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AR Code § 14-54-1301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 13 - Public Recreation and Playgrounds|§ 14-54-1301. Authority to operate

 (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 subchapter.    (b) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to §§ 17-22-201 — 17-22-204, 17-22-301 — 17-22-303, and 17-22-305.
AR Code § 14-54-1302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 13 - Public Recreation and Playgrounds|§ 14-54-1302. Operation of programs generally

 (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 cooperation of the program to a recreation board created by one (1) or more of them and appropriate money voted for this purpose to the board.  (b) In the case of school districts, the right to enter into such agreements with any other public corporation, board, or body or the right to delegate power to a board for operating a program of recreation shall be authorized only by a majority vote cast at an annual school election.
AR Code § 14-54-1304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 13 - Public Recreation and Playgrounds|§ 14-54-1304. Use of school funds

 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 the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-54-1305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 13 - Public Recreation and Playgrounds|§ 14-54-1305. Gifts and bequests

 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.
AR Code § 14-54-1306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 13 - Public Recreation and Playgrounds|§ 14-54-1306. Property used for activities

 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 consent of the corporations, bodies, or boards; and  (3) Private property, with the consent of its owners.
AR Code § 14-54-1307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 13 - Public Recreation and Playgrounds|§ 14-54-1307. Use of school facilities

 (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 purposes authorized by this subchapter shall be secondary.  (b) In all cases where school property is 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 the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-54-1308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 13 - Public Recreation and Playgrounds|§ 14-54-1308. Directors and instructors

 (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 of Education shall establish minimum qualifications of local recreational directors and instructors.
AR Code § 14-54-1402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 14 - Miscellaneous Regulations|§ 14-54-1402. Business on Sunday

 (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, repeal, or otherwise affect the provisions of § 5-60-119 permitting motion picture shows on Sundays.
AR Code § 14-54-1406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 14 - Miscellaneous Regulations|§ 14-54-1406. Traditional barber pole

 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.
AR Code § 14-54-1407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 14 - Miscellaneous Regulations|§ 14-54-1407. Transient vendors

 (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 months shall be classed as a transient.
AR Code § 14-54-1408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 14 - Miscellaneous Regulations|§ 14-54-1408. Vagrants, etc

 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.
AR Code § 14-54-1409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 14 - Miscellaneous Regulations|§ 14-54-1409. Rent control preemption

 (a) As used in this section, “local governmental unit” means a political subdivision of this state, including, but not limited to, a county, city, village, or township, if the political subdivision provides local government services for residents in a geographically limited area of this state as its primary purpose and has the power to act primarily on behalf of that area.  (b) A local governmental unit shall not enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance or resolution that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential or commercial property.  (c) This section does not impair the right of any local governmental unit to manage and control residential property in which the local governmental unit has a property interest.
AR Code § 14-54-1410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 14 - Miscellaneous Regulations|§ 14-54-1410. Operation of golf carts on city streets — Definition

 (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 authorized on city streets which are also designated as federal or state highways or as a county road.  (b) When authorized by the municipality to operate on the city streets and limited to the circumstances and provisions of this section, there shall be no motor vehicle registration or license necessary to operate the golf cart on the public street.  (c) The term “municipality” as used in this section means any city of the first class, city of the second class, or an incorporated town.
AR Code § 14-54-1411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 14 - Miscellaneous Regulations|§ 14-54-1411. Firearms and ammunition — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “local unit of government” means a city, town, or county.  (b)  (1)  (A) A local unit of government shall not enact any ordinance or regulation pertaining to, or regulate in any other manner, the ownership, transfer, transportation, carrying, or possession of firearms, ammunition for firearms, or components of firearms, except as otherwise provided in state or federal law.  (B) This shall not prevent the enactment of an ordinance regulating or forbidding the unsafe discharge of a firearm.    (2)  (A) A local unit of government shall have no authority to bring suit and shall have no right to recover against any firearm or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or dealer for damages, abatement, or injunctive relief resulting from or relating to the lawful design, manufacture, marketing, or sale of firearms or ammunition to the public.  (B) The authority to bring any suit and the right to recover against any firearm or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or dealer for damages, abatement, or injunctive relief shall be reserved exclusively to the State of Arkansas.  (C) Provided, this shall not prevent a local unit of government from bringing suit against a firearm or ammunition manufacturer or dealer for breach of contract or warranty as to firearms or ammunition purchased by the local unit of government.      (c)  (1) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, the governing body of a local unit of government, following the proclamation by the Governor of a state of emergency, may enact an emergency ordinance regulating the transfer, transportation, or carrying of firearms or components of firearms.  (2) Such emergency ordinance shall not be effective for a period of more than twenty (20) days and shall be enacted by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the governing body.
AR Code § 14-54-1412 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 14 - Miscellaneous Regulations|§ 14-54-1412. Designated entertainment districts — Definition

 (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 restaurants, taprooms, taverns, entertainment establishments, hospitality establishments, music venues, theaters, bars, art galleries, art studios, tourist destinations, distilleries, dance clubs, cinemas, or concert halls.    (b)  (1) A city, a municipality, or an incorporated town collecting a gross receipts tax on prepared food or hotel and motel accommodations under §§ 26-75-602 — 26-75-613 and located in a county authorized to sell alcoholic beverages may by ordinance create a designated entertainment district.  (2) A designated entertainment district may be permanent or temporary.  (3)  (A) A city, a municipality, or an incorporated town that creates a designated entertainment district under this section shall set by ordinance reasonable standards for the regulation of alcohol possession within the boundaries of the designated entertainment district.  (B) An ordinance enacted under this subsection does not diminish the requirements of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the Department of Finance and Administration concerning permits issued within the designated entertainment district.    (4) A city, a municipality, or an incorporated town that creates a designated entertainment district under this section shall notify the division within ten (10) days of the issuance or removal of a permanent or temporary designation as a designated entertainment district.
AR Code § 14-54-1501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 15 - Violation of Municipal Health and Safety Codes|§ 14-54-1501. Intent

 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.
AR Code § 14-54-1502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 15 - Violation of Municipal Health and Safety Codes|§ 14-54-1502. Common nuisance declared

 (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 of this subchapter, a common nuisance shall not include conduct which is permitted by and in conformance with city ordinances.  (c) A common nuisance shall include any three (3) separate district court convictions of health and safety code violations with respect to any one (1) lot or parcel of property within a one-year period or one (1) such conviction if the offense constitutes an imminent threat to the health, safety, or welfare of any citizen. Such conduct is declared to be detrimental to the law-abiding citizens of the municipality and may be subject to an injunction, a court-ordered eviction, or a cause of action for damages as provided for in this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-54-1503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 15 - Violation of Municipal Health and Safety Codes|§ 14-54-1503. Action to abate — Permanent injunction — Verification of complaint

 (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 nuisance exists from directly or indirectly maintaining or permitting the nuisance.  (b) For activities involving multiple convictions of municipal code violations, the city attorney may bring the action permitted in this subchapter. For other activities constituting a nuisance as defined in § 14-54-1502, any citizen of the city may bring the action in his or her own name.  (c) The complaint in the action shall be certified, unless the action is brought by the city attorney.
AR Code § 14-54-1504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 15 - Violation of Municipal Health and Safety Codes|§ 14-54-1504. Temporary injunction — Bond required — Precedence

 (a) If the existence of the nuisance is shown in the action to the satisfaction of the court, the court shall allow a temporary writ of injunction to abate and prevent the continuance or recurrence of the nuisance.  (b) On granting the temporary writ, the court shall require a bond on the part of the applicant to the effect that the applicant will pay to the enjoined defendant such damages, not exceeding an amount to be specified, as the defendant sustains by reason of the injunction should the court finally decide that the applicant was not entitled to the injunction. No bond shall be required where the proceeding is instituted by the city attorney.  (c) The action shall be filed in the circuit court and have precedence over all other actions except election contests, hearings on injunctions, and hearings under §§ 5-74-109 and 16-105-403.
AR Code § 14-54-1505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 15 - Violation of Municipal Health and Safety Codes|§ 14-54-1505. Dismissal for want of prosecution

 (a) If the complaint is filed by a citizen, it shall not be dismissed by the plaintiff for want of prosecution except upon a sworn statement made by the plaintiff setting forth the reasons why the action shall be dismissed and by dismissal ordered by the court.  (b) If the action is brought by a citizen and the court finds there was no reasonable ground or cause for the action, costs shall be assessed against the plaintiff.
AR Code § 14-54-1506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 15 - Violation of Municipal Health and Safety Codes|§ 14-54-1506. Order of abatement — Lien for costs — Enforcement

 (a) If the existence of the nuisance is established in the action, an order of abatement shall be entered as part of the judgment in the case, and plaintiff's costs in carrying out the order shall constitute a lien upon the property, building, or place.  (b) The lien is enforceable and collective by execution issued by order of the court.
AR Code § 14-54-1507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 15 - Violation of Municipal Health and Safety Codes|§ 14-54-1507. Order of abatement — Damages

 (a) If the existence of the nuisance is established in the action, an order of abatement shall be entered as a part of the judgment. The order shall provide for any appropriate equitable relief as determined by the court to be necessary to abate the nuisance and may further provide, if determined to be the least restrictive alternative available to effectively accomplish the abatement, for the closing of the building or place for such period of time as determined to be necessary by the court as adequate to abate the nuisance.  (b) An alternative to closure may be considered only as provided in this section.  (c) If the court finds that any vacancy resulting from closure of the building or place may create a nuisance or that closure is otherwise harmful to the community, in lieu of ordering the building or place closed, the court may order the person who is seeking to keep the premises open to pay damages to the city in an amount equal to the fair market rental value of the building or place, for such period of time as determined appropriate by the court.  (d) These funds shall be used either to investigate and litigate future nuisance abatement actions or by the city for the purpose of neighborhood safety and enhancement programs.  (e) For purposes of this section, the actual amount of rent being received for the rent of the building or place or the existence of any vacancy therein may be considered, but shall not be the sole determinant of the fair market rental value.  (f) Expert testimony may be used to determine the fair market rental value.  (g) In addition, the court may award damages equal to the plaintiff's costs in the investigation and litigation of the abatement action, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), against any or all of the defendants based upon the severity of the nuisance and its duration.  (h) The damages may be collected in any manner provided for the collection of any civil judgment.  (i) While the order of abatement remains in effect, the building or place is in the custody of the court.
AR Code § 14-54-1508 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 15 - Violation of Municipal Health and Safety Codes|§ 14-54-1508. Release of the building to owner

 (a) If the owner of the building or place has not been guilty of any contempt of court in the proceedings and appears and pays all costs, fees, and allowances that are liens on the building or place and files a bond in the full value of the property conditioned that the owner will immediately abate any nuisance that may exist at the building or place and prevent it from being a nuisance within a period of one (1) year thereafter, the court, if satisfied of the owner's good faith, may order the building or place to be delivered to the owner and the order of abatement canceled so far as it may relate to the property.  (b) The release of property under the provisions of this section does not release it from any judgment, lien, penalty, or liability to which it may be subject.
AR Code § 14-54-1509 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 15 - Violation of Municipal Health and Safety Codes|§ 14-54-1509. Lien — Enforcement

 (a) Whenever the owner of a building or place upon which the act or acts constituting contempt have been committed or the owner of any interest therein has been guilty of contempt of court and fined in any proceedings under this subchapter, the fine is a lien upon the building or place to the extent of the owner's interest in it.  (b) The lien is enforceable and collectible by execution issued by order of the court.
AR Code § 14-54-1510 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 15 - Violation of Municipal Health and Safety Codes|§ 14-54-1510. Criminal violations — Penalties

 A violation of or disobedience of the injunction or order for abatement is punishable as contempt of court by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, or both.
AR Code § 14-54-1601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 16 - The Affordable Housing Accessibility Act|§ 14-54-1601. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Affordable Housing Accessibility Act”.
AR Code § 14-54-1602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 54 - Powers of Municipalities Generally|Subchapter 16 - The Affordable Housing Accessibility Act|§ 14-54-1602. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Federal standards” means the federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, 24 C.F.R. pt. 3280, promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 1976;  (2) “Manufactured home” means a dwelling unit constructed in a factory in accordance with the federal standards and meeting the definitions set forth in the federal standards and under § 20-25-102; and  (3) “Mobile home” means a dwelling unit constructed in a factory before the enactment of the federal standards.