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Z ING ORDINANCE NO. 1Qs.8OZ SAME BEING,
"AN ORW 28TABLISHING StANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS
FOR THE OOIiSTRUCTION AND REOONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS,
84ry AYS, :NI PRIVATE AND COMERCIAL, CURBS AND GUTTERS
ON PUBLIC PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR PERMITS TO BE ISSUED
BY WE CITY BUILD= INSPECTOR UPON WRITTEN APPLICATION
AM A FEE; ADOPTING STANDS FOR OONSTRUCTION OF SIDE -
WALUS, DRIVEWAYS, CURBS AND GUTTERS IN THE CITY OF
LIrLE PAM ; PROVIDING FOR was LOCATION AND GRADE FOR
Imam-, AW AV Irm 1'lTEs 6 TO BE ESTABLISHED
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CBPTIONS; PRD'iiIDG FOt TIM {iALIDI.R OF THIS ORDINARCE;
DECLARING AN BMEEGBNCY; AND FOR OT{ , PJ00SES. "; AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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ROCK, ARKANSAS:
S=iON 1, Section 1s IMPROVENENTS AND PERMIT REQUIRED,
Paragraph D of Ordinwee No* 10,807„ is hereby amended to
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P+ 'ipaph D. A fee of $2.50 shall be charged by the
Building Inspector at the time an application for a permit as
herein required is pale for residential drives or sidewalks
per lot and $5.00 for each commercial drive or sidewalk per
lots and such an shall be paid into the general fund of the
City of Little Rock. Provided, however, where the General
Contractor constructs and pours his own drives or sidewalks
provided for herein, there shall be no necessity.for a separate
permit fee for such purposes; provided further, however, the
actual pouring for such drives or sidewalks shall be done at a
time when the Building Inspector is making one of his regular
inspections of the improvements being erected thereon•"
SECTION 2. Section 39 -MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIQNSs Para-
graph F of Ordinance No. 10807 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"p�apli F. The width of all sidewalks shall be four
(4) feet. In commercial and industrial zones, sidewalks shall
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extend from the property line to the curb. No driveway apron
shad extend out into the Street farther than the faces of the
curbs nor into Vhe gutter area; provided, however, the apron
Area shall be p frois the sidewalk to the street pavement
cohere no tkwb or,,Sutter section is established.'
SBCTMM 3. Sect an 6 it8SPONSIBIL OF THE CDWMCTOR,
Paragraph A of Ordinance No. 12,^80? is hereby amended to read
as follows:
'=paragraph A. From and after the effscative date of this
ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpo-
ration to lay, construct, build, repair, rebuild or in any
wanner vork on any of the sidewalks, curbs., gutters, streets,
alleys or public thoroughfares within the City of Little Rock
without first having obtained a Certificate of Qualification
from the City Engineer, The City Engineer shall investigate
the qualifications of any applicants to adequately perform
said work; and, if found qualified by the City Engineer, a
Certificate of Qualification shall be issued by the City
Engineer. The holder of such Certificate of Qualification
so issued will then apply to the City Collector for a Privilege
License as a contractor building concrete sidewalks, gutters
and driveways. Provided, however, that where a General
Contractor is constructing his own sidewalks, gutters and
driveways and has paid a Privilege Tax as such General Contractor,
he shall not be required to obtain the Privilege License herein
provided for. Said privilege tax shall be in the sum of
$25.00 per year, and shall not be accepted by the City Collector
until satisfactory evidence, in the form of a Certificate of
Qualification issued by the City Engineer, is presented to him.
Such qualified contractor shall, in addition to the above, obtain
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a permit from the City Engineer to perform each and every sepa-
rate job of construction of a" sidewalk, curb,gutter or
driveway, and shall pay a fee to the City Collector for %uch
permit herein provided. jjp6&& ing application for an annual
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privilege tax, each applicant shall state in the application for
such annual privilege tax, the location of his place of business,
the name under which the business is to be conducted and shall
notify the City Collector and City Engineer i mediately
cf every change of address or of the organization. Such Certi-
fizate of Qualification or Privilege License shall not be
transferable and such contractors shall rc _ sub -let any work
to any person uho has not been duly qualified by the City
Engineer and who has not paid the annual privilege tax for the
privilege of engaging in such business. Each and every person,
firm or corporation licensed under the terms of this Ordinance
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shall notify the City Engineer of the date on which he does
any work or contract concerning work upon curbs, sidewalks,
gutters or driveways located upon public property.'
SECTION 4. Section 63, RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR,
Paragraph D is hereby amended to read as follows:
'Pa_,ragraph D. Contractors shall begin work in all cases
within one - hundred and twenty (120) days after the permit for Guth
work is issued, and shall prosecute the same continuously until
the work is eampleted unless unavoidably delayed by weather
conditions or other cause not within the control of the Contractor
SECTION 5. It has been determined that there is an immediate
need for comprehensive standards and specifications for the
construction and reconstruction of sidewalks, driveways, both
private and cpanercial, and curbs and gutters on public property,
all for the public safety; and that the enactment of this
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Ordinance will accoWlish this pu3*ose; now therefore, an
emergnacy is hereby declared to W4st, and this ordinance
berg necessary for the preservation of public peace, health
and safety shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage and approvals
PASSED: July 7, 1958
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Ordinance will accoWlish this pu3*ose; now therefore, an
emergnacy is hereby declared to W4st, and this ordinance
berg necessary for the preservation of public peace, health
and safety shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage and approvals
PASSED: July 7, 1958
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