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Type: LRNOT
Party: 22,239
County: Pulaski
Attorney/Contact: Susan Langley

ORDINANCE NO. 22,239-AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK, ARK., REV. CODE CHAPTER 30, ARTICLE 2, § 30-43 (1988), TO INCORPORATE INCREASED RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY WIDTHS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

WHEREAS, in 2020, the Board of Directors passed Ordinance No. 21,867 (May 19, 2020), which modified the maximum width for a residential driveway to have an exemption based on distance from the garage or carport to the right-of-way; and,

WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, desires through revisions of these Codes to incorporate increased residential driveway widths as a percentage of lot frontage; and,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

Section 1. That Little Rock, Arkansas Rev. Code Chapters 30 with specified Articles, Divisions, Sections and subsections are amended as follows:

Chapter 30 – Streets and Sidewalks.
Article 2 – Construction of Curbs, Driveways, Sidewalks, Etc.
Sec. 30-43. – Layout and design generally.
(a)(2) Driveways.

a. No driveway shall be constructed within five (5) feet of a line drawn from the point of intersection of a property line with the right-of-way line of a street and perpendicular to the centerline of the street, except where property abuts an alley the minimum distance shall be ten (10) feet. The width of a residential driveway is to be 40% of the lots street frontage but shall not exceed thirty-two (32) feet in width. The maximum opening of a commercial driveway shall not exceed forty (40) feet.

Section 2. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the ordinance.

Section 3. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
PASSED: March 21, 2022
ATTEST: Susan Langley, City Clerk
APPROVED: Frank Scott, Jr., Mayor
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorney
DR1T-3/28/23