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HomeMy WebLinkAbout91010 ORDINANCE NO. q1 0 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SPILLING OF LOADS UPON THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS; PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE: SECTION 1. No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street or highway within the corporate limits of the City of Batesville unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, shifting, leaking, spilling or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction or water or other substances may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway. SECTION 2. Any person, firm, company or corporation convicted of driving or having caused to be driven a vehicle upon the streets and highways within the corporate limits of the City of Batesville, Arkansas in violation of Sectio 1 of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of the commission of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than ten ($10.00) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars. SECTION 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. This ordinance being necessary for the maintenance and control of traffic conditions, prevention of traffic and health hazards and further necessary for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Batesville, Arkansas, an emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance (shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of passage. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS , 4f DAY OF ATTEST: 1979. f Peyton olden, Mayor J a Larr Williams, City Clerk