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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20134I ORDINANCE NO. 20,134 2 3 AN ORDINANCE TO CONDEMN CERTAIN STRUCTURES IN THE CITY 4 OF LITTLE ROCK AS STRUCTURAL, FIRE AND HEALTH HAZARDS; TO 5 PROVIDE FOR SUMMARY ABATEMENT PROCEDURES; TO DIRECT THE 6 CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE SUCH ACTION AS IS NECESSARY TO RAZE 7 AND REMOVE SAID STRUCTURES; TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; AND 8 FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 9 10 WHEREAS, certain structures in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, have become run -down, 11 dilapidated, unsightly, dangerous, obnoxious and detrimental to the public welfare of the citizens of Little 12 Rock; and 13 WHEREAS, the condition of these structures constitutes a serious structural, fire and health hazard; 14 and 15 WHEREAS, such structures are a public nuisance and are dangerous to the health and safety of the 16 occupants or other persons and, further, are in such condition as to be dangerous to the lives, limbs and 17 property of people in its vicinity or those lawfully passing thereby; and 18 WHEREAS; such structures are declared a nuisance and immediate action is necessary to remedy 19 these situations and said buildings should be rehabilitated by the owners or razed either by the owners or 20 the City of Little Rock. 21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 22 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. 23 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby declares that the following structures constitute public 24 nuisances. The owners of the following described properties are hereby ordered either to begin 25 rehabilitation by immediately contacting the Department of Housing & Neighborhood Programs and 26 entering into an agreement providing for the immediate rehabilitation of the structures or to raze and 27 remove said structures within twenty -four (24) hours and to complete such removal within seventy -two 28 (72) hours of the effective date of this Ordinance. While not required by law to do so, the Department of 29 Housing & Neighborhood Programs will immediately attempt to notify the owners of the property listed 30 below of the passage of this ordinance by certified mail or personal service. 31 The property on which the condemned structures are located by street address and legal 32 description is hereafter set forth with the name of the owners of record, as follows: 33 34 [PAGE 1 OF 5] ORDINANCE To condemn structures as public nuisances I (l.) FREDERICK LEE 2 3812 W. 12TH STREET 3 34L- 076 -00- 148 -00 4 FOREST HILL BLK 15 LOT 9 5 6 (2.) TOM STRACK 7 2414 W. 13TH STREET 8 34L- 187 -00- 013 -00 9 PARK ADDN BLOCK 1 LOT 11 10 11 (3.) IVORY LAMONT JOHNSON / KIYA SIMS 12 4015 W. 21ST STREET 13 34L - 164 -00- 081 -00 14 NEIMEYERS BLK 2 LTS 5 & 6 15 16 (4.) COLUMBUS CARTER 17 1624 W. 23rd Street 18 34L - 195 -00- 186 -00 19 FLEMING & BRADFORD BLOCK 14 LOT 14 20 21 (5.) MOSES COTTON 22 4406 W. 26TH STREET 23 34L - 169 -00- 034 -00 24 WEST MILL LOT 11 BLOCK 3 25 26 (6.) 4412 W 26TH LIVING TRUST 27 4412 W 26TH STREET 28 34L - 169 -00- 033 -00 29 WEST MILL LOT 10 BLK 3 30 31 (7.) FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 32 2723 ABIGAIL STREET 33 34L - 171 -00- 027 -00 34 OAK GROVE SQ LT 7 & S9' OF 8 BLK 3 [PAGE 2 OF 5] ORDINANCE To condemn structures as public nuisances 1 2 (8.) WASHINGTON MUTUAL HOME LOAN 3 1504 BISHOP 4 34L- 185 -00- 264 -00 5 CENTENNIAL ADDN BLOCK 24, LOT 11 6 7 (9.) ARCHIE MOORE JR. & TINA MOORE 8 1508 BISHOP STREET 9 34L - 185 -00- 263 -00 10 CENTENNIAL ADDN BLOCK 24 LOT 10 11 12 (10.) WOODROW W HALFORD 13 2 CLEMENT DR 14 341,405 -00- 001 -00 15 WAKEFIELD VILLAGE #5 LOT 1 BLK 0 16 17 (11.) DEAN LENON & ROSIE LEE 18 1115 COLLEGE STREET 19 34L- 027 -00- 051 -00 20 HANGER BLK 5 LOT 4 21 22 (12.) EASTER LEE STORAY 23 1215 COLLEGE STREET 24 34L- 027 -00- 065 -00 25 HANGER LOT 5 BLK 6 26 27 (13.) TRACI LAVALLE 28 2615 S. GAINES STREET 29 34L - 127 -00- 014 -00 30 KIMBALL SOUTH PARK SUB LT 4 & Nl /2 OF 5 2 31 32 ( 14.) OLIVER WILLIFORD 33 2624 S. GAINES STREET 34 34L- 270 -00- 128 -00 [PAGE 3 OF 5] ORDINANCE To condemn structures as public nuisances 1 2 (15.) JOEL W HALL 3 1300 GEYER 4 34L- 027 -00- 089 -00 5 HANGERS PT LOT 13 & 14 BEG NE COR 14 6 S54'W105S'30'W35'N54'E140'TO BEG8 7 8 (16.) FRANKE JORDAN 9 1504 HANGER STREET 10 34L - 218 -00- 070 -00 11 DODGE'S BLK 12 LOT 11 12 13 (17.) LARRY W. & GWENDOLYN A. SANDERS 14 1504 MARSHALL STREET 15 34L - 185 -00- 251 -00 16 CENTENNIAL BLOCK 23 LOT 11 17 18 (18.) LLOYD H. SPEIGHT 19 1508 MARSHALL STREET 20 34L - 185 -00- 250 -00 21 CENTENNAIL SUB BLOCK 23 LOT 10 22 23 (20.) MONEY IN THE BANK 24 1717 S. PULASKI STREET 25 34L- 020 -16- 144 -00 26 CITY OF LR L16, BLOCK 316 LOT 5 27 28 Section 2. The conditions of the structures on the above - described property have been found to 29 present structural, fire and health hazards and are dangerous to the health and safety of the occupants or 30 other persons, and further, the structures are in such condition as to be dangerous to the lives, limbs and 31 property of people in its vicinity or those lawfully passing thereby. 32 Section 3. The City Attorney is hereby authorized to institute such proceedings against such persons 33 as may be necessary in order to enforce the provisions of this ordinance so as to remedy the unsightly and [PAGE 4 OF 5] ORDINANCE To condemn structures as public nuisances 1 2 3 4 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 dangerous conditions brought about as a result of the failure of the owners thereof to maintain this property. Section 4. The Department of Housing and Neighborhood Programs of the City of Little Rock is also authorized to raze and remove said buildings and file and enforce a lien against said property for the cost of razing and removing said structures pursuant to Section 20 -32 of the Little Rock Code of Ordinances. Section 5. Unless the provisions of this Ordinance are put into effect immediately, the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Little Rock will be adversely affected; therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. PASSED: July 21, 2009 y, Acting City Clerk AS TO FORM: Thomas M. Carpenter, G61 Attorney // // // // // // // // // // ORDINANCE To condemn structures as public nuisances [PAGE 5 OF 5] APPROVED: Mark Stodola, Mayor