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14-301-107. Sidewalks and curbing in towns and in cities of the first and second class.
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14-301-107. Sidewalks and curbing in towns and in cities of the first and second class.
(a) In order to better provide for the public welfare, safety, comfort, and convenience of the inhabitants of cities of the first and second class and of incorporated towns, the council of any such city or town, by ordinance, resolution, or order, shall have the power to:
(1) Compel the owners of any property abutting its streets or public squares to build, rebuild, maintain, and repair foot pavements or sidewalk improvements and curbing and to designate the kind of sidewalks and curbing improvements to be made, the kind of material to be used, the specifications to be followed, and the time within which the improvement is required to be completed; and
(2) Provide that:
(A) If the owner of any property shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions thereof, in the manner and within the time therein prescribed, the cities and towns may contract with some suitable person for the construction, reconstruction, or repair of the sidewalk or curbing, on the best terms that can be made and in the manner prescribed in the ordinance, resolution, or order after giving reasonable notice to the owner or the agent in charge of the property of an intention to do so; and
(B) The cities and towns may pay that person for so constructing, reconstructing, or repairing the sidewalks and curbing and that the amount so paid by the cities and towns, together with six percent (6%) penalty added thereto, shall constitute a charge against the owner of the property and shall be a lien on the property from the date of the commencement of the work with the charge and lien to be assignable by the city and town and the charge to be recovered in an ordinary suit against the owner by the city or town or
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-301-107
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14-301-107. Sidewalks and curbing in towns and in cities of the first and second class.
(a) In order to better provide for the public welfare, safety, comfort, and convenience of the inhabitants of cities of the first and second class and of incorporated towns, the council of any such city or town, by ordinance, resolution, or order, shall have the power to:
(1) Compel the owners of any property abutting its streets or public squares to build, rebuild, maintain, and repair foot pavements or sidewalk improvements and curbing and to designate the kind of sidewalks and curbing improvements to be made, the kind of material to be used, the specifications to be followed, and the time within which the improvement is required to be completed; and
(2) Provide that:
(A) If the owner of any property shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions thereof, in the manner and within the time therein prescribed, the cities and towns may contract with some suitable person for the construction, reconstruction, or repair of the sidewalk or curbing, on the best terms that can be made and in the manner prescribed in the ordinance, resolution, or order after giving reasonable notice to the owner or the agent in charge of the property of an intention to do so; and
(B) The cities and towns may pay that person for so constructing, reconstructing, or repairing the sidewalks and curbing and that the amount so paid by the cities and towns, together with six percent (6%) penalty added thereto, shall constitute a charge against the owner of the property and shall be a lien on the property from the date of the commencement of the work with the charge and lien to be assignable by the city and town and the charge to be recovered in an ordinary suit against the owner by the city or town or its assignee or the lien to be foreclosed by the city or town or its assignee by suit in equity in the courts having jurisdiction of suits for the enforcement of liens upon real property, for the condemnation and sale of the property for the payment of the sums so paid by the city or town, together with the interest, penalty, and cost of suit, the suit in equity to be brought in the manner and under the terms now provided by law for the foreclosure of property by improvement districts, so far as applicable.
(b) Nothing herein contained shall be construed as repealing § 14-54-104, or as preventing the cities and towns from proceedings in any manner provided by existing laws.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-54-104. Additional powers of cities of the first class.
In order to better provide for the public welfare, safety, comfort, and convenience of inhabitants of cities of the first class, the following enlarged and additional powers are conferred upon these cities:
(1)(A)(i) To regulate the use of sidewalks, and all structures and excavations thereunder, to require the owner or occupant of any premises to keep the sidewalks in front or alongside the premises free from obstruction, to build and maintain suitable pavement or sidewalk improvements therealong whenever they may become necessary to the safety or convenience of travel, and to designate the kind of sidewalk improvement to be made, the kind of material to be used by the owner or occupant, and the time within which the improvement is required to be completed.
(ii) The kind and character of sidewalk improvement for the same street and block shall be uniform.
(B)(i)(a) Sidewalk improvement shall be ordered, either by a general ordinance for all property owners or occupants on a certain street or within a certain quarter where the necessity of sidewalks is general to that extent, or by a resolution or order adopted by the city council and notice served upon the particular individuals owning or occupying the premises where the special necessity exists.
(b)(1) In either case, the city shall have power to enforce obedience to the sidewalk ordinance, order, resolution, or notice upon the owners or occupants failing or refusing to obey them by the imposition of fines upon conviction thereof in the district court, in like manner and with like consequences and effect as for a violation of any other ordinance of the city.
(2) Each day that the failure or refusal is continued shall constitute a separate offense.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-54-104
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-54-104. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.