Clark County Commission Zoning Meeting - December 17, 2025
Clark County Commission Zoning Meeting - December 17, 2025
The Clark County Board of Commissioners held a zoning meeting on December 17, 2025, at 9:00 AM in the Commission Chambers. The meeting covered routine consent items, public hearings on use permits, zone changes, waivers, and appeals. Key decisions included approval of a mini-warehouse complex after neighbor opposition, denial of a zone change without development plans, approval of a cannabis dispensary relocation, and resolution of two wall height appeals.
Consent Calendar
- Approved the agenda with holds: items 13–16 to January 7, 2026; items 22–24 to February 18, 2026; items 36–39 to January 21, 2026.
- Approved minutes of the November 19, 2025 meeting.
- Approved routine action items (4–30) as a block, subject to staff conditions, with items 7, 8, 9, 25, and 33 considered separately.
- Item 33 (WS-25-0750): Waiver of full off-site improvements for a single-family residential lot on 2.04 acres in RS40 zone, generally located south of Jakes Place and west of Bonita Vista Street within Lone Mountain. Approved with clarification that minimum paving requirements must be met.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Misty Bower, representing herself and neighbors, opposed items 7–9 (mini-warehouse complex) citing inadequate buffering, reduced parking from 145 to 94 spaces, traffic impacts on two-lane roads, and visual blight. She submitted petitions.
- During item 41, neighbors Robin Maxie, Janice Liston, and Lee Zaychik opposed the wall height increase, describing a long-standing neighbor dispute, harassment, and an existing non-permitted fence. They urged denial.
- Final public comment: Karen Pena spoke about jail conditions and police treatment, but her comments were unrelated to agenda items.
Discussion Items
- Items 7–9 (Windmill Cimarron, LLC): Use permit for a mini-warehouse, vacations, and tentative map on 5.0 acres in CG zone. Applicant clarified that the requested buffer reduction is along the undeveloped west side, not adjacent to the RNP neighborhood. Staff noted the parking reduction is under review due to updated code. Approved.
- Item 25 (ZC-25-0758): Zone change to reclassify 2.50 acres from RS20 to IP and remove RNP overlay, generally located west of Mohawk Street and south of Sobb Avenue within Spring Valley. Commissioner Naft denied without prejudice over applicant's objection, citing policy against approving zone changes without specific development plans.
- Item 31 (UC-25-0756): Use permit for outdoor dining and drinking with waivers for two fast-food restaurants (Dutch Bros and Zaxby's) on 1.1 acres. Applicant withdrew waivers for attached sidewalk and commercial pan driveway. Commissioner conditioned that Dutch Bros shall not have a call box. Approved.
- Item 32 (UC-25-0762): Use permit for a cannabis dispensary in conjunction with an existing approved consumption lounge on 1.60 acres. Applicant noted the dispensary has operated for 10 years without issues. Approved unanimously.
- Items 34–35 (Linda Properties): Zone change to IL and design review for an outdoor storage facility on 2.09 acres. Staff recommended a five-year review for the street landscaping waiver to align with future SID improvements. Approved.
- Item 40 (WS-25-0557): Appeal of a planning commission approval for a wall height increase on 0.49 acres. Neighbors and applicant reached an agreement: complete framing across the property and use a licensed contractor. Approved with those conditions.
- Item 41 (WS-25-0693): Appeal of planning commission denial for a wall height increase on 0.16 acres. Commissioner Naft allowed a height increase to 9 feet in the backyard only, with conditions: existing non-permitted fence must be removed, any new wall or fence must be built by a licensed contractor, be a solid color (preferably white) or match the existing block wall, and be approved by the Building Department. Approved with conditions.
- Ordinances 42 and 43: Introduced; public hearing set for January 7, 2026.
Key Outcomes
- Approved: Routine consent block (items 4–30), items 7–9, 31, 32, 33, 34–35, 40, 41.
- Denied: Item 25 (ZC-25-0758) without prejudice.
- Heldover: Items 13–16 to January 7, 2026; items 22–24 to February 18, 2026; items 36–39 to January 21, 2026.
- Next meeting: January 7, 2026 for ordinances and held items.
Meeting Transcript
Good morning. This is the Wednesday, December 17th meeting of the Clark County Commission zoning meeting. Turn it over to Director Riel. Good morning, Commissioners. The first item on the agenda is public comment. This is the first period for public comment. Anyone wishing to speak on any item on the agenda can come forward now. Seeing no one, we'll close the public hearing and turn it over to Commissioner Real. Oh, I'm sorry. Director Riel. And ma'am, just for information, uh, if it's an item on the agenda, you can speak at that time, or you can speak now. Okay, yeah, that's that's usually better if you're an item. Is it what what even I'm sorry? What what item are you? Um those are being pulled off. Yeah, we were gonna pull those off of routine. Okay. Yeah, please. It should just be a second. All right, now now Directory. The second item is the approval of the agenda after considering any additions or deletions of items. Staff has the following requests, which may require renotification fees in accordance with Title 30. Hold to the January 21st, 2026 zoning meeting, item 36, ZC250771, item 37, WS 25072, item 38, ZC 25076, and item 39, UC 25077, and then hold to the February 18th, 2026 zoning meeting. Item 22, ZC 250715, item 23, VS 250717, and item 24, UC 250716. The above public hearing items are going to be open as a public hearing and immediately recessed until the dates as previously previously stated. With these deletions, which are items 22, 23, 24, and 36 through 39. The agenda stands ready for your approval. I think we have a comment. Good morning, Jennifer Lazovich, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive. We would like to hold items uh 13, 14, 15, and 16 to the January 7th hearing. Is that okay? That is that's fine with me if it's okay with you. It's done. Thank you. All right, with the recommended changes written to the record, I move approval of the agenda. That's motion to approve the agenda. Cast your vote. That motion passes. The third item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes. The minutes of the November 19th, 2025 zoning meeting are ready for your approval. Move approval of the minutes. That motion passes. Next to the routine action items, which consists of items four through 30, except items previously deleted and items 7, 8, 9, and 25, which will be polled and heard separately. These items may be considered together in one motion and are subject to the conditions listed with each agenda item. In addition, staff has the following requests. Item 16, TM 25500, 140, add public works conditions, no street lights on Viking Road, and applicant to install poll box and conduit along Viking Road. Item 17, PA 2570042, delete the only public works condition. Item 20, DR250691, add a comprehensive planning condition, detach sidewalk and landscaping along Blue Diamond Road per revised plans on file data 121525. And add a public works condition applicant to coordinate with in dot and Clark County Public Works for offside improvements along Blue Diamond Road. If there are no objections, the public hearing is now open and the routine action portion of the agenda stands ready for approval.
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