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155591 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 M M M M ORDINANCE NO. 15,559 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. The Code entitled "The Little Rock City Code, Revised 1988," published by Municipal Code Corporation consisting of Chapters 1 through 36, each inclusive, is adopted. SECTION 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before July 18, 1988, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are repealed. SECTION 3. The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance. SECTION 4. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of the Code or any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted or issued in pursuance thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or double such sum for such repetition thereof. If the violation is, in its nature, continuous in respect to time, the penalty for allowing the violation to continue is a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each day that the same is unlawfully continued. If a violation is a misdemeanor under state law, 445 x'33 6-i • • qq qq `4`46 1 the penalty for the.violation shall be as prescribed for the 2 state offense. The penalty provided by this section, unless 3 another penalty is expressly provided shall apply to the 4 amendment of any Code section whether or not such penalty is 5 reenacted in the amendatory ordinance. In addition to the 6 penalty prescribed above, the City may pursue other remedies 7 such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief, and 8 revocation of licenses or permits. 9 SECTION 5. Additions or amendments to the Code when 10 passed in the form as to indicate the intention of the City to 11 make the same a part of the Code shall be deemed to be 12 incorporated in the Code, so that reference to the Code includes 13 the additions and amendments. 14 SECTION 6. Ordinances adopted after July 18, 1988 that 15 amend or refer to ordinances that have been codified in the 16 Code, shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like 17 provisions of the Code. 18 SECTION 7. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. The present Code of 19 Ordinances for the City of Little Rock has had more that 90 20 supplemenets since it was first published in 1962. Copies of 21 certain portions of these supplements no longer exist. Further, 22 pagination of the old Code is confusing. In addition, there have 23 been occasions when ordinances of the Board of Directors have 24 amended original ordinances, but on other occasions have only 25 amended the codification of the ordinances. The ability to pass 26 a single codification of ordinances and, in doing so, assure 27 that all prior ordinances and codifications are properly stated 28 is a matter of great importance that effects the health, safety 29 and welfare of the entire community since it helps assure that 30 actions taken by the Board, or by the various City departments, 31 are done pursuant to a set of ordinances that has been formally 32 adopted in the proper fashion by the Board of Directors. An 33 emergency is therefore declared to exist and this codification 34 35 36 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 li I 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 of ordinances and this ordinance shall become effective on the date of passage. PASSED: September 28, 1988 ATTEST: J / CITY LERR JAN CZECH Gad MARK STODOLA, CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED: MAYOR LOTTIE SHACKELFORD 447