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1534ORDINANCE NO . ~ 53 ~4- AN ORDINANCE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE ARKANSAS PLUMBING AND GAS CODE 1991, SIXTH 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 Code Sixth 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 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: Ordinance number 729 of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, and all other ordinances or parts of SPONSORED BY: clTy CLERK OFI:ICE DATES °L-'-mss ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. PASSIsD AND APPROVED this ~ day of ~ , 19~_ .