1997RESOLUTION N0. ~ ~ ~
A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE CONDEMNATION
AND REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS AND/OR STRUCTURES
CONSTITUTING A NUISANCE WITHIN THE CITY OF
WEST MEMPHIS CORPORATE LIMITS.
WHEREAS, 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 Chapter 12.64 of the West Memphis Municipal
Code, 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 Chapter 12.64 of the West Memphis Municipal code,
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/or structure constituting a nuisance; and
WHEREAS, if the City has any net costs in removal of any house, building
and/or structure, the City shall have a lien placed on the property;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, THAT the house, building and/or
structure described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference
are hereby declared to be a nuisance for the reason or reasons therein set forth.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT if the houses, buildings and/or
structures constituting a nuisance has not been torn down and removed or the nuisance
otherwise abated within thirty (30) 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.
RESOLUTION NO. ~~~7
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ADOPTED this ~~ day of DC,~ ~tl , 2011.
William H. Johnson, ayor
ATTEST:
Phil ,City Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO.
EXHIBIT "A"
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Owner/Mailing Address
Legal Address
Descriation of Comalaint
James M. Currie Miller 402 Dover Unsafe, Dilapidated Structure
402 Dover Lot 16, Block 5,
West Memphis, AR Avondale 1~` Add