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ORDINANCE NO. 14,701
AN ORDINANCE TO EMPOWER THE CITY MANAGER OR
THE CITY MANAGER'S DESIGNEE TO APPOINT AND
AUTHORIZE INSPECTORS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS TO ISSUE CITATIONS TO ALLEGED VIOLATORS
OF CITY ORDINANCES OR REGULATIONS OR THE FIRE
PREVENTION CODE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, Act 763 of 1983, codified as Ark. Stat. Ann.
ss42 -1009 (Cum. Supp. 1983), specifically provides that City
employees who are charged with the duty of enforcing a particular
ordinance or regulation may be authorized to issue citations for
violations of that ordinance or regulation; and
WHEREAS, Code Enforcement Officers, Fire Inspectors and
Public Works Inspectors regularly inspect property and premises
within the City of Little Rock to determine if violations of City
ordinances, regulations, or the fire code exists; and
WHEREAS, there exists a great danger to the public if
individuals within the City of Little Rock are allowed to
continue to violate the various ordinances, codes, or
regulations; and
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Police Department does not have
sufficient personnel to enforce all these various laws.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager or her designated
representative is hereby empowered and authorized to issue
citations to require alleged violators of the Little Rock
Municipal Code to appear in the Little Rock Municipal Court to
answer charges of those violations. The City Manager shall
designate in writing the individuals who are authorized to issue
citations. This list shall be filed with the City Clerk.
SECTION 2. It has been found and declared that there is
a great confusion concerning the authority of City Inspectors,
Little Rock Fire Inspectors, and Code Enforcement Officers to
issue citations in connection with their enforcement duties which
has the result that the public peace, health and safety is often
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seriously jeopardized; and that this measure is required to
provide a remedy therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to
exist, and this ordinance being necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health and safety, shall take effect and be
in full force from the date of its passage and approval.
PASSED: July 3, 1984
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City Clerk Jane Czech Mayor J. W. Benafield