Adopted edition
IRC 2021 (Arkansas amendments)
City has its own adoption — separate from county.
AR · City
Fort Smith, AR.
Fort Smith, AR — building code: IRC 2021 (Arkansas amendments).
Design wind speed
90 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Cat II, 3-second gust at 33 ft.
Climate zone (IECC)
3A
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
Special zones
- HVHZ
- WBDR
- WUI
- FEMA SFHA possible
Permit office
Fort Smith Building Department
ZIP coverage
13 ZIP codes inside Fort Smith.
Each ZIP resolves to the correct city + county + state on every parcel lookup. Multi-jurisdiction parcels pick up amendments from each layer.
72901729027290372904729057290672908729137291472916729177291872919
Working in Fort Smith?
Pull an address-levelcode packetfor any parcel in Fort Smith. SkyCanvass resolves the address, looks up the Fort Smith-specific amendments and the Sebastian County county and Arkansas state floor, then emits a cited packet ready for permit submittal.
See theSebastian County countyoverview, or theArkansas state directory.
Pull a Fort Smith code packet.
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