TITLE 8

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Chapters:

8.04 Adoption of State Laws
8.08 Truck Routes
8.12 Careless/Imprudent Driving and Speed Limits
8.16 Rescue, Emergency Medical and Law Enforcement Vehicles Fund
8.20 Moving Buildings
8.24 Accepting Streets
8.28 Obstruction of Visibility, Passage, and Drainage

 
CHAPTER 8.04

ADOPTION OF STATE LAWS

Sections:

8.04.01 Adoption of state laws

8.04.01 Adoption of state laws. The “Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways of Arkansas”, as contained in Title 27 of the Arkansas Statutes, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the Mayor, is hereby adopted as traffic rules and regulations within and for the city. Any person convicted of violation of said statutes shall be deemed guilty of the violation of the ordinances of the city, and shall be fined or imprisoned or both in the manner set out under the state statutes.

 
CHAPTER 8.08

TRUCK ROUTES

Sections:

8.08.01 Definitions
8.08.02 Prohibition
8.08.03 Fine
8.08.01 Definitions

A. Truck tractors shall mean every motor vehicle designed to be used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not constructed to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.

B. Semi-trailers shall mean every vehicle, with or without motive power, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that part of its weight and bed of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.

C. Dump truck shall mean a vehicle that is designed to carry a load of six (6) or more cubic yards in its attached bed and that is unloaded by tilting the bed backward. (Ord. No. 95-139, Sec. 1.)

8.08.02 Prohibition. All truck tractors pulling semi-trailers which do not have a destination within the city of Little Flock are prohibited from operating on the streets of the city of Little Flock, except for Woods Lane and such state highways as are within the city limits of the city of Little Flock. All dump trucks, loaded or unloaded, which do not have a destination within the city of Little Flock are prohibited from operating on the streets of the city of Little Flock, except for state highways lying within the city limits of the city of Little Flock. (Ord. No. 95-139, Sec. 2.)

8.08.03 Fine. All persons violating this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished for a first offense by a fine of not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) and for a second offense and subsequent offenses by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). (Ord. No. 95-139, Sec. 3.)

 
CHAPTER 8.12

DRIVING

Sections:

8.12.01 Prohibition of Careless and Imprudent Driving
8.12.02 Penalty for Careless and Imprudent Driving
8.12.03 Establishment of Speed Limits

8.12.01 Prohibition of Careless and Imprudent Driving. Vehicles (as defined by A.C.A. 27-14-207) shall be driven on both public and private property in a careful and prudent manner and with due regard for the safety and convenience of pedestrians and all other vehicles and shall be under proper control at all time. Failure to so drive a vehicle shall be a violation of this Section. (Ord. no. 2009-329, Sec. 1., amended by Ord. No. 2015-003, Sec. 1.)

8.12.02 Penalty for Careless and Imprudent Driving. All persons operating vehicles in violation of Section 8.12.01 shall, if found guilty of a first offense, pay a fine to the city of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), and may also be required to perform public service and/or to complete an approved defensive driving course, and if found guilty of a second or subsequent offense, pay a fine to the city of not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and may also be required to perform public service and/or to complete an approved defensive driving course. (Ord. No. 2015-003, Sec. 1)

8.12.03 Establishment of Speed Limits. Unless otherwise posted, the speed limit on all paved and unpaved streets in the city (but not state highways) will be twenty-five (25) mile per hour. The Mayor and the Police Chief shall constitute a speed control board of the city and may raise or lower the speed limits on streets or portions of streets in the city, taking into consideration traffic and engineering factors, but, in no event, shall any speed limit be increased above forty-five (45) miles per hour. All changes in the speed limit shall be reported by the speed control board to the City Council, and the City Council shall have the right to overrule the decision of the speed control board.

 
CHAPTER 8.16

RESCUE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND LAW ENFORCMENT

VEHICLES FUND

Sections:

8.16.01 Establishment

8.16.01 Establishment. There is hereby established in the city of Little Flock a municipal fund to be known as the Rescue, Emergency Medical and Law Enforcement Vehicles Fund, which fund is to be used only for the purchase and maintenance of rescue, emergency medical and law enforcement vehicles for the city of Little Flock. (Ord. No. 96-151, Sec. 1.)

 
CHAPTER 8.20

MOVING BUILDINGS

Sections:

8.20.01 Prohibitions
8.20.02 Exceptions
8.20.03 Variance
8.20.04 Restrictions
8.20.05 Appeal
8.20.06 Fine

8.20.01 Prohibitions. No building or structure shall be moved from outside the city of Little Flock and relocated within the city. No building or structure shall be moved from one point in the city of Little Flock and relocated to another point within the city. (Ord. No. 97-162, Sec. 1.)

8.20.02 Exceptions. The prohibition provided in 8.20.01 shall not apply to the following:

A. Manufactured houses;

B. New modular houses; and

C. Buildings or structures 12 feet or less in width.(Ord. No. 97-162, Sec. 2.)

8.20.03 Variance. Upon good cause shown, the City Council of the city of Little Flock may grant a variance to allow the relocating of a building, provided that the variance does not violate the spirit of the prohibition provided in 8.20.01 subject to the exceptions provided in 8.20.02. (Ord. No. 97-162, Sec. 3.)

8.20.04 Restrictions. Buildings and structures may be moved from within the city of Little Flock to points outside the city upon the following conditions:

A. The mover obtains a moving permit from the city upon payment of a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00);

B. The mover posts a bond in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00);

C. The mover provides proof of liability insurance in an amount at least equal to the minimum amounts required by Arkansas law;

D. The mover obtains the approval of the Little Flock Fire Chief and Little Flock Police Chief as to the time and date of the mover and the route to be followed;

E. The mover gives advance notice to all utility companies which may have utility lines along the moving route; and

F. The building or structure may not exceed 18 feet in height when loaded for moving. (Ord. No. 97-162, Sec. 4.)

8.20.05 Appeal. The denial of issuance of a moving permit may be appealed, in writing, to the Little Flock Planning Commission. A denial of a moving permit appeal by the Little Flock Planning Commission may be appealed to the Little Flock City Council. (Ord. No. 97-162, Sec. 5.)

8.20.06 Fine. Any person or entity violating any provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), plus the city’s costs of enforcement. Each act of violation and each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. No. 97-162, Sec. 6.)

 
CHAPTER 8.24

ACCEPTING STREETS

Sections:

8.24.01 Accepting streets
8.24.01 Accepting streets

Ord. No. 2012-400 Streets of the Meadow Subdivision

 
CHAPTER 8.28

OBSTRUCTION OF VISIBILITY, PASSAGE, AND DRAINAGE

Sections:

8.28.01  Intersection Visibility
8.28.02 Traffic Sign or Signal Visibility
8.28.038 Public Right-of-Way Passage
8.28.04   Public Right-of-Way Drainage
8.28.05   Penalty/Remedy

8.28.01 Intersection Visibility. It shall be unlawful, at public street intersections in residential areas, for any person to have a fence, wall, or hedge higher than three (3) feet, or to have any other obstruction to vision other than a post, column, or tree not exceeding one (1) foot in diameter between a height of three (3) feet and ten (10) feet inside the triangular area formed by the edge of pavement at 25 feet from the point of their intersection after the City has given the person fourteen (14) days’ notice of the violation.

8.28.02 Traffic Sign or Signal Visibility. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow trees, shrubs or bushes growing on the person’s property to interfere with traffic signs or signals on a public way-of-way or easement after the City has given the person seven (7) days’ notice of the violation.

8.28.03 Public Right-of-Way Passage. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow trees, shrubs or bushes growing on the person’s property to interfere with the passage of pedestrians, bicyclists, vehicles on a public way-of-way or easement after the City has given the person seven (7) days’ notice of the violation.

8.28.04 Public Right-of-Way Drainage. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow trees, shrubs or bushes growing on the person’s property to interfere with the flow of drainage water on any public right-of-way or easement after the City has given the person seven (7) days’ notice of the violation.

8.28.05 Penalty/Remedy. A person found guilty of violating this Chapter of the Little Flock Code shall be assessed a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $250.00. As an alternative remedy, the City may cure the violation after giving the required notice and charge the person in violation the cost of the remedial action. As a further alternative remedy, the City may cure the violation without giving the required notice and not charge the person in violation the cost of the remedial action.