The Prattville Planning Commission on Oct. 16 denied a developer's request to waive sidewalk requirements for a proposed subdivision called Heritage Luxe Plat 1 and approved the preliminary plat without waivers.

Planner Brie described the proposal as a 7‑lot subdivision totaling about 14.65 acres with lot sizes ranging from roughly 1.36 to 3.5 acres. The applicant had requested waivers for sidewalks on arterial and collector streets. Resident Wade Newman urged commissioners to deny blanket waivers, saying piecemeal exceptions can leave the city with disconnected sidewalks and make future connectivity more difficult: "I would ask that we not."

The city engineer recommended requiring sidewalks on interior streets while noting the Alabama Department of Transportation would likely not permit sidewalks along U.S. Highway 82; staff said sidewalk locations that depend on right‑of‑way control could be established via plat notes and later construction plans. Commissioners discussed future McQueen Smith Road widening and connectivity to nearby neighborhoods and institutions.

The commission took a voice vote on the sidewalk waiver and the motion "did not carry," effectively denying the requested waivers. After the waiver failed, the commission voted to approve the preliminary plat of Heritage Luxe Plat 1 without waivers.

Because the denial leaves sidewalk requirements in place wherever applicable, developers will have to show sidewalks in locations required by subdivision regulations and by the city's bike and pedestrian plan when construction plans are submitted.