1697ORDINANCE NO. 169'7
AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF CONCRETE, BRICK, OR
OTHER MASONRY ITEMS, ROOFING MATERIAL, OR CONSTRUCTION/
REMODELING/DEMOLITION -TYPE DEBRIS FROM PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN
THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS; TO DEFINE AND PROVIDE FOR THE
PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT OF OFFENSES IN VIOLATION OF SUCH
REGULATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, city ordinance 1501 specifically prohibits the Sanitation Department
from picking up concrete, brick, or other masonry items, roofing material, or
construction/remodeling/demolition -type materials and;
WHEREAS, such materials are routinely placed on the curbside and left and;
WHEREAS, such debris piles are unsightly and become home to rats and other
vermin and can cause a health hazard;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
SECTION I. Debris -Removal required.
The owner, owners and/or occupants of all lands or lots in the city are required to
remove any concrete, brick or other masonry items, roofing material or any
construction/remodeling/demolition-type materials from said property.
SECTION II. Debris -Notice to remove -Fee for city removal.
` Upon the failure of 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 remove 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 may be 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 exit. 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
have been duty notified, a statement for these services will be mailed to the 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 or any owner, owners and/or occupants of lots or lands within the limits of
the city to remove or have remove 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED this ~_ day of Tv 01995.
AL GOALS, Mayor
SPONSORED BY: