1594RESOLUTION NO. 1 S~~(
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 on the property;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCII. 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
~r constituting a nuisance and to cause a lien to be placed on the property of any net costs incurred
by the City for the removal of said house, building and/or structure.
ADOPTED THIS ~ (sT DAY OF , 1999.
WILLIAM H. JOHNS N, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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PHILL RA, CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT "A"
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EXHIBIT "A"
RESIDENTIAL:
Donald Ray Wilson
325 W. Oliver
West Memphis, AR 72301
325 W. Oliver
E 1 /2 E 1 /2 Lot 5, Blk. 10
Compress
Dangerous structure-
uninhabitalbe, needs to be
condemned