reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
AR Code § 14-55-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Referral to Electors|§ 14-55-303. Form of ordinance ballot question

 (a)  (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, the ballot in an election on an ordinance proposed by initiative shall plainly state the title of the ordinance to be voted on, followed by the words:  (2) If the election is for repeal of an ordinance by referendum petition, the ballot in the election shall plainly state the title of the ordinance to be voted on followed by the words:    (b) The ballot in an election on a referred measure shall plainly state the title of the referred measure, followed by the words:    “FOR PROPOSED INITIATIVE NO.   AGAINST PROPOSED INITIATIVE NO.   “FOR REPEAL OF THE ORDINANCE NO.   AGAINST REPEAL OF THE ORDINANCE NO.   “FOR REFERRED MEASURE (OR ORDINANCE OR AMENDMENT) NO.   AGAINST REFERRED MEASURE (OR ORDINANCE OR AMENDMENT) NO.
AR Code § 14-55-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Referral to Electors|§ 14-55-304. Municipal referendum petition

 Except for a municipal referendum petition concerning a municipal bond, a sponsor shall be given sixty (60) days to circulate a municipal referendum petition.
AR Code § 14-55-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 4 - Effect of Passage|§ 14-55-401. Existing ordinances continue in force

 All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or orders, lawfully passed and adopted by the city or town council, not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of this state, shall be, remain, and continue in force until altered or repealed by the council.
AR Code § 14-55-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 4 - Effect of Passage|§ 14-55-402. Admissibility of copies in evidence

 (a) The printed copies of the bylaws and ordinances of any municipal corporation published under its authority, and transcripts of any bylaw, ordinance, or of any act or proceeding of any municipal corporation, recorded in any book or entered on any minutes or journal, kept under the direction of the municipal corporation and certified by its clerk, shall be received in evidence for any purpose for which the original ordinances, books, minutes, or journals would be received with as much effect.  (b) It shall be the duty of the clerk or recorder to furnish the transcript to persons demanding it, and he shall be entitled to charge therefor at the same rate that the clerks of the county and circuit court are entitled to charge for transcripts for such courts.
AR Code § 14-55-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 5 - Prescribing of Penalties|§ 14-55-501. Authority generally

 The town or city council in all cities or incorporated towns in this state are authorized and empowered to prohibit and punish any act, matter, or thing which the laws of this state make a misdemeanor.
AR Code § 14-55-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 5 - Prescribing of Penalties|§ 14-55-502. State law to be followed

 (a) The town or city council in all cities or incorporated towns in this state are authorized and empowered to prescribe penalties for all offenses in violating any ordinance of the city or town not exceeding the penalties prescribed for similar offenses against the state laws by the statutes of this state.  (b) It shall be unlawful for any town or city council in this state to prescribe, by city ordinance, less severe penalties for all offenses in violation of any ordinance of the city or town than are prescribed for similar offenses against the state laws by the statutes of this state.
AR Code § 14-55-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 5 - Prescribing of Penalties|§ 14-55-503. Effect of conviction

 Upon conviction of any person under an ordinance before any police or city court, the conviction shall be, and operate as, a bar to further prosecution in any of the courts of this state for the same offense.
AR Code § 14-55-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 5 - Prescribing of Penalties|§ 14-55-504. Maximum penalties permitted

 (a)  (1) A municipal corporation shall not impose a fine or penalty greater than:  (A) One thousand dollars ($1,000) for the first offense or violation of a bylaw or ordinance;  (B) Two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the second offense or violation of the bylaw or ordinance; or  (C) Four thousand dollars ($4,000) for each subsequent offense or violation of the bylaw or ordinance.    (2) If a thing prohibited or rendered unlawful is, in its nature, continuous in respect to time, the fine or penalty for allowing the continuance thereof, in violation of the bylaw or ordinance, shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each day that it is unlawfully continued.    (b) If any bylaw or ordinance provides for any greater fine, penalty, or forfeiture than is provided in this section, it shall and may be lawful, in any suit or prosecution for the recovery thereof, to reduce it to such amount as shall be deemed reasonable and proper and to permit a recovery or render a judgment for such amount as authorized.
AR Code § 14-55-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 14-55-601. Power to enforce generally

 (a) Bylaws and ordinances of municipal corporations may be enforced by the imposition of fines, forfeitures, and penalties on any person offending against or violating them.  (b)  (1) The fine, penalty, or forfeiture may be prescribed in each particular bylaw or ordinance or by a general bylaw or ordinance made for that purpose.  (2) Municipal corporations shall have power to provide in like manner for the prosecution, recovery, and collection of the fines, penalties, and forfeitures.    (c) Except for moving traffic violations, it is proper service for a code enforcement officer to send a citation to a person charged with a violation of a municipal code, ordinance, or regulation to that person's last known place of residence by certified mail, return receipt requested, and delivery restricted to the addressee.
AR Code § 14-55-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 14-55-602. Imprisonment to enforce fine

 (a)  (1) The city council shall have power to provide that, when a fine shall be imposed for the violation of any of the ordinances of the city and it is not paid, the party convicted shall, by order of the mayor or other proper authority or on process issued for the purpose, be committed until the fine and costs of prosecution shall be paid, or the party discharged by due course of law.  (2) The council shall also have power to provide that any person convicted of a repeated and willful violation of any ordinance, who shall refuse or neglect to pay the fine imposed and the cost of prosecution, by like order or process, shall be imprisoned and kept in confinement for any term not exceeding thirty (30) days.    (b) Any city shall be allowed, for the purpose of imprisonment authorized under this section, the use of the county jail of the proper county. All persons so imprisoned shall be under the charge of the sheriff of the county, who shall receive and discharge the persons in such manner as shall be prescribed by the ordinances of the city, or otherwise, by due course of law.
AR Code § 14-55-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 14-55-603. Outside work for jailed persons

 Prisoners confined in the county jail or city prison, by sentence of the district court, for a violation of a city or town bylaw, ordinance, or regulation, may, by ordinance, be required to work out the amount of all fines, penalties, forfeitures, and costs at the rate prescribed in § 16-90-108, on the streets or other improvement under the control of the city council.
AR Code § 14-55-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 14-55-604. Working out of fines

 The city council may, at its discretion, provide, by ordinance, that fines imposed for violation of ordinances may be discharged by the offender working out the fine upon the streets or alleys of the towns, at the rate prescribed in § 16-90-108, and may adopt all necessary regulations for the safekeeping, management, and control of offenders while working out the fine.
AR Code § 14-55-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 14-55-605. Suit for recovery of fines, etc

 (a) Fines, penalties, and forfeitures, in all cases and in addition to any other mode provided, may be recovered by suit or action before any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the proper municipal corporation and for its use.  (b) In such a suit or action, where pleading is necessary, it shall be sufficient to declare generally for the amount claimed to be due, in respect to the bylaw or ordinance, referring to its title and the date of its adoption or passage, and showing, as nearly as may be, the true time of the alleged violation.  (c) All suits or prosecutions for the recovery of any fines, penalties, or forfeitures, or for the commission of any offense made punishable by any bylaw or ordinance of any municipal corporation, shall be commenced within one (1) year after the violation of the bylaw or ordinance, or commission of the offense, and not afterwards, if the offender has remained within the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation during the one (1) year. If not, then the limitation provided in this subsection shall extend for the term of five (5) years.
AR Code § 14-55-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 14-55-606. Additional remedies of cities of the first class

 (a)  (1) In all cases of violation of any of its ordinances, any city of the first class in addition to any other mode provided by law shall have the right to recover in a civil action the amount of the lowest penalty or fines provided in the ordinance for each violation or, where the offense is in its nature continuous in respect to time, for each day's violation thereof, and also the amount of any license which the person guilty of the violations was required by any such ordinance to take out.  (2) The district court shall have jurisdiction in all such actions.    (b) In all cases where a fine may have been imposed by the district court, that court in addition to the power of enforcing payment of the fine by imprisonment shall have full power to issue an execution or writ of garnishment to be executed by the chief of police.
AR Code § 14-55-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Enforcement and Remedies|§ 14-55-607. Additional remedies of cities of the second class

 In all cases of violation of any of its ordinances, any city of the second class, in addition to the modes provided by law, shall have the right to recover, in a civil action, the amount of the penalty or fines provided by the bylaws or ordinances of these cities or imposed by the mayor thereof for a violation of any ordinance or bylaw. In addition to the power to enforce payment of a fine or penalty by imprisonment, the mayor shall have full power to issue an execution or writ of garnishment, to be executed by the marshal, in like manner and with like effect as if issued by a justice of the peace in any civil action tried before him, and like proceedings be had thereunder.
AR Code § 14-55-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 7 - Codification of Ordinances|§ 14-55-701. Authority to codify

 (a) A municipality may codify its ordinances, or any part of them, into one (1) or more volumes, either bound or in loose-leaf form, without setting forth the provisions of the municipal code or parts thereof, if three (3) copies of the municipal code, or the pertinent parts thereof, and any related documents are filed either electronically or by hard copy in the office of the clerk or recorder of the municipality for inspection and viewing by the public before the passage of the ordinances.  (b)  (1) The ordinance adopting the codification shall be enacted under the requirements for passage of ordinances of the municipality.  (2) The ordinance adopting the codification may provide for the repeal of certain ordinances and parts of ordinances by the deletion or omission of them from the codification.    (c) In exercising the authority to codify ordinances under this subchapter, the municipality may:  (1) Correct the spelling of words;  (2) Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity;  (3) Correct manifest typographical and grammatical errors;  (4) Correct manifest errors in references to laws, ordinances, and other documents;  (5) Correct manifest errors in internal reference numbers;  (6) Substitute the proper ordinance numbering or designation for the terms “this ordinance”, “the preceding ordinance”, or any similar words or phrases;  (7) Number, renumber, redesignate, and rearrange organization of material within an ordinance;  (8) Change internal reference numbers to agree with renumbered ordinances or material within an ordinance;  (9) Substitute the correct calendar date for “the effective date of this ordinance” and other phrases of similar import;  (10) Correct inaccurate references to:  (A) Funds;  (B) Fund accounts;  (C) The titles of officers;  (D) The names of departments or other agencies of the federal government, the state government, or local governments, and the names of other entities; and  (E) The short titles of other laws or ordinances;    (11) Make any other name changes necessary to be consistent with the laws or ordinances currently in effect;  (12) Alphabetize definitions and make any necessary changes to conform the definitions sections to ordinance style and format;  (13) Insert or delete hyphens in words to follow correct grammatical usage;  (14) Change numerals or symbols to words or vice versa and add figures or words if they are merely repetitions of written words or vice versa for purposes of uniformity and style;  (15) Change the form of nouns, pronouns, and verbs for purposes of style and grammar;  (16) Correct punctuation;  (17) Correct word usage;  (18) Change gender-specific language to gender-neutral language; and  (19) Remove obsolete language.
AR Code § 14-55-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 7 - Codification of Ordinances|§ 14-55-702. Copies of municipal code filed

 Upon the adoption of any municipal code, three (3) copies of the municipal code shall be filed and maintained in the office of the city clerk or recorder.
AR Code § 14-55-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 7 - Codification of Ordinances|§ 14-55-703. Code prima facie evidence

 In determining the content of any ordinance so codified, it shall not be necessary to go beyond the code. The code shall be admitted in evidence without further proof and shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the existence and regular enactment of each particular ordinance contained therein.
AR Code § 14-55-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 55 - Ordinances of Municipalities|Subchapter 7 - Codification of Ordinances|§ 14-55-704. Amendment of municipal code authorized

 (a) A municipal code may be amended from time to time by ordinances duly enacted and published as required by law and passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the legislative body of the city to make them a part of the municipal code or revision.  (b)  (1) When so passed, copies of the ordinances shall be inserted in the copies of the municipal code maintained by the city clerk or recorder, and the ordinances are a part of the municipal code and have the same force and effect as if included at the time of the original adoption of the municipal code.  (2) Under this section, an amendment does not give an amended ordinance retroactive effect.
AR Code § 14-56-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-56-101. Liability for excavations

 If the owner or possessor of any lot or land in any city or incorporated town in this state shall dig or cause to be dug any cellar, pit, vault, or excavation to a greater depth than twelve feet (12') below the curb of the street on which the lot or land abuts, or, if there is no curb, below the surface of the adjoining lots, and shall, by this excavation, cause any damage to any wall, house, or other building upon the lots, adjoining thereto, the owner or possessor shall be liable, in a civil action, to the party injured, to the full amount of the damage. However, the owner or possessor may dig or cause to be dug any cellar, pit, or excavation, to the full depth of any foundation walls of any building upon the adjoining lots, and to the full depth of twelve feet (12') below the grade of the street whereon the lot abuts, established by the corporation authority, without incurring the liability prescribed by this section.
AR Code § 14-56-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-56-102. Legally erected outdoor advertising sign

 This subchapter, § 14-56-201 et seq., § 14-56-301 et seq., § 14-56-401 et seq., § 14-56-501 et seq., and § 14-56-601 et seq. shall not be construed to authorize the legislative body of any city, incorporated town, or county to adopt any ordinance, law, or regulation that requires the taking, elimination, alteration, or diminishment of a legally erected outdoor advertising sign without first making the payment of just monetary compensation therefor.
AR Code § 14-56-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 2 - Building Regulations|§ 14-56-201. Authority generally

 Municipal corporations shall have the power to:   (1) Regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of buildings;  (2) Make regulations for the purpose of guarding against accidents by fire;  (3) Require the use of fireproof or fire-resistant materials in the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, or repairs of buildings; and  (4) Provide for the removal of any buildings, or additions thereto, erected contrary to this prohibition.
AR Code § 14-56-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 2 - Building Regulations|§ 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 upon cities of the first class.  (2) A city of the first class may:  (A) Regulate the building of houses;  (B) Provide that a house or structure not be erected within the city limits except upon a permit to be issued by an officer the governing body designates; and  (C) Provide that a permit not be issued for the building of any house or structure deemed to be unsafe, unsanitary, obnoxious, or detrimental to the public welfare.      (b) The authority to appoint and remove department heads, including the building official, is governed by § 14-42-110 without regard to the classification of the city or town.  (c)  (1) The following enlarged and additional powers are conferred upon cities of the second class and incorporated towns.  (2) A city of the second class and an incorporated town may:  (A) Enforce building and safety codes for the building and construction of houses and other structures;  (B) Provide that a house or structure not be erected before a building permit is issued by a building official the governing body designates; and  (C) Provide that a permit not be issued for the building of any house or structure deemed to be unsafe, unsanitary, obnoxious, or detrimental to the public welfare.    (3) The authority given to a city of the second class and an incorporated town under this subsection does not include the authority under § 14-56-416 unless the city of the second class or the incorporated town has adopted and filed a land use plan and corresponding zoning ordinances under § 14-56-101 et seq.    (d) This section does not:  (1) Authorize a city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town to regulate the building of houses or structures in a manner contrary to other applicable law; or  (2) Restrict the authority of a city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town under other applicable law.
AR Code § 14-56-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 2 - Building Regulations|§ 14-56-203. Removal or razing of buildings

 Cities of the first class, cities of the second class, and incorporated towns may order the removal or razing of, or remove or raze, buildings or houses that in the opinion of the city council or town council have become dilapidated, unsightly, unsafe, unsanitary, obnoxious, or detrimental to the public welfare and shall provide by ordinance the manner of removing and making these removals.
AR Code § 14-56-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 3 - Zoning Regulations|§ 14-56-301. Authority generally

 (a) Cities of the first and second class are authorized to establish zones limiting the character of buildings that may be erected therein.  (b) Zones may be of three (3) classes:  (1) Portions of the city where manufacturing establishments may be erected or conducted;  (2) Portions of the city where business other than manufacturing may be carried on; and  (3) Portions of the city set apart for residences.
AR Code § 14-56-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 56 - Municipal Building and Zoning Regulations — Planning|Subchapter 3 - Zoning Regulations|§ 14-56-303. Height of buildings

 The city council of a city shall have power to pass ordinances limiting the height of buildings in the zones created by it, so that the beauty of monumental buildings may not be impaired by the contrast.