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ORDINANCE NO, 723
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE ADOPTION BY REFERENCE
OF THE ARKANSAS STATE PLUMBING CODE, FIFTH
ADDITION, WHICH CODE REGULATES THE INSTALLAT-
ION, ALTERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL
PLUMBING WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS; PRO-
VIDING APENALTY FOR VIOLATION; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH SAID CODE; DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
MEMPHIS;
Section I. There is hereby adopted by the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas, for the purpose of regulating the installation, alteration and main-
tenance of all plumbing within the City of West Memphis, the Arkansas State
Plumbing Code, Fifth Addition, of which not less than three copies shall be
filed in the office of the Clerk of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, and
the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length
herein, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the City Limits of
the City of West Memphis, Arkansas.
Section 2. The City Inspector shall have the authority to make
inspections and require compliance with said Code.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, partner-
ship, firm, association, or other entity to violate any provisions of this
Ordinance, and upon conviction thereof, a fine of not to exceed $25.00 for any
one specified offense or violation of such Ordinance may be assessed, or double
that sum for each repetition of such offense or violation. If a thing prohibited
or rendered unlawful is, in its nature, continuous in its respect to time the fine
or penalty for allowing the continuance thereof, in violation of this Ordinance
shall not exceed $15.00 for each day that the samemay be unlawfully continued.
Section 4. All other Ordinances in conflict herewith and specifically
Ordinances No. 531, 423, and 415 are hereby repealed.
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Section 5. It being determined by the City Council of the City of
West Memphis, that this Ordinance is immediately necessary for the participat-
ion by the City in certain Federal Programs and, in the uniform control of
plumbing within said City, and the health, 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 effect from and after its passage and
approval as provided by law.
ADOPTED this 20th day of April, 1972.
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS
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MAY R
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK