Opinion No.

The Honorable Sam Angel State Representative P.O. Box 748 Lake Village, AR 71653-0748

Dear Representative Angel:

I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on the following question:

Can a city maintain streets in a gated community that denies public access? The area is annexed into the city but the city has not adopted the streets. However, the city does provide police and fire protection.

RESPONSE

In my opinion, the answer to your question is, in all likelihood, "no."

I am enclosing for your information Ark. Op. Att'y Gen. No. 99-202, in which my immediate predecessor addressed…