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Home My WebLink About22065 1 ORDINANCE NO. 22,065 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. 4118 West 23"' Street 31 Owner: Joseph Mullen/Tai Guo 32 Legal: Lot: 10 Block: 7 Welch Sam 33 Parcel No.: 34L1670008000 34 35 2. 4420 West 24th Street 36 Owner: Antonious D. Bonner, II 37 Legal: Lot: 10 Block: 11 Welch Sam (Page 1 of 31 1 Parcel No.: 34L1670012500 2 3 3. 3318 Dr.Martin Luther King,Jr.,Drive 4 Owner: Tom Donahue 5 Legal: Lot: 8 Block: 39 Braddock Blvd L2 6 Parcel No.: 34L2750215400 7 8 4. 10 Meadowlark Drive 9 Owner: James B Rumbach 10 Legal: Lot: 13 Block: 0 Homewood Acres 11 Parcel No.: 34L3900001200 12 13 5. 1824 South Woodrow Street 14 Owner: Paul Thomas Miller 15 Legal: Lot: 6 Block: 1 Chickasaw Place 16 Parcel No.: 34L1590000600 17 18 6. 4218 West 12th Street 19 Owner: Greater Christ Temple Pentecostal Church, Inc. 20 Legal: PT SW SW BEG AT A PT 576'W OF&30'N OF TH SE COR TH N138'W50' S138'E50' 21 TO BEG 5 1N 12W 22 Parcel No.: 34L0510002600 23 24 Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to direct the Housing &Neighborhood Programs 25 Department to raze and remove the structure condemned in this ordinance and to file and enforce a lien 26 against the property described herein for the cost of razing and removing said structure pursuant to Little 27 Rock,Ark.,Rev. Code ("LRC") §20-29(1988). 28 Section 3. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, 29 item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or 30 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining provisions of this 31 ordinance,as if such invalid or unconstitutional provision was not originally a part of this ordinance. 32 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and other matters inconsistent with this 33 ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 34 Section 5. Emergency Clause. Unless the provisions of this ordinance are put into effect 35 immediately,the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Little Rock will be adversely affected; 36 therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect 37 from and after its passage. 38 PASSED: November 16,2021 39 ' f 40 APPROVED: 41 �am� 42 Sus !V City Clerk Frank Scott,J . or 43 (Page 2 of 31 1 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: 2 3 Ztag4A,K> WA. . 4 Thomas M. Carpenter, City A rney 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 // 36 // [Page 3 of 31