Bentonville, Arkansas Zoning Map
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Bentonville, 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. Bentonville'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 | Category | Area | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
A-1 Agriculture | - | 6,786.2 ac | Standards & uses → |
R-1 Low Density Single Family Residential | - | 6,259.4 ac | Standards & uses → |
C-2 General Commercial | - | 2,114.5 ac | Standards & uses → |
PUD Planned Unit Development | - | 1,028.3 ac | Standards & uses → |
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Run it →How is Bentonville zoned?
Bentonville regulates land through 24 zoning districts. Agriculture is still the largest by area, narrowly ahead of Low Density Single Family Residential, which is a useful signal on its own: this is a city whose growth has outrun its zoning map, with substantial acreage still carrying an agricultural designation.
The distinctive feature is the downtown district family. Bentonville does not treat its centre as a single commercial zone. It uses a Downtown Core and a Downtown Edge for the commercial fabric, and then four separate downtown neighborhood residential districts running from low through medium and high density to a mixed use residential category. That is an unusually fine-grained approach for a downtown of this size, and it means a parcel two blocks from the square may sit in a different district from one on the square itself.
Outside the centre the structure is conventional. Residential runs from an estate district through low, medium and high density, with a zero lot line district and a residential office district providing transitional categories. Commercial is graduated from neighborhood through general to a mixed use commercial district. Industrial splits into light and heavy, both covering roughly similar area. Planned Unit Development and Planned Residential Development together cover close to fifteen hundred acres, so a meaningful share of the city is governed by approved plans rather than by the citywide tables. Bentonville 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.
Bentonville zoning: frequently asked questions
How does Bentonville zone its downtown?
With a family of districts rather than one. A Downtown Core and a Downtown Edge cover the commercial fabric, and four downtown neighborhood residential districts run from low density through medium and high density to a mixed use residential category. The result is fine-grained control within a small area.
Why is agriculture still the largest district?
Agriculture covers slightly more ground than the largest residential district, which reflects how much land inside the city limits has not yet been rezoned for urban use. Development on that land normally runs through a rezoning rather than a by-right path.
What is the zero lot line residential district for?
It is a separate residential district that accommodates housing built to a side property line, sitting between the conventional single-family categories and the multifamily ones. Its presence gives the city a defined middle option rather than requiring a variance.
How much of Bentonville is under planned development?
Planned Unit Development and Planned Residential Development together cover close to fifteen hundred acres. In both, the governing standards typically come from the approved plan for that project rather than from the citywide district tables.
How is multifamily zoned in Bentonville?
Through three graduated districts: medium density two family and townhome, medium high density multifamily, and high density multifamily. The medium high density district covers the largest area of the three.
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