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185020 ORDINANCE NO. 18,502 AN ORDINANCE CONDEMNING CERTAIN STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AS STRUCTURAL, FIRE AND HEALTH HAZARDS; PROVIDING FOR SUMMARY ABATEMENT PROCEDURES; (DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE SUCH ACTION AS IS NECESSARY TO RAZE AND REMOVE SAID STRUCTURES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, certain structures in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, have become run- down, dilapidated, unsightly, dangerous, obnoxious and detrimental to the public welfare of the citizens of Little Rock; and WHEREAS, the condition of these structures constitutes a serious structural, fire and health hazard; and WHEREAS, such structures are a public nuisance and are dangerous to the health and safety of the occupants or other persons and, further, are in such condition as to be dangerous to the lives, limbs and property of people in its vicinity or those lawfully passing thereby; and WHEREAS; such structures are declared a nuisance and immediate action is necessary to remedy these situations and said buildings should be rehabilitated by the owners or razed either by the owners or the City of Little Rock. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. SECTION 1. The Board of Directors hereby declares that the following structures constitute public nuisances. The owners of the following described properties are hereby ordered either to begin rehabilitation by immediately contacting the Department of Housing & Neighborhood Programs and entering into an agreement providing for the immediate rehabilitation of the structures or to raze and remove said structures within twenty -four (24) hours and to complete such removal within seventy -two (72) hours of the effective date of this Ordinance. While not required by law to do so, the Department of Housing & Neighborhood Programs will immediately attempt to notify the owners of the property listed below of the passage of this ordinance by certified mail or personal service. The property on which the condemned structures are located by street address and legal description is hereafter set forth with the name of the owners of record, as follows: 0 0 Page 2 UNrr NO. ADDRESS: • LEGAL DE C.: 1 -00460 1214 West 19s' Wright's Addn., Block 33, E 1/3 Of Lots 4, 5 & 6 1 -01734 2402 Pulaski 2 -00534 1118 S. Park Wat Worthen Addn., Block 22, Lot 2 Capitol Hill Extension Addn., Block 2, Lot 8 2 -02782 1618 West 22id Fleming & Bradford's Addn., Block 11, E '.h of Lot 13 & W '/2 of 14 3 -00448 4612 West 16i6 Pine Forest Addn., Lot 12 OWNER: Walter Moore 1214 West 19th Little Rock, AR 72206 Ethel Arrington c/o 15619 Decatur Cr. Omaha, NE Clara Stewart McCarroll 831 S. I I' Avenue Maywood, IL 60153 Erma Armstrong 723 N. Cedar Street North Little Rock, AR 72211 Dewayne & Donna Jones P.O. Box 296 Mulberry, AR 72947 Page 3 • 3 -00474 1903 Brown Chickasaw Place, Richard D. Langille Block 4, N' /2 of Lot 18 & P.O. Box 409 S '/2 of Lot 19 Springville, CA 93265 3 -00481 Park Addn. 1808 Brown Highland , Denise Matthews Whitman Block 1, Lot 5 51 Dam Road Mayflower, AR 72106 3 -04493 1801 Valentine Braddock's Addn., Geraldine Dubisson Lee Block 3, Lot 1 920 S. Wheeler Springfield, 1L 62703 3 -09547 3816 West 16'h W.B. Worthen Addn., Loretta R. Spann Block 15, E 45' of Lots 5 & 6 174 Woodhaile Lane Heber Springs, AR 72543 3 -09558 3208 West 17'h C & P Johnson's Addn., Lonnie Johnson Block 7, E' /2 of Lot 5 c/o 1214 West I Street Little Rock, AR 72202 3 -10043 3719 West 6'h Heisman Addn., Randy Lee Cunning& Block 4, E 55' of Lot 1 & Pt. Donna Denise Cunning Lot 2, more part desc as follows: 604 S. Brown Street Beg. NE Cor sd It th W 55' al N Little Rock, AR 72205 Boundary li th S al li par with E Bndry li of sd lot 25' th E al A line parallel to N li sd lot 55' To E Bndry li of sd lot th N al E li sd lot 25' to P.O.B. Page 4 . 3 -10048 4800 West 24' Walthours Sub. Of Hyde Park, Elizabeth McCall Walthour's Sub. Of S '/z of 1617 Miracosta, Apt. B Lot 4 and all Lot 5, Bik 1, Chula Mista, CA 91913 Hyde Park 3 -10055 1909 Valentine Braddock's Addn., Vicki Williams Block 6, Lot 3 14009 North Fork Road North Little Rock, AR 72113 3 -10056 1916 Valentine Braddock's Addn., Revel Clark Block 5, Lot 10 1916 Valentine Little Rock, AR 72204 3 -10058 1924 Booker Chickasaw, Place, Rosa Colding Block 2, E 90' of Lot 13 c/o Evelyn Jones 1901 East 130' Avenue Denver, CO 80206 Page 5 • SECTION 2. The conditions of the structures on the above - described property have been found to present structural, fire and health hazards and are dangerous to the health and safety of the occupants or other persons, and further, the structures are in such condition as to be dangerous to the lives, limbs and property of people in its vicinity or those lawfully passing thereby. SECTION 3. The City Attorney is hereby authorized to institute such proceedings against such persons as may be necessary in order to enforce the provisions of this ordinance so as to remedy the unsightly and dangerous conditions brought about as a result of the failure of the owners thereof to maintain this property. SECTION 4. The Department of Housing and Neighborhood Programs of the City of Little Rock is also authorized to raze and remove said buildings and file and enforce a lien against said property for the cost of razing and removing said structures pursuant to Section 20 -32 of the Little Rock Code of Ordinances. SECTION 5. Unless the provisions of this Ordinance are put into effect immediately, the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Little Rock will be adversely affected; therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. PASSED: ,fine 5, 2001 ATTEST: C CL APP OVER AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED: w � / • 1. 1214 W. 19' Owner of this property is deceased. The property has never been probated. The grandson of the deceased owner sold the property, but he had no legal right to do so. This property is severely burnt and dangerous. 2. 2402 S. Pulaski Owner lives in Omaha, NE. 3. 1118 S. Park Owner lives in Maywood, 1L. 4. 1618 W. 22nd Owner lives in North Little Rock, AR. 5. 4612 W. 166' Owner lives in Mulberry, AR. 6. 1903 S. Brown Owner lives in Springfield, CA. 7. 1808 S. Brown Owner lives in Mayflower, AR. 8. 1801 S. Valentine Owner lives in Springfield, II... 9. 3816 W. 16'" Owner lives in Heber Springs, AR. 10. 3208 W. 17' Unable to locate owner and the taxes are delinquent. 11. 3719 W. 6`s No forwarding address information is available. This property was sold on a purchase agreement and title holder lives in Bryant, AR. 12. 4800 W. 24' Owner lives in Chula Mista, CA. 13. 1909 S. Valentine Owner lives in North Little Rock, AR. 14. 1916 S. Valentine Owners last known address is to this property. No forwarding information is available. 15. 1924 S. Booker Owner lives in Denver, CO.