Spring Valley Town Advisory Board

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

AGENDA

SPRING VALLEY TOWN ADVISORY BOARD

TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012– 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. If you need to contact a Board member, please call 455-8338.

 

BOARD MEMBERS                         POSTING LOCATIONS

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

John Getter       Present                                     Helen Meyer Community Center-4525 New Forest Dr.

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

Lee Plotkin Absent-resignation pending   West Flamingo Senior Center-6255 W. Flamingo

Angie Heath Younce, Chair Present

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

C.     Liaison/County Staff Business Mike Shannon announced opening on SVTAB

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

E.      Approval of Minutes of February 28, 2012

F.      Possible Action/Discussion: Ancillary Uses at Commercial Properties Motion passed 4-0 to place the matter be on the agenda of the upcoming TAB Chairs meeting.

IV.              COMMENTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC –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 minutes.  Prior to speaking please state your name and address and spell your last name for the record. If any member of the Board wishes to extend the length of a presentation, this will be done by the Chair, or the Board by majority vote.

Resident recommended that ancillary uses cover structures or facilities near buildings and parking lots

V.                 TOWN BOARD INPUT

Member Gatliff complimented CCPRO for actions to control rogue signage at DI&Jones, but said the stores seem to understand there is little weekend enforcement. Suggested some weekend patrols be instituted. Also reported a sign shop operating without permits at 5850 DI.

Member Getter thanked Mike Shannon and Commissioner Sisolak for their efforts to control the party house on El Camino. It has been a long-term nuisance and the firm actions and fines were appreciated by the neighborhood..

Member Laible remarked Fabulous Freddie’s (Durango@Flamingo) had moved rental trucks but there were several in violation currently.

Chair Heath-Younce expressed concern with growing number of commercial signs being attached to light and utility poles throughout the valley.

 

VI.       PLANNING & ZONING

Possible action to be taken on the following applications:

SEE ATTACHMENT “A”

Items on the agenda may be taken out of order.

The Spring Valley Town Advisory Board may combine two or more agenda items for consideration.

The Spring Valley Town Advisory Board may remove an item from the agenda or delay

discussion relating to an item at any time.

VII.    COMMENTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC – 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 minutes.  Prior to speaking please state your name and address and spell your last name for the record. If any member of the Board wishes to extend the length of a presentation, this will be done by the Chair, or the Board by majority vote.

VIII.     Set next meeting date   Tuesday, March 27, 2012  6:30 PM

IX.       Adjournment

 

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

 

HELDOVER FROM FEBRUARY 28, 2012 MEETING:

 

1A.       VS-1372-04 (WC-0123-11) – RHODES RANCH, GP:

WAIVERS OF CONDITIONS of a vacation and abandonment requiring the following: 1) applicant to grant and pave an alternate 60 foot wide public right-of-way from Fort Apache Road to Seeliger Street, dedicate right-of-way within 30 days; and 2) no building permits to be issued until the access road is complete on approximately 52.9 acres in an R-2 (Medium Density Residential) P-C (Planned Community Overlay) Zone in Rhodes Ranch Master Planned Community.  Generally located on the south side of Hidden Mountain Way and the east side of Fort Apache Road within Spring Valley and Enterprise.  SB/rk/xx  (For possible action)

Approved 3-1. Member Laible disclosed he is a resident of Rhodes Ranch but would vote.

There was considerable discussion of the matter. Major concerns included placing Clark County in the position of seeking BLM approval/cooperation in the latest revision could set a dangerous precedent. The applicant acknowledged that it might be possible for another less cooperative and more litigious developer to use this item as leverage to demand equal treatment on what Commissioners may deem less or even totally unacceptable. In addition, there is the years-long history of this project and series of broken commitments and revised plans. There is a plan in place that the developer said would be implemented if this proposal fails. The revisions, the developer stated, will lead to another 2-3 year delay. Mike Shannon conveyed concerns from CCSD about safe and reliable student school access and sidewalks. A last minute revised staff agenda sheet was provided (single copy) in which the only change was from a recommendation for denial to a “no recommendation” status. The single staff sheet was passed among members and we made our best efforts to eliminate confusion. Saying he trusted this developer, Vice-Chair Laible made a motion to approve the Waivers including the staff “if approved” conditions and an additional condition of lighting and a sidewalk along a 32 foot road.   

Member Getter voted against.

 

04/03/12 PC

 

1.         UC-0056-12 – CANYON GATE SELF STORAGE, LLC:

USE PERMIT for truck/trailer rental.

WAIVER OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS to allow the display of trucks visible from a public right-of-way for a truck rental business in conjunction with an existing mini-warehouse facility on 3.2 acres in a C-1 (Local Business) Zone in the MUD-3 Overlay District.  Generally located on the south side of Sahara Avenue, 900 feet east of Cimarron Road within Spring Valley.  SB/bk/ml  (For possible action)

Approved 3-1 per staff recommendation. Vice-Chair Laible voted no objecting to the parking of U-Haul trucks in the designated spaces in front of the building.

 

2.         UC-0069-12NEVSO, LLC:

USE PERMIT to increase the height of a freestanding sign.

DESIGN REVIEW for a freestanding sign in conjunction with an existing shopping center (Grand Canyon Parkway) on 0.3 acres in a C-2 (General Commercial) Zone in the MUD-3 Overlay District.  Generally located on the southwest corner of Grand Canyon Drive and Flamingo Road within Spring Valley.  sb/bk/xx  (For possible action)

Denied 3-1 per staff recommendation. Majority felt it was too large and could start a rash of similar requests. Vice-Chair Laible voted no on the motion to deny.

 

3.         UC-0075-12 – ISAACMAN REVOCABLE TRUST:

USE PERMITS for the following:  1) allow an automobile maintenance facility (window tinting) within 200 feet of a residential use; 2) existing accessory structures not architecturally compatible with the principal building; and 3) reduce roof pitch for existing accessory structures in conjunction with an existing car wash.

WAIVERS OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS for the following:  1) Allow window tinting to be conducted outside where required to be conducted within an enclosed building; and 2) waive landscaping and screening requirements adjacent to a less intense use.

DESIGN REVIEW for accessory structures in conjunction with a car wash on 0.3 acres in a C-2 (General Commercial) Zone.  Generally located on the south side of Flamingo Road, 200 feet east of Jones Boulevard within Spring Valley.  SS/al/ml  (For possible action)

Motion to approve with staff conditions and 1 year review – no decision- 2-2.

There was considerable discussion of this item. The facility has been operating since the early 1990s. The former business owner shut it down, and a long-term employee purchased the business. Then, nearly immediately the first CCPRO complaint was made about the facility. The new owner removed some of the out-of-compliance signs that had been in place for years and began this permitting process. The original use requests for the car wash were approved in 1995 and for the “violation” of a canopy and temporary structure, approval came in 1999. The applicant wishes to use the facility to also do window tinting service, which has been offered at the location for at least 10 years. As for adjacent apartments, there are similar adjacent storage and car wash facilities on the other wide of the complex to the East. Liaison Mike Shannon advised that code enforcement often agrees to continued operations if an applicant is attempting to come into compliance. 

Chair Heath-Younce voted no as she is opposed to significant waivers of even pre-existing set back. Vice-Chair Laible voted against stating his concern the applicant was operating illegally pending this process. Members Getter and Gatliff voted to approve stating it was unfair to stop a viable business from continuing to operate as it had for nearly two decades.

 

4.         VS-0072-12 – DR horton, inc:

VACATE AND ABANDON easements of interest to Clark County located between Peace Way and Cape Flattery Avenue, and between Willowhill Street and Buffalo Drive in an RUD (Residential Urban Density) Zone within Spring Valley (description on file).  SS/jt/xx  (For possible action)

Approve 4-0 per staff recommendation.

 

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