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Arkansas Code Title 18. Property § 18-15-201. Parks--Boulevards--Buildings

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) The right of eminent domain is granted to municipal corporations and to counties to condemn property for the purpose of parks, boulevards, and public buildings.

(2) In case of municipal corporations, the parks and boulevards may be situated at a distance of not exceeding five (5) miles from the corporate limits and shall remain under the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation.

(b)(1) Improvement districts may be organized under § 14-88-201 et seq. to aid the municipal corporations to acquire the parks and boulevards.

(2)(A) The improvement districts may embrace the whole or any part of the territory of such municipal corporations.

(B) The improvement districts may embrace territory benefited outside of the municipal corporations if a majority in value of the owners of real property in the adjacent territory and a majority in value of the owners of real property in that portion of the district within the municipal corporation shall file with the city or town council a petition thereof in the manner provided by Acts 1889, No. 18, § 2.

(c) The proceedings for the condemnation shall be in accordance with §§ 18-15-301--18-15-307.

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