?CITY OF DEQUINCY
ORDINANCE NO. 925
THE CITY Council of the City of DeQuincy, State of Louisiana, met in regular session on the 11th day of December 2023 and adopted the following Ordinance as an amendment to Article V of the Code of Ordinances.
WHEREAS, the City of DeQuincy desires to update and modernize its Code of Ordinances regarding the regulation of Junk, Abandoned Items.
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council that Article V Junk, Abandoned Items of Chapter 10 Health and Sanitation is hereby amended to read as follows:
JUNK, ABANDONED ITEMS
Sec. 10-75 – CIVIL PENALTIES
Failure to comply with the demand provided for above within Section 10-74 for the stated period shall constitute a violation of this article, and every day thereafter.
that the owner (and the lessee, if any) fails or refuses to comply with the demand shall amount to and constitute a separate violation, and the violation or violations shall be punishable as provided by the Code of Ordinances of the city. (See Chapter 1 Sec. 1-8 – General penalty & Sec. 1-9 Cost upon conviction.) Further, in the event the owner (and lessee, if any) does not remove the junk within the ten days, the city may do so and charge the owner of the offending material for the cost of removal, not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) and, in the case of the junk or abandoned property other than automobiles or motor vehicles, the cost or removing the material shall constitute a special lien collectible by law, i.e., the mayor shall prepare and sign a sworn statement of fact, giving the description of the property and the cost of removing the junk which statement he shall cause to be filed and recorded in the mortgage records of the parish. The city shall be entitled to recover, by ordinary process, the amount of the lien, with interest thereon from the date of recordation of the lien until paid, at the rate of twelve (12) percent per annum and also court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees in connection therewith.
Be it further ordained that all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed.
Said Ordinance having been introduced on the 13th day of November 2023, a notice of Public Hearing having been published on the 6th day of December 2023, said Public Hearing having been held on the 11th day of December 11, 2023, with the title having been read and Ordinance considered, on motion by Scott Wylie, seconded by Jim Smith to adopt the Ordinance. A record vote was taken, and the following result was had:
Yeas: 5
Nays: 0
Absent: 0
Abstain: 0
This Ordinance was declared duly adopted this 11th day of December,2023.
/s/Eddy Dahlquist,
Chairman of the Council
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance has been presented to the Mayor on this 11th day of December 2023, at 5:30 p.m.
Sherri Breaux,
Secretary of the Council
and City Clerk
I have reviewed the above and foregoing Ordinance on this 11th day of December 2023, and do hereby Approve/Veto same.
/s/Riley Smith,
Mayor
I hereby certify that I received from the Mayor at 5:30 p.m., on this 11th day of December 2023, the foregoing Ordinance which has been approved by the Mayor.
/s/Sherri Breaux,
Secretary of the Council
and City ClerkI certify that the above and foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of an Ordinance duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council of the City of DeQuincy held on December 11, 2023, at which a quorum was present and voted in favor of said Ordinance and said Ordinance has never been modified or rescinded and is still in full force and effect. Date: December 11, 2023
/s/Sherri Breaux,
Secretary of the Council
and City Clerk
Run: December 20,2023 (D-10)
