ORD NO 02-1980 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2 -1980
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL OR RAZING OF A HOUSE LOCATED IN
THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, TO WIT:
Lot 19 and 20, Block 1, Grandview Addition to the
City of Van Buren, Arkansas, street address 420 N
North 10th Street.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1: That Sharon and Norman Ballanger are the recorded
owners of said property, with the same being mortgaged to the Peoples
Bank Trust Company.
SECTION 2: That said property is herein after set forth:
Lot 19 and Lot 20, Block 1, Grandview Addition to the
City of Van Buren, Arkansas, street address 420 North
10th Street.
The house of said property is declared to be structural, fire and
health hazard.
SECTION 3: That legal notice of the hearing before the City
Council has been served upon the above named, Sharon and Norman Ballanger
and the Peoples Bank Trust Company.
SECTION 3 -A: That the owner will have 90 days to bring said
structure up to the City Housing Code; provided, however, that within
30 days, the unsightly conditions must be corrected.
SECTION 4: If said structure is not brought up to the Housing
Code or razed within 90 days, the City Attorney is hereby directed to
institute such legal proceedings as may be necessary in order to enforce
the provisions of this Ordinance to remedy the dangerous and unsightly
conditions brought about as a result of the failure of the property
owner to properly keep up said property.
SECTION 5: That said legal proceedings shall provide that
unless the house is razed within a certain period, to be allowed by
the court, the City of Van Buren will be authorized to raze said house
and have a lein upon the real estate for the cost of removing said house.
SECTION 6: A copy of this Ordinance shall be served upon Sharon
and Norman Ballanger and the Peoples Bank Trust Company by mailing
a copy to them at their respective residences.
SECTION 7: That all Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in con-
flict are hereby repealed and, unless the provisions of this Ordinance
are put into effect immediately, the public peace, health, and safety
of the City of Van Buren will be adversely affected; therefore, an
emergency is declared to exist, and this Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 18th DAY OF February 19 80
ATTESTED:
TY CLERK- TR.ASURER