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Home My WebLink About21149 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,149 2 3 AN ORDINANCE TO CONDEMN CERTAIN STRUCTURES IN THE 4 CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AS STRUCTURAL, FIRE AND 5 HEALTH HAZARDS; TO PROVIDE FOR SUMMARY ABATEMENT 6 PROCEDURES; TO DIRECT CITY STAFF TO TAKE SUCH ACTION AS 7 IS NECESSARY TO RAZE AND REMOVE SAID STRUCTURES; TO 8 DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 9 10 WHEREAS,certain structures in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, identified in this ordinance have 11 become run-down, dilapidated, unsightly, dangerous, obnoxious and detrimental to the public welfare of 12 the citizens of Little Rock; and 13 WHEREAS, the condition of the structures has deteriorated to the point that they are dangerous to 14 the health and safety of the occupants or other persons and, further, are in such condition as to be 15 dangerous to the lives, limbs and property of people in its vicinity or those lawfully passing thereby; and 16 WHEREAS, the condition of these structures constitutes a serious structural, fire and health hazard; 17 and 18 WHEREAS, the owners of the structures have received proper legal notice to either rehabilitate or 19 remove the structures and have failed to do so; and 20 WHEREAS, such structures are hereby declared a nuisance and immediate action is necessary to 21 demolish the structures. 22 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 23 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 24 Section 1. The conditions of the structures located on the properties described below have been 25 found to present structural, fire and health hazards and are dangerous to the health and safety of the 26 occupants or other persons, and further, the structures are in such condition as to be dangerous to the 27 lives, limbs and property of people in the vicinity or those lawfully passing thereby. The Board of 28 Directors hereby condemns the following structures, identified by street address, owner, legal description 29 and parcel number,and declares them to be public nuisances: 30 1. 2100 Cross Street 31 Owner: Thelma W Banks/Vadrick M Banks 32 Legal: Weldon E Wright's Block 36; Lot 12 33 Parcel No: 34L-20-200-400-00 34 35 36 [Page 1 of 3] 1 2. 2121 Cross Street 2 Owner: Christopher& Debra Sims 3 Legal: Worthen Wat Block 3; Lot 5 4 Parcel No: 34L-20-300-006-00 5 6 3. 11 Sheraton Drive 7 Owner: Larry R Sr. & Linda Sue Jackson 8 Legal: Meadowcliff Lot 350 9 Parcel No: 44L-16-400-366-00 10 11 4. 9025 South Heights 12 Owner: Manuel Beza-Beza 13 Legal: South Heights Sub S57' of Lot 9 14 Parcel No: 35L-00-162-009-00 15 16 5. 4207 West Drive 17 Owner: Linda Nelson 18 Legal: Collie J M Sub Lot 5 19 Parcel No: 35L-00-124-006-00 20 21 Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to direct the Housing &Neighborhood Programs 22 Department to raze and remove the structures condemned in this ordinance and to file and enforce a lien 23 against the properties described herein for the cost of razing and removing said structures pursuant to 24 Little Rock,Ark.,Rev. Code ("LRC") §20-29 (1988). 25 Section 3. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, 26 subparagraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to 27 be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining 28 provisions of this ordinance, as if such invalid or unconstitutional provision was not originally a 29 part of this ordinance. 30 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and other matters inconsistent with 31 this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 32 Section 5. Emergency Clause. Unless the provisions of this ordinance are put into effect 33 immediately,the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Little Rock will be adversely affected; 34 therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect 35 from and after its passage. 36 PASSED: December 15,2015 37 T, . ' APPROVED: 38 ‘111 39 gr�/J.�I- G .ek ,// / 40 Sus Eley,City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor [Page 2 of 3] 1 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: 2 . 7,,,</L 4 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Att ey 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10 // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // [Page 3 of 3]