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Home My WebLink About21631 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,631 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. 4222 West 11th Street 31 Owner: Professional Housing&Land LLC 32 Legal: Jensen(Lucas)Block 6, W47' of Lot 7 Thru 9 33 Parcel No: 34L0730003800 34 35 [Page 1 of 3] 1 2. 4306 West 11th Street 2 Owner: Joan Patricia Lander 3 Legal: Riffel&Rhoten,Block 5; Lot 11 4 Parcel No: 34L0740005700 5 6 3. 3722 West 17th Street 7 Owner: Tyrone McGraw 8 Legal: Braddocks,Block 10, W35' of Lot 9 9 Parcel No: 34L1570011400 10 11 4. 4419 West 22"d Street 12 Owner: Susan D Richey 13 Legal: Welch Sam,Block 10; Lot 2 14 Parcel No: 34L16700108000 15 16 5. 1112 Calhoun Street 17 Owner: Robinson Investment Properties 18 Legal: Clinton Park,Block 14; Lot 5 19 Parcel No: 34L0130014600 20 21 6. 2600 South Center Street 22 Owner: Willie Mae Milton 23 Legal: Deshon J W. Block 3,N32' of E 91' of Lot 19 24 Parcel No: 34L2590003300 25 26 7. 2601 South Center Street 27 Owner: JohnE Hill Jr. 28 Legal: Deshon J W. Block 4,North '/2 of Lot 8 29 Parcel No: 34L2590004800 30 31 Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to direct the Housing & Neighborhood Programs 32 Department to raze and remove the structures condemned in this ordinance and to file and enforce a lien 33 against the properties described herein for the cost of razing and removing said structures pursuant to 34 Little Rock,Ark., Rev. Code ("LRC") §20-29 (1988). 35 Section 3. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, 36 item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or 37 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining provisions of this 38 ordinance,as if such invalid or unconstitutional provision was not originally a part of this ordinance. 39 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and other matters inconsistent with this 40 ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 41 Section 5. Emergency Clause. Unless the provisions of this ordinance are put into effect 42 immediately,the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Little Rock will be adversely affected; 43 therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect 44 from and after its passage. [Page 2 of 3] 1 PASSED: September 18,2018 2 ATTES Ira k APPROVED: 3 `0 / / i // 5 ir ill.7• 11. ity Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor 6 APPR 0 1 0 LEGAL FORM: 7 8 40.- 14,62.-c. UI( ' 9 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Attor ey 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[