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Home My WebLink About22038 1 ORDINANCE NO. 22,038 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 these structures have deteriorated to the point that it is dangerous to the 14 health and safety of the occupants or other persons and, further, is in such condition as to be dangerous to 15 the lives, limbs and property of people in its vicinity or those lawfully passing thereby;and, 16 WHEREAS, the condition of these structures constitutes serious structural, fire and health hazards; 17 and, 18 WHEREAS, the owners of the structures have received proper legal notice to either rehabilitate or 19 remove the structures and has 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 condition of the structures located on the properties described below have been found 25 to present structural, fire and health hazards and are dangerous to the health and safety of the occupants or 26 other persons, and further, the structures are in such condition as to be dangerous to the lives, limbs and 27 property of people in the vicinity or those lawfully passing thereby. The Board of Directors hereby 28 condemns the following structures, identified by street address, owner, legal description and parcel 29 number,and declares them to be a public nuisance: 30 1. 3509 Dr.Martin Luther King,Jr.,Drive 31 Owner: Bernard McDade 32 Legal: Lot: 3; Block: 50 Braddock Boulevard Addition 33 Parcel No: 34L0380004300 34 Ward: 1 35 36 [Page 1 of 3] 1 2. 1724 South State Street 2 Owner: Moses Cotton 3 Legal: City Of LR Beg 300'S Of NE Cor Being 60'Front On State STR By 150'Deep 237 4 Parcel No: 34L0201208100 5 Ward: 1 6 7 3. 709 Apperson Street 8 Owner: Kimberly Trimble 9 Legal: Lot: 13; Block: 1 Fairgrounds 10 Parcel No: 34L0120001400 11 Ward: 1 12 13 4. 5204 Ives Road 14 Owner: Belver A Nelson 15 Legal: Lot: 3; Block: 33 16 Parcel No: 43L0190000200 17 Ward: 4 18 19 5. 822 South Van Buren Street 20 Owner: MD Allen Contracting, Inc. 21 Legal: Lot: 6; Block: 8 Cunningham's S1/2 7 &All 6 8 22 Parcel No: 34L1160005500 23 Ward: 2 24 25 Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to direct the Housing &Neighborhood Programs 26 Department to raze and remove the structure condemned in this ordinance and to file and enforce a lien 27 against the property described herein for the cost of razing and removing said structure pursuant to Little 28 Rock,Ark.,Rev. Code ("LRC") §20-29(1988). 29 Section 3. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, 30 item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or 31 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining provisions of this 32 ordinance,as if such invalid or unconstitutional provision was not originally a part of this ordinance. 33 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and other matters inconsistent with this 34 ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 35 Section 5. Emergency Clause. Unless the provisions of this ordinance are put into effect 36 immediately,the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Little Rock will be adversely affected; 37 therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect 38 from and after its passage. 39 PASSED: September 21,2021 40 AN"i' APPROVED: 41 � li , 42 M1 •-— I� 43 Susan L. _-City Clerk F ank Scot Al '' II [Page 2 of 31 1 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: 2 4 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Atto y 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 31