SPRING VALLEY TOWN ADVISORY BOARD

JULY 29, 2008

8/06/08 BCC

1.            ZC-0600-08 – HACIENDA STRUCTURES, LLC:

HOLDOVER ZONE CHANGE to reclassify 6.5 acres from R-E (Rural Estates Residential) Zone and R-D (Suburban Estates Residential) Zone to R-2 (Medium Density Residential) Zone for future residential development in the CMA Design Overlay District.  Generally located on the south side of Hacienda Avenue, 350 feet west of Buffalo Drive within Spring Valley (description on file).  (Appr 3-0)

2.            ZC-0625-08 - USA:

ZONE CHANGE to reclassify 5.0 acres from R-E (Rural Estates Residential) Zone to P-F (Public Facility) Zone for a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department substation in the MUD-4 Overlay District.

DESIGN REVIEW for a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department substation with a reduced separation for a trash enclosure to a residential use and modified landscaping and screening requirements.  Generally located on the southwest corner of Eldora Avenue and Van Allen Street (alignment) within Spring Valley (description on file).  Appr 3-0

3.            ZC-0630-08 – RHODES RANCH, G.P.; ET AL:

ZONE CHANGE to reclassify 84.4 acres from R-E (Rural Estates Residential) Zone and R-2 (Medium Density Residential) Zone to R-2 (Medium Density Residential) P-C (Planned Community Overlay) Zone and R-3 (Multiple Family Residential) P-C (Planned Community Overlay) Zone in the Rhodes Ranch Master Planned Community.  Generally located on the east side Grand Canyon Drive and the north and south sides of Ford Avenue within Spring Valley and Enterprise (description on file). 

Appr 3-0

8/07/08 PC

4.            UC-0488-08 – PHAM COMMERCIAL HOLDINGS & JOHN M. EDWARDS TRS:

USE PERMIT for a major training facility within an office complex on 4.4 acres in a C-P (Office & Professional) Zone.  Generally located on the northeast corner of Spring Mountain Road and El Camino Road within Spring Valley.  Residents were promised 9-5 type business operations from this center.  A karate school is not what they were expecting.  18 in opposition.  Denied 3-0.  Will be sent to PC

5.            UC-0640-08 – South rainbow business park, llc:

USE PERMIT for a minor training facility on a portion of 3.9 acres in a C-P (Office & Professional) (AE-60) Zone and a C-1 (Local Business) (AE-60) Zone in the CMA Design Overlay District.  Generally located on the east side of Rainbow Boulevard and the south side of Oquendo Road within Spring Valley.  Appr 3-0

6.            UC-0641-08 – RHODES RANCH DEVELOPMENT:

USE PERMITS to construct and maintain a communications facility which does not meet the following conditions: 1) reduce separation from another communications tower; and 2) permit a communications facility in a residential district in conjunction with a clubhouse and golf course facility on 4.6 acres in an R-2 (Medium Density Residential) Zone, P-C (Planned Community Overlay District) Zone.

VARIANCE to reduce the setback from the property line.

DESIGN REVIEW for a 70 foot high monopalm with antenna arrays and associated screened ground equipment in the Rhodes Ranch Master Planned Community.  Generally located 330 feet north of Rhodes Ranch Parkway and the west side of Longest Drive (alignment) within Spring Valley.  Appr 3-0

7.            VS-0621-08 – MOON F & WANDA M FAMILY/KENNETH Y ONG TRS:

VACATE AND ABANDON easements of interest to Clark County located between Post Road and Teco Drive, and between Westwind Road and Lindell Road in an R-E (Rural Estates Residential) (AE-65) Zone in the CMA Design Overlay District within Spring Valley (description on file).  Appr 3-0

8.            WS-0642-08 – Korean-American Calvary Presbyterian church:

WAIVER OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS for full off-site improvements (excluding paving).

WAIVERS OF CONDITIONS of a use permit (UC-1578-99) requiring the following: 1) B-1 landscaping along the Sorrell Street alignment (adjacent to current proposed development) and Desert Inn Road; 2) off-sites adjacent to Darby Avenue are to be constructed with further development adjacent to Darby Avenue; 3) sign deed restrictions; 4) driveway locations to be approved by Clark County Traffic Management Division; 5) raise height of existing block wall along east property line adjacent to APN’s 163-11-405-005, 2 feet (3 courses of block) and replace existing cap on top, this includes any necessary structural changes needed to properly retain the church’s side of the property including a water sealant to be applied below the grade level; 6) 15 gal minimum Mondel Pine trees to be planted 15 feet on center along the east property line adjacent to APN 163-11-405 005 & 006 to provide for privacy of neighbors and for an additional sound barrier with the existing blacktop to be cut away from the wall enough to install the irrigation system and plant the trees; 7) the work on conditions #6, 7 & 8 (per the Notification of Final Action for conditions #2, 3, & 4 above) to commence within 30 to 45 days after final Commission approval and be diligently carried on until completion; 8) applicant to subdivide rear of property adjacent to Darby Avenue into two R-E zoned residential lots or alternatively into one residential lot with the equivalent of two R-E zoned lots with a parcel map to be submitted to the County within one year; 9) church building to be single story only; 10) no freestanding sign to be located on property (1 wall sign in conformance to zoning code requirements allowed); and 11) require any structure along Darby Avenue to remain residential.

DESIGN REVIEW for a new place of worship on 2.2 acres in an R-E (Rural Estates Residential) Zone in the Desert Inn Transition Corridor Overlay.  Generally located on the north side of Desert Inn Road, 500 feet west of Torrey Pines Drive within Spring Valley.  A number of residents appeared in opposition.  I was going to speak regarding the conditions that had been placed on other churches, but I could tell from the outset from comments by Board Members that it was going to be denied, so I figured there was no sense in disturbing movement toward what I foresaw as a turn down.  Denied 3-0