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00 Opening Pages VAN BUREN MUNICIPAL CODE A Code of the General Ordinances of the City of Van Buren, Arkansas Date of Incorporation January 4, 1845 Prepared with the assistance of the ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE P. O. Box 38 2nd and Willow North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 Telephone: 374 -3484 0 2019 VAN BUREN MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS MAYOR JOSEPH HURST CITY CLERK/TREASURER PHYLLIS THOMAS CITY ATTORNEY CANDICE SETTLE ALDERMAN MIKE KNEELAND JIM PETTY MATT DODSON ALAN SWAIM TYLER WOOD DARREL SPARKMAN 2018 VAN BUREN MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS MAYOR ROBERT D. FREEMAN CITY CLERK/TREASURER PHYLLIS THOMAS CITY ATTORNEY CANDICE SETTLE ALDERMAN MIKE KNEELAND JIM PETTY DAVID MOORE ALAN SWAIM TYLER WOOD DARREL SPARKMAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 28 CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS Remove Old Page Insert New Page 17 17 45.1 45.1 45.2 45.2 45.2.1 45.3 —45.13 45.14 52.5 52.5 52.6 52.6 52.7 121 121 233 233 Index Index August 2015 2013 VAN BUREN MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS MAYOR ROBERT D. FREEMAN CITY CLERK /TREASURER BARBIE CURTIS CITY ATTORNEY CANDICE SETTLE ALDERMAN DONNA PARKER MAX BLAKE DAVID MOORE JOHNNY RAGSDALE MARY ANN DODD TEENA SAGELY 2010 VAN BUREN MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS MAYOR ROBERT D. FREEMAN CITY CLERK/TREASURER BARBIE CURTIS CITY ATTORNEY NEWTON DONALD JENKINS ALDERMEN BILL SWAIM DONNA PARKER DAVID MOORE JOHNNY RAGSDALE MARY ANN DODD TEENA SAGLEY 4 2003 VAN BUREN MINICIPAL OFFICIALS MAYOR JOHN RIGGS CITY CLERK/TREASURER BARBIE CURTIS CITY ATTORNEY CANDICE SETTLE ALDERMEN BILL SWAIM DONNA PARKER DAVID MOORE RICK SPOON MARYANN DODD JIM BARKER VAN BUREN MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AT THE LEVEE OF THIS CODE'S PREPARATION Mayor Robert E. (Gene) Bell Clerk/Treasurer Ann Graham City Attorney Gary Cottrell Aldermen Hill Alexander Darrell Capelle Louis Garr Gene Haggard J. W. Polk Iverson Riggs LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, is planning to adopt the Van Buren Municipal Code_,for the City of Van Buren, Arkansas. Pursuant to Act 209 of 1961 and Act 267 of 1949 three copies of the Van Buren Municipal Code are on file in the office of the Clerk/ Treasurer for the inspection and view of any one interested in this ordinance. This ordinance will be considered at the meeting of the City Council on February 20, 1984. MAYOR TABLE OF CONTENTS Title 1 General Provisions Title 2 Classification, Administration and Personnel Title 3 Fiscal Affairs Title 4 Business Licenses and Regulations Title 5 Health and Sanitation Title 6 Animals and Fowl Title 7 Public Peace, Safety and Morals Title 8 Vehicles and Traffic Title 9 Streets and Sidewalks Title 10 Water and Sewer Title 11 Buildings and Construction Title 12 Parks and Recreation Title 13 Planning Title 14 Zoning Title 15 Subdivision Regulations LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, is planning to adopt the Van Buren Municipal Code for the City of Van Buren, Arkansas. Pursuant to Act 209 of 1961 and Act 267 of 1949 three copies of the Van Buren Municipal Code are on file in the office of the Clerk/ Treasurer for the inspection and view of any one interested in this ordinance. This ordinance will be considered at the meeting of the City Council on February 20, 1984. MAYOR ORDINANCE NO. I AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW MUNICIPAL CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN, EXCEPT AS HEREIN EXPRESSLY PROVIDED; PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH CODE AND A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFEC- TIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS: Section 1. That the Code of Ordinances is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Van Buren Municipal Code Such Code shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances passed by the City Council on or before February 20, 1984, to the extent provided in Section 2 hereof. Section 2. That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the 20th day of February, 1984. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature not included in such Code are hereby repealed from and after the 20th day of February, 1984, except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the city, not specif: ically mentioned, is hereby repealed. Section 3. That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not affect any of the following: (1) Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of such Code; (2) Any ordinance promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the city or authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the city or any evidence of the city's indebtedness; (3) Any contract or obligation assumed by the city; (4) Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, widening, paving, etc., any street or public way in the city; 0 (5) Any appropriation ordinance; (6) Any ordinance which, by its own terms, is effective only for a stated or limited time; (7) Any ordinance providing for local improve- ments and assessing taxes therefor; (8) Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any subdivision plat; (9) Any ordinance enacted after February 20, 1984. Section 4. That whenever in such Code an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of such Code shall be punishable as provided by 1.32.01 of such Code. Section 5. That any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the Van Buren Munici- pal Code shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments. Section 6. That in case of the amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as pro- vided in 1.32.01 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein. Section 7. That three copies of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the Clerk /Treasurer preserved in looseleaf form or in such other form as the City Council may consider most expedient. It shall be the express duty of the Clerk /Treasurer or someone authorized by the Clerk /Treasurer to insert in their designated places all amend- ments or ordinances which indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part of such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all provi- sions which may be from time to time repealed by the City Council. These copies of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same. 0 Section 8. That it shall be unlawful for any person to change O or amend by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tampe with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Van Buren to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 4 of this ordi- nance. Section 9. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in con- flict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. Section 10. It is hereby found that many of the ordinances of the City of Van Buren are not easily accessible to citizens and municipal officials and thereby has rendered it difficult for many persons to determine the actual laws in effect; and that the city has made unusual efforts to have the laws of the City of Van Buren adopted and published. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Ordinance No. to ,y f`f being necessary for the immediate preservation of the pub- lic peace, health and safety, shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. Approved and passed this 20th day of February, 1984. Al (SEAL) ATTEST: Cler reasurer 0 0 VAN BUREN MUNICIPAL CODE A Code of the General Ordinances of the City of Van Buren. Date of Incorporation January 4, 1845 Prepared with assistance of the ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE P. O. Box 38 29 Willow North Little Rock, Arkansas 72115 Telephone: 758 -1610 0