HomeMy WebLinkAbout6961ORDINANCE NO. 696.
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PARKING OF VEHICLES ON THOSE PORTIONS
OF STREETS AND ALLEYS TRAVERSED BY RAILROAD TRACKS; PROVIDING
A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. No person, firm or corporation shall stop, stand,
or park any vehicle upon any street or alley in the` Mt"jr
Rock, traversed by railroad tracks, in such a fashion as to inter-
fere with the movement of railroad cars and equipment upon such
railroad tracks.
SECTION 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating Sec-
tion 1 of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than Two Dollars
($2.00) or more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned for not
to exceed fifteen days, or both fined and imprisoned.
SECTION 3. Because at the present time persons are parking
automobiles upon streets and alleys traversed by railroad tracks
in such a fashion as to interfere with the transportation of
supplies and equipment over such tracks and because this delays
the citizens of Little Rook from receiving necessary supplies
and increases the load upon railroad systems that are already
over crowded, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this
Ordinance is found to be necessary to the preservation of the
public peace, health and safety, and the same shall be in full
force and effect from and after its passage.
PASSED: March 25, 1946.
APPROVED .,`..✓S/ c
Mayor ,
ATTEST:
1ty Clerk