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0324 • f ' ORDINANCE NO. Wk\ AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A RIGHT OF ENTRY TO AUTHORIZED CITY OFFICIALS FOR THE INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS AND PREMISES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any ordinance or resolution, or whenever there is reasonable cause to believe there exists an ordinance or resolution violation in any building or upon any premises within the jurisdiction of the City, any authorized official of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, may, upon presentation of proper credentials, enter such building or premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same or to perform any duty imposed upon him by ordinance; PROVIDED, that except in emergency situations or when consent of the owner and /or occupant to the inspection has been otherwise obtained, he shall give the owner and /or occupant, if they can be located after reasonable effort, twenty -four hours written notice of the authorized official's intention to inspect. The notice transmitted to the owner and /or occupant shall state that the property owner has the right to refuse entry and that in the event such entry is refused, inspection may be made only upon issuance of a search warrant by a duly authorized magistrate. In the event the owner and /o• occupant refuses entry after such request has been made, the official is hereby empowered to seek assistance from any court of competent jurisdiction in obtaining such entry. SECTION 2. All other ordinance sections which grant any official of this City any right of entry are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. For the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety an emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance shall BIRD BOOK # PAGE # x ■ , ti 'Page Two take effect immediately after its passage and publication as provided by law. PASSED and ADOPTED this 0 23 " day of May, 1974. SIGNED and APPROVED this � '_ - of May, 1974. 7 a - 41/ -C ayor ATTEST: L v/�a��(O City Cl/rk APPRO'TE AS TO FORM; c "�:.;ieaw 14 y L .Cs: BE'n E. Rice, City Lt molt ey DRD. BOOK # 4- p #