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Home My WebLink About22444 1 ORDINANCE NO. 22,444 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 residents 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 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 condition 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 a public nuisance: 30 1. 3218 West 16th Street 31 Owner: Alma Dennis 32 Legal: Lot 1; Block-C&P Johnson ES' OF 1 &W30' OF 2 6 33 Parcel No.: 34L14800560 34 35 2. 1324/1326 West 19th Street 36 Owner: Jason Oliver 37 Legal: Lot 7; Block- 1 LT 7 & W28' OF LOT 8; BLOCK 1 9 1N 12W 38 Parcel No.: 34L1950000500 [Page 1 of 31 1 3. 916 West 34th Street 2 Owner: Randy D. Shorter 3 Legal: Lot 6; Block 7- Woodlawn E64'OF LOT 6 7 4 Parcel No.: 3471600011100 5 6 4. 1215 West 34th Street 7 Owner: Gaerielle Stewart 8 Legal: Lot 4; Block 52- Braddock Blvd L3 9 Parcel No.: 34L2750304600 10 11 5. 813 Allis Street 12 Owner: A.D. Hawkins Enterprise, LLC 13 Legal: Lot 3; Block 4- Powers Pat 14 Parcel No.: 34L09000002900 15 16 6. 2702 Brown Street 17 Owner: A.D. Hawkins Enterprise, LLC 18 Legal: Lot 3; Block 4- Powers Pat 19 Parcel No.: 34L09000002900 20 21 7. 821 Jefferson Street 22 Owner: Dos Friends Investment Properties, LLC 23 Legal: Lot 2-3; Block 3 - S 12 1/2' LT 2&ALL OF LT 3 BLK 3 Cunninghams 6-1N-12 24 Parcel No.: 34L116000017000 25 26 8. 2701 Peyton Street 27 Owner: Silvia E. Mateo Gracia 28 Legal: Lot 4-6; Block 4- Landreth&Cox N45' of 4 thru 6 4 29 Parcel No.: 34L1700003900 30 31 9. 3923 Burris Street,Lot 2 32 Owner: Catrina Boswell 33 Legal: Lot 2 sits on 34L-432.00-071.01 Burris LN MHP I/O 34 Parcel No.: 34P4320200200 35 36 Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to direct the Housing& Neighborhood Programs 37 Department to raze and remove the structures condemned in this ordinance and to file and enforce a lien 38 against the properties described herein for the cost of razing and removing of said structures pursuant to 39 Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code §20-29(1988). 40 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 41 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 42 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance, which shall remain in full force and 43 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the 44 ordinance. 45 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and other matters inconsistent with this 46 ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. IPage 2 of 31 1 Section 5. Emergency Clause. Unless the provisions of this ordinance are put into effect 2 immediately, the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of Little Rock will be adversely 3 affected; therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be in full force and 4 effect from and after its passage. 5 PASSED: April 16,2024 6 A a T: APPROVED: 7 14( 0_ r , 9 ''��4"3� City Clerk Frank Scott,Jr., Mayor 10 APP' I DM. TO LEGAL FORM: 11 12 v. , 13 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Att y 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // 36 // IPage 3of31