ORD NO 12-1999 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. -1999
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 1999 ARKANSAS STATE FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1: That Section 11.20.01 of the Van Buren City Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"There is hereby adopted by the City for the purpose of prescribing
regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from
fire or explosion, that certain code known as the Arkansas State Fire
Prevention Code, 1999 Edition, and the whole thereof, save and
except such portions as are herein after deleted, modified or amended,
of which code not Tess than three (3) copies have been and now are
filed in the office of the City Clerk/Treasurer and the same are hereby
adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and
from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions
thereof shall be controlling within the corporate limits of Van Buren,
Arkansas."
SECTION 2: All former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with
the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph,
sentence, or word of this ordinance or of the code hereby adopted be
declared for any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the City
Council that it would have passed all other portions of this ordinance
independent of the elimination here from of any such portion as may
be declared invalid.
SECTION 4: PENALTY- Arkansas State law (Arkansas Code Annotated 15 -55-
102) empowers municipal corporations to adopt ordinances to
provide for the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of inhabitants
of the City. Violations of the Standard State Fire Prevention Code
shall be punishable as a misdemeanor offense and shall be punishable
by a fine of up to $250.00. Each day that said violation continues
shall be a separate offense and each day subsequent to the first day of
the violation shall be punishable by a fine of up to $250.00 per day.
SECTION 5: It is urgent that the City of Van Buren have up -to -date and viable
codes to protect the lives and property of the citizens of Van Buren,
thereby an emergency is declared to exist and this Ordinance being
necessary for the immediate protection of the public peace, health and
safety shall take effect immediately on its passage and approval.
PASSED APPROVED THIS /9 1)AY OF JULY, 1999.
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