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Home My WebLink About12461N ' L N ORDINANCE NO. 12,461 AN ORDINANCE CONDEMNING CERTAIN BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AS STRUCTURAL, FIRE AND HEALTH HAZARDS; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE SUCH ACTION AS IS NECESSARY TO RAZE AND DEMOLISH SAID BUILD- INGS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES WHEREAS, certain buildings in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, have become run -down, dilapidated, unsafe, unsightly, dangerous, obnoxious, and detrimental to the public welfare of the citizens of the City of Little Rock; and WHEREAS, the condition of these properties constitute a serious structural, fire and health hazard; and WHEREAS, immediate action is necessary to remedy this situation and said buildings should be razed either by the owners or by the City of Little Rock. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. SECTION 1. That owners of the following described properties are hereby ordered to remove or raze said buildings immediately upon the effective date of this ordinance. The Department of Community Development of the City of Little Rock, will, immediately, notify the owner of the properties listed below of the passage of this Ordinance by certified mail. The properties on which the condemned buildings are located and legal description of the said properties is as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lot 3, Block 1, Woodruff's Addition to Little Rock Lot 3, Block 1, Woodruff's Addition to Little Rock Lot 4, Block 1, Woodruff's Addition to Little Rock Lot 17, Block 56, Industrial Park Addition Lots 1 and 2, Block 57, Industrial Park Addition to Little Rock LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lot 10, Block 2, Harrington's Industrial 2nd Addition to Little Rock E 100' of S 25' of Lot 2 and E 100' of N 12.5 of Lot 3, Block 8, Masonic Addition to Little Rock Lot 9, Block 6 exc. N 10' & exc. S 10' in Harrington's Industrial Second Addition to Little Rock Lot 8, Block 26, Industrial Park Addition to Little Rock a00-7�- C -f? -2- LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lot 3 & SZ Lot 2, Block 27 Industrial Park Addition to Little Rock W 50' of Lots 23 -24, Block 7, Harrington's Addition to Little Rock Lot 2, C. L. Shafer Subd. of Block 29, Garland Addition to Little Rock Lot 12, Block E, Harrington's Industrial 3rd Addition to Little Rock Lot 6, Block 2, Harrington's Industrial 2nd Addition to Little Rock Lot 4, Block 2, Harrington's Industrial 2nd Addition to Little Rock Lots 23 -24, Block 8 Harrington's Industrial Addition to Little Rock S 50' of E 32' of Lot 5 and S 50' of Lot 6, Garland Addition to Little Rock Lot 6, Block 5, Industrial Park Addition to Little'Rock W 28' of Lot 1, Block 25, Bragg's 2nd Addition to Little Rock Lot 6 and 19, Block 45, Industrial Park Addition to Little Rock Lot 15, Block 12, Clinton Park Addition to Little Rock E 30' of W 60' of Lots 1, 2, 3, Block 5, McLeans Addition to Little Rock Lot 16, Block 6, Industrial Park Addition to Little Rock Lots 17 -18, Block 3, Harrington's Industrial Addition to Little Rock Lot 6, Block 8, Hanger's Addition to Little Rock W 12' of Lot 8, Lot 9 exc. E 25' of W 37' and E 12' of Lot 10, Block 4, Garland Addition to Little Rock S i Lot 5, Block 6, A.C. Read's Addition to Little Rock LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lot 5, Block 4, Harrington's Industrial 2nd Addition to Little Rock Lot 12, Block 5, Garland's Addition to Little Rock N 75' of Lots 1 -2, Block 2, Garland's Addition to Little Rock N 50' of Lot 2, Pittsburgh S.W. Land Company Subd., Block 8, Hanger Addition to Little Rock West 43.75' Lot 9, Block 401 Duval's Addition to Little Rock Lot 7, Block 7, Weil's Addition to Little Rock Lot 7 Block 7, Weil's Addition to Little Rock Lot 21, Block 5, Weil's Addition to Little Rock N 1/3 of Lots 8 -9, Block 8, Weil's Addition to Little Rock Lots 11, 12 and 13, Block 5 Weil's Addition to Little Rock Less W 90' of Lots 11 & 12 N 58' of W 50' of Lot 4 Lying East of Railroad Right - of -way Lots 9, 13 and N 20' of Lot 12, Block 35, Industrial Park Addition to Little Rock Lot 1, Block 13, Cox Ext. of Pettifer's Addition to Little Rock N 75' of Lots 1 -2, Block 2 Garland's Addition to Little Rock W i of Lot 8, Block 400, Lincoln & Zimmermans Addition to Little Rock Lot 35, Block 2, Tuxedo Park Addition to Little Rock East 79.5 of 17, Block 55, Industrial Park Addition to Little Rock Lot 3, Block 30, Masonic Addition to Little Rock N 27' of 10, Block 4, Pettifer's Addition to Little Rock -3- LEGAL DESCRIPTION Pt. Block 23, Garland's Addition Begin 80' S of NW Corner Said Block 23, East 150', South 40', West 150', North 40' to Beginning Lot 9, Block 400, Lincoln & Zimmerman's Addition to Little Rock Lot 4, Block 16, Industrial Park Addition to Little Rock Lot 5, Block 35, Industrial '?ark Addition to Little Rock N 58' of Lot 1 and N 58' of W 23' of Lot 2, Block 160 Original City of Little Rock A strip of ground lying between Lot 8, Block 4, Retan's Addition to Little Rock and Block 2, Deshon's Addition to Little Rock being 29 feet wide. (H. J. Burney Estate also owns the E 31' of Lot 8, Block 4 of Retan's Addition. The executor of the Burney Estate told me that the dilapidated house is situated on the strip lying east of Lot 8.) Lot 7, Block 424, Duvall's to Little Rock Block 35, Garden Homes Addition to Little Rock E 50' of Lots 1 -2, Block 6, Indust- rial Park Addition to the City of Little Rock E 100' of Lot 5, Block 8, Masonic Addition to the City of Little Rock Lot 38, Block A, East End Addition to Little Rock Lot 11, Block 14, Clinton Park Addition to Little Rock Lot 10, Block 35, Industrial Park Addition to Little Rock Lot 16, Block 1, C.E. Ferguson's Addition to Little Rock Lot 12, Block 7, Bragg's Addition to Little Rock Lot 4, Block 6, Fair Ground's Addition to Little Rock LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lot B, Block 7, Masonic Addition to Little Rock Lot 14, Block 12, Clinton Park Addition to Little Rock Lot 3, Block 5, Union Depot Addition to Little Rock Lot 11, Block 12, Forest Hills Addition to Little Rock W 40' of Lot 10 and E 10' of Lot 11, Block 359 Week's Subd., of the Original City of Little Rock Pt. of Lot 10, Begin NE Corner W on N line 139.81' to Right - of -way Exp -Way, SE 87.98' to S line of Lot E 68.12' to SE Corner N on E line 50' to Beginning, Block 15, Capitol Hill Extension, Little Rock E 36.8' of W 44.6' of Lot 13, Riverside Park Addition to Little Rock Lot 2, Block 6, Union Depot Addition to Little Rock Lot 1, Block 1, Forrest Hills Addition to Little Rock E2 of Lots 7 -8, Block 1, Marshall's & Coffman's Addition to Little Rock E2 of Lot 7, Block 3, Dickinson's Mill Addition to Little Rock Lot 23, Block 27, McCoppons Subd., of Fultons Addition to Little Rock S 35.1' of Lot 6, Block 4, Cedar Heights Addition to Little Rock Lot 9, Block 16, W.B. Worthen's Addition to Little Rock Lot 1, Block 11, C & P Johnson's Addition to Little Rock NZ Tract 4, Ella M. Tribble Subdivision to Little Rock W 85.75' of Lot 1 & W 85.75' of N 35' of Lot 2, Block 6, Wat Worthen's Addition to Little Rock Lot 5, Block 32, Jones & Worthen Addition to Little Rock No LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lot 20, Block 7, Riffel & Holder's 2nd Addition to Little Rock Lot 19, Block 7, Riffel & Holder's 2nd Addition to Little Rock Lot 9, Block 14, Wright's Addition to Little Rock Lot 9 and N� Lot 8, Block 5 Clark's Addition to Little Rock Lot 28, Block 41, Fulk's Addition to Little Rock E 23' of W 75' of Lot 1, Block 31 Jones & Worthen Addition to Little Rock W 23' of E 65' of Lot 1, Block 31, Jones & Worthen Addition to Little Rock E 22' of W 52' of Lot 1 Block 31, Jones & Worthen Addition to Little Rock W 30' of Lot 1, Block 31, Jones & Worthen Addition to Little Rock LEGAL DESCRIPTION S 46' of Lots 1,2, & 3, Block 5, Sidney J. Johnson's Addition to Little Rock Lots 3 & 4, exc. N 5' of E 98' of 3 and exc. N 21.9' of W 44' of Lot 4, Block 2 C. & P. Johnson's Addition to Little Rock N 23' of Lot 9, Block 4, Cedar Heights Addition to Little Rock E 50' of W 150' of Lots 4 -5 -6 -, Block 30, Wright's Addition to Little Rock Lot 15, Block 3, Chickasaw Place Lot 6, Block 27, Fulton's South Addition to Little Rock Lot 10, Block 16, Wright's Addition to Little Rock N 10' of Lot 10 and S 40' of Lot 11, Block 208, Original City of Little Rock S 40' of Lot 10, Block 208 Original City of Little Rock S 1/3 of Lot 6, and N 1/3 of Lot 7 exc. E 25' Block 28, Fulton's Addition to Little Rock SECTION 2. The condition of the buildings on the above described property is found to be a structural, fire and health hazard. SECTION 3. The City Attorney is hereby directed to institute legal proceedings against such persons as may be necessary in order to enforce the provisions of this ordinance and to remedy the unsightly and dangerous conditions brought about as the result of the failure of the owners thereto to keep up this property. SECTION 4. The legal proceedings authorized in Section 3 hereof shall provide that if the building is not razed within a certain period to be allowed by the Court, the City of Little Rock be authorized to raze said property and have a lien upon real estate for the costs of removing said building. SECTION 5. Unless the provisions of this Ordinance are put into effect immediately, the public peace, health and safety v • t -5- 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: April 5, 1971 ATTEST: APPROVED: /161 G CITY CLERK MAYOR