1.01 Code AdoptionTitle 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapters:
1.01 Code Adoption
1.04 General Provisions
1.08 City Classification
1.12 City Wards
1.16 Right of Entry
1.20 General Penalty
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Chapter 1.08
CITY CLASSIFICATION
Sections:
1.08.010 Designated
1.08.010 Designated
The City of Jacksonville is declared to be a city of the first
class with all the rights and privileges as such city of the first
class. The officials of Jacksonville are officials of a city of the
first class and shall continue in office until their successors are
elected and qualified. (Ord. 111 Sec. 1, 1960)
Chapter 1.12
CITY WARDS
Sections:
1.12.010 Redistricting
1.12.020 Effect on elections
1.12.010 Redistricting
The plan of redistricting the wards of the City, as indicated by
the following maps, is adopted by the City Council as the official map
of wards of the City in conformity with the judgment of the Honorable
Warren Wood, Circuit Court Judge by appropriate order dated January 26,
1978. (Ord. 548 Sec. 1, 1979; repealed by Ord. 1435, 2011)
a) It is hereby declared and found that Five (5) Wards shall exist
within the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, providing physical
boundaries as more particularly described as follows:
Ward One – Bordered on the North by Foxdell Circle, then on the South
by Brewer Street, North First, and the area between Center Street, E.
Main, and South Oak, it is encompassed by the Union Pacific Railroad
and Hwy. 67/167 on its Eastern and Western borders (respectively).
Ward Two – Bordered on the North by N. Bailey Street, Brewer Street,
and the Union Pacific Railroad, it extends to the Southern and Eastern
City limits and to South Road, Ray Road, and Stanphil Road on its
Western border.
Ward Three – Bordered on the North by W. Main Street, it extends to
the Southern City limits, to Spring Street, South Road, Ray Road, and
Stanphil Road on its Eastern border and Hwy. 67/167 on its Western
border.
Ward Four – Bordered on the North by Little Rock Air Force Base’s
southern border, it extends to the Southern and Western City limits to
Hwy. 67/167, N. James Street, Bailey Street, and Brewer Street on its
Eastern border.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS CITY WARDS
Ward Five – Extending to the Northern and Western City limits, it
extends to the Southern border of Little Rock Air Force Base to Hwy.
67/167, then to the Eastern City limits North of Foxdell Circle.
b) A map of said Wards shall be maintained and available in the City
Clerk’s Office reflecting the physical boundaries of the Five (5)
Wards, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof,
marked and identified as Exhibit A.
(Ord. 1435 Sec. 2, 2011)
1.12.020 Effect on elections
It is hereby declared by the Jacksonville City Council that the
Ward Redistricting Plan adopted herein shall in no manner affect or
apply to existing terms of office for the current members of the
Jacksonville City Council. Said Ward Redistricting Plan adopted
herein shall be utilized in City-wide elections held in the calendar
year 2012 forward until and unless otherwise amended and modified in
accordance with State statute.
(Ord. 184 Sec. 2, 1966 repealed by Ordinance. 1435 Sec. 3, 2011)
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Chapter 1.16
RIGHT OF ENTRY
Sections:
1.16.010 Designated
1.16.010 Designated
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 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 situation 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/or occupant refuses entry after such request has been made, the official
is empowered to seek assistance from any court of competent jurisdiction in
obtaining such entry. (Ord. 324 Sec. 1, 1974)
Chapter 1.20
GENERAL PENALTY
Sections:
1.20.010 Designated
1.20.010 Designated
A. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply
with any of the mandatory requirements of the ordinances of the
City is guilty of a misdemeanor. Except in cases where a different
punishment is prescribed by any ordinance of the City, any person
convicted of a misdemeanor under the ordinances of the City shall
be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
($500.00).
B. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and
every day during any portion of which any violation of any
provision of the ordinances of the City is committed, continued or
permitted by any such person, and he shall be punished by a fine of
not more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) per day when
the violation is a continuing one.
(Ord. 596 Sec. 1, 1980)
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TITLE 1 FOOTNOTE
1. For statutory provisions authorizing cities to adopt by
reference a codification of their ordinances, see ACA 14-55-
701 et seq.
2. For statutory provisions defining a City of the first class,
see ACA 14-37-103; for provisions regarding the government of
first class cities, see ACA 14-43-202 et seq.
3. For statutory provisions regarding wards generally, see ACA
14-40-203, 14-40-1205, and 14-40-1207-1208.
4. For statutory provision which provides for a general penalty
for misdemeanors when no specific penalty is provided, see ACA
5-1-112; for provisions governing enforcement of ordinances,
see ACA 14-55-601 ET seq.
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