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• ORDINANCE NO. 15,916
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LITTLE ROCK CITY CODE
SECTIONS 20- 3(c)(2) AND 20 -29(b) PROVIDING
FOR THE COLLECTION OF NUISANCE ABATEMENT
FEES AS PENALTIES IN THE SAME MANNER AS
DELINQUENT TAXES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock
8 previously has adopted Sections 20- 3(c)(2), concerning unsafe and
9 unsanitary conditions, and 20- 29(b), concerning structures subject
10 to condemnation, which provide for the collection from a landowner
11 of costs incurred by the City in removing or eliminating nuisances
12 when the landowner has failed or refused to do so; and
WHEREAS, Sections 20- 3(c)(2) and 20 -29(b) are in need of
13 clarification to provide that such fees may be collected as
14 penalties in the same manner as taxes.
15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
16 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Section 20- 3(c)(2) of the Little Rock City Code,
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1988, is hereby amended to read as follows:
18 (2) The amount of the lien may be determined at a hearing
19 before the Board of Directors held after thirty (30) days' written
20 notice by certified mail to the owner or owners of the property,
21 if the name and whereabouts of the owner or owners be known. If
the name of the owner or owners cannot be determined, then the
22 hearing before the Board of Directors may be held after
23 publication of notice of such hearing in a newspaper having a bona
24 fide circulation in the county, for one (1) insertion per week for
25 four (4) consecutive weeks. The amounts due the City as determined
26 at said hearing, including all costs incurred by the City relevant
to the nuisance, plus ten (10) per cent penalty for collection,
27 shall be that certified by the Board of Directors to the county
28 tax collector, and by him placed on the tax books as a penalty to
29 be collected in the manner and with the priority of delinquent
30 taxes, and the amount, less three (3) percent thereof, when so
31 collected, shall be paid to the City.
SECTION 2. Section 20 -29(b) is hereby amended to read as
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33 (b) Expenses incurred by the City under this section shall
34 be charged to the owner of the premises involved and shall be
35 collected in the same manner as provided in Section 20 -3.
SECTION 3. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict
36 herewith are repealed, but only to the extent of such conflict.
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SECTION 4. It is hereby declared that an emergency exist,
and this ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the
public welfare, peace, health and safety, shall take effect and be
in force from and after the date of its passage.
PASSED: August 7, 1990
ATTEST:
CI CLERK JAN# CZECH
TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
MAYOR FI(VYD G. VILLINES, III