12899ORDINANCE NO. 12,899
AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT ANY PERSON OR PERSONS FROM FISH-
ING, LOITERING, OR LITTERING IN OR ON CERTAIN LANDS OWNED
BY THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AND OPERATED BY THE PORT AUTHOR-
ITY OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK KNOWN AS THE LITTLE ROCK
PORT FACILITIES AND THE LITTLE ROCK PORT INDUSTRIAL PARK;
MAKING THE VIOLATION HEREOF A MISDEMEANOR AND PROVIDING A
PENALTY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock owns certain lands adjacent
to the Arkansas River, which has been developed as the Little Rock
Port Facility and the Little Rock Port Industrial Park; and
WHEREAS, in the operation of the facilities along the river
front adjacent to the lands owned by the City of Little Rock, it
is necessary to operate heavy industrial equipment and other
heavy equipment in the efficient operation of the Little Rock Port
Authority and its lessees; and
WHEREAS, the unrestricted use of the river front lands by
persons fishing from the bank of said lands for a distance of 1500
feet on either side of the Little Rock Port Facility's dock or
loitering and littering thereon interferes with the efficient
operation of said industrial activity, and any fishing from the
bank of these lands, loitering thereon, or littering same is hereby
deemed to be against the public interest, health, and welfare of
the citizens of the City of Little Rock.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
SECTION 1. That fishing from the bank of the Arkansas River
for a distance of 1500 feet on either side of the Little Rock Port
Facility's dock on lands owned by the City of Little Rock and
operated by the Little Rock Port Authority, or its lessees, or lit-
tering or loitering along said area is hereby declared to be unlawful.
SECTION 2. Any person violating the provisions of this Ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-
five dollars ($25.00).
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage.
PASSED: February 19 1974 (%
ATTEST: ?�? APPROVED: to I`� ,, G'
City Clerk Mayor
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