Sections:
11.20.01 Council may order
11.20.02 Notice
11.20.03 Procedure for removal
11.20.01 Council may order Whenever any house or building situated in the city of Mayflower, Arkansas, shall be come, in the opinion of the City Council of such city, dilapidated, unsightly, unsafe, unsanitary, obnoxious or detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare, said Council may, by resolution, order the removal or razing of any such house or building by the owner within thirty (30) days after serving notice upon the owner in the manner provided in Section 2.)
(Ord. No. 124-A, Sec. I.)
11.20.02 Notice When the said Council shall have ordered the removal of any house or building as provided in Section 1, the Clerk/Treasurer shall issue and the chief of police of the city of Mayflower, or his authorized representative, shall serve a certified copy of such order or resolution upon the owner of such house or building if the owner is a resident of the city of Mayflower. If such owner is not a resident of the city of Mayflower, he shall be served with notice by registered or certified United States mail, with return receipt requested, addressed to the owner of such house or building at his or its last known address. If the owner of such house or building shall fail, refuse or neglect to remove or raze such house or building within thirty (30) days after service upon him or its of such order or resolution, then the Mayor of the city of Mayflower is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to at once proceed to remove or raze, or to cause the removal or razing of such house or building in accordance with the provisions of the resolution adopted by the City Council for such purpose.
(Ord. No. 124-A, Sec. 2.)
11.20.03 Procedure for removal If, after notice has been given to the owner of any such house or building for the time and in the manner set forth hereinabove, said owner shall have failed, refused or neglected to remove or raze any such building, then the Mayor of the city of Mayflower, shall, after the expiration of the time hereinabove set forth for notice, proceed at once to remove and raze the same and shall prepare an itemized statement of the cost of removing or razing any such building and shall notify said owner by delivering to him or it a copy of said statement in the manner hereinabove provided for service of notice upon such owner. If such owner shall fail, refuse or neglect to pay such cost of removing or razing such building or house for a period of ten (10) days from and after the date of service of such statement, then the Mayor is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to proceed at once to sell, at public or private sale, any debris or material obtained from the removal or razing of such building, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to pay the cost of the removal or razing, and shall pay the overplus, if any, to the owner of such building or house. Should the proceeds from the sale of such debris or materials be insufficient to pay the cost of such removal or razing the city of Mayflower, shall have a lien upon the lands upon which the house or building was situated for the cost of removing or razing the house or building which has not been otherwise paid, and shall forthwith proceed by and through its proper officials to foreclose such lien and recover the costs so remaining unpaid.
(Ord. No. 124-A., Sec. 3.)
