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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1697 TO REQUIRE A DEPOSIT TO
INSURE REMOVAL OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that a deposit should be required in order to
insure the removal of construction material.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCII, OF THE
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Ordinance 1697 is hereby amended to read as follows;
The contractor is required to provide a dumpster, dumptruck/truck adequate for the removal of
any concrete, brick or other masonry items, roofing material or construction/remodeling/
demolition -type materials from said property and post atwo-hundred fifty dollar ($250.00)
minimum deposit to insure removal of said construction materials from lot for each permit issued
by the city. The deposit is payable when a building/remodeUdemolition permit is obtained at the
City. The deposit will be refunded upon a satisfactory final inspection. Failure to properly clean a
construction site will result in loss of deposit and/or fine. The contractor will not be issued any
permits within the city until the site has been cleared by the Code Enforcement Department.
SECTION II. Debris -notice to remove -Fee for city removal.
Upon the failure of the contractor, any owner, owners and/or occupants of property in the city to
remove, or to have removed, any concrete, brick or other masonry items, roofing material or
any construction/remodeling/demolition-type materials, it shall be the duty of the code
enforcement department, or an agent acting by the authority of this department, to serve notice on
the owner, owners, and/or occupants of such property to remove or have removed within five
days of the serving of such notice, all concrete, brick or other masonry items, roofing material or
any construction/remodeling/demolition-type materials from said property, or maybe mailed to
the last known address of such owner, owners and/or occupants, by certified mail, or be posted
on the property on which concrete, brick or other masonry items, roofing material or any
construction/remodeling/demolition-type materials exist. Serving notice by any of the above
methods shall be due notice within the meaning of this section. When the city is required to
remove said material, after the property owner, owners and/or occupants. A fee for these services
will be established each year by the code enforcement department. If the owner, owners and/or
occupants refuse to pay the charges, the city will go through the necessary procedure to have a
tax lien placed on said property.
SECTION III. Debris -Failure to remove -Penalty.
The failure of the contractor, owner, owners and/or occupants of lots or lands within the limits of
the city to remove or have removed concrete, brick or other masonry items, roofing material or
any construction/remodeling/demolition-type materials, shall be a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction, the owners thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars.
SECTION 1 V. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
PASSED AND APPROVED this o~ND day of OCTOB~ , 1997.
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AL BOALS, MAYOR
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