HB1991

House Bill 1991 amends the Arkansas Code to create specific exceptions to the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code regarding fire apparatus access roads for certain residential developments. The bill stipulates that residential developments are not required to maintain two or more separate, approved fire apparatus access roads under two specific conditions. First, the development must be located outside of the boundaries of a city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town. Second, each individual lot within the residential development must be at least one acre in size. This legislation seeks to reduce infrastructure requirements for rural or low-density residential projects by relaxing fire access road mandates.