Arkansas was established with 6 sq mile townships with limited authority. The area in which we live in Garland County, AR is an “historic” township that has never exercised it’s township rights. With a great deal of land for sale in the area, the entire neighborhood of small farms is concerned about housing developments moving into an otherwise quiet rural community.
We thought forming a township would enable us to pass zoning laws that would restrict lot size building requirements (e.g. 5 acre minimum).
Does anyone know where we should start our research or lobbying to exercise our township rights? Is this even possible in modern day?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, or if you have personal experience stopping developers I would also love to hear about that.
Thank you,
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