Little Rock Zoning Intelligence
Zoning, permitted uses, and development potential for Little Rock, Arkansas. 46 districts with their permitted uses and building controls.
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How is Little Rock zoned?
Little Rock regulates land through 46 zoning districts, and one of them defines the city. Single Family, coded R2, covers over thirty-nine thousand acres, roughly six times the next largest district. Any conversation about housing capacity in Little Rock starts with that number.
Below it the roster is broad and well differentiated. A second single-family district and a two-family district sit alongside an urban residence district, and multifamily is handled through three numbered districts at six, twelve and eighteen units per acre. Office is split three ways, including a general office district and an office and institutional district. Commercial runs from general to an open display category built for uses that need outdoor area.
The planned development family is extensive: planned commercial, planned residential, planned office, planned industrial and planned development residential districts together cover more than five thousand acres. As always with planned districts, the approved plan rather than the citywide table sets what can be built.
Two districts are worth noting because they are uncommon. Mining covers nearly two thousand acres, an unusual designation to find inside a state capital, and Urban Use provides a flexible category for the central area. Park and recreation land is the fourth largest classification at over four thousand acres, and open space adds more. Little Rock regulates building height, coverage, density, floor area ratio, lot size and width, pervious area, and front, side and rear setbacks. This is pre-development intelligence, not legal advice - verify with the local planning department before acquisition.
Little Rock, Arkansas Zoning Districts: What Do They Mean?
Zoning districts are areas regulated by specific laws that determine land use, building types, and development rules. Each district below shows its zone type. Little Rock's ordinance does not state permitted uses as citywide flags, so they are read from each district's own table rather than summarised here.
| Zone Code | Zone Type | Area |
|---|---|---|
R2 Single Family | - | 39,462 ac |
I2 Light Industrial | - | 6,111.7 ac |
I3 Heavy Industrial | - | 4,512.8 ac |
PR Park And Recreation | - | 4,439.4 ac |
What are the building controls in Little Rock?
Setback, height, FAR, lot area, and density controls enforced across Little Rock zoning districts.
- Building height
- Coverage
- Density
- FAR
- Front setback
- Lot
- Lot width
- Multi
- Pervious
- Rear setback
- Side setback
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Little Rock zoning: frequently asked questions
- How dominant is single-family zoning in Little Rock?
- The main single-family district covers over thirty-nine thousand acres, roughly six times the area of the next largest district. A second single-family district adds four thousand more. Detached housing is by far the most widely applied classification in the city.
- How is multifamily zoned in Little Rock?
- Through three numbered districts at six, twelve and eighteen units per acre, plus a two-family district and an urban residence district. The eighteen-unit district covers the largest area of the three, though all three are small relative to the single-family total.
- Why does Little Rock have a mining district?
- Mining appears in the roster as its own district covering nearly two thousand acres. It is an uncommon designation inside a capital city and is distinct from the industrial districts, which are classified separately as light and heavy industrial.
- How much land is under planned development districts?
- Planned commercial, planned residential, planned office, planned industrial and planned development residential together cover more than five thousand acres. In each, the standards that govern a site come from the approved plan rather than from the citywide district tables.
- How much of Little Rock is park or open space?
- Park and recreation is the fourth largest classification at over four thousand acres, with an additional open space district adding more. Together they place public land among the most significant categories on the city's zoning map.
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