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Good evening. We're written to begin.
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» City clerk, would you please call the
role?
» Vice Chair Schlottman,
» Present. Commissioner Casama is excused.
Commissioner Taylor,
» Present.
» Commissioner Rogan,
» Present.
» Commissioner Davio,
» Present.
» Commissioner Labau,
» Present.
» Commissioner Walters,
» Present.
» Thank you, Vice Chair. You have a
quorum.
» Thank you. I call your attention to the
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and review process if appropriate.
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Uh public comment during this portion
agenda must be limited to matters on the
agenda for action. If you wish to be
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amount of discussion as well as amount
time any speaker uh is allowed may be
limited.
Seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and
close the public uh discussion. Uh
Mr. Floyd, do you have a announcement to
make?
» Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, we've
Seth Floyd for the record. We've made
this announcement, unfortunately, a
couple of times in the past uh where we
have learned that someone has tried to
scam some of the applicants who have
applied uh for planning applications.
And uh one of the ways they do that is
they'll send an email that if you look
carefully, it doesn't have our actual
city email addresses. So, this is just a
public service announcement that please
be careful uh checking your emails. to
make sure it's actually a city email
address. If you have any questions, you
can always reach out to us. So, thank
you.
» Thank you. We also have uh agendas up
here on the pony wall if anybody would
like to grab one and follow along with
us. All right. Uh moving on to item five
uh for possible action to approve the
final minutes for the planning
commission meeting of July 14, 2026.
Commissioner Taylor. Um, I'd like to
make a motion to approve the minutes of
the planning commission meeting of July
14th, 2026.
» Motion's on the floor. Please cast your
vote.
And that motion carries.
Are there any items from the plan
commission staff or the applicant that
wish to be stricken or held in advance
to a future meeting may be brought
forward and acted upon at this time?
» Mr. Chair, uh Jonathan Bole, senior
planner with the Department of Community
Development for the record. Staff has a
few housekeeping items. Um the applicant
is requesting to hold item 15 to the
November 10th planning commission
meeting. The applicant is requesting to
table item 18. The applicant is
requesting to hold item 32 to the
September 8th planning commission
meeting. Uh the applicant is requesting
to hold item 33 to the September 8th
planning commission meeting. The the
applicant is requesting to hold item 35
to the September 8th planning commission
meeting. Staff is requesting to table
item 44. And staff is requesting to
table item 47 to the September 8th
planning commission meeting. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening. Good evening,
Mr. Chairman, commissioners. Oh, sorry.
All right.
» Good evening, Mr. Chairman,
commissioners. Stephanie Gronower, 1980
Festival Plaza Drive. Here on behalf of
the applicant for item 26, we'd ask that
it be held until the September 8th
planning commission hearing, please.
» Okay. Thank you.
» Thank you.
» Good evening.
» Good evening. Lucy Stewart, 1930 Village
Center Circle, and we're requesting item
41 be held until the September 8th
planning commission meeting.
» All right. Thank you very much.
» Thank you.
» Anybody else?
» Hello, my name is Andrea Carroll, 1980
Festival Plaza Drive. We are requesting
item 32 to be held in obeyance till the
September 8th U planning commission.
» Okay, thank you very much.
» Anybody else?
» All right. Uh, seeing none, I'm going
close this and ask Commissioner Taylor
if she would uh make a motion on these
housekeeping items.
» Thank you, Chair. I'd like to make a
motion um on item number 15 to hold that
in oayance to the November 10th, 2026
planning commission meeting. On item 18,
uh to have that item be tabled. on item
26 to have that item held in abance to
the September 8th, 2026 planning
commission meeting. On item 32, to have
that item held to the September um held
in advance to the September 8th, 2026
planning meeting. Item 33 to be held in
abance to the September 8th, 2026
planning commission meeting. Item 35 to
be held in advance to the September 8th,
2026 planning commission meeting. Item
41 be held in obeyance to the September
8th, 2026 planning commission meeting.
Item 44, staff is requesting this item
be tabled. Um and then a motion on item
47 to have it held in obeyance to the
September 8th, 2026 planning commission
meeting.
» Thank you. There's a motion on the
floor. Please cast your vote.
Yay.
And that motion carries.
Moving on to
uh consent agenda items. Um consent
items are considered routine by the
planning commission and may be enacted
by one motion. However, any item may be
discussed if a commission member or
applicant so desires.
And this is item number seven. Um,
can we have a motion, Commissioner
Taylor?
» Um,
» Yes. I would like to make a motion. Um,
» One one second staff.
» Sorry, Omar. Omar with public works. Um,
uh, through you uh, uh, Commissioner or
through you, chair, I want to read in
changes to the condition items number
five and seven. Number
five
is there. So number seven number five
was housekeeping.
» That's for it is for item number
» It is for uh item number seven. Sorry.
Um um conditions five and seven.
» Oh okay. Go ahead.
» Condition five [clears throat] to read
dedication of public streets shown on
the tenative map. Date stamped 7:30 2026
is subject to review and approval of
civil improvement plans associated with
this tenative map. Dedicate a bus
turnout on Oro Street just north of
street A on the final map for the site.
Additionally, grant a bus shelter pad
easement on Oro Street in conformance
with standard drawing number 234.2 and
234.5 to the regional transportation
commission prior to the recordation of
the final map for this site. The
required bus turnout may be combined
with a dedicated right turn lane for
access into the northern portion of lot
one or another location acceptable to
the RTC. And [clears throat] for
condition number seven to read as the
Orox Street dedication shall allow for
the construction of two northbound
lanes. Additionally, construction of
traffic signals at both the Orox Street
and Street A intersection and the Desert
Foothills Drive and Street A
intersection will be determined by the
city traffic engineer based on future
development of the site. An alternative
solution to provide for an off- street
bike path and appropriate easements may
be approved by the city traffic
engineer. The geometry of such
easements, if any, shall be determined
prior to the recordation of a final map
for the site. The final map for the site
shall grant all easements required by
public works. Thank you.
» Thank you. Is the applicant here?
[clears throat]
» Hello. Do you agree to those addit
conditions and change modified
conditions?
» Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For the
record, Stephanie Groour, 1980 Festival
Plaza Drive here on behalf of the
applicant. We are in agreement with the
conditions read into the record.
» Okay. Thank you very much. Uh,
Commissioner Taylor, can I get a a
motion on the item number seven? One
motion, one vote.
» Um
» I mean I'm sorry, the consent agenda.
» Yes. Yes, chair. I'd like to make a
motion to approve item seven, obeyance
26-199
TMP1,
um with the revisions to conditions five
and 7.
» Thank you. Motion's on the floor. Please
cast your vote.
I
» Thank you. That'll um and that motion
carries.
» And that is final action tonight. And
let's appeal to the city clerk in seven
days.
» And Commissioner Rogan, if you press
your refresh button in the top lefthand
corner, it might might uh go ahead and
allow your voting to come back up.
Moving on to the one motion, one vote.
The following items are items that may
be considered in one motion, one vote.
They are considered routine non-public
and public hearing items with a staff
recommendation of approval. All public
hearing non-public hearings will be
opened at one time. Any person
representing an application or a member
of the public or a member of the
planning commission not in agreement
with the conditions and all standard
conditions for the application
recommended by staff should request to
have those items removed from this part
of the agenda. Item number 826-0196
SUP1 applicant Shakes Shack Nevada LLC
owner KRG Las Vegas Centennial Center
LLC for possible action on land use
entitlement project request for a
proposed 3558T
beer wine cooler on sale establishment
uh with uh use with a 60qt outdoor patio
area with a waiver of a distance
separation requirements from a school at
6181 Centennial Center Boulevard. Number
nine 26-269
applicant kite realy group owner KRG Las
Vegas Centennial Center for possible
action on the following land use
entitlement project request at northwest
corner of Tropical Parkway in Centennial
Center Boulevard. 8 9 is uh 26-0269
SGP1 for proposed restaurant with a
drive-through use. 9B 26269 SDR1 for a
proposed one-story 828 square foot
drive-thru only restaurant with a waiver
of the town center development standards
manual
number 10 26-273
SUP1 applicant Southern Nevada Art
Museum owner 1025 Main Street LLC for
possible action on a land use
entitlement project request for proposed
7,194T
alcohol on premise full use with a 500t
outdoor patio area at 1027 South Main
Street, Sweet 110 and 1029 South Main
Street, Ward 3.
Uh number 11 is 26-0274
SUP1. Applicant owner Los Corelli's
restaurant for possible action on a land
use entitlement project requests for a
proposed 3,500 foot alcohol on premise
full use with a waiver of a distance
separation from a church house of
worship at 1515 Northeastern Avenue
number 1126-0276
applicant owner the Howard Uses Company
for possible action on the following
land use entitlement project request on
a property located west of the
intersection of Alta Drive and Park Drip
Trail.
12 A 26-276 MDR1 for proposed Summerland
West Village 32A
20 or 12B is 26-0276
TP TMP1 village 32A for proposed 13 lot
parent tenative map 13 is 26-0301
SGP1 applicant Shang Centennial owner
copper cart 2 for possible action on the
land use entitlement project request for
a proposed 1547T beer Beer wine cooler
on sale establishment. Alcohol on sale
or on premise beer wine use at 6491
North Dangle Drive Sweet 140. Number 14
is 26-302
SDR1. applicant Las Vegas Billboards
owner uh Paliflax Creative Iron Works
for possible action on land use
entitlement project request for the
proposed structural modification and
addition of a digital LED electronic
message illumination to the north and
south faces of an existing off- premise
sign at 30 52 South Valley View
Boulevard.
Um are there any members of the public
that would like to be heard on any of
these items?
Seeing none, I'm going close the public
hearing. Is is the applicant for number
14 here, Las Vegas Billboards, uh,
Poliflax Creative Iron Works, uh, for
their billboard, please come forward.
Can we get your name and address for the
record?
I I apologize. I'm still My shoe broke
on the way coming up [laughter] the
stairs, so I have to kind of drag it. So
Lucy Stewart, 1930 Village Center
Circle, representing the applicant.
» Thank you. I'd like to ask if it's okay
with you to do a one-year review on your
sign.
» Sure.
» Okay. All right.
» Okay. Thank you.
» Uh that's it. Thank you. Um
and that'll be a one-year administrative
review,
» Mr. Chairman. Nicole Edetos for the
record. that would read, "An
administrative review shall be performed
one year from the date of of the final
inspection." Thank you.
» Yes. Okay. Thank you. All right. And
then,
» Um, Mr. Chair,
» Omar Kasani with public works.
» Yes.
» For the record, um, I would like to, uh,
propose, uh,
» Read in a modification to the conditions
for item 9B.
» Please do. uh for a change in condition
number 11 uh to read as connect to the
public sewer system at a size, depth,
and location acceptable to the sanitary
sewer engineering section of the
Department of Public Works. Thank you.
» And that was item which
9B.
» Item 9B.
» Okay.
And then I will make a disclosure on
item number 10, the Southern Nevada Art
Museum. Uh I work with the landlord um
for this uh property and quite a few
different properties. So I'll be
abstaining on that matter.
Madam Chair, no other comments. Uh can I
get a motion?
» Um yes. Uh chair, I would like to make a
motion on our one motion, one vote
items. Um 8 um to approve item 8, nine
with 9B's modified conditions. Item 10,
[clears throat] 11, 12, 13, and 14,
including the revised condition of a
one-year administrative review.
» Thank you. Motion's on the floor. Please
cast your vote.
That motion carries.
» And Mr. Chairman, items 8 and 12 will
move on to city council on September
16th. Items 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14 are
final action tonight, unless appealed to
the city clerk in 10 days. Thank you,
sir. Moving on to the public hearing
items. Uh, starting with item number 16,
advance 26-0167
V1. Applicant owner Cory Anthony Nation
for possible action on land use
entitlement project requests to allow an
existing residential accessory structure
storage structure that does not conform
to title 19.06 development standards for
setbacks, separation or aesthetic
compatibility in size at 650 Echorrest
Avenue, Ward 6. staff recommends. Now,
can we get the staff report, please?
» Yes. Um, Madame Chair, Josh for the with
the Department of Community Development
for the record for the variance request
for an existing residential accessory
structure at 6505 Echorest Avenue. Staff
finds no evidence of a unique or
extraordinary circumstance related to
the physical characteristics of the
property
have and um have been presented uh to
warrant the requested variances. As
such, the hardship is self-imposed and
therefore staff recommends denial. Thank
you.
» Thank you, sir. Good evening. Can I get
your name and address for the record?
» Good evening, vice chair, members of the
commission. Denise Gordio, 204, Bell
Isle, Port, Henderson, Nevada 89012 here
representing the applicant on this
matter. Um, you have the exact same
exhibit that I was going to show.
Basically, this is the fourth property
along this culde-sac that is in for the
exact same thing. We appreciate staffs
and and understand the recommendation.
However, this structure has been here
for years, has not shown to be have any
kind of negative impact on the on the
community and in fact has really
integrated as part of the part of the
culde-sac both this neighborhood and the
neighborhoods to the north and to the
south. We do have letters of support
from all the adjacent property owners
and from the culde-sac as well. Uh we
did and we held this because we weren't
sure if we were going to be able to get
it permitted. We've been working with
the building official. We did verify
that it can be permitted and so at this
point in time we would respectfully
request your approval on this item and
we are in agreement with all conditions
of of if approved.
» All right. Thank you sir. This was not
as public hearing. Anyone want to be
heard, please come forward, give your
name and address for the record. Seeing
none, I'm going close public hearing.
Turn this over to Commissioner Taylor.
» Um thank you chair. Good evening sir.
Thanks for bringing another one of these
down. Um, so can you The only issue I
have with this one, um, is that it is a
little different because it's enclosed.
Um, and so you do, are there any other
ones that have been enclosed on the
streets as you've been talking to the
neighbors and looking at these
structures that really, you know, the
structure themselves are really
harmonious and compatible with this
neighborhood and really part of the
condition of the neighborhood now. But
does anyone else have theirs enclosed?
» Yes. So it's it's not fully enclosed.
It's okay. The the the orientation of
the lot is such to where he put these.
So it started out as a carport as all of
these did because they were all
constructed by the same company. And
then he added some lattice to the side
just because of the the the sun, you
know, the orientation of the of the
sunlight. So it's not fully enclosed,
but if you look at it, it does look like
it's enclosed. But an answer to your
simple answer, yes, there are others.
And within a quarter mile of I I I
won't, you know, put anything on the
record, but within a quarter of a mile
of this property, there are pro probably
30 other accessory structures that are
very similar.
» Okay. Um and then did you have any of
the adjoining neighbors um
oppose this?
» No. And in fact, we were out I was
actually out to the site here a couple
days ago. We spoke with the neighbor to
the south and to the east and if they
had not submitted their letters of
support, we do have those as well. We
can but I believe they were already
submitted for the record.
» Okay. Okay. Um I if anybody has any
other comments otherwise I'm ready to
make a motion on this.
» Please do.
» Okay. On item 16, obeyance 26-0167
VA1. I'd like to make a motion to
approve.
» Motion's on the floor. Please cast your
vote.
» Subject.
» Oh, subject to all. He did say he was.
Yes. But you agree to all conditions.
» We're in agreement with all.
» Okay. Thank you.
» That motion carries.
» And that is appreciated.
» And that is final action tonight. Must
appeal to the city clerk in 10 days.
» All right. Thank you. Moving on to item
17, advanced 26-0173
V1. Applicant owner uh Constasio Beltron
for possible action on land use and
entitlement project request to allow an
existing home addition that does not
conform to Title 19.06 development
standards for setbacks at 2620 Los Verde
Street W 3. Staff recommends now. Can we
get the staff report, please?
» Mr. Chair, this this request is the
result of an open code enforcement case.
The applicant is requesting a variance
to allow an existing home addition
within the rear yard that does not
comply with minimum rear yard setbacks.
The submitted floor plan indicates the
additional space is utilized as a master
bedroom for the home. Staff finds no
unique or extraordinary evidence has
been presented to warrant the requested
variance to allow a 6ft rear yard
setback where 15 ft is required for the
addition in the rear yard. As such, the
hardship is self-imposed and therefore
staff recommends denial of this request.
Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening, sir. Can we get
your name and address for the record?
» Yes. Uh, good evening. My name is Haime
Dega. Address is 6944 Erin Circle, Las
Vegas, Nevada, 89145.
And I I represent the owner. The the
owner, he tried to be here, but he's
really sick at this time. And um this is
the problem. The whole addition is 646
square ft. But the problem is right here
on this area uh on this part we have a
15 ft setback but just right here in
this section is just 6 ft. So we kindly
ask you to consider approval you know
for this
setback. There's no complaint with the
rest. Now the architectural design will
be compatible with the rest of the
house.
» Okay. Thank you.
» Thank you.
» This was not as a public hearing. Anyone
want to be heard, please come forward.
Seeing none, I'm close the public
hearing and turn this over to plan
commission.
Let me ask you, is this already
constructed?
» Partially. Partially. And
» Okay. And let me ask staff a question.
Were was this a property that y'all were
not able to get in the backyard to take
photos of?
» Um, no. This we were not um given access
to go to the back of this house to get
photos of this particular structure.
This particular uh project was
misnotified on the June meeting and the
sign was placed across the street and
that's why it was pushed to this
meeting.
» Okay. I'm looking at this and unless if
I'm looking at it wrong, it looks like a
100% of the backyard is built out on
Google Maps, not just what he's showing.
Is that correct, sir?
» Yeah, that's correct. But there's a lot
of construction that was built here is
already demolished because uh we told
them that there's no way you know that
get approved like like was before
» But we we are always in touch with the
code enforcement officer.
» Let let me let me let me continue sir.
So if if it truly is what you're talking
about and it's only that one little
section I could get behind that. But if
staff goes out and finds that the whole
yard's built and it's not demolished,
then um this is I'm going to have a
bigger issue with that. No, as today um
most of the area that was built like all
this is already gone and they also have
an structure here is already gone and um
so these plans are uh if we get the
approval these plans are going to be
ready to submit to to building
department and it's going to be just
like this exactly like this. I have I
have no problem with that and when when
it goes through permit and we'll have
building inspectors come out and take a
look to make sure that's the way it's
built. But I have no other comments on
that and considering that's the case.
I'm I'm fine with this application. Does
anybody have any comments on this?
Okay, then I'll make a motion on this.
On item number 17, uh bands 26-0173 V1
move to approve subject to stats
conditions. Do you agree to all staff
conditions, sir? Yes, we agree.
» Thank you. Motion's on the floor. Please
cast your vote.
» That motion carries.
» And that is final action tonight unless
appealed to the city clerk in 10 days.
» Thank you.
» Thank you, sir.
» Moving on to item number 19. Advance
26-0236
applicant KB Homes Las Vegas
Incorporated owner SDE 600015
for possible action on a following land
use entitlement project request on north
side of Iron Mountain Road approximately
970 ft west of Pulley Road W 6. Staff
recommends approval. 19A is a 26-0236
GPA1 from PCD planned community
development and PF public facility to ML
medium lowdensity residential. 19B
advance 26-236
ZON1 from UU uh undeveloped PCD plan
community development PF public facility
general plan destinations to RSL
residential small lot. Can we get the
staff report please?
» Mr. Chairman, if you like u 19 20 and 21
are all related. If you wanted to open
them all up and then we could discuss
them and and vote.
Okay. 19, 20, and 21. Okay. Uh, let me
read the other two into a record. 20 is
26-0280,
applicant KB Home, Las Vegas, uh, owner,
United States of America, for possible
action on the following land use
entitlement project request for the
south side of Rodley Avenue
approximately 970 ft west of Pulley
Road, W 6. Staff recommends now. 20A is
26-0280
VR1 to allow private gated streets do
not conform to title 1904 complete
street standards. 20B is 26-0280
TMP1 Montero unit one for a proposed 62
single uh 62 lot single family
residential subdivision 21's 26- 0292
applicant KB homes Las Vegas owner SD
600015
for possible action on following land
use entitlement project request on north
side of Bradley Avenue approximately 970
ft west of Pulley Road W 6 staff
recommends now 21A 26-0292 to V1 to
allow private gated streets do not
conform to Title 19.04 complete street
standards. 21B is 26-0292
TMP1 Ontario unit 2 for proposed 60 unit
single family residential subdivision.
May we get the staff reports?
» Mr. Chairman, the proposed general plan
amendment and resoning are compatible
with the designations and densities of
the adjacent parcels and conform with
the Kyle Canyon area plan and Las Vegas
2050 master plan. Parcels to the east
were recently approved for low density
residential general plan designation and
reszoned RSL
uh residential small lot with similar
density range as the proposed request.
Therefore, staff recommends approval of
the general plan amendment and resoning.
While both proposed tenative maps are
consistent with the land use vision of
the Kyle Canyon special area plan, the
subdivisions failed to comply with the
title 19 complete street standards. No
unique or extraordinary circumstance
related to the physical characteristics
of the sites have been presented and the
hardships are self-imposed. Therefore,
staff recommends denial of both tenative
maps and variance requests. Please note,
additional documentation of support and
protest was received after publication
for items 20 and 21. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening, sir.
» Good evening, Mr. Chairman,
commissioners. My name is Bob Gronower
in 1980 Festival Plaza Drive. I'm here
representing Katie Home on these matters
that are before you. Um, as I can get
your attention to the overhead, I'd like
to just give you a little bit of
background of this area and then we'll
zero in on the uh property that you see
highlighted here in yellow. Uh, the
first thing I want to mention to you in
this area here, this is known as the
Kyle Canyon Gateway. Over the last sever
several years, you have seen us come in
with applications
uh coming in with single family
residential development. Uh, this is a
US 95. This is the off-ramp here which
takes you up to Kyle Canyon going up to
Mount Charleston in this area. Um so as
you can see here some of the development
that's already existing in the area. Uh
you've also approved other projects just
recently down in this area here. These
are all mainly single family detached
homes. Um typically around uh 3,3500t
lots. Uh you have another uh lot um
subdivision in this area that's slightly
a little bit larger up adjacent which we
call the sheet mountain parkway as I
show you here. This runs north and south
in this area. This is that major
arterial uh parkway that connects all
the way down through Sky Canyon, Sky
Hills and um um Sky Summit down in that
area and down to 215. So this is a major
arterial in this area. Then as you go
west of Sheet Mountain Parkway um you
see this right here. This is already
under construction. This was just recent
rec recently approved by you. It's a
similar application that actually we are
proposing tonight. This application here
came in with medium low uh master
planning which we're asking for tonight.
Uh it's also got approved for RSL zoning
which is um allows [clears throat]
minimum 400 foot lots and they came in
with the same variances that we're
asking for for the variances for
complete uh street standards. The reason
why I point that out is is because you
see in this area here, what has been
trending is to be more 4,500 foot lot
sizes um instead of the product that you
see over here, which is more of the
3,3500
foot lot product. So, we [clears throat]
believe in this area here and as you go
further west that you're getting a lower
density and a bigger bigger lot product
of what's being proposed. So, we do
appreciate um staff's recommendation.
These are actually two separate parcels.
Uh the southern parcel is a parcel that
KB home has picked up in the uh BLM
auction which is a 10 acres down here
and then this 10 acres which is located
here approximately is in private hands.
So total of the two uh properties comes
out to about 21 acres total plus or
minus in that area. So staff is
recommending approval for the medium low
land use plan and they're also
recommending approval for the
residential small lot zoning designation
in this area. um because of everything I
just mentioned to you as you see here.
Um in addition [clears throat] to the
master plan and the zone change, this is
a zoning map in this area. As I said
earlier, this is the off-ramp coming up
off of US 95 along Kyle Canyon in this
area. You can see the zonings that have
been approved in this area. And then our
property we're asking to be that same
color in this area here. So, uh, that
gives you a better perspective from the
zoning of what you've se what you, uh,
seen in the past.
Next is, um, we have our two projects,
which is I'm going to start with the one
on the south, uh, south side of what we
call Radley in this area here that I'm
showing you. Uh, this is 62 homes. Uh,
these 62 homes are going to be minimum
4,500 square uh, square foot lots. uh
the density comes out to just up to
about 5.7 units to the acre which is
definitely compatible to about the 5.37
5.4 units an acre that is currently
under construction in this area. As you
can see here, parts of that project. Um,
actually I I'll show you exactly what
we're
This is the adjacent project here. And
the only reason why I'm showing you the
adjacent project because what you'll see
here, although it's been approved, it
had does have a little bit less of open
space of what we're proposing and it has
the same type of street private street
standards that that we're asking to to
be approved. Also, uh that being said,
you can see here we have a large green
space area here for open space. This is
more for usable open space, although
we're not required to do so with with
the RSL. Uh what we're asking to do is
uh come in with some amenity plan. We do
have a temporary uh amenity plan right
now that we're putting together. Uh what
I'd like to do is as we go through this
process for the record is that we'll
continue to work on the amenities within
the area here as we go up through city
council. Um and it's one of the
[clears throat] things my client has
asked to do as we try to figure out to
finalize some of the amenities that we
are proposing in this area. Um so that
is um the south southern portion to the
north of us um in this area. So if I
could show on this map here
and this is essentially what you would
see uh for the development which as I
said the road is rot radly located in
here and the irony is this is all going
to be one HOA um so we're going to have
to have you're going to have access from
one subdivision to the next since it's
all under one HOA ownership. Um, and
[clears throat] then in this area here
on this plan to the north, uh, we have
approximately 60 homes that we're
proposing in here. And, uh, what we have
though is for open space because in the
area, which
I should have shown you in the beginning
is we have a fairly large wash that goes
through the properties in this area. So,
we we have to pipe this area here. As
you can see, the wash that's going
through for drainage. And when you take
a look here is this is where we're going
to have to put our pipe. And as you know
where we put our pipe, we're going to
have to have our open space in that
area. So again, [clears throat] we're
looking to program this area here as we
go between planning commission, city
council. Um we'd ask you to approve the
applications that are before you for the
uh general plan amendment, the zone
change, tenative maps, and the variances
that are before you today. So I'm here
to answer any questions.
» Thank you.
This was noted as a public hearing.
Anyone wanting to be heard, please come
forward. Seeing none, I'm going to close
the public hearing and turn this over to
plan commission for discussion, possible
action. Starting with Commissioner
Taylor.
» Uh, thank you, Chair. Thank you, Mr.
Gronower. Um, as always, for your and
your clients um diligent work on trying
to bring projects up that fit with what
um the vision for W six is, and we
really appreciate the work that you
always put into it. Um, couple of
questions and I know you just sent over
um some of the the working plans for
your open space and that that is uh
going to be, you know, part of the
ongoing um iteration as you get to city
council. But on the south side, um if
you can flip to your open space plan, um
I understand there's a general rule KB,
one of your market segments is um our
families, right? amilies.
And I do hope that that's a permanent
piece of it. But my question is for you,
uh, does this include a shade structure
over the play structure? And can we put
a condition on there to be sure that it
does?
» Yeah, I was presuming there was a shade
structure on that, but if you want to
put a condition on that, you can. I I
don't want to say yes for sure, but
» But you don't have you don't have a
problem with putting a condition on it
to require shade structure. Okay. So, if
staff can
» Vet that up and then um
» Uh what was the other thing I was going
to ask? If you can go back to your
walking trail because we I think we
talked about this um on the north side.
» On the north side. Yes.
And then I have
Do how long is that do you think? Like
how long is the whole walking trail? And
the only reason I ask is we didn't talk
about this but I was think or maybe we
did talk a little bit about it but um
lighting even if it was sort of like
footer lighting so it doesn't go into
the houses but some kind of pathway
lighting. Have we discussed
» I thought we discussed that. Um there
will be some lighting in that area. I I
want I want to say we did discuss in
this application. Um it's it's probably
approximately 400 feet in in length
there. Okay. I'm just doing some quick
math with the 45 minimum square foot
lots that we're backing up against. Um
it it should be about 400 plus uh linear
feet.
» Okay. Um yeah. So just I don't know if
again we need to put a condition on
there that there be some type of low
lighting.
» We'll work with you through that, but I
I'm almost sure we we discussed that at
least I believe it was on this project.
» All right. Thanks, Mr. grown hour. And
then just the other thing I just want to
point out, um, at the beginning of your
presentation, you were talking about
surrounding zoning and you know, we
spent a lot of time uh, at the beginning
of Councilwoman Brun's first term
talking about what Kyle Canyon should
look like. And I
I don't know. I think the only thing
that has been approved that are these
smaller lots that you referenced, the
3500 would have been that prior council
offic's approvals of Kyle Gateway and
possibly the Summit Home Town Homes, but
I don't think that we've approved
anything that small. And I'm I'm double
checking that, but and I only want to
put that on the record again because we
have talked extensively with with
everybody developing up there that we
want to make sure that the character
quality, you know, the sort of like
space of Kyle Canyon is got is
maintained in a way that protects it.
And we've we have in discussions about
the overall holistic development talked
about making sure that we are having
larger lots as we go west and where the
density is that it makes sense closer to
the freeway where the summit town homes
were. And so I just want to to make it
clear that it is not my recollection
that this um office has approved 3500
lots square foot lots other than the
town homes. And I I just want to make
sure that we're kind of clear on the
record. I believe also that some of the
projects that we've approved that are to
the east have been substantially larger
lots. And so really if you're thinking
about the trajectory, you know, we're
kind of a little bit going backwards,
but I know that you your client is
trying to provide product to allow
different ownership and like allow lots
of different um folks to be able to come
and live in this incredible area. But I
just want to make sure that we're we're
very clear for the record that
continuing to bring forward smaller and
smaller lots as we move west is not
something that um I'm comfortable with.
» Yep. Got it.
» Okay. Um but otherwise again thank you
for the great work and if anybody else
has anything.
» Yes.
» Yes. Um on item number 20, do you mind
pulling up the um amenity plan again for
me? I have actually have a question um
relating to the site section. It looks
like there's a significant um slope that
runs east to west on that um portion of
the parcel. And so I just wanted to know
on that amenity plan, how much do you
know how much of that is actual usable
space? Are they planning to
» What we're when you say usable this area
would be turf area in here
» And right and so is this is that other
portion with the landscaping is that
graded up
» I don't know what the I don't know what
the crosssections are on that. I do know
that we do have a walking path in this
area that's being planned. And actually,
I just received as I was sitting here a
more updated plan of moving the play
equipment up in this area here. So,
we're still moving some stuff around,
working with our uh landscape and our
planners for the open space here. I'm
just concerned that it looks like a lot
of space on the site plan, but when you
actually look at the slope of it, I just
want to make sure that they're taking
full advantage of that of that area.
» Okay,
» That's all I have.
» Thank you, Commissioner Leo. Anybody
else? Seeing none, Commissioner Taylor,
can I get a motion starting with item
number 19?
» Um, yes. On item number 19,
um, and I guess quick question before I
make motions. Um, Miss Edetos, for the
condition of the shade structure um over
the the playground area, which item
would that attach to?
» That would attach to item number 20. So,
you can go ahead and read 19 and vote.
» Okay, great. I'd like to make a motion
on item 19. That's obeyance 26-236
um sub A and sub B to approve.
» Motion's on the floor. Please cast your
vote. subject to conditions and agree
Mr. Groenhower with all conditions.
» Uh yes, Mr. Chairman. All right,
» That motion carries
» And that item will move on to city
council on September 16.
» Thank you, Commissioner Taylor.
» Thank you, um Mr. Chair, on item
2026-280
um and subp parts 20A and 20B. I would
like to make a motion to approve subject
to all conditions including an amended
condition added condition for a shade
structure over the tot lot and do you
need to read that condition into the
record?
» Uh yes through you Mr. Chairman that
condition will read um areas dedicated
for play structures shall include a
shade structure over the play equipment.
Thank you.
» Thank you. Um so that is my motion to
approve on those two items and you again
agree Mr. Grin to all conditions in the
added condition.
» Yes ma'am.
» Thanks.
» Thank you. Motion is on the floor.
Please cast your vote
» Through your chair. Which uh child item
was that uh adequation going on to? Is
it 20 A or 20B?
» That would be 20B the T the TMP.
» Please cast your vote.
That motion carries
» And that will move on to city council on
September 16th. [snorts]
» Thank you, Commissioner Taylor.
» Okay. And then on item 2126-292,
21A, and 21B, I would like to make a
motion um to approve subject to all
conditions, and you agree to all
conditions and and I will look forward
to continuing to speak with you as this
moves to city council about these
projects as always. Thank you, Mr.
Gernau. Mo motion's on the floor. Please
cast your vote. That motion [snorts]
carries.
» And that will also move on to city
council on September 19th or September
16th.
» September. [snorts]
» Thank you very much and have a good
night.
» All right. Thank you.
» Moving on to 22 26-0153 SGP1 applicant
Thai active massage and spa. Spa owner
is GWHC of Nevada for possible action on
land use entitlement project request for
a proposed massage establishment use
with a waiver of distance separation
requirements from residentially zoned
property at 8450 West Sahara Avenue
sweet 108 W 2. Can we get the staff
report please?
» Mr. Chair, the subject suite is located
within an existing commercial shopping
center which includes various commercial
uses. The applicant is proposing to
operate a Thai spa that includes spa
massage and other wellness services.
While the proposed massage establishment
use requires waiver of distance
separation from a parcel zoned for
residential use, there is no direct
access to the residentially zoned
property. Staff finds that this use will
not negatively impact surrounding
development and can be conducted in a
manner that is harmonious and compatible
with the existing surrounding land uses.
Therefore, staff recommends approval of
the special use permit subject to
conditions. Please note additional
documents for protest were received
after publication. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening, ma'am. Can we
get your name and address for the
record?
» Good evening. My name is Kitty Lepice.
I'm a representative for Thai Massage
and Spa and the uh the units at the
address is 8450 West Sahara, Las Vegas,
Nevada, 89117260153.
» Would you mind spelling your name?
» My name is Kitty Ki Ty. Last name leis l
e p n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
n n i s.
» Thank you. All right.
Continue on with your project.
» Okay. Uh uh
the owner is right here. Her name is
Subawi Wang. Okay. And she completed
four year of the study in Thai
traditional massage program in Thailand.
And currently she attend the AMO study,
you know, to become a Thai therapist. Uh
the Tacti Massage and Spa will operate
at professional massage establishment
providing uh therapeutic massage only.
We do not offer or permit any sexual
services. We maintain a zero terror
policy for inappropriate requests or
behavior. Inappropriate behavior occurs,
the session will be terminated
immediately. Our goal to provide a safe,
respectful and professional environment
for both clients and our therapists. In
addition to provide providing
professional therapeutic
uh massage services, our business will
also benefit the community by creating a
new employment opportunities. As the
business grow, we hope to create jobs
and contribute positively to the local
economy. So there are three licenses,
okay, for this paralo. And then also the
hour operation it going to be will be on
Monday to s to uh Sunday. So, it going
to be from 7 uh 8, you know, 7 7 Okay,
sorry. 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Last
appointment will be at 700 p.m. And the
location, the business is located
between the Sahara and Durango. Is this
uh Kaya, you know, heavy, you know,
traffic in area? Um, sorry, I'm little
bit nervous.
» All right. [laughter] The surrounding
area including resident development,
local business, restaurant and shopping
center. The establishment is located
with active commercial area surrounded
by numerous other businesses. The
parking we have plenty of parking that
is amble parking available for customer
including handicap accessibility parking
exit. We when there are approximately 82
tow homes in Lake Pacific subdivision is
that behind or behind the uh the
establishment many of which are rental
properties on August 8th we went door to
door to introduce our sale and discuss
the proposed the business with the
resident the majority were tenants
they're not owner of the property They
respond but the respond was overwhelming
positively. Resident were welcoming and
positive of our becoming part of their
community. And I also have the signature
some of the owner sign for us. I like to
show this one here. This as you can see
» You can turn that in to the city clerk
if you'd like.
» Yes, I will do that. Yeah.
» And the other thing. Okay. The different
between times. Okay.
Thank you.
So, okay. They are different. Okay.
Between Thai massage and the other
massage,
um they are fully closed on the floor
mat. Number one. Number two, no oils or
lotions. And number three is active
movement and stretching. Number four,
focus on energy lies. So we hope that
you get us approved on this business.
» Okay. Thank you.
» Thank you.
» All right. This was not as a public
hearing. Anyone want to be heard, please
come forward. Seeing none, I'm going
close a public hear and turn this over
to Commissioner Labau.
» Thank you so much for your presentation.
Um, I just um I appreciate that you were
being a good neighbor and reaching out
to the neighborhood just to make sure
that they were okay with your request. U
my office is right across the street
from this location and I I think it is a
very busy um business corridor. I don't
really see any issues um opening up this
establishment in that location. I think
it's an appropriate use for it. Um, so
with that, I'd like to motion to approve
item 260153,
SUP1.
» Motion's on the floor. Please cast your
vote.
» Subject to conditions. And you agree to
all conditions, ma'am.
» Yes.
» Thank you.
» Yes, sir.
» The motion carries.
» Thank you so much.
» And that is final action tonight. Unless
appeal to the city clerk in 10 days.
» Thank you. Item number 2326-0211
applicant 300 Stewart Avenue Corporation
owner city of Las Vegas for possible
action on the following land use
entitlement project request at 30350
Stewart Avenue Ward 5. staff that
recommends approval. 23A26
0211 SGP1 for major amendment to improve
special use permit SGP69331
for proposed 20,000t addition to an
existing 2,600T
alcohol on premise full use. 23B is
26211 SDR1 for a major amendment to
improve site development plan review for
a proposed two-story 20,000 foot
addition to an existing 36,91qt
museum, the Mob Museum and the proposed
permanent parking lot with waiverss of
appendix F interim downtown Las Vegas
development standards area one. Can we
get the staff report please?
» Mr. Vice Chair staff finds that the
proposed expansion of the Mob Museum is
consistent with the objectives of the
2045 downtown master plan and the
expansion of this cultural asset will
contribute to the vitality of downtown.
Similarly, staff supports the expansion
of the alcohol on full premise use
associated with that expansion.
Uh the proposed addition has received
support from both the state historic
preservation office and the city's
historic preservation committee and
staff recommends approval subject to uh
conditions. Please note additional
documentation of support were received
after publication for these
applications. Also, please note there is
a corrected staff report provided in
your supplemental items for tonight's
meeting. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening
» Members of the commission. Uh my name is
Jonathan [clears throat] Alman. and I am
president and CEO of the Mom Museum uh
address 300 Stewart Avenue uh Las Vegas
89101.
Uh I'm here with Alexia Chen uh with LGA
Architects uh our architect of record.
Um we're very excited about this project
uh our uh expansion uh to the east and
the and the north. Um you know as noted
by uh staff um the uh the additional
facility is on the parcel that we lease
from the city. So it is uh it is city
land. It is um a somewhat challenging
site but we are uh excited with what
we've been able to um conceive uh to
work within that parcel. Um and uh we're
very grateful for the uh the support of
city staff as we've uh come to this this
juncture. Uh we've gone through the
process with historic preservation uh
review uh at the local uh state and
national level. So, we've gotten uh the
approvals from the National Park
Service, uh State Historic Preservation
Office, as well as the historic
preservation uh commission um to make
certain that this uh what we're doing is
respectful of uh the historic building
that we um hold very dear uh that uh is
what houses the current museum. Um, so
we are uh uh happy to discuss or answer
any questions that uh members of the
commission might have for us.
» Okay. Thank you very much. This was not
as a public hearing. Anyone want to be
heard, please come forward. Seeing none,
I'm close public hearing and turn this
over to Commissioner Walters.
» Hi. Hello. Um we're ex excited about
this expansion to the Mom Museum and
some of the work that you're doing
there. um and to see this development. I
know that you've been in talks uh for a
little while about uh uh making these
changes. So, um on your landscape plan,
I just want to ask if um your trees are
24inch box trees. A couple I'm not
really familiar with. So, uh, I'd like
to ask for condition for
those trees to be large, fast going
growing trees, um, identified in the
Southern Nevada Water Authorities tree
list with 3-in caliber at 6 in above
grade.
Is that is that something that you think
can that you're willing to
» Yes, absolutely. Is that within the
parking lot or within the perimeter
landscape buffer area?
» Uh parking lot for sure. Um both.
» Both.
» Is that okay?
» Yes.
» Are you accepting?
» Yes, we are.
» Um otherwise, uh I think it's a
beautiful layout and we're excited to
see it move forward.
» Thank you.
» Is there anyone else who has other Yes.
» Um good a good good evening. Um, I just
had a it's a little outside the purview
of what we do, but I I did just have a
question about the actual design and how
it links into the museum.
» And um I only ask um because I am sort
of familiar with the CCCHP and the Shipo
at the state level and
» I just don't well two things. Um, I
would be really curious to hear Miss
Chen or you talk about how you
integrated this sort of much more modern
expansion like and how it's intended to
reflect the existing architecture of the
building and then what's the connection
point and how did you limit any sort of
intrusion into the existing building at
that connection point for the expansion?
So, I uh I I will uh answer some of that
and then uh I'm sure Alexia will have a
few things to add. Um we've talked about
this extensively. Um uh both with the
Historic Preservation Commission as well
as the State Historic Preservation
Office. um very careful selection of um
material types and colors uh that would
be on the new building to make certain
you know I think at at the kind of the
highest level what we're aspiring to do
here is to make certain that the
building addition is complementaryary of
the historic structure without creating
any confusion about what is historic and
what is a contemporary building. So
that's really what we're trying to
thread is to make certain that it's
aesthetically complimentary but not uh
you know if if if someone were to that
doesn't know any better is not familiar
with uh our building and was standing on
the street uh they would not conclude
that the new building is actually uh the
historic building that's on the national
register of historic places. Um so
that's kind of the the aesthetic
approach in terms of the connection been
really trying to identify how we can
minimize um any impact on the historic
structure. So what we uh what you know
the the two penetrations
uh are on the east um side of the
existing historic building to the north.
uh it's in a corner that's already been
altered um kind of you know considerably
certainly relative to other portions of
of the building. There is uh on the
north side in of that corner uh there
was already a uh window that was turned
into an emergency exit. Uh and there's
um uh a uh ADA accessible ramp that's
out out there as well. Uh so we need to
have some physical opening that goes
through. We thought that that was the
you know would have the least impact. Um
it's towards the rear of the uh of the
building. Um and then additionally the
uh the hyphen that connects the historic
building to the new building. you know,
we've we've minimized uh the height of
that hyphen and uh and really tried to
maximize the setback from the street so
that it would have uh as little impact
as possible um on the exterior view of
the east facade of the building.
» Okay. Thank you. And then I I just had
one other follow-up question trying to
look at the pictures is so what you've
got shown here this the bottom
elevation. Does
does it wrap behind the building so that
it's like blocking the view of the
building?
» It it wraps um to an extent. So what we
So So this is really what you know what
we're trying to to kind of weave here is
the addition to the east that does not
entirely block the east facade. Um on
the north side we also you know we
consider the the perspective uh from the
north to be uh important as well because
that's where you can see the uh the
extension of the courtroom you know
which is the most historic portion of
the building uh that's right up here as
well as uh the historic uh former post
office loading bays. So you can see the
bit of the green awning over here as
well. So um so if [clears throat] you're
looking at uh from uh the north side um
yes there is some wrap around the corner
uh but it does not fully obstruct the uh
the north facade of the building
» And the south side of the building is
completely unobstructed to see the
entrance.
» Yes. Yes.
» Okay. And then on the bottom rendering,
what what is I'm just
exactly where you had your index finger.
Is that also that's the east side,
right?
» Yes,
» I got it. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thanks
for the walk through.
» Sure.
» Question.
» All right, Mr. Boils.
Um through you, chair. On item 23B,
condition number 17, a new bullet point
shall be added that states, "All fast
all trees within the parking lot and
landscape buffer areas shall be fast
growing large shade trees with a minimum
3-in trunk caliber measured 6 in from
the base of the trunk in accordance with
the Southern Nevada regional plant list.
Thank you.
» Thank you." And you agree to that
condition?
» We do. And if I may, um, we agree to all
of the conditions. We do have just one
question of on one of the conditions.
» Go ahead.
» Uh, under public works number 21.
» Right. So, our question is on the
description of constructing a bus
turnout in alignment with the rightway
and the description of bus shelter. Um,
it's unclear in this condition as
written where this is happening. if
there is a bus stop for for RTC in front
of the MA museum
um through the chair uh Omar Kasani in
public works. The the bus stop is going
to be in by the right turn lane uh the
turnout that is just south of this
proposed parking lot.
You're saying over here?
» Correct. It's right there.
» It's in the rightway.
» In the rightway.
» So, is the request to construct a bus
shelter in this in the rightway there?
» Uh
uh yes, that is that is a request.
And that's [clears throat]
we need to make certain that we're
accommodating a bus shelter or we are
constructing a bus shelter.
» So they're accommodating.
» Okay. Um usually the RTC will be
constructing the bus shelter. You will
be uh accommodating for that bus shelter
space.
» Okay. So just the alignment of the um
driveway connection.
» That is correct.
» Thank you. Okay. So, you agree to all
the conditions?
» Yes, we do.
» And the added condition?
» Yes.
» Okay. Thank you. Uh, seeing no other
comments, Commissioner Walters, can we
get a motion?
» Yes. I'd like to make a motion item 23,
that's 26-211,
uh, to approve with staff conditions. Do
you accept all staff conditions?
» Yes, we do. And that's on 23A and 23B.
» 23A and 23B. Yes. Thank you.
» Okay. Thank you.
And that uh added condition will go on
to 23B for clarification.
All right. Uh please cast your votes.
The motion carries.
» Thank you very much.
» And that is final action tonight and
let's appeal to the city clerk in 10
days.
» Okay. Thank you. Item number 2426-0213
B1. Applicant Guadalupe Fus. Uh owner is
Kas de Lupe. uh for possible action on a
land use entitlement project request to
allow an existing front yard wall fence.
It does not conform to title 1906
development standards for heightened
visibility at 3436 Venice Drive W five.
Stack rep recommends denial. Can we get
the staff report please?
» Mr. Chair, uh this request is the result
of an open code enforcement case. The
applicant is requesting a variance to
maintain an existing front yard wall and
fence that was constructed without
obtaining required building permits that
does not meet Title 19 development
standards for heightened visibility.
Staff finds no unique or extraordinary
evidence has been presented. The
applicant has created a self-imposed
hardship by constructing a front yard
wall that does not meet Title 19
development standards. Modifying the top
two feet of the wall to have 50%
visibility and lowering the gate to a
maximum of five feet would allow
conformance to title 19 requirements.
Therefore, staff recommends denial of
this request. Please note, additional
documents for protest were received
after publication. Thank you.
» Thank you, sir. Good evening.
» Hello, I'm Angel. This is Wal Lupe
Frosto and uh we live at uh 3436 Venice
Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1089 108.
» Angel, what's your last name? Hernandez.
» Okay, thank you.
» Um, ever since we moved into that house,
we bought it. Um, they have been
stealing from the front yard. Um, we go
out, we come back, we have people
swimming in our swimming pool without us
being in the house. So, um, in 2021, we
decided to put two more feet
um to our front yard. Um, there's
people, homeless people um with shopping
carts stealing stuff from the front
yards.
Um, it's a lady walking with a dead cat.
Um, I'm just I'm I'm not I didn't do it
for cosmetic reasons. We did it for our
own safety. And ever since um 2021, we
haven't had nothing stolen from. We had
nothing um people swimming in a swimming
pool no more. Um
but it's been there for four years or
five. Five already.
» Okay. All right. and we're just doing it
for our own safety.
» Okay. Thank you. Uh this was noted as a
public hearing. Anyone want to be heard,
please come forward. Seeing none, I'm
going close the public hear and turn
this one over to Commissioner Walters.
» Hi.
» Hello.
» Um
so I I understand your safety concern
and I understand uh the reason why you
have the solid wall fence. Um, I did
come drive through the neighborhood and
I did not find any other uh front yards
that were of similar aesthetic. Uh,
which is one of my concerns in that
neighborhood. And I also see that that
several of your neighbors in including
on one side and across the street have
um have not similar walls but ones that
conform with the two foot foot and then
the metal uh in between. Do you know
what I'm talking about? The fence block
with with metal in between. And so it
does appear like your fence is very out
of the ordinary for the entirety of that
neighborhood. Um, and so, you know,
» I I wish I wish you'd come.
» Yeah. I'm just not trying to make it
easier for them to jump in, you know,
like
» It's it's very um I mean we come back to
the house and there's strangers swimming
in our swimming pool, you know, it's
it's very
» And
I think there are ways to build a fence
that would deter that without it being
um so unlike the rest of the
neighborhood. So,
» And actually like the four feet, it's
like like right here like up to that
like right here. Four feet.
» I I
» If I go back to the two feet, um they're
just going to jump over it.
» I did I did come and see it. So,
» And there's also like uh three houses to
the left that has like the same kind of
a fence, a wall.
» Mhm.
» Like a wooden wall
» And it's even higher than mine.
» Yes. Thank you.
» Hi. So, um, Commissioner Walters, I'll
I'll add just a few things. So, uh,
basically our code says that you can
have a maximum of two feet solid, but
then you could put three foot of metal
on top of that. So, kind of like your
your main entry gate. And so, you would
uh it would it [clears throat] would
probably be higher than what you're what
you actually have right here, which
would give you more security than what
you currently have. So, maybe you
consider going back to what our code
allows. just chop off the top two feet
and then put the metal come going all
the way up to five feet and then you
have more protection.
» Well, all right. I mean, we could do
that.
» Would um I mean, and did you have any
thoughts on the gate?
» Um
» Sorry. Uh the gate the gate is taller
than expected, but it is it is visible
through and so I do not have concerns
with the gate. Uh I do have concerns
with the wall. So
» That's where I'm at. Are there any other
comments?
» No.
» Okay. Um
» It is that something what what was the
total height of the fence? I mean the
gate
» The gate went went up to seven feet in
the center only.
» Okay.
» It's just for the cars and then the the
wall is 4 feet.
» Yes. So
» Do we ask?
» And I do have entrance.
» One one second sir. Sir.
» So did you were you in
Okay. Um
yes. So, I guess we should ask staff if
if Commissioner Walters is inclined to
allow them to have a taller gate, but
then they need to be in conformance with
the uh with the standard fence.
Um maybe you can help us figure out how
to craft that.
» Mr. Chairman, uh the conditions of
approval address each um situation. So
you could deny for the 4ft solid wall
and then approve for the 7 foot tall
gate.
So we do have that option
which if that's the motion means you
could keep the gates and then you would
cut down half of your wall and then put
the metal up and then you would be in
conformance with code.
» Okay.
motion.
» One motion.
» Um, I'd like to make a motion, item 24,
that's 26-0213
Vier 1, uh, to deny the 4ft solid wall
and approve your 7 foot gate.
» Okay, Mr. Chairman, through you. Then
that would be condition of approval for
the variance. Uh condition of approval
number one would read, "A variance is
hereby denied to allow an existing 4-ft
tall solid block wall where 5T
consisting of a twoft solid wall base is
the maximum height allowed and condition
of approval number two will remain as is
stating a variance is hereby approved to
allow an existing 7 foot tall gate where
5T is the maximum height allowed. Thank
you. You [clears throat] agree with
those conditions?
» Yes.
» Okay.
» Complaining. Please confirm that the
twoft wall with three-foot metal meets
code. So the applicant could come in for
a permit for the 3-ft additional metal
after they cut the wall down. Just for
clarity,
» Mr. Chairman, through you. Yes. Our code
allows for 2 feet of solid block wall on
the bottom and then you can put three
feet of rot iron on top for a total of
five feet in height. And then they could
keep the seven foot tall gate.
» All right, Commissioner Walters, is that
your motion for approval?
» Um, I think it's on the floor. Motion's
on the floor. Let's uh
» My motion uh I motion for approval
subject to staff conditions. Do you
accept staff conditions?
» Yes.
» Okay. Motion motion's on the floor.
Please cast your vote. Motion carries.
And that will move on to city council on
September 16th.
» Okay. Moving on. 2526-219
V1. Applicant owner Andrew Schmidt and
Anna Vleti for possible action on land
use entitlement project request to allow
an existing residential accessory
structure carport that does not conform
to title 19.06 106 development standards
for location, separation, and aesthetic
compatibility at 21109 Verdenial Drive,
Ward One. Staff recommends now. Can we
get the staff report, please?
» Mr. Vice Chair, staff finds no evidence
of a unique or extraordinary
circumstance related to the physical
characteristics of the property. As
such, the hardship is self-imposed and
therefore staff recommends denial.
Please note additional documentation of
support and protest was received after
publication. Thank you.
» Thank you, sir. Is the applicant here
tonight on this item?
» Seeing none, uh I'm going open this up
for a public dis uh public hearing.
Anyone from the public want to hear this
uh speak on this matter? Seeing none,
I'm close this uh the public hearing.
Turn this over to uh Commissioner Rogan.
Well, I was inclined to deny this, but I
I do want the I've never spoken to the
applicants, so I want them at least to
be able to come here and uh express
their request. So, I would ask for an
obeyance for 60 days since I won't be
here next month for them to have that
opportunity to come. Staff, we haven't
heard from this applicant, have we? No.
Okay. My request is for I would move for
an obeyance of agenda item 25 project
26-0219
VAR1 to the October whatever planning
commission meeting October 13th planning
commission meeting motion's on the floor
for advance please cast your vote
that motion carries.
Moving on
to item number 27 26-0229.
Applicant Alan Al Nefali, owner Katana
Holdens for possible action on the
following land use entitlement project
request at 2921 West Sahara Avenue, Ward
3D Diaz. Staff recommends approval for
the land use project. 27A 27A is 26-0229
SUP1 for proposed 353T alcohol off-
premise uh full use. 27B 26-0229 SUP2
for proposed gaming establishment
restricted one to five machine use. Can
we get the staff report please?
» Mr. Chair, the proposed uses are
consistent with the uses allowed in the
C1 limited commercial zoning district
and the subject site meets the distance
separation requirements for both uses.
As such, staff recommends approval of
the requested special use permits
subject to conditions if approved.
Please note, additional documentation of
support and protests were received after
publication. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening, sir.
» Good evening. My name is George Ross. My
address is 7582 Las Vegas Boulevard
South, sweet 518 in Las Vegas, Nevada
89123.
On behalf of the applicant,
uh my client uh would like to open and
operate a market and liquor store for
off- premises full alcohol sales along
with a uh restricted gaming license for
one to five machines.
Currently, as you can see by uh the
picture, the current building is being
completely uh rehabilitated and rebuilt
and my client would uh take over the
brand new built 353
ft uh building. It is adjacent to a
current and existing doies.
Uh the
um
I guess as as stated earlier, it
conforms with the uh C1 zoning and uh
we're not asking for any type of
variances. Uh typical products are going
to be similar to those that are uh
contained in a 7-Eleven or Circle K or a
Rebel convenience store.
There are 46 parking spaces provided and
uh there are only 21 that are required.
So, we're not asking for any type of
parking variance.
Uh there's no problem in terms of the
distance separation and uh staff has
recommended approval. Uh we're willing
and able to abide by all the conditions
if approved and I'm here to answer any
questions you might have.
» All right. Uh this was noted as a public
hearing. Anyone want to be heard, please
come forward. Seeing none, I'm going
close the public hearing. Turn this over
to plan commission for discussion,
possible action.
Uh does anyone have any comments on
this?
Um seeing none, uh this is my word staff
recommend approval read through the the
agenda item. Um so I feel comfortable
moving forward with this. So on item
number 27 A and B, move to approve
subject to staff's conditions and the
applicants already agreed to all
conditions. So please cast your vote.
That motion carries.
» And Mr. Chairman, that item will move
forward to city council on September
16th, 2026. Thank you.
» Thank you.
» Moving on to item number 2826-3231.
Applicant Beaser Homes Holden LLC owner
Northwest Development Inc. and 215 Plaza
LLC for possible action on a following
land use entitlement project request
generally located at the southwest
corner of Deer Springs Way and Osablanca
Road 4. Staff recommends approval on the
following land use entitlement project.
28A26-0231
Z1 from U undeveloped to TC town center
general plan destination C1 limited
commercial to TC town center 26B26-231
MOD1 from MSTC Main Street Mixeduse Town
Center to MLTC medium low density
residential town center 28C 28 C is
26-231 SGP1 for proposed gated community
with private streets 28D is 26-0231
VAC1 for petition to vacate A portion of
the rideway Osablanca Road generally
located 700 ft south of Deer Springs Way
280 26-231 SDR1 for proposed 57 lot
single family residential subdivision
and 28F 26-231 TMP1 Osablanca and
Centennial for proposed 57 lot single
family residential subdivision. Can we
get the staff report please?
» Mr. Chair, the applicant is proposing to
construct a 57 lot single family
residential subdivision with private
gated streets that has primary vehicular
access from Osablanca Road. As proposed,
the 57 lot residential subdivision will
have a density of 7.91 units per acre,
which conforms to the proposed medium
low density residential town center
special land use designation. The
submitted building elevations indicate
the proposed single family residential
subdivision will provide two-story
products throughout the development
consisting of three product types which
include Spanish traditional and desert
contemporary. This is also consistent
with the adjacent existing single family
residential subdivision located to the
west of the subject site. staff finds
that the proposed single family
development is in alignment with the
goals and policies outlined within the
town center development standards manual
and is harmonious with the existing
surrounding development. Therefore,
staff recommends approval of the project
and all associated entitlements. Please
note additional documents for protest
and support were received after
publication. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening.
» Good evening. Jennifer Lazovich, 1980
Festival Plaza Drive here tonight on
behalf of Beaser Homes. The site is
shown on your uh there you go. You can
see it on mine now. So, it sits right
here uh next to Oso Blanca Road. Uh the
piece is in triangle and the uh vacant
land to the south of us is owned by the
uh Clark County Public Works Division.
So, this is not privately owned down
here. Uh this piece of property, as
staff indicated, uh we're asking for a
major modification uh to go from
um Main Street mixed use to basically
town center and then corresponding zone
changes that would take us from the site
is presently zone C1 except for a little
tiny corner in green which is zoned
undeveloped. And so we would take both
of those to a residential designation.
Um, for just a minute, I do want to note
that in the town center standards, the
purpose of main street mixed use is to
encourage some type of mixed use with
either office or shopping on the main
floor and then medium to high density
residential on the upper floors. uh you
will hear from some representatives from
the Timberlake Homeowners Association um
which is adjacent to us to the west and
they will tell you about their history
of various projects that have been
proposed on this site. So, we want to
take uh the commercial zoning that sits
on the site and the master plan that
would encourage mid to high density
residential with some mixture of uses
and instead we want to do a uh single
family detached
housing project. All of the homes are
twotory. I can show you those elevations
in a little bit. Uh, and we do
appreciate staff recommending approval.
And I would be that brief except that in
our years representing applications in
this area, we know just how uh involved
and active the Timberlake
Homeowners Association is, which sits
immediately to our west is our neighbor.
So, we did a voluntary neighborhood
meeting last Monday night and we had
about 55 people come. That shows you how
involved their neighborhood is. um how
well they've ca taken care of their
association, their homes, their
community stays incredibly active and
involved. And so I want to take a minute
and go through some of the issues that
came up at that meeting um and walk
through them. So if anybody's listening
in the audience or if anybody's
listening and watching at home, uh I
will try to address some of the things
that came up from that. I would say the
majority of the people who spoke, not
all, but the majority of the people who
spoke were in support of changing it
from commercial or this main street
mixed juice over to a single family
detached, that's a key word, a single
family detached product. It really kind
of came down a little bit more to this
edge condition where our project backs
up or um our our project backs up to the
sideyards of some of the existing homers
homeowners in the Timberlake area. Some
of the discussion surrounded the
existing wall. There is a boundary wall
on Timberlake. It's pretty tall here. Um
I I didn't measure it exactly, but I
estimated to be somewhere between 8 to
10 feet in height. And with this layout,
these homes would use that existing
property line boundary wall as the rear
yard for us. Oftent times I'm in front
of you and we get asked, could we do a
secondary wall? Well, you usually get
asked to do that and a builder will do
that when one side of the wall, if we
were higher and therefore the wall was
basically three feet on our side, it
would make sense for us to put in a
secondary wall so that you could have
that true five or six foot tall wall on
the back of our side. In this case, it's
the reverse. The wall that's already
there now is really tall. And the way
the drainage works is it drains from the
west slightly to the south and really
comes out on the east side where
Oablanca is. So our site has to sit a
little bit lower and then we have to
take that drainage um through our site.
And I just want to point that out. At
the end of each of these culde-sacs,
you'll see some gray areas on our site
plan. In this case, it's partially it's
green, but it also includes a gray area.
That will be where we take the flows
that come from their site onto our site.
We will take them in our private streets
and then work them this way out to
Osablanca. Uh lot of discussion was
about that drainage that existing
drainage condition because if you go out
there and you look their wall literally
has um gaps if you will intentional gaps
where that water would flow through onto
this site. So we have to capture it. We
know that. we've accounted for it and
then we will take it into the flows and
take it out. Uh the other thing that
came up there was a lot of discussion
about um the the elevations that are
here versus the elevations that are next
to us. Uh I can go through that in some
detail. Uh but suffice to say with this
layout right now, I had my engineer look
at what the finished floor elevation
would be for these proposed lots and
what the finished floor elevation is of
the existing lots. If you go to this
north area, uh these lots right here,
lots one, two, and roughly three would
sit about 7 ft. The finished floor of
that lot would sit about 7 feet lower
than the finished floor of the homeowner
who lives here. That's not necessarily
true as you move this way. It kind of
varies and it varies from about 2 feet
to 5t. Again, this side is lower, the
side that I'm I'm proposing this project
on, but it the lowest point is on this
uh upper north corner for us. And then
the range sits somewhere between 2 to 5t
again lower on the homes that sit on
this side. So, we had a a good amount of
conversations about that. They also were
concerned that this could turn into a
three-story development. We are not
proposing three-story homes. We would
agree to a condition uh that states all
homes within the subdivision shall not
be more than two stories. We're only
proposing two stories. We're not
proposing three stories, but I think
that condition would be important so
that the neighbors know there won't be
some kind of change down the road. Um
the other things that we talked about is
would this community have
uh an homeowners association? Would
there be CCNRs that go with it? You can
see that we have open space throughout.
Um we also have private streets. So yes,
there would be a homeowners association
that goes with this development. And
along with that came some additional
questions about short-term rentals um
and some other things which I will talk
through. But as it relates specifically
to short-term rentals, uh, Beaser would
agree to put in their CCNRs a condition
that prohibited short-term rentals
within this community as a homeowner
association
um, restriction. Uh, in addition, I want
to just make it very clear for the
record, which I did at the neighborhood
meeting, this is a for sale market rate
project. They are not seeking any type
of federal funds or state funds or local
funds to do some type of um lowering the
price of the homes for certain
individuals who have qualified income
levels. It's completely market rate.
It's not designed to be anything else uh
besides that. And then uh just talking
through there's been some rentals of
homes within the Timberlake and they've
the they've shared the challenges but
they've also shared the lessons learned
which has been really nice in talking
with them. And so one of the other
things that they asked for is what our
CCNRs um you know not make it
if you want to rent a house in this
neighborhood you know it can't be for a
month or two. it needs to be for a
longer term so that probably you're
getting uh somebody in there that
hopefully might care a little bit more
about uh the house and how they're
acting as a neighbor. So Beaser has also
agreed that their CCNRs could contain a
condition that if you want to rent your
home, they can't restrict that, but if
you want to rent your home, it would
have to be for a minimum of a year. Um,
I think the final thing that I just want
to say, I did want to show you these the
homes. They showed them uh as staff was
reading the um the staff report, but I I
do want to say that there's still
some concern about how these two
projects come together on that edge. Um,
these are all of our rear yards. All of
these rear yards would be a minimum of
10 feet in the back. But these homes
that sit on the Timberlake side, that's
the sideyard for their homes. And so the
some of the individuals who were at the
neighborhood meeting live in those
homes. And they expressed just some
concern about the number of backyards
that we have on our side um backing up,
if you will, to their sideyards or their
lots. And so we have committed to keep
working on something that might soften
this edge. Uh and and I'm saying it to
the planning commission, this has to go
on to city council. And so we will keep
working on that. But I did tell everyone
at the neighborhood meeting last Monday
night that I would be presenting this
plan for consideration and I would just
talk through what the issues um were
that were raised and that they had my
word. Um, I give you my word that we
will continue working on this this edge,
what that's what I call it, this edge
condition next to Timberlake as this
application moves on to city council.
So, I will conclude my presentation.
» Thank you. This was not as a public
hearing. Anyone want to be heard, please
come forward. Miss Lassovich, if you
could step to the side. We have a couple
mics. Please step up to each of the
mics. Be prepared to speak.
If there's anybody else in the audience
that wants to be heard, come, please
come to the podium.
Good evening, sir. Can we get your name
and address for the record?
» Ron Calderon, 8320 Frook Court,
president of Timberlake Association.
» Okay. Thank you. Go ahead, sir.
» Uh, as Jennifer stated, we had that
meeting on August 3rd. We had 55
residents that attended the neighborhood
meeting on August 3rd. There were a lot
of questions and concerns that we had,
and the builder's representative
answered the best she could at the time
with the information that was available.
Um again, our concerns that we had were
taken into consideration and that's what
she's working on now uh for our
community. Out of all the options that
there are and have been in the past,
which were many, uh this we feel is the
best option uh that's present at this
time. Of course, um most of the
residents would prefer uh one-story
buildings, but it's not going to happen.
Okay? It's going to be twotory. So,
that's one thing that, you know, we're
all going to have to live with. Um,
the builder proposed on August 3rd that
they were going to place in 57 two-story
detached homes, no three-story homes. It
would be a gated community. The base
price of the homes would range from 525
to 568.
We were also told that HOA fees would
run anywhere from 100 to 125 a month. Uh
also the lot size would be from 2,00 to
2500 square f feet. They would be two
and threebedroom homes.
Uh we are still dealing with the
representative on a possible new
rendering of the format of the placement
of the homes and that's what she was
discussing a little bit earlier along
that common wall area which is 10 ft
high. And what might end up being is
that where those homes are based up
against that wall, instead of them being
there, there may be a street there
instead. A 37 foot wide street would run
across where that wall is at. And the
homes would begin on the other side of
that street there, which I think at that
point most of the residents would be
more in favor of because it gives a a
bigger distance. So, the sidey yards
that are there, uh, on that original
plan, they would be looking right into
that yard. I mean, it' be right there.
But with the street there, we're talking
37 ft further to the east of that lot.
So, uh, if that's doable, that would be
great. I know the builder's application
is asking for reszoning from a U
undeveloped to a C from a C1 limited
commercial to a town center residential.
And with that, we are in full agreement
uh for that reasonzoning to take place.
All the other issues that we have, we'll
deal with as time goes on before uh the
city hall meeting sometime in September.
Um but they've been willing to work with
us on this and this is important. Um
there's been other things that wanted to
be placed there such as gas stations,
storage units, and you know, and and
that wouldn't help us at all. And at
least with these homes here, it would
preserve our property values in the
Timberlake Association area, which we
would be in favor of, of course. Um, and
the other thing that helps is now that
that's just a vacant lot there. We've
had numerous problems with that vacant
lot as far as uh encampments being set
up there on that lot. We've had uh fires
started on that lot and so forth. So, at
least with this property being
developed, that will eliminate all those
problems that we have.
» Thank you. I appreciate you coming out
and expressing all those uh all those uh
comments and concerns and uh appreciate
your time.
» Yeah. Any negative uh responses that
were uh directed into um maybe our ward
council woman's office. I spoke with
some of those people on the phone last
night uh for well over an hour and after
we talked they felt more resolved. They
didn't know a lot of the issues and what
the answers were to them because they
weren't able to attend the meeting. Um
but they're, you know, more than happy
with to see this go forward.
» Well, thank you for doing that.
» And this is
» Good evening, sir.
» If I may, my name is William Rohack.
Spellings R O H A C. My address is 8213
Dear Springs Way, Las Vegas, Nevada
89149. I'm the vice president of the
HOA. Uh the only comment I have is just
I don't want to be uh too redundant, but
I was very pleased in how Jennifer has
conducted ourselves. Uh Beaser Homes is
uh I'm just pleased really pleased with
how they've done stuff. Not everybody in
our community is going to be in
agreement, but uh uh like uh Ron had
said, um you know, having uh high
density housing or having a bar or a gas
station there would certainly have a
negative impact and higher crime in our
in our area. And that's obviously our
main focus is the safety of our our
community and then also um uh just
making sure that our property values
maintain or increase. But uh I I think
the process has gone well. So,
» Okay. Thank you. Thank you for coming
out tonight.
» No.
» Thank you, commissioners.
» Thank you.
» Okay,
» M. Lasitch, I don't Do you have anything
to add on that
» I think just I just do want to say thank
you. It you know, you walk into a room
with 55 people and um that can go one of
two ways. And I have to hand it to both
uh Ron and um William. They uh listened
to all of the their own homeowners. they
gave their thoughts. It was a very very
nice, respectful meeting going both ways
and I very much appreciate their
comments and the involvement of the
neighborhood.
» Okay. Thank you. Well, I'm going to
close the public hear and turn this over
to planning commission for discussion,
possible action. I'm going go ahead and
start. I I appreciate you working uh
with with these gentlemen here and with
the rest of the residents. Um figured
we'd have uh a few other people here
tonight. We don't, which is a good
thing. But it it sounds like you still
have a little bit of work and uh maybe
work with the council person and and um
and then see if there's any other uh
modifications that you want to make
prior to city council and then get with
these gentlemen because they seem like
they reach out to the uh to the rest of
the HOA and spread the word. So, uh
that's my thoughts, but overall I'm in
support of the project. I I like I like
the project as an project. We've seen
other stuff come forward here that
hasn't been as a pill in. So hopefully
this will be the best u project that we
can put in in there. Commissioner
Taylor.
» Uh thank you, Chair. Um Miss Lazovich.
Um I am very familiar with that dirt and
with your subdivision. I love your
subdivision at Christmas time because as
I drive to and from where I live up by
Tuli Springs, I can see all of the like
amazing decorations that you have in
your subdivision. So, um I I have a lot
of respect for the activity that um
that's that you guys have been um
engaged in to make sure that your
neighborhood is protected. And so I
think with that, while I recognize and
um truly respect and know that Miss
Lazovich when she says uh she will
continue to work on this, she will. My
inclination though is to make a motion
that would be in approval of A through D
because we know that that's something
that you guys support as well. And this
is part of um a lot of work and a lot of
discussion over the years to try to get
to the type of neighbors that you would
want generally. Um but I am concerned
about ENF and I want to make sure that
you do that work between now and city
council. And so, um, without, uh, Chair
Kasama here, um, my inclination would be
to make a motion to approve A through D
and then deny E, E and F. And then that
will, you know, make sure that you do
the work you need to do between now and
city council.
» Mr. Chairman, may staff please um, read
in the condition about the no
three-story homes.
» I was going to ask about that next. Yes.
And then we have a we have a date stamp
correction to make too as well for the
landscape plan.
» Which item will the will that [snorts]
go on?
» F.
» Um, so a condition of approval will be
added to item 28E, which states all
homes within the subdivision shall not
be more than two stories.
And then for item 28F,
condition number five, um the revised
date stamp condition will state all
landscaping shall be in conformance with
the landscape plan dates stamped 71526
except as amended by conditions herein.
I mean, I think the answer is we agree
to those conditions, but I understand
your motion is
not to approve. So, but we would agree
with those conditions. Can you do the
conditions if there's a denial? That
seems counterintuitive. Miss Lazovich is
right to point that out. So, maybe I
will change my mind to make sure that
those conditions are integrated.
Mr. Mr. Chairman, through you this
because there is a reasonzoning, this
will move forward to city council. So,
we can add those conditions between now
and then if they're stated on the
record.
» Okay. Well, then [sighs and gasps] let
me let me revise that then. Let me just
go ahead and make a motion to approve
everything because I do want to make
sure that those conditions are on and go
through. But again, Miss Lazovich, you
know, I I have tremendous concerns about
anywhere from two and a half to five
lots backing up to those houses. And so
I really like I'm cons I'm concerned
because my inclination was to deny ENF.
Um
» Mr. chairman through you. If this will
help this will move forward to the city
council with your recommendation
with of either approval or denial and
you can add those
» Uh conditions.
The the staff report will state you know
planning commission is recommending
denial if approved subject to these
conditions and then the added conditions
will be in there to address the date
stamp and the no three-story homes.
Okay. All right. Um,
so gentlemen, you are good with
continuing to work with Miss Lazovich to
get to something that you're all in
agreement with, knowing that you're
getting the best possible option in
terms of your neighbors being a
subdivision rather than any of the other
commercial uses that have been proposed.
I just I don't necessarily need you to
come up. I'm just I guess I'm sort of
rhetorically throwing that out there as
opposed to asking for a response because
again I I I really want to make sure
that Miss Lazovich works with you
because I am not comfortable with that
number of lots abudding your lots. Um
and so while again my inclination is to
do a motion for denial on ENF, I would
also very much like to have those
conditions put in to move forward to
city council. So, Miss Lazovich, you
understand that that that is too intense
and too dense for at least my comfort
level, but I am going to change my mind
and make a motion to approve all of it
knowing your commitment and your stated
commitment to continue to work with
these folks.
» Yes, thank you. Bezer will continue
working. We've been actively, it's been
about a week since we had the
neighborhood meeting and we've been
actively trying to work on what that
edge looks like to address the concerns
that we've had. Ron and I had
conversation for I don't know when he
has all time for all of his hourlong
conversations because we had an hourlong
conversation last night too. Uh and I
expect that to continue before city
council. So yes, we will keep working on
it.
» Okay. And then if you're going to do a
street perhaps then one of the things
you could consider that's what they
mentioned was sort of a street between
perhaps one of the things you consider
is like a good landscape buffer which
you probably already thinking about. So,
um, okay. With that, then I'll make a
motion to approve item 28 with subp
parts A through F subject to all
conditions and the two added conditions
from staff related to three stories and
what was the second one, Jonathan?
Landscaping. Yep. Okay.
» All right. Motion's on the floor. Please
cast your vote.
» [snorts]
» Okay, it's not coming up for some of us.
So for Commissioner Slotman, that's an
I. Commissioner Taylor.
» Hi.
» Do you need from anyone else?
» Chair, if I could just interrupt, do we
want to have that condition revised to
say no taller than two stories?
I had it. Um, all homes within the
subdivision shall not be more than two
stories.
» Okay.
» You want to revise it to
» No, that that's the condition, but I
think on the condition on the record was
no three stories.
» Yes, that's correct. So then the
condition the added condition should be
no taller than two stories.
» Yes.
» Okay. Thanks. Um, the condition was read
as Miss Lazovich indicated for item 28E
that all homes within the subdivision
shall not be more than two stories.
» Thank you. And that motion carries.
» Thank you.
» And that will move on to city council on
September 16th.
» Thank you.
» Thank you. Moving on to item 2926 251
VA1. Applicant Sant Diego uh Santiago
Espinosa owner Tress Hermanos live in
trust for possible action on a land use
entitlement project request to allow an
existing residential accessory structure
carport and patio covered that does not
conform title 1906 standards for
location separation setbacks and
aesthetic compatibility at 1070 Griffith
Avenue Ward 3. Uh staff recommends now.
Can we get the staff report please?
» Mr. Chair staff finds no evidence of a
unique or extraordinary circumstance
related to the physical characteristics
of the property. As such, the hardship
is self-imposed and therefore staff
recommends denial. Please note,
additional documentation of support was
received after publication. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening, sir. Name and
address.
» Santiago Spinosa, 1070 Griffith Avenue,
Las Vegas, Nevada 89 104.
» Okay.
» Yeah. The reason I'm here, I want to see
it's possible to prove to keep it the
car for woman cars. You know those house
doesn't have a garage. I want to see
they keep it. And I live in this house
for 34 years
and the shade I have a around eight
years already and
and that's what I can say. I just want
to see this possible to keep.
» Thank you. This was noted as a public
hearing. Anyone want to be heard, please
come forward. Seeing none, I'm going to
close the public hearing, turn this over
to plan commission for discussion,
possible action. Start with myself. U
look, I I I've had a couple of requests
on Griffith Avenue and recently have
walked or driven down Griffith Avenue
last month to look at another fence that
was going up in the front yard that
wasn't aesthetically compatible with
anything else. And I told him that I
just wouldn't be able to support it. Um,
and it's, you know, Griffith Avenue, the
street that you live on's really nice
street. Like, everybody takes care of
their houses and they they look nice.
It's one of the nicest little streets in
in the neighborhood. So, you should be
proud of the the street that you're on.
» Uh, and in saying that, I I mean, I
don't want to start having carports pop
up in the front of all the houses and
and things of the sort. So it it it's
not compatible with the house. I I have
a history of like following uh staff's
recommendations on these. Uh the state
law says we have to show prove that
there's some sort of hardship. There's
no hardship that is proven here. So I do
understand trying to trying to, you
know, keep keep the heat off your cars.
I just I can't approve it and especially
here because you live on a a pretty
amazing street and it it wouldn't match
anything else up and down that street.
So, um anyways, for those reasons,
nobody else has any comments. Um I'm on
item number 29. I'm going to have to
follow staff's recommendation for
denial. So,
» Okay.
» Motions on the floor.
And let me reset mine.
Um, just go ahead and mark me down as a
denial.
» And that motion carries.
» And that will move on to city council on
September 16th.
» All right. Thank you.
» Okay. Thank you. All right. Uh, moving
on to item number 3026-0252
V1. Applicant owner Daniel Aguar for
possible action on land use entitlement
project request to allow existing
residential accessory structure card
that does not
conform to title 1906 development
standards for location separation
separation and aesthetic compatibility
at 36 or 3525 Struts Avenue Ward 3.
Staff recommends no. Can we get the
staff report, please?
» Mr. Chair, this request is the result of
an open code enforcement case. This is a
request for a variance to allow an
existing carport that does not conform
to Title 1906 development standards.
Staff finds no evidence of a unique or
extraordinary circumstance has been
presented and that the applicant has
created a self-imposed hardship by
constructing a structure that does not
conform to Title 19 development
standards. Therefore, our staff
recommends denial of the requested
variance. staff notes that a blue
sheetated staff report has been added to
your supplemental packets. Also, please
note additional documents for protest
were received after publication. Thank
you.
» Thank you. Is the applicant here on this
particular item? Seeing no applicant, uh
I'm going to open this up for a public
hearing. Anyone from the public want to
be heard on this item? Seeing none, I'm
going to close the public hearing, turn
it over to plan commission for
discussion, possible action, starting
with myself. Uh historically, I do not
like carports in the front yard,
especially if they're not aesthetically
compatible with uh the house or the
neighborhood. Um there's not a ton of
carports in the neighborhood, which
would make this compatible with that
neighborhood. Um, and so therefore, uh,
if there's no other comments, I'm going
to go ahead and make a motion on item
number 36 or 30 26-0252
VR1. Move to follow staff's
recommendation for denial. Please cast
your vote.
That motion carries
» And that will move on to city council on
September 16th.
» Thank you. Moving on to item 3126-0256
EO1 applicant owner AFL CIO uh Southern
Nevada Building and Construction Trade
Council for possible action on land use
entitlement project request from R1
single family residential to PO
professional office at 360 Shadow Lane
Ward 1. Staff recommends approval.
Mr. Davio.
Yeah, I just want to disclose that I am
an executive board member on but it
really has no effect on my me voting
either way. So I'm going to vote.
» Thank you, sir. Can we get the staff
report?
» Mr. Chairman, the proposed reszoning
from R1 single family residential to PO
professional office will allow for the
subject site to be in conformance with
its current use of office other than
listed as well as its current general
plan designation of office. Therefore,
staff recommends approval of the
resoning request. Please note additional
documentation of support was received
after publication. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening. Hello, my name
is Estraa Matlage and I am here
representing the applicant, the Southern
Nevada Building Trades. My address is
2810 West Charleston Boulevard, number
75, Las Vegas, Nevada. Uh, I am the
broker of Wealth Realy. I'm here just in
case you guys have any questions. Um, a
long time ago, I was a member of
Teamster Local 995, which operates on
shadow. That area has had these union
places forever. I don't know why it was
never changed earlier. It conforms. So
if you have any questions.
» Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it. Uh this
was noted as a public hearing. Anyone
want to be heard? Please come forward.
Seeing none, I'm close to public
hearing. Turn it over to plan commission
for discussion uh uh and action.
Commissioner Rogan. I make a motion to
approve agenda item 31, project 26-0256
Z1.
» Thank you. Motion's on the floor. Please
cast your vote.
That motion carries
» And that will will move on to city
council on September 16th.
» Thank you.
» Thank you. Moving on. Item 3426-266
V1 applicant owner Nevada donor network
incorporated for possible action land
use entitlement project request to allow
a front yard fence that does not conform
to title 19.08 development standards for
height at 1050 East Sahara Avenue Ward
3. Staff recommends no. Can we get the
staff report please?
» Mr. Chairman, no evidence of a unique or
extraordinary circumstance related to
the physical characteristics of the
property has been presented to warrant
the requested variance. As such, the
hardship is self-imposed and therefore
staff recommends denial. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening, sir.
» Good evening. My name is Jose Chavez
with SCA Design,
2140 East Pebble Road, sweet 140 Las
Vegas, Nevada 89123.
I'm here on behalf of the applicant who
is proposing an 8 foot tall fence. I
have no other presentation and uh what
answer any questions you have.
» Thank you. This was noted as a public
hearing. Anyone want to be heard, please
come forward. Seeing none, I'm going to
close the public here and turn it over
to plan commission for discussion and
possible action. Um I I know this area
it's in the uh around Sahara near
Maryland Parkway where they're all
private streets. uh the lots are just
scattered all over and it it it doesn't
really make a whole lot of sense. It
does create like an area for a lot of
lot of um uh transient people to uh post
up and so I I do understand the need for
this fence. Uh I think it's uh
appropriate and I can uh support it.
There's no other comments. Ready to make
a motion.
» Go ahead.
» Um you're on your landscape plan. You
have Sorry. Excuse me. On your landscape
plan, you have
a palm. Would you be willing to um
switch your trees to those from the
SNWA, Southern Nevada Water Authority,
the fast growing trees that are
identified on their tree list?
» Yes, we would.
» Is there actually enough room on the
front of this property to be able to
grow a a large tree?
» I believe so. Okay. Because I know a lot
of those properties in this area are up
against the uh or there's not that much
room.
» Yeah, we're willing to change the plants
as necessary in the conditions. It does
look to be about a 15 foot by 30 foot
area that uh the palm is in the middle
of. So that would be a
» Mr. Mr. Chairman, through you with this
particular variance application, we
would not be able to condition for the
trees. It would just have to be a
» Okay. I wouldn't here at the meeting.
» I wouldn't be inclined to change a tree
anyways. So, thank you.
Um on this particular project, I'm ready
to make a motion. Item number 3426-266
V1. Uh move to approve subject to
staff's conditions. And you're uh agree
with all staff's conditions.
» We agree.
» Thank you.
Thank you.
» Please cast your vote.
That motion carries.
Mr. Floyd
and that is final action tonight unless
appeal to city clerk in 10 days.
» Thank you.
30 36 26-0272
applicant owner corner of Main Street
LLC for possible action on the following
land use entitlement project request at
the southeast corner of Utah Avenue and
Main Street Ward 3 Diaz. Staff
recommends approval. Um and staff
recommends now on the SDR 36A is 26-0272
Z1 from CM commercial industrial to C2
general commercial. Uh 36B is 26-0272
SDR1
for a proposed one-story 26 uh 26,248
ft commercial development with 333
ft of outdoor patio space with waiverss
of appendix F interim downtown Las Vegas
uh development standards area one. Can
we get the staff report, please?
» Mr. chair. Uh although the proposed
infill development would further
revitalization efforts in the gateway
district, staff finds the proposed
development will negatively impact
parking in the immediate area. The
commercial site provides no on-site
parking spaces where 119 parking spaces
would be required in another area of the
city. Uh as the applicant has indicated,
several food and beverage tenants. Uh
staff finds that providing zero parking
spaces places an undue burden on the
surrounding properties to provide
parking for future tenants, employees,
and patrons. As such, the proposed
development is not compatible with
adjacent development and development in
the area. Staff recommends approval of
the resoning and denial of the site
development plan review. If approved,
the site development plan review will be
subject to conditions. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening, sir.
» Good evening. It's me again, Jose
Chavez, uh, with sea design 2140 East
Pebble Road, sweet 140 Las Vegas, Nevada
89123.
On behalf of the applicant, we feel that
the proposed project is designed to
enhance visual interest in the area. The
building will reinforce active
pedestrian environment and it is
compatible with the surrounding arts
district context. With these items in
mind, I respectfully ask for your
approval and I'm open to any questions.
» Thank you. This was noted as a public
hearing. Anyone want to be heard, please
come forward. Seeing none, I'm close
public hearing. Turn it over to plan
commission. Uh starting with myself. Um
thank you for giving me a call talking
about your project. It's a beautiful
project. It's uh right near that that
old 7-Eleven. the old wise guys uh were
there at one point and uh that
building's been torn down. Um I I do
understand uh staff's uh report about uh
you know, no parking for this building.
Uh but I'm hoping that uh I'm hoping
that all those patrons will go over to
the parking garage and help make a
couple of payments on that big bond that
we have to pay off. Uh so I'm I'm I'm
happy we're can get more more parking in
that parking garage. and you're you're
literally on the same block or one block
over um from that parking garage. So,
[snorts] um anyways, I like the like the
project. I think uh with having a large
tenant mix, it's kind of what we're
looking for over there. So, um uh good
luck with your project. Does anybody
else have any questions on this one?
» Go ahead, M. Uh Commissioner Taylor.
» Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um it's a really
neat looking project. I love the murals.
So, um, looking forward to seeing it,
but I just wanted to just in to be
consistent with what we've said with
landscaping for other projects. I really
appreciate that you were going to put in
36-inch box trees, but are you willing
to accept the condition that instead of
36-inch box that it be it's a standard
condition we're cooking in now? So,
large, fast growing trees on the SNWA
plant list. Uh, with a 3-in caliber,
it's above. Great.
» Let me interject. Uh where where are
these trees that you're asking them to
put in?
» I thought that am I looking at the wrong
project? I must be
» Because there's already street trees.
» There are street trees
» Going around this project and I'm not
inclined to make them put in uh
» I'm looking at I'm looking at the
landscaping plan under the supporting
documentation. Am I looking at the wrong
one? No, I'm not. 0272. If you look at
page two of seven for his supporting
documentation, he has in here seven
Mexican ebony that are the 36 in box.
So, were those to be installed or are
those the existing street trees that
you're just identifying?
» There were existing street trees that we
were identifying. We actually added a
few more in this iteration in this view.
» You are adding in a couple is what
you're saying.
» A couple. Yes.
» Yeah. Okay. So then, yeah, just instead
of them being 36inch box, the ones that
you are adding, not the ones that are
existing street trees, if we can just
have it be that language that we've been
using as a condition.
» I I'm I'm not willing to put that
language on this property. So, if you'd
like to do it in your word, that's fine.
I'm fine with my 36inch box trees uh on
this particular property.
» Okay. Thank you. Thanks for putting in
36inch boxes, though.
» [snorts]
» All right. Any other comments?
All right. Seeing none, I'm going go
ahead and make a motion on 36A and B. Uh
motion for approval subject staff's
conditions. And you agree to the
conditions?
» Yes.
» Thank you.
» Thank you very much.
» And that motion carries. And that will
move on to city council on September
16th.
» Thank you. Item number 3726-0288
SDR1, the learning experience owner EHI
investment for LLC for possible action
on land use entitlement project request
for a proposed one-story 10,000 foot
childc care facility with a waiver of
title 19.08 building orientation
standards at the northeast corner of
Horse Drive and Fort Apache Road, W 6
Bruny. Staff recommends approval. May we
get the staff report, please?
Mr. Chairman, staff finds the proposed
development to be harmonious and
compatible with the surrounding area and
recommends approval of the requested
site development plan review. Please
note additional documentation of support
and protest was received after
publication. Thank you.
» Thank you. Is the applicant here on this
particular pro property?
» Are you going to want to hear this?
Okay. Uh, this was noted as a public
hearing. Anyone want to be heard, please
come forward. Seeing none, I'm going
close the public hearing and turn this
over to plan commission. Commissioner
Taylor. [cough]
» Um, thank you, chair. I I don't see
um Sorry, I just want to make sure I'm
on the right one. I I'm I don't see the
applicant here, but I have had
a conversation with the applicant and I
know the applicant has also talked to
the ward office um and any of the sort
of concerns that were raised were either
addressed or added. So, I don't have any
problem moving forward and u making um a
motion on this. If there's any other
questions from anybody else on the
commission,
» Seeing none, please do.
» Okay. Yep. A motion to approve item
3726-0288
SDR1.
Motion to approve on that. Subject to
all conditions.
» Thank you. Motion's on the floor. Please
cast your vote.
» All right. Uh that motion carries.
» And that is final action. Let's appeal
to the city clerk in 10 days.
» Thank you. Moving on to item 3826-0295
B1. applicant Epic Development owner and
at 215 LLC for possible action on land
use entitlement project request to allow
a proposed perimeter and uh retaining
walls that do not conform to title 1908
development standards for height located
on the north side of Hammer Lane
approximately 700 ft east of Shamberg
Road Ward 4. Staff recommends denial.
Can we get the staff report please?
» Mr. Chair, staff finds no evidence of a
unique or extraordinary circumstance
related to the physical characteristics
of the property. Uh, as such, the
hardship is self-imposed and therefore
staff recommends denial. Thank you.
» Thank you. Uh, good evening, sir.
» Hi, my name is Jason Thompson. I'm with
the owner, Anna 215 LLC. Uh, the address
is 3227 East Warm Springs Road, Sweet
200, Las Vegas, Nevada 89120.
» Jeff Thompson, Tanny Engineering, 6030
South Jones Boulevard, the with Tanny
Engineering, the civil on the project.
» Okay. Would you like to talk about the
project a little bit?
» Yes. Can I get the camera on?
» Yes. We can go to the overhead. Perfect.
» There we go. So, this is our site plan.
Basically, we already have an existing
uh self- storage facility here to the
west of it that we built uh I think 5
years ago. Uh we're at what we're
looking to do now is just add this
additional piece. It's going to be
covered RV parking and some RV storage
here. And this is basically a leftover
piece from when they created the 215
rideway.
Uh what we're asking for is some
retaining walls because of the slope of
the project. So this is the current
site. These are the total lines. If you
look at it, if you calculate this out,
it's about 6.7% slope across here, 6.3.
Um and then the fact that the walls are
kind of necessary, I think is attested
to by the fact that if you look at all
the neighboring projects, they all have
walls that exceed the standard. This is
our project when we built it. There's
like a 10-ft retaining wall over here.
These guys have another 5ft retaining
wall here. This is a busy yard that's to
the south of us. And there is some
residential houses over here to the
southeast. On this busy yard, this is
what the wall looks like directly across
from our project. This is the retaining
wall. This is a screen wall. So, it's
about a um 9 ft retaining wall right
here. And there's a 6ft screen wall on
top. And then there's another like 4
foot retaining wall down here. This is
directly across the street from us. And
then additionally, like I said, to the
southeast, those are the houses. Once
again, a sixoot screen wall, a 6ft
retainer, and then another 8ft wall
below it. So the topography here, as you
can see, everything is sloping down to
the 215 rightway.
And because of that, and because it's a
weird infill piece, and then we have a
sewer easement over here that we have to
get down to grade for so we can maintain
access to the sewer. Because of this, we
believe we need to have a variance for
the wall height so we're able to put in
the walls around the piece and make it
usable for the RV stoages.
» Okay. Thank you. Um, did you have
anything?
» No, that's good. I'm we're here to
answer any questions.
» Perfect. All right. This was not as a
public hearing. Anyone want to be heard,
please come down. Seeing none, I'm close
public hearing. turned it over to
planning commission for discussion,
possible action. I looked at this, I
spoke to you gentlemen. It seems like uh
at the beginning I was uh a little
shocked, but then I start getting on
Google Maps and looking at the
residential neighborhood across the
street had just as tall of a wall. The
one directly across the street has the
same thing. You you it there's just a
lot of lot of terrain topography around
that general area. So, um it is
compatible with uh other projects in
that neighborhood. Does anybody else
have any comments on this?
» No, but I'm happy to make a motion on
it.
» Okay, please do.
» Um,
on item 3826-0295
BR1, uh, would like to go ahead and make
a motion to approve subject to all
conditions. And you agree to all
conditions?
» Absolutely.
» Thank you. Motion's on the floor. Please
cast your vote.
And that motion carries. Thank you,
commissioner.
» Thank you.
» And that will move on to city council on
September 16th.
» Thank you. On item number 3926-0297
STR1 applicant Las Vegas bill bill bill
billboards owner Twisted Willow
Investments LLC for possible action on a
land use entitlement project request for
the proposed structural modification
addition of a digital LED electronic
message illumination to the east and
west faces of a existing non-conforming
off- premise sign at 2401 West Bonanza
Road W 5. Uh staff recommends now. Can
we get the staff report please?
» And I apologize Mr. Chairman Seth Floyd.
So the last item was final action. Let's
build the city clerk in 10day. So item
38 is final action.
» Okay. Thank you,
» Mr. Chair. The applicant is requesting a
site development plan review for the
proposed structural modification in
digital conversion of the east and west
static faces of an existing
non-conforming off- premise sign. Staff
finds that the digitally illuminated
panels on this location may negatively
affect uh have negative visual impacts
on the condominium units located
directly to the northeast of the
existing off-remise sign. The sign is
located approximately 100 ft from the
southern building and approximately 75
ft from the western building which has
the most window and patio exposure to
the sign. Pursuant to title 19,
electronic message units uh must be
located or located within 200 feet of
property zone for residential use are
prohibited for on-remise signs and
discouraged for off- premise signs
unless they are not visible from the
protected property. For this reason,
conversion of the illuminated panels at
this location is not recommended at this
existing off- premise sign use may be
rendered incompatible with the adjacent
development. Staff therefore recommends
denial of the site development plan
review. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening.
» Good evening. Lucy Stewart, 1930 Village
Center Circle. Your name.
» Uh Greg Espazito, 1442 White Drive. And
and while we do appreciate staff's um
comments that this is a little bit
different because if we can go to the
overhead please the the north edge of
our
sign is at the south edge of the
building that faces um US 95.
I'm showing you but you can't see.
Sorry. Thank you. Um so as you can see
the north edge of the sign is equal to
the um south edge of the building which
really faces and is oriented towards
US95. But what's interesting is that the
south the the bottom of the of the um
billboard is actually above the top of
the um above the top of the the uh
balconies there. And as you can see,
this item that's facing to the to the
residences is the back end. So there's
no lighting there. But what's I think e
even more interesting is that this
building that is facing the billboard,
this is what the wall is. That's every
wall on every floor. It's a solid wall
there. The building the places are
oriented towards the street or the um
other the other buildings oriented
towards the shopping center, but this is
the closest building and it's solid.
There's no windows, there's no doors,
there's no openings. It's just a
passageway. Um, but Mr. Espazito is
going to talk about the um light and any
impacts on the residences.
» Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and
members of the commission.
So, as it was read into the record by
staff, um you know, their concern is
that this if this gets converted to a
digital uh billboard, it may have a
negative v visual impact on the
condominium units and that the western
building is 75 ft uh and in the Stafford
40 degrees, which has the most window
and patio exposure.
I'll get back to that part in a second.
Um, back in 2008,
uh, the Outdoor Advertising Association
of America, uh, commissioned a Dr. Ian
Leuen, uh, to conduct a study on this
exact subject, uh, the impact of
converting digital billboards,
conventional billboards to digital
billboards. And, uh, a whole bunch of
math went into that uh, study, and I'll
go over that in a second. First, um it
needs to be said that each one of uh the
billboards that Las Vegas Billboards
puts up all have this photo cell. This
photo cell goes right alongside the LEDs
that are on the billboard. And uh that
photo cell uh is set to where the
brightness will always be will will be
no more than.3
foot candles above ambient light. Uh so
that that photo cell constantly measures
the ambient light. uh it's not on a
timer and uh it'll never and obviously a
foot candle uh is the amount of light
one candle puts out at one foot in a
completely blackened room. Um so uh the
sign the brightness will never be more
than.3 foot candles. Uh and
the sign will be limited to 7500 knits
nits. uh during daytime hours and 250
nits uh at nighttime and I'll get into
uh what that means uh in a minute. The
uh.3 foot candle maximum illuminance
level uh was derived from a report
completed by a former president of uh
SNA which uh governs billboards or
regulates billboards.
um it is the recommended level, maximum
level to prevent light trespass uh which
is what staff's concern is um right now.
So, getting back to knits and foot
candles and all that such, I want to
point out that currently on the current
billboard, there are three
um metal hali lights that illuminate
that billboard from underneath.
I do not have the exact number on what
those are, but industry standard, I did
some research and industry standard uh
those are 400 watt metal halid uh lights
currently on there. Each one of those
puts out 43,000 lumens. And so that side
of the billboard that currently faces
those condos,
if those are 400 watt lights, uh
currently emits 129,000
uh lumens
that gets projected up to the billboard
and then reflected out. Uh there is a
lot of light trespass um with those
numbers.
By way of comparison, uh the maximum
nighttime that uh is agreed to in this
application, which is 250 nits, which is
what I said earlier, is only 49,000
lumens. So, converting this to digital
uh will already cause, I believe, like a
68% reduction in the amount of lumens
that those neighbors are going to be
exposed to.
speaking to uh what Lucy was talking
about a few minutes ago.
This is the So, first of all, if you'll
remember what staff said in their uh
recommendation, it was talking about how
the building the the the western
building was 75 ft.
First of all, so this is what they're
calling the the the uh southern
building. As she pointed out, there are
no balconies and no uh windows on the
two uh um facades uh that would be most
effective [laughter] affected.
This is the facade that
doesn't quite face the billboard. It
actually runs perpendicular to the
billboard. You'll notice that this is a
walkway.
These are the doors and these are the
windows to the apartments. They're all
recessed. Uh they're all recessed with a
slight uh sound, light barrier, whatever
you want to call it. And the walkway
itself has barriers that would prevent
um extra uh light trespass from this
billboard.
I'll also point out that um
the 15 obviously right there, a very
busy intersection, has a lot of of
lights and ambient light coming in from
um from the lights that that you know
traffic needs. And uh drawing from the
same study I quoted before,
street lights on major roads emit one to
three foot candles on their own. So, the
people who live here are already staring
straight into multiple
freeway um lights that emit at least
three times as much light as this
billboard will. Um,
and then finally, the most important
thing I can show you here,
this is this is the diagram of what the
light will look like from the billboard.
And so this is this is what we're
worried about. This is the western
building that staff is most worried
about, the 75 ft one. That blue line is
the extent of where the light will
shine. Uh you'll not it's a 90° angle
that comes off the face of the uh
billboard. And so the limit of what will
shine towards that uh uh housing
development hits the wall. it hits the
blank wall where there are no uh
balconies,
no doors, no windows.
And furthermore, as I said, uh it's
never going to go above.3.
Uh
as you get further out, as you get to
the 200T mark, it actually drops down to
0.25.
So,
not only will switching it to digital
generate less lumens,
but as it goes out further, it'll have
less and less of an effect. And the
building is oriented in such a way,
it'll never shine under their windows
anyway because they're facing
perpendicular the way the light is
facing. So, I appreciate what staff has
pointed out. Um, oh, one thing I did
forget to say, all of these security
lights, all these exterior lights are on
all night. I drove by there the other
night. That back area is lit up like a
Christmas tree. It's a It's a secure
location. All these lights are on all
night anyway. So, area back there is
already pretty well lit up. This is
actually going to reduce how much lights
back there.
» We agree to do the um
to put the things on that side.
» Yeah. Delivers.
Did you want to say that?
» What's going to limit I'm my apologies.
I was just scolded by my boss. What
what's going to limit uh the light to
that 90° angle are louvers. If you'll
remember about a month or so ago, um we
were talking about louvers that would
prevent it from going down and and
affecting people directly underneath it.
Uh the technology here is going to limit
to this 90 degree angle to where it
doesn't affect the residents
as much as if it was a regular
billboard.
» So that would be a condition that we um
agree to that there would be louvers on
the east side of the billboard.
» Okay. Thank you. Uh this was not as
public hearing. Anyone want to be heard?
Please come down. See none. I'm going
close public hearing. Turn this over to
Commissioner Walters.
Hi. Yes, thank you for calling. Um, I
just want to make sure we're we're um
working on the louver uh wording for for
that. But thank you for the analysis of
the lighting and for letting uh you sent
me a study. It was very interesting. Uh
I appreciate that. Um it does seem I did
go by there. It does seem like this
development was was built with the um
with the knowledge and recognition that
there are a lot of lit billboards,
namely the giant lit cowboy also uh at
the other side of your property. So, it
does look like they they took that into
account for the residents of that
particular complex.
» Thank you. And uh Commissioner Walters,
I I I have a few comments.
» Yes. So,
you know, I I'm I'm not necessarily
against uh LED billboards, but I I am
against um you know, the constant
changing and blinding of people as
they're going down the road because you
go from a dark image to a lighter image.
And look, I I know I worked with y'all
and y'all been in my office and y'all
showed me a book and y'all it was pretty
impressive on how y'all go about doing
that. Um and and and being on a highway,
um you know, I'm I'm not as opposed, but
you know, you have those louvers. Can
you can you have those louvers set up? I
mean, because one of the biggest
problems with this is the the changing.
I mean, I can sit in in in my room
on Fremont and there's lights and it's
bright and it's bright in my bedroom
with the with the blinds closed. But if
if it's a constant light, then it
doesn't bother me. I can I can go to
sleep. But if one of the light bulbs is
going out and it's flickering, I can see
this through my eyelids as as my eyes
are closed. If I have my TV on and it's
changing, I can see this and it keeps me
up. So, that's my concern with the LED
and residential is when it changes. It
doesn't really matter to me how bright
it is because you can you can adjust to
that. You can't adjust to this constant
changing even when your eyes are closed.
So, is there a way to
potentially look at a louver that kind
of restricts it even a little bit more
so it's not hitting those apartments?
» So, to make it instead of just going
down to also go like on the north side
to so it would keep it from going back
because we're like if
» You can see the board is here and the
the buildings are there. sort of to
something to sort of block it from
there. That
» No, I'm I'm You You see the first couple
of slices, you know, that come off of
there. The You're going through that
building. So, you're you're still Yeah.
Uh right there where your pen was.
You're you're still hitting the edge of
well uh yeah the edge of the uh the
buildings on the south side of those
buildings and that north side of that
that one building but going all the way
down that south side of the building
you're you're you're blocking it. So is
there a way to put the louvers on that
would help block that
» Coming? Okay, good. If we can get your
name and address.
» Hi, I'm Jared Andrews. I'm with Jones
Media. Um C6 contractor for uh Las Vegas
Billboards. Address is 4145 West Tico
Avenue.
Um to answer your question, uh we've had
I've been doing this since 2005 since
digital was uh just kind of came into
the picture. Um this particular we have
a few different options here. This
particular sign would have to be
replaced with a a new um kind of a up to
building code sign, right? So, uh, the
option to orientate this sign just a
touch, um, to kind of direct that light
and kind of control the light that
you're talking about is also an option.
Um, that there's also what you can do, a
light shield to the, uh, right side of
the digital itself. Um, that would also
block out some of that light that you're
talking about. Um there is a billboard
that we did um over off of I-15 and Blue
Diamond that um was above a bunch of um
actually there's three billboards there
on that property, Oasis RV. Um and one
of the requirements was that we put um
we we essentially put decking out uh
beyond the digital um at the bottom just
to help block that light. uh most of the
light dispersement is is what you see um
that that that five feet out from the
digital itself. Uh beyond that, it's not
there's not a lot of which what you're
catching is that brightness, you know,
shock factor um could actually be
reduced um by putting that decking out
there. Um especially at 75 ft, which
this sign is currently um was given a
variance a couple years ago from 65 to
75. So, um that would there there's
options there. Um especially being new
construction. But
» Well, I I would think the the west
facing side is not a big deal because
that's facing commercial. It's just
those first three red roofs that I would
be concerned with and you know the light
hitting their their bedrooms. But I this
is your warden if you have any if you'd
like to look at you know trying to put
the I know you talked to me about the
louvers and if you'd like to maybe talk
to them about conditioning to have that
shield and that platform underneath to
kind of help protect that apartment
building that might be something to look
at
» And we'd agree to that condition too to
both the louvers and the shield the
light shield.
» Okay. The to be clear, the platform and
the light shield. That's what you're
saying you would agree to.
» Correct.
» And that would be in addition to the
louvers.
» Yes.
» Okay. What does staff understand that
good enough to [laughter]
» Yeah, that was my
» Help craft a motion.
» Uh yes. Uh through you, chair. Um, an
added condition would be uh added which
states louvers and a light shield shall
be installed on the east face on the
east side face to control the viewing
angle and direct light towards intended
viewers.
» Can we also add the word platform
» Light shield to the platform?
» A light shield and a
» And a platform. Okay. Uh, let me reread
that. Uh, louvers. A light shield and a
platform shall be installed on the east
sign face to control the viewing angle
and direct light towards intended
viewers.
» Thank you.
» All right.
» And we agree to that.
» Thank you.
» All right. I'm ready to make motion.
» Please do. Well, oh,
» Sorry. Thanks.
» Go ahead.
» Yes, Commissioner Rogan. I'm I'm not I
really didn't understand any of that
last bit. What is a platform? What does
it look like and how does it work?
» Yeah. So underneath the current
catwalks, um it would just be B- decking
uh material that would be installed
underneath in order to kind of uh reduce
the amount of visual impact that you get
from the digital itself at 5T out. So it
would essentially shade the ground.
» Okay. So it's it's it's preventing light
from going down. And since the the
billboard is taller than the
residential, you're you're allowing the
billboard to be seen by the highway but
not
» Exactly
» By the sir.
» Okay, great. Um, did you have any
conversations? I know that when we mail
out these special use permit
applications, we mail them to the
property owners, which in this case
would be the would be the owner of that
apartment complex, but was there any
effort made to have any discussions with
the tenants that live there? No,
actually I think it's a condominium
project.
» Is it a condominium project? So were do
we know whether all those were mailed to
» Mr. Chairman through you? Yes. Each
condominium owner was mailed a postcard
» And we got nothing back from any of
them.
Okay. Thank you,
Commissioner Walters.
» Okay. Um on item 39, that's 26-297-
SDR1. Uh, I motion for approval with
staff conditions. Do you agree to staff
conditions?
» Yes. And the additional ones we added.
Thank you.
» And the added condition is read into the
record by staff. Okay. Thank you.
Motion's on the floor. Please cast your
vote. And my vote is a yes.
And that motion carries.
» Thank you very much.
» And that item will move on to city
council on September 16th.
» Thank you. on item 426-0298
SGP1 of K uh Las Vegas billboard's owner
16
1615
uh North Decator for possible action on
land use entitlement project request for
a proposed 40ft tall 14T by 48 foot off-
premise sign not qualifying the city
communication sign use at 1615 North
Decar Boulevard Ward 5. Staff recommends
approval. Can we get the staff report
please?
» Mr. Chairman staff finds the proposed
off-remise sign is compatible with the
existing land uses and zoning districts
that surround the subject site. In
addition, the proposed off-remise sign
is compliant with title 1912 and staff
is recommending approval. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening.
» Yeah. Hi. Hi, Jared Andrews again with
uh Jones Media. Address is 4145 West
Tico Avenue. Uh again here I'm just
appearing uh on behalf of Las Vegas
Billboards. um for this proposed 40 foot
tall, 14x 48 uh foot off- premise uh
digital. I I don't know if it was
mentioned before, but this was uh also
requested for backto-back digital.
» Okay. Thank you. This was noticed as a
public hearing. Anyone want to be heard,
please come forward. Seeing none, I'm
close public hearing. Turn it over to
Commissioner Walters.
» Hi. Yes, I did go by this u property.
It's pretty commercial and residences
are fairly far away. So, uh, if anyone
has any other comments,
» Please, uh, make a motion.
» Okay. I make a motion on item 40, that's
26-298
SUP1, uh, for approval.
» Subject to staff's conditions. And you
agree with all those?
» Yes, sir.
» Thank you. Motion's on the floor. Please
cast your vote. That motion carries.
» And that will move on to city council on
September 16th.
» Thank you.
Item 42 26-0304
VR1 applicant owner Evart's family trust
for possible action land use entitlement
project request to allow a increase in
sign area for a legal non-conforming
freestanding sign does not conform to
title 19 requirements for sign area at
607 South Las Vegas Boulevard Ward three
staff recommends denial. Can we get the
staff report please?
» Mr. Chairman, no evidence of a unique or
extraordinary circumstance related to
the physical characteristics of the
property has been presented to warrant
the requested variance. As such, the
hardship is self-imposed and therefore
staff recommends denial of this variance
request. Please note, additional
documentation of support and protest was
received since publication. Thank you.
» Thank you. Good evening, sir.
» Good evening. Taylor Lamb, 5119 Cameron
Street on behalf [snorts] of the owner.
» Okay. Uh the owner's requesting a
variance to increase the square footage
of the sign from 114 to 162. We're not
making any changes to the height or the
width of the sign, just reusing the
existing square footage, moving it down
a little bit onto the pole cover. Uh the
project has already gone before the
DDRC. They've reviewed it. They're ready
to approve pending your approval and the
city council approval. And the reason
behind the project, obviously, they're
changing the name back to the original
name of the wedding chapel and want to
restore the original
style of the sign. And I'm here for any
Oh, we also agreed to all conditions if
approved. And I'm here to answer any
questions.
» Okay. Thank you. This was noticed as a
public hearing. Anyone want to be heard,
please come down. Seeing none, I'm close
the public hearing. Uh start with
myself. Um on this particular item, I I
reviewed it. it it's pretty close to
what what you have. Um, and you know,
you meet all the requirements of the Las
Vegas Scenic Byway, which is what we're
trying to achieve down there. And uh,
it's a great looking sign. So, I have no
problems. I'm ready to go ahead and make
a motion for approval on item 4226-304
V1. Move to approve subject to staff's
conditions and the applicants already
agreed to the conditions. Please cast
your vote.
That motion carries
» And that will move on to city council on
September 16th.
» All right. Thank you.
» Thank you for your time.
» Item 4326-0305
V1 applicant Rhythm Rose Incorporated
owner BJH property LLC for prop possible
action land use entitlement project
request to allow 37 parking spaces where
70 are required for a previously
approved restaurant coffee shop at 2747
North Rainbow Boulevard Ward 1. Can we
get the staff report please?
» Mr. chair. Uh on March 18th of this
year, the city council approved a
variance to allow 39 parking stalls
where 76 were required on this site. Uh
a new variance is requested as the
subject site provides only se 37 of the
parking spaces where 39 were previously
identified. However, staff finds no
evidence of a unique or extraordinary
circumstance related to the physical
characteristics of the property. As
such, the hardship is self-imposed and
therefore staff recommends denial. Thank
you.
» Thank you. Good evening, sir.
» Good evening. George Ross, 7582 Las
Vegas Boulevard South, number 518 in Las
Vegas, 89123.
Uh, as previously just stated, uh, this
item was previously approved back in
March. The site plan that the architect
originally drew showed 39 spaces. In
actuality, there were only 37. And
that's why I'm standing in front of you
uh today to uh redo this.
» Okay. Thank you. This was noticed as a
public hearing. Anyone want to be heard,
please come forward. Seeing none, close
public hearing, turned over to plan
commission for discussion, possible
action. Commissioner Rogan,
» Just so I'm clear, we initially approved
it was 39 where 76 were required and
this has now been changed to 37 where 70
are required.
» Mr. Chairman, through you. That is
correct. From what I understand, they've
rec recalculate the parking when it's
not a shopping center.
» Okay.
» Um the difference between your hightra
areas and then your back of house. So
there was a little change in the floor
plan and then in the site plan itself
once they actually got into the building
permit with you know real hard numbers
there was a difference between the two.
» So their deficiency actually got
improved.
» Yes. Slightly. Yes.
» All right. Make a motion for approval
for agenda item unless anyone has any
thoughts. Motion for approval agenda
item 43 project 26-0305
VA1.
» Motion's on the floor. Please cast your
vote.
» And that's subject to conditions which
you agree with.
» Yes, we agree to all conditions.
» I'm I'm a yay.
And that motion carries.
» Thank you.
» Thanks.
» And Mr. Chairman, that item will move on
to city council on September 16th. Thank
you.
» All right. Uh, moving on to director's
business. Item 45 obeyance
renotification 26-281 DR1 applicant
owner city of Las Vegas for prospect
action to appoint a member to the plan
of the planning commission downtown
design review committee for the
following list of planning commissioners
Jeffrey Rogan, Trendy Haven Schlotman,
Serena Kasama, Stacy Walters, Lindsay
Lee Labau and Jennifer Taylor. Steph has
no recommendation. Um, y'all sure you
don't have a recommendation?
[laughter]
» Nope. Nope. No. No. No report needed.
Um, can we get a nomination?
» Sure. I uh Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would
like to go ahead and uh nominate
Commissioner Schlottman to serve on the
committee.
» Okay. But when you say chair, that's
really Serena.
» Fair. No, I am not nominating Serena. I
am nominating
» Vice chair
» Vice chair Trinity Haven Schlottman
currently serving in his ad interim
position as chair just to make the
record clear. That's why I said chair.
» Any other nominations?
No other nominations.
» Can we get a vote uh a u a vote for
uh Vice Chair Slotman to be on the
downtown design review committee?
I'm an I.
» That motion carries
» And that is final action unless the uh
commissioner wants to appeal his own
nomination in 10 days. [laughter]
» Maybe expect that appeal
uh 46 oceans 26-0294
TXT1 applicant owner city of Las Vegas
for possible action on a request amend
LVMC 19.0 19.08 108 19.12 19.18 relating
to contractor and outdoor storage uses
and to provide for other related
matters. Staffer recommends approval. Do
we have a staff report? Mr.
» Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. Fred Solis
for the record. Uh the request is to
remove and replace the building service
maintenance use with the new
contractor's office category and
contractor's plant shop and storage yard
use with a new contractor's yard
category. The amendment will clarify
between low impact contractor offices
that typically serve customers at
off-site locations and the more intense
contractor yards that are that include
on-site storage of uh raw materials or
heavy equipment. The amendment will also
clarify limits for out accessory outdoor
storage uh where such is allowed. Staff
recommends approval of the request.
Thank you.
» Thank you. This was noted as a public
hearing. Anyone want to be heard, please
come forward.
Give us your name and address for the
record.
» Hi. Hey. My name is Sunonny Westbrook. S
U N I W S T B R O K. My address is 8109
Via Delero Court and I'm here just
because I'm a huge fan of the city
planning commission and I didn't know
this was going to be on the agenda. And
my question is, you know, will this
change how cargo containers can be
stored on residential property or how
cargo containers could possibly be used
as storage on residential property?
Uh, Mr. Chair, through you. Uh, no, it
does not. This is strictly for in
commercial and industrial um locations
that have uh contracting businesses that
either serve folks offsite like a
plumber or a landscape that has like
heavy machinery and rock and mulch. Um
we're making distingua that we're
distinguishing between the two uh to
ensure that these higher more industrial
type locations are constrained to the
industrial zoning districts as opposed
to the just a general contractor or a
something less intense. But no, it does
have doesn't have any effect on the uh
the storage of containers in residential
districts.
» Okay. So
making two different distinctions
between like a home builder contractor
and a plumbing contractor, a landscaping
contractor, someone with a smaller
business.
» U Mr. Chair, three. Yes, that is
correct. Um we are distinguishing
between heavy machinery, raw materials,
um
dis dispatch of of commercial vehicles
from a location versus yes, a landscaper
plumber who has a truck and stores a few
pipes indoors in a facility.
» Okay,
this is kind of a silly question, but
what's the definition of a commercial
vehicle? Is it a pickup truck with a
sign on it or is it
» What's a commercial vehicle?
» It it it's funny you ask, Mr. Chair,
through you. So, this text amendment
does actually um define what we consider
a commercial vehicle. So, if you give me
a second, I can pull it up and
» Well, thank you.
That'd be great.
» Yeah. Um
It's wrong.
I just I have a particular interest in
cargo containers because my neighbor
that I share a property border with has
five in their backyard.
All right. So, um almost there. One
second.
» You do you. I'll just keep
» All right. So, um, our contractor's
office now defines, uh, commercial, uh,
vehicle as one that exceeds£10,000
and is considered a commercial vehicle
by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration.
» Okay. And I can look up the contractor's
office rules and regulations online and
find all that stuff.
» Yes. So, so as a this will need to go
through council as an ordinance. Um, but
you can look at what we have as backup
on the planning commission agenda for
tonight.
» Um, although it won't become um um and
it won't become official until it go it
goes through city council through
ordinance.
» Okay. And then where can I find
information about the use and storage of
cargo containers on residential
property?
I think at that point I think what we
would do is we would just have you go
over and grab one of staff here in a
second. Then they can look at you. I
mean they can they can help you find
that information because
» Okay.
» Uh that's
» So it sounds like the change keeps
everything the same but drills it down
into different silos.
» Does that sound about right?
» Yeah. Through through you Mr. Chair that
that's generally correct.
We the interpretation of these two uses
were were ambiguous at best depending on
what you were trying to do. So the
purpose of this um this amendment is to
dial that down and to make it a little
bit more clear to to individuals using
either one of these uses and easier for
staff and the commission to um to be
able to judge what exactly is going on
on a property when they they come in
with one of these uses.
» Okay, cool. Thank you very much.
Appreciate the time.
» If you want to step over to the side,
they can uh tell you about the the
containers on a residential property.
» Fabulous. Thank you.
» Okay. Thank you for coming out today.
All right. Uh moving on to citizens
participation.
» Oh, that was still open. Okay, let's go
back. Number number uh 46.
Uh can I get a motion?
Motion to approve. All right. Motion for
approval. Please cast your vote.
That motion carries
» And that will move on to city council in
ordinance form.
» All right. Thank you. Moving on.
Citizens participation. Public comment
during this portion agenda must be
limited to matters within the
jurisdiction of the plan commission. No
subject may be acted upon by the plan
commission less as subjects on the
agenda and scheduled for action. If you
wish to be heard, come to the podium.
Give your name for the record. The
amount of discussion of any single
subject as well as the amount of time in
single speaker is allowed may be
limited. Anyone want to come down and
talk? No. Any plan commissioners? All
right. Well, this meeting's adjourned.