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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A FIRE PREVENTION CODE, PRESCRIBING
REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO LIFE AND
PROPERTY FROM FIRE OR EXPLOSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
- CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
There is hereby adopted by the City Council of the
City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, for the purpose of prescribing
regulations governing conditions haLardous to life and property
from fire or expllsion, that certain code known as the FIRE
PREVENTION CODE, ABBREVIATED EDITION, recommended by the
National Board of Fire Underwriters, being particularly the
1960 edition thereof and the whole thereof, of which code
nit less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed
in the office of the City Clerk 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 limits of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas.
SECTION 2. ENFORCEMENT
The code hereby adopted shall be enforced by the
Chief of the Fire Department of the City of Jacksonville,
Arkansas.
SECTION 3. DEFINITION.
Whenever the word "Municipality" is used in the code
hereby adopted, it shall be held to mean the City of Jackson-
ville, Arkansas.
SECTION 4. ESTABLISHMENT OP LIMITS OF DISTRICTS IN
WHICH STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS IN OUTSIDE ABOVEGROUND
TANKS, BULK STORAGE OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES AND STORAGE
OF EXPLMSI9ES AND BLASTING AGENTS IS TO BE RESTRICTED.
The limits referred to in Section 73 of the code here-
by adopted in which storage of flammable liquids in outside
aboveground tanks is prohibited, the limits referred to in
Section 103 of the code hereby adopted, in which bulk storage
of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted, and the limits
referred to in Section 53 B of the code hereby adopted, in which
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storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited,
are hereby established as set forth in the map attached
hereto, marked "Map Exhibit = 1," and .made a part hereof
as though specifically described herein by metes and bounds.
SECTION 5. MODI_+' ICAT IONS ,
The Chief of the Fire Department shall have power to
modify any of the provisions of the code hereby adopted
upon application in writing by the owner or lessee, or his
duly authori.:ed agent, when there are practtcal difficulties
in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the code,
provided that the spirtt of the code shall be observed,
public safety secured, and substantial justice done. The
particulars of such modification when granted or allowed and
the decision of the Chief of the Fire Department thereon
shall be entered upon the records of the department and a
sighed copy shall be furnished the applicant.
SECTION 6. APPEALS.
Whenever the Chief of the Fire Department shall dis-
approve. an application or refuse to grant a permit applied
for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code
do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the code
have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant
may appeal from the decision of the Chief of the Fire De-
partment to the City Council of the City of Jacksonville,
Arkansas, within thrity (30) days from the date of the
decision appealed.
SECTION 7. PENALTIES.
A. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of the code hereby adopted or fail to complytherewith, or
who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made
thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed
statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved
thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder,
and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail
to comply with such order as affirmed or modified by the
City Council or by a court of competent jurisdiction,
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within the time ?y ::c2 fixed herein, shall severally for
. each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively,
be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not
less than Twenty -Five ($25.00) Dollars or by imprisonment
for not less than one (1) day nor more than thirty (30)
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition
of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation
or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be re-
quired to correct or remedy such violations or defects within
a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each
ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall con-
stitute a spearate offense. Upon a second or subsequent
violation or non compliance hereunder, such pffender shall be
punished by a fine of not less than fifty ($50.00) Dollars,
or not less than thirty (30) days imprisonment or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
B. The application of the above penalty shall not be
held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
SECTION 8. RWEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES,
All former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or
inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance or of
the code hereby adopted are hereby repealed.
SECTION 9. VALIDITY.
The City Council hereby declares that should any sec-
tion, 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 said City Council that it would
have passed all other portions of this Ordinance independent
of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be
declared invalid.
SECTION 10. DATE OF EFFECT.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from
and after its approval as required by law.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS day of August, A.D., 1965.
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CITY CLERK
ORDINANCE NO. ,, NV _
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES AND SEC-
TIONS OF ORDINANCES: ORDINANCE NO. 6; ORDINANCE NO. 24,
SECTION 7; ORDINANCE NO. 135, SECTION 12; ORDINANCE NO. 157,
■ SECTIONS 5, 8, 9(D); ORDINANCE NO. 139, SECTION 3; ORDINANCE
NO. 102; AMENDMENT 1 TO ORDINANCE NO. 102; ORDINANCE NO.
160; ORDINANCE_ NO. 236, SECTION 10; ORDINANCE NO. 208, SEC'T
3; ORDINANCE NO. 150, SECTION 6(E); ORDINANCE NO., 15, SECTION 2;
ORDINANCE NO. 133, SECTION 2; ORDINANCE NO. 85, Sc'CTION 2;
ORDINANCE NO. 16, SECTIONS 1, 2, 6, 7; ORDINANCE NO. 13, SECTION
2; ORDINANCE NO. 19; ORDINANCE NO. 4; ORDINANCE NO. 156, SECTION
5; ORDINANCE NO. 40, SECTION 2; ORDINANCE NC). 137, SECTION 4;
ORDINANCE NO. 266, SECTION 2; ORDINANCE NO. 17, SECTIONS 2, 3;
AMENDMENT' 1, ORDINANCE NO. 43; ORDINANCE NO. 119; ORDINANCE
NO. 190, SECTION 7; ORDINANCE NO. 144; SECTION 3; ORDINANCE: NO.
10; ORDINANCE NO. 20; ALL OF ORDINANCE NO. 159 EDCCE P1' SECTION
3; ALL OF ORDINANCE NO. 218 EXCEPT SECTION 3; ORDINANCE NO.
252, SECTION 6; ORDINANCE NO. 31; ORDINANCE NO. 105, EXCEPT
SECTION 2; ORDINANCE NO. 32; ORDINANCE (N10. 36; ORDINANCE NO.
57; ORDINANCE NO. 109; ORDINANCE NO. 134; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
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THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, That:
SECTION 1. The following ordinances and sections of ordinances
are hereby repealed, to- --wit: Ordinance No. 6; Ordinance No. 24, Section 7;
Ordinance No. 135, Section 12; Ordinance No. 157, Sections 5, 8, 9(D);
Ordinance No. 139, Section 3; Ordinance No. 102; A•nendment 1, Ordinance
No. 102; Ordinance No. 160; Ordinance No. 236, Section 10; Ordinance No. -
2.08, Section 3; Ordinance No. 150, Section 6(E); Ordinance No. 15, Section
2; Ordinance No. 133, Section 2; Ordinance No. 85, Section 2; Ordinance
No. 16, Sections 1, 2, 6, 7; Ordinance No. 13, Section 2; Ordinance No.
19; Ordinance No. 4; Ordinance No. 156, Section 5; Ordinance No. 40, Sec-
tion 2; Ordinance No. 137, Section 4; Ordinance No. 266, Section 2; Ordi-
nance No. 17, Sections 2, 3; Amendment 1, Ordinance No. 43; Ordinance
No. 119; Ordinance No. 190, Section 7; Ordinance No. 144, Section 3;
Ordinance No. 10; Ordinance No. 20; all of Ordinance No. 159 except Section
3; all of Ordinance No. 218 except Section 3; Ordinance No. 252, Section 6;
Ordinance No. 31; Ordinance No. 105, except Section 2; Ordinance No. 32;
Ordinance No. 36; Ordinance No. 57; Ordinance No. 109; Ordinance No. 134.
SECTION 2. For the immediate preservation of the public peace,
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health and safety an emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance shall
take effect immediately after its passage and approval.
PASSED: Z-? 9 ) it 7--/
APPROVED: / '
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Ben L. Rice, i:orner