2271 r RESOLUTION NO. 22
A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE CONDEMNATION AND REMOVAL OF
HOUSES,BUILDINGS AND/OR RESIDENTIAL 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, 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, 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 Attachment "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference are hereby
declared to be a nuisance for the reason or reasons therein set forth.
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 (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.
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ADOPTED this 2/ day of %eiL ,2022
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Mayor, Marco McClendon
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Attachment A
Property Owner(s) Legal Address Description
Mosley Theodore & Minnie 129 S 22nd Dilapidated Structure
159 S 22nd Lot 24 Block 181A
West Memphis,AR 72301 Kendal
Alexander Evans 2790 Elm Dilapidated Structure
208 Elizabeth Ln Lot 1 Block 2
West Memphis, AR 72301 Broadway Park
3 B's Property Rentals LLC 1111 N Rich Rd Dilapidated Structure
PO Box 6001 Lot PT 4-5 Block 13
West Memphis,AR 72301 Avalon Heights EXT
Mark Williams 632 S 16'h Dilapidated Structure
909 Rue Le Maison S 1/2 of Lot 5
Marion,AR 72364 Kendal