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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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;
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(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.
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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
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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
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