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ORDINANCE N0.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE N0. 371
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Section I of Ordinance No. 371, dated August 6, 1959,
is hereby amended to read:
The owner, owners and/or occupants of all lands or lots in the
City of West Memphis, Arkansas, are hereby required to keep all weeds
rank grass and noxious growths of any kind on said property cut or
clipped. IVo owner, owners and/or occupants of lots or lands in the
City of West Memphis shall be permitted to allow weed, rank grass
or noxious growths to exceed a height of eighteen (18) inches upon
said property.
SECTION 2. SectionII of Ordinance No. 371, dated August 6, 1959,
is hereby amended to read:
The failure of any owner, owners, and/or occupants of lots or
lands within the limits of the City of West Memphis to cut or have
cut weeds, grass, or noxious growths as herinabove defined and
specifically to a height in excess of eighteen (18) inches upon said
property, shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, the owners
thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more
than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
SECTION 3. Section III of Ordinance No. 371, dated August 6, 1959,
is hereby amended to read:
Upon the failure of any owner, owners, and/or occupants of property
within the limits of the City of West Memphis to cut, or have cut,
such weeds, grass or noxious growth, it shall be the duty of the
Public Works Department, or an agent acting by the authority of this
department, to serve notice on the owner, owners, and/or occupants
of such property to cut or have cut within five (5) days of the serving
of such notice, all weeds, grasses or noxious growths upon his
property, or may be mailed to the last known address of such owner,
owners, and/or occupants, by Certified Mail, or be posted on the
property on which weeds, grass or noxious growths exist. Serving
notice by any of the above methods shall be due notice within the
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meaning of the ordinance. When the City of West Memphis,•Arkansas,
is required to cut said lots, after the property owner, owners, and/or
occupants have been duly notified, then the City of West Memphis will
cut said lot o r lands. A statement for these services will be mailed
to the owner, owners, and/or occupants. A fee for these services
will be establ ished each year, by the Pu blic Works Department, prior
to the grass cutting season. If the owner, owners, and/or occupants
refuse to pay the charges, the City of West Memphis will go through
the necessary procedures to have a tax lien placed on said property.
SECTION 4. All Ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance being necessary for the safety and
welfare of the inhabitants of the City of West Memphis, an emergency
is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force
and in effect from and after its passage as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this ___~ day of .i/ ~ , 1979.
SPONSORED BY:
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