The Fort Smith Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) held a joint regular meeting on August 12, 2025, at 5:30 PM in the Blue Lion Main Room, 101 North 2nd Street. Eight commissioners were present (one absent). The meeting covered a consent agenda, conditional uses, variances, development plans, master land use plan amendments, and rezonings. Several items drew public comment, particularly the proposed event center at 2400 Dodson Avenue and the rezoning for duplexes on South 33rd Street.
All approvals for master land use plan amendments and rezonings will be forwarded to the Fort Smith Board of Directors for a public hearing on September 2, 2025, at 6 PM.
All right. I'd like to welcome everyone to the August twenty twenty-five Planning Commission meeting. And I said everybody stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. One nation under God in individual with liberty and justice for all right. Vicky Newton. Here. Zach Ledford. Rod Coleman. Kelly Wilson here. David Tyler. Matt Marshall. Sean McCaffrey. Here. We have eight commissioners present and one absent. All right. Thank you very much. Uh if the commissioners have had an opportunity to review the minutes from the July eighth meeting. Any opposed. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the August twelfth, twenty twenty-five planning commission meeting. The planning commission is comprised of a group of volunteers appointed by the mayor who offer diverse expertise and perspectives guiding the development and growth of Fort Smith. The master land use plan amendments and rezonings if receiving approval of the planning commission with a minimum of five yes votes will also be presented to the city board of directors for their review at their September 2nd, 2025 meeting at 6 p.m. The Board of Zoning Adjustment, which consists of members from the Planning Commission will be reviewing variance requests this evening. The action of the Board of Zoning Zoning Adjustment will be final unless appealed to a court of jurisdiction. All right, and thank you very much, Maggie. Our first items this evening are consent agenda items. They consist of preliminary plates and final plates at Vienna Hills, which we've seen before, and also a development plan at 2801 Kavanaugh Road. I'd ask the city just to briefly show those on the screen. Yes. Okay. Is there uh anybody here that wishes to speak against these applications? All right. If not, I will then ask for a roll call vote or ask for a motion to uh to move forward with these items. All right. All right. All right, I'll call for a roll call vote then. Four. Brett Taylor. Four. Kelly Wilson, four. Rod Fullman. Matt Marshall. Four. Vicky Newton. Four. Griffin Hannah. David Tyler. Four. Eight in favor, zero opposed. All right. We will now then uh move to items two and three, which are conditional use application and a variance at uh 6101 Arkansas Highway 45, 606021 Arkansas Highway 45.