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ORDINANCE NO. 443
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR PUNISHMENT AND FINES FOR
UNSAFE, NEGLIGENT AND INATTENTIVE DRIVING ON THE STREETS
OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Jacksonville, in order to
maintain and insure the safety of the lives and property of the citizens of the
City of Jacksonville, deems it necessary to enact an Unsafe, Negligent and
Inattentive Driving Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, that;
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor ve-
hicle in an unsafe, negligent or inattentive manner over and along the public
highways or streets of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas. For the purpose of
this section to "operate in an unsafe, negligent or inattentive manner" shall
be construed to mean in such a manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger
any person or persons or do damage to public or private, personal or real pro-
perty.
The offense of operating a motor vehicle in an unsafe, negligent or
inattentive manner shall be considered to be a lesser offense than, but includ-
ed in, the offense of operating in a reckless manner, and any person charged
with operating a vehicle in a reckless manner may be convicted of a lesser
offense of operating a motor vehicle in an unsafe, negligent or inattentive man -
ner.
Any person found violating the provisions of this section shall be 3
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor, punished as pro -
vided in Chapter 1.20
Section 2. This ordinance being necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health, safety, welfare and morale of the citizens of the
City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and
this ordinance shall hav e full force and effect immediately after its passage. / DATED this day of O, l(a,f1 1977.
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Mayor James t . Reid
ATTEST:
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City Crk
APPROVED AS TO FORE[:
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Ronal) C. Mills,
City Attorney