Description
New citywide rules requiring data centers in industrial zones to go through development plan review by the Planning Commission and approval by the Board, with an 8-foot opaque wall, 500-foot setbacks and utility capacity letters. Effective immediately under the emergency clause.
Impact summary
Any future data center proposal now faces a public, two-step approval process instead of being permitted by right — a big change from the current rules.
Applicant
- Name
- City of Fort Smith (staff-initiated)
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · Board of Directors
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 5, 2026.
Meeting timeline (1)
Related issues (2)
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