1405RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE CONDE?INATION AND
RE1!IOVAL OF HOUSES, BUILDINGS AND/OR STRUCTURES
CONSTITUTING A NUISANCE WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST
lIEMPHIS CORPORATE LIl'IITS.
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 t30) 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 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.
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.
RECEIVED
CITY CLERK OFFICE
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Resolution Ho.
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RECEIVED
CITY CLERK OFFICE
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ADOPTED this ~Jt day of ~ ~~~de,~- 1994.
Resolution No.
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LEGAL AND OWNER OF RECORD
EXHIBIT "A"
DESCRIPTION OF COMPLAINT
RESIDENTIAL:
313 Magnolia
Lot 11, Blk. 4
Broadway PK. 4th
No electrical outlets, no plumbing,
no gas-- building in hazardous
condition
BAM Enterprises, Inc.
1613 Golf Links Dr.
West Memphis, AR 72301
2555 Montclair
Lot 12, Blk. 1
Sunset MH Pk.
Secure trailer, no electricity
Combe Corp.
P. 0. Box 1055
West Memphis, AR 72303
2538 Montclair
Lot 16, Blk. 2
Sunset MH Pk.
Combe Corp.
P. 0. Box 1055
West Memphis, AR 72303
Secure trailer
2516 Tyler Cr.
Lot 8
Broadway Pk. 3rd
BAM Enterprises, Inc.
1613 Golf Links Dr.
West Memphis, AR 72301
No electric, no sewer, no water-
unsafe beyond repair
2532 Tyler Cr.
Lot 16
Broadway Pk. 3rd
No electric, walls collapsed,
trailer dangerous, needs to be
demolished
W L, Sr. & Lora U McCoy
516 E. McAuley
West Memphis, AR 72301
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311 No. 8 No electric, no water, house
Lot 1, Blk. 23 damaged beyond repair
Thompson 1st
Farrington B. Snipes, Jr. _
Rt. 1, Box 79
Knoxville, AL 35469
208-210 So. 10 Electric problems, sewer problems,
Lots 5-6, Blk. 105 water problems- house decayed
Kendal beyond repair, dangerous
Rosie & Eugene Green
208 So. 10
West Memphis, AR 72301
311 So. 11 No electric, House is rotten,
Lot 24, Blk. 83 decayed, and unsafe
Kendal
Matilda Huff
2409 Jackson Ave.
West Memphis, AR 72301
110 So. 12 ~ No sanitation facilities, no
Lot 5, Blk. 116 electric facilities, - unsafe,
Kendal demolish
Joe T. Shelton
Lena Clark
2956 McGee Way
Olney, MD 20832
316 So. 12 No electric, no sewer,
Lot 9, Blk. 85 deteriorating - unsafe, demolish
Kendal
Clyde & Freddie Whitfield
P. 0. Box 247
Turrell, AR 72384
303-305 No. 13 No electric, no sewer, decaying,
Lots 2-3, Blk. 18 unsafe, must be torn down
Thompson 1st
James Jackson, Jr.
303 No. 13
West Memphis, AR 72301
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531-533 So. 13
Lots 34-35, Blk. 89
Kendal
No electric, no sewer, house
decaying, may fall, dangerous
James L & Evelyn Patterson
1479 Kennebec Rd.
Grand Blanc, MI 48439
718 So. 13 No utilities, deteriorating-
Lot 10, Blk. 97 dangerous, demolish
Kendal
Robert Riley, Jr. & Bernice Martin
P. O. Box 322
West Memphis, AR 72303
724-726 So. 13 No sewer, no water, house rotten,
Lots 13-14, Blk. 97 falling in, dangerous
Kendal
Henry Foster & Diane Thomas
1117 32nd Ave.
Bellwood, IL 60104
724 So. 14 No electric, no plumbing,
N 1/2 of Lot 6, Blk. 124 foundation falling in - demolish
Kendal
M. Johnson & C. Donahue
2907 E. Polk
West Memphis, AR 72301
229-231 So. 16 No sewer, no water, deteriorated,
Lots 33-34, Blk. 132 dangerous, - beyond repair
Kendal
Juanita Wallace
1776 Benning
Memphis, TN 38106
400-402 So. 16 No sewer, no water, house
Lots 1-2, Blk. 137 dilapidated, unsafe, & decayed
Kendal beyond repair
George W. Mosley
400 So. 16th
West Memphis, AR 72301
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633-635 So. 16 House rotten (structural), no
S 1/2 of lot 10, Blk. 128 sewer. unsafe electrical- danger
Kendal to life & general welfare of
public
W. A. Phelps
631 So. 16th
AR
72301
West Memphis,
629-631 So. 21 House fallen down in heap
S 1/2 of lot 9, Blk. 171
Kendal
Eugene Hale
505 Vanderbilt
West Memphis, AR 72301
483 No. 27 House needs securing- in good shape
Lot 19, Blk. 11
Rich Eastern 2nd
Sec. of Housing & Urban Dev.
425 W. Capitol, Suite 900
Litttle Rock, AR 72201
r 605 So. 25 Unsafe electrical, house is
Lot il, Blk. 6 dilapidated, dangerous- needs to be
Kendal 5th torn down
Calvin & Johnny M Williams
2900 Dickson
West Memphis, AR 72301