Conway, AR Code Violation Reporting: Common Violations (2026)
Key Facts
- List type
- 15 items, explicitly non-exhaustive
- Common items
- Junk vehicles, rubbish, graffiti
- Health items
- Rodent harborage, stagnant water
- Also listed
- Unapproved basketball goals in ROW
- Base rule
- Causing/allowing a nuisance is unlawful
Summary
In the City of Conway, Arkansas, the Nuisance Abatement Code lists 15 illustrative conditions that count as a nuisance, from noxious weeds and rubbish piles to graffiti, junk vehicles and rodent harborage, and the list is explicitly non-exhaustive.
5.09.16 - Nuisances. ... C.4.1.3 Illustrative enumeration of a nuisance. The maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving or permitting to be or remain on any public or private property of any of the following items, conditions or actions is hereby declared to be and constitute a nuisance; provided, however, this enumeration shall not be deemed or construed to be conclusive, limiting or restrictive:1.Noxious weeds and other rank vegetation.2.Accumulations or storage of rubbish, garbage, materials, metals, lumber, tires, and other materials.3.Any condition which provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes and other vermin.4.Dilapidated structures. ... 12.Graffiti.13.Inoperable or abandoned motor vehicles.
Full Breakdown
Section 5.09.16(C) lays out an 'illustrative enumeration' of conditions the city treats as a nuisance if maintained, used, placed, deposited or left on any public or private property, while stating the list is not conclusive or limiting; other conditions can still qualify under the general nuisance definition in Section 5.09.16(A). The 15 enumerated items are: noxious weeds and rank vegetation; accumulations or storage of rubbish, garbage, materials, metals, lumber or tires; conditions harboring rats, mice, snakes and other vermin; dilapidated structures; unnecessary or unauthorized noises and vibrations, including animal noise; disagreeable or obnoxious odors and their sources; animal or fowl carcasses not disposed of within a reasonable time; pollution of a well, cistern, stream, lake, canal or body of water; any building or location where illegal activity is conducted; accumulated stagnant water; dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, soot or cinders in unreasonable quantities; graffiti; inoperable or abandoned motor vehicles; tarps, canvas, plastic or similar material used as fencing or to shield a structure outside a permitted repair; and unapproved permanent or temporary basketball goals on a public street or adjacent right-of-way. Section 5.09.16(B) makes it unlawful for anyone to cause, permit, maintain or allow any of these conditions to exist.
Violations & Fines
Maintaining any of the enumerated conditions, or any other condition meeting the general nuisance definition in Section 5.09.16(A), is unlawful under Section 5.09.16(B); Code Enforcement Officers investigate and issue a written notice to abate under Section 5.09.02, and continued noncompliance moves the property into the placarding and forced-abatement track the rest of Chapter 5.09 provides.
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