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ORDINANCE NO. 2025 - <br />AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND VARIOUS RESIDENTIAL PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 ZONING <br />OF THE BATESVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. <br />WHEREAS, various provisions of Title 14 of the Batesville Municipal Code affecting residential <br />zoning requirements are in need of updating or improving; and, <br />WHEREAS, several acts of the Arkansas General Assembly affecting municipal zoning regulations <br />required revision; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Batesville Planning Commission desired to revise Chapter 14.06 to reformat its <br />organization to simplify it and make it easier to understand; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Batesville Planning Commission conducted a properly advertised public hearing on <br />November 3, 2025; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Batesville Planning Commission, at its regular meeting on November 3, 2025, <br />recommended, by unanimous vote, that said recommended revisions to Title 14 Zoning be adopted by the <br />Batesville City Council. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS: <br />Section 1. Chapter 14.02.02. of Title 14 is amended as follows: <br />Add the following definition between "Accessory Use" and "Alley" <br />Accessory dwelling unit. A self-contained and independently accessed living unit on the same <br />parcel as a single-family dwelling of greater square footage that includes its own cooking, <br />sleeping, and sanitation facilities and complies with or is otherwise exempt from any applicable <br />regulatory requirements. Said dwelling may attached, detached or internal to the single-family <br />dwelling on the lot or parcel. <br />Add the following definition between "Child Care Facility" and "Children's Advocacy Center" <br />Child Care Home Facility. A childcare setting in which the caregiver provides child care in a <br />family residence or a residence with a homelike environment for up to sixteen (16) children. In <br />making an application for this use, an applicant must indicate whether the home will be operated <br />as a Registered Child Care Family Home (5 or less children) or a Licensed Child Care Family <br />Home (6-16 children) <br />Add the following definition after the definition of "Manufactured Home": <br />Manufactured Home Park. A parcel of land upon which five (5) or more manufactured homes <br />are harbored, temporarily or long term, for rent or other form of charge, subject to the siting <br />requirements of this Code. <br />Add the following graphic to the definition of Yard or Setback. <br />5 <br />E <br />a <br />! <br />T__-J <br />a <br />