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Planning commission approves Bailey Heights subdivision variance and preliminary plat

Fort Smith Planning Commission
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Summary

The commission approved a variance allowing pay‑in‑lieu of roughly 770 feet of sidewalk and unanimously passed the 34‑lot Bailey Heights preliminary plat after staff explained a shallow transmission main limited sidewalk construction.

The Fort Smith Planning Commission voted unanimously Jan. 13 to grant a subdivision variance that allows the developer of the proposed Bailey Heights addition to omit about 770 linear feet of public sidewalk along South S Street and to pay into the city’s sidewalk fund instead. The commission also approved the preliminary plat for the 34‑lot single‑family subdivision.

Staff presented the variance request as an agent…

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