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ORDINANCE N0. 14,002
AN ORDINANCE ERIE MING THE MORATORIUM ON THE
ISSUANCE OF DEMOLITION PERMITS FOR STRUCTURES
IN THE AREA OF THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL CDBG
NEIGHBORHOOD; AMEL\TDING ORDINANCE NO. 12,649
TO ALLOW FOR THE MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF
DEMOLITION PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY SAID MORATORIUM
DECLARING AN EMEFLENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, on February 17, 1981, a moratorium was declared on
the issuance of demolition permits for structures within the Central High
School CDBG neighborhood which includes an area bounded by the Wilbur D.
Mills Freeway on the North, the Missouri Pacific Railroad on the West,
Roosevelt Road on the South and High Street on the East; and
WHEREAS, the Quapaw Quarter Association has requested time in
which to complete a survey of the Central High School CDBG neighborhood
to determine the historical and architectural significance of the area;
and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that no demlition permit
should be issued for structures in the Central High School CDBG neighborhood
without approval of the Board of Directors until a survey of the area is
completed and the area, or as much of the area as is deemed historically
and /or architecturally significant, is made a part of the Little Rock
Historic District; and
WHERFAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors to insure
that any person who feels aggrieved by the moratorium on the issuance of
demolition permits is given a hearing before the Board of Directors to
determine if a demolition permit should issue; and
WHEREAS, the Quapaw Quarter Association has indicated its willing-
ness to review any applications for demolition permits which are filed
during the period of the moratorium and to make recoamnendations to the
Board on any applications which come on to be heard by the Board of
Directors during the moratorium.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDA= BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CTTY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 12,649 adopting the Southern Standard
Building Code of the City of Little Rock, specifically Section 105.1(a),
is hereby amended to provide that no demolition permits shall be issued
to any owner, authorized agent, or contractor who desires to umve or
demolish any structure located within the boundaries of the Central
High School CDBG neighborhood, which is an area bounded by Wilbur D.
Mills Freeway on the North, the Missouri Pacific Railroad on the West,
Roosevelt Road on the South and High Street on the East, without
approval by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Any owner, authorized agent or contractor aggrieved
by this moratorium may place his application for a demolition permit on
the regular agenda of the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock
for the purpose of presenting his application at a public hearing at
which the recommendations of the planning staff, building code permit
department and the Quapaw Quarter Association may also be heard. At the
hearing, the Board shall consider the issuance of a demolition permit
recognizing the needs of the individual property owner as against the
public interest in preserving the status quo of the Central High School
neighborhood until such time as the area, or some portion of the area,
is finally included in the Little Rock Historic District or it is deter-
mined that the area should not be included in the Historic District.
SECTION 3. The moratorium extended hereby shall tPrrrr►nate
at the end of a six month period beginning with the adoption of this
ordinance.
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SECTION 4. Recognizing that there is a public interest in
the preservation of many of the structures in the area of the Central
High School CDBG neighborhood, an emergency is hereby declared to
exist and this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and approval.
PASSED; March 4, 1981
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