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ORDINANCE 1w3r
AN ORDINAHCB TO A!lBND 3BCTION %II OF THB CODE FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF DRIVBWAYS AND OTHBR IMPROVB!lBNTS WITHIN
THB PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, WBST MBI~PHIS, ARBANSAB, AS
ADOPTBD BY ORDINANCB 761, DBCLARIN(3 AN Bt~BR(iBNCY, AND
FOR OTHBR PURPOSBS.
WHBRBAS, after a public hearing upon due notice and
publication, the Planning Commission approved and
recommended for adoption certain proposed amendments to the
Code for Construction of Driveways and Other Improvements
Within the Public Right-Of-Way, West Memphis, Arkansas, as
adopted by Ordinance 761; and
WHBRBAS, the City Council finds that the proposed
amendments to the Code for Construction of Driveways and
Other Improvements Within the Public Right-Of-Way, West
Memphis, Arkansas, should be adopted;
NOW, THBRBFORB, BB IT ORDAINED BY TH8 CITY COUNCIL OF
THB CITY OF WBST PIBlIPHIS, AIiKANSA3, THAT:
SECTION 1. Section XII of the Code for Construction of
Driveways and Other Improvements Within the Public Right-Of-
Way, West Memphis, Arkansas, as adopted by Ordinance 761 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Concrete sidewalks shall be a minimum of four (4) feet
wide and shall be installed within the dedicated right-
of-way adjacent to the property line, except where
otherwise specified in this section and except where
the land i$ topographically unsuited for the
construction of sidewalks. Where sidewalks are to be
installed on corner lots the sidewalk shall be
extended to the street pavement and a curb cut shall be
installed so as to make the sidewalk accessible to the
handicapped. Sidewalks shall be required as follows:
(1) Residential
(a) On both sides of all arterial, collector, and
residential streets, for all lots which front or
side on said streets. Sidewalks shall not be
required along arterial streets in cases where
access is restricted on the plat to prevent
ingress or egress to a residential lot along an
arterial street.
(b) On residential and collector streets, the owner
may request the location of sidewalks adjacent to
the curb where the normal alignment would
interfere with other existing utility structures.
The approval of an alignment other than adjacent
to the property line may be granted by either the
City Engineer or the Director of Planning.
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(2) Commercial
Sidewalks shall be required for office or
commercial uses along all streets except where:
(a) The right of access is restricted on the plat
for said lot that is being constructed upon;
or
(b) If the lot is part of a block face which is
more than fifty percent developed at the time
of construction and sidewalks do not exist on
these developed parcels. A block face shall
include all frontage along a street between
two intersecting streets, and the percent
developed is based on front feet of developed
lots, not the number of lots.
(3) Industrial
Sidewalks are required for industrial lots only
where at the time of platting the Planning
Commission determined that the street is so
located that it connects one or more residential
areas and/or community facilities in such manner
that the provision of a sidewalk is essential to
accommodate pedestrian movements.
SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. $lIBR(3SNCY CLAUSB. It having been found and
determined by the City Council of the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas, that there is an urgent need by the City of West
Memphis to amend the sidewalk requirements of the Land
Subdivision and Development Code to provide standards for
the installation of sidewalks, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, and this Ordinance being necessary for
the preservation of the public peace, health, safety and
welfare of the citizens of West Memphis, Arkansas, shall be
in full force and effect from and after the date of its
passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this ~r~ day of _ , 1990.
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