2192ORDINANCE NO. vc ~ °I ~
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 2006 ARKANSAS PLUMBING
CODE AND THE 2006 ARKANSAS FUEL GAS CODE, WHICH CODES
REGULATE THE INSTALLATION, ALTERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF
ALL PLUMBING WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS; PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF SAID CODE; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH SAID CODE.
BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1: There is hereby adopted by the City of West Memphis, Arkansas
pursuant to the authority expressly conferred by the laws of the State of Arkansas in Act
200 of 1951, as amended, and Act 96 of 1913, as amended, for the purpose of regulating
the installation, alteration and maintenance of plumbing within the City of West
Memphis, the 2006 Arkansas Plumbing Code and 2006 Arkansas Fuel Gas Code, 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 the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if
set out at length herein; the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the city limits of
the City of West Memphis, Arkansas.
SECTION 2: The City Inspector shall have the authority to make inspections and
require compliance with said codes.
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 less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00) for any one (1) specified offense or violation of this ordinance
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or double that some for each repetition of such offense or violation. If a thing 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 ($250.00) for each day that it may be unlawfully continued.
SECTION 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith aze
hereby repealed.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 3 ~` day of Tv cx , 2008.
William H. Johnson, ayor
ATTEST:
Ph' a, City Clerk
RECEIVED
City Clerk' Office
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