1812RESOLUTION NO. ~ ~ I
A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE AMOUNTS OF
LIENS IMPOSED ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES FOR
REMOVAL OF GRASS; WEEDS; LITTER; DEBRIS;
INOPERABLE VEHICLES; UNSANITARY; UNSAFE
AND OTHER UNSIGHTLY ITEMS FROM PRIVATE
PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS.
WHEREAS, chapters 6.20; 6.24 and 6.26 of the West Memphis Municipal Code
provides a procedure for the City Council to cut grass; weeds and removal of litter; debris;
inoperable vehicles; unsanitary; unsafe; and other unsightly items from private property,
constituting a nuisance and danger to public health, safety or welfaze; and
WHEREAS, the amount of the lien herein provided may be determined at a
hearing before the City Council held after thirty (30) days written notice by certified mail
to the owner or owners of the property, if the name and whereabouts of the owners be
known, and if the name of the owner or owners cannot be determined, then after
publication of notice of such hearing in a newspaper having a bona fide circulation in
Crittenden County for one (1) insertion per week for four (4) consecutive weeks: the
amount so determined at said hearing plus ten percentum (10%) penalty for collection,
shall be certified by the City Council to the Crittenden County Tax Collector, and by him
placed on the tax books as delinquent taxes, and collected accordingly, and the amount,
less three percentum (3%) thereof, when so collected shall be paid to the City of West
Memphis, Arkansas.
WHEREAS, upon due notice a hearing was held before the City Council on May
5, 2005 for the purpose of determining the amount of liens to be imposed on the herein
- described property;
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THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS that the following described properties
should have a lien imposed for removal of grass; weeds; litter; debris; inoperable vehicles;
unsanitary; unsafe and other unsightly items from private property performed by the City
of West Memphis pursuant to chapters 6.20, 6.24 and 6.26 of the West Memphis
Municipal Code.
Segnora & James Cotton 314-322 S 11
Lots 8-13, Blk. 84
Kendal $4,003.13
The Planning and Development Department is hereby directed to forwazd a copy
of this resolution to the Crittenden County Tax Collector for collection.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS DAY OF q ,
2005.
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WILLIAM H. JO SON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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