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Planning commission removes west‑side screening requirement for Smart House Way event center
Summary
The Planning Commission approved amendments to a previously permitted event center at Smart House Way, removing a required west‑side screening adjacent to a railroad and approving other site‑plan adjustments, after discussion of dumpster location, screening materials and fence/landscaping options.
Chairman White and the North Little Rock Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve amendments to a previously permitted event center at 112 Smart House Way, approving a site plan change and removing a condition requiring screening along the development’s west side adjacent to the railroad. The vote amended Special Use 2025‑15 and related site‑plan review SD 2025‑41.
The change came after the applicant, Thomas Pownell, described several requested adjustments to the approved event‑center plan, including moving a dumpster to the northwest corner of the lot, substituting wood screening for the standard masonry screening around the dumpster, removing shrubs along the northern lot edge and installing a…
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