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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 299 - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF COUNTY HIGHWAYS (§§ 14-299-101 — 14-299-205) › Subchapter 2 - VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 14-299-201 — 14-299-205) › Section 14-299-201 - Filing the agreement - Contents

Whenever the landowners of one (1) or more adjoining townships in any county or in a certain described portion thereof, amounting to three-fourths (3/4) of the number of landowners in the territory described in the petition, shall file with the county court of the county a written statement and agreement signed by the landowners wherein they represent to the court that they have voluntarily agreed among themselves to improve certain county roads or parts thereof in the township or in the area described in the agreement, by contributing in cash the necessary funds therefor, and that the costs of the proposed improvements shall not exceed a total sum to be stated in the agreement, and that the costs shall be paid pro rata by the signers of the agreement in the proportion that the assessed value of their land shall bear to the total cost of the improvements, then the statement and agreement shall be spread in full upon the records of the county court. Thereafter, each and every owner and signer of the agreement shall be bound by the terms of the agreement and shall be personally liable for his proportionate part of the costs of the improvement as set out in this section.
Acts 1949, No. 294, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1030.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 299 - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF COUNTY HIGHWAYS (§§ 14-299-101 — 14-299-205) › Subchapter 2 - VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 14-299-201 — 14-299-205) › Section 14-299-202 - Signer's failure to pay pro rata costs

If any signer of the agreement fails to pay his part of the costs according to the terms of the agreement, the board of commissioners created in §
14-299-204
is authorized to bring suit against the owner, his successors, and assigns for the recovery of the amount due. Until that amount is paid, it shall constitute a lien upon the land of the delinquent owner in the township or area affected.
Acts 1949, No. 294, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1030.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 299 - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF COUNTY HIGHWAYS (§§ 14-299-101 — 14-299-205) › Subchapter 2 - VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 14-299-201 — 14-299-205) › Section 14-299-203 - Liability of all area landowners

When any such agreement has been entered of record by the county court as directed in §§
14-299-201
and
14-299-202
, then all the owners of land in the township or in the area affected, whether they have signed the statement and agreement or not, shall become liable to pay their proportionate part of the costs of the improvement to the same extent, in the same manner, and subject to the same procedure to collect the costs, as applies to the signers of the agreement.
Acts 1949, No. 294, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1031.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 299 - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF COUNTY HIGHWAYS (§§ 14-299-101 — 14-299-205) › Subchapter 2 - VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 14-299-201 — 14-299-205) › Section 14-299-204 - Board of commissioners - Determination of cost

(a)
The statement and agreement referred to in §§
14-299-201
and
14-299-202
must contain the names of three (3) of the signers thereto who shall constitute a board of commissioners to have supervision, direction, and control of the improvement. It shall be their duty to see that the improvement is properly made.
(b)
The board of commissioners shall first determine the cost of the proposed improvement and then shall calculate and determine the pro rata cost of each landowner. Each landowner shall be required to pay that amount to the board of commissioners within sixty (60) days after having been notified in writing by the board of the amount of his payment.
(c)
If the improvement cannot be completed for the sum first determined by the board of commissioners and if the total cost as first determined by the board shall be less than the total amount of the cost of the improvement fixed in the agreement referred to in §
14-299-203
, then the board is authorized to require additional pro rata payment from the various landowners for the purpose of completing the improvement. In no event shall the total cost of the improvement exceed the amount fixed in the agreement.
Acts 1949, No. 294, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1032.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 299 - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF COUNTY HIGHWAYS (§§ 14-299-101 — 14-299-205) › Subchapter 2 - VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 14-299-201 — 14-299-205) › Section 14-299-205 - Financing by landowners

(a)
It is the purpose and intent of this subchapter that:
(1)
No bonds shall be issued by the board of commissioners;
(2)
No money shall be borrowed and no interest shall be paid, but the entire cost of the improvement shall be paid by the cash payments from the landowners as provided for in this subchapter;
(3)
Seventy-five percent (75%) of the total amount of payments due to be made by the various landowners shall be paid to the board of commissioners before the improvements provided for in this subchapter shall be begun.
(b)
It is not the purpose of this subchapter to impair the power and authority given the county court by the Constitution and laws of this state over roads and highways of the county.
Acts 1949, No. 294, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1033.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-102) › Section 14-300-101 - Purchase of private bridges by county

Where a bridge across any stream in this state is owned by private parties and the bridge is, in the opinion of the county court of the county in which it is situated, a public necessity or convenience, the county court is empowered and authorized to purchase the bridge when an appropriation has been made therefor by the quorum court.
Acts 1899, No. 204, § 1, p. 388; C. & M. Dig., § 832; Pope's Dig., § 969; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1517.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-102) › Section 14-300-102 - Purchase of surplus bridge material by county - Definition

(a)
As used in this section, "surplus bridge material" means a general contractor's excess or unused bridge steel or other scrap items remaining after completion of a contract for the construction, improvement, rehabilitation, or replacement of a bridge on a state highway or county road.
(b)
(1)
When a general contractor is awarded a contract for the construction, improvement, rehabilitation, or replacement of a bridge on a state highway or county road, the county judge of the county in which the bridge is located may notify the general contractor in writing no later than thirty (30) days after the contractor is issued a work order on the project that the county requests to purchase all or any portion of the surplus bridge material at the salvage value price.
(2)
This section does not prevent a general contractor from retaining surplus bridge material for the general contractor's own purposes.
(3)
A general contractor does not have a duty to notify the county judge of a bridge construction project the general contractor undertakes in a county.
(c)
(1)
If a general contractor elects to sell the surplus bridge material for salvage and the county has given notice under subsection (b) of this section, then the county has a right of first refusal to purchase all or any portion of the surplus bridge material for the salvage value price.
(2)
The county judge shall tender the county's written offer to purchase all or any portion of the surplus bridge material at salvage value price.
(d)
(1)
The purchase by the county of surplus bridge material is "as is", and the county shall hire an engineer to inspect any surplus bridge material it acquires under this section to determine if the surplus bridge material is suitable for the county's intended use.
(2)
The general contractor does not have a responsibility to inspect or otherwise render an opinion as to the condition, state, or suitability of the surplus bridge material for the county's intended use.
(e)
This section does not create a cause of action, and a cause of action shall not be available, in negligence or otherwise, against a general contractor for the surplus bridge material purchased by the county under this section.
(f)
The county shall retrieve and transport the surplus bridge material it acquires under this section within thirty (30) days after the election by the general contractor to sell the surplus bridge material at salvage value price under subdivision (c)(1) of this section unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
Added by Act 2015, No. 232,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 2 - BUILDING BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-201 — 14-300-208) › Section 14-300-201 - Classification of bridges on public roads

The bridges on the public roads of this state shall be divided into three (3) classes:
(1)
Bridges over sixty feet (60') in length, exclusive of abutments, shall be bridges of the first class;
(2)
Bridges of not less than thirty feet (30') nor more than sixty feet (60') in length, exclusive of abutments, shall comprise the second class; and
(3)
All bridges less than thirty feet (30') in length shall comprise the third class.
Acts 1875, No. 126, § 1, p. 258; C. & M. Dig., § 825; Pope's Dig., § 962; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1509.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 2 - BUILDING BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-201 — 14-300-208) › Section 14-300-202 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 326,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1875, No. 126, § 2, p. 258; C. & M. Dig., § 826; Pope's Dig., § 963; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1510.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 2 - BUILDING BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-201 — 14-300-208) › Section 14-300-203 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 326,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1875, No. 126, § 3, p. 258; C. & M. Dig., § 827; Pope's Dig., § 964; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1511.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 2 - BUILDING BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-201 — 14-300-208) › Section 14-300-204 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 326,§ 3, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1875, No. 126, § 4, p. 258; C. & M. Dig., § 828; Pope's Dig., § 965; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1512.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 2 - BUILDING BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-201 — 14-300-208) › Section 14-300-205 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 326,§ 4, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1875, No. 126, § 5, p. 258; C. & M. Dig., § 829; Pope's Dig., § 966; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1513.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 2 - BUILDING BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-201 — 14-300-208) › Section 14-300-206 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 326,§ 5, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1875, No. 126, § 6, p. 258; C. & M. Dig., § 830; Pope's Dig., § 967; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1514.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 2 - BUILDING BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-201 — 14-300-208) › Section 14-300-207 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 326,§ 6, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1899, No. 200, § 11, p. 347; C. & M. Dig., § 5266; Pope's Dig., § 6994; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1515.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 2 - BUILDING BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-201 — 14-300-208) › Section 14-300-208 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 326,§ 7, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1875, No. 126, § 7, p. 258; C. & M. Dig., § 831; Pope's Dig., § 968; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1516.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 3 - HIGHWAY BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE STREAMS (§§ 14-300-301 — 14-300-305) › Section 14-300-301 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 326,§ 8, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1891, No. 16, § 5, p. 14; C. & M. Dig., § 838; Pope's Dig., § 974; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1522.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 3 - HIGHWAY BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE STREAMS (§§ 14-300-301 — 14-300-305) › Section 14-300-302 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 326,§ 8, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1891, No. 16, § 1, p. 14; C. & M. Dig., § 834; Pope's Dig., § 970; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1518.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 3 - HIGHWAY BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE STREAMS (§§ 14-300-301 — 14-300-305) › Section 14-300-303 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 326,§ 8, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1891, No. 16, § 2, p. 14; C. & M. Dig., § 835; Pope's Dig., § 971; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1519.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 3 - HIGHWAY BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE STREAMS (§§ 14-300-301 — 14-300-305) › Section 14-300-304 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 326,§ 8, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1891, No. 16, § 3, p. 14; C. & M. Dig., § 836; Pope's Dig., § 972; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1520.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 300 - COUNTY BRIDGES (§§ 14-300-101 — 14-300-305) › Subchapter 3 - HIGHWAY BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE STREAMS (§§ 14-300-301 — 14-300-305) › Section 14-300-305 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2013, No. 326,§ 8, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1891, No. 16, § 4, p. 14; C. & M. Dig., § 837; Pope's Dig., § 973; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1521.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-101 - City council - Powers and duties

The city council shall:
(1)
Have the care, supervision, and control of all the public highways, bridges, streets, alleys, public squares, and commons within the city; and
(2)
Cause those public highways, bridges, streets, alleys, public squares, and commons to be kept open and in repair, and free from nuisance.
Acts 1875, No. 1, § 7, p. 1; C. & M. Dig., § 7607; Pope's Dig., § 9702; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3801.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-102 - Dedication of streets

No street or alley which shall be dedicated to public use by the proprietor of ground in any city shall be deemed to be a public street or alley, or to be under the care or control of the city council, unless the dedication shall be accepted and confirmed by an ordinance specially passed for that purpose.
Acts 1875, No. 1, § 7, p. 1; C. & M. Dig., § 7608; Pope's Dig., § 9703; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3802.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-103 - Building and repair of bridges

Each city of the first and second class and incorporated town in this state shall have the power to build, construct, and keep in repair any bridge within the corporate limits thereof at the exclusive expense of that municipal corporation.
Acts 1901, No. 179, § 1, p. 333; C. & M. Dig., § 7563; Pope's Dig., § 9637; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3803.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-104 - Opening or improving street or highway - Delinquent tax

(a)
No street or highway shall be opened, straightened, or widened, nor shall any other improvement be made which will require proceedings to condemn private property, without the concurrence in the bylaw, ordinance, or resolution directing the condemnation of two-thirds (2/3) of the whole number of members elected to council.
(b)
The concurrence of a like majority shall be required to direct any improvement or repair of a street or highway, the cost of which is to be assessed on the owners of the property, unless one-half (1/2) of the owners to be charged shall petition in writing therefor.
(c)
The council of any incorporated city or town may order the clerk, or other proper officer of the council, to certify under his official seal any delinquent tax which is assessed by the city or town, for opening or grading, or otherwise improving any street or alley in the city or town, to the clerk of the proper county.
(d)
The clerk is required to place the tax so certified on the tax book of his county, in a separate column, and it shall be collected in a like manner as state and county taxes.
Acts 1875, No. 1, §§ 30, 70, p. 1; C. & M. Dig., §§ 4007, 7566, 7583; Pope's Dig., §§ 5009, 9640, 9662; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 19-3809, 19-3810.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-105 - Grading streets or alleys - Assessment and recovery of damages

(a)
In all cases where any municipal corporation shall be liable for the payment of damages to the owner or occupant of any lots or grounds, by reason of the grading of any streets or alleys, or public grounds, or part thereof, the damages shall be ascertained and assessed by three (3) disinterested reputable freeholders of the city who shall be appointed as follows:
(1)
One (1) by the city or town council;
(2)
One (1) by the owner of the property injured; and
(3)
The persons thus appointed shall choose the third person.
(b)
The assessors thus appointed, before entering on their duties, shall take an oath or affirmation, before some officer authorized to administer oaths, that they will well and truly, to the best of their knowledge and ability, appraise the damages which the claimant may or shall have suffered by reason of the grading, and for which the city is liable. This oath shall be filed in the office of the city clerk, and the assessors shall, within thirty (30) days after their appointment, make the assessment, and file it in the city clerk's office, where it shall be subject to the inspection of all claimants for damages. The damages assessed by them shall be by them paid out of the city treasury or tendered to the party in whose favor the damages were assessed.
(c)
If the claimant refuses to appoint, the council shall appoint all three (3) of the assessors.
(d)
If any person shall neglect or refuse to accept the amount so assessed, as provided in this section, and shall prosecute the city, and if by suit for damages he shall not recover more than the amount allowed by the assessors, the party so prosecuting shall pay all costs of suit.
(e)
No claimant for damages shall commence any suit for damages on account of the grading or improvement until he shall have filed a claim for greater damages with the city clerk at least thirty (30) days before the commencement of the suit.
(f)
No suit shall be commenced until after the assessors shall have been appointed and made return of their assessment as herein provided, nor for thirty (30) days thereafter.
(g)
The city or town council, within three (3) days after the claimant shall have notified them in writing that he has appointed his assessors, shall appoint one (1) assessor on the part of the city. They shall, within five (5) days thereafter, select the third assessor and qualify him as provided in this section.
Acts 1875, No. 1, §§ 77, 78, p. 1; C. & M. Dig., §§ 7573-7575; Pope's Dig., §§ 9649-9651; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 19-3811, 19-3812.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-106 - Sidewalks, curbing, and guttering in cities of the first class - Exceptions

(a)
In order to better provide for the public welfare, safety, comfort, and convenience of the inhabitants of cities of the first class, the council of any city of the first class, by ordinance, resolution, or order, shall have the power to:
(1)
Compel the owners of any property abutting its streets or public squares to build, rebuild, maintain, and repair foot pavements or sidewalk improvements, curbing, and guttering there along and to designate the kind of sidewalk, curbing, and guttering improvements to be made, the kind of material to be used, the specifications to be followed, and the time within which such improvement is required to be completed; and
(2)
Provide that:
(A)
If the owner of the property shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions thereof, in the manner and within the time therein prescribed, the cities may contract with some suitable person for the construction, reconstruction, or repair of the sidewalk, curbing, or guttering, on the best terms that can be made and in the manner to be prescribed in the ordinance, resolution, or order after giving reasonable notice to the owner or agent in charge of the property of an intention to do so; and
(B)
The cities may pay that person for so constructing, reconstructing, or repairing the sidewalk, curbing, or guttering and to provide that the amount so paid by the cities, together with a six percent (6%) penalty added thereto, shall constitute a charge against the owner of the property and shall be a lien on the property from the date of the commencement of the work, the charge and lien to be assignable by the city, the charge to be recovered in an ordinary suit against the owner by the city or its assignee, or the lien to be foreclosed by the city or its assignee by suit in equity in the courts having jurisdiction of suits for the enforcement of liens upon real property, for the condemnation and sale of the property for the payment of the sums so paid by the city, together with the interest, penalty, and cost of suit, the suit in equity to be brought in the manner and under the terms now provided by law for the foreclosure of property by improvement districts, so far as applicable.
(b)
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as repealing §
14-54-104
or as preventing cities of the first class from proceeding in any other manner provided by existing laws.
Acts 1909, No. 136, § 1, p. 419; C. & M. Dig., § 7748; Pope's Dig., § 9944; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3806; Acts 1995, No. 555, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-107 - Sidewalks and curbing in towns and in cities of the first and second class

(a)
In order to better provide for the public welfare, safety, comfort, and convenience of the inhabitants of cities of the first and second class and of incorporated towns, the council of any such city or town, by ordinance, resolution, or order, shall have the power to:
(1)
Compel the owners of any property abutting its streets or public squares to build, rebuild, maintain, and repair foot pavements or sidewalk improvements and curbing and to designate the kind of sidewalks and curbing improvements to be made, the kind of material to be used, the specifications to be followed, and the time within which the improvement is required to be completed; and
(2)
Provide that:
(A)
If the owner of any property shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions thereof, in the manner and within the time therein prescribed, the cities and towns may contract with some suitable person for the construction, reconstruction, or repair of the sidewalk or curbing, on the best terms that can be made and in the manner prescribed in the ordinance, resolution, or order after giving reasonable notice to the owner or the agent in charge of the property of an intention to do so; and
(B)
The cities and towns may pay that person for so constructing, reconstructing, or repairing the sidewalks and curbing and that the amount so paid by the cities and towns, together with six percent (6%) penalty added thereto, shall constitute a charge against the owner of the property and shall be a lien on the property from the date of the commencement of the work with the charge and lien to be assignable by the city and town and the charge to be recovered in an ordinary suit against the owner by the city or town or its assignee or the lien to be foreclosed by the city or town or its assignee by suit in equity in the courts having jurisdiction of suits for the enforcement of liens upon real property, for the condemnation and sale of the property for the payment of the sums so paid by the city or town, together with the interest, penalty, and cost of suit, the suit in equity to be brought in the manner and under the terms now provided by law for the foreclosure of property by improvement districts, so far as applicable.
(b)
Nothing herein contained shall be construed as repealing §
14-54-104
, or as preventing the cities and towns from proceedings in any manner provided by existing laws.
Acts 1903, No. 126, § 1, p. 211; 1917, No. 399, § 1, p. 1864; C. & M. Dig., § 7546; Pope's Dig., § 9620; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3807.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-108 - Wheelchair access

In any instance where a city of the first class, city of the second class, or incorporated town repairs or constructs a street curb at a corner or intersection in a business district, that city or town shall repair or construct the curb in such manner as to provide access to wheelchairs.
Acts 1981, No. 479, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3807.1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-109 - Public foot-walk required over railroad tracks near depot

The council of any city of the first or second class or of any incorporated town shall have and is vested with authority and power to require by ordinance any railroad company that has or maintains a passenger depot in the city or incorporated town in this state to construct and to maintain a public footwalk over and across its right-of-way, switches, sidetracks, and main track to its passenger depot from either or both sides of any street abutting on its right-of-way and lying opposite its passenger depot, in cases where walks have already been constructed, or required to be constructed to the right-of-way. The walks are to be uniform in kind and width with the walks with which they connect, and are to designate the width thereof, and the material of which the walk shall be constructed and maintained, and are to provide and assess penalties, fines, and forfeitures for the violation of any such ordinances.
Acts 1907, No. 301, § 1, p. 726; C. & M. Dig., § 7547; Pope's Dig., § 9621; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3808.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-110 - Straightening or abandoning streets in cities of over 15,000 inhabitants

(a)
Every city which has a population of more than fifteen thousand (15,000) inhabitants as shown by the last federal census shall have the right in all cases where a street contains offsets and sufficient property is dedicated to the offsets to:
(1)
Straighten the street and eliminate any one (1) or more of the offsets;
(2)
Abandon, with the consent of the abutting property owners and any other persons directly interested, such part of the property formerly used as a street which shall not be within the line of the street as straightened.
(b)
When any person owning property abutting any part of the property proposed to be abandoned as a street shall present to the city council his petition praying that any property be abandoned as a street, the city council shall by resolution direct the city clerk to give notice by a publication one (1) time a week for two (2) weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which the city may lie. To advise the property owners affected that on a day named in the notice the council will hear the petition and determine whether the property should be abandoned as a street and whether all abutting property owners and other persons directly interested have consented to the abandonment. At the meeting named in the notice, all property owners affected shall be heard before the council, which shall determine whether the property should be abandoned and whether all abutting property owners and other persons directly interested have consented to the abandonment. The determination and finding of the council shall be conclusive unless within thirty (30) days thereafter suit is brought to review its action in the chancery court of the county where the city lies. In determining whether all abutting property owners and other persons directly interested have consented to the abandonment, the council and the chancery court shall be guided by the record of deeds in the office of the recorder of the county and shall not consider any unrecorded instrument.
(c)
If the council finds that the property should be abandoned as a street and that all abutting property owners and other persons directly interested have consented to the abandonment, the finding shall be expressed in an ordinance which shall have all of the force and effect of a judgment. Thereupon, the absolute ownership of the property abandoned shall vest in the owners of the fee simple title to the property free from the former easement of the city therein for public use as a street.
Acts 1927, No. 40, §§ 1-3, p. 117; Pope's Dig., §§ 10028-10030; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3813 -- 19-3815.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-111 - Abandonment suits involving public interest

All suits which involve the right of any city to abandon any such property as a street or the unqualified and absolute fee simple ownership of the property free from the public easement therein for use as a street shall be deemed suits involving the public interest and shall be advanced in all courts and heard at the earliest practicable moment.
Acts 1927, No. 40, § 4, p. 117; Pope's Dig., § 10031; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3816.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-112 - Abandonment of unnecessary alleys in cities of the first class - Utilities as property owners

(a)
Whenever the city council of any city of the first class shall find and determine that any alley or other passageway across any particular block within the city is not needed for highway purposes and that the welfare of the city will be enhanced or promoted by the closing and abandoning of the alley or passageway, the city council shall have authority, acting by and through its mayor and city clerk and pursuant to resolution of the council, to join in a written agreement with the owners of all the real estate of the block to close and abandon the alley or passageway.
(b)
Upon the proper execution and acknowledgment of the instrument and the filing of it in the office of the proper circuit clerk and recorder, the title to the alley or passageway so abandoned shall vest in the owners of the real estate adjacent thereto, each adjacent owner taking title to the middle of the alley or passageway.
(c)
Express authority is granted and conferred upon cities of the first class to close and abandon alleys or other passageways in this manner.
(d)
However, any owner of property in the vicinity of the alley, feeling aggrieved by the action, may file suit within thirty (30) days after the filing of the instrument in the office of the circuit clerk and recorder to have the court determine whether he has been especially damaged by the action.
(e)
Any person, firm, or corporation which has erected or installed any conduit, pipe, cable, pole, or overhead wire along or across any such alley or passageway shall be considered a property owner whose consent to the closing of the alley or passageway must be secured as provided in this section.
Acts 1931, No. 210, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 10032; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3817.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-113 - Prohibition on adverse possession of alleys, streets, or public parks - Validity of prior deeds

(a)
No title or right of possession to any alley, street, or public park, or any portion thereof, in any city or incorporated town in this state shall or can be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy thereof. The right of the public or of any city or incorporated town in this state or of the authorities of any such city or incorporated town to open or have opened any alley, street, or public park, or parts thereof, shall not be defeated in any action or proceeding by reason or because of adverse possession or adverse occupancy of the alley, street, or public park or any portion thereof where such adverse possession or occupancy commenced after the passage of this section.
(b)
However, all deeds or conveyances to any portion of any lands dedicated to public use as a street or thoroughfare in any city of the first or second class made by authority of the city council of the city during and prior to the year 1924 shall be confirmed and validated, subject, however, to the payment of any purchase money that may be due and owing therefor. No such deed or conveyance made as aforesaid shall be impeached on the ground that it was made without authority of law. No such deed or conveyance shall be valid if any street or boulevard is thereby reduced in width to less than fifty feet (50').
Acts 1907, No. 426, § 1, p. 1147; C. & M. Dig., § 7570; Acts 1927, No. 204, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 9646; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3831.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-114 - Validation of pre-1960 conveyances of streets, etc. - Prohibition on impeaching deed

(a)
All deeds or conveyances of any street, alley, or public ground, or any portion of streets, alleys, or public grounds, executed by any city of the first class, city of the second class, or incorporated town in the State of Arkansas, conveying all or any portion of the street, alley, or public ground which before the making of the deed had been dedicated to public use, and made by authority of the city or town council of the city or incorporated town named as grantor in the deed, prior to 1960, shall be validated.
(b)
No such deed made as set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall be impeached or its validity brought in question on the ground that the deed was made without authority of law. However, this section shall not change the effect of any judgment or decree rendered by any court of this state before the passage of this section in any cause wherein the validity of the deed has been brought in question, nor shall this section be pleaded in any action now pending in any of the courts of this state wherein the validity of any deed executed by any city or town of the type referred to in subsection (a) of this section is a matter of litigation.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 878,§ 17, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1967, No. 201, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 19-3834, 19-3835.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-115) › Section 14-301-115 - Validation of pre-1925 conveyances of land for streets

(a)
All deeds or conveyances to any portion of any lands dedicated to public use as a street or thoroughfare to any incorporated town, made by authority of the city council to individuals prior to and during the year 1924, shall be and are confirmed and validated.
(b)
No such deed or conveyance made as aforesaid shall be impeached on the ground that it was made without authority of law.
Acts 1943, No. 40, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 19-3832, 19-3833.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 2 - STREET IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 14-301-201 — 14-301-207) › Section 14-301-201 - Provisions supplemental

The procedure prescribed in this subchapter for the construction of street improvements and the financing thereof shall be supplemental to all other laws of this state with respect thereto and shall not be construed to amend, repeal, or otherwise affect those laws.
Acts 1967, No. 252, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3842.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 2 - STREET IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 14-301-201 — 14-301-207) › Section 14-301-202 - Street improvement studies - Resolution of findings and determinations

(a)
When the governing body of any city or incorporated town in this state shall deem it desirable to enter into a street improvement program in the city or town or any defined areas thereof, the governing body of the city or town may cause studies to be made of:
(1)
The needs for street improvements including grading, paving, curbing, guttering, drainage, and storm sewers in the city or town or the designated areas thereof; and
(2)
The approximate cost of the improvements, the means available for financing the improvements, the portion thereof which the municipality is willing and able to pay, taking into account any funds available to the city for street improvements including federal funds and the approximate assessment which would be made against each lot or parcel of property in the defined area to reimburse the city for the cost of the improvements to be borne by the property owners in the area.
(b)
Upon the completion of the study and determination as provided for in this section, the governing body of the municipality may adopt a resolution setting forth the findings and determinations and agreeing to make the improvements and pay for the improvements out of funds available to the municipality for those purposes, provided the property owners in the municipality or defined areas thereof agree to repay the municipality the cost of the improvements or a prescribed percentage of the cost through uniform, ad valorem, according to value assessed benefits upon each lot or parcel of property in the municipality or defined areas thereof. The governing body of the municipality shall cause the resolution to be published one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
Acts 1967, No. 252, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3836.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 2 - STREET IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 14-301-201 — 14-301-207) › Section 14-301-203 - Petition to undertake improvements - Notice - Special meeting

(a)
If, within sixty (60) days after the adoption and publication of the resolution by the governing body of the municipality, petitions are filed with the clerk or recorder of the municipality containing the signatures of a majority in value of the real property owners in the municipality or the defined areas thereof requesting that the improvements be undertaken and financed in the manner as stated in the resolution adopted by the governing body of the municipality as authorized in §
14-301-202
, the clerk or recorder shall set a date and place for a public hearing on the sufficiency of the petitions.
(b)
Notice of the public hearing shall be published one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality not less than five (5) days prior to the date fixed for the hearing.
(c)
The governing body of the municipality may hold a special meeting for the purpose of conducting the hearing.
Acts 1967, No. 252, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3837.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 18 - ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND PARKING GENERALLY (§§ 14-296-101 — 14-305-110) › Chapter 301 - MUNICIPAL STREETS GENERALLY (§§ 14-301-101 — 14-301-405) › Subchapter 2 - STREET IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 14-301-201 — 14-301-207) › Section 14-301-204 - Hearing on petition - Assessments

(a)
At the time and place stated in the notice, the governing body of the municipality shall meet and hear all owners of real property of the designated areas in the municipality who wish to be heard on the question of whether the petitions contain the signatures of a majority in value of the real property owners of the designated areas in the municipality and shall make a finding and ruling as to whether the petitions contain the signatures of a majority in value of the real property owners and shall publish the finding one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
(b)
The finding and ruling of the governing body of the municipality with respect to the sufficiency of the petitions shall be final and conclusive unless questioned by action filed in the chancery court of the county in which the municipality is located within thirty (30) days after the date of publication of the findings.
(c)
If the governing body of the municipality determines that the petitions and signatures on the petition are sufficient, it shall cause an assessment to be made against each lot or parcel of real property in the municipality or the designated areas, based upon the cost of the improvements to be borne by the property owners in the district and the benefits accruing to each lot and parcel of property because of the improvements, with the assessments on property in the municipality or designated areas to be ad valorem, according to value of benefits, and uniform.
(d)
A copy of the assessed benefits shall be filed with the city clerk or recorder.
(e)
Notice that the assessed benefits have been filed with the city clerk or recorder shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, and the assessments shall be final and conclusive unless questioned by action filed in the chancery court within thirty (30) days after the date of publication of notice of the filing of the assessed benefits.
Acts 1967, No. 252, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3838.