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Planning Commission approves rezoning and development plan to convert Wheeler Avenue church into event center
Summary
The Fort Smith Planning Commission unanimously approved a master land use plan amendment, rezoning and development plan to allow an existing 1,800-square-foot church at 5724 Wheeler Avenue to operate as an event center, subject to fencing, replatting and development plan conditions.
The Fort Smith Planning Commission on Oct. 13 approved a master land use plan amendment, rezoning and development plan that will allow an existing 1,800-square-foot church at 5724 Wheeler Avenue to operate as an event center.
Staff said the commission should amend the master land use plan from institutional to general commercial and rezone the property from RM‑3 (residential multifamily medium density) to C‑5 to permit the proposed commercial use. The property, about 0.64 acres with roughly 154 feet of frontage on Wheeler Avenue, was presented as suitable for C‑5 because of…
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