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Clark County Planning Commission Briefing - May 5, 2026

Meeting Portal — Tuesday, May 5, 2026

BodyClark County, Nevada

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DateTuesday, May 5, 2026

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1:28

Until he gets here.

1:30

You better bring it here.

1:32

All right.

1:33

So next order business will be.

1:36

Okay, there's not.

1:37

Next order business would be the public comments.

1:41

And so we'll open it up for public comments.

1:44

And we see younger man coming down, but I don't think he wants to do public comments.

1:50

Okay, so uh so thank you very much.

1:52

We will uh close public comments and get the briefing started.

1:56

Thank you.

1:57

All right, good evening, Mr.

1:58

Chairman, commissioners.

1:59

Uh again, um, if you don't know my name, I'm uh Hunter White.

2:03

I'm one of the principal planners here with Clark County, and I'll be taking you on this journey tonight.

2:08

Uh we have twenty-eight total items.

2:10

Items four through ten are going to be our routine items, eleven through twenty-eight will be our non-routine items.

2:17

So we'll go ahead and get started with the non-routine items.

2:21

So we'll start with item number four, which is a first extension of time for uh previously approved uh multifamily development.

2:29

Uh staff is recommending approval, Paradise Town Board is recommending approval.

2:34

Uh we had one card in support and seven cards in protest.

2:38

Items uh five and six are uh companion items.

2:43

Uh the first is a uh vacation for patent easements, and um a portion of right and portion of right-away uh the use permit uh that's associated with that vacation is for uh uh like a fiber optic utility building.

2:59

Uh staff is recommending an approval on both, Paradise Town Board recommended approval on both.

3:04

Uh we had five cards in support of the VS and four cards in support of the use permit, one card in protest for the VS and five cards in protest for the uh for the uh use permit.

3:17

Moving on to item number seven, that is a vacation uh for a portion of tropical parkway for DTAT sidewalks, four four lot subdivisions, staff is recommending approval, uh Lone Mountain uh CAC recommended approval, uh no cards in support, but we have two cards in protest.

3:36

Item number eight is another vacation for patent easements, and uh portions of when Mill Lane uh staff is recommending approval, Red Rock uh CAC also recommended approval.

3:49

We have seven cards in support and none in protest.

3:54

Moving on to item number nine, that is a another vacation for pedestrian access and street light and traffic control easements.

4:03

Uh staff is recommending approval.

4:05

Spring Valley Town Board recommended approval.

4:07

We have one card in support, one card in protest.

4:12

Uh item number ten is uh a waiver development standards to increase the side and rear uh yard walls of a single family residence.

4:21

Uh staff is recommending approval, um, mainly because they're mostly screened.

4:26

And enterprise town board is also recommending approval.

4:29

Uh, we add two cards in support and two letters in support, and then two cards in protest.

4:35

Uh so with that, I will uh slow down so that way uh uh if you have any questions on the non-routine items.

4:42

Thank you very much.

4:43

Um commissioners, any questions on the routine action items?

4:46

Yes, I have a question on number six out of curiosity.

4:50

Why are we okay with eliminating the landscape?

4:57

Uh it's the buffering and screenings on the west side.

5:00

It's a the same property.

5:03

Uh they're they're co-owned with each other.

5:05

So it's a small utility building, so we didn't have much of a problem with that.

5:10

Um a place of worship.

5:14

Okay.

5:16

All right, sounds good.

5:17

I think everybody else, everybody else is good.

5:19

So we'll keep we'll continue.

5:21

All right, we'll go ahead and get started with our uh non-routine items, which will start with item number 11.

5:27

Item level number 11 is a use permit for a banquet facility within an existing inline shopping center.

5:34

Uh they're requesting the use permit because uh they are uh they're needing to reduce the separation to residential.

5:41

Staff is recommending denial due to compatibility issues within the shopping center and the surrounding area.

5:47

Uh Spring Valley Town Board recommend recommended denial with prejudice.

5:51

Uh they did not attend uh the applicant did not attend three times.

5:56

Uh we had uh three cards in support, two cards in protest, and one letter in protest.

6:04

How many questions on this particular item?

6:07

I I just want I don't know if you're aware, but with the prejudice, that means he cannot apply again for a year.

6:14

So just so you have that in the back of your head.

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Summary of Proceedings

Clark County Planning Commission Briefing - May 5, 2026

The Clark County Planning Commission held a briefing meeting on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at 6:00 PM in the Commission Chambers at the Clark County Government Center. The meeting was called to order by Chair Edward Frasier III and lasted approximately 16 minutes. Commissioners reviewed 28 agenda items for the upcoming regular Planning Commission meeting, including routine and non-routine items. Staff presented recommendations, and commissioners discussed several items, focusing on waiver requests, use permits, and development standards. No action was taken; the briefing was informational.

Discussion Items

Routine Action Items (Items 4–10): Hunter White, Principal Planner, presented routine items including extension of time for a multifamily development (Item 4), vacation of easements and a use permit for a fiber optic utility building (Items 5–6), vacation for Tropical Parkway (Item 7), vacation for patent easements on Mill Lane (Item 8), vacation for pedestrian access easements (Item 9), and a waiver of development standards for a single-family residence (Item 10). Staff recommended approval for all, with various town board or CAC recommendations. Commissioner Leslie Mujica asked about eliminating landscaping on Item 6; White clarified it was a small utility building on the same property as a place of worship.
Non-Routine Action Items (Items 11–28): White continued with non-routine items. For Item 11 (use permit for banquet facility), staff recommended denial due to compatibility issues, and Spring Valley Town Board recommended denial with prejudice. Commissioner Vivian Kilarski noted that denial with prejudice would prevent the applicant from reapplying for one year; Commissioner Michael Roitman confirmed that without prejudice the applicant could reapply immediately. The applicant had missed three Town Board meetings and had not responded to staff outreach.
Item 12 was requested to be held by the applicant with no specific date. Items 13 and 14 (waivers for structures built without permits) staff recommended denial due to self-imposed hardship, while town boards recommended approval. Item 15 (increase wall height) staff recommended denial due to lack of mitigating measures, with significant public protest (nine cards in protest).
Items 16–20 (companion items: plan amendment, zone change, vacation, waivers, and design review) were discussed at length. The applicant revised plans and withdrew two waivers (numbers 2 and 3A), prompting staff to update their recommendation to support the application. Enterprise Town Board had recommended approval for most parts but denial for some waivers and the design review.
Items 21–24 were requested to be continued to the May 19, 2026 Planning Commission meeting and the June 17, 2026 Board of County Commissioners meeting.
Items 25–28 (companion items: plan amendment, zone change, waiver and design review, tentative map): staff recommended approval of the plan amendment and zone change but denial of the waiver, design review, and tentative map due to elimination of open space and increased retaining walls. Commissioner Kilarski noted that waiver number 3 (related to fill) was no longer needed, but staff maintained denial based on open space elimination.

Key Outcomes

No formal votes or decisions were made; the briefing was informational for commissioners to prepare for the regular meeting.
Staff recommendations were clarified for several items, and the commission acknowledged the applicant’s intent to withdraw certain waivers for Items 16–20.
For Item 11, the commission discussed the implications of denial with prejudice versus without prejudice, but no vote was taken.
Items 21–24 were officially requested to be continued.
The meeting adjourned at 6:16 PM without public comments.

Meeting Transcript

Until he gets here. You better bring it here. All right. So next order business will be. Okay, there's not. Next order business would be the public comments. And so we'll open it up for public comments. And we see younger man coming down, but I don't think he wants to do public comments. Okay, so uh so thank you very much. We will uh close public comments and get the briefing started. Thank you. All right, good evening, Mr. Chairman, commissioners. Uh again, um, if you don't know my name, I'm uh Hunter White. I'm one of the principal planners here with Clark County, and I'll be taking you on this journey tonight. Uh we have twenty-eight total items. Items four through ten are going to be our routine items, eleven through twenty-eight will be our non-routine items. So we'll go ahead and get started with the non-routine items. So we'll start with item number four, which is a first extension of time for uh previously approved uh multifamily development. Uh staff is recommending approval, Paradise Town Board is recommending approval. Uh we had one card in support and seven cards in protest. Items uh five and six are uh companion items. Uh the first is a uh vacation for patent easements, and um a portion of right and portion of right-away uh the use permit uh that's associated with that vacation is for uh uh like a fiber optic utility building. Uh staff is recommending an approval on both, Paradise Town Board recommended approval on both. Uh we had five cards in support of the VS and four cards in support of the use permit, one card in protest for the VS and five cards in protest for the uh for the uh use permit. Moving on to item number seven, that is a vacation uh for a portion of tropical parkway for DTAT sidewalks, four four lot subdivisions, staff is recommending approval, uh Lone Mountain uh CAC recommended approval, uh no cards in support, but we have two cards in protest. Item number eight is another vacation for patent easements, and uh portions of when Mill Lane uh staff is recommending approval, Red Rock uh CAC also recommended approval. We have seven cards in support and none in protest. Moving on to item number nine, that is a another vacation for pedestrian access and street light and traffic control easements. Uh staff is recommending approval. Spring Valley Town Board recommended approval. We have one card in support, one card in protest. Uh item number ten is uh a waiver development standards to increase the side and rear uh yard walls of a single family residence. Uh staff is recommending approval, um, mainly because they're mostly screened. And enterprise town board is also recommending approval. Uh, we add two cards in support and two letters in support, and then two cards in protest. Uh so with that, I will uh slow down so that way uh uh if you have any questions on the non-routine items. Thank you very much. Um commissioners, any questions on the routine action items? Yes, I have a question on number six out of curiosity. Why are we okay with eliminating the landscape? Uh it's the buffering and screenings on the west side. It's a the same property. Uh they're they're co-owned with each other. So it's a small utility building, so we didn't have much of a problem with that. Um a place of worship. Okay. All right, sounds good. I think everybody else, everybody else is good. So we'll keep we'll continue.

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