5151ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THEi OPERATION OF A BOARDING HO12
FOR CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK_ TO BE A PRIVILEGE, PROVIDING
FOR THE LICENSING AND REGULATION THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK:
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SECTION1. From and after the passage of this ordinance
it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association
to conduct a boarding home for children as herein defined without
having in force a license obtained from the City Collector and
approved by the City Health Officer, such license to be good for
the current year.
SECTION 2. A Boarding Home for children within the meaning
of this ordinance is any place in which children under sixteen (16 )
years of age, not related by blood or marriage to the owner or manager
of said place, are received, kept, provided with food, shelter and
care for hire or compensation, however paid. This shall not mean any
boarding school or day nursery.
SECTION 3. Any person desiring to operate a boarding
home for children shall first make application to the City Collector
and deposit with such application the annual license fee, which is
hereby declared to be 7hree (_ °:;3.00) Dollars per annum. The City
Collector shall then forward such application to the City Health
Of who shall inspect the premises intended to be used for such
boarcir<<, ho °rie and if the said City l� -= ulth 0f ='i r dee;ls it advisable
he :Zay refer the application for s :_c rr_it to thF; Child 'elfLie
committee of tie -ov_r cil of Social Ac- encles of 7ulaski County for
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appro,7^ s,,ic'n --etur --- t- -ollcotor v.;ho
shall thereupon iss-,.-,e sjch liceilse for cu -,rent year•. Any
license so issued s -1�,il apoly only to tree e acaress 6 locution
stated in the application and shall not be transferable from one
location to another nor from one person to -r-other, u_ less the
sritten approval of the City Health Officer be secured for a
change in the place of residence in which case the record of such
license shall be amended to show the correct address.
SECTION 4. The City Healti, Officer in conjunction with the
Child "5elfare Committee of the Council of b-ocial Agencies of P11 la ski
County, shall a=dopt reason-ble and uniform minimum requirements with
respect to the neighborhood, building and equipment, conditions in
the home, :;are of children and reports to be made of children bein,;r-
boarded, which must be complied with b-T any person, firm, corporation
or association, operating or seekin,n- to o-perat3 a bo- rcink hone for
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, U33TION 5, Any person, firm corporation or association
viol,-,- tin, r� T of t,--)e -provisions of this ordina.; ce of c--1--y of the
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Offic - r in e o i o r. of
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bo--irdin�� hoi.-�e shall e deemed -r
COn7iCtion she-1.1 be fin in any sum i of lcss- than ml,7ienty-nve (�„25.00�
n1o"Llars nor mo...e than ----"ifty (550.00) Dollars.
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Passed:
Attest:
Approved
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