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ORDINANCE N0.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS, ADOPTING A GENERAL PENALTY, AND
AMENDING PENALTY PROVISIONS OF OTHER
ORDINANCES TO REFER THERETO
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. Every person who shall be convicted of any
violation of any provision of the'- ordinances of the City of
West Memphis, Arkansas, when such misdemeanor is specified by
state statutes as a misdemeanor, shall be punished by imprisonment
of not less than ten (10) days nor more than three hundred sixty
(360) days or fine of not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
(250.00) or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for
each, and every day during any portion of which any misdemeanor
specified by state statutes is committed, continued or permitted
by any such person and he shall be punished accordingly.
Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of the ordinances of the City of West
Memphis, Arkansas, which are not specified in state statutes as
misdemeanors, or fail to comply substantially therewith, or who
shall violate or fail to comply substantially with any order or
regulation made thereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor;
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than Twenty-
Five Dollars (25.00) for any one specified offense, or double
that sum for each repetition of such offense. If a thing pro-
hibited or rendered unlawful is in its nature conti~ous in
respect of time; the fine or penalty for allowing the continuance
~`rl~,,,,„~ thereof, in violation of the ordinances of West Memphis, Arkansas
as specified above, shall not exceed Fifteen Dollars (15.00)
for each day that the same may be unlawfully continued.
Section 3. The sections of ordinances of the City of West
Memphis listed below are amended to read as follows:
"Violation of these provisions is hereby declared to be ~f
a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in Ordinance No. ~~.y
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ORDINANCES
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
20, Section 2
78, Section 7, 8, 11, and 14,
82, Sections 3 and 4.
137, Section 3
14.2, Section 6
14.6, Section 15
14.7, Section 12
161, Section 14.
180, Section 21
184., Section 6
188, Section 7
189, Section 24.
216, Section 8
No. 220, Section 3
No. 223, Section 7
No. 230, Section 2
No. 232, Section 3
No. 235, Sections 8 and 9
No. 257, Section 3
No. 260, Section 7
No. 284., Section 18
No. 298, Section 20
,,,~ No. 370, Section 12
No. 371, Section 2
No. 372, Section 4.
ORR
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
ES
Section 5
Section 21
Section 9
Section 14,
Section 4.
Section 14.
Section 13
Section 4.
Section 35
Section 2
Section 2
INANC
373,
393,
394.,
403,
4.13,
4.28,
4.29,
4~4~5,
4~4~9
4.88,
509,
No. 561, Section 3
No. 580, Section 10
No. 654., Sections 14., 15, and 16
No. 700, Section 5
... No. 704., Section 3
No. 720, Section 2
No. 727, Section 3
No. 729, Section 3
No. 732, Sections 1 and 2
No. X4.0, Section 4.
No. 751, Section 2
No. 752, Section 3
Section Ordinance
Section 5. Emergency
by the City Council of the
dating of the City Ordinan~
ately needed and there are
No. 753 is hereby repealed.
Clause. It being found and determined
City of-West Memphis, Arkansas that up-
~es for codification purposes is immedi-
some parts of ordinances out-of-date
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which should be amended or repealed, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage and approval.
ADOPTED this 18th day of January, 1973•
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ATTEST:
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ITY CLERK
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