1774RESOLUTION NO. ~ 7 7~
A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE CONDEMNATION AND
REMOVAL OF HOUSES, BUILDINGS AND/OR STRUCTURES
CONSTITUTING A NUISANCE WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST
MEMPHIS CORPORATE LIMITS.
WHEREAS, Chapter 12.64 of the West Memphis Municipal Code provides a
procedure for the City Council to condemn any house, building and/or structure which
constitutes a nuisance by adoption of a resolution setting out a description of the house,
building or structure, the name or names, if known, of the owners thereof, and the reason
or reasons said house, building and/or structure is or has been condemned as a nuisance;
and
WHEREAS, as provided in Chapter 12.64 of West Memphis Municipal Code;
notice of the condemnation of the house, building and/or structure is to be provided by
mailing a certified copy of the resolution to the owner or owners if their whereabouts are
known or to their last known address and by posting a copy of the resolution at a
conspicuous place on said house, building and/or structure, and if the whereabouts or last
known address are unknown the posting of the resolution will suffice as notice; and
WHEREAS, as provided in Chapter 12.64 of West Memphis Municipal code, the
house, building and/or structure constituting a nuisance will be torn down and/or removed
by the building inspector or his duly designated representative if it has not been torn down
and removed, or said nuisance otherwise abated within thirty (30) days after posting the
true copy of the resolution at a conspicuous place on said house, building and/or structure
constituting a nuisance; and
WHEREAS, if the City has any net costs in removal of any house, building or
structure, the City shall have a lien placed on the property;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, THAT the houses, buildings and/or
structures described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference
are hereby declared to be a nuisance for the reason or reasons therein set forth.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT if the house, building and/or structure
constituting a nuisance has not been torn down and removed or the nuisance otherwise
abated within thirty (30) days of the posting of a true copy of this resolution in a
conspicuous place on said house, building and/or structure, the building inspector or his
duly designated representative is authorized and directed to tear down and/or remove the
house, building and/or structure constituting a nuisance and to cause a lien to be placed on
the property for any net costs incurred by the city for the removal of said house, building
and/or structure.
ADOPTED this ~~ day of 003.
WII,LIAM H. JOHNSON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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PHILLIP PARA, CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT "A"
Fidencio Soto
310 Cedar
Lot 3, Blk. 6
Broadway Park 4, Sec. 1
James Murphy
2783 W Grove
Lot 19, Blk. 1
Broadway Park
Norman Lee Robinson
42057
Lot 12, Blk. 77
Kendal
Joe & Mable Bateman
S10N9
Lot 21, Blk. 33
Thompson 1
Jody L Loring
137 S 10
Lot 36, Blk. 113
Kendal
Shirley Spight
301 N 11
Lot 6, Blk. 20
Thompson 1st
G C Simpson & Wife
715 S 13
S 1/2 Lot 7, Blk. 93
Kendal
Unsafe-dilapidated trailer
Unsafe-dilapidated trailer
Unsafe-dilapidated structure
Unsafe-dilapidated structure
Unsafe-dilapidated structure
Unsafe-dilapidated structure
Unsafe-dilapidated structure
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Ella Mae Jones
122 S 17
Lots 10-11, Blk. 149
Kendal
H A Royal & Robert P O'Gwin
209-213 S 19
Lots 22-24, Blk. 151
Kendal
Thurman & Betty Udel
217 S 20
Lots 27-28, Blk. 164
Kendal
Mattie Lofton
712 S 20
S 1/2 Lot 2, Blk. 172
Kendal
Unsafe-dilapidated structure
Unsafe-dilapidated structure
Unsafe-dilapidated structure
Unsafe-dilapidated structure