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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11192I ORDINANCE NO. 119,192 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR -THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED_THERLIN; SAVING FR�O4. REPEAL .ORDINANCES &ELATING TO.CERTAIN SPECIFIC SUBJECTSOF CITY REGULATION;. _THE.MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH C©DE T ®F _ 0RDI1!ANCE3; ,. A_ rXWTY , FtiR THE VIOLATIGN _TH - CF; AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS . 0RDINANUE SHALL . BF.COM$ EFFECTIVE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE RUCK, ARKANSAS SECTION 1. The accompanying Code of Ordinances, three copies of which are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, consisting of Chapters 1 through 433, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas," and shall be treated and considered as a new and origi- nal comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances passed by the City on or before October 241, 1960, except such as by reference thereto are expressly saved from repeal or continued in force and effect for any purpose; SECTION 2 All provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after the passage and publication of this ordinance in accordance with law; and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Little Rock enacted on final passage on or before October 24, 1960, and not in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance, except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the City, not specifically mentioned, is hereby repealed, SECTION 3. The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not affect any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the a �Y � T - 2 - payment of money by the City, or authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the City or any evidence of the City's indebtedness, or any contract or obligation assumed by the City; nor shall such repeal affect the administrative ordinances or resolutions of the Board of Directors, not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of such Code; nor shall such repeal affect any right of franchise granted by any ordinance or resolution of the Board of Directors or any preceding governing body to any person, firm or corporation; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, paving, widening or vacating any street or public way in the City; nor shall such repeal affect the annual budget or appropriation ordinance or resolution; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance establishing and prescribing the street grades of any street in the City; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance levying taxes; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance providing for local improvements and assessing taxes therefor; nor shall such repeal affect any ordi- nance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the City; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinances of the City prescribing a code regulating the construction or repair of buildings; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance providing for the inclusion or exclusion of lands within the City; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance providing for the dedication of lands by the City to any purpose or vacating such lands; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance regulating the salaries or compensation of city officers and employees; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance adopting zoning maps, master street plans and amendments thereto, or ordinances designating or defining or altering the boundaries of the Little Rock Planning Area; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance of the City granting to railroad companies the right to construct spur railroad tracks in the City or requiring railroad crossing signals; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance re- lating to the installation of fire hydrants; nor shall such repeal - 3 - affect any ordinance relating to the acquisition of lands by the City by condemnation proceedings; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance authorizing any encroachment on any city or public property; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance or Code or parts thereof adopted by reference by any section of such Code and not included herein; nor shall such repeal affect any ordi- nances prescribing traffic regulations for specific locations, not inconsistent with such Code; nor shall such repeal be con- strued to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance. SECTION 4. Any and all additions or amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the Board of Directors to make the same a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments. SECTION 5. Three (3) copies of such Code shall be kept on file in the Office of the City Clerk in looseleaf form. It shall be the express duty of the City Clerk or someone authorized by him to insert in their designated places all amendments or ordi- nances which indicate the intention of the Board of Directors to make the same a part of such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all pro- visions which may be from time to time repealed by the Board of Directors. This copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same; SECTION 6 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or partnership, association, organization or corporation to violate or fail to comply with any provision of the Code of Ordinances of t - 4 - the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and where no specific penalty is provided therein, the violation of any provision of such Code shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1 -8 of such Code. SECTION 7. In case of the - amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 1 -8 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended, or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is pro- vided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein. SECTION 8 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to change or amend by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatso- ever which will cause. the law of the City of Little Rock to be misrepresented thereby. Any person, firm or corporation violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 1 -8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, SECTION 9. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed; SECTION 10 This ordinance shall become effective thirty days from its passage and publication in accordance with law. PASSED: June 19, 1961 ATTESTS APPROVED .t• �t y Clerk r