Title 14, Local Government

(a) (1) (A) From and after April 11, 1969, all firefighters employed by cities of the first class and cities of the second class shall accumulate sick leave in accordance with a municipal ordinance at the rate of not less than ten (10) working days nor more than twenty (20) worki…

Cities of the second class may reimburse a firefighter for replacement of personal clothing destroyed during the performance of active service to a fire department.

Cities of the second class may establish through ordinance a bonus compensation plan for firefighters eligible for retirement under the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund Act, § 24-11-801 et seq., or under the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System Act, § 24-10-101 et se…

(a) For purposes of this section, “municipal fire marshal” means a person who holds a full-time office or position of fire marshal created by ordinance in a city of the first class, and who:(1) Is responsible for the detection and prevention of arson, the enforcement of laws rela…

(a) (1) As used in this section, “firefighter” means a full-time, paid member of a municipal fire department who is employed by the municipality and whose primary duty is fighting fires.(2) “Firefighter” does not include the chief or head of the fire department. (1) As used in th…

(a) A paid, full-time firefighter on a fifty-six (56) hour per week work schedule who is a member of the armed forces of this state or any other state, including without limitation the National Guard or a reserve component or auxiliary of the United States Armed Forces, shall be …

(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to recommend a basic Bill of Rights for firefighters of municipalities in Arkansas. (b) A municipality may adopt a local ordinance establishing any or all of the procedures under this subchapter as a guide for negotiating personnel issues wit…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Firefighter” means a public servant vested by law with the primary duty of fighting fires and providing fire protection services to a municipality;(2) “Formal proceeding” means a proceeding heard before any officer, committee, or other body of …

(1) When a firefighter is under investigation for alleged improper conduct with a possible result of termination, demotion, or other disciplinary action causing loss of pay or status, the following minimum standards may apply:(1) Adverse inference shall not be drawn and no puniti…

(1) A firefighter shall not be required to disclose any of the following information as it relates to the firefighter or a member of the firefighter's household for the purpose of promotion or assignment:(1) An item of his or her property;(2) Income;(3) Assets;(4) Debts; or(5) Ex…

(1) Except under exigent circumstances, a firefighter shall be notified of the pending personnel action by written official departmental charges a reasonable time before the personnel action is taken when a personnel action may result in a loss of:(1) Pay;(2) Benefits; or(3) Stat…

(1) Except when on duty or acting in his or her official capacity, a firefighter of a municipality shall not be:(1) Prohibited from engaging in political activity; or(2) Denied the right to refrain from engaging in political activity. (1) Prohibited from engaging in political act…

(a) A firefighter shall not be penalized or threatened with a penalty for exercising his or her rights under this subchapter. (b) This subchapter is not an exclusive legal remedy for a firefighter with respect to any rights a firefighter has under this subchapter.

(1) Cities or incorporated towns organized under the provisions of this subtitle are declared to be bodies politic and corporate, under the name and style of “The city of ” or “The incorporated town of ,” as the case may be, capable to:(1) Sue and be sued;(2) Contract and be cont…

All municipal corporations organized under the provisions of this subtitle shall have general powers and privileges and be subject to the rules and restrictions prescribed in this subtitle.

(1) Cities and incorporated towns shall have power to:(1) Prevent injury or annoyance within the limits of the municipal corporation from anything dangerous, offensive, or unhealthy and cause any nuisance to be abated within the jurisdiction given the board of health in § 14-262-…

(1) In order to better provide for the public welfare, safety, comfort, and convenience of inhabitants of cities of the first class, the following enlarged and additional powers are conferred upon these cities:(1) (A) (i) To regulate the use of sidewalks, and all structures and e…

(1) In order to better provide for the public welfare, safety, comfort, and convenience of their inhabitants, the following enlarged and additional powers are conferred upon cities of the second class:(1) (A) (i) To regulate the use of sidewalks, and all structures and excavation…

(a) All cities and towns which are located on the state line between Arkansas and any other state in which it is desired to erect a post office or other public building upon the state line or to create a park or lay out a street or boulevard upon, or adjacent to, the state line s…

Cities and incorporated towns shall have full power to purchase sites for new factories or industries and to give other favorable grants and privileges for the purpose of establishing new and additional industries in or near their municipality.

(a) Any city or town in this state, acting pursuant to authority of the legislative body thereof, is authorized to apply for and accept assistance or gifts in the form of funds or otherwise from the federal government, or any department, agency, or authority of the federal govern…

(a) Cities of the first class, cities of the second class, and incorporated towns are empowered to prevent the running at large within their corporate limits of cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine, sheep, goats, and other animals of the kind and to restrain and impound any such a…

(a) Municipal corporations shall have the power to prevent the running at large of dogs, and injuries and annoyances therefrom, and to authorize the destruction of them, when at large contrary to any prohibition to that effect. (b) (1) (A) Municipalities may impound and destroy a…

The city council of any municipal corporation shall have the power whenever, in their opinion, the interest of the corporation requires it, to levy and collect a tax on dogs and other domestic animals not included in the list of taxable property, for state and county purposes.

Municipal corporations shall have power to regulate or prohibit the sale of all horses or other domestic animals at auctions in the streets, alleys, or highways.

(a) (1) As used in this section, “working animal” means a nonhuman animal used for the purpose of performing a specific duty or function in commerce or animal enterprise, including without limitation human service, transportation, education, competition, or exhibition.(2) As used…

Municipalities are authorized to regulate, in accordance with the terms of the 1939 edition of the United States Public Health Service milk ordinance, the production, transportation, processing, handling, sampling, examination, grading, labeling, and sale of all milk and milk pro…

Authority for the regulation authorized in § 14-54-1201 may be had by the passage of an ordinance in the following form: “An ordinance to regulate the production, transportation, processing, handling, sampling, examination, grading, labeling, regrading, and sale of milk and milk …

(a) Any city or town, or any board thereof, may:(1) Operate a program of public recreation and playgrounds;(2) Acquire, equip, and maintain land, buildings, or other recreational facilities; and(3) Expend funds for the operation of the program pursuant to the provisions of this s…

(a) Any city or town, or any board thereof, may operate a program of public recreation and playgrounds independently; they may cooperate in its conduct and in any manner in which they may mutually agree, including with counties or school districts; or they may delegate the cooper…

In all cases where school funds are utilized for programs under this subchapter, the State Board of Education shall prepare or cause to be, prepared, published, and distributed adequate and appropriate manuals and other materials as it may deem necessary or suitable to carry out …

Any corporation, board, or body designated as given charge of a recreation program shall have authority to accept gifts and bequests for the benefit of the recreational service.

(1) Any corporation, board, or body designated as given charge of a recreation program is authorized to conduct its activities on:(1) Property under its custody and management;(2) Other public property under the custody of any other public organization, body, or board, with the c…

(a) The facilities of any school district operating a recreation program pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall be used primarily for the purpose of conducting the regular school curriculum and related activities, and the use of school facilities for recreation purpo…

(a) Any corporation, board, or body designated as given charge of a recreation program shall have authority to employ directors and instructors of recreational work. (b) In all cases where school funds or property are utilized for programs under this subchapter, the State Board o…

(a) The city council or board of managers of any city or incorporated town in this state shall have the authority, by ordinance, to regulate the operation of businesses within their cities or towns on Sunday. (b) The provisions of this section shall not in any manner amend, repea…

No municipality, by ordinance or otherwise, may prohibit the placement or the maintenance and use of the traditional barber pole on the premises of barbershops within this state, whether internally or externally lighted or not lighted, and whether rotating or stationary.

(a) All municipalities shall have power to define, license, regulate, or tax transient and itinerant vendors, or transient dealers in merchandise, or transient dealers in horses and mules. (b) No one who conducts the same business in the same municipality for six (6) consecutive …

The city council shall have power to provide that all vagrants, common street beggars, common prostitutes, and persons disturbing the peace of the city shall, on conviction, be punished by fine or imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days.

(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) It shall be within the municipal affairs and authority of any municipality in the State of Arkansas to authorize by municipal ordinance, any owner of a golf cart to operate the golf cart upon the city streets of the municipality; provided, however, operation shall not be auth…

(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, “designated entertainment district” means a contiguous area located in a part of a city, a municipality, or an incorporated town that:(1) Is zoned for or customarily used for commercial purposes; and(2) Contains any number and any combination of resta…

The intent of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas in this subchapter is to enact civil remedies that eliminate any conduct within a municipality which constitutes a nuisance.

(a) Conduct within a municipality that unreasonably interferes with the use and enjoyment of lands of another, including conduct on property which disturbs the peaceful, quiet, and undisturbed use and enjoyment of nearby property, constitutes a common nuisance. (b) For purposes o…

(a) Whenever there is reason to believe such a common nuisance is kept or maintained or exists in any city, a circuit court may enjoin permanently the person conducting or maintaining the nuisance and the owner, lessee, or agent of the building or place in or upon which the nuisa…