1732ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE ARKANSAS PLUMBING AND GAS
CODE 1996, SEVENTH EDITION, WHICH CODE 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 Arkansas State Plumbing and Gas Code
Seventh 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 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 code.
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 or double that sum for each repetition of such
offense or violation. If a thing prohibited or rendered unlawful
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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 five hundred dollars
($500.00) for each. day that it may be unlawfully continued.
SECTION 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED AND APPROVED this ~ day of /~'/ ~, 19~.
AL BOALS, Mayor
RECEIVED
CITY CLERK OFFICE
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