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ORDINANCE NO. 7525
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AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR INSPECTION FEES TO DEFRAY THE
COSTS OF MEAT INSPECTION IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK: TO
REPEAL ORDINANCES NOS. 7484, 4322, AND 3086; PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Fees and Records of Inspections: To cover a part of
the cost of animal and meat inspection by the Health Department of the
City of Little Rock as required by ordinances of the City of Little
Rock,the following inspection fees shall be paid to the City Collector
by each person, firm, or corporation slaughtering any animal within
the separate zones hereby established to be used for food. The follow-
ing inspection fees shall be paid by each person, firm, or corporation
according to the zone in which they are located, as follows:
(a) Zone 1. Within the limits of the City of Little Rock and
within five (5) miles from the outside of the city limits: For grown
cattle and yearlings of 250 pounds or more, dressed weight, 25� each;
for all other animals, 15� each.
(b) Zone 2. Between five (5) to ten (10) miles from the city
limits of the City of Little Rock: For grown cattle and yearlings of
250 pounds or more, dressed weight, 30� each; all other animals, 20�
e ach.
(c) Zone 3. For such establishments beyond ten (10) miles from
the city limits of the City of Little Rock: For grown cattle and year-
lings of 250 pounds or more, dressed weight, 45� each; all other
animals 3V each, plus $1.50 for each inspection trip made.
Provided that if any person, firm, or corporation shall slaughter
in excess of 500 small animals (less than 250 pounds each) in any one
calendar month the inspection fee on small animals shall be reduced to
10¢ each, if located in Zone 1, 15� in Zone 2, and 30/ in Zone 3.
Provided, in lieu of the above fees, any person, firm, or corpor-
ation may pay an annual inspection fee of X1,200.00, if paid by
January 31 of each year. If not paid on or before that date the per
head basis shall prevail throughout the calendar year.
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SECTION 2. All persons, firms, or corporations slaughtering
cattle and /or operating an establishment as defined by Section 1 (d)
of Ordinance 7273, who have at least one full -time Federal meat in-
spector upon their premises at all times for the purpose of making
inspections under Federal regulations are hereby exempt from the terms
and provisions of this ordinance, and such establishments shall not
be inspected by the Health Department of the City of Little Rock.
SECTION 3. Each person, firm, or corporation, other than those
establishments selling exclusively direct to the consumer at retail,
engaged in the business of canning, curing, smoking, salting, packing,
rendering, the manufacturing of sausage, or the processing of meat
and /or meat products shall pay an annual premises inspection fee in
the sum of $250.00. Provided, however, that any person, firm, or cor-
poration having a full -time Federal meat inspector upon the premises at
all times, whose duty it shall be to inspect such operations, shall
be exempt from the inspection fee imposed by this section, and no
inspection of such premises shall be made by the City of Little Rock.
Provided, further, that all persons subject to the inspection and
inspection fee provided for in Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be
exempt from the inspection fee imposed by this section.
SECTION 4. The inspector shall keep an accurate record of all
animals, meat, and meat products inspected by him, and shall make a
daily report of his work to the Health Officer on a form provided
by the Health Officer. At the end of each month the Health Officer
shall file a copy of said report with the City Collector, who shall
collect from each person, firm, or corporation the inspection fee
due for the preceding month.
If any person fails to pay the amount due the City as per state-
went rendered by the City Collector by the fifteenth of the month
following the notification of the amount due, the City Collector shall
notify the City Health Officer, who is hereby authorized and directed
to withdraw inspection service from such establishments, until such fee
is paid; and such person shall be prohibited from processing, manu-
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facturing, bringing, or causing to be brought into the City of
Little Rock any meat or meat products to be or which might be con-
sumed, sold, or traded in the City of Little Rock.
SECTION 5. All fees herein provided for shall be used only
for the expense of carrying out meat inspection and control ordi-
nances of the City of Little Rock.
SECTION 6. Penalty: Any person convicted of a violation of
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than twenty -five dollars
(25.00) ncr more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), and each day
of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 7.' Ordinances 7484, 4322, and 3086, and all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Unless the provisions of this ordinance are put into effect i_mmedi-
ately, the public peace, health, and safety 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 and approval.
PASSED: February 9, 1949
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City Clerk
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APPROVED:
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