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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 30, SECTION 30-1 THROUGH 30-10, KNOWN AS THE ENVIRONMENT ORDINANCE, REPEALING CONFLICTING SECTIONS WITHIN CHAPTERS 54 AND 66, AND PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN THE ENFORCEMENT AND RULES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY TO PROVIDE CLARITY IN THE EXISTING ORDINANCES AND THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH AND SAFETY WITHIN OUR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS
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WHEREAS THE CITY OF JONESBORO DESIRES TO PROMOTE A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND THE CONTINUED SAFE COMPLIANCE WITH ALL ADOPTED CITY CODES REGARDING PUBLIC NUISANCES WITHIN OUR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
SECTION I: CHAPTER 30, SECTION 30-1 THROUGH 30-10, ENVIRONMENT SHALL BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
Section 30-1 Definitions:
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Abandoned means that property to which no person claims or exercises the rights of ownership.
Appliances means, but is not limited to, iceboxes, refrigerators, deep freezes, stoves, ovens, air conditioners, washers, dryers, trash compactors, dishwashers, televisions, radios, hot water heaters, and plumbing fixtures.
Building material means, but is not limited to, items such as boards, bricks, cement, nails, pipe, sheet metal, siding, tar paper and windows which have never been incorporated into a structure or which have been removed from a structure and may be readily incorporated into another structure. This article applies only to building material which lies in public view.
Building rubbish means any post construction solid waste.
Buffer Cut Area means cutting of the grass, weeds, brush, vines, etc., completely around the tract of land to at least a width of 150 feet.
Inoperable means an item which, by mechanical or physical defect, can no longer be used for its intended pu...
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