Pulaski County, AR Ordinances (2026)

Playing a radio, stereo, music reproduction system, or musical instrument loud enough to disturb residents is banned county-wide in unincorporated Pulaski County, with the 10:00 p.m…

Unincorporated Pulaski County bans loud car radios and stereos at night and sustained engine revving in driveways as a noise nuisance.

Unincorporated Pulaski County bans any unreasonably loud, disturbing noise that harms health or public peace, with an explicit 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. window naming radio, stereo and…

Pulaski County makes it unlawful under Code § 3-18(e) for a dog to disturb neighbors with loud, frequent barking or howling, whether the animal is on its owner's property or running at…

Every pawnshop, pawnbroker and secondhand goods dealer doing business in unincorporated Pulaski County must run an electronic inventory tracking system that reports required…

Pulaski County lets the sheriff's office, general services, or a county-judge-designated employee call a wrecker company to remove vehicles illegally parked in county-owned lots. The…

Pawnshops, pawnbrokers and secondhand-goods dealers in unincorporated Pulaski County must run an electronic inventory tracking system that reports required transaction data to the…

Pulaski County's planning department permit fees under § 2-242(e) apply to subdivisions, commercial, industrial, office, and multifamily development: the section says its intent is not…

Filling, grading, or altering drainage in a Pulaski County flood hazard area requires a floodplain development permit before work starts.

Pulaski County requires a floodplain development permit for any construction, fill, or land alteration in a special flood hazard area before work begins.

Pulaski County requires new or substantially improved homes in a mapped flood hazard area to elevate the lowest floor, including any basement, at least two feet above the base flood…

Pulaski County adopted an official Stormwater Management Policy by ordinance in 2007, governing drainage and runoff standards for development within the unincorporated county; the full…

Pulaski County's planning department fee schedule targets subdivisions and commercial development, not homeowners fixing up their own house: the code says so directly.

Pulaski County bans parking, storing, or dumping abandoned vehicles in any county road right-of-way, with removal required on top of the misdemeanor penalty.

Pulaski County's flood damage prevention chapter does not cancel out a subdivision's private covenants, easements or deed restrictions. Section 7-7 states that whenever chapter 7 and a…

Pulaski County's noise ordinance bans unreasonably loud noise and restricts radios, stereos, and musical instruments between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. in unincorporated areas, with fines up…

Pulaski County Code § 3-43 bans keeping any "innately wild animal," from big cats and other carnivores to venomous snakes and lizards, anywhere in the county, including inside Little…

Pulaski County requires dogs and cats in the unincorporated area to stay under restraint: fenced, chained, or leashed. Animal control officers impound any animal caught running loose…

Pulaski County declares dogs "dangerous" or "vicious" by behavior, not breed, then orders tattooing, muzzling, secure enclosures, and warning signs: with repeat offenders facing…

Commercial buildings next to homes must sit at least 40 feet back from the residential property line in unincorporated Pulaski County.

Pulaski County can order owners to clean up unsightly or unsanitary junk, garbage, or rubbish, including derelict structures, after a homeowner petition and a county judge's executive…

Pulaski County requires unincorporated-area households to set solid waste within five feet of the public road or curb line nearest their property so crews can collect it weekly.

Pulaski County's sanitation department hauls away bulky items like old appliances, furniture, tires and metal auto parts twice a year for free at any residence with an active…

Pulaski County's sanitation department collects household solid waste once a week from unincorporated areas, with residents required to place bins within five feet of the road or curb.

Pulaski County picks up grass clippings, leaves, brush, hedge trimmings and Christmas trees on a separate route from regular garbage. Section 8-18(d) requires the material bagged, in a…

Dumping rubbish, appliances or abandoned vehicles in a county road right-of-way is a misdemeanor in unincorporated Pulaski County.

Pulaski County bans dumping or storing abandoned vehicles, appliances, and building debris in county road rights-of-way, a misdemeanor under Code § 15-1.

Pulaski County requires a permit before any excavation, road cut, curb work or driveway connection (including the adjoining sidewalk) on a county right-of-way in the unincorporated…

Anyone 17 or younger in unincorporated Pulaski County must be off streets, sidewalks, parks and public places by 10:00 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and midnight Friday-Saturday, both until…

Pulaski County has no data center-specific noise ordinance: the county's general nuisance-noise law, Section 13-2, bans any unreasonably loud noise that disturbs residents in the…

Burning leaves, trash or brush in unincorporated Pulaski County during a county judge-declared burn ban draws a $250 fine, doubling for repeats.