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Conway council repeals territorial-jurisdiction provisions to comply with Act 314 of 2025
Summary
Planning staff said Act 314 of 2025 removed municipalities' subdivision-oversight outside city limits; council adopted an ordinance repealing Conway's territorial jurisdiction provisions 6-1 after brief debate about implications for future annexations.
Council members voted 6-1 to repeal Conway's territorial-jurisdiction provisions in the zoning and subdivision code to bring local ordinances into compliance with state legislation (Act 314 of 2025).
Planning staff told the council that the recent legislative changes eliminated municipal oversight of subdivisions in the one-mile area outside city limits and said the ordinance before the council would align the city's code with state law. One councilmember described the state action as "another very shortsighted dictate from our state legislature" and cautioned that future annexations might bring into the city areas not built to city standards.
A roll-call vote followed discussion; the ordinance passed 6-1. Staff said the change is administrative code compliance and recommended continued vigilance when annexing properties into the city.
The council's action removes the city's prior territorial jurisdiction authority from the zoning/subdivision code and sends the revised code forward as described in the meeting materials.
