Clark County Planning Commission - meeting_notice

I get on the mic. So I got six o'clock. We'll get started. We'll call our briefing to order. And if I can do roll call, please.

Chair Frazier.

Here.

Vice Chair Mihica.

She is online.

Commissioner Stone.

Here.

Commissioner Kirk.

Here.

Commissioner Kolarski. Here. Commissioner Brady.

Here.

Commissioner Reutemann.

Excuse.

Thank you.

So the first item on our agenda is public comments. And so this is a part of the meeting where anyone can come down, make public comments on the record. We can't act on any of those comments, but you should more than welcome to put something on record. Seeing no one coming down, we're going to close public comments and we'll go ahead and receive the presentation from staff.

Good evening, Mr. Chairman, commissioners. My name is Hunter White. I'm the principal planner that's going to be taking you on our journey tonight. We do have a little bit of a lengthy agenda. We have 48 total items. Items 4 through 18 are the routine. Items 19 through 48 will be our non-routine. And we will go ahead and get started with the routine items. And item number four. Item number four is going to be an application for review for a vehicle repair facility. Previously, you all wanted to see if there was any issues regarding vehicle access and circulation on the site. Staff recommends approval. Basically, noting that compliance with the conditions has been met and we haven't received any complaints. Paradise Town Board recommended approval and we received no mail items on that one. Item number five is an extension of time for a use permit waivers and design review for an office complex with balconies. Staff recommended approval given that there are several built-in Active building permits their enterprise town board recommended approval we did receive three items in protest Moving on to item number six, this is a one lot industrial tentative map to facilitate the development of a warehouse. Staff recommended approval. This is not within a TAB jurisdiction, so we have no recommendation there. No mail was received. Item number seven is also a one lot commercial tentative map. This is to facilitate the development of a gas station and restaurant. Staff has recommended approval. Enterprise Town Board also recommended approval. We have received no mail on that one. Item number eight is a use permit to allow a banquet facility in an existing shopping center. Staff is recommending approval considering that there's kind of a history of those sorts of uses there and there shouldn't be any major issues there. Paradise Town Board recommended approval. We had two items in support and two mail items in protest. Our next item, number nine, is a use permit for a regular temporary special event. They're basically going to be reducing the setbacks and separations for live entertainment and just structures on the site for the event. Staff has recommended approval. It's at the Gold Coast, so we don't really see there being much issue there. Paradise Town Board recommended approval and we had three cards in support as well. And the applicant did provide some updated plans on this just to indicate that they're not going to have vehicular access from Viking Road. Moving on to item number 10, that is a use permit for a standalone ER and urgent care facility within an existing retail complex. Staff has recommended approval based on the design of the site and that there's a good buffer between it and the residential to the south. Sunrise Manor Town Board recommended approval. We had four cards in support and no mail items in protest. I'll stop there to answer any questions you might have. The next few are a few vacation items, so we'll probably go through those fast.

Thank you. Mr. Chair? Yes, go ahead, Commissioner Mojica.

I just wanted to let everybody know that I've been online. This is Commissioner Mojica.

Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Any questions on the first few items, Commissioner Mojica?

No, thank you.

All right, any questions from the board?

No, you can continue. All right, so we'll now move on to item number 11. This is a vacation and abandonment for patent easements. Staff is recommending approval. Spring Valley Town Board recommended approval. We had no mail in protest or support. City Council Chambers. Item number 12 is a vacation and abandonment of a portion of Larry Street between Red Cloud and Leona. It's a right of way that's no longer necessary. Staff is recommending approval. Moapa Town Board recommended approval with the condition that the applicant work with utilities on possible right of way if necessary. There was one card in support for that item. Item number 13 is also a vacation and abandonment for an existing BLM right-of-way grant. Staff is recommending approval, and Low Mountain CAC recommended approval as well. We have three items in support and 10 items in protest on that one. Moving on to item number fourteen. This is a vacation and abandonment of rights away along lamb Cartier and ables for detached sidewalks. Staff is recommending approval. Sunrise Manor town board recommended approval, and we received no mail on that item as well. Item number 15 is a vacation abandonment of a portion of Tobias Lane that is no longer needed. Staff is recommending approval. Paradise Town Board is also recommending approval. We had one item in support and one item in protest. Item number 16 is a Another vacation and abandonment. This time it's to vacate a portion of Richmar Avenue that the applicant states is no longer needed. Staff is recommending approval. Enterprise Town Board recommended denial. Their concern was that it accesses a much larger BLM parcel to the east. And without knowing what's going to go there, they were just concerned that might be removing access. We received one card in support and two cards in protest. And before I go on to our last two routine items, I just want to see if you have any questions about those vacations. You can continue. Okay. Item number 17 is a waiver of conditions. This is basically to allow an ongoing reoccurring events at the site. They previously had a use permit for a recreational facility to allow a one-time event, and they've had waivers of conditions after to keep having this one-time event. So now they're basically coming back to apply to have more events happen at that site. Staff is recommending approval. Paradise Town Board recommended approval subject to the deletion of the Comprehensive Planning Recommended Condition in the addition of the following condition, no more than three events per year, three days per event with one week to set up and take down. We had no mail on that one.

Can you say that last part again about the three events? Yeah.

So their condition that they were looking for was no more than three events per year uh no more than three days per event and with one week to set up and take down is that did i don't think i did i see that condition is that on here or that a new condition that's the condition that the town board was recommending be added so they're saying delete uh the staff report condition and add that one.

I talked to the applicant today. They're in support of that. I just wanted to know if that condition is already part of the record or do we need to add that during?

I believe the applicant told me she was going to come down and have that be read into the record. And item number 18 is a waiver and design review for an electrical peaking plant at an existing industrial development. The plant will basically just produce additional electricity when there's Times of peak demand staff is recommending approval based on the fact that the surrounding area is mostly industrial developments Whitney Town Board is recommending approval there were no Items in support, but there were two items in protest that will conclude our routine portion Thank you very much any questions on the routine portion of the agenda Commissioner Mojica

I think she's probably fine. If she has questions, she'll pipe in. So let's go ahead and move on to non-routine.

I'm sorry, no questions. I couldn't find the unmute.

I'm sorry. No problem, no problem. So we'll go ahead and move on to the non-routine action items.

All right. Our first non-routine item is item number 19, and that is companion with item number 20. They're both street name changes at the Speedway. It's going to change a portion of a private drive aisle from Aaron Drive to Bush Brothers Drive and another portion of that same area to Rowdy Road. Staff is recommending approval of item number 19, which is the name change to Bush Brothers, but denial of number 20, which is the Rowdy Road item. The denial on Rowdy Road is because there's already another Rowdy Street in, I believe, the city of North Las Vegas. Moving on to item number 20, excuse me, 21. Item 21 is a request for a new place of worship. Their original request was for 14,000 square feet and 112 feet tall to the top of the spire. Staff is recommending approval of the use permit for the use of the site as a place of worship. but the denial of the waivers and the design review mainly because the size is pretty substantial for that area and it is a established RNP neighborhood. The applicant did submit a revised plans to us with regard to item number one, they're reducing the retaining walls to eight feet along the north and six feet along the east property line. For items 2, 3A, and 3B, which relate to the height, they've actually reduced the height of the building to 95 feet. Items number 3D and 3E, which relate to fill adjacent to residential development, they've actually brought it down to no more than three feet. So those waivers will not be, or are no longer needed, and my understanding is the applicant will be withdrawing those. item number four they've redesigned the site to make the building slightly smaller they brought it down to twelve thousand feet and added the required parking on site so they are also my understanding is they kind of withdraw that waiver as well and then they're also giving us the required parking lot landscaping so that'll be items number four waivers number four and five that they would be Withdrawing staff, though, even with those changes, is still recommending denial because of the height in that area. Spring Valley is recommended approval of the use permit and waiver of development standards number one, which is the retaining wall height, but denial of the remaining waivers and the design review. We received no mail in support or protest. I'll see if there's any questions on that one. No living quarters. Okay. All right, moving on to item number 22. They are looking to legalize an existing accessory living quarters that was built without permits. The use permit is due to the roof slope and materials not matching the main dwelling and the structures within setbacks. Staff is recommending denial mainly because these are self-imposed hardship requests. Sunrise Town Board recommended approval. We have one mail item in support and three in protest. Item number 23 is another waiver to legalize an existing accessory structure that includes a shop shed and a chicken coop. Staff is recommending denial for similar reasons that they're self-imposed hardships. Moapa Valley Town Board recommended approval. We received five items in support and one item in protest. Item number 24, they are looking to legalize a set of walls that are over height as well as accessory structures and setbacks. Staff is recommending denial because the site is a larger lot and they could have designed everything to code. Enterprise Town Board recommended approval. We have four items in support and two items in protest. Item number 25 is this applicant is requesting to allow a 206 square foot attached addition with a 16 foot setback where 20 is required. Staff is recommending denial as it is a self-imposed hardship. Paradise Town Board recommended approval. We have eight items in support and two items in protest. Item number 26 is a 1300 square foot pool house and storage shed that they would like prior to their principal dwelling on the site as well as some over height walls. Staff is recommending approval of the wall height but denial of the accessory structure prior to the principal mainly because this site has previously had similar requests and they have not built BUILT THE HOUSE, THERE'S ALSO SOME ACTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE, SO THERE'S SOME CONCERN THERE. THERE'S NO, THIS IS NOT WITHIN A TOWN BOARD JURISDICTION, SO WE HAVE NO RECOMMENDATION THERE, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE CARD IN SUPPORT AND FOUR CARDS IN PROTEST. ITEM NUMBER 27 HAS A REQUEST FOR A HOLD TO THE 10-6 PC MEETING. ITEMS 28 THROUGH 31 ALSO HAVE A REQUEST FOR A HOLD. THAT WILL BE TO THE JANUARY 5th PC MEETING AND THE FEBRUARY 3rd BCC MEETING. ITEM NUMBER 32 IS COMPANION WITH ITEMS 33, 34, 35 AND 36. THIS IS FOR A 41-LOD SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION. The main waivers here are going to be the reduction of the street width along the south. Staff has recommended approval of the zone change, the plan amendment zone change, vacation and waivers. The plan amendment and zone change are to mid-intensity and for RS 3.3, which is pretty common in the area. What we are denying, the design review and the tentative map for the, as they're using hammerheads that kind of basically butt up against other proposed hammerheads. So we think that could probably be redesigned a little bit. Enterprise Town Board recommended approval of the plan amendment, the zone change, the vacation, and the waivers, and denial of the design review and tentative map. Enterprise added the following conditions. Add a second entry slash exit onto Haley Avenue. Add three architectural features on elevations facing public roads. And number three, if Pulte Homes develops both properties associated with this item and the item to the east, remove hammerheads and put in through streets. We have five items in support of the plan amendment, four in support of the zone change, seven in support of the vacation, and five in support of the waivers. six in protest of the plan amendment, six in protest of the zone change, eight in protest of the vacation, and seven in protest of the waivers. I'll stop there before we get too long. Yeah, I got a question.

Did I hear you correctly that you said that there's a condition in one of the applications that allows them to, at a later date, move away from the Hammerheads and then make a through street?

The Enterprise Town Board wanted to enforce that.

The Enterprise Town Board wanted that? Yeah. Is that possible in our system? Can it be done quickly? That's my question, and then I'll turn it over to Commissioner Stone.

Yeah, I mean, I would say it's something they could do later on, yeah, and redesign, but... Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. And so that's a whole other process where they have to start from the beginning and come back to you three months from now?

All right, I'll chew on that one before the meeting, thank you. All right, moving on to items 37 through 40.

Hunter, Hunter, let me stop you for a second. I see that you're indicating staff wants to hold on that, and that's fine, but I'm going to want to hear that in its normal course. so that the Planning Commission, members of the general public and the neighborhood can hear more specifically from the applicant, the reason for the hold, the progress on what they're trying to do, and what justifies today holding it. The applicant is aware of this. I've talked to them before the meeting. So for members of the board, I did want to let you know that we're going to hear 37 through 40. And possibly hold it if we're satisfied with the justification to hold it. Okay This uh two weeks ago. We just sort of as a matter of fact hold it two weeks later Hold it again. Why? I want I want to dig deeper into that because Uh, it doesn't feel right when we have folks from malapa that make the drive and I don't know how many folks are here tonight I don't know if the applicant uh notified the residents of moapa of the whole tonight or not but i think it's a fair uh request uh and it's in my district so if if we could do that i just want to give you the reason for hearing it in the normal course or you know number 37 tonight and for folks in the audience just know that's what i'm doing on 37.

All right. Perfect. Fair enough. I'll make note of that and we'll, when we approve the agenda, just make sure we pull that. Remind me to pull that. All right. So I can talk about that item if you'd like. So items 37 through 40, it's a plan amendment and zone change to compact neighborhood and to RS2 for a single family residential subdivision that includes an attached and detached product. The slots are ranging between 2,000 and 4,500 square feet. Staff is recommending approval of the plan amendment and zone change, but denial of the waivers, the design review, and the tentative map that are going along with it. Not only there's a lot of issues with regard to open space and the off-sites that are associated with... development of that scale. Moapa Valley Town Board did recommend denial on that. We have three items in support for all four items, and we have 23 items in protest, which includes three petitions with about 800 signatures and an information package that went with one of the petitions.

um i'll stop there if you have any questions of that thank you staff um commissioner majica any questions on the last few things that have been discussed no

Okay, thank you continue. All right, so we'll move on to items 41 through 44 This is another PA plan amendment zone change vacation and waiver of development standards This will be for a proposed office warehouse complex it'll be about 50,000 square feet and we're going front to business employment to allow an IP zoning and the vacations for an existing poe and right-of-ways for detached sidewalks staff is recommending approval of the plan amendment the zone change the vacation waiver development standards number one which relates to screening and buffering waiver of development standards number two which relates to reduced parking uh but denial of waiver development standards number three which is uh pedestrian walkways uh to connect the building to the adjacent sidewalk, as well as a design review. Basically, our main issue is the pedestrian walkways. Those basically create safe connections between the street and the building and are even important in something like an industrial building. So there's that staff reasoning. Enterprise Town Board recommended approval of that item. We had one item in support and nothing in protest. And then our last set of items will be a PA, a zone change, a vacation, and a use permit for an outdoor storage and display. This is basically a vehicle inventory lot that is just down the street from the dealership on Sahara. staff is recommending approval of the associated vacation that is going along with it that is for detached sidewalks but is recommending denial of the plan amendment the zone change the use permit the waivers and the design review that all go together there the plan amendment will be from ranch estate to neighborhood commercial the zone change as well as from rs20 rmp to cg Similar to the place of worship, this is an established RMP neighborhood, and something like this with limited buffering and screening and kind of consideration of the neighboring areas, it makes it difficult to support something like that. Spring Valley Town Board recommended denial of the plan amendment, the zone change, the use permit, the waivers and the design review, but did recommend approval of the vacation. We have one card in support of the vacation and one item in support of the use permit. We have nine items in protest of the plan amendment, eight in protest of the zone change, seven in protest of the vacation and seven in protest of the use permit.

All right, thank you, staff. Board, any questions on items 41 through 48, the last few? Go ahead, Commissioner Kolarski.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And mine is on items 28 to 31, which is the happy minor. Yes. Was it in July that they wanted to do a hold no date? And I wouldn't do a hold no date, so we gave them a date of September 15th. They sent a letter and it was given to the town board last month. Applicant has not reached out to anybody. All he does is send a letter. He has not shown up here for two meetings on his hold request. We really don't want to hold it, however, I think that it's imperative that our town board and the planning commission look at this particular project and not send it directly to the bcc because he appeals it on he just appeals whatever decision we make if we deny i know town board has already denied it he's got new plans so my question is is that with this hold if we hold it the neighborhood is Renotified, am I correct?

Yes, the time between the notification for this meeting and the meetings that they've selected would require another re-notification.

Okay, and because they changed the plans and everything, they decreased the height, I know that much, are they required to do a neighborhood meeting, a new neighborhood meeting? I'll be honest, I haven't seen the revised plans yet. But are they required? That's my question.

No.

I know that they had a neighborhood meeting because it's a plan amendment and it's a zone change. Yeah, they would not necessarily need to...

They're not required to have a second neighborhood meeting because of the re-notification. Yeah, that's correct.

Okay, I just want to have it put on the record that I think it's very disrespectful that we were not notified and I think that... And I'm going to look for the applicant. prior to the meeting, but I just hope that he's here so that we can find out very much like Commissioner Stone was talking about from his area up here, so that if we have any neighbors show up, they know why he's holding the application. So I hope we have that. And I just want to put that on the record.

Thank you, Commissioner Kolarski. Commissioner Mojica, any questions on the last few items, 41 through 48?

No questions or concerns, Chair.

All right, thank you very much. All right, so we're going to move on to the next item, which is discuss any new or upcoming ordinances. no ordinances thank you um next item number three um any administrative items no administrative items all right so and seeing all lights off on the board um the last item on our agenda for the briefing is public comments this is a this is a part of our meeting where the public public the public can come down and make comments on the record the board cannot act or discuss any of those items but you're more than welcome to come down and seeing no one coming down to make public comments we will see everybody at the Well, sure, you gotta come down, come on down, that's fine. As you're coming down, sir, this is our briefing, and so you're more than welcome to put some comments on the record, but you also have an opportunity at our regular meeting at seven o'clock. And so when you come down, I just need your name and address for the record, you can put your public comments on the record, and then we'll, We'll move on to the next item of closing the briefing. Yes, sir, name and address so the record is clear.

Hello.

You got it.

My name is Gus Keller. 3621 Blackstone Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89121. I came to this meeting today to suggest that we put in process a five- or ten-year building restriction where there will be no more building allowed unless it's already been approved, and also try to stop the construction of multi- unit complexes like condominiums, which take up a lot of space and you get a ton of people living there. They use a lot of water. Also, those are the two big reasons. And, you know, this artificial grass, you put it down and it just gives off more heat. I've lived here for over 40 years, and I noticed the temperature in our town going up drastically. The birds are leaving, except for the pigeons. And, you know, you don't see any more bugs around or anything. And I wish... that you'd look into this and try to stop it or at least reduce the building. We used to have a beautiful Mount Charleston. I see homes going up all along there and You know, it's a shame. The animals are all moving out, all the horses, the donkeys, the turtles, you know, whatever. Lizards, prairie dogs used to be all over. They're all gone. And it's a shame what's going on. We're allowing these builders to keep on building. We're getting overpopulated. They bring in, with the population we got right now, they're bringing in the vehicles. And then we need more cops. We need more schools. We need more of everything. And the building just keeps on going. It's going like a cancer in our valley. And I wish that you guys would all look into it and put a building moratorium in or put it on something that the public can vote on. So thank you for letting me speak.

Thank you very much for your comments and being part of the process. Have a good evening.

All right.

All right. See anyone else come down to speak? All right. Seeing no one else, we're going to we're going to close the public comments and we're going to adjourn the briefing and we'll see everybody at seven.