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RESOLUTION NO. 1.3a~9
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, Ordinance 1141, codified as 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 Ordinance 1141, 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 Ordinance 1141, 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/o•r 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 HY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, THAT the following described
houses, buildings and/or structures are hereby declared to be a
nuisance for the reason or reasons set forth:
HE 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 t30) 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 /gTl~ day of F~savARy 1993.
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K ITH M. INGRAM, M OR
ATTEST:
DAN CRAFT, CITY/Cj,E7~K
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LEGAL AND OWNER OF RECORD
COMMERCIAL
1312-1314 E. Broadway
Lots 10-11, Blk. 2
Thompson 1st
David Kelly
136 Military Rd.
Marion, AR. 72364
DESCRIPTION OF COMPLAINT
Structure totally dilapidated,
needs to be torn down and lot
cleaned