Fayetteville, AR

Fayetteville allows female chickens and ducks, no roosters: four on lots up to 5,000 sq ft, scaling to a maximum of 20 on larger lots. Coops sit 25 feet from a neighbor's home…

Fayetteville allows backyard beehives under UDC Sec. 164.04: two hives on lots up to 5,000 sq ft, up to four on larger lots. Hives sit 20 feet from a fenced property line, must be…

Fayetteville bans keeping wild animals as pets: primates, raccoons, skunks, foxes, wolves, coyotes, venomous snakes, and big cats are all prohibited under Sec. 92.28. Display or…

Fayetteville prohibits dogs and cats from running at large: they must be leashed, in an enclosure, or on a compliant trolley when off the owner's property. Chaining a dog to a fixed…

Feeding or baiting deer is illegal throughout Fayetteville, which sits in Arkansas's CWD Management Zone. State Game & Fish Regulation 07.06 bans putting out food, grain, minerals, or…

Fayetteville has no breed-specific ban: pit bulls and other breeds are legal. The city regulates dogs by behavior. Any dog can be declared dangerous or vicious and face muzzle…

Washington County runs a voucher-based spay/neuter program under Code § 700.02 rather than a blanket sterilization mandate. Sterilization becomes mandatory in two specific situations…

Fayetteville caps short-term rental occupancy at two people per bedroom under Sec. 164.26(B), and the approved occupancy on the business license cannot be exceeded. Special events are…

Fayetteville short-term rentals must follow the Chapter 96 noise ordinance, and Sec. 164.26(D) flatly prohibits special events, weddings, receptions, parties, fundraisers, and…

Fayetteville requires every short-term rental owner to provide proof of a current homeowners insurance rider that fully covers the unit when used as an STR, as a condition of the…

Fayetteville limits short-term rental parking to the maximum number of vehicles the underlying zoning district allows for that residential building, under Sec. 164.26(C). No separate…

Every Fayetteville STR needs its own business license, a life-safety and egress inspection, and proof of HMR tax registration. Rentals split into owner-occupied Type 1 (uncapped) and…

Fayetteville short-term rentals owe the city's 2% hotel, motel, and restaurant (HMR) tax plus Arkansas's 2% state tourism tax and 6.5% state sales tax, on top of local sales taxes…

Fayetteville has no defensible-space mandate, but an uncontrolled brush or grass fire is a declared public nuisance under Code Sec. 94.04, and the fire department can abate it and bill…

Backyard recreational fires and portable outdoor fireplaces are legal in Fayetteville without a burn permit, but a responsible adult must tend the fire at all times and the Mayor can…

Consumer fireworks are legal in Fayetteville only on private property with the owner's consent, only July 1-3 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and July 4 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Skyrockets and…

Open burning of brush and yard debris in Fayetteville requires a free residential burn permit from the Fire Department, valid only for the day it is issued. No petroleum products, no…

Arkansas Code § 15-75-101 et seq. establishes the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board with exclusive statewide authority over propane storage, container standards, and dealer licensing…

Fayetteville street parking follows Code Chapter 72. Park headed with traffic within 18 inches of the curb, and never within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, on a sidewalk, in front of a…

Fayetteville has no blanket overnight ban on passenger cars, but oversized vehicles and RVs are barred from city streets midnight to 6 a.m. Any vehicle may sit in one street spot no…

In Fayetteville single-family districts, a driveway and off-street parking may cover no more than 40% of the front yard and must be a defined paved or edged surface. No more than four…

Fayetteville prohibits parking any truck, tractor, or trailer over one-ton capacity on a city street between midnight and 6 a.m. under Code Sec. 72.15. No vehicle may sit in one street…

Fayetteville bans parking motorhomes, RVs, fifth-wheel trailers, and campers on any city street from midnight to 6 a.m. On your own lot, boats and trailers in the front yard count…

Fayetteville removes unattended and abandoned vehicles under Code Sec. 90.02, following Arkansas law A.C.A. Sec. 27-50-1202 et seq. A vehicle left in one street spot over 72 hours can…

Arkansas sets no statewide ceiling on hookup, mileage or storage charges, and it has no statutory drop fee for a driver who returns before the truck leaves. What it does give you…

Fayetteville sets no flat residential fence-height cap. Any fence 7 feet or under needs no building permit; taller fences require one. Vision-clearance rules and accessory-structure…

Fayetteville requires a building permit only for fences taller than 7 feet; fences 7 feet and under are permit-exempt. Applications go to the Building Safety Division, and overlay…

Arkansas has no shared-cost residential fence statute, so Washington County neighbors split fence expenses only by agreement. Rural boundary and livestock fencing follows the state…

Arkansas Code 14-56-204 preempts cities from dictating residential exterior cladding materials, roof materials, colors, and architectural ornamentation. The statute applies statewide…

Fayetteville allows a home occupation sign of up to 3 square feet mounted flat against the wall. Under UDC §174.03, that sign is exempt from the sign-permit requirement. Freestanding…

Arkansas's Food Freedom Act lets Fayetteville home cooks sell homemade food directly to consumers with no license, inspection, or sales cap: just proper labeling. Fayetteville's zoning…

In Fayetteville, caring for up to six children counts as a home occupation and an allowed residential use under UDC Chapter 151. Larger childcare is a commercial day care (Use Unit 25)…

Customer traffic is the dividing line for Fayetteville home businesses. A home occupation that draws client or customer vehicle trips to the home is a Use Unit 24 conditional use; the…

Fayetteville regulates home businesses under Use Unit 24 of the Unified Development Code. A non-traffic-generating home business is an allowed residential use, but any home occupation…

Arkansas has never created a microenterprise home kitchen category, and it has no exemption that lets a private home cook meals to order for paying customers. A.C.A. §…

Fayetteville makes amplified music, radio, or instruments plainly audible 150 feet from the source between 1 AM and 8 AM an automatic violation (Sec. 96.02(C)). Commercial zones…

Fayetteville caps residential noise at 60 dB(A) daytime and 55 dB(A) from 11 PM to 7 AM under Chapter 96. Amplified sound plainly audible 150 feet away between 1 AM and 8 AM is…

Fayetteville only restricts private construction noise between 11 PM and 7 AM (until 9 AM Sundays) near homes, under Sec. 96.02(D). Daytime and evening construction is otherwise…

Fayetteville's animal code (Chapter 92) defines a noisy animal as any domestic animal that barks, whines, or howls in an unwarranted, continuous, loud, or frequent fashion. Animal…

Fayetteville does not ban leaf blowers by type or set special hours. As a transient sound source under Chapter 96, lawn equipment cannot exceed 20 dB(A) above the zone's noise limit…

Fayetteville's tree permits are development-based, not lot-based. Chapter 167 requires an approved Tree Preservation Plan before land disturbance for subdivisions, large-scale…

Homeowners can trim their own trees, but any business doing tree work in Fayetteville must hold a City Commercial Tree Pruner/Service Certificate and carry $100,000 liability coverage…

Overgrown grass is a city matter in Washington County. Fayetteville, Springdale, and Prairie Grove order weeds cut under Ark. Code §14-54-901, then bill the owner. The unincorporated…

Arkansas allows rainwater harvesting statewide for non-potable purposes under Arkansas Code 17-38-201. Systems must be designed by a licensed engineer, include cross-connection…

Fayetteville requires a building permit for in-ground and permanent pool installation. The city adopts the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, plus electrical and plumbing…

Unincorporated Washington County enforces no residential building code, so it mandates no pool barrier. But Fayetteville and Springdale enforce the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code, which…

Fayetteville allows backyard sheds and accessory buildings smaller than 50% of the principal structure. A structure 10 feet or less in height must sit 3 feet from a side line and 5…

Converting a garage in unincorporated Washington County needs no building permit, since the county enforces no building code. But making it a separate dwelling triggers Additional…

In unincorporated Washington County a second home is an Additional Dwelling Unit needing Planning review and a septic permit, since base zoning is one unit per acre. Fayetteville, by…

A foundation tiny home is allowed on its own acre in unincorporated Washington County under the one-unit-per-acre zoning, needing a septic permit but no building inspection. On wheels…

Fayetteville protects notable trees through a voluntary Tree Registry, not a mandatory heritage-tree law. Owners can register trees of historic merit, rare species, or extraordinary…

Fayetteville requires a $40 principal permit plus a $5 permit for each door-to-door peddler or solicitor under Code §116.02. Individual solicitors must pass an Arkansas State Police…

Fayetteville residents can get a free 'no soliciting/no peddling' decal from the Planning Department. Once a decal or a 'no solicitors,' 'no peddlers,' or 'no trespassing' sign is…

Fayetteville runs weekly municipal curbside collection with household trash, recycling, and yard waste all picked up on the same assigned day. Look up your day with the city's Find My…

Fayetteville gives each single-family, duplex, and townhome household one free bulky waste pickup per year. Call RTC at 479-575-8398 to schedule; appointments can be two or more weeks…

Fayetteville uses a single-stream blue recycling cart for most materials, but glass must be separated into its own bin collected every other week. Curbside recycling serves…

Fayetteville's Code Compliance program enforces nuisance standards on overgrowth, junk, debris, inoperable vehicles, and dangerous structures. Grass over 8 inches on an occupied lot is…

Fayetteville deems a vacant lot overgrown when grass or weeds reach 18 inches, versus 8 inches on an occupied lot. Owners must control growth and remove junk and debris or the city…

Fayetteville caps building height in stories, not feet. Single-family districts including RSF-4 limit buildings to 3 stories. Denser and downtown form-based districts allow more…

In Fayetteville's RSF-4 district, all buildings on a lot may cover no more than 40% of the lot area; RSF-7 and RSF-8 allow up to 50%. The code calls this the building area, and…

Fayetteville's common single-family zone, RSF-4, requires a 15-foot front, 5-foot side, and 15-foot rear setback. Larger-lot districts like RSF-1 demand 35-foot front and rear yards…

Fayetteville's outdoor lighting ordinance, UDC Chapter 176, requires most outdoor fixtures to be hooded, shielded, and aimed downward to cut glare and light pollution. Single- and…

Fayetteville's lighting ordinance requires all direct illumination from a regulated fixture to stay within the owner's property boundaries under UDC 176.05(D). Enforcement is…

Fayetteville's sign code has no garage-sale exemption and bans off-site signs, so directional yard-sale signs on corners, other lots, utility poles, or the right-of-way are prohibited…

Fayetteville regulates political signs content-neutrally as non-commercial signs. A resident may post one on private property year-round, plus additional temporary election signs…

Permitted Fayetteville food trucks may work a spot for up to 12 hours, then must move out of view. They can use marked parallel parking spaces not in front of a business selling…

Fayetteville food trucks need an outdoor mobile vendor permit under UDC §178.04. The $125 application doubles as the vendor's business license, and requires county and state health…

Fayetteville requires no permit for a garage or yard sale. The city caps sales at one location to four per year, each running no more than three consecutive days.

Fayetteville protects streams with buffer zones under Section 168.12. A 25-foot waterside zone and 25-foot management zone, at least 50 feet from the top of bank, restrict grading…

Washington County regulates development in Special Flood Hazard Areas under its Flood Damage Prevention Program. The ordinance restricts building, filling, grading, mining and other…

Any construction disturbing one acre or more in Washington County needs coverage under Arkansas DEQ's construction general permit (ARR150000) plus a SWPPP. Fayetteville and Springdale…

Construction sites in Washington County must control erosion and sediment under Arkansas DEQ permit ARR150000 once one acre is disturbed. Silt fence, wattles, and stabilized entrances…

Cutting a ditch or trench across or along any Washington County road right-of-way requires a permit from the County Road Department, plus a cash, surety, or property bond guaranteeing…

Washington County records a standing notice in the Circuit Clerk's real estate records under Code of Ordinances Section 1320.05(1), warning buyers of unincorporated land that…

Washington County declares "the right to farm" to be official county policy under Code of Ordinances Section 1320.05(10), and folds the state's farm-nuisance protections into county…

Sexually oriented businesses in unincorporated Washington County face strict location limits: 500 feet from churches, schools and parks, 200 to 400 feet from residential areas, and…

Washington County requires every scrap metal recycler regulated under Arkansas's secondhand-dealer statute, A.C.A. §§ 17-44-101 et seq., to keep and transmit all required transaction…

Arkansas regulates retail sale of vapor products and e-cigarettes, requiring permits, age verification, and compliance with state tobacco laws. Sales to anyone under 21 are prohibited…

Washington County's unincorporated area does not require a separate building permit for ordinary agricultural or single-family construction: Code of Ordinances Section 1320.07(16)…

Only medical dispensaries are legal in Arkansas, and licensed ones operate in Washington County, including Fayetteville. Under Amendment 98 a dispensary may not sit within 1,500 feet…

Growing marijuana at home is illegal everywhere in Washington County, including for medical cardholders. Arkansas's medical program has no home-grow, and recreational cannabis failed…

Arkansas requires no just cause to evict, and Washington County cannot add one. It is the only state with a criminal eviction remedy: under Ark. Code §18-16-101 a tenant who won't…

Arkansas offers two eviction tracks. The civil unlawful-detainer route (Ark. Code 18-60-304) requires 3 days' written notice to quit before suit, with no chance to pay and stay. The…

Arkansas was long the only state with no implied warranty of habitability. A 2021 law (Ark. Code 18-17-502) now imposes minimum standards for leases entered or renewed after Nov. 1…

Arkansas has no statute requiring a landlord to give advance notice (such as 24 hours) before entering an occupied unit. Ark. Code 18-17-602 only obligates the tenant not to…

Ark. Code 18-17-704 lets either party end a month-to-month tenancy with at least 30 days' written notice, or a week-to-week tenancy with 7 days. Federal SCRA allows military members to…

Rent control is illegal at the local level in Arkansas. Ark. Code § 14-16-601 bars any local governmental unit, including a county, city, village, or township, from enacting…

Arkansas Act 459 of 2025 strips cities and counties of authority to regulate rental application fees or security deposit amounts on private residential or commercial property, applying…

Arkansas caps a residential security deposit at two months' rent under Ark. Code § 18-16-304. The landlord must return the deposit, with an itemized written notice of any deductions…

Arkansas adverse possession under Ark. Code 18-11-106 requires 7 years of actual or constructive possession with color of title plus payment of ad valorem taxes during that period. A…

Parks across Washington County close at posted hours. Most Fayetteville parks close at 11 p.m., while the lakes close at sunset and Kessler Mountain runs 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Staying…

Commercial drone operations in Arkansas require FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot certification and compliance with state critical-infrastructure and privacy laws. Federal preemption controls…

Act 643 of 2017 reserves wage regulation to the state, barring Arkansas cities and counties from setting a local minimum wage above the state rate. Local wage ordinances are void and…

Arkansas issues concealed handgun carry licenses through Arkansas State Police. Enhanced licenses allow carry in additional locations. Permitless carry is also recognized for…

Arkansas law preempts cities and counties from regulating firearms, ammunition, and components. Local rules conflicting with state law are void, with limited exceptions for public…

Arkansas permits open carry of handguns by qualifying adults under state interpretation of Act 746. Local governments cannot restrict open carry beyond state law due to firearms…

Arkansas allows lawful adults to carry handguns in personal vehicles without a license under state law. Local governments cannot impose additional vehicle-carry restrictions due to…

Arkansas Constitutional Amendment 100 confines casino gaming to four locations statewide: Southland in Crittenden County, Oaklawn in Garland County, and one Racing Commission-awarded…

Arkansas allows charitable bingo and raffles only under Ark. Code Ann. § 23-114-101 et seq., administered by the Department of Finance and Administration under DFA Rule 2007-4. A…

Arkansas legalized sports wagering under Amendment 100, but only casino licensees may take the action. Racing Commission Rule 23 CAR § 358-2002 bars anyone from operating a race book…

Arkansas has no homeowners' association act, so an Arkansas HOA's meeting and record duties come from the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993, Ark. Code § 4-33-101 et seq., if…

Act 1106 of 2003, approved April 7, 2003, makes it unlawful for a homeowner's association, property owner's association or any other private entity in Arkansas to adopt a rule or enter…

Arkansas has never passed a homeowners' association act, so no statute caps what an Arkansas association may fine you, sets a cure period, or requires a hearing before a monetary…

Arkansas has no homeowners association act and no assessment lien statute of any kind. A full-text search of the Arkansas Code returns no section creating a lien for community…

Arkansas has no statute restricting an association's power to ban or cap leasing. There is no grandfathering for owners already renting, no minimum lease term, no percentage cap on…

The Arkansas Code authorises no sobriety checkpoint and prohibits none: the words checkpoint and roadblock do not appear anywhere in it in a traffic-stop sense, and the Code of…

Arkansas never enacted an express right to record the police, and it never enacted a stand-back distance either. Two other sections do the work. Ark. Code § 5-60-120 makes Arkansas a…

Arkansas never enacted a general duty to give your name to a police officer. The one place refusing to identify yourself is an element of a crime is the loitering offense at Ark. Code…

Arkansas has no statewide golf cart registration and no low-speed vehicle plate. A golf cart may be driven on a city street only if that municipality has adopted an ordinance under…

Arkansas Code § 14-1-104, enacted by Act 751 of 2021, preempts cities and counties from regulating 'auxiliary containers' including plastic bags. Local taxes, fees, and bans on…

Every Arkansas electric utility must let a customer interconnect a solar net-metering facility through a two-channel bidirectional meter, with rates, terms, and excess-generation…

Arkansas Code 5-27-227 prohibits selling, giving, or furnishing tobacco, vapor, or alternative nicotine products to anyone under 21. Retailers must verify age and post required…

Arkansas does not impose a statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vape products beyond federal restrictions on certain cartridge-based e-cigarettes. Sales of flavored products remain…

Arkansas is one of the few states that makes it unlawful to switch auxiliary driving lights on at all unless they fit a closed list. Ark. Code § 27-36-221 permits them only where they…

Arkansas has no dash cam statute, so a camera is judged by two windshield obstruction sections that Act 1251 of 1999 rewrote together. Under Ark. Code § 27-37-304(a)(1)(A) anything…

No Arkansas statute uses the words lane splitting, filtering, or lane sharing, and the General Assembly has never written a motorcycle-specific lane rule of any kind. What governs…

A.C.A. § 27-14-716(c)(1) prohibits placing any type of cover over an Arkansas license plate that makes the plate more difficult to read or that reduces its reflective properties. The…

Arkansas has never written a radar detector law. The phrase does not appear anywhere in the Arkansas Code or in the Code of Arkansas Rules, and neither does any jamming offense. The…

Arkansas lets you run metal studded tires on public highways for five months a year, from November 15 through April 15, and only if the studs protrude no more than one-sixteenth of an…

On 1994 and newer vehicles Arkansas allows aftermarket film down to 25 percent net light transmission on the side windows and side wings beside the driver and immediately behind, and…