SWAN TAB WATCH

 

The following items were heard at the Enterprise TAB on September 12, 2007.   The TAB recommendations are below.  The September 17, 2007 PC decisions/recommendations, and September 18 2007 BCC decisions will be posted when available.  Within a week or two you will be able to read the PC and BCC Notice of Final Action on the Clark County web site Agenda  page.  Any person who objects to the PC decisions/recommendations may appeal to the BCC within five business days of the date of the hearing.  An appeal may be made in person at the Current Planning desk or by fax.  Call Current Planning or SWAN to find out how. 

Enterprise Town Advisory Board

       
Planning & Zoning Items: Holdover items

1a.     UC-0920-07 – GROVER, JEFFERY P.   Approved at August  29, 2007 TAB meeting

USE PERMIT to increase the size of an accessory apartment on 1.1 acres in an R-E (Rural Estates Residential) (RNP-I) (AE-65) Zone. Generally located on the west side of Polaris Avenue, 150 feet north of Capovilla Avenue within Enterprise.

1b.     WS-0883-07 – FALAHI, EMRON & WENDY:   TAB Approved

WAIVER OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS to reduce the separation between an accessory structure and the principal structure in conjunction with a single family residence on 1.2 acres in an R-E (Rural Estates Residential) (RNP-I) Zone. Generally located on the east side of Placid Street, 275 feet south of Windmill Lane within Enterprise.

1c.     WS-0904-07 – MARTINEZ, LOUIS:   Held, no applicant

        WAIVERS OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS for the following:

1) reduce side yard setbacks for a decorative water feature; and

2) increase the height of a decorative water feature associated with a swimming pool on 0.1 acres in a RUD (Residential Urban Density) Zone.

Generally located on the south side of Floating Flower Avenue, 95 feet east of Gentle Grazer Street within Enterprise.

 
       
Held at August and 12 September meetings

1d.     WS-0930-07 – TURNBERRY/CENTRA SUB, LLC:   TAB Approved

WAIVER OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS to reduce the separation between freestanding signs on the same side of the street and on the same property.  Approved

DESIGN REVIEWS for the following:

                1) additional freestanding signs; and Approved
 

2) a decorative water feature on 96.9 acres in n H-1 (Limited Resort and Apartment) (AE-70) Zone. Approved with the condition of no water for the large water feature.

Generally located on the southwest corner of Sunset Road and Las Vegas Boulevard South within Enterprise.
The applicant showed a water feature (2000 sq ft) which includes interactive motor boats including a 72 foot pedestrian bridge that crosses the water feature. .  A second  water feature shown is a pop-up water jet feature to be located in the children's play area.  The applicant will build the feature with or with out the ability to use water and would truck in water as has been done for other projects.  The concern of the TAB was the decorative use of water and how it relates the use of water in the county.   The TAB felt adding water features did not reflect the need to conserve water and the county needs to move toward features that do not include water.

 

09/18/07 PC

1.      UC-0917-05 (ET-0246-07) - MESA VERDE ASSSOCIATES, LLC:   TAB Approved

USE PERMITS FIRST EXTENSION OF TIME to commence the following:

1) a condominium development; and

2) increase building height.

WAIVER OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS to reduce the height setback ratio adjacent to residential uses.

DESIGN REVIEW for condominium buildings on 5.0 acres in an H-1 (Limited Resort and Apartment) Zone in the MUD-4 Overlay District. Generally located on southeast corner of Mesa Verde Lane and Giles Street within Enterprise.

2.      WS-1059-05 (ET-0243-07) – SUNSET VILLAS, LLC:   Held, No applicant

WAIVERS OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FIRST EXTENSION OF TIME to commence the following:

1) reduce setbacks;

2) reduce lot area;

3) reduce street widths; and

4) modified landscape standards on 5.0 acres in an RUD (Residential Urban Density) Zone.

Generally located on the northwest corner of Fairfield Avenue and Neal Avenue within Enterprise.

3.      UC-0945-07 – RAINBOW ROBINDALE PLAZA, LLC:   TAB Approved

USE PERMIT for a veterinary clinic in conjunction with an existing shopping center on 2.1 acres in a C-1 (Local Business) Zone. Generally located on the west side of Rainbow Boulevard, 285 feet south of Robindale Road within Enterprise.

The plans show a proposed 5,200 square foot veterinary clinic to be located in the north end of this existing shopping center. The applicant indicates that there will not be any overnight boarding services for healthy animals offered at this facility, nor will there be outside kennels or outside uses. The applicant further indicates that the primary business is to care for domestic cats and dogs and only sick animals or animals recovering from surgery will stay overnight and will be cared for inside the building.  It was brought up that the rear exits can only be used as emergency exits only.  However, an examination of the BCC decisions does not include a restriction on the rear exits.

4.      UC-0937-07 – LARSON, MEL:  

USE PERMITS for the following:

1) a watchman’s manufactured home; and

2) alternative design standards for a shade structure.

WAIVERS OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS for the following:

 

1) permit a dwelling (crew quarters) not to be permanently affixed to a residential lot; and

2) landscaping requirements.

DESIGN REVIEW for an existing modular watchman’s manufactured home and a replacement modular crew quarters in conjunction with an existing air ambulance heliport on a portion of 4.2 acres in an H-2 (General Highway Frontage) Zone in the MUD-1 Overlay District. Generally located on the north side of Larson Lane, 250 feet east of Las Vegas Boulevard South within Enterprise.

An existing air ambulance heliport (Mercy Air) has operated on the western portion of this lot for many years.  After the heliport was approved, a variance was approved in 1989 that included approval for modular living quarters for a watchman's manufactured home and crew quarters for the helicopter crews. The variance approval was for such a long time period that the applicant lost track of the review period and did not find out that the application had expired until the applicant attempted to obtain a permit to replace the ageing crew's quarters.  The TAB approve this waiver for 2 years.  The applicant’s intent is to have this waiver included when the heliport use permit is renewed shortly.

5.      VC-0980-07 – KC LAND INVESTORS V & VI, LLC:   No recommendation TAB split vote 2 to 2: companion item #9

VARIANCES for the following:

1) reduced parking; and (141 where 193 is required)

 

2) reduced separation for a convenience store from a residential uses on 5.0 acres in a C-2 (General Commercial) Zone. (142 ft  where 200 ft is required)

DESIGN REVIEW for a shopping center consisting of in-line retail shops, 2 pad sites, and a convenience store with gasoline sales in the Pinnacle Peaks Concept Plan area. Generally located on the northwest corner of Jones Boulevard and Windmill Lane within Enterprise. 

The TAB vote on this item should have been made in two motions instead of one.  Item # 9 involved throat depth and the effect on traffic.  The driveway throat depth, as currently designed, could cause significant traffic back up.  The recommendations of Major Projects engineering should be followed.    Item# 5:   The TAB disagreement concerned the reduced separation for the convenience store.  The TAB also wanted to add restrictions for squawk-box noise and lighting.

The shopping center (35,100 sq ft) consists of 2 in-line retail buildings, 2 pad sites, and a convenience store with gasoline sales on the northwest corner of Jones Blvd and Windmill Lane. The in-line retail buildings are oriented along the west portion of the site, 14 feet from property line. The 2 pad sites with drive-through are fronting Jones Blvd, and the convenience store with a gasoline canopy is located near the southeast portion of the site. All of the buildings will be one-story in height with the highest structure reaching a height of 28 feet. The site will have 2 access points from Jones Boulevard and one from Windmill Lane.

6.      VS-0948-07 – BLUE DIAMOND AND RAINBOW CAPITAL GROUP:   Applicant requested a hold

VACATE AND ABANDON easements of interest to Clark County located between Cougar Avenue (alignment) and Wigwam Avenue, and between Rainbow Boulevard and Belcastro Street (alignment), and a portion of a right-of-way being Rainbow Boulevard located between Cougar Avenue (alignment) and Wigwam Avenue in a C-2 (General Commercial) Zone within Enterprise (description on file).

7.      WS-0810-07 – JDF DEVELOPMENT, INC:   TAB Denied:  waiver of standard # 1 and Approved # 2

AMENDED HOLDOVER WAIVERS OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS for the following:

1) reduced lot area; and

2) allow rural street standards (previously not notified) in conjunction with a single family residential subdivision on 5.0 acres in an R-E (Rural Estates Residential) (RNP-I) Zone.

The plans depict a 10 lot single-family residential subdivision on 5 acres, which meets the R-E zoning district density of 2 dwelling units per acre. This application is a request to reduce the required lot area from 20,000 square feet to a minimum of 17,724 square feet. The applicant is also requesting to develop the surrounding roads to non-urban standards even though the lots will be less than 18,000 square feet.  Many of the surrounding properties are greater than one acre.  The TAB felt that any reduction below 18,000 ft would be reducing the standard that has been used in the RNP-1 areas.  The county staff felt the this lot size reduction was a self-imposed hardship as a tentative map was approved in January 2005 for a 9 house subdivision.

Companion item TM-0211-07

Generally located on the southwest corner of Edmond Street and Agate Avenue within Enterprise.

8.      WS-0953-07 – WOODSIDE VIA VALENCIA. LLC:   TAB Denied

WAIVER OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS to reduce the side setback for a single family residence on 0.2 acres in an R-2 (Medium Density Residential) P-C (Planned Community Overlay District) Zone in the Mountain’s Edge Master Planned Community. Generally located on the south side of Valencia Valley Avenue and the east side of Ventura Mountain Street within Enterprise.

This lot is part of Via Valencia, a 330 lot residential subdivision. The applicant is requesting a waiver of development standard in order to reduce the side setback on the northwest corner of the lot. The lot faces west onto Ventura Mountain Street, adjacent to a knuckle.  The north side yard, the subject of this request, is adjacent and parallel to the hammerhead terminus of Valencia Valley Avenue. The applicant states that the house was sold based on a preliminary plot plan prepared by a prior engineer, showing the side setback at 5 feet. The applicant claims that moving the house on the lot to meet the side setback requirement would then cause an intrusion into the rear setback.  The applicant has four other house plans that would meet all the setback requirements.  The TAB views this as a self-imposed hardship with an easy fix available.

9.      WT-0979-07 – KC LAND INVESTORS V LLC:   See Item # 5

WAIVER for modified street improvement standards in conjunction with a proposed commercial/retail center on 5.0 acres in a C-2 (General Commercial) Zone in the Pinnacle Peak Master Planned Community. Generally located on the northwest corner of Jones Boulevard and Windmill Lane within Enterprise.

09/19/07 BCC

10.     DR-0974-07 – SILVERADO GALLERY. LLC:   Held, No Applicant

DESIGN REVIEW for a shopping center on 1.9 acres in a C-1 (Local Business) Zone. Generally located on the south side of Silverado Ranch Boulevard, 600 feet west of Bermuda Road within Enterprise.

11.     UC-0724-05 (ET-0253-07) – THE GOSS FAMILY TRUST:   TAB Approved

USE PERMIT SECOND EXTENSION OF TIME to commence a tavern in conjunction with an existing industrial building on 2.0 acres in an M-1 (Light Manufacturing) Zone in the MUD-2 Overlay District. Generally located on the northwest corner of Jones Boulevard and Oleta Avenue within Enterprise.

12.     ZC-0989-02 (ET-0254-07) – EAGLE RAINBOW CENTER. LLC:   TAB Approved

ZONE CHANGE SECOND EXTENSION OF TIME to reclassify 9.3 acres from R-E (Rural Estates Residential) Zone to C-1 (Local Business) Zone for a shopping center.

WAIVER OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS to permit commercial access onto a residential street (Mardon Avenue). Generally located on the west side of Rainbow Boulevard and the north side of Eldorado Lane within Enterprise.

13.     ZC-1241-04 (ET-0252-07) – BA HOLDINGS. LLC:   TAB Approved

ZONE CHANGE FIRST EXTENSION OF TIME to reclassify 5.1 acres from H-1 (Limited Resort and Apartment) Zone to U-V (Urban Village - Mixed Use) Zone for a mixed-use development in the MUD-1 Overlay District.

USE PERMIT to increase height.

WAIVERS OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS for the following:

1) reduce parking;

2) reduce setbacks; and

3) encroachment into airspace.

Generally located on the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard South, 600 feet north of Cactus Avenue within Enterprise (description on file).

14.     UC-0987-07 – ALL FOR ONE FAMILY TRUST. ET AL:   Held, No Applicant

USE PERMIT to reduce the separation from outside dining and drinking area to a residential development.

WAIVER OF CONDITIONS of a zone change (ZC-1407-02) requiring an intense landscape buffer with trees planted 10 feet on center in the 15 foot wide landscape buffer along the east side of the project as per Figure 30.64-12.

DESIGN REVIEW for a shopping center on 4.0 acres in a C-2 (General Commercial) Zone. Generally located on the north side of Robindale Road and the east side of Buffalo Drive within Enterprise.

15      UC-0973-07 – BRAL. SAID SHAHRAM. ET AL:  TAB Approved
With conditions: 1.  All lighting be down cast and box lighting be provided next to residential property.  2. Rear exits emergency only, no service entrance. 3. No automotive maintenance or service businesses.

USE PERMIT to reduce the separation between an outside dining and drinking area from a residential development.

WAIVER OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS for street landscaping and buffering.

WAIVER OF CONDITIONS of a zone change (ZC-0943-02) requiring a 20 foot wide landscape buffer along the western boundary of the property adjacent to the residential development.

DESIGN REVIEW for a shopping center with outside dining and drinking on 1.8 acres in a C-1 (Local Business) Zone. Generally located on the southwest corner of Rainbow Boulevard and Robindale Road within Enterprise.

The TAB was concerned with the effect of this project on the residential properties to the west. The conditions suggested by the TAB would make the project consistent with the retail center directly to the south.  There is a concern with the use of intense land landscape buffers and the long term impact on public safety and fire fighting.  We are creating long, narrow, highly vegetated, limited access areas  whose only benefit is to reduce the setback ratio. Has anyone plotted out what the fully grown trees will look like, and what effect they will have on the surrounding buildings?

 

16.     WS-0906-07 – CLARK COUNTY (AVIATION), ET AL:   TAB Approved

WAIVERS OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS for the following:

1) reduce sign separation;

2) increase the number of allowable signs; and

3) allow signs where not permitted.

DESIGN REVIEW for signs in conjunction with industrial, office, and retail development on 263.3 acres in an M-D (Designed Manufacturing) Zone, M-D (Designed Manufacturing) (AE-65) Zone, M-1 (Light Manufacturing) (AE-65) Zone, and C-2 (General Commercial) (AE-65) Zone in the CMA Design Overlay District. Generally located between Jones Boulevard and the Union Pacific Railroad and the south side of the 215 Beltway within Enterprise.

17.     WS-0976-07 – SCHEFFLER FAMILY TRUST; GRAPHICSLAND LTD; DDM INVESTMENTS:  TAB Approved

WAIVER OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS for a parking reduction.

DESIGN REVIEWS for the following:

 

1) expansion to an existing industrial/office building on approximately 2.5 acres in an M-D (Designed Manufacturing) (AE-70) Zone;

2) off-site parking lot on approximately 0.3 acres in an M-1 (Light Manufacturing) (AE-70) Zone.

Generally located on the south side of Sunset Road, 525 feet west of Arville Street for the off-site parking lot and 400 feet east of Arville Street for the industrial building within Enterprise (description on file).

This business is a highly automated printing plant.  The result of the automation is presses can be added and controlled from the existing  work station.  While the plant output will increase, the number of employees  will remain about the same.  The plant is over parked for its current use.

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

NEXT MEETING DATE:

September 26, 2007 (Wednesday) 6:30 p.m.

Location: Enterprise Library, 25 S. Shelbourne Ave

Susan Ivy Allen
SWAN