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AR Code § 14-56-422 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 4 - Municipal Planning|§ 14-56-422. Adoption of plans, ordinances, and regulations

 All plans, recommended ordinances, and regulations shall be adopted through the following procedure:   (1)  (A) The planning commission shall hold a public hearing on the plans, ordinances, and regulations proposed under this subchapter.  (B) Notice of public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city at least one (1) time fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing.  (C) Notice by first class mail to the boards of directors of all school districts affected by a proposed plan, ordinance, or regulation shall be provided sufficiently in advance to allow representatives of all affected school districts a reasonable opportunity to submit comments on any proposed plan, ordinance, or regulation.    (2) Following the public hearing, proposed plans may be adopted and proposed ordinances and regulations may be recommended as presented or in modified form by a majority vote of the entire commission.  (3) Following its adoption of plans and recommendation of ordinances and regulations, the commission shall certify adopted plans or recommended ordinances and regulations to the legislative body of the city for its adoption.  (4) The legislative body of the city may return the plans and recommended ordinances and regulations to the commission for further study or recertification or by a majority vote of the entire membership may adopt by ordinance or resolution the plans and recommended ordinances or regulations submitted by the commission. However, nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the city council's authority to recall the ordinances and resolutions by a vote of a majority of the council.  (5) Following adoption by the legislative body, the adopted plans, ordinances, and regulations shall be filed in the office of the city clerk. The city clerk shall file the plans, ordinances, and regulations as pertain to the territory beyond the corporate limits with the county recorder of the counties in which territorial jurisdiction is being exercised.
AR Code § 14-56-423 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 4 - Municipal Planning|§ 14-56-423. Change in plans, etc

 After adoption of plans, ordinances, and regulations and proper filing in the offices of city clerk and county recorder, no alteration, amendment, extension, abridgement, or discontinuance of the plans, ordinances, or regulations may be made except in conformance with the procedure prescribed in § 14-56-422, or by a majority vote of the city council.
AR Code § 14-56-424 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 4 - Municipal Planning|§ 14-56-424. Existing plans, etc

 (a) All plans, ordinances, regulations, or amendments thereto shall comply with the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) 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.  (c) No alteration or amendments may be made to plans, ordinances, and regulations unless in conformity with the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-56-425 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 4 - Municipal Planning|§ 14-56-425. Appeals to circuit court

 (a)  (1) Appeals from the final administrative or quasi-judicial decision by the municipal body administering this subchapter shall be taken to the circuit court of the appropriate county using the same procedure as for administrative appeals of the District Court Rules of the Supreme Court.  (2) The final administrative or quasi-judicial decision shall be tried de novo with the right to a trial by jury.    (b)  (1) Appeals from the passage of legislative rezoning decisions by the municipal governing body administering this subchapter shall be taken to the circuit court of the county in which the rezoning was authorized using the same procedure as for administrative appeals of the District Court Rules of the Supreme Court.  (2) The legislative rezoning decision shall be reviewed by the court, and the decision shall be upheld unless it is arbitrary or capricious or lacking a rational basis.
AR Code § 14-56-426 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 4 - Municipal Planning|§ 14-56-426. Control of property use — Proximity to military installation

 (a) A city of the first class in this state within five (5) miles of an active-duty United States Air Force military installation shall enact a city ordinance specifying that within five (5) miles of the corporate limits, future uses on property that might be hazardous to aircraft operation shall be restricted or prohibited.  (b) The ordinance shall restrict or prohibit future uses within the five-mile area which:  (1) Release into the air any substance that would impair visibility or otherwise interfere with the operation of aircraft, i.e., steam, dust, or smoke;  (2) Produce light emissions, either direct or indirect, that are reflective and that would interfere with pilot vision;  (3) Produce electrical emissions that would interfere with aircraft communications systems or navigational equipment;  (4) Attract birds or waterfowl, including, but not limited to, the operation of sanitary landfills, maintenance of feeding stations, or the growing of certain vegetation;  (5) Provide for structures within ten feet (10') of aircraft approach, departure, or transitional surfaces; or  (6) Expose persons to noise greater than sixty-five (65) decibels.    (c) The ordinance shall restrict or prohibit future uses within the five-mile area that violate the height restriction criteria of Federal Aviation Regulation, 14 C.F.R. Part 77, Subpart C.  (d)  (1) The ordinance shall be consistent with recommendations in the Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Study for Little Rock Air Force Base, dated June 2011 and prepared by the United States Air Force.  (2) Interpretations of such an ordinance shall take into account recommendations or studies with a view toward protection of the public and maintenance of safe aircraft operations.    (e) The ordinance shall not prohibit single-family residential use on tracts one (1) acre or more in area, provided that future construction shall comply with Guidelines for the Sound Insulation of Residences Exposed to Aircraft Operations, Wyle Research Report WR 89-7, which construction shall be regulated and inspected by the city's existing building permit and inspection ordinances and procedures.
AR Code § 14-56-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 5 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-56-501. Provisions supplemental

 (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 cities and counties.  (c) Each participating city or county may continue to have its own planning commission or board but may, under the joint agreement and in the interest of economy and efficiency and in the interest of uniform standards and procedures, request the metropolitan or regional planning commission to assume duties and functions of local planning agencies, in whole or in part.
AR Code § 14-56-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 5 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-56-502. Authority generally

 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 within or adjacent to the county, may jointly cooperate in the exercise and performance of planning powers, duties, and functions as provided by state law for cities and counties.
AR Code § 14-56-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 5 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-56-503. Contents of joint agreement

 (a) The cooperating cities and counties which join to create a metropolitan or regional planning commission, through joint agreement, shall determine the number and qualifications of the members of the commission.  (b) The joint agreement shall also provide for the manner of cooperation and the means and methods of the operation and functioning of the commission, including the employment of a director of planning and such staff and consultants as it may require, the proportionate share of costs and expenses, and the purchase of property and materials for the use of the commission.  (c) The joint agreement may also allow for the addition of other public bodies to the cooperative arrangement.
AR Code § 14-56-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 5 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-56-504. Establishment of commission

 (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 jurisdiction of the cities or counties cooperating jointly.  (b) A joint planning agency for the metropolitan area or region may be empowered to carry into effect such provisions of state law relating to planning which are authorized for the joining cities or counties and which each may, under existing laws, separately exercise and perform.  (c) Any other public authority or agency which operates within, wholly or in part, the area covered by this joint planning cooperation may likewise join with the cooperating cities or counties in cooperative planning through resolution of its governing board or commission.
AR Code § 14-56-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 5 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-56-505. Purpose of commission

 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 and efficiency in the coordinated development of the area; and  (4) Promote the general welfare and prosperity of its people.
AR Code § 14-56-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 5 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-56-506. Duty of commission

 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 be made to the governing bodies or the county judges of the cooperating cities or counties.
AR Code § 14-56-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 5 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-56-507. Plans and recommendations

 (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 public utilities.  (2) Any metropolitan or regional plan so developed shall be based on studies of physical, social, economic, and governmental conditions and trends.    (b) The plans and its recommendations may, in whole or in part, be adopted by the governing bodies of the cooperating cities and counties as the general plans of such cities and counties.  (c)  (1) The commission may also assist the cities and counties within its area of jurisdiction in carrying out any regional plans developed by the commission; and  (2) The commission may also assist any planning commission, board, or agency of the cooperating cities or counties in the preparation or effectuation of local plans and planning consistent with the program of the commission.
AR Code § 14-56-508 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 5 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-56-508. Receipt of funds

 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 to receive from any other source any other funds including bequests, gifts, donations, or contributions.
AR Code § 14-56-509 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 5 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-56-509. Appropriations

 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.
AR Code § 14-56-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 6 - Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators|§ 14-56-601. Definition

 “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.
AR Code § 14-56-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 6 - Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators|§ 14-56-602. Authorization to establish zones

 Notwithstanding any and all laws regarding municipal planning and zoning, all cities of the first and second class and all incorporated towns 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 the corporate limits of the city or town.
AR Code § 14-56-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 6 - Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators|§ 14-56-603. Enforcement

 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.
AR Code § 14-56-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 6 - Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators|§ 14-56-604. Unlawful construction or operation

 When the city or town council 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 given zone except in accordance with any building and use permits issued for the incinerator.
AR Code § 14-56-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 6 - Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators|§ 14-56-605. Violation — Penalty — Injunction

 (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.    (b) The city or town adopting the ordinance or any individual aggrieved by a violation of the ordinance may request an injunction against any commercial medical waste incinerator or property owner who is in violation of the ordinance.
AR Code § 14-57-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|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 the first class to establish, by ordinance, stands for taxicabs and buses and enforce the observance and use thereof, and to fix the rates and prices for the transportation of persons and property in cabs and buses from one (1) part of the city to another.
AR Code § 14-57-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-57-102. Unlawful riding on cars

 All cities and incorporated towns shall have the power to pass ordinances prohibiting persons from unlawful riding on cars within the limits of the city or incorporated town.
AR Code § 14-57-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-57-103. Regulation of tire width

 The city council shall have the power, in cities of the first class, to prescribe, by ordinance, the width of the tire of all wagons, carts, drays, and other vehicles used in transportation of persons or articles from one (1) part of the city to another, or in the transportation of coal, wood, stone, lumber, or iron into the city.
AR Code § 14-57-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-57-104. Tax on certain wheeled vehicles

 (a) Cities of the first class are authorized to require residents of the city to pay a tax for the privilege of keeping and using wheeled vehicles, except motor vehicles and bicycles.  (b) The tax shall be appropriated and used exclusively for repairing and improving streets of the city.
AR Code § 14-57-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 2 - Motor Carriers Generally|§ 14-57-201. Right to regulate and tax

 Municipalities within the state shall have the right to regulate and tax all motor carriers operating within their corporate limits transporting persons or freight both originating at and destined to points within the corporate limits of the same city or town, or transporting from one (1) city or town to another city or town whose corporate limits join each other, or within a radius of five (5) miles beyond any such corporate limits of cities or towns, or for occasional trips of ten (10) miles beyond any such corporate limits, and shall not be governed by, or amenable to, the provisions of § 23-13-103 in regulating or taxing vehicles used for these purposes.
AR Code § 14-57-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 2 - Motor Carriers Generally|§ 14-57-202. Cash indemnity bonds of passenger carriers

 In any case where ordinances of any municipality require persons, firms, corporations, or associations operating motor-propelled vehicles for transportation of persons for compensation to procure liability insurance or indemnity bonds, it shall be a substantial compliance with the ordinances if the persons, firms, corporations, or associations furnish a cash indemnity bond conditioned on the same conditions as required on liability insurance policies and in such amount as required for liability insurance policies.
AR Code § 14-57-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Regulation of Taxicab Operators|§ 14-57-301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Taxicab” means motor-driven vehicles having a seating capacity not in excess of seven (7) passengers and used for the transportation of persons for hire. Included within the meaning of the term shall not be any vehicle have a seating capacity in excess of seven (7) passengers and employed in transporting persons over regular routes having fixed termini or upon regular schedules of operation;  (2) “Taxicab operator” means any person, firm, association, or corporation owning and operating taxicabs.
AR Code § 14-57-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Regulation of Taxicab Operators|§ 14-57-302. Exclusive power to regulate

 Cities of the first and second class are vested, within their respective corporate limits, with the exclusive power and authority to permit, regulate, and control, by ordinance, the business and operation of motor-driven taxicabs over or upon the streets and public ways of their respective municipalities. This power and authority shall include the right to approve or disapprove, to prescribe or reject, and to enforce maximum rates and tariffs to be charged for services rendered by any taxicab operator in these cities and to enforce, by such suitable penalties and forfeitures as may be fixed by ordinance, all regulations, rates, and tariffs that may be approved or prescribed.