Title 14 — Local Government

Each county may provide, by ordinance, for the implementation of this subchapter, but no provision shall be contrary to it.

This subchapter shall not limit the authority of any county to lease, let, sell, or convey any real property pursuant to the Arkansas Constitution and the laws of Arkansas concerning the issuance of bonds for the purpose of industrial development and other lawful purposes.

The county courts of this state are delegated the power and authority to enter orders to limit and control the use of areas adjacent to shopping centers and other commercial enterprises which are privately owned but which are maintained for the convenience of the public so as to …

(a) No order shall be entered unless and until the owner or lessee of an area sought to be regulated has presented to the county court a plat of the area upon which is shown the proposed limitations and controls. (b) The plat shall in no way limit the power and authority of the c…

(a) When the county court has entered an order, at his or her expense the owner or lessee of the area to be controlled shall post the signs, paint the lines, arrows, and curbings in the required colors, and install the devices and signals to apprise the public of the existence of…

(a) No county shall be required to patrol the area which is controlled as provided in this subchapter, but, upon being called, law enforcement officers shall come to the scene of the alleged violation and, where warranted by law or ordinance, issue citations or make arrests. (b) …

Nothing in this subchapter shall limit or extend the law of this state with reference to tort liability of any person, firm, or corporation.

(a) Upon the written request of the governing body of a suburban improvement district, a county may by ordinance regulate the discharge of firearms and the shooting of archery equipment within all or any part of the suburban improvement district. (b) As used in this section, “sub…

Upon the written request of a property owners' association which has a population at least equal to that prescribed for cities of the first class and which is located outside the boundaries of a municipality, a county may by ordinance regulate the discharge of firearms and the sh…

(1) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit:(1) The discharge of a firearm or archery equipment in the defense of life or property;(2) The discharge of a firearm or archery equipment at a public or private shooting range or gallery; or(3) The discharge of a fire…

(a) As used in this section, “local unit of government” means a city, town, or county. (b) (1) (A) Except as otherwise provided in state or federal law, a local unit of government shall not enact an ordinance or regulation pertaining to, or regulate in any other manner, the owner…

(a) As used in this section, “local governmental unit” means a political subdivision of this state, including without limitation a county, city, village, or township, if the political subdivision provides local government services for residents in a geographically limited area of…

(a) Upon the written request of the governing body of a suburban improvement district, a county may by ordinance control and regulate dogs and cats within all or any part of the suburban improvement district. (b) As used in this section, “suburban improvement district” means a su…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Preservation of Local Public Roads Act”.

The purpose of this subchapter is to provide a procedure for addressing the anticipated damage to county roads caused by disposal hauling operations related to oil or gas exploration and to provide compensation for the anticipated damage to the roads from disposal haulers.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Designated local road truck route” means a local public road established by the county judge as the route to be used by disposal haulers to transport materials and production fluids related to oil or gas exploration to and from a disposal facil…

(a) Notwithstanding any other procedure or authority available under law, if a county does not have a road maintenance agreement, the county judge may use the procedures under this section to evaluate the use and anticipated damage caused to local public roads in the county by di…

(a) A county judge who has performed an evaluation under § 14-16-804 may submit to the quorum court a recommendation that an assessment be made by the county in the form of a proposed assessment ordinance as provided under this section. (b) (1) The proposed assessment ordinance s…

(a) If a quorum court enacts the proposed assessment ordinance recommended by the county judge under § 14-16-805, the assessment ordinance:(1) Is limited to a maximum amount of five dollars ($5.00) per load of materials or production fluids from oil or gas exploration; and(2) Sha…

(a) If a county judge makes recommendations under this subchapter, the county judge shall annually review his or her evaluation and recommendations as provided under this subchapter. (b) If there is a significant change in conditions, the county judge shall file a revised evaluat…

(1) The quorum court may provide penalties for the violation of an ordinance enacted under this subchapter to include a fine to be levied:(1) For the failure of a disposal hauler to follow the designated local road truck route; and(2) Against a disposal operator who fails to comp…

This subchapter shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, or things.

(a) Nothing in this subchapter shall invalidate any plans, ordinances, or regulations duly adopted in accordance with the statutes in effect at the time of adoption. (b) No alteration or amendments shall be made to existing plans, ordinances, and regulations unless in conformity …

(a) (1) With the approval of the majority of the members of the county quorum court, the county judge of any county may create a county planning board.(2) The county planning board shall consist of not less than five (5) members nor more than twelve (12) members appointed by the …

(a) The county judge may appoint such employees as he or she may deem necessary for the county planning board's work, whose appointment, promotion, demotion, or removal shall be subject to the same provisions of the law as govern other employees of the county. In the manner provi…

(a) The general purpose of the county planning board is to promote public interest in planning, to prepare or have prepared plans for the county, to receive and make recommendations on public and private proposals for development, to prepare and transmit to the county quorum cour…

(a) The county planning board, by majority vote of its entire membership, may recommend to the county quorum court the adoption, revision, or rescission of an official plan for the county or zoning, subdivision, setback, or entry control ordinances referred to as implementing ord…

(a) The county planning board may prepare and, after approval by the county quorum court, shall administer the ordinance controlling the development of land. The development of land includes, but is not limited to, the provision of access to lots and parcels, the provision of uti…

(a) (1) The county planning board shall have authority to prepare, or to cause to be prepared, a zoning ordinance for all or part of the unincorporated area of the county, which ordinance shall include both a map and a text.(2) The zoning ordinance may regulate:(A) The location, …

The county planning board shall have the exclusive zoning and planning jurisdiction over all unincorporated areas lying within a county and along a navigable stream notwithstanding the fact that such areas may be within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of a city having a pl…

In addition to any remedy provided by law, appeals from final action taken by administrative, quasi-judicial, and legislative agencies concerned in the administration of this subchapter may be taken to the circuit court of the appropriate county where they shall be tried de novo …

(a) The General Assembly finds that:(1) The Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., decisions of the United States Supreme Court, and other provisions of federal law establish the principles and standards in this section;(2) It is difficult and expensive for citizens to readi…

(a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to remove or limit the powers of the cooperating cities and counties as provided by state law. (b) All legislative power with respect to zoning and other planning legislation shall remain with the governing body of the cooperating…

Any two (2) or more cities of the first class, cities of the second class, incorporated towns, or counties, or other civil subdivisions having adjoining planning jurisdictions, or any counties and cities adjacent to or within the county may jointly cooperate in the exercise and p…

(a) The cooperating cities and counties which join to create a metropolitan or regional planning commission shall determine through joint agreement the number and qualifications of the members of the commission. (b) The joint agreement shall also provide for the manner of coopera…

(a) When two (2) or more cities and counties shall adopt joint planning cooperation by ordinance, resolution, rule, or order, there shall be established a joint planning commission for the metropolitan area or region comprising the area coterminous with the areas of planning juri…

(1) The general purpose of a metropolitan or regional planning commission shall be to make those studies and plans for the development of the metropolitan area or region that will:(1) Guide the unified development of the area;(2) Eliminate planning duplication;(3) Promote economy…

The metropolitan or regional planning commission shall have the duty and function of promoting public interest and understanding of the economic and social necessity for long-term coordinated planning for the metropolitan or regional area, but its official recommendations shall b…

(a) (1) The metropolitan or regional commission shall make plans for development for the area. These plans may include, but shall not be limited to, recommendations for principal highways, bridges, airports, parks and recreational areas, schools and public institutions, and publi…

A metropolitan or regional planning commission established under the provisions of this subchapter is authorized to receive, for its own uses and purposes, any funds or moneys from any participating city or county, from the state or federal government, and from any other source a…

The participating cities and counties, or other public bodies, are authorized to appropriate funds for the expenses and costs required by the metropolitan or regional planning commission in the performance of its purposes and functions.

“Commercial medical waste” means any medical waste transported from a generator to an off-site facility for disposal where such off-site disposal facility is engaged in medical waste disposal for profit.

Notwithstanding any and all laws regarding county planning and zoning, all counties in Arkansas are authorized to establish, by ordinance, zones to limit or to regulate the construction or operation, or both, of commercial medical waste incinerators within their boundaries.

The commercial medical waste incinerator zoning ordinance shall be enforced through the issuance or denial of building and use permits in accordance with the conditions and terms of the limitations and regulations established by the ordinance.

When the county quorum court shall have laid off zones, by ordinance, to limit or to regulate the construction or operation, or both, of commercial medical waste incinerators, it shall be unlawful for anyone to construct or to operate a commercial medical waste incinerator within…

(a) (1) Violation of any provision of an ordinance adopted as authorized by this subchapter shall be considered a misdemeanor.(2) Each day's violation shall be considered a separate offense. (1) Violation of any provision of an ordinance adopted as authorized by this subchapter s…

(a) The owners of land lying beyond the confines of municipal corporations, which have not theretofore been subdivided as additions or subdivisions of any city or town, may have their lands surveyed and divided into numbered plots by a competent surveyor, who shall make a plat th…

The descriptions of the lands platted and recorded as set out in this chapter may be employed by any and all improvement districts for the purpose of assessing benefits for local improvements. These descriptions shall be legal descriptions in all deeds, mortgages, and other instr…

(a) The expense of surveys shall be borne by the owners of the lands affected, and the recorder shall collect the same fees for recording plats of the lands as are collected by recorders for recording plats of lands platted as subdivisions of a municipal corporation. (b) Each pla…

After the recordation of a plat, the lands described therein and thereon shall be assessed in accordance with the descriptions on the plat, and taxes shall be levied and collected thereon in such manner as taxes are levied and collected on real estate in cities and towns. However…