Arkansas Code
Title 14 - Local Government
Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government

§ 14-56-202. Additional powers of cities of the first class, cities of the second class, and incorporated towns - (a) (1) The following enlarged and additional powers are conferred...

§ 14-56-203. Removal or razing of buildings - Cities of the first class, cities of the second class,...

§ 14-56-204. Municipal regulation of residential building design elements prohibited — Findings — Exceptions — Definitions - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) The Fair Housing...

Subchapter 3 - Zoning Regulations

§ 14-56-301. Authority generally - (a) Cities of the first and second class are authorized...

§ 14-56-303. Height of buildings - The city council of a city shall have power to...

§ 14-56-304. Setback lines in cities of the second class - (a) (1) Upon the petition of a majority of the...

§ 14-56-305. Conformance required — Exceptions - (a) (1) When the city council shall have laid off...

§ 14-56-306. Land use in adjacent and contiguous cities to be compatible — Definitions - (a) If municipalities become adjacent and contiguous to one another...

Subchapter 4 - Municipal Planning

§ 14-56-401. Construction - This subchapter shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any...

§ 14-56-402. Authority generally - Cities of the first and second class and incorporated towns...

§ 14-56-403. Purpose of plans - (a) The plans of the municipality shall be prepared in...

§ 14-56-404. Planning commission created - (a) (1) The legislative body of the municipality may create...

§ 14-56-405. Appointment of members - (a) Appointment and terms of the members of the planning...

§ 14-56-406. Commission officers - (a) (1) The planning commission shall designate one (1) of...

§ 14-56-407. Meetings of commission - (a) Regular meeting dates shall be established providing for at...

§ 14-56-408. Rules and regulations - The planning commission shall adopt rules and regulations for the...

§ 14-56-409. Compensation of members - The members of the municipal planning commissions established pursuant to...

§ 14-56-410. Appropriations - The municipality is authorized to appropriate funds to the planning...

§ 14-56-411. Purpose of commission - The general purpose of the planning commission is to: (1)...

§ 14-56-412. Powers and duties of commission - (a) Generally. The planning commission shall have the duty and...

§ 14-56-413. Territorial jurisdiction - (a) (1) (A) The territorial jurisdiction of the governing body...

§ 14-56-414. Preparation of plans - (a) Studies. The planning commission shall undertake suitable studies related...

§ 14-56-415. Plan recommendations - Following the adoption and filing of any plan, the planning...

§ 14-56-416. Zoning ordinance - (a) (1) Following adoption and filing of the land use...

§ 14-56-417. Regulations to control development of land - (a) (1) Following adoption and filing of a master street...

§ 14-56-418. Setback ordinance - When a master street plan has been adopted and filed...

§ 14-56-419. Control of road entry - Following the adoption and filing of a master street plan...

§ 14-56-420. Adoption and amendment procedures - Any of the recommended ordinances and regulations that may be...

§ 14-56-421. Enforcement of ordinances and regulations - (a) (1) Violations of any provision of ordinances and regulations...

§ 14-56-422. Adoption of plans, ordinances, and regulations - All plans, recommended ordinances, and regulations shall be adopted through...

§ 14-56-423. Change in plans, etc - After adoption of plans, ordinances, and regulations and proper filing...

§ 14-56-424. Existing plans, etc - (a) All plans, ordinances, regulations, or amendments thereto shall comply...

§ 14-56-425. Appeals to circuit court - (a) (1) Appeals from the final administrative or quasi-judicial decision...

§ 14-56-426. Control of property use — Proximity to military installation - (a) A city of the first class in this state...

Subchapter 5 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions

§ 14-56-501. Provisions supplemental - (a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to remove...

§ 14-56-502. Authority generally - Any two (2) or more cities of the first class,...

§ 14-56-503. Contents of joint agreement - (a) The cooperating cities and counties which join to create...

§ 14-56-504. Establishment of commission - (a) When two (2) or more cities and counties shall...

§ 14-56-505. Purpose of commission - The general purpose of a metropolitan or regional planning commission...

§ 14-56-506. Duty of commission - The metropolitan or regional planning commission shall have the duty...

§ 14-56-507. Plans and recommendations - (a) (1) The metropolitan or regional commission shall make plans...

§ 14-56-508. Receipt of funds - A metropolitan or regional planning commission established under the provisions...

§ 14-56-509. Appropriations - The participating cities and counties, or other public bodies, are...

Subchapter 6 - Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators

§ 14-56-601. Definition - Commercial medical waste” means any medical waste transported from a...

§ 14-56-602. Authorization to establish zones - Notwithstanding any and all laws regarding municipal planning and zoning,...

§ 14-56-603. Enforcement - The commercial medical waste incinerator zoning ordinance shall be enforced...

§ 14-56-604. Unlawful construction or operation - When the city or town council shall have laid off...

§ 14-56-605. Violation — Penalty — Injunction - (a) (1) Violation of any provision of an ordinance adopted...

Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-57-101. Regulation of cabs and buses - The city council shall have the power in cities of...

§ 14-57-102. Unlawful riding on cars - All cities and incorporated towns shall have the power to...

§ 14-57-103. Regulation of tire width - The city council shall have the power, in cities of...

§ 14-57-104. Tax on certain wheeled vehicles - (a) Cities of the first class are authorized to require...

Subchapter 2 - Motor Carriers Generally

§ 14-57-201. Right to regulate and tax - Municipalities within the state shall have the right to regulate...

§ 14-57-202. Cash indemnity bonds of passenger carriers - In any case where ordinances of any municipality require persons,...

Subchapter 3 - Regulation of Taxicab Operators

§ 14-57-301. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 14-57-302. Exclusive power to regulate - Cities of the first and second class are vested, within...

§ 14-57-303. Approval and review of rates, etc - (a) No rate, tariff, or regulation shall be approved or...

§ 14-57-304. Permit required - (a) No person, firm, corporation, or association shall engage in...

§ 14-57-305. Application for permit - Before granting any permit under § 14-57-304, the governing body...

§ 14-57-306. Surety bond requirement - (a) No permit shall be granted under § 14-57-304 until...

§ 14-57-307. Hearing on application - (a) Upon the filing of an application, the city shall...

§ 14-57-308. Judicial review - Any final action of the governing body of the municipality...

Subchapter 4 - Taxicab and Bus Drivers

§ 14-57-401. Penalty - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation...

§ 14-57-402. Unlawful for minors to operate - It shall be unlawful for any person under the age...

§ 14-57-403. Persons not licensed - No person who is under the age of twenty-one (21)...

§ 14-57-404. Proof of age required - Before anyone shall be licensed to drive a bus or...

Subchapter 5 - Parking Meters Generally

§ 14-57-501. Authority to install - Cities of the first and second class are authorized, upon...

§ 14-57-502. Ordinances subject to initiative and referendum - Any municipal ordinance authorizing the installation of parking meters shall...

Subchapter 6 - Parking Meter Revenues

§ 14-57-601. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 14-57-602. Construction - This subchapter, being necessary for the public health, safety, and...

§ 14-57-603. Provisions exclusive - Without reference to any other statute, this subchapter shall be...

§ 14-57-604. Use of revenues - (a) Any municipality in the State of Arkansas owning and...

§ 14-57-605. Election for issuance of revenue bonds - (a) (1) Whenever the legislative body of any municipality shall...

§ 14-57-606. Form and sale of bonds - (a) (1) Bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter...

§ 14-57-607. Bonds payable from meter revenues - (a) Bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall...

§ 14-57-608. Pledge not to discontinue operation of meters - A municipality issuing revenue bonds for the payment of which...

§ 14-57-609. Default in payment of bonds - (a) If there is a default in the payment of...

§ 14-57-610. Acceleration of maturities — Priorities - (a) The ordinance authorizing the issuance of the revenue bonds...

Subchapter 7 - City or Town Vehicle Tax

§ 14-57-701. Penalty - (a) Any owner of any vehicle, delinquent in the payment...

§ 14-57-702. Authority to levy - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 26-78-102 — 26-78-108 and...

§ 14-57-703. Other taxation prohibited - Any city of the first or second class or any...

§ 14-57-704. Special election required - (a) (1) Before the vehicle tax levied by the governing...

§ 14-57-705. Classification of vehicles - (a) Under this subchapter, the ordinance of the governing body...

§ 14-57-706. Maximum tax - The maximum city or town vehicle tax which may be...

§ 14-57-707. Date due - The city or town vehicle tax shall be due and...

§ 14-57-708. Delinquent payment - Penalty for delinquent payment of the city or town vehicle...

§ 14-57-709. Vehicles acquired after July 1 - (a) The owner of any vehicle first acquired or first...

§ 14-57-710. Payment to one municipality only - The owner of a vehicle, having paid the city or...

§ 14-57-711. Collection of and receipt for tax - (a) Any city or town levying a vehicle tax under...

§ 14-57-712. Disposition of proceeds - (a) All tax, interest, and penalties collected under the provisions...

Chapter 58 - Fiscal Affairs of Cities and Incorporated Towns

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-58-101. Audit by independent accountant - (a) The audit or agreed-upon procedures engagement of every municipality...

§ 14-58-103. Withholding of membership dues — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “municipality” means: (1) A...

§ 14-58-104. Specific purchases and contracts - (a) The municipal governing body of a city of the...

§ 14-58-105. Purchase of commodities or services by municipalities through competitive bidding — Preference among bidders — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commodities” means all...

Subchapter 2 - Budgets in Mayor-Council Municipalities

§ 14-58-201. Annual submission - On or before December 1 of each year, the mayor...

§ 14-58-202. Adoption of budget - Under this subchapter, the governing body of the municipality shall,...

§ 14-58-203. Appropriations and changes - (a) The approval by the municipal governing body of the...

Subchapter 3 - Cities of the First Class Generally

§ 14-58-301. Administration of provisions - (a) For the purpose of assisting the mayor of a...

§ 14-58-302. Annual report by mayor - (a) The mayor of a first class city shall prepare...

§ 14-58-303. Purchases and contracts generally - (a) In a city of the first class, city of...

§ 14-58-304. Purchase of insurance - The purchase of all types of insurance by cities of...

§ 14-58-305. Payment of claims - (a) In a city of the first class, the mayor...

§ 14-58-307. Annual audit - In cities of the first class, the municipal governing body...

§ 14-58-308. Bonds of officers and employees - (a) All officers and employees of a city of the...

Subchapter 4 - Borrowing of Money by Cities of the First Class

§ 14-58-401. Authority generally - (a) Upon a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the members...

§ 14-58-402. Assignment of uncollected property tax - (a) (1) Cities of the first class may further assign...

§ 14-58-403. Assignments not to affect warrants — Priority - (a) Since the Arkansas Constitution prohibits the issuance by a...

Subchapter 5 - Financial Aid to School Districts

§ 14-58-501. Authority generally - Incorporated towns and cities of the first or second class...

§ 14-58-502. Funds from which payable - Financial aid granted and paid to public school districts shall...

§ 14-58-503. Terms of assistance - (a) The incorporated town or city council granting financial aid...

§ 14-58-504. Financial aid to state colleges and universities - (a) Cities of the first or second class and incorporated...

§ 14-58-505. Financial aid - (a) Incorporated towns and cities of the first or second...

Subchapter 6 - Outstanding Municipal Warrants

§ 14-58-601. Duty to order presentment - Whenever the council of any city or incorporated town in...

§ 14-58-602. Annual call permitted - Annually, the council of any city or incorporated town may...

§ 14-58-603. Notice of time and place for redemption, etc - It shall be the duty of the clerk or recorder...

§ 14-58-604. Failure to present - All persons who hold any warrants of a city or...

§ 14-58-605. Rejection of indebtedness - Whenever the warrants called in shall be presented to the...

Subchapter 10 - Alternative Negotiated Purchasing for Municipalities

§ 14-58-1001. Projects exceeding two million dollars - (a) In the event funds from any sources for a...

Chapter 59 - Arkansas Municipal Accounting Law

§ 14-59-101. Title - This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas...

§ 14-59-102. Applicability - This chapter shall apply to all funds under the budgetary...

§ 14-59-103. Exemption for other systems - (a) In the event any municipality feels its system of...

§ 14-59-104. Bank accounts - (a) All municipalities of this state receiving state aid in...

§ 14-59-105. Prenumbered checks — Electronic funds transfers - (a) All disbursements of municipal funds, except those described in...

§ 14-59-106. Petty cash funds - (a) Municipalities are permitted to establish petty cash funds, so...

§ 14-59-107. Fixed asset records - (a) The governing body shall adopt a policy defining fixed...

§ 14-59-108. Reconciliation of bank accounts - (a) (1) On a monthly basis, all municipalities shall reconcile...

§ 14-59-109. Prenumbered receipts - (a) All funds received are to be formally receipted at...

§ 14-59-110. Cash receipts journals - (a) (1) Municipalities shall establish a cash receipts journal or...

§ 14-59-111. Cash disbursements journals - (a) (1) Municipalities shall establish a cash disbursements journal or...

§ 14-59-114. Maintenance and destruction of accounting records - (a) Accounting records can basically be divided into the following...

§ 14-59-115. Duties of municipal treasurer - (a) Each municipal treasurer of this state or the designated...

§ 14-59-116. Annual publication of financial statement - (a) (1) The governing body of each municipality shall publish...

§ 14-59-117. Withholding of turnback for noncompliance - (a) (1) If Arkansas Legislative Audit determines that a municipal...

§ 14-59-118. Penalty - (a) Any municipal treasurer who refuses or neglects to maintain...

§ 14-59-119. Debit card and credit card payments - (a) A municipality may accept a legal payment and any...

Chapter 60 - Workers' Compensation

§ 14-60-101. Requirement generally - (a) All municipalities shall be required to provide workers' compensation...

§ 14-60-102. Date of coverage - This chapter shall be effective July 1, 1985. Claims incurred...

§ 14-60-103. Responsibility for providing coverage - (a) Municipal governing bodies shall be responsible for providing the...

§ 14-60-104. Coverage through private carrier or self-funding - (a) Municipalities may provide workers' compensation coverage either through private...

§ 14-60-105. Municipalities over 70,000 - Municipalities with populations over seventy thousand (70,000) citizens are specifically...

§ 14-60-106. Municipalities over 150,000 - Municipalities with populations over one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) citizens...

Chapter 61 - City Manager Enabling Act of 1989

§ 14-61-101. Title - This chapter shall be known as the “City Manager Enabling...

§ 14-61-102. Applicability - This chapter shall apply to all cities of the first...

§ 14-61-103. Construction - This chapter shall be liberally construed to provide affected cities...

§ 14-61-104. Ratification of existing procedures - A city affected by this chapter that is organized under...

§ 14-61-105. Change in size of board of directors - A city affected by this chapter may choose, by ordinance,...

§ 14-61-106. Voting order - If the city provides for the direct election of the...

§ 14-61-107. Methods of selecting directors - A city affected by this chapter may choose one (1)...

§ 14-61-108. Designation of positions - A city affected by this chapter shall provide for election...

§ 14-61-109. Determination of ward and district positions - Ward positions and positions for larger designated districts that overlap...

§ 14-61-110. Compensation of directors - Neither a director nor the mayor of the city shall...

§ 14-61-111. Selection of mayor - (a) Unless a majority of the qualified electors of the...

§ 14-61-112. Selection of directors and mayor - (a) Unless special provisions for the position of mayor are...

§ 14-61-113. Petition process for special elections - Except for questions that may be referred to the voters...

§ 14-61-114. Options may also be referred by vote, ordinance — Mayor's veto power - (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision, the board of directors...

§ 14-61-115. Initial organization as a management form of government - (a) A city affected by this chapter that has not...

§ 14-61-116. Reorganization election by city with management form of government - (a) A city affected by this chapter that is already...

§ 14-61-117. Implementation of change in form of government under this chapter - The following procedure will be used to implement this chapter...

§ 14-61-119. Removal of director - (a) The holder of the office of city director or...

§ 14-61-120. Limited voting — Cumulative voting - (a) A majority of the qualified electors voting on the...

Chapter 62 - Revocation of Charter of a Municipal Corporation

§ 14-62-101. Authority generally - The charter of a municipal corporation may be revoked, its...

§ 14-62-102. Revocation due to noncompliance - (a) (1) If the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee concludes the...

§ 14-62-103. Surrender and repeal of charter - (a) (1) When the circuit court of the Sixth Judicial...

§ 14-62-104. Receiver — Appointment — Oath — Duties — Authority - (a) Within five (5) business days of receipt of the...

§ 14-62-105. Reports and collections by receiver - (a) Every six (6) months, a receiver for an extinct...

§ 14-62-106. Compensation of receiver - (a) A receiver appointed under § 14-62-104 shall receive such...

§ 14-62-107. Audit of receiver - A receiver appointed under § 14-62-104 is subject to audit...

§ 14-62-108. Proceedings to collect revenue due - (a) (1) For the purpose of collecting the revenue under...

§ 14-62-109. Public utilities - (a) A public utility operating and organized as an improvement...

§ 14-62-110. Retirement pension funds — Exemption from chapter — Control transferred to Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System - (a) Moneys due and owing the Arkansas Local Police and...

§ 14-62-111. Collection of sales and use taxes - (a) If a receiver is appointed under § 14-62-104, sales...

§ 14-62-112. Filing of claims — Appeals - (a) (1) If a party is dissatisfied with the decision...

§ 14-62-113. Payment of funds collected - Funds collected under this chapter shall be paid out from...

§ 14-62-114. Final order of dissolution - At the time of the full accord and satisfaction of...

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Arkansas Code Title 14 - Local Government Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government

Arkansas Code
Title 14 - Local Government
Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government