2182ORDINANCE NO. ~ 1 ~o~
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE NATIONAL
ELECTRICAL CODE, 2008 EDITION, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS OF SUCH REGULATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNDIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. There is hereby adopted by the City of West Memphis, Arkansas,
pursuant to Act No. 267 of the Acts of General Assembly of Arkansas, 1949, for the
purpose of establishing rules and regulations governing the use of electricity for light,
heat, power, radio signaling, and for other purposes, the National Electrical Code, 2008
Edition, of which not less than three (3) copies shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of
the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, and same are hereby adopted and incorporated as
fully as if set out at length herein adopted and from the date on which this Ordinance
shall take effect, the provision thereof shall be controlling within the City Limits of the
City of West Memphis, Arkansas.
SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector to see that this Code
is enforced.
SECTION 3. Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail to comply with any
of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for any one (1)
specified offense or violation of this Ordinance, or double that sum for each repetition of
such offense or violation. If anything prohibited or rendered unlawful by this Ordinance
is, in its nature, continuous in respect to time, the fine or penalty for allowing the
continuance thereof, in violation of this Ordinance, shall not exceed two hundred fifty
dollars ($250.00) for each day that it may be unlawfully continued.
SECTION 4.Ordinances numbered 751, 807, 825, 1201, 1354, 1516, 1715,
1818, 1888 and 2021 of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas and all other Ordinances or
parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED AND APPROVED this (~t~day of im,~~RG a , 2008.
William H. Johnson, ayor
ATTEST:
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Phillip ara, City Clerk
Sponsor
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