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of this City any right of entry are hereby repealed.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 #