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I ORDINANCE NO. 18,425
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO MODIFY THE PERMIT FEES FOR BORING,
4 EXCAVATION AND CURB CUTS; TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK,
5 REV. CODE § 30 -246 (1988); To DECLARE AND
6 EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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8 WHEREAS, the City previously amended the manner in which permits and fees for curb
9 cuts, excavations, and borings, but the codification resulted in an error on the per foot charge
10 for certain matters, and
11 WHEREAS, the Utility Coordination Committee was presented with information on
12 this proposed amendment on November 8, 2000, but no member of this Committee, which
13 includes representatives from a majority of the affected utilities, has provided any comments
14 about the proposal,
1s NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
16 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
17 Section 1. Little Rock, Ark., Rev, Code § 30- 246(b) (1988) is hereby amended to read
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19 (b) Permit fees for the boring, excavations or cut, shall be two dollars
20 ($2.00) per foot per permit for the first fifty (50) feet of the boring,
21 excavation or cut, or any fraction thereof, and one dollar ($1.00) per foot
22 for each additional foot, or any fraction thereof.
23 Section 2. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence,
24 clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or
25 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the
26 ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged
27 invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the ordinance.
28 Section 3. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are
29 inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such
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Section 4. Emergency. The ability to maintain a consistent and equal methodology for the
assessment ofpermitfees, and to maintain fees that appropriately represent the impact upon the City, the
ability to review the permit applications, and the cost of inspectors and engineers to review plans,
specifications, and the fu fillment of City ordinance requirements, is essential to the public health, safety
and welfare, but is not currently being achieved because the per foot fee after the first 50 feet of a permitted
area does not properly meet these essential requirements; an emergency is, therefore, declared to exist, and
this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and the mailing of notice
of this change to the utilities that are currently known to be operating within the corporate limits of the
City.
PASSED: February 6, 2001
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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14 Nance Wo d, City Clerk
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19 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorney
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