Spring Valley Town Advisory Board

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

AGENDA

SPRING VALLEY TOWN ADVISORY BOARD

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011– 6:30 PM

DESERT BREEZE COMMUNITY CENTER

8275 SPRING MOUNTAIN ROAD

LAS VEGAS, NV 89117

 

Desert Breeze Community Center is accessible to individuals with disabilities. With forty-eight (48) hour advance request, a sign language interpreter may be made available by calling  455-3530 or TDD 385-7486 or Relay Nevada toll free 800 326-6868, TD/TDD.

 

BOARD MEMBERS                         POSTING LOCATIONS

Dee Gatliff,                                                       Desert Breeze Community Center-8275 W. Spring Mtn.

John Getter                                                       Helen Meyer Community Center-4525 Lake Forest

Duane Laible, Vice Chair                                   Spring Valley Library-4280 S. Jones      

Lee Plotkin                                                       West Flamingo Senior Center-6255 W. Flamingo

Angie Heath Younce, Chair

Diana Morton, Secretary                                   

I.                    CALL TO ORDER

II.                 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III.               PROCEDURES/CONDUCT

A.     Conformance with the Nevada Open Meeting Law

B.     Meeting Guidelines

Member Dee Gatliff was excused absent due to a recent incapacitating injury. Member Lee Plotkin was excused absent due to a vacation. Vice-Chair Duane Laible presided at the request of Chair Angie Heath Younce who was having trouble speaking due to a recent illness.

C.     Liaison/County Staff Business

Mike Shannon reported on the availability of summer employment for students.

D.     Approval of Agenda Posted, Including Any Deletions or Corrections

Agenda was modified to move Item F to the end of the meeting for the convenience of the public in attendance for other agenda items.

E.      Approval of Minutes of January 25, 2011

F.      Moved to end of meeting

G.     Recognize George Kuck for years of service as a Spring Valley Town Advisory Board Member

Approved 3-0. Letter to be drafted for signatures of all TAB members at next meeting.

 

IV.       PUBLIC INPUT – Comments by the General Public and Discussion – No action may be taken

            upon a matter raised under this item of the agenda until the matter itself has been included on

            the agenda. Public comment will be limited to three (3) minutes.

V.        PLANNING & ZONING

Action to be taken on the following applications:

SEE ATTACHMENT “A”

VI.       Set next meeting date   Tuesday,  February 22, 2011  6:30 PM

VII.      Adjournment

***IF YOU PLAN ON BEING IN ATTENDANCE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE ON TIME (6:20 PM) IN CASE SOME ITEMS ARE HEARD OUT OF ORDER.  THERE IS A CONFLICT OF HEARING WITH OTHER TOWN BOARDS AND SOMETIMES THE APPLICANT HAS AN EMERGENCY.

 

COMMISSIONERS

SUSAN BRAGER, Chair   STEVE SISOLAK, Vice-Chair

 LAWRENCE L. BROWN III  TOM COLLINS –  LAWRENCE WEEKLY  - CHRIS GIUNCHIGLIANI -  MARY BETH SCOW

DON BURNETTE, County Manager

Meeting Location:  Desert Breeze Community Center         8275 Spring Mountain Road

 

ATTACHMENT A

 

03/01/11 PC

 

1.         UC-0621-10 – TRUSCELLO RUSSELL ULLOM, LLC:

USE PERMIT to reduce the separation between a proposed communication tower and an existing communication tower.

DESIGN REVIEW for a communication tower and associated equipment on a portion of 2.0 acres in conjunction with an existing office warehouse complex in an M-D (Designed Manufacturing) (AE-60) Zone in the CMA Design Overlay District.  Generally located on the southwest corner of Oquendo Road and Hauck Street within Spring Valley.  mbs/co/ml

 

Approved 3-0. TAB was advised the available space on the existing tower does not allow for adequate cellular coverage for the applicant carrier (ATT) in the nearby residential areas. There are multiple carriers on the existing tower and may be multiple carriers on the new tower.

 

03/02/11 BCC

 

2.         TA-0007-11 – Siegel COMPANIES, INC:

Text amendment:  to amend Title 30, Chapter 30.08, Table 30.44-1 (Chapter 30.44) to create a new development code category for extended stay units in certain zoning districts subject to a minimum one-week stay and complete kitchens being provided.

 

Approved 3-0 for C2 (with Use Permit) and H1 zoning districts ONLY. TAB felt it was important to protect the integrity of other uses per existing standards and no co-mingle residential and attendant pedestrian and vehicular traffic intensity with Manufacturing and Industrial Districts. 30.40.230 calls for “… limited outside uses and to prohibit the development of incompatible uses…” while 30.40.240 calls for “…District to provide sutiable area for the development of light manufacturing establishments and to prohibit the development of incompatible uses…” The TAB believed the potential placement of what amounts to a hotel/motel facility in the midst of warehouses and factories is unproductive and poor policy.   

 

3.         zc-1369-07 (WC-0002-11) – gotovac, jordan & vasilija:

WAIVER OF CONDITIONS of a zone change requiring construction of full off-sites in conjunction with an approved office building on 0.6 acres in a C-P (Office & Professional) Zone.  Generally located on the south side of Tara Avenue, 150 feet west of Jones Boulevard within Spring Valley.  LB/gc/ml

 

Approved 2-1 (no TAB majority and no recommendation) The applicant confirmed staff reports that he did not wish to incur the expense of running conduit and electrical service to provide a required street light. No neighbors appeared to endorse or oppose the request. Two TAB members supported the applicant saying they imagined the residents in the nearby RNP would not want to see a street light. A single TAB member supported staff recommendations to deny the request for a waiver of conditions. No neighbors appeared to comment on the item.

 

4.         WS-0003-11 – JENNYGRAND, LLC:

WAIVER OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS to increase the height of a freestanding sign.

DESIGN REVIEW for a freestanding sign in conjunction with an existing restaurant (Rhythm Kitchen) on 2.0 acres in a C-2 (General Commercial) (AE-65) Zone in the CMA Design Overlay District.  Generally located on the west side of Decatur Boulevard, 260 feet north of Sunset Road within Spring Valley.  mbs/pb/ml

 

Denied 2-1 (no TAB majority and no recommendation) Applicant stated he needs strong signage to be visible to traffic on Decatur. Existing signage on the applicant building is visible only to northbound traffic. None currently exists in view of southbound traffic. The applicant was supported in his request by neighbors who said they felt the proposed sign was appropriate on Decatur while acknowledging they would strongly oppose any such development on Jones. The reasons stated involved the industrial/commercial nature of Decatur and the residential/OP nature of Jones. One neighbor appeared saying he felt a 20 foot sign as allowed by CMA standard would be more than enough. Two TAB members said they were concerned about setting a bad precedent, controlling excessive signage and supporting CMA and agreed with staff recommendations for denial. One TAB member acknowledged support for the CMA, but found this item troubling. There are at least 8 billboards of roughly 50’ height in plain view of the applicant’s parking lot. There are numerous existing monument signs on both sides of Decatur larger than the CMA standard of 20 feet. The CMA line runs down the middle of the Decatur allowing signs of up to 50 feet, including one existing 50 foot sign directly across from the applicant. The applicant is in the middle of large tracts of BDRP along both sides of Decatur. It appears the proposed sign is in scale with the existing business building. While it may be clear what the CMA standard states, it is not clear what constitutes a fair and just decision in this particular case. Following the vote, this member suggested to the applicant representative they create an alternative “compromise” proposal that does not include such a significant departure from CMA standards. The applicant representative agreed and said such a proposal would be considered for presentation to the full BCC.    

 

H.     III F.   Review and discuss 2011-2012 Bylaws

Several upgrades to the existing by-laws were proposed and will be before the TAB at out next meeting. Also, the TAB will consider suggested protocols for TAB presentations to help bring consistency and standards to proposals. In addition to TAB consideration, Planning Staff representatives are taking this to their department for consideration as a standard document to provide to all applicants headed for TAB presentations. There was general agreement that some standardizing of procedures might be of benefit to all concerned. It is based on a document already approved and included with at least one other TAB.   

 

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John Getter