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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CONDEMNATION AND REPAIR REHABILITATION, SECURING, OR RAZING AND REMOVAL OF HOUSES, BUILDINGS, AND/OR STRUCTURES CONSTITUTING A NUISANCE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS; PROVIDING NOTICE PROCEDURES; PROVIDING FOR A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY; PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, as follows:
SECTION 1: Nuisance Properties Unlawful. It shall be and it is hereby declared to be un1awful for any person or persons, partnership, corporation or association to own, keep or maintain any house, building and/or structure within the corporate limits of the City which constitutes a nuisance and which is found and declared to be a nuisance by resolution of the City Council.
SECTION 2: Condemnation for Abatement. Any such house, building and/or structure which is found and declared to be a nuisance by resolution of the City Council will be condemned to ensure the repair rehabilitation, securing, and/or razing and removal thereof as specified in the “Notice to Repair or Remove."
SECTION 3: Pre-condemnation Notice. Prior to the consideration of a resolution by the City Council declaring any house, building and/or structure as a nuisance, the owner of such house, building and/or structure shall be notified in writing of the date, time and place that the City Council will consider said resolution. Said notice shall be sent twenty days (20) prior to the date of the hearing and shall include a copy of the inspection report, by registered letter or personal service, the receipt of which shall be duly acknowledged. Should the owner(s) of any such house, building and/or structure not be known or the owner(s) whereabouts not be known or such owner(s) is a nonresident of Arkansas, then a copy of the written notice shall be posted upon the premises and the Mayor or his designee shall make an affidavit setting out the facts to unknown address or whereabou...
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