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ORDINANCE NO.2026 - AN ORDINANCE TO VARIOUS RESIDENTIAL PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 ZONING OF THE BATESVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, several acts of the Arkansas General Assembly affecting municipal zoning regulations required revision; and, WHEREAS, the Batesville Planning Commission desired to revise Chapters 14Vf and'] 4.08 to reformat their organization to simplify and make easier to understand; and, WHEREAS, the Batesville Planning Commission recommends the deletion of chapters 14.13, and 14.28 which are either relevant to the adoption of ordinances or have long since been superseded by subsequent ordinances; and, WHEREAS, the Batesville Planning Commission conducted a properly advertised public hearing on December 8, 2025; and, WHEREAS, the Batesville Planning Commission, at its regular meeting on November 3, 2025, recommended, by unanimous vote, that said recommended revisions to Title 14 Zoning be adopted by the Batesville City Council. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE,CITY OF. BATESVILLE,ARKANSAS: Section 1. Chapter 14.02.02. of Title 14 is amended as follows: Add the following definition between "Public Utility" and "Rehabilitative Home" Recreational vehicle park. A parcel of land where three or more spaces are occupied or intended for temporary occupancy by recreational vehicles for transient dwelling purposes. Section 2. Chapter 14.05 of Title 14 is amended as follows: Add the following to remove duplicate wordings in chapter 14.08 and move to a location in the code more appropriate for general application: 14.05.13. Sexually oriented business Sexually oriented businesses shall comply with all of the following restrictions. A. No sexually oriented business may not be operated within one thousand feet (1,000'), measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects from the nearest property line of the sexually oriented business to the nearest property line of any of the following: 1. a church; 2. a church sponsored youth activity center; 3. a public or private elementary, secondary, or post -secondary school or pre-school; 4. a public park; 5. a museum; 6. a licensed day-care or child care center; 7. an entertainment business that is oriented primarily towards children; 8. a boundary of any residential district; 9. a boundary of any commercial or traditional business district or a property legally used as a residential use in said commercial or traditional business use;