Planning Commission Contact   Planning Department Phone: 784.2216 Fax: 784.2462 Email: Planning Download Application   The Planning Commission consists of nine members, appointed by the Board of Directors for a three-year term. Members of the Planning Commission must be owners of or tenants in real property in the City of Fort Smith and be qualified electors of the City. The Planning Commission meets the second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the Rose Room of the Creekmore Park Community Center. A study session is held the first Wednesday of each month at 11:30am in the Rose Room of the Creekmore Park Community Center, 3301 South M. Street. The purpose of the Planning Commission is to prepare a development plan for the City, to receive and make recommendations on public and private proposals for the development and to prepare and administer planning regulations. The Planning Commission is authorized to prepare and adopt a land use plan, a community facilities plan, a master street plan and such other plans affecting the general welfare of the City. The Planning Commission is also responsible for reviewing all rezoning, conditional use and home occupation requests, as well as proposed subdivisions. A rezoning application requires a minimum of 5 yes votes. Home occupation, conditional use, variance and subdivision requests require a majority vote of the Planning Commission members present and voting. Any rezoning application receiving approval of the Planning Commission will go before the City Board of Directors for their review on the first Tuesday of the following month at 6:00 p.m. in Building "B" of the Fort Smith Public Schools Service Center located at 3205 Jenny Lind. The Planning Commission’s action on conditional uses, home occupations and subdivisions is final unless an interested party appeals the decision of the Planning Commission to the City Board of Directors. An appeal to a rezoning, home occupation or conditional use application will also go before the City Board of Directors for the review on the first Tuesday of the following month at 6:00 p.m. in Building "B" of the Fort Smith Public Schools Service Center located at 3205 Jenny Lind. The Planning Commission also acts as the Board of Zoning Adjustment and hears appeals from the decision of the administrative officers regarding enforcement and application of the zoning ordinances and hears requests for variances from the provisions of the zoning ordinance. All action of the Board of Zoning Adjustment will be final unless appealed to the court of jurisdiction. Members: 9 Terms: 3 YEARS Meetings: MONTHLY
Name Appointed As Appointed Expiration Select MARSHALL L. SHARPE MEMBER 08/17/2010 04/30/2013 Select JOHN HUFFMAN MEMBER 12/18/2012 04/30/2014 Select THOMAS E. HOWARD JR. MEMBER 03/15/2011 04/30/2014 Select VICKI NEWTON MEMBER 03/15/2011 04/30/2014 Select BRANDON COX MEMBER 03/20/2012 04/30/2015 Select JENNIFER PARKS MEMBER 04/18/2006 04/30/2015 Select RICHARD SPEARMAN MEMBER 06/19/2012 04/30/2015 Select ROBERT COOPER JR. MEMBER 05/07/2013 04/30/2016 Select DON KEESEE MEMBER 03/27/2013 04/30/2016	MARSHALL L. SHARPE     2912 SOUTH 34TH STREET FORT SMITH AR   494.6305 (W)   MSHARPE@OKFOODS.COM