HomeMy WebLinkAbout5929ORDINANCE NO.3929
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 5840, MAKING IT A
MISDEMEANOR FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION TO ERECT
OR START THE ERECTION OF ANY BUILDING WITHIN THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A BUILDING PERMIT,
FIXING A PENALTY THEREFOR, REQUIRING THE DISPLAY OF A
SIGN SHOWING THE ISSUANCE OF SAID BUILDING PERMIT, FIXING
A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
` SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 5840 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 1. From and after the passage
and approval of this ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to erect or begin the erection of
any building of any character within the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, without first obtaining a permit for the erection
of such building from the City Engineer of the City of Little
Rock as is now provided by law. Any construction work of any
kind started in advance of securing a building permit is here-
by declared to be a misdemeanor and any person, firm or corp-
oration engaging in any building operation without first ob-
taining a building permit shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction in the Little Rock Municipal
Court shall be fined in any sum not less than Ten Dollars
($10.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and
each day that such violation continues shall be deemed a
separate offense.
Section 2.- From and after the passage
and approval of this ordinance, any person, firm or corporation
erecting or beginning the erection of any building of any char-
acter within the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, shall display
prominently in or about said erection or construction a sign
which will be furnished by the City Engineer of the City of
Little Rock, showing and stating that the permit mentioned
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stion l of this ordinance has been obtained. Any person,
>r corporation engaging in any building operation without
Lying said sign prominently during the entire period of
>uilding operation shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
>on conviction in the Little Rock Municipal Court shall be
4o, any sum not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more
'wenty -five Dollars ($25.00), and each day that said vio-
continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
Section 3. At the conclusion of the
erection and building operations contemplated by the above
sections, signs mentioned in Section 2 shall be returned to the
City Engineer. Any person, firm or corporation who received any
such sign and fails to return it within seven (7) days after the
conclusion of said building or erection operations shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in the Little
Rock Municipal Court shall be fined in any sum not less than Five
Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Twenty -five Dollars ($25.00), and
each day that said violation continues shall be deemed a sep-
arate offense.
Section 4. WHEREAS; it is necessary to
protect the health of the citizens of the City of Little Rock
that all building plans or all buildings be properly inspected
and that permits be regularly issued before any building is be-
gun and that all inspections for the protection of the health of
the citizens of the City of Little Rock be provided for, an emer-
gency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance is found to
be necessar- for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
health and safety, and the same shall be in full force and ef-
fect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED: June 24th, 1*0
APPROVE
A T T E S
City Clerk