Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Berryville, Arkansas

Berryville’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside Berryville city limits (City of Berryville, Arkansas, per berryvillear.gov). Berryville city adopts and administers its own zoning chapters in Title XIV of its municipal code.

  • The city is divided into ten zoning districts; use and dimensional rules are set by district.
  • The official zoning map is on file with the city clerk and is part of the code.
  • Territory annexed after the ordinance is automatically classified R-1 residential until a zoning hearing is held (Section 14.12.03).
  • Planned unit developments require city council approval after planning commission review.
  • County identity of the city was not stated on the pages opened; the city site title identifies it as 'city of berryville, arkansas'.

  “the city of berryville is divided into ten (10) zoning districts to be known as follows: r-1 residential district r-2 residential district r-3 residential district r-4 residential district r-o residential-office district rmh residential manufactured housing district mhp manufactured home park district c-1 central business district c-2 highway commercial district i-1 industrial district”

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Land inside Berryville city limits: the ten zoning districts named in Title XIV.

  • Districts named: R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 residential; R-O residential-office; RMH residential manufactured housing; MHP manufactured home park; C-1 central business; C-2 highway commercial; I-1 industrial.
  • District boundaries are on the official zoning map kept by the city clerk; the map image itself was not opened.
  • Section 14.12.03 classifies newly annexed territory as R-1 until a zoning hearing.

  “the city of berryville is divided into ten (10) zoning districts to be known as follows: r-1 residential district r-2 residential district r-3 residential district r-4 residential district r-o residential-office district rmh residential manufactured housing district mhp manufactured home park district c-1 central business district c-2 highway commercial district i-1 industrial district”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  R-1 residential district inside Berryville city limits: single-family dwelling lot.

  • Two-family dwelling in R-1 requires lot width 80 feet and 10,000 square feet (table text, as extracted from the PDF).
  • The row is introduced by 'except as provided in section 14.14.03', which was not opened; exceptions there are unverified.
  • PDF table text is garbled in extraction; confirm against the printed table in the PDF.

  minimum lot width: >= 60 feet (two-family dwelling: 80 feet) · minimum lot area: >= 7500 square feet (two-family dwelling: 10,000 square feet)

  “r-1 lot width lot area single family dwelling 60 feet 7,500 square ft.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — R-4 residential district inside Berryville city limits: single-family dwelling lot.

    “r-4 lot width lot area single family dwelling 40 feet 5,000 square ft.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Berryville or Carroll County directly.

• Building permit — Building permit requirement for new homes inside Berryville city limits
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside Berryville city limits
• Building code adopted — Building code adoption inside Berryville city limits
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Berryville city limits
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy inside Berryville city limits

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.