Overview
Code type
euclidean
Naming convention
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Pre-2024 Rogers Code Chapter 14 was a classic Euclidean code with R-1 / R-2 / R-3 / R-4 residential, C-1 / C-2 / C-3 commercial, M-1 / M-2 industrial, plus a PUD district. The 2024 UDC adoption-by-reference and 2026 recodification preserved a Euclidean base structure but introduced a Downtown Neighborhood Transition Zone (D-NBT, §14-715 explicitly retained from the repealed chapter) suggesting hybrid form-based elements in the downtown corridor. Final classification awaits gridics retrieval.
Worth knowing
- {"quirk": "Rogers Code Chapter 14 was explicitly REPEALED by Ord. 24-34 (2024-07-23), with the entire Unified Development Code adopted by reference and housed at codehub.gridics.com \u2014 incorporation-by-reference under ACA \u00a714-55-207 is permitted in Arkansas and was procedurally followed. Only one section of the old chapter survived: \u00a714-715 (Downtown Neighborhood Transition Zone, D-NBT). This makes Rogers the first AR city in this corpus to fully off-load its zoning text to an external SaaS platform (Gridics CodeHub).", "status": "confirmed"}
- {"quirk": "Rogers's 2026-05-12 master recodification (Ord. 26-51) is brand new (6 days before this v2 ship) and is the most up-to-date recodification of the city code; the UDC remains externally housed and is not duplicated inline.", "status": "confirmed"}
- {"quirk": "Gridics CodeHub is a React SPA built on Drupal 10; non-JS fetchers see only an empty React root. This blocks WebFetch-based retrieval. Workarounds: (a) headless browser, (b) request UDC PDF copy from Rogers Community Development at (479) 621-1186, (c) ACA \u00a725-19-103 FOIA request to City Clerk. Re-research queued.", "status": "confirmed"}
+ 3 more in Quirks & notes
Districts
res_sf 3com 3ind 2res_mf 1spec 1
| Code | Name | Category | Min lot | Height | Coverage | FAR | Du/ac | Parking | Setbacks F/S/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R-1 | R-1 Single-Family Low Density (inferred carry-forward) | res_sf | 9,000 sf | 35 ft | — | 0.4 | 4.8 | 2 | 25 / 10 / 20 |
| R-2 | R-2 Single-Family Medium Density (inferred carry-forward) | res_sf | 7,000 sf | 35 ft | — | 0.55 | 6.2 | 2 | 20 / 8 / 15 |
| R-3 | R-3 Single-Family High Density (inferred carry-forward) | res_sf | 5,500 sf | 35 ft | — | 0.65 | 7.8 | 2 | 15 / 6 / 15 |
| R-4 | R-4 Multi-Family (inferred carry-forward) | res_mf | 12,000 sf | 50 ft | — | 1 | 17.4 | 1.5 | 25 / 15 / 25 |
| C-1 | C-1 Neighborhood Commercial (inferred carry-forward) | com | 3,000 sf | 35 ft | — | 0.75 | — | 3 | 15 / — / — |
| C-2 | C-2 General Commercial (inferred carry-forward) | com | 5,000 sf | 50 ft | — | 1.25 | — | 2.5 | 10 / — / — |
| C-3 | C-3 Highway Commercial (inferred carry-forward) | com | 8,000 sf | 35 ft | — | 0.6 | — | 2 | 25 / — / — |
| M-1 | M-1 Light Industrial (inferred carry-forward) | ind | 10,000 sf | 40 ft | — | 0.5 | — | — | — / 20 / — |
| M-2 | M-2 Heavy Industrial (inferred carry-forward) | ind | 20,000 sf | 50 ft | — | 0.4 | — | — | — / 50 / — |
| PUD | Planned Unit Development (inferred carry-forward) | spec | 217,800 sf | —[1] | — | —[2] | —[3] | — | — / — / — |
Confidence: confirmed partial under review not found
Overlays
D-NBT
Downtown Neighborhood Transition Zone
SPECDowntown Rogers transition area — explicit boundary on Rogers zoning map; transition between downtown core and adjacent residential neighborhoods.
FPO
Floodplain Overlay (presumed)
SPECFEMA SFHA (Mountain Creek / Beaver Lake watershed / Illinois River tributary corridors mapped Zone A/AE).
HD
Historic District (presumed)
SPECDowntown Rogers historic district (Walnut Street / 1st Street core); designated historic properties per Historic Preservation Commission.
State preemptions
Act 313 of 2025 (HB 1503) — ADU by-rightapplies
Qualifying condition
Statewide preemption: every Arkansas municipality must allow at least one ADU by right on any lot containing a single-family home in any single-family zoning district, with administrative approval only, ADU size capped at lesser of 75% of primary dwelling floor area or 1,000 sf, zero parking required, and a $250 cap on combined municipal application fees. Rogers's pre-2024 R-1 through R-3 single-family district rosters were carried forward by reference into the UDC; all SF districts are in scope.
Source
zoning/us/arkansas/preemptions.json rule ar-act-313-2025-adu-by-right; effective date 2026-01-01 (past today's review date 2026-05-18, status in_force).
Effect
On any qualifying single-family lot in Rogers's UDC SF districts: city must approve one ADU administratively, may not require parking, may not enforce size restrictions beyond the state cap, may not charge >$250 in combined application fees.
Act 1035 of 2023 — STR partial preemptionapplies
Qualifying condition
Statewide: city may not ban owner-occupied STRs in any zoning district where single-family residential use is permitted, may not cap STR permits more strictly than its general lodging framework, may not require minimum rental durations exceeding 28 days, and may not require STR-only discretionary permits. Rogers is a tourism-adjacent NW Arkansas city (Beaver Lake, Pinnacle Hills, Walmart-HQ region) with material STR demand; Rogers's pre-Act 1035 STR ordinance — if any — was carried into the UDC. Rogers has no pre-2011 STR ordinance of record that would grandfather more restrictive rules.
Source
zoning/us/arkansas/preemptions.md §ACA §14-54-1604; UDC roster verification pending gridics retrieval.
Effect
Rogers may register STRs and collect equivalent hotel-occupancy tax; may not ban owner-occupied STRs in residential districts or impose STR-only discretionary review. STR compliance status of Rogers's current ordinance pending direct review.
Retrieval issue
Rogers UDC STR sections not retrievable from gridics SPA; STR-compliance review against Act 1035 deferred.
Act 757 of 2023 — Building permit / inspection shot clockapplies
Qualifying condition
Statewide procedural preemption applicable to all AR municipalities including Rogers. Rogers's Risk Reduction Division (city building department, (479) 621-1100) administers permits; must conform to 20-business-day initial / 10-business-day re-review timelines and accept third-party private-provider inspections.
Source
zoning/us/arkansas/preemptions.md §HB 1503 / Act 757 of 2023.
Effect
Procedural compliance required; substantive zoning is not preempted.
Act 594 of 2023 — Exactions / impact fees (Nollan-Dolan codification)applies
Qualifying condition
Statewide: exactions and impact fees must satisfy essential-nexus and rough-proportionality. Rogers exercises §14-56-425 fee authority via Engineering Manual and Drainage Criteria Manual; any fee or exaction in those manuals must satisfy the post-Act 594 standard.
Source
zoning/us/arkansas/preemptions.md §Act 594 of 2023.
Effect
Rogers fees must be supported by nexus-and-proportionality studies; otherwise challengeable.
Act 1012 of 2023 — Down-zoning noticeapplies
Qualifying condition
Statewide. Rogers's high-growth Pinnacle Hills + Beaver Lake corridors have multiple vested-rights subdivision plats; any down-zoning triggers heightened notice.
Source
zoning/us/arkansas/preemptions.md §Act 1012 of 2023.
Effect
Heightened notice required for down-zonings affecting platted or vested projects.
ACA §§20-25-102 / 20-25-113 — Manufactured housing field preemptionapplies
Qualifying condition
Statewide field preemption of manufactured-home construction/installation standards. Rogers's UDC manufactured-home district structure (if any) must accept HUD-code compliant homes; appearance standards permitted only on compatibility grounds.
Source
zoning/us/arkansas/preemptions.md §Manufactured Housing Preemption.
Effect
Rogers may zone manufactured homes by district and impose compatibility-based appearance standards; may not impose differing construction/installation standards.
ACA §14-56-416 — Land use plan preconditionapplies
Qualifying condition
Modified Dillon's Rule: Rogers must have an adopted land use plan before exercising zoning authority. The 2024 UDC adoption-by-reference under ACA §14-55-207 expressly cites the planning commission's approval of the UDC + Engineering + Drainage manuals on 2024-07-02, indicating a planning-commission-driven adoption process consistent with §14-56-416 precondition.
Source
zoning/us/arkansas/preemptions.md §ACA §14-56-401 et seq.; Ord. 24-34 §4 recital.
Effect
Zoning authority is conditional on plan adoption. Rogers appears compliant.
ACA §14-56-413 — Extraterritorial planning jurisdiction (5-mile ETJ)applies
Qualifying condition
Rogers is a first-class Arkansas city; §14-56-413 authorizes 5-mile ETJ for planning purposes (subdivision and zoning) where no other municipality is closer. Rogers exercises this authority south and east toward Lowell/Cave Springs.
Source
zoning/us/arkansas/preemptions.md §ETJ section; ACA §14-56-413.
Effect
Rogers's UDC and subdivision regulations apply within the 5-mile ETJ to the extent not overlapped by other first-class cities.
Adopted building codes
State buildings only
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Amendment history
| Date | Kind | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | supplement effective | note: Ord. 26-51 adopted 5/12/2026 — full Rogers Code of Ordinances recodification (master draft 2026-05-06). UDC remains housed externally at codehub.gridics.com and incorporated by reference. Subject to Municode/CivicPlus renumbering. | source: https://www.rogersar.gov/331/Code-of-Ordinances |
| 2024-07-23 | amendment effective | note: Ord. 24-34 adopted 7/23/2024 repealed Chapter 14 of the Rogers Code excepting §14-715 (Downtown Neighborhood Transition Zone D-NBT) and adopted the UDC, Engineering Manual, and Drainage Criteria Manual by reference per ACA §14-55-207. UDC is housed at codehub.gridics.com — not as inline code text. | source: https://www.rogersar.gov/DocumentCenter/View/45559/CLK-ORD-Master-Draft-2026-05-06--Clean-Copy |
| 2021-05-25 | amendment effective | source: Ord. 2021-111 — last 1997-code-era zoning amendment captured in the 2026 master recodification edit-trail |
Quirks & notes
- {"quirk": "Rogers Code Chapter 14 was explicitly REPEALED by Ord. 24-34 (2024-07-23), with the entire Unified Development Code adopted by reference and housed at codehub.gridics.com \u2014 incorporation-by-reference under ACA \u00a714-55-207 is permitted in Arkansas and was procedurally followed. Only one section of the old chapter survived: \u00a714-715 (Downtown Neighborhood Transition Zone, D-NBT). This makes Rogers the first AR city in this corpus to fully off-load its zoning text to an external SaaS platform (Gridics CodeHub).", "status": "confirmed"}
- {"quirk": "Rogers's 2026-05-12 master recodification (Ord. 26-51) is brand new (6 days before this v2 ship) and is the most up-to-date recodification of the city code; the UDC remains externally housed and is not duplicated inline.", "status": "confirmed"}
- {"quirk": "Gridics CodeHub is a React SPA built on Drupal 10; non-JS fetchers see only an empty React root. This blocks WebFetch-based retrieval. Workarounds: (a) headless browser, (b) request UDC PDF copy from Rogers Community Development at (479) 621-1186, (c) ACA \u00a725-19-103 FOIA request to City Clerk. Re-research queued.", "status": "confirmed"}
- {"quirk": "NW Arkansas metro hub \u2014 Rogers is the 2nd-largest AR city in Benton County (after Bentonville/Springdale in population) and a major employment / tourism center (Beaver Lake, Pinnacle Hills, Walmart-adjacent corridor). Pre-2024 Chapter 14 included a 16 ft floor-to-floor residential height conversion mandate that likely carried forward; UDC parking ratios likely include TDM reductions in downtown corridor.", "status": "partial"}
- {"quirk": "Act 313 of 2025 ADU preemption now binding \u2014 Rogers SF districts (R-1, R-2, R-3 SF lots) must allow at least one ADU by right with administrative-only approval, no parking, size capped at lesser of 75% primary or 1,000 sf, fee cap $250. UDC conformance status pending gridics retrieval.", "status": "confirmed"}
- {"quirk": "5-mile ETJ \u2014 Rogers as a first-class city under ACA \u00a714-56-413 exercises 5-mile ETJ planning jurisdiction over land outside corporate limits not closer to another first-class city. ETJ boundary geometry pending Community Development confirmation.", "status": "partial"}
Formulas
Definitions
- height
- Pre-2024 Chapter 14 definitions referenced grade-to-highest-point with 16 ft floor-to-floor residential conversion. UDC definitions section pending gridics retrieval.
- lot_coverage
- Building footprint / lot area (principal + accessory); pre-2024 definition.
- far
- Gross floor area / lot area; pre-2024 definition.
- du_ac
- Dwelling units per gross acre; pre-2024 definition.
- setback_front
- Front property line to nearest building face.
- setback_side
- Side property line to nearest building face.
- setback_rear
- Rear property line to nearest building face.
- parking
- Spaces per dwelling unit unless noted per 1000 sf for non-residential.
Capacity calculations
- max_footprint_sf
lot_area_sf * lot_coverage- max_gfa_sf
lot_area_sf * far- max_units_from_density
lot_area_sf * du_ac / 43560- parking_required
units * parking
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Sources & references
Primary source
Retrieval failure: gridics_js_spa_no_static_text
Citations
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Research status
Publication gates
| primary url present | passed | evidence=source.primary_url = https://codehub.gridics.com/us/ar/rogers-udo (Rogers's official UDC home per Ord. 24-34 §4; gridics.com is a SaaS code-hosting platform, not an aggregator). City-hosted alt URLs included. |
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| no aggregator cited | passed | evidence=No Zoneomics / Steadily / SitePlanGuide / Justia-as-primary citations. Primary source is gridics codehub (Rogers's adoption-by-reference home); city-hosted PDF is the secondary source. |
| confidence tags full form | passed | evidence=Every dimensional standard carries {v, c (partial/confirmed/not_captured), citation} with explicit Rogers UDC reference. Overlays carry status + what_is_confirmed/what_is_missing. Preemption entries cite ACA section and qualifying-condition source. |
| overlays have parameters trigger confidence | passed | evidence=3/3 overlays (D-NBT, FPO, HD) have parameters[] + geographic_trigger + status + citation + ordinance_ref. |
| preempt section city specific | passed | evidence=8 AR statutes with qualifying_condition_checked containing city-specific applicability (first-class city status for §14-56-413 ETJ, planning commission approval date 2024-07-02 for §14-56-416 precondition, NW AR tourism corridor for STR, downtown/Beaver Lake corridor for vested-rights down-zoning). |
Data quality
35%completeness18 confirmed56 partial
Documented gaps
- Rogers UDC dimensional standards (lot, height, setbacks, FAR, density) are inherited from the pre-2024 Chapter 14 carry-forward and marked partial — gridics SPA blocks direct extraction.
- D-NBT zone §14-715 full text and design standards not retrieved.
- UDC floodplain section number, freeboard, and exact substantial-improvement threshold not retrieved.
- Historic District section number and design checklist not retrieved.
- Use-by-use parking ratios not retrieved.
- ADU pathway conformance to Act 313 of 2025 not verifiable until UDC retrieval.
- ETJ boundary geometry not retrieved.
Known issues
freshness:volatileblocker:gridics-js-spadata:gaps-present
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