with the order, the City may institute legal
proceedings to abate the sign as a nuisance.
Costs incurred by the City shall be charged to the
owner of the sign and /or the owner of the property
on which the sign is located. The costs may
constitute a lien upon the property and may be
collected by any appropriate legal means."
PASSED: August 16, 1983
ATTEST: Q41A.0, ISIZ APPROVED:
Ci Clerk e Czech Mayor J. W. ena eld
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
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Section 1. Section 44 -7(i) of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Little Rock, Arkansas, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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"(i) Violations. When, in the judgment of the
administrator, a violation of this chapter exists,
the administrator shall issue a written order to
the alleged violator. The order shall specify
those sections of this chapter of which the person
may be in violation and shall state that the
person has ten (10) days from the date of the
order in which to abate the alleged violation or
to appeal to the sign appeal board; provided,
however that in the case of an alleged violator to
whom the administrator has issued such an order
within the preceding twelve -month period, the
notice shall require the person to abate the
alleged violation within twenty -four (24) hours.
If upon inspection, the administrator finds that a
sign is abandoned or structurally, materially, or
electrically defective, or in any way endangers
the public, or is not maintained in accordance
with subsection 44 -3(d), the administrator shall
issue a written order to the owner of the sign and
the occupant of the premises stating the nature of
the violation and requiring the sign to be
repaired or removed within ten (10) days of the
date of the order.
Such signs are hereby declared to be public
nuisances. In the event of a failure to comply
with the order, the City may institute legal
proceedings to abate the sign as a nuisance.
Costs incurred by the City shall be charged to the
owner of the sign and /or the owner of the property
on which the sign is located. The costs may
constitute a lien upon the property and may be
collected by any appropriate legal means."
PASSED: August 16, 1983
ATTEST: Q41A.0, ISIZ APPROVED:
Ci Clerk e Czech Mayor J. W. ena eld