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Chair Taylor.

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Vice Chair Cassama.

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Commissioner Lebow.

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Okay, seeing none, we will move on to item number five.

Uh for possible action to approve the final minutes of the planning commission meeting of October 14th, 2025.

May we have a motion to approve the minutes of the planning commission meeting of September 9th, 2025.

Yes, madam chair, I'm looking to approve the plan commission meeting minutes for September 9th, 2023.

Uh there's a motion on the floor.

Please cast your vote.

Okay.

She is Councilwoman Kelly's uh planning commissioner, and we're really excited to have her.

So thank you for committing to being part of public service, and we're really looking forward to your expertise on our commission.

Um with that, let's move on to number six for possible action.

Any items from the planning commission staff and or the applicant um I am just not having a morning today.

I am having a Monday morning today.

Okay, let's move on to our housekeeping items.

Are there any items that commissioners, staff, applicants, or members of the public would like to pull forward for action?

Madam Chair, Nicole Edoes for the record.

The applicant is requesting to withdraw without prejudice.

Item number 20.

The applicant is requesting to hold item number 22 to the December 9th planning commission meeting.

The applicant is requesting to hold item number 27 to the December 9th planning commission meeting.

The applicant is requesting to hold item number 30 to the December 9th planning commission meeting.

And there is an error error on the agenda for item number 43.

The agenda state staff recommends approval when the rec recommendation is denial by staff.

Staff is requesting to strike.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Disregard that one.

And staff is requesting to hold item number 45 to the December 9th planning commission meeting in order to re-advertise the applications.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Um, speak on any of these items.

Okay, seeing none, vice chair, if you could make a motion on the housekeeping items.

Yes, uh, Madam Chair, through you on item number 20.

I make a motion to withdraw without prejudice on items 22, 27, 30, and 45.

Move to hold those items in abeyance till the December 9th uh 2025 plan commission meeting and to correct the agenda to stay state that item number 43 is uh has a staff recommendation for approval versus uh denial.

That is my motion.

Thank you.

There's a motion on the floor, please cast your vote.

Commissioner Rogan.

Aye.

Please post and that motion carries.

Okay, consent items.

These are considered routine by the planning commission and may be enacted by one motion.

However, any item may be discussed if a commission member or applicant so desires.

Vice Chair, may I have a motion on our consent agenda uh consent items, please?

Yes, madam chair, on the consent agenda items, items numbers seven, eight, nine, and ten moved to approve, subject to staff's conditions.

Thank you.

There's a motion on the floor, please cast your vote.

Commissioner Rogan.

Aye.

Please post.

And that motion carries and madam chair, those items are final action tonight unless appeal to the city clerk in seven days.

Thank you.

All right, we'll now move on to our one motion, one vote agenda.

The following are items that may be considered in one motion, one vote.

They are considered routine, non-public and public hearing items with a staff recommendation of approval.

All public hearings and non-public hearings will be opened at one time.

Any person representing an application or a member of the public or a member of the planning commission not in agreement with the conditions and all standard conditions for the application recommended by staff should request to have that item removed from this part of the agenda.

Number 11, abeyance 25-0348 SUP1, applicant, HFW LLC.

Owner 5 Hills LP for possible action on land use entitlement project request for a proposed 1166 square foot pubs, bars, and lounges, alcohol on premise and ancillary off-premise beer-wine use at 9300 Sun City Boulevard, suite 103, Ward 4, Alan Palenski.

Item 12, 25-0414 SUP1.

Applicant Wing H Law Owner Sahara 2020 LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for proposed 1938 square foot alcohol on premise full use with a 965 square foot outdoor area with a waiver to allow a zero-foot distance separation from a church house of worship where 400 feet is required at 3601 West Sahara Avenue, suite 113, Ward 3 Diaz.

Item 13, 25-0415, VAC1 applicant owner, CSP Bridger Avenue LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for petition to vacate multiple city of Las Vegas easements, generally located halfway between 13th and 14th Street, north of Lewis Avenue and south of Bridger Avenue, and along the north side of Lewis, Ward 3 Diaz.

Item 14, 25-0426, VAC1, applicant owner Northland LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for petition to vacate a portion of a public drainage easement and a portion of a public sewer easement generally located at the northwest corner of Sunstone Parkway and North Sky Canyon Park Drive Ward 6 Bruni.

Item 15, 25-0433, SUP1.

Applicant Ascendregule, Owner KLA Capital Series 6 LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for proposed 1,090 square foot alcohol production craft use with the 725 square foot outdoor patio area at 28 West Wyoming Avenue Ward 3 Diaz.

Item 16, 25-0441, SUP1, applicant Giselle Sedeno, Owner Murch Shop Rainbow Boulevard LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for proposed financial institutions specified use with waivers to allow 1,117 square foot site area dedicated to the use where 1500 square feet is the minimum required and an 80-foot distance separation from residentially zoned property where 200 feet is required at 1725 South Rainbow Boulevard Suite 19 Ward 1 Canutsen.

Item 17 25-0448 VAC applicant the Colida Group LLC Owner Palm Fund LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for a petition to vacate a portion of a 20-foot wide public sewer easement, generally located at the southeast corner of Alta and Clubhouse Drive, Ward 2 Kelly.

Item 18 25-0450, applicant owner 712 Holdings LLC and FPK Professional Services LLC for possible action on the following land use entitlement project requests at 712 and 714 South First Street Ward 3 Diaz 18A 25-0450 SUP1 for proposed gaming establishment restricted 6 to 15 machines at 714 South First Street APN 13934 310015 18B 25-0450 SUP2 for proposed 58 583 square foot alcohol on premise full use with a 496 square foot patio area and a 1,207 square foot rooftop deck area use at 712 South First Street APN 13934301016 18C 25-0450 SUP3 for a proposed 7468 square foot alcohol on premise full use with alcohol off-premise ancillary at 714 South First Street APN 13934 310015 Item 19 25-0455 public hearing applicant able baker bomb shelter LLC owner KRG Las Vegas Centennial Center LLC for possible action on the following land use entitlement project requests on a portion of 18.86 acres at the northwest corner of Tropical Parkway and Centennial Center Boulevard Ward 4 Alan Polenski 19A 25-0455 SUP1 for proposed 5128 square foot liquor establishment Tavern Alcohol on premise full and alcohol production craft use with a 2315 square foot outdoor patio area with a waiver to allow a zero foot distance separation from a school where 400 feet is required and 19 B 25-0455 SDR1 for the proposed addition of outdoor patio areas to an existing commercial building and parking lot reconfiguration item 20 25-0467 SUP1 applicant half time speak easy owner G Capital Investment LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement oh sorry 20th item 20 was removed thank you I was just huh I was I was on a roll okay and with that correction that concludes our um one motion one vote vice chair may I have a motion on the one motion one vote items please oh sorry um these items have been noticed for public hearing are there any members of the public wishing to be heard okay seeing none on one motion one vote uh vice chair now may I have a motion on the one motion one vote items please yes and madam chair before we get started on the motion on item number eighteen I'm under contract with the property owner for that particular uh uh property or one of those two properties so I'll be abstaining on that matter uh but other than that I on the one motion one vote items 11 through 19 uh a move to approve subject to staff's conditions thank you there's a motion on the floor please cast your votes commissioner Rogan please post and that motion carries and madam chair items 11 through 15 and 17 through 19 our final action unless appeal to the city clerk in 10 days and item 16 uh we'll move on to city council on December 17th thank you okay we will now move on to our public hearing items um we are going to take some things out of order tonight um starting with item number 46 um 2504 six one gp a one applicant owner city of las vegas for possible action on a land use entitlement project request to amend and incorporate a supplemental heat mitigation urban

And item 16 will move on to city council on December 17th.

Thank you.

Okay, we will now move on to our public hearing items.

We are going to take some things out of order tonight.

Starting with item number 46.0461 GPA one applicant owner City of Las Vegas for possible action on a land use entitlement project request to amend and incorporate a supplemental heat mitigation urban forestry management plan as part of the conservation element to the City of Las Vegas 2050 master plan consistent with section 11 of ordinance 6788.

Welcome, Mr.

Velata.

I am very excited to hear your presentation.

Good evening, Commissioners.

Marco Vallada, City of Las Vegas Department of Community Development for the record.

I'm joined here today by Brad Dassler, and I'll let him introduce himself.

And tonight we have as mentioned in the uh in the opening here, we have our city's urban forestry management plan.

I've updated you several times on this uh on this particular document.

It has a little bit of a history to it that uh is rooted in uh the uh some efforts at the legislature.

Uh first of all, the 2050 master plan uh has uh set the policy for a lot of uh special topics, including uh tree canopy coverage and uh urban heat mitigation.

Um at the same time, we've also had a couple other policy documents that have been around for a while, one of which was uh council passed resolution in 2022 that set up this urban forestry program, and the the program itself, one of the things that the resolution asked for was this development of this urban urban forestry management plan and provided some um recommendations for what Brad and the Department of Parks and Recreation can do uh with respect to urban forestry and getting more trees planted citywide.

And our our overarching goal is to get more of them planted in both in the municipal space as well as on private property.

At the same time, we also had Assembly Bill 96 and in the 2023 session, it was uh known as Senate Bill 169.

Both of the these bills had kind of the same language.

Uh SB 169 was vetoed, but uh it came back in the 2025 session uh and required uh required a couple a couple provisions with respect to heat mitigation.

And really in the 2050 plan, our long-term outcomes are to plant 60,000 trees over the next 25 years on both public and private property, as well as increase our urban forestry uh urban forest and the tree canopy coverage that we have by using uh native and adaptive drought tolerant species.

On the in terms of a climate hazard, you know, we had identified a couple different things that were uh of concern, of course the drought being one of them and water use, and how do you reconcile having trees being planted at the same time you have a drought going on as well as extreme heat?

And I think this this plan ultimately answers uh answers both.

So the the urban forestry resolution again um, you know, it's rooted with the 2050 plan.

Uh it's very consistent with it.

Uh it requires us to pursue Tree City USA, which we've been uh designated by the Arbitry Foundation uh for or the Arbor Day Foundation for the past 30 years.

33 years, um, as well as uh committing to other partnerships with with groups in the in the community and the creation of that urban forestry management plan.

AB 96 um requires local governments of uh 100,000 or greater to develop a heat mitigation plan that looks specifically at a couple things, uh public cooling spaces, shading, uh drinking water, cool building practices, and then shade structures and urban tree canopies with the preference for native tree and drought tolerant species and with adoption of this plan, uh this would largely fulfill part that part of the uh of AB96 in terms of its uh legislative agenda intent, and we're adding this as a supplemental element to the 2050 master plan by doing this.

So this plan provides this comprehensive framework for managing trees as essential assets of the city, and it describes what we have out there now in terms of our our canopy, the thousands and thousands of trees that we have.

How do we get another another 60,000 planted on top of that?

And what do we what do we do?

Importantly, we also need to know how uh the what the condition of our urban forest is and how how we are currently mitigating heat uh in in the present form.

I've mentioned in a couple of the previous reports, we've have heat concentrate, heat concentrated in some of the areas where we have other socioeconomic and demographic variables that overlap each other.

In the suburban parts of the Las Vegas Valley, we have pretty robust tree canopy.

We've had master plan communities with development agreements or zoning regulations that require a large number of uh trees to be planted, and they're really well maintained.

But in the core of the city, we've had our some of our oldest trees as part of our canopy that have died over time, that have gotten sick, uh just uh a confluence of different things.

And and as a result, the the tree canopy in in and around downtown and in East Las Vegas, uh along the Charleston corridor, they uh have thinned out over the years.

And you look specifically at East Las Vegas, and we've talked about this through for the East Las Vegas Special Area Plan, you know, right around Bonanza and Eastern Avenue is where we have the confluence of of a lot of different things going on.

We have uh older housing stock, we have the tree canopy at its at its lowest in the in the single digits in that area in terms of canopy coverage.

Uh we have uh a large percentage of the community is Latino, uh, a lot of naturally occurring affordable housing.

There's a lot of different factors that are going on there.

So it the that part of town in particular is more susceptible to uh to heat and the effects uh that on public health as a result of that.

I'm gonna turn it over to Brad here to talk a little bit about the first part of this of this plan, really the discussion of the of the inventory of the trees that we have right now and what our consultant Davy Resource Group did to uh to catalog the trees that we have.

So to Marco's point, uh, in order to make any forward progress, we had to understand kind of where we were starting from.

And so uh the last tree inventory that was done in the city was done in 2013, and it's only done on publicly owned trees.

Um almost a full decade uh since the trees have been inventoried.

So as you can imagine, a lot of things change in that time.

Trees die, get removed, they grow, and so kind of our information around what we what we owned, the asset that we owned and the value of it was skewed.

So uh with the master plan, we conducted the first smart tree inventory.

So the difference there is a traditional inventory like the one that was done in 2013, is maybe someone like me goes out and walks through a park and they're measuring trees and identifying them and kind of giving them a rough condition.

What we did is we essentially sent like a Google car through the parks and it took a LIDAR scan.

So we have a digital twin of every tree that the city owns, so we understand we better understand the condition of it, the structure of it, and the health of it.

And so the first scan is is important, but I think what makes this really valuable to the city is as we move forward with this program, we're gonna conduct subsequent scans.

And so we have this baseline where we know that a tree was 10 feet tall and in good condition in 2023, but then when we come back every other year, we're gonna see which trees are performing really well.

Um, maybe cat, maybe you know, catch some diseases or struggles that other trees are having, and it helps us make better management decisions as we're you know, doing all of our complete streets projects, we're uh renovating parks, building new parks, and so we can make good decisions around the species of tree that we plant and kind of uh the conditions we put them in and how and then how we manage them.

So again, you know, management is a huge component of this, and understanding what we have allows me to better um kind of assign people out and and keep trees healthy and safe in the city.

So another component of the inventory is also the remote sensing that took place as a part of this.

Understanding, you know, from an aerial view what that canopy coverage actually is, and then breaking it down by our master plan areas or by wards of the com or wards of the city that we have.

And as you can see, we've had a in terms of percent change over time, we've had a decrease in the in the total number of trees and canopy coverage uh over time.

And that that is of concern, and that's one of the reasons why we're doing this is we're trying to we're trying to reverse some of that trend.

And as you would expect, you know, you can you can definitely see the potential for canopy coverage increases by planting not only on on public property like we like we do here with parks and rec, but also on private property, and that's something that we do through every entitlement application that comes on as part of development standards meeting Title 19.

And that's why you know, when you when you have uh uh some of these requests that come in before this body, uh there are those requests for waivers, you know, it might be you know, every one every once in a while you might have some that might make sense you you should you should waive or exclude from a project, but and you do that many, many times over the course of a couple decades, you start losing canopy as a result that would otherwise have been planted.

So this plan will ultimately help get us uh some recommendations as to how we could how we can mitigate that in the future and some of the things that we can talk through with applicants in terms of making sure we get um trees planted where they need to be on property as well.

Uh so that land cover assessment, you know, understanding what we have out there in terms of the entire city, and you can you can see throughout the plan, you know, we've got a lot of opportunities not only in our rights of way and in our in our parks, but we have about 20,000 plus acres, 21,000 acres of plantable land across the city with the right types of the right types of tree species.

The the types of species that belong within the Mojave Desert environment that are adapted to heat and the conditions that we have.

And I'll let Brad talk touch on that in just a sec.

Okay.

Um so with the inventory, we obviously we got um they identified every tree by species that that the city owns.

And this is uh is only the trees that the city takes care of, but it seems like a pretty good um representation of of cut of how trees break out over the whole of the valley.

And so species diversity is a kind of this pillar of urban forestry, and and when we're when we're creating canopy, uh we talk a lot about species diversity and making sure that we have we don't overinvest in one species, and so um this just get this just kind of helps us and paints a picture and lets us know the direction that we need to go.

So when we invest too heavily, like we have almost 13% or 15% Turkish pine, we have a lot of ash trees, and so these are trees that were historically planted uh in the city, and so now they represent a huge portion of the canopy, and that actually presents a problem to us before us uh in that if pine or ash become you know not as resilient in our climate, like there's some there can be an insect, there can be a disease or just uh an intolerance to the heat or water that start and we start to lose that, we can lose a large percentage of our canopy.

And so when we're looking at different projects and when we're uh planting out streets, we're always trying to use different trees.

We're trying to have I keep saying diversity, but we want to have a large diversity of trees that kind of buffer against uh loss in the canopy.

So to get to where where we want to be, uh we had UNLV as a as one of our partners uh do a survey as well as set up some stakeholder groups that Davy Resource Group uh assembled with us, and not surprisingly, there's broad community support for increasing a tree canopy.

And we work with a lot of different partners, uh, tree planting organizations, uh, members of the public, uh all again signaling us to take action on this because there is a willingness uh uh to continue on with uh the some of the projects that we've had.

And there is this understanding that we have a drought going on, and while there is that view that there is a little bit of a conflict with that, having the right trees in the right place and then and really making the specific selections in terms of species, you know, we have uh SNRPC and Southern Nevada Water Authority providing us lists of what some of those tree species are that are the most appropriate to plant in the community that will get us that shade as well as be really efficient with their water utilization.

So this again re reinforced the fact that as a as a community there is this desire, there's an understanding we've got heat go as a problem as well as we need to have the right species there.

So, how do we get there long term?

Um there are a number of recommendations, and that's that's essentially the bulk of the the remainder of the plan is what types of things can we do, and and it really runs the gamut.

Everything from tree protections to uh in increasing uh urban forestry staffing and giving Brad and his team the resources uh providing more data in terms of what what's out there by doing these semi-annual uh uh inventories uh and educating the residents as to uh what to do.

uh the remainder of the plan is what types of things can we do and and it really runs the gamut everything from tree protections to uh in increasing uh urban forestry staffing and giving brad and his team the resources uh providing more data in terms of what what's out there by doing these semi-annual uh uh inventories uh and educating the residents as to uh what to do and and really the plan lays out a timeline of how do we get there over the next 25 years what the costs are to the city as well as to uh as to residents and how easy it is to be able to do some of these things some of them are going to be a heavier lift than others I mean one of the top recommendations are uh is is refining that preferred species list to make sure that as over time if temperatures continue to increase we have you know if there are some tr species that are more prone to the heat or to disease or to pest or something comes up in the forestry that needs to be addressed uh that that gets refined uh working with organizations like SNWA and working with uh the tree planting community and then in terms of policy that uh that you the planning commission will ultimately be responsible for what will follow this is a text amendment that you'll see uh hopefully with uh uh again the the um information that we provided in here and that rec or recommended from DV resources is um uh amendments to title 19 and title 13 of Las Vegas municipal code to address some of the uh specific things to uh make sure that the trees that are planted now are protected and that the trees that are to come in the future uh are the right ones in the right place um so uh with that uh we'll uh this is again kind of a snapshot here of of what is in the in the plan and some of its contents uh to give you an idea of what uh what types of things to do um this one specifically on tree protections and waivers um you can find all that within here and we have made a a copy available online at masterplan.vegas for the public to review and there will be uh further discussion on uh some of those specific policy changes but this is kind of the first step here is to provide information as well as get Brad all the the tools that he needs to help make some change within his department to get more trees out there.

And I'll close with uh one of the things that we have had happen over the last year is a USDA grant uh through the uh through the inflation reduction act uh this has been uh kind of a long time coming but for those who live in wards one, three and five um if you're interested in planting a tree uh and in increasing a tree canopy coverage in the locations where it's needed the most uh we do have available uh a tree bait uh grant that will provide a tree in the front yard of a of a residential property um we do have uh a website that uh uh and a link uh to this form here for anybody to sign up if they're interested uh we have contracted with par three at the last city council meeting that that was approved and Brad um uh and our team uh Rachel Lewison uh will be helping uh get us uh these trees out into the community over the next year and with that if there are any questions we'd be more than happy to answer thank you very much uh this item has been noticed for public hearing are there any members of the public wishing to be heard on this item okay seeing none I will pass it um over to the commission and see uh commissioner Schwartman go ahead yes madam chair through you uh what all the plants that the city is going to be planting in uh right aways and wherever else we may decide to plant those is there a way we can get dedicated staff to um because I'm sure this goes to the maintenance department at the city to maintain those trees is there a way to get a dedicated staff or somehow to get on a routine schedule to go evaluate the irrigation systems and make sure that uh they're being properly maintained because I live on Fremont Street um and as I drive up and down Fremont Street on a daily basis several times I uh usually in the mornings when the irrigation system's going off I see water shooting out hitting the cars everything but the plant and sometimes it's better and sometimes is worse and um but we see it all the time like even arts district and other places where the city owns the trees versus uh having development agreements where the uh where the neighboring properties are taking care of those trees um where you know there'll be one that dies and it'll get cut off and then it just won't get replaced but if I feel that if there's a response line or or a way that we could get a hold of somebody to say hey this is happening any of those things but I think there needs to be a little bit more um you know management and oversight of some of our our trees to make sure that they actually live yeah so with the with the downtown we do have a maintenance crew that works down there and it's sort of split between uh city staff who do some of the streets that don't have medians and then some of it's contracted out so we kind of support each other um yeah it it's a lot of work and it's kind of kind of like whack a mole but um I guess we have form stack and we and we do receive complaints and try and address those as quick as possible and the guys are out there but uh yeah it just seems like we can if we're focusing on planting as many trees as we're planting on planting another 6000 trees and I know all these aren't public trees but it seems like the maybe the city could look at just putting a little bit more information

Um yeah, it it's a lot of work and it's kind of kind of like whack-a-mole.

But um I guess we have form stack and we and we do receive complaints and try and address those as quick as possible when the guys are out there.

Um but uh yeah, it's it just seems like we could if we're focusing on planting as many trees as we're planting on planting another 60,000 trees, and I know all these aren't public trees, but it seems like the maybe the city could look at just putting a little bit more funds to maintenance just to make sure that all the hard work that you're doing to get these trees planted, that they they uh grow up to be real nice big trees, you know, a small incomet.

Just to piggyback from where I understand, maybe like a hotline or something for somebody to call or even an app.

Yeah, I was looking at the free tree program too.

What how is is there what kind of outreach is that um you know for these areas uh areas?

I see you know, ward five is part of that.

Is the city putting any money in terms of you know educating people that they can get a tree on their house and stuff like that?

Marco Vallato for the record.

Uh so uh commissioner, the this just started.

Uh it is grant funded, and part of this is an education out uh an outreach component.

We uh will be working uh with the with the PIOs, uh, and we will make sure that uh information gets out there as to this opportunity, and for those that do end up having a tree that gets planted, there will be information as to how that uh how that tree gets uh cared for.

Uh we will be checking on the uh the the tree longer term as as a part of this opportunity.

So we will be coming back and making checks on uh a sample of the trees that ended up getting planted.

Uh and yes, we will definitely be making sure that we get the word out there.

We're just at the very very beginning of this.

Perhaps maybe like an AI bar assistant to keep eye on the trees.

Um just a couple of questions, I guess.

The first one I wanted to ask you was about species, and you clearly identify that both ash and pine under your assessment are um exceeding the recommended percentage.

Um, and yet we keep approving plans and master development agreements that have, for example, a significant amount of pine trees in them.

Um I guess two questions.

One uh I drive around, and I think the pine trees look really poorly maintained as a general rule.

Like I see them in my area up in Ward 6, and they are not thriving, they need to be trimmed, they just don't look great.

Um as we go forward with a newer projects and new planning, are is one of the considerations that you're going to be recommending staff make, and that we ask of our developers to consider not planting any of those trees that exceed the the thresholds that you've set out in this uh plan.

Yeah, I guess that would be our recommendation is we have to kind of we have to use different trees.

We have to start bringing in different trees to build the canopy.

I mean, we're dealing with insects that are eating up pine trees right now.

Um turf conversions have been pretty tough on some of our like staple trees that we've used in the past.

Um and so yeah, I think when we're looking at the the value of a tree, obviously it needs to be heat tolerant, but I think um the amount of use goes into how we view that tree.

So things that are getting a lot of use, um we need to move away from that as a community, but it's a challenging thing to do because you know, designers, developers, they see these things, they want to continue patterns, they kind of see short-term success, but maybe are missing the bigger picture of us developing the can the canopy as a community, and so you know, they're viewing it in kind of an isolated situation where they're building one property and they want to use this one particular tree that they see doing well.

So it's gonna be a challenge, I think, to move people away from some of those things.

Um but even incremental, you know, incremental changes are helpful if you know people are still prone to using a tree that's commercially available, and I think that that goes into some of the problem too.

I mean, when you start to switch species, a nursery has to be how many steps ahead of that to say this tree's available and in this size that we're that we're suggesting that you need to plant this in.

So it's gonna be a slow turn, but I think it's possible.

And you had a chart that had um the do the decrease in canopy by ward.

Do you have sort of like high level bullet points of what caused that decrease in the different areas?

I don't right now.

So I saw those numbers too, but I I don't know exactly what they what represents that loss.

Okay.

And again, I think what I was saying about the inventory, like as we move forward and kind of with subsequent uh smart tree inventory scans, that information will start to show up.

But we were starting from an inventory that was almost a decade old, and so there was a lot of change that happened in that time.

Right.

Um you mentioned management, is that only gonna be for city owned trees?

Or did I just kind of miss Marco Vallada for the record?

So the city owned trees that that that's under Brad's purview and uh Parks and Rec uh and Brad's team will continue to be as they have over the past uh past years, uh, continue to maintain those.

But as far as like continued uh enforcement, that that's one of the recommendations that that is listed in here.

That would be something that would need to change a little bit in Title 13.

Um we do have uh some recommended language uh that goes along with it.

Now, enforcing it though, that that's gonna be uh a larger discussion as to how we as how we go about um that because we do have a reactive uh code enforcement division.

Uh how do we get the larger issue of like if there's a parking lot that says let's say has uh a site plan that has a certain amount of trees or certain type of species required and they all you know start going away over time, which was what we've seen in wards one, three, and five over over the years.

Um what do we do?

What do we do about that?

I mean, those are things that we're gonna have to talk through in terms of yeah, enforcement.

We've had previous cases here.

I think we had one that came through planning commission, uh, an R an RQR for multifamily property in East Las Vegas, in which it was a code enforcement case and ended up having to dig through some plant sets from the 1970s and kind of find out what was actually planted.

But I mean, that was an example there of uh a successful replanting that happened as a result of it.

And we could maybe look at how we can fine-tune that and and make it a little bit easier to navigate and ensure that those trees that have gone get replaced when they are required to be there.

Okay, yeah, because I was just at a large medical facility, and they were all these parking diamonds and and like a shrub.

And I know those were supposed to be trees or were trees at one point, but it was you know private property.

Yep.

Um then I guess I just want to just say thank you so much for bringing this forward.

I mean, since I started on this commission, I think one of the very first projects that I saw was a project downtown, and I know how much we've been the city's been focusing on trying to have walkable, transit-oriented, you know, trying to move people out of vehicles and provide different options for um moving folks around.

And I've been saying, you know, like you can't do that if there's not canopy in the city, and so um you can't support um our urban core if we're just continuing to create larger areas of heat island.

You can't do a lot of things if we don't have trees to um you know protect lower income folks from energy burden and you know, making sure that we have um shade and and walkability and all of these other amazing assets that are in this report about what trees do.

So um I'll look forward to the next set of steps.

I could talk with you guys about this forever and just go on about how much this matters to me personally, and this was one of the main things that I've really focused on since I've been on commission, but just you know, thank you and look forward to your continued work and and as always, Mr.

Vellata, thank you for your fantastic vision and innovation and leadership in these areas.

So um go ahead.

Uh this is a score and I I used to fight wildland fires, and um one of the first things they they teach us is that you know, for when you lose elevation, it gets hotter.

So I'm noticing I was noticing on the map, especially for like areas in East Las Vegas, that's a lower part of the valley.

And I noticed that that peat index was very high in that area.

Is that something that we look at too in terms of picking trees and canopy?

And I know you know, one of the things that we you know, we know that if we have a south facing uh slope on a mountain, there's usually less trees on there because they get burned up when they're young.

So, you know, what what is that something that we're taking in account, you know, in terms of you know the area of the valley sometimes just because it's at a lower elevation.

The challenge you know, for that canopy and those trees is because it's hotter in that part of the valley.

Yeah, uh Mark of Lotta for the record, uh, Commissioner, yeah.

That is one of the considerations that we can we can certainly take a look at.

I mean a lot of different factors go into it, obviously, uh that that we've listed uh in here, but uh geography, even you know, at 2500 feet elevation versus you know at the higher up at the 3,000 plus.

I mean, we can look take a look at what might be more appropriate, uh, even though that that's a relatively smaller span.

I mean, there certainly could be those things.

I mean, you can definitely see it as you go up Cal Canyon Road up towards Mount Charleston.

Uh things definitely uh uh change as you as you go further and further up uh to the west.

So we can uh that would be one of the things that we can examine.

And I would say we're we're already doing that.

I mean, every plan set that kind of comes through, we're making individualized choices for trees in in different um situations and conditions.

So, yeah, we're trying to put the right tree in a can in a situation where it's gonna thrive and and you know live a long life.

So, yeah, we're we're taking a lot of things into consideration when we're planning our landscapes and streetscapes and things like that.

All right.

Um seeing no other comments on this, um, I will go ahead and make a motion um to approve item 25-0461 GPA one.

Applicant owner, well, um for the um amendment and incorporation of a supplemental heat mitigation uh plan as part of the conservation element of the city's Las Vegas 2050 master plan.

Motion on the floor, please cast your votes.

Commissioner Rogan.

Aye.

Please post.

And that carries and madam chair, that we'll move on to city council on December 17th.

Thank you so much.

Okay, moving to item 23.

Um that is a band 25-0106 applicant and Ceno Concrete Inc.

owner HP Investments LLC for possible action on the following land use entitlement project class at the southeast corner of Rancho Drive and Ricky Road, Board 5 at Summers Armstrong.

23A abeyance 25-0106 GPA from GC General Commercial to LIR Light Industrial and Research.

23B a bands 25-0106 ZON1 from C2 General Commercial to CM Commercial Industrial and 23C abeyance 25-0106.

SDR for a proposed two-story 3,000 square foot contractors plant, shop, and storage yard development with a waiver of perimeter landscape buffer requirements.

Good evening, madam chair.

Steve Swanton, senior planner, uh Department of Community Development.

Proposed contractors plant shop and storage yard development is not compatible with the surrounding develop uh commercial uses along Rancho Drive and does not align with the city's vision for this corridor.

If approved, the requested general plan amendment and rezoning could introduce industrial uses into a predominantly commercial area.

And the associated site development plan review includes waivers and exceptions that reduce required landscaping and tree canopy, exacerbating urban heat concerns.

Staff recommends denial of all requests subject to conditions on site development plan review if approved.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, sir.

Can you please state and spell your name for the record?

Um and tell us about the project.

Madam Chair, Commissioners Nathan Taylor, NATHANTAY LOR.

Just uh represent applicant here today.

My address is 8414 West Farm Road.

Uh I wanted to bring up a couple things.

This is a unique area and a unique project.

Um actually my clients searched all over to try to find a location for their business.

They actually run a concrete business, but it's a little different than what you may think of an actual concrete business.

All the concrete actually, and I just want to explain this because it is different and it was different from what I thought when I thought about a concrete company.

Is all the concrete for this company is delivered to the site.

So the only vehicles that will be here will be like some dump trucks, some work trucks, things like that.

Their business hours will be like eight to five, so it won't be uh that disruptive to the area.

What makes this uh kind of unique is that there is already CM to the north.

To the uh south of us is C2, which is actually a veterinarian clinic.

And then just to orientate you a little bit, there's also C2 right across the street.

Right here next to us is gonna be a landscaping company.

It's actually under construction right now, and it's actually a rather large parcel.

Um I wanted to start since we were talking about trees.

I figured we'd start with the landscaping plan.

Um we're gonna plant 10 24-inch box trees that are on here along Ricky.

So the most intense part of landscaping will be on Ricky.

Um, if you travel probably about a hundred yards on Ricky, you will get to your first residential property.

Um everything heading west is all commercial property.

So you've got a construction company, a landscaping company, there's a lube and oil company across the street.

And then we are going to have landscaping all along Rancho.

And then one of the things before I forget, I I I wanted to thank Commissioner Munford for taking a lot of time to come out to the site uh to meet with us to talk to us about this because it is a unique site, and it is again off of a rancho, and so it's it's a little difficult when you're dealing with a major thoroughfare like Rancho to figure out what fits.

Uh and this is also a corner lot, which right now, the pictures that were that staff showed, you can see the lot needs a lot of work.

It's it's pretty dirty right now and needs a business there.

Um, we're also going to be constructing a 3,000 square foot building.

Um, it'll be two stories, it's in the front, and this will be basically just their office space.

The most of their dealings with their customers will be on site, so it will not be here on premise.

Um so the parking, the biggest vehicles they'll have is a 10-wheeler dump truck.

Uh the rest of them will be regular vehicles.

Um, and with that, we would just uh request your approval, and I'm here to answer any questions you may have.

Uh thank you very much.

This item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard on this item?

Okay, seeing none, um, I will pass this back to the commission, uh, starting with Commissioner Runford.

Thank you, madam chair, through you.

Um and then uh I think you mentioned too that you had uh you you did it do announcement for uh a meeting for residents and businesses in the area, but nobody showed up.

Yeah, so we were required to have a neighborhood meeting, Commissioner, and um I would say nobody showed up, but Lex was there.

Lex shows up to these things, so but so I don't want to say nobody was there.

Lex did show up.

Okay.

Um, and then from what I understand, um the uh like you mentioned most most of the most of this is really going to be more about just parking your your vehicles there, having an office to take in business and do your business with your company.

And you're really the type of business does require that you have this type of zoning, but like you mentioned, most of you know, almost all of your cement mixing and all that, and and I've and I've worked construction sites, so I'm familiar with what you're doing.

So a lot of that happens you know, on construction sites away from this area.

So it really it's more of a although you have to you're required to get this type of zoning for that type of business, but most of your activity is going to be off-site at construction sites in terms of mixing concrete, laying concrete.

Um, if I I'm I'm understanding that correctly.

That is correct, and uh through you, Madam Chair.

Um, I forgot to mention that we did agree, I don't know if it needs to be conditioned, but we did agree that all ingress egress would be off of Rancho and not Ricky, and this would be a gate here along Ricky, and the gate would only be there for emergency purposes.

So we did agree to that.

I'm not sure if that needs to be conditioned here tonight.

Okay, and um I understand too the you have landscaping that'll be along Rancho and Ricky, and then instead of that chain link fence that we see on the property now, especially on the east and southern border.

Okay, and um I understand too the you have landscaping that'll be along Rancho and Ricky, and then instead of that chain link fence that we see on the property now, especially on the east and southern border, that's gonna be a is that gonna be like a block wall or it'll be an eight-foot block wall all the way around, and there's also barbed wire on top of that too, which I know nobody likes the barbed wire, it doesn't look good and it's not safe.

And unfortunately, this parcel too, one of the things I noticed when we were out there um last week was that um there's a lot of homeless going on to this parcel.

Um, and because there is an opening in the fence, and so um this will this will be exciting to have an actual business here running that will actually look nice, and like I said, there's we're surrounded by C2 and CM, and so I think this is gonna fit perfectly.

Yeah, I when I went out there, there's a lot of there is a lot of automotive repair that in my opinion, there's just a lot of auto removal, and you know, they got oil and drills and everything going on, and it sounds like um this business, like I said, is just gonna be driving mostly off-site and going to the job site and not really doing any um concrete mixing or anything.

So it's just it's it's use.

So, you know, for me, I can after you know, meeting with with your clients and stuff.

Um I also you know did discuss this with the with the uh uh councilwoman um for ward five.

And um she that was some of the things she was concerned with, which was the access and the landscaping and the block wall.

Uh and it sounds like she's gonna work with you guys when this moves on to you know to the the city council.

So I I would like to, you know, I I can get behind this.

Um as I mentioned to you before, you know, I'm I'm always trying to uh do what I can, even if you know our our planning department is does a great job.

And but you know, at times um, especially with what you guys are doing.

Um you know, I'd like to see small businesses, you know, grow and thrive.

And I I think for this use on this on this corner with what you got guys are gonna do.

Um don't want to see any concrete mixing or anything like that.

That's not gonna happen.

But just yeah, I said you're using it for as an office just to keep your vehicles and you'll be just leaving and coming and going doing your your business outside of that property.

That's I I can get behind this project.

If there's any other comments, Commissioner Snotman.

Yes, madam chair, through you.

Can you repeat what you just said about bob wire?

That there's currently barbed wire on the fence.

And that bob wire is not going up on the new fence.

It'll be a block wall eight foot.

Okay, with no barb wire.

Absolutely.

I can't wait for the barbed wire to come down.

Okay.

I I I was thinking that we were saying we're gonna be installing it on top.

So yeah, that's actually what I thought I heard too.

So thank you, Commissioner, for getting that clarification.

Um I'm very familiar with this area, and I you know, in fairness, I have not gone and walked the site.

Um I'm very supportive of small businesses, but I'm just very concerned about that kind of an intensity of a rezone um in this area.

There are rural estates, there are subdivisions that are really, really close to this.

Um clearly this I was not on planning commission at the time that the property to the east was zoned, CM.

You know, you just heard us make a vote, or you know, there was an issue with the next property to the east.

Um I'm also tremendously concerned we just talked about urban canopy, we just talked about Urban Heat Island, and you've got less than half the trees required on this site.

Um, if this really is simply for storage and office facilities, I don't know why there can't be um trees planted around the perimeter.

Um this is one of the highest areas of urban heat island, and so we're gonna have you know um asphalt on this site next to residences, next to other businesses.

I don't know what kind of noise is gonna be generated, but you've got a vet right next to you.

And so I I have some tremendous concerns about this project, and again, knowing this area very well, even though it's not ward six, but I do know this little quadrant of ward five very well.

And so I just I'm I'm sorry, I I just can't support this as it is currently constituted constituted.

So um, you know, obviously um Commissioner Munford will make make his motion, but I I just wanted to let you know I just I'm sorry, folks, I just don't think I can support this project.

Commissioner Lebow.

Um yes, Commissioner Lebeau for the record.

Um do you have a question about the uh trucks that you're going to have in that yard in the back and how tall those trucks are.

Do you know?

Tall about eight feet.

Eight feet.

About eight feet, eight feet.

Okay.

So the so the eight-foot wall will completely screen the trucks that you have.

Correct.

Okay.

All right.

Is there anything else that will be stored in that yard?

Any type of concrete mix or zone.

Just regular trucks that are going to the job sites.

Okay, thank you.

You're welcome.

Okay.

Commissioner Munford, if you want to make your motion.

All right.

Through you, Madam Chair.

Madam Chair, I apologize.

We just realized that one of the conditions of approval was cut off in the staff report.

May I please read that into the record so that we have it documented before it moves on to city council?

Yes, please do.

Um that is condition of approval number 15, and that needs to state per title night per title 1312.

Dedicate a 25-foot radius at the southeast corner of Rancho Drive and Ricky Road.

Prior.

I'm sorry, Josh, you want to prior to approval of construction permits.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

Okay, go ahead, Commissioner Munford.

Okay.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Also just wanted to add um now we did have a similar uh uh property on Ricky down east of there that uh was was coming before the the planning commission.

Um now the the issue with that one was it was right across the street from residential.

Are you familiar with that property?

That was my project, and it was actually right across the street from residential.

We're about a football field away from any homes.

So you're you have some distance from residential.

What's interesting about this project is that it's essentially the same project I brought to you on Tom Boulevard.

It's just that it's not across the street from a house.

Yeah, okay.

So I just want I just wanted to put that out there for the record.

Um I'd like to motion.

I would like to motion uh make a motion for approval.

Um conditions with the um any added conditions per planning.

Um are you fine with those conditions?

I accept the condition, sir.

Okay.

I'd like to move forward, make a motion for approval.

There's a motion on the floor, please cast your vote.

Commissioner Rogan.

No.

Please post.

And that motion carries.

Thank you, Commissioners.

Thank you.

And Madam Chair, those those items will move on to city council on December 17th.

Uh the general plan amendment, which requires a supermajority, will move on with no recommendation.

All right.

Um, thank you.

Next item up is gonna be item number 24, abeyance 25-0360 GPA applicant Khalida residential owner.

Khleita Residential LLC owner, ZSF Office NB Trust et al for possible action on a land use entitlement project request from TOD Transit Oriented Development Low to see TOC Transit Oriented Corridor High at the southeast corner of Sahara Avenue and Crystal Waterway ward to Kelly staff recommends approval.

Can we have the staff report, please?

Madam Chair, the proposed transit-oriented corridor, high des high designation is appropriate for this location due to due to that disignation sensitivity with transition to adjacent neighborhoods, which abut the site to the north, south, and west.

Therefore, staff recommends approval of the requested general plan amendment.

Thank you.

Uh thank you very much.

Good evening, sir.

If you can please state and spell your name for the record and um your address and tell us about the project.

And sorry to ask, but if you can be expeditious, we've got a member of the commission on the phone that needs to get going.

So even madam chair, commissioners.

My name is Bob Gronauer, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive.

I'm here representing Kalita Residential on this uh item that's before you to be brief.

We appreciate staff's recommendation for approval.

This is a first step of a two-step process for us.

Uh the property is located here as you can see highlighted in yellow.

You may remember the old city court building.

Uh Canyon Gate is located across the street on Sahara in this area.

This is Durango, so we are west of Durango on the south side of Sahara.

This is about 28 acres of property.

It's an infill piece of property.

The type of general plan that we're asking for, the TOC designation, as staff has mentioned.

And we're going to transition this into a mixed-use development where our proposal would be to have some commercial uses up on front and some of the residential on the property in here.

We did have a neighborhood meeting about I'd say several weeks ago as required by code.

With that being said, I can answer any questions.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Gronour.

This item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Come on down, sir.

If you are going to be wanting to be heard on any item, um as soon as that item comes up and the applicant starts speaking, please come down to the front row so we can move along.

If you'll just come down to the podium and grab a microphone.

How long do I have?

You have two minutes.

Two minutes.

Yep.

Because I got about 10 minutes of talking.

Well, but my name is Daniel Hall.

I live at Baitliff Creeks condominiums.

We're directly across the street from this property.

And while Khalida might build nice uh projects around the uh valley here, um, what they're proposing for our neighborhood is totally out of character with what is there now.

Uh the lakes was built about 30 almost 40 years ago.

And uh the issues I have with this, aside from you know how it will blend with the existing neighborhood, is first of all the density that they want.

It's gonna be way over maximum usual density that we have in that neighborhood.

Um and then uh associated with that is the number of cars that will be associated with uh on the low end, it's gonna be an additional 500 uh automobiles in this small uh area, you know, of crystal water, which is a 25 mile per hour speed limit, and the intersection of Lake North, which is 35.

Um it's it's gonna there's a lot of pedestrians.

My kids grew up there riding their bikes, uh a lot of joggers, um people using those streets, and with this extra traffic, um it's I think it's gonna bring additional safety hazards to uh the people the residents that live there now.

Uh my I would request if uh a uh traffic study be done for this before anything else goes forward.

Um I think that's a per perfectly reasonable thing to ask is to see what the impact will be on uh the community because like I said, the the uh speed limits there are very low, and you had that many cars coming and going, it's it's gonna change the whole dynamics of the community.

I have a lot more to say, but thank you very much.

Thank you, sir.

Um it looks like there's quite a few opposition letters with um points in the in the backup for folks to review.

Anybody else?

Um nope.

Okay, Mr.

Gronauer.

Um, just quickly uh with the gentleman who came here uh with his question.

Uh we did talk to the neighbors in our neighborhood meeting with respect to traffic circulation.

That is one of the things that we'll be working with them.

As we mentioned, is there gonna be additional curb cuts on Sahara?

Uh you already have with uh already building that's here, there's access that was coming down to the south, access coming out in this area and along to the north.

And as we mentioned to the neighbors, once we put a site plan together, we'll work on those circulation discussions at that point in time.

Okay, thank you very much.

Um go ahead and pass it back to the commission, starting with Commissioner Lebow.

Thank you so much, I'm commissioner.

Um, I do uh I'm a small business owner.

My place of business um is directly adjacent to this site and has been for the past 10 years, so I'm very familiar with this uh land.

Um I do believe that the highest and best use for this site is for multifamily residential mixed use.

Um I do echo the same concerns with the traffic studies and making sure that what is proposed for this area can blend into what is existing.

Um the lakes has a very unique character as everyone knows.

Um everything in that area was built, you know, 25, 30, 40 years ago.

And so I think moving forward, we'd like to really stay involved with what Kalito group is proposing and make sure that you know pedestrians are safe off of Crystal Waterway and Lake East Drive and Lake Sahara Drive because currently there's no pedestrian access on one side of either of those streets.

But like I mentioned, that that'll be kind of later down the road in the next next session.

So I will pass it along.

Thank you.

Uh Commissioner Manfreen.

Commissioner Schottman.

Anything?

No, uh and comment on the traffic study.

It is something that it's common that we will see, but it's something that we'll see whenever we figure out whenever there's a project and we have a uh the site development review and those items.

And I'm pretty sure that this is going to trigger a pretty major traffic uh study.

Um, and I see public works nodding their head, yes.

So uh I'm I'm sure we'll we'll madam chair if you don't mind.

Yes, there is no conditions associated with this general plan amendment, but when they come in for a site development review, there will be a traffic study, and the traffic study will encompass pedestrian safety as well and the driveways on Sahara.

Okay, thank you very much.

Thank you.

And as I understand, this will be mixed use with commercial front Sahara.

Yep.

And then what kind of um I know the site design review is not here, but are you taking into considerate God into consideration sufficient buffering along Lake East Drive Crystal Waterway so that there is you know some break between the apartments and then the existing residences and condos?

We had that discussion with the neighbors in our neighborhood meeting.

We know that is one of the items that we need to work on with the neighbors, yes.

And then what um which of the Kalita products are you anticipating this is going to be?

Right now, one of them right now tentatively, and that may change coming.

It would be the Ainsley product, which is one that we got approved at Queensridge, about a uh actually within the last couple weeks at City Council, and the Ainsley project that's being built over at Durango, that would be one of the two products.

The other one may be an election product, but that is to be finalized by the time we get to the neighborhood meeting of explaining the two different products that we'll have.

And within the sort of market segment of the Kalita prop uh products, where does Ainsley fall?

Where does Elysian fall?

Yeah, the Ainsley is the highest level, as I mentioned when we were over at Queensridge.

I believe the average rents are $2,500 a month, where we had uh penthouses, uh the penthouse apartments are about $6,000, but it's just shy of $6,000 a month.

Uh so that would be that Ainsley product that would be located here.

Um the elisian product is uh a little is lower than that.

Um I don't know those rent net rent numbers off the top of my head.

I only know the Ainsley because I just remember we just did this like two weeks ago at Queensridge.

But it's at least market if not above.

Yeah, it's it's definitely uh market.

They as you may know, Kalita Residential is a luxury builder, and uh they have different the E lot Eli would be the lower end of their product, which would be probably more workforce housing that you're dealing with if I use their correct term.

Okay.

Okay, I don't have any other questions.

Commissioner, you'd like to make a motion and motion to approve and that's for item 24 um abeyance 25-0362 GPA.

And there's a motion on the floor, please cast your votes.

Commissioner Rogan.

Aye.

And that motion carries.

And Madam Chair, that item will move on to city council on December 17th.

And I have one correction for item 23.

I indicated that the GPA associated with that one would move on with no recommendation that will actually move on with a denial recommendation for failure to reach a supermajority.

Okay, thank you.

Uh and this one didn't achieve a supermajority item 24.

Okay.

So next step we'll have item 26.

Also, Mr.

Hernauer, abeyance 25-0376 applicant KB Home of Nevada Inc.

at all owner Cowridge LLC et al.

For possible action on the following land use entitlement project request at the northwest corner of log cabinway and alpine ridgeway, ward six Bruni.

Staff recommends approval on 25-0376 GPA1 and Z O N one.

Staff recommends denial on 25-0376 VAR1, VAC1 and TMP one, uh 26A abandons 250376 GPA1 from PCD Plan Community Development to ML medium low density residential 26B abandons 25-0376ON1 from U undeveloped PCD plan community development general plan designation to R CL single family compact lot 26C abandons 25-0376 V A R1 to allow private gated streets that do not conform to Title 19.04 complete street standards.

26C abandons 25 0376 V A R1 to allow private gated streets to not conform to Title 19.04 complete street standards.

26 D abandons, 25 000 376 VAC1 petition to vacate U.S.

government patent easements and portions of public rights of way, Larry McBride Street and Ruston Road.

26E abandons 25 0376 T MP Creston for proposed 232 lot single family residential subdivision.

May I have the staff report, please.

Madam Chair, the proposed general plan amendment and rezoning are compatible with the designations and densities of the adjacent parcels and conform with the Kyle Canyon Area Plan and Las Vegas 2050 master plan.

Therefore, staff recommends approval of the requested general plan amendment and rezoning.

On the other hand, no unique or extraordinary circumstance has been presented to warrant the requested variants of complete street standards to allow stub streets and no sidewalk for portions of the sub stub streets.

As such, staff is recommending denial of the requested variants and associated petition to vacate and tentative map.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening again.

If you can please state and spell your name to the record, give us your address and tell us about this project.

Good evening, uh Madam Chair, Commissioners.

My name is Bob Gronauer, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive.

I'm here representing KB Home on the matters that are before you.

Actually, this is uh located up in the Kyle Canyon area.

Uh you might have uh recall earlier this year you approved the Kyle Canyon Master Plan up in this area.

I'd give you a little bit more of an idea.

This is US 95 in this area.

That's uh as you can see.

In this area is the interchange here for Kyle Canyon, which if you take Kyle Canyon Road in this area, you head right up to Mount Charleston heading up to the west.

As I mentioned to you, this is Kyle Canyon Gateway.

This project was approved several years ago for single family residential development.

Uh the main developers here were KB Home and Tri-Point in this area.

And the rest of the stuff that you see developed in this area and that's been approved for the most part, which I'll get in in another exhibit, has been for additional homes by those two builders and one other builder, Richmond American Homes, which is had a project that was uh recently approved down in this area.

Staff has mentioned this is the that general plan for the area.

One of the things I want to uh point out to you is you can see the location here of the property.

I should have mentioned earlier this is about 30 acres of property, so this is a good good piece of property in this area.

You're not, as you know, because of the land constraints in in the valley, it's hard to find prior uh properties of this size for development.

Um so we were lucky to be able to put together 30 acres of property in this area.

Um, as you can see in this orange area that I'm showing you along with the blue, this is the most intense area that's planned in Kyle Canyon because you do have Sheet Mountain Parkway that runs in this area right here along the white line, as I'm showing you.

Um you do have low density that's already approved down in this area and the existing.

And as I get into the next plan, I'll show you there's a variety of different densities that has actually been approved.

When you take a look at this plan here, what you'll see is over the last several years, from the beginning of the first development to all the other developments that have been approved, along with what our properties located here.

We feel that this is compatible to the area, it's single family detached homes.

Uh there's a variety of homes, and the main thing is, and I'll get into when I get into the site plan, is uh what is somewhat refreshing here.

You have builders in this instance that are working together.

Uh we have builders that are working together, which is Tri-Point Home, Homes and KB home in this area, and they've done a lot of shared infrastructure working on everything.

And with the direction of the councilwoman's office and the planning commissioner, a lot of the green spaces that you see out here, typically when you do RCL projects, and you could correct me if I'm wrong, they're not required to have open space in RCLs.

Um, however, it's been impressed upon the builders come in with open space uh with their development and coming in with some type of amenity plan.

So this is something that was asked of us to put together.

I'm not going to go through all the amenities and all these different subdivisions, but to show you an over overall view of a planned area where you do have connectivity in this area by the builders working together along with the councilwoman's office.

One of the things I do want to point out here, which is about the vacation.

Okay, there is the uh Larry McBride Street, which is located right in this area in this alignment.

We're asking to vacate that street, although staff's recommending denial, but I could explain to you what's happening.

Tri-Point has an application before city council to come in with a waiver of condition or review of condition to remove the requirement of putting in Larry McBride Street located in this area.

We are coming in and asking for a vacation of this street, and one of the reasons why the vacation is being recommended for denial is because there is a street to be dedicated by TriPoint.

As I'm showing you on the plans here now, which makes perfect sense.

If you're following along, I'm doing a good enough job.

Is the reason for this is we're working together on a drainage solution.

So both Tri-Point and KB are together working on drainage solutions in this area.

Because if you're familiar, there is no regional facilities today.

That's all up in moccasin that someday will come.

And because of that, the builders in this area have been losing land to create their own detention basins.

And so there's going to be a detention basin in here.

So there's a lot of drainage nuances if you're familiar with development that you got to run into that you typically won't run into on another project throughout the valley because you don't build detention basins in residential developments, except if you're in this area here.

So because of that, we're asking to vacate this area.

But the good news about that is then we're coming in with a trail, it's about 30 feet in width in this area, and you can see here there's some connectivity in this area, which otherwise would not be done because it's not a master plan community.

If anything, it is individual developments, but when you have a leadership that is acknowledging or at least asking the developers to come in and do these things, this is what you get for the community.

And again, I'll get into the uh site plan here in a second.

And the site plan, I look at this and we look at this is going to be built in like three different phases.

We call this phase one, phase two in the middle, phase three.

It's 10 acres a piece for the developments that we're gonna be coming through.

As you'll see the green spaces that we're providing in here.

Although I don't have a true amenity plan today, I hopefully you can appreciate, and I'm gonna explain why in talking to KB Home.

What they do and what they're doing with the new buyers that are buying up in this area, their salespeople are getting feedback from the potential customer and the buyer.

And as of right now, because these are entry level homes, and you know, with entry level homes, what comes with entry level homes is typically children and kids and young families.

So we do know we're gonna be providing some totlot type of features in here to address you know the kid level experience, but also what has been we found out what is very important for the developments up here are dog parks.

So we do know those are some of the amenities that we'll be coming in with.

Um it's just that I can't give you everything here standing here today because again, these will be programmed.

We understand the messages don't come in with a barbecue pit or barbecue and a casita, so to speak.

Um there's gonna be more to that, but the key is is we want to give what the customer wants.

So what the home buyer wants, because the home buyer that's gonna live here, they're gonna pay for it and they're gonna use it.

So that's what we want to make sure instead of putting something in there that they may not use, then the HOA will have to come in, rip it up and do something else and spend more money.

So with that being said, those are the proposals that we have with the green in the area of putting open space there.

Um, as far as compatibility, um, I I had um one of my uh colleagues put in a an exhibit together for me today and trying to get the exact um densities.

And we've had this discussion with the chair I I've had um with respect to the location of our property.

This is coming in about 7.31 units an acre.

Um we feel you know, respectfully that it's compatible, although Tri-Point is across adjacent to us at 4.35, and they have I want to make sure about I think that's about 3.4 uh units an acre, and that's 3.72 units an acre that Troy Point has.

Um, the reason why we do feel that it's compatible, one is as I already explained to you that we are working closely with Tri-Point.

So TriPoint knows what we're building in this area, we're right adjacent.

As a matter of fact, the Richmond product that's in this area, I think is about seven units an acre, which actually it comes out at 8.35 on here.

But let's let's say call it eight just for conversation purposes.

So we are already working in jointly with TriPoint with respect to the type of development they have and what we have.

But what I do want to point out is what is important here, what TriPoint has a concern about, is if there is any concerns with this type of development, that if we change our product design here, because those of you who know in home building, you need product segmentation.

We can't have the same lot size and house in this area because then what will happen is the builders will eat each other up because nothing will happen because you're selling the same product.

So what you need is a diversification in product, which is that product segmentation.

So where these builders work together in this area is each of them know what product you're selling.

And what's ironic about this this conversation is this development here and this development here is very similar.

We could say exact to these type of developments that are already existing because those homes that we're going to be building with KB Home already exactly in those neighborhoods that are there today.

Very popular product.

So we'd ask you to follow the staff's recommendation approval for the general plan amendment for the zone change.

Uh, and then also then for the vacation, as I explained to you, and um with respect to the variance, um, that is on two of our streets.

We don't have a sidewalk on our substreets, but we do have one side sidewalk on our streets that are gated in this area, which is similar to the other developments that we have up in up in here in Kyle Canyon.

So that being said, I'm here to answer any other questions that you may have.

Thank you very much.

This item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public pushing to be heard for this item?

Okay, seeing none, I will pass it back to the commission.

I will look at the rest of my commissioners and see if anyone has questions on this one.

Commissioner me.

Okay.

Um, yeah, thank you, Mr.

Groenauer.

I know that we have spent a lot of time talking about this um project, and I very much appreciate you and your firm's continued collaboration and work with us to craft great communities, not just subdivisions.

Um, I retain many of my concerns and reservations about um the project that we have discussed, including uh the densities, harmonious nature given where it's sited relative to the surrounding densities.

Um, and I know that we have some other issues to address in terms of site design, like the curbing.

Um you understand from the discussions we've had about the the concerns with our curb in these very compact lots.

Um but knowing that there's still work to be done and that you are speaking with the councilwoman that we have done a lot of yeoman's work on this project as it is.

I reluctantly feel comfortable making a motion to approve it to just move it along to the next step.

And given that we do have a GPA, and I want to make sure we get a vote on that with a supermajority sitting here.

Um so I will go ahead and make a motion to approve item 26 and its subparts.

And there is a motion on the floor, please cast your votes.

Commissioner Rogan.

Aye.

Thank you.

And that motion does pass with the required supermajority.

And those items will move on to city council on December 17th.

And uh, Madam Chair, as you know, we'll continue to keep you in these conversations.

You're not going anywhere, and I'm not going anywhere.

So I appreciate everything you said.

Thank you very much.

And thank you again for your continued work and collaboration.

So okay, item 25 um bands 25-0365 applicant owner, rainbow and DI limited liability company for possible action on the following land use entitlement project requests at the Southwest Corner of Charleston Boulevard and Strong Drive, Ward 1 Knutson.

Staff recommends the denial on the land use entitlement project.

Uh 25A abandons 25-0365 BAR1 to allow proposed medical office building that does not conform to Title 19.08 development standards for setbacks and residential adjacency.

25B abandons 25-0365 SDR1 for proposed one-story 3,574 square foot medical office development with waivers of building orientation and perimeter landscape buffer requirements.

May we have the staff report, please.

Madam Chair, plans for proposed development have been revised to provide access from strong drive, place the building at the corner, and bring parking to the rear insides.

However, the building fails to meet setback trash enclosure separation parking and landscape buffer standards, indicating that this design is not harmonious and compatible with the adjacent development.

Staff therefore recommends denial of the variance and site development plan review, subject to conditions if approved.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, sir.

If you could please state and spell your name for the record, and um tell us about the project.

Hi, my name is Carrie Shaham, architect with ACG, 4310 Cameron Street, uh, suite 12A.

Um, yes, we've taken the extra time.

Um, this this project's located uh in the medical district quarter uh between Charleston and Strong.

It's a it's a uh single story um office use building that will be owner occupied, who the owner lives within the area, and he wants to have a a uh office that's in close proximity to his home.

Um we have worked along with staff and also Commissioner Rogan to make this uh project a lot more compliant with the with the quarter and um by pushing the by locating the building um forward along Charleston and then also providing um the the 20-foot setback uh and landscape and pedestrian access to the building.

Um we are requesting a few waivers to go along with this, but I think it's important to note that um when we're requesting a building set back that just because we've been we've added some awning enhancements to the to the building.

Um that's what's going uh that's what's um within the setback, so that's why we're asking for reduction and setback on Charleston and Strong, but the building uh foundation is within the um required setback, but technically I do need to ask for the waiver uh because the awnings uh are two to three foot, which extend into the setback.

Um I think the overall use of the building is uh is a real positive for the area.

Um the the this is of currently vacant uh piece of land.

Um it'll it'll be developed nicely.

Um we're providing uh a lot of the tree uh vegetation on the on the property.

Um another another waiver we are asking for is the the trash enclosure.

Um we'd like to set that away from the Charleston Boulevard so it's not not in view to create the best pedestrian experience possible.

Um we're asking for a waiver for the reduction and landscape on the west side of the property.

Um it's really just because that trash enclosure is one foot off the line.

Otherwise, we're providing eight foot of uh landscape.

Um so it's largely compliant with the code, but technically I do ask to have to ask for that waiver.

Um with that said, uh the building is uh mixed use materials.

Um again, it's single story.

If you have any additional questions, please let me know.

Thank you very much, sir.

This item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Okay, seeing none, I will close public hearing and I will pass it back to the commission, starting with Commissioner Rogan.

Thank you, Chair.

Um the applicant was correct, they worked very closely with me to uh remove some of the waivers and design challenges that this property had to make it more compliant with the code, especially by orienting the building on the corner of Charleston and Strong and moving the access from Charleston where there's a lot of driveway access to Strong.

Um so I think the plan works very well.

There's a lot of trees that are being added, the trash enclosure with a just a necessity to put that into the uh required landscape, but it it works.

So unless there's other comments, uh chair, I'm ready to make a motion.

Thank you, Commissioner Rogan.

Any other comments?

Okay, seeing none, sir.

Go ahead and make your motion.

Thank you, Chair.

Uh, with that I make a motion for approval of the item subject to all of staff's conditions.

And you agree to all conditions, sir.

Yes, absolutely.

Okay, great, thank you.

There is a motion on the floor, please cast your vote.

And that motion carries with the required supermajority.

Thank you very much.

Appreciate it.

Thank you so much.

Madam Chair, that item those items will move on to city council on December 17th.

Thank you.

Okay, next up item 21, abeyance 25-0091 applicant, Las Vegas Kyle Canyon Covenant Group, LLC owner Alpine Village LLC for possible action on the following land use entitlement project request at the northwest corner of Crow Canyon Road, now Pine Ridge Way, Ward 6 Bruni, staff recommends approval on 25-0091 GPA and Z GPA1 and Z O N1 staff recommends denial on 25-0091 SDR1.

21A abeyance 25-0091 GPA from PCD plan community development to SC service commercial 21B abeyance 25-0091ZON1 from U undeveloped zone PCD plan community development general plan designation to C1 Limited Commercial 21C abeyance 25-0091 SDR1 for proposed one-story 4300 square foot dental office, 2500 square foot foot 2500 square foot restaurant with drive-through and 1300 square foot general retail development.

May I have the staff report, please?

Madam Chair, the proposed general plan amendment and rezoning are consistent with the city's long-term planning goals for the Kyle Canyon area.

And the design of the proposed development has been revised to be harmonious and compatible with the surrounding area.

Staff therefore recommends approval of all requests, subject to conditions on the site development plan review.

And I would note that we did receive revisions that uh enabled staff to recommend approval on the uh general plan and rezoning.

Okay as well as the SDR.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um good evening, ma'am.

If you could please state and spell your name for the record, give us your address and tell us about the project.

Julie Margitich, M A R, G E T I C H address 2044 California Avenue, Corona, California, 9281.

I'm the architect or uh representing Covenant Group who's developing this property, which you was a little piece of property south of all those residential houses.

So it's a commercial proposal about 8100 square feet, uh one story with uh dental office as the as the anchor and at drive-through tenant.

Hopefully, uh we don't have anybody on board right now, just the dental office, but we feel this location will serve all the residents within the area and possibly be um it's very pedestrian friendly with anings and coverings for a patio.

Um you feel it would be a good fit for the area.

Okay.

Anything else, Ms.

Margaretic?

I don't think so, unless you have any questions.

Okay, thank you so much.

Um, this item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Uh okay, seeing none, I will close public hearing and turn it back to the commission.

Um fellow commissioners, anyone have any comments on this item.

Okay, all right.

I will just have a quick conversation.

Um thank you, um, Ms.

Margaretic.

I know that you worked very hard on making changes to this to accommodate the residences that are nearby to try to do something unique and a little more visually interesting for this first piece of commercial up Kyle Canyon Road.

Um, and I really appreciate you working with me on that.

Um, I do think that there um could be a little bit more um work done on the landscape piece of it, but I certainly don't want to um hold this up because you have been waiting to get it moving forward to council, but I would request that you spend some time um with the council office, maybe working on bringing some additional trees or landscape buffer or what have you onto the site itself prior to it going before city council.

Um, and that and and the perimeter is fantastic.

I'm talking about specifically around the building.

I saw the staff report.

There's additional requirements requested.

Right.

Yeah, and the and the picture that you know the concept that we were working off of that I shared with you, and that you're um yeah.

Thank you for putting that one up because that does do a better depiction of it.

Yeah, but that was what we were talking about.

So um again, I appreciate you doing that.

Uh, look forward to working with you on some additional projects up Kyle Canyon, and I will make a motion to approve item 21 and its subparts.

There's a motion on the floor, please cast your vote.

Commissioner Rogan.

I agree with that conditions.

Oh, okay, and you agree to all conditions, Ms.

Margaretic.

Yes, I do.

Okay, thank you very much.

And that does put a pass with the required supermajority.

And those will move on to city council on December 17th.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Have a great night.

Okay.

Now that we have gotten through all of those GPAs, um, let's go back in order.

Item 28 25-0071 VAR1 applicant Yelane Freeman Arias, owner Goafra LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request to allow existing residential home additions that do not conform to Title 19.06 development standards for setbacks at 3520 Miramar Drive, Ward 5 Summers Armstrong staff recommends denial.

May we have the staff report, please?

Madam Chair, no evidence of a unique or extraordinary circumstance related to the physical characteristics of the property has been presented to warrant the requested variance.

As such, the hardship is self-imposed, and therefore staff recommends denial subject to conditions if approved.

Please note there are additional documents of protest received after publication.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, folks.

If you could please state and spell your names for the record, um, give us your address and tell us about the project.

Good evening, Madame Chair Person Taylor, Commissioners and staff.

My name is Al Belaskal, living at the 203 Genesee Point Henderson, and uh I'm here to assist the owners on this meeting process.

As you see, uh, there's a unique uh setback um waiver they're asking for.

Uh they have a corner property, and one of the sides of the house is uh has a setback of eight feet where here, right here, where 15 is required by the code.

So I'm gonna introduce the owner to let them explain you the reasons and why they believe they should be granted.

This waiver.

Go ahead.

Hi, my name is Yelme Freyman.

Um I bought this house in um December 2023, and I bought a with that audition, like you see.

Okay, thank you.

Hi, my name is Jacques Sal Gonzalez, Hosmano July Freeman.

So I can't testify that the property was that way by the time that he was purchased.

We didn't know that he has no setbacks uh compliance with the CD at the moment.

Okay, thank you.

Anything else on the project?

I will say that's the only thing that's not in compliance with the code.

The rest of the house has uh architecture features that uh are the same as the existing house.

So the waiver is the unique thing.

Okay, thank you very much.

Uh, this item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Okay, folks, come on down, step aside everybody, applicants.

Everybody grab a mic so we can just go in order, two minutes each.

Uh go ahead, sir at the UNL V hat to please state your name, spell it, sir, step away from the microphone.

We'll just have the public come on, sir.

Step here at this microphone.

Thank you.

Go ahead and make your comments.

My name is Kim Babcock.

I've been 3524 Miramar Drive.

I live right next door to this house.

Uh I lived there for 28 years.

I have sit there, and this house has been a single family resident.

I am a licensed handyman.

I've worked in this house with the last three owners since I've been there.

That he has taken that house.

I watched the construction guys come in, bring the stuff in, remodel it, put a lock gate on there with a combination so they could get in, board this.

That house was never Sir, sir.

Please address the commission.

You don't need to address the application.

This house was never made out to be uh whatever you call it or family.

It's a single family home.

And I've been there for 28 years, right next to the house.

Okay.

Anything else, sir?

Nope.

Okay.

Thank you, sir.

Sir in the middle.

Uh my name's Larry Melaki.

I live at 3528 Miramar.

Uh please just spell your name for the record.

L-A-R-A-M-I-E.

Okay.

L-A-C-K-E-Y.

Thank you.

Um, I live two doors down from this property.

I've known the last two property owners.

Um, including the the previous owner before them.

Um, and I know that's off of MLS that there hasn't been other owners upside from these two.

Um I did a lot of the work on the property before it went up for sale on market.

And even the the renderings that you guys have shown earlier with the wet bar in the back room, none of that was there prior to ownership.

Um we have been there for the construction and then chipping up the concrete for multiple months when it was originally purchased to add additions, uh including like wet areas, uh bathrooms, and other areas throughout the home to turn into an Airbnb without approval through the city or Airbnb.

Uh they lied about the address um to get it approved, which has subquivently been reported and has been shut down, and now there are multiple families living in the residence in those previous Airbnb rooms.

Um we've witnessed up to 10 to 11 vehicles outside the residence with multiple different families coming in and out uh in a single family residence.

And that's all I have to say.

Thank you very much, sir.

My name is Gabriel Guzman.

I live at 3532 Miramar Drive.

And just again, spell your name for the record.

Gabriel G A B R I E L Guzman G-U-Z-M-A-N.

It appears to me as though there are multiple families living at this home.

If you go back to the image of the house from the street view, you can actually see that there are multiple entrances.

Okay, thank you, sir.

Um I add an addition to that.

Okay.

No, that's okay.

Uh come on back up.

Can I just clarify that the waiver that they are asking is just for the setback on the left structure?

Nothing about the rest of the house.

It's one setback.

You want to ask the owner about what they just spoke?

Go ahead.

So well, we are not compliance with the city right now at the moment.

He's with the setback with the Venice drive.

Because the other one, the one in the back, we applied already, he's already been permitted.

So we're just working on that one at the moment.

And then right after we want to work for the additional things that we have done on the side the property, we have not expounded the property at all.

Okay, thank you very much.

Anything else?

That'll be all right.

I will pass it back to the commission, starting with Commissioner Manford.

Thank you, Madam Chair through you.

Um this is this property is held under uh corporation.

We just put them on uh under a new company.

We need a trust.

I'm sorry, we need a trust on the company.

Okay.

It actually says G O A F R A L L C that's not a trust, that's a corporation.

Well, that's L L C under a trust.

So the trust is managing this corporation.

Correct.

Um now you said the when you purchased it, you did not realize the codes in terms of using this property as a commercial property and and uh also the setbacks and stuff.

Weren't the people that own the corporation the original owners?

She's the owner, correct.

Okay, so and she's part of the corporation.

Correct.

So when the corporation purchased it.

The original owners didn't you had you didn't have any knowledge as being the original owner of these code violations?

No.

Okay.

It didn't come up with your with your realtor or with the with escrow.

No.

Okay.

All right.

Um from what I understand too, this properties you've been using it.

Is it has it been listed on Airbnb?

Because I'm hearing it was Airbnb B?

It was.

So it was the was the main residence or was the additions Airbnb.

Um that Airbnb Um you didn't you didn't have a license to run an Airbnb in that area.

No.

Okay.

Never have one.

All right.

So you know from what I see here with the um so in term and then can I get on staff report?

The violations are are mainly setback and and and then code, right?

Code enforcement in terms of Airbnb.

Yeah, madam chair, through you.

There's a seven-foot corner yard side setback request where 15 feet is required, and also a seven-foot rear yard setback request where 15 feet is required.

Okay.

Commissioner, I think what you're suggesting we're voting on the setback issue, the code enforcement and/or unlicensed Airbnb is not understandable.

That's why I was trying to figure out.

I'm I'm gonna go along with the recommendation of staff and deny this.

It seems it seems to me that there's you've been in the property long enough to, you know, to understand that you know, when you I don't know if when you bought the property, if you understood that these setbacks were not uh in line with code.

I know, but that's that's something, you know, and it sounds sounds like you guys kind of understand real estate, because you you know you said and I'm not gonna I don't know that, but I'm just saying, you know, when I if when I buy a piece of real estate, it's called due diligence.

And so, you know, I don't like I said, I don't know who your professional was, who your advisors were, and then what's your experience is, but I'm gonna I'm gonna have to deny this because it's just you know, I'm just it just you know, with and this hasn't like I said, I was asking about Airbnb codes.

We have a group of people here talking about, you know, people that don't live there going in and out.

Like I said, that's not what we're deciding today, but again, I'm going to go with staff recommendation and ask for a denial.

Uh I think when anybody buys a person piece of property, you have to do your due diligence and know and know what you're buying before you buy it.

Whether it's through a corporation, and like I said, it looks like you've you had this property before you put it under a corporation.

So I'm gonna uh recommend denial.

Okay, any other comments from the commission?

Uh Commissioner Lebo.

Um yes, I we can assume that this was built unpermitted if it was built outside of the easements.

Is that correct?

Madam Chair, through you I didn't hear the question.

Apologize.

Um can we assume that these additions were built unpermitted if they were built with that outside of the easements?

Easements?

Those setbacks.

Oh, the setbacks.

Sorry, the setbacks.

So yeah, a code enforcement case has been ongoing for the unpermitted structures.

Uming that they are not meeting the setbacks.

With the understanding that they're not meeting the setbacks.

Thank you.

And Madam Chair, through you to follow up on that.

A building permit would not have been issued without an approved variance to allow them to encroach within that setback area.

Thank you.

Anything else?

And is it just uh for plan?

Is this final action or what's the yes?

Final action would be a good question.

Oh, so this would be final action, a denial?

Yes.

Okay, okay.

Um, but it would be subject would be appealable at least on the denial.

So it's final action, but they can appeal it if okay.

So in CNNs, go ahead and make your motion officially.

All right.

I'd like to make a motion.

Before the motion, can we just be clear on the uh Seth, can you just be clear on the appealable ability to the city council on that?

There was a little confusion.

So if it's done if it's denied in final action tonight, it would be appealable within 10 days to the city clerk.

All right.

Madam Chair, through you, I'd like to make a motion for denial on item 28, 25-0071, VAR1.

Um like to make a motion for denial.

Thank you.

There's a motion on the floor.

A vote of yes is for denial.

Please cast your votes.

Please post.

And that motion denying the request for variance does pass.

And that is final action tonight unless appealed to the city clerk in 10 days.

Thank you very much.

Item 20.

Thank you.

25-0269 applicant Las Vegas Museum of Art Owner City Parkway 5 Inc.

for possible action on the following land use entitlement project requests located east of the City Parkway and Symphony Park Avenue Intersection Ward 5 Summers Armstrong.

Staff recommends approval on the land use entitlement project 29A 25-0269 VAC one for petition to vacate a roadway easement.

29B 25-0269 SDR1 for proposed four-story 59,782 square foot museum development with waivers of the Symphony Park Design Standards.

May we have the staff report, please.

Madam Chair, the proposed museum development is identified in the Vision 2045 Downtown Las Vegas Master Plan as a tool to complement the arts-related offerings near downtown, which would further strengthen downtown Las Vegas' cultural role.

Therefore, staff finds the proposed development is harmonious and compatible with the surrounding area and recommends approval of the site development plan review and petition to vacate.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Good evening.

If you could please state and spell your names for the record, give us your address and tell us about this project.

Thank you.

Good evening.

Thank you for your time tonight.

Heather Harmon, H E A T H E R, H A R M O N 840, Rancho Drive, Suite 4-3289106.

Delighted to be in a tree bait zip code.

I'm also the executive director of the Las Vegas Museum of Art and here with my colleague and collaborator, Melissa Weigel of Carey Architecture.

We promise to be short and sweet and very respectful of your time.

The Las Vegas Museum of Art will be the first standalone art museum in Las Vegas.

We are the largest city in the nation without one, and we are about to change that.

There we go.

Located in Symphony Park and in partnership with the City of Las Vegas and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, we will bring this landmark building designed by Pritzcar Laureate Francis Carey to this incredible community in 2029.

In addition to this extraordinary museum, we will develop a generous outdoor sculpture park with ample space for gathering.

We are grateful for this partnership and for the vision of Elaine Wynne who brought this project to life.

And a big thank you to Economic Development and Redevelopment Manager Tracy Reich and her team, who are incredible stewards of this project.

We ask you to follow staff's recommendation for approval of 25-0269-SDR1 and VAC1.

There are a number of items on this list, and we're happy to address any of your individual concerns.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

This item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Okay, seeing none, I will close uh this item.

I'm gonna do it a little bit differently this time when I pass it to the commission, and I'm gonna pass it to Commissioner Lebo or Commissioner Schlottman for any comments first.

Thank you.

Um I just want to say this is a really exciting, beautiful project.

Thank you for bringing this to the city of Las Vegas.

Um I just think it's very unique.

Um I'm in the field of architecture as well, and so it's always good to see the investment in downtown Las Vegas.

So I appreciate your uh presentation.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Schlottman.

Yes, um, I remember many of years ago, I think there was talks about this originally going down in the arts district on that triangle piece of property, and uh then it then uh was moved over to Symphony Park, which I feel that Symphony Park is um is is appropriate spot for this, even though I I I have a love for the arts district and that's where I build and I I'm seeing so much stuff happen.

But I I think Symphony Park, it fits really well with everything that's been built down there, uh the children's uh museum, symphony, uh the symphony center, the Smith Center, and everything else, and uh and and when do you think you'll have funding and when do you think we might be able to see a shovel in the ground?

So we anticipate putting a shovel in the ground in around summer of 2027 and opening in 2029, and we are well on our way with very successful fundraising to bring this museum to life.

Perfect.

Well, congratulations and look forward to seeing this finally get built.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um I just want to echo my fellow commissioners on how exciting it is to have this project coming into downtown.

I'm just watching the metamorphosis of that piece of land from when Smith Center was built to you know seeing all the pieces built out.

I just I can't wait to go and see an art exhibit there.

So thank you guys so much.

And I will pass it to Commissioner Munford.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

And just uh echo everybody else's excitement and approval.

Um I'm very excited to see this uh Las Vegas Museum of Art project.

And um just one question.

Um is there gonna be representation and and therefore like ethnic art, such as you know, I'm part Native American, Native American art, African American art, you know, the different cultures that we have in this city.

Absolutely.

We have an amazing partnership with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which gives us access to encyclopedic collections of art that include everything from ancient to modern, from decorative to design.

So it's always been our goal and really part of our constitution to bring that to Las Vegas art from all periods of time representing all geographies.

Very excited.

Thank you.

So through you, Madam Chair, uh would like to make a motion.

Please do.

I would like to make a motion for approval for item number 29, 25-0269.

Uh, would like to make a motion for uh approval subject to all conditions and you're fine with all conditions?

Yes.

Thank you.

And there is a motion on the floor.

Please cast your votes and please post.

And very uh excited to say that that motion passes.

Thank you so much, ladies.

Can't wait to have this get started.

And that is final action tonight, unless appeal to the city clerk in 10 days.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Okay, item 30 is obeyed.

Item 31, 25-0363 SDR 1.

Applicant owner Iona LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for a proposed parking facility with waivers of appendix F interim downtown Las Vegas Development Standards Area 1 on the east side of 4th Street, approximately 150 feet north of Gas Avenue, Ward 3 Diaz.

Staff recommends approval.

May I have the staff report, please?

Madam Chair, the subject site is appropriate for a parking facility and meets the need for infill development in the civic and business district.

The proposed eight-foot-tall fence at the site frontage will provide security but will not impede views into the site.

The requested waivers are minor and will not detract from the existing pattern of development in this area.

Staff therefore recommends approval subject to conditions.

Please note there are additional documents of protest and support received after publication.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Good evening, sir.

If you can please state and spell your name for the record, give us your address and tell us about this project.

Alrighty.

Good evening, Madam Chair and fellow commissioners.

My name is Matthew Selkirk.

Last name is S E L K I R K.

I'm with Kimley Horn representing Iona on this application.

Addresses 6671 Las Vegas Boulevard South, suite 320.

So for this project, we have worked with staff to plan this EV charging location with small amenity building.

While patrons are waiting to charge, and I'm happy to answer any questions from staff.

Great.

Thank you so much.

This item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are the any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Come on up.

Thank you, Chairperson.

Commissioners.

I am the property owner next door to this proposed site at 711 South 4th Street.

And I have been inundated with homeless issues for the last I would say 22 years since I've been there.

And any structure whatsoever that's unattended is a constant battle moving people along, as you might know or have heard.

And my concern is that what is proposed is all of this covered parking is gonna be unattended, unsupervised, monitored remotely by camera at best, and is going to create the ideal circumstances that I have been fighting against, which is homeless encampments forming, and even on this very lot, I have had the uh the um difficult challenge of of running homeless people off of this vacant lot even before any development, and that's with a fence all the way around.

Now, for some reason, the pictures that have been submitted are a little deceiving unintentionally, I would imagine.

There is no fence along the back, only the pictures show it.

But when you read the writing, and I got all of this very last minute, so I'm asking for more time to actually get into more of the details.

For some reason, I got notice almost in no time to really uh go into everything.

But but my concern first and foremost is the homeless situation that's gonna be completely out of control when there's uh the ability to sleep under something, even if lit.

Uh the the second concern I have is this bathroom shack.

It's almost the polar opposite of the museum we just saw.

I don't understand why the two doors to the bathroom are facing so that drivers can see it on the one-way fourth street and prominent right at the front and not the back.

But in all fairness, even if you put it in the back, unattended bathrooms and vending machines are like the ideal uh attractive nuisance for homeless gathering.

And even back in the back with no fence along the back, there's gonna be a homeless issue.

One last thing.

I was required on my front fence to only go six feet and to have peers, masonry peers every 10 feet, and so was the neighbor on the other side, and you can see the piers in the picture that was submitted.

I think he should be limited to the same height and peer requirement that we were, and for him to characterize it as a security need on a fence that has an open driveway is a bit deceptive, and again, unintentionally so.

I am not saying it was malfeasant.

I just think it's susceptive, and he should be held to the same standard, and I don't think it meets the waiver requirements under Navato law.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Cope.

Thank you.

Um anybody else for this item?

Okay, seeing none, I will close public hearing.

I will pass it back to the commission, starting with Commissioner Schlottman.

Do you want to give me one second?

Oh, yes, I do want to give you a second to answer any questions.

Thank you, Commissioner Schlottman.

Um I guess I I missed the question there, but yes, I'm I'm happy to answer any questions.

No, did you did you want to respond to anything that Mr.

Cope said?

I don't believe at this time now.

Okay.

Okay.

Madam Chair, through you.

And I Mr.

Cope, I appreciate the email.

I I got it along with about probably 75 other emails in regards to stuff, and I was covered up, so I I didn't have a chance to respond, but I did read your email and I'll port it to city clerk so it'll be on the record.

So thank you for sending that out.

Um I guess I I do have a couple of questions um for you.

If you could uh address the first question about the uh eight-foot fence on the front of the property, if and if we can go to um on the to this uh back to the photo of the front of this property so we could take a look at that and uh actually and I I think it was one of the other images that we had up a second ago.

But while we're coming around to uh to that particular image of the front of the building, um so the bathrooms that you're gonna have on this is uh how is that gonna work?

It's not just gonna be open all the time.

Is there gonna be some well I would hope that it wouldn't be just hope open all the time?

Well, there'll be some kind of code.

And and this facility, let me get clear.

Is this facility is gonna be a paid facility?

If I owned a Tesla, I would be able to pull up their electric vehicle, I would be able to pull up there and pay to charge my vehicle.

Is that correct?

Correct.

It'll be a paid facility open to all um EV owners and operators.

Um as far as the restrooms go, no, the they will be restricted access to a key code um that's available in the Iona app.

Okay, so if you if you have the app and you're charging your vehicle, you'll be able to go in there.

Yes.

Okay.

And then do you have a fence on the back of the property or is that open?

Uh no, the the rear of the property is fenced.

Um as Mr.

Cope showed in the the image he had presented.

Um the front of the property will be an open driveway with fencing on either side along with the required landscaping.

Okay.

So you you intend on keeping the fence on the back of the property?

Yes.

Okay.

And then uh the front will be open.

And I guess uh homelessness is something that we deal with all the time.

I I live downtown, I've lived downtown since 2005.

I I've built in downtown since 2005, and it's a constant um challenge.

Um, you know, even underneath the staircase going up to my garage, uh, I mean up to my office, uh, people sleep underneath there.

So uh there's gonna have to be some sort of diligence with trying to uh mitigate that issue.

Um I I do understand the shade structures and I do understand uh the need.

I mean we either have to have trees or we have to have shade structures or something for these cars and parking lots to have mitigation of these uh of the heat and the heat island effect uh downtown.

Um one of the other points in Mr.

Cope's uh uh email was that his sign could be blocked.

Um with the uh new buildings that we're building and encouraging buildings to be built all the way up to the the front property line, if there's any other law firm or bar restaurant or anything being built uh due to the placement of where that prop where that sign is close to that property line, I think that that is would eventually be uh be covered uh one way or another.

Um I'm still trying to figure out the the eight-foot fence on the front of the property.

Um doesn't seem like we uh advance the slide.

I don't believe we have an eight-foot fence on the front.

There's an eight-foot fence on the rear of the property.

Oh, it's eight foot uh fence on the rear.

Yes, the the fourth street is going to be uh open driveway and landscaping.

Okay.

All right.

I'm sorry, Matt Madam Chair, through you.

Our site plan shows an eight-foot fence at the front of the property and no fence at the rear of the property.

So just want to make sure that uh you're voting with that understanding.

And that's the reason for the waiver.

Uh I'm sorry, Steve, you are correct.

Okay, thank you.

And the front of this property is on fourth street, is that correct?

That is okay.

So I'm still trying to figure out I apologize.

I I had the the property mirrored in my head when I when I answered your previous question.

So is an intention for people to come through the alley to access this property or no the intention is to access via Fourth Street.

Okay.

So the access via Fourth Street, and you have an eight-foot fence, but it's also open.

And then there's a fence or no fence on the back.

I believe no fence.

Sorry, I had that backwards.

I I apologize.

That's correct.

No fence in the rear.

I I don't believe that I really understand this good enough, and I don't think the applicant understands this good enough.

Um I want to hold this in advance for 30 days so I can understand what's going on.

Yeah.

Um, so I'd like to I'd like to make uh I uh well I'll give you the option, I can we can vote, but I can't vote on uh on on project no we're we're we're open to holding it for 30 days.

Okay, because I'm in support of what you're what you're doing, and I'm in support of having more electrical vehicle charging stations down here.

I just don't understand what's going on with this fence.

And in my head, I before I come in, I was thinking it was in the back, and so did you.

So let's uh reach out to me before the next well, not before the next plan commission.

Let's reach out like to me uh next week and let's sit down, let's talk, let's understand this, and that way if we have to make any modifications, we can make any modifications.

And if you don't mind, if you wouldn't mind exchanging telephone numbers with the uh Greg Cope back here, uh just to see if there's anything that uh any questions you can answer with him prior to the next uh hearing.

Absolutely.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

So madam chair, on item number 31.

On item number 31, a move to hold this in abeyance uh to the next plan commission hearing, which is December 9th.

Thank you.

The motion on the floor, please cast your votes.

Please post and that motion carries.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh we will see you back here, sir.

All right, item 32, 25-0364, applicant owner Harold Plumbing and Heating Inc.

for possible action on the following land use entitlement project requests on the east side of 13th Street, approximately 100 feet south of Mesquite Drive.

Ward 5 Summers Armstrong staff recommends denial on the land use entitlement project 32A 25-0364 VAR1 to allow two parking spaces or 13 are required.

32B 25-0364 SDR1 for a proposed two-story seven unit multifamily residential development with waivers of the perimeter landscape buffer requirements.

May we have the staff report, please.

Madam Chair, staff finds the variance of parking standards and waivers the perimeter landscape buffer requirements to be self-imposed, resulting in a development that is not harmonious or compatible with the surrounding area.

Staff therefore recommends denial of the requested variants in site development plan review, subject to conditions if approved.

Please note there were additional documents of support received after publication.

Thank you.

Uh good evening, sir.

If you could please state and spell your name for the record, um, give us your address and tell us about this project.

Good evening, Madam Mayor.

My name is uh Tal Harel H A R E L 362 North 13th Street.

I'm here request I'm here requesting approval variants and site development review for the modest seven unit multifamily home on a small 6,000 square foot lot parcel on 13th Street.

This project rede this project redevelops a lot that has been vacant since 2018.

It brings new housing, reduces heat island impact, it supports the very walkable, vibrant urban environment.

The city says it wants in this part of Las Vegas.

The staff report acknowledges that then this neighborhood at proximity of downtown is exactly where the city encourages higher density and reduced parking.

Our project executes this directly exactly.

The primary obstacle is parking.

This hardship, this hardship is not self-created.

The size, width, and shape of the lot have existed for decades.

I did not create the constraints, but I'm proposing a responsible solution.

Even so, we are minimizing car use.

We're providing bike parking, pedestrian access, and a design that encourages walkability.

Public works confirmed that the traffic impact is extremely small, three cars in peak hour, or about one car every 20 minutes.

The city's redevelopment goals are clear.

Encourage infill, encourage density, and reduce surface parking.

The staff reports repeats this multiple times, yet the variance is recommended for denial, even though the project checks every one of these policy boxes.

There's also clear precedence.

Staff agrees that architecture meets Title 19 standards.

The materials are appropriate and the height is consistent with surrounding one and two-story homes.

While there is a request for waiver of the landscape buffer with the project is approved, will provide 20 additional trees where only 12 are required, which is support the city goal to combat the heat island effect by significantly improving the shadow or the shade canopy on all sides of the property where this is current where the where is currently there is none.

This project brings seven new homes, seven places where families can live, work, and be part of our community without adding congestion or burden to the neighborhood.

Commissioners, this variance and these waivers allow the site to be productive again.

Without them, this parcel will remain undeveloped indefinitely.

So no project can physically meet time 19 on such a constraint lot.

I'm asking you tonight to support housing, support small infill, support walkability, and support consistency with your own past approvals.

I recycled request your approval of variants A, uh variance one and SDR1.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

This item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Please come down, grab a microphone, state and spell your name for the record, and you'll have two minutes.

Hi.

Um can you hear me okay?

Bruce Cowen.

Um I own a lot of properties down there.

Um two on 13th, two on 14th, um, three on 15th.

And I support this.

Great.

I would like to explain why briefly.

Um, although I could see the the staff's position, the two spots is tough, but uh we need these kind of these developments.

We need them.

Uh the properties that I have, I like to store older properties that are I believe are historical.

Uh the properties that I have, I I like to store older properties that are I believe are historical, and I've we've had about six, seven murals painted on them, and I think that that neighborhood is becoming a pretty exciting place.

Um I do want to point out that there is a bus stop nearby with very quick nearby.

And um I think filling an empty lot which draws the homeless in with a beautiful new, vibrant, exciting piece of architecture into that neighborhood is is welcome.

Um I I think that there's a concern maybe about from staff about the parking situation, but we I think most residents would rather have uh people that live there parking there than homeless just parking campers or vans or or you know all the unregistered vehicles on the street.

So I I don't see the parking as being the uh uh that net negative of a of a factor.

Um again, you know, maybe add a couple spaces, but uh I I don't think you want to hinder these kind of developments.

I think you want to get behind them.

And um that's pretty much all I want to say.

I think if you've seen his other developments that he's done, he's added a lot of excitement.

I mean it's eclectic.

There's new and there's and there's old.

There's new exciting architecture, and we're we're we're restoring the older properties.

And I and if you haven't been around um north eighth, north seventh, north eighth, north ninth, north tenth, um, north thirteenth, north, north fourteenth, north fifteenth.

You might want to take a look at it.

You might want to invest because it's a hot neighborhood, and he's part of why.

Thank you, sir.

Anyone else wishing to make public comment on this?

Okay, seeing none, I will um turn oh no, sorry.

Anything you wanted to add.

I have done three projects within uh this vicinity.

I built uh two condo units on 14th Street.

I just got done building three cottages on uh 13th Street.

So I own a lot of land on on 13th in that area, and we just want to develop it and give affordable housing.

We want to get rid of the homeless.

I mean, I I understand that they have nowhere to go, but if we can revive this area, it's it's it's endless of opportunities.

Great, thank you so much.

Okay, that I will pass it back to the commission.

Um take uh the rest of the commissioners before we pass it to Commissioner Munford, anything, Commissioner Lebau.

Yes, thank you, Madam Chair.

Um, I think this is a a really nice project on a really tight site.

Um I'm just curious, how do you decide who gets the parking?

I will cross that bridge when we get to that point.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yes, uh Madam Chair, through you.

Uh just a couple of comments.

I I know that you come before us four or five years ago, maybe six years ago with the project, and um and it was your couple of duplexes that you built on uh 14th Street, and I I looked at it and seen a plumber and I was like, what's this guy gonna build?

And you built something pretty cool over there.

And then here recently I just uh had the opportunity to look at that were analyzing uh tiny homes and Miss Edo's and Planning said, hey, you should go uh reach out to Harrell and go walk his little tiny home project.

And I know it's not technically a I don't think it's technically a tiny home project, but it's it's damn near a tiny home project.

It's uh um I mean what are they like five, six hundred, eight hundred?

There are three uh separate uh single family uh six hundred square feet, two stories, uh three separate units.

And they were they were cool.

I mean they were really cool.

And it's on that little triangle property.

If you look at the map uh just next door, that's a leftover piece from the highway that nothing can be built on.

Like I don't know how you got it on there.

But I I will tell you how thanks to you and to this commission and this board and the planning commission and everybody that comes with it, the fire department, public works, it's it's it can be done.

But you didn't throw throw up just some cheap trashy looking building.

They they they look cool.

I mean, people would be proud to live in there.

And then what you're planning on doing here, and when you brought me over there a few months ago to show me this, um and you told me about this project.

Uh there was some homeless in that cul-de-sac and everything, and you know, you get people living in here, you get people parking around that cul-de-sac, and you get more activity in this area, and it's just gonna help continue cleaning it up.

I can't believe you're on your third project over here.

And so, and uh, I I applaud you.

I and you're doing good.

You're you're leasing them up, you're gonna sell them, or you sold some of them.

And um, anyways, I I I'd like to see you uh continue building over here, and I know I know I'll see you back here.

And so anyways, congratulations, and you have my support.

You've proven yourself, unlike a lot of other people in this town.

Thank you.

And I just uh the elevations on these um proposed elevations are really nice looking, so I just think it's a great project.

But I just had a question on the trees, they're not going in your shrunken landscape buffers, are they?

I actually brought buffer a bigger product.

So they're like, so they're gonna be we're gonna be putting twenty twenty trees.

We're only I think twelve is required, but yeah.

I'm all about you know, putting as much as we can where we can.

And I worked with planning on that, and um they're the ones that suggested uh the twenty versus the twelve that's required.

And so we said, look, we're gonna put twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four.

If we can put more, we'll put more.

I'm all for it.

I'd rather have trees than have nothing.

Uh, I am in full agreement with you.

I'm just concerned.

I just wanted to make sure that you're not if you're planting trees in that two foot landscape buffer, how you were gonna make sure they that they were able to thrive.

Hire a professional landscaper to do that.

Okay.

Fine, fine idea.

Okay.

Uh, Commissioner Munford.

Thank you, madam chair.

Through you, um, we talked and and um I also talked to the uh councilwoman's assistant about this.

And I know for Ward Five and our whole community, we need, especially downtown.

I appreciate what uh Commissioner Trinity, which you said.

Um, you know, downtown, I think, is exciting area for Las Vegas.

And especially our smaller developers, I think there's a great opportunity for our for our smaller developers to do this kind of both, I guess you could call it boutique style uh development that that uh I you know, especially I see this as coming at a in at a price point, you know, especially when Vegas has become so expensive.

And we need, you know, we need this, you know, our our small businesses are always innovators, and that's what I see you.

I see you innovating and providing a product out there that our community needs.

And so we talked, you know, we're gonna I'm gonna move to make a motion to approve this, and it's gonna go on to council.

And I I understand that you're you're working with the councilwoman, and uh I'm excited about the stuff that you're doing, and it's uh let's make this happen.

Thank you.

Thank you.

There's a motion on the floor, please catch your vote.

And please post, and that motion carries, and you agree to all conditions.

I do.

Okay, great.

Thank you so much.

And we'll move on to city council on December seventeenth.

And um, given that we're at 8 30, I would like to just take a quick break.

Um, so we'll be back in five, and I'm gonna be able to do that.

Okay, Plan Commission is called back to order.

Let's move on to item number thirty-three, twenty-five-0375 V A R1 applicant, Ebbie Iron Designs LLC, owner Abhusham Properties LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request to allow an existing six-foot-tall front yard fence where five feet is the maximum height allowed at 2100 South Decatur Boulevard.

Ward one Knutson staff recommends denial.

Oops, can I have the staff report, please?

Madam Chair, no evidence of a unique or extraordinary circumstance related to the physical characteristics of the property has been presented to warrant the requested variants.

As such, the hardship is self-imposed, and therefore staff recommends denial of the request.

Please note an additional documentation of support was received after publication.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening.

If you could please state and spell your names for the record, give us your address and tell us about this project.

My name is Connie Harris, C-O-N-N-I-E H A R R I S.

I'm here for EV Iron Designs, EBY Iron Designs 909 Walnut Drive in Boulder City.

The plans examiner kicked it back because the fence, as you can see, is five foot nine inches tall, and the setback is not within ten feet of the property line.

It is, though I would note ten feet from the roadway.

As I went through the prongs, I guess I would call them of this title.

This fence is obviously very nice looking.

It's not a solid wall, so it's not, you know, some giant CMU wall or or whatever.

You can obviously see through it.

Those are four-inch spaced pickets all the way around.

Um it's powder coated so as not to rust.

It's a very high quality fence.

You know, give elevating the neighborhood.

Um it's serving to keep out the homeless issue that they had.

It's obviously going to help prevent vandalism and you know, all of those things.

Where a five-foot fence, I, you know, I mean, it's better than nothing, but I don't, it doesn't, it's not much of a deterrent.

Um, B, to ensure that new development will contribute to the overall attractiveness of the city.

This fencing most definitely contributes to the overall attractiveness of the property.

Um versely, having a fence that's nine inch shorter to the required five feet tall does not contribute more to the overall attractiveness of the city.

Um C to increase design compatibility between abutting properties and land uses.

Um I can't say that this five foot nine inch fence design increases compatibility, neither would a five foot fence do that either.

D to reinforce a sense of community to preserve the integrity of neighborhoods and places of business.

Um I don't really know if there's a sense of community necessarily in that kind of a neighborhood.

They're far spaced out um businesses.

But I certainly you could certainly argue that the integrity of the neighborhood is elevated.

I mean, if you know, if everybody had that in that neighborhood, it would look better.

Um and finally, E to reduce unsightly views.

Again, um by any standard a quality, you know, this kind of a fence and gates um enhances the neighborhood.

Um so obviously, you know, there have to be codes and rules and things to follow, but I think there are have to be exceptions too.

And I think that this is a uh a prime example of what an exception should be.

Um like a reason for uh uh variants.

And that's what I have.

This is Emily Garcia from Carbana.

You have any questions about Carbana.

Okay, thank you very much, ma'am.

Uh this item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Okay, seeing none, I will close public hearing.

I will pass this back to the commission.

I'm gonna start with well, I'm gonna see uh Commissioner Lebeau or Commissioner Munford, any idea questions on this item.

Uh thank you, Madam Chair.

Um I do have a question.

Is there um is there a neighboring property that has a fence at the same height or or differing height?

No, there's no fenced properties.

Okay.

Okay, yeah.

So it's it's just this uh the site in and of itself.

Right.

Okay, thank you.

Uh-huh.

Thank you, Commissioner Schlottman.

Yes, Madam Chair, through you, I don't see a problem with this.

It's nine inches over.

It's um it it I've seen fences that were created that looked horrible.

This nobody will know the difference between it being five foot or five foot nine.

For those reasons, I I'd be willing to support this.

And there's no other comments, I'm ready to make a motion.

Please do.

Yes, uh, Madam Chair, uh, based on the uh testimony heard tonight.

Um item 33, 25-0375 V A R1 move to approve, subject to staff's conditions, and you agreed all staff's conditions have approved.

Yes, sir.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

There's a motion on the floor, please cast your vote, please post.

And that motion carries and that is final action unless appeal to the city clerk in ten days.

And thank you very much.

Sorry, just the last chat.

Did you ask her about conditions?

You agree to allow this.

Thank you very much.

Okay, thank you very much.

Okay, item 34, uh 25-0385 VAR1 applicant owner Jorge Brian Lau Boris for possible action on the land use entitlement project request to allow existing residential accessory structures, shedding carport that do not conform to Title 19.06 development standards and for setbacks, separation, aesthetic compatibility and placement and an existing front yard wall that exceeds height standards at 15 North Arlington Street.

May I have the staff report, please?

Madam Chair, no evidence of a unique or extraordinary circumstance related to the physical characteristics of the property has been presented to warrant the requested variants.

As such, the hardship is self-imposed and therefore rec staff recommends deny of the request.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um Sir, go ahead, please state your state and spell your name for the record.

Give us your address and tell us about the project and please speak into the microphone so that we can all hear you.

Uh good evening, uh Madame Chair Berson, uh to the commissioner.

Uh my name is Jorge Lau.

Uh Limit 15 or Arlington Street.

So um well, first of all, I want to say sorry.

I mean, as a first owner, I didn't like idea about um how was the process to be able to be uh these items at home and also uh fruitable one of the thing the kind of like push me to do for safety reasons uh in the back of my uh house I do have the uh city quash.

Um I have uh issues with the homeless.

Um we'd move over there uh while in my left side of the house was completely empty.

Also the house has a hole in the back of the wall, which is facing the wash.

So it was really easy to the homeless to be now able to go to that property and also like jump to my size because in the bag uh we just have like wood uh fence.

And also I lose uh many of my tools that I used to be able to war and bring you know the support to my family because they just jump in and be still in things that was I decide to be able to do the um this storage and also uh the wall division.

That's what I decide uh to be able to do the um the storage and also uh the wall division.

Obviously, I had a conversation with the neighbors, it was an issue with that.

They told me that was totally fine.

They know the issue that we had over there with the um homeless.

Uh also well, um just moved to this state, so it was while looking with the neighbor that they have a wall to even the storage if they do have a recommendation about it.

Uh, they help me to see oh to find a right person to all of these things in my house, and also uh well, the only thing that I I knew in the moment that I have to respect is don't be attached uh to the house.

So uh that is pretty much like why you have to kind of like move forward with all these things, a safety uh reason for my family, and also I don't feel that I have been putting like something that makes my neighborhood look bad.

And also I took the time to go to some of the houses uh and explain to my neighbor uh my case and also be able to uh get some signature.

Um the neighbor will like support me about uh this case.

Uh was explaining them uh the whole situation about it.

I just pretty much like asking for some uh is this possible deception with the wall, it's just like I guess six inches tallest, and also as I said, the carport and the storage is not attached to the home, so I'm no modify I'm I'm not doing any modification to the original uh house.

Okay, thank you, sir.

This item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Okay, seeing none, I will close public hearing.

I will pass it back to the commission, starting with Commissioner Schlauman.

Thank you, Madam Chair, through you.

Uh I I have no problem with the wall.

Uh it it almost meets code, and uh if it's because of the pillars or whatever, I I don't care about that.

It that that seems to be harmonious and compatible with everything else in the neighborhood.

Uh why does your storage shed have to be so close to the house?

Uh it looks like it's uh it it's not a stick built in place.

It looks like it's maybe a home depot shed or something like that that you put back there.

Oh well, to be honest, at the beginning, I was trying to get you know the one for Home Depot, but uh was really requiring like many another part.

So oh hi uh higher someone.

Let me ask you this.

Is this a shed that you can move back away from the house a couple of feet?

You can drag it.

Oh that was the my main concern uh because uh I mean it's like let's say like uh what's bigger uh over the um the concrete to be able to be stable, you know.

Okay, and also my fair is like if I move it, I can destroy it, and also I mean this day is pretty like expensive to redo it.

Do you live in a duplex?

Oh is uh no, it's not duplicate, it's actually a townhouse.

A townhouse, so it's an attached townhouse.

And your neighbor just to the side of you that is in the attached townhouse, do they have a problem with your sword shed?

No, no, at all.

And also he has uh uh storage that he is the one who told me that that was a good idea because I told him like my situation with the tools and all my belongings that went installed by the um homeless at the moment, and it was kind of a fair to keep losing.

All right.

Well, uh look, I I I don't have as big of an issue with the storage shed or the wall, but the the carport, it has to go.

I can't get behind it.

There's not a one person in that neighborhood that has one of those.

And it's not a it it it's it doesn't meet our code, it doesn't meet our standards, it doesn't look compatible and harmonious with anything in the neighborhood, it's not compatible with your own house.

Uh it it it sticks out like a sore thumb, and I don't want to see these just getting built on every other lot in that neighborhood because we have areas and in my ward where we have these uh carports starting to go up illegally.

I mean uh because if you did it legally, you would find out that you would never never been able to build it.

And I've been against them since uh since the beginning of time, and you're not gonna get my support on that.

So you can get my support on the wall on the storage shed uh setbacks, but um you're not gonna be able to get my support tonight on that front carboard.

Oh well, um at least I have a couple ones uh uh around the area, but I completely I've looked around your neighborhood, I don't see them.

I I don't like it.

I don't want it.

So if if if you want my support on the other things, that's gonna end up having to come down.

We can see if anybody else has any other comments.

Sure.

Um any other comments from the rest of the commission on this item?

Okay.

Uh no other comments, Commissioner.

Because if anybody else comes up from the neighborhood asking for for my support on that, they're not gonna get it either.

So, but anyways, uh so on if I can go to plan, see if we can change a couple of conditions.

Uh Madam Chair, through you, we would need to change uh conditions of approval numbers one, two, three, and four to state a variance is denied.

Would you like uh for the clerks?

Would you like me to read each condition?

Okay.

Uh condition number one is a variance is denied to allow an existing residential accessory structure, carport located in front of the primary structure where such is not allowed.

Number two, a variance is hereby denied to allow a two-foot side yard setback for an existing residential accessory structure, carport where three feet is required.

A variance or number three, a variance is hereby denied to allow an existing residential accessory structure carport to not be aesthetically compatible with the principal dwelling unit where such is required.

And condition of approval number four, a variance is hereby denied to allow a zero-foot separation from the main building for an existing residential accessory structure carport where six feet is required.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And this would allow them to keep keep the fence at the current height and the storage shed.

Madam Chair, through you, yes, because then uh we have conditions of approval five and six address the shed.

Six five, six and seven address the shed, and then condition of approval number eight addresses the wall.

Okay, thank you.

And madam chair, through you, you agree with strike in conditions one through four, which means that you'll get rid of that shed, and you agree to the other conditions uh of approval.

Are there any other conditions of approval?

I uh does he need to submit for permits or anything, or this is too small.

Madam Chair, through you um the shed is too small, so it just needed to meet the setbacks and the aesthetic compatibility.

Now we do have a variance for the aesthetic compatibility.

Did you want the applicant to paint it to match the house?

Um would you be willing to paint the shed to match your house?

Absolutely.

Okay, it sounds like he wants to.

All right, madam chair.

Then we will also need to uh let's see, let's update number a condition of approval number five to read a variance is hereby denied to allow an access an existing residential accessory structure shed to not be aesthetically compatible with the primary with the principal dwelling unit where such is required, which that would then if he painted it to match the house, that would satisfy that condition.

And you're fine with that.

Okay, thank you.

All right, madam chair, ready to make a motion.

Please do on item 3425-0385 V A R 1 move to approve um with strike in conditions one through four and with Madam Chair through you.

We're not striking.

We've just changed them to read that they're denied.

So he will have to then remove the carport.

Those portions of the variants are denied to where they're in the middle.

Yeah.

And that's on one, two, three, four, and five.

Uh yes.

Okay.

No, I'm yeah, one, two, three, and four address the carport, which with with those being denied, you will be required to remove the carport.

Yes.

Number five is denied for the aesthetic compatibility for the shed, which he has agreed to paint it so it will match the house.

And then uh seven and eight will seven addresses the shed set back, and number eight addresses the wall height.

So my motion stands motion for motion for approval with condition with the amended conditions or the conditions one through five uh being denied.

And you agree, sir.

Correct?

Excuse me.

You agree to uh agree to everything that we just spoke about.

Yeah, okay.

Basically, just paint the uh the starting.

Yeah, paint the storage shed to the house and take out the the carport.

Okay, thank you.

That's sorry.

Can you be above above the wall?

Uh you can keep the wall.

Okay.

Paint the storage shed.

Okay.

And just remove it.

Take down the carport.

Okay.

Okay.

Thanks.

There's a motion on the floor.

Please cast your votes.

Please post.

And that motion carries.

And that is final action tonight.

Must appeal to the city clerk in 10 days.

Thank you.

Item number 35, 25-0402.

Applicant owner Umer Zaheed Malik, the Jacmaj Township Family Trust for possible action on the following land use entitlement project request at the southwest corner of Ann Road and Shaumber Road.

Ward for Alan Polinski.

Staff recommends denial on the land use entitlement project.

35A 25-0402 VAR1 to allow a 15-foot residential adjacency setback for 87 feet is required.

Building 3 35B 25-0402 SDR1 for a major amendment to an approved site development plan review 24-0167-SDR1 for proposed one-story 28 2878 square foot expansion of an approved one-story 12,200 square foot commercial development.

Madam Chair, well the proposed building modifications and elevations are consistent with the approved commercial development.

Staff finds the hardship related to the requested adjacency setback variants to be self-imposed and the resulting development not to be compatible with the JSON residential development.

Staff therefore recommends denial of the variance in site development plan review, subject to conditions if approved.

And please note there were additional documents of protest received after publication.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, sir.

If you could please state and spell your name for the record, tell us your address and tell us about the project.

Yes, good evening.

My name is Majit Katar.

That's K-H-A-T-E-R of 50 East Syrian Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89123.

I am the architect on this project.

So uh as you see, this project was approved for uh a drive-through with the 15 uh foot of the landscape buffer.

When we presented this item about a year ago, there was some protest and concerns over the drive-through use and this adjacency to the residential area.

And there are some conditions were discussed and put into not having a call box because of the noise issues for the residential areas.

And at that time, we kind of promised to go back and consider changing this to our uh commercial taboo building.

And I think we got the approval keeping that in mind.

So once we went back and kind of started looking into our tenants and usage of the property, it it it looked more suitable to change the building into a commercial use, basically matching the uh the approved building here.

So basically we just made this building bigger, including the drive-through lanes into the building.

So our setbacks or and our buffer, landscape buffer is the same, has not changed.

Actually, we we think we made the property actually the mitigated the adjacency to the residential area by removing the drive-thru lanes by removing the call box by re removing the drive-through type of use and go to back to our commercial matching the building next to it.

So we believe this is actually making the project better than uh listen back to I believe.

So thank you.

Thank you very much, sir.

Uh this item has been nosed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard on this item?

Um, seeing none, I will close public comment.

Um I will pass it back to the commission.

Um this is in ward four.

Commissioner Kassama is excused tonight.

Does anyone have any comments or questions?

Commissioner Lebaux.

Uh yes.

Um, the supporting documentation that I currently have does not match um what he has on the on the screen here.

No, this is what I have here is the old okay.

So the so the supporting documentation we currently have in the packet does not show a drive-thru at all.

Is that correct?

Okay.

So this is this is what we're asking for.

That is okay, perfect.

All right, thank you so much.

Uh-huh.

Thank you.

Anyone else?

Okay.

Um thank you for walking through the changes on this.

Um I think that um we can go ahead and make a motion.

Did you have any questions, Commissioner?

Okay.

Um I'll go ahead and make a motion um to approve uh the variance in the site design review for item 25-0402.

So there is a motion on the floor, please cast your vote.

Please post.

Oh, then so that is for 35 uh item 35 25-0402, 35A, item 25-0402, VAR1, and 35B, 25-0402 SDR and you agree to all conditions, sir.

Yes.

Okay, great.

Thanks.

Uh that motion did we post?

Yes.

Okay.

So that motion carries.

And that is final action unless appeal to the city clerk in 10 days.

Thank you.

Item 36.

25-0411 V A R1.

Applicant Holly Siciliano, owner Siciliano Family Trust for possible action on a land use entitlement project request to allow a proposed 10-foot solid block wall where fifty five we're five feet with a two-foot solid base is the maximum allowed in the front yard at 2315 Alta Drive Ward 1 Knudson.

Staff recommends denial.

May I have the staff report, please?

Madam Chair, no evidence of a unique or extraordinary circumstance related to the physical characteristics of the property has been presented to warrant the requested variants.

As such, the hardship is self-imposed and therefore recommend staff recommends denial of the request.

Please note an additional documentation of protest was received after publication.

Thank you.

Good evening.

If you could please state and spell your name for the record, give us your address and tell us about the project.

Great.

I'm Dean Cisliano, 2315 Alta Drive.

This is Holly Cisleana, my wife.

We're working with Javier Garcia of GT Professional Services, a licensed contractor who specializes in these kinds of walls.

Madam Chair and Commissioners, thank you.

I'm anxious because Commissioner Rogan, who we've been working with, is no longer with us at this meeting.

But we'll forge ahead anyway.

And so I do think it does constitute an extraordinary and exceptional situation that in fact creates a couple of issues.

So first, if that's helpful, this is the photo you have is correct, obviously, in the supporting documents.

For whatever reason, some of the additional letters and items did not end up in those documents, so I'm happy to enter them into the record if they matter.

But I thought it would be helpful first to realize that on Alta in that location, we are the only property that doesn't have a blocking wall that is at least 10 feet tall, or in the case of the wall across the street, eight feet plus a barricade plus barbed wire.

And that's including the next door neighbor who is has an approved 11 and a half foot wall, and the house down from that has a 10 to 11 foot wall, and then the house down from that has a 10 to 12 foot wall.

And it creates an unusual circumstance in that in the visual field of the entire you know street, we're the only house that has what appears to be a decorative entrance.

And so with the extra history that I'll give you, it does create a bit of a concern in that people kind of migrate to that house.

If that were the only concern, I don't think this would be necessarily a clear-cut case, except for the fact that there was an earlier mention of um due diligence, which we're big believers in, and we've spent an extraordinary amount of time and resources diligencing the property.

It's a unique property, and we love it and we love the neighborhood.

Um but it turns out that one thing you don't diligence in a modern checklist, no matter how thorough you are, is uh geotagged references on pornography sites.

Uh and so it turns out that, and by the way, I meant to show you the other uh street, so just real quick on the other neighborhoods here.

Um this is just across the street.

Sorry.

There we go.

This is the house.

Next lovely, lovely properties, aesthetically pleasing walls.

I know there are reasons not to put up big walls in neighborhoods, but as it turns out, that issue is sort of settled for that particular street.

Um, but the extraordinary circumstances related to the brand called of House of X, and so if you may be familiar with uh it became a well-known property in the city, and there are other houses of X that are unrelated, but on Instagram alone, uh the property ended up with a 20,000 person following.

And if you added Instagram and Twitter and YouTube and Reddit, the house, which was very colorful and interesting and very artistic, uh, was actually quite famous, and no problem with that, no judgment.

In fact, it's a part of Las Vegas history, and it's kind of cool.

Except for the fact that it turns out that over the last several years, um, it became very commonplace for producers, people who published that type of video, to then geotag and invite people to come and visit the property where they had filmed it.

And the prior owner, a very nice and friendly guy, um, kind of had an air of, hey, come by any time.

And so, since purchasing the property, what has happened is that people, I I think perfect most of the time, perfectly well-intentioned people, sometimes a little tipsy, sometimes other, wander onto the property and literally will hop the fence or open the gate, and they're on their phone looking for the geotagged spot.

And I personally encountered a young couple, they seemed like nice enough people in their 20s.

They were a little bit drunk, and they're like, Well, we just have a favorite video.

It's like right around the corner.

Can we see where it was filmed?

And I politely said no.

Um, but it it turns out that we've now used privacy 360, which is a firm that you can have to try to have people take down websites.

We are actively engaged in that, and it is a little bit of a whack-a-mole problem.

And so I I think our request is that it really has impacted our ability to be on the property.

We are anxious.

I know people say the bus stop is across the street.

There's privacy, those are all true things, but this truly is uniquely different.

Um, and so we're we're hoping that you can grant this variance, it will make it consistent with the rest of the street, and we would obviously engage in an effort to make it aesthetically pleasing.

I will highlight that my deep concern is that you have this intersection of kind of confused private public space, and my job, I have extraordinary security concerns, which is a separate issue.

Except if you have well-intentioned but kind of intruder people are a little bit tipsy and they're hopping a fence and you have armed guards on the other side, that creates a real tension.

And one of the letters that you have, or we can make sure you have is by a security professional who works for us.

And her observation was listen, if you have a 10-foot wall, it's a significant deterrence, and no one accidentally or on a whim crosses a 10-foot wall, and that reduces the likely interface of problems.

And we would not want to have any problem.

Thank you very much.

This item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to comment on this item?

Okay, seeing none, I will turn it back to the commission.

Uh any questions?

Commissioner Shatman.

Yes, uh, Madam Chair, through you.

I I ride my bike through here all the time, uh, going up and down Alta.

And I remember um, you know, seeing other fences that we've approved for other property owners on the same side of your street, just a few down, probably five, six years ago.

Um only question is I see what's this fence made of?

The fence that's proposed, it'll be a block wall, which we will ultimately stucco.

And I and I should mention one of the challenges of the fence as it is now, even its current height, is if you pull up and have to enter any sort of code, you're blocking traffic.

So our design will allow for anybody who's entering to pull all the way in and face the fence, which because that spot in an Alta, you don't want to slow down any traffic, but it'll be a block wall similar to the one next door.

And what do you I mean, what are you gonna do for landscaping on the outside?

So that area is currently, I think an easement which the city is currently so we wouldn't change that landscaping.

It's it's gonna follow the same line as is already there.

Okay, but the on the other side, you mean no?

I'm talking about the city side.

When I'm looking at it, am I just looking at a big blank expressionless stucco wall?

Because no, we pay a variant, we pay an easement.

I think we pay 1200 every couple of months to have the city take care of it.

I don't think we have an option.

Along Alta, there's uh there's a city to care of it and plants that maybe.

Oh, sorry, it's actually quite nice, but we was commissioner.

I think that's a landscape improvement district along Alta that's maintained by the city and assessed to the homeowners.

Yes, okay.

Just because I see houses with vines growing on it and uh uh everything else, and these fences, they they look nice because they're um you know, there's some sort of landscaping out there.

So you're telling me that there'll be some sort of landscaping in front front of this wall.

Yeah, the city through the landscape improvement district maintains and installs the landscaping.

Now, I don't know if the city would install anything to climb on the wall that might be done by particular property owners.

I know it looks like some of the older landscaping area may have been customized by some of the some of the neighbors, but generally the plants along the right of way between the property line and the back of the curb are maintained by the city as part of this landscape improvement district.

But is that from like the there's a sidewalk that goes through there or no sidewalk on those side?

No sidewalk on the code.

No sidewalk.

Okay, that's right.

Okay, well, um but our intent is to make it consistent yet visually pleasing.

So all right, I don't have a problem with this.

Um I know you were concerned because Commissioner Rogan's not here.

And um, and I do know that he is typically concerned about walls and adding heights on walls.

Um, but I I know there were a couple of points that he um wanted to make sure uh we put on the record, and one was the fact that um while this would normally not be something he would necessarily be comfortable with, um, because you do have those neighbors, and especially the neighbor that had previously received a variance for a 10-foot wall approximately six to seven years ago, that's one mitigation mitigating circumstance that makes him more comfortable with this application.

Um, and you know, understanding again what it looks like, I'm comfortable with that as well.

Um and then also because it's not going to go into the neighborhood that's just on the main street.

Um is also something that makes it a little bit different than some other applications that have come in for these increased walls.

Um and so given that and um since our uh the rest of the commissioners have weighed in, um, I'll go ahead and make a motion to approve um item 3625-0411, subject to all conditions, and you agree to all conditions.

Yes, we do.

Okay, thank you.

There is a motion on the floor.

Please cast your votes.

Please post, and that motion carries.

And that is final action off the record.

Didn't did Greg Morris you still want that, the actor?

That property.

A lot of things.

I know my yeah, Michael Jackson.

Yeah, that was on the last one there.

Vegas with Dan Tana.

We're excited to own that.

So we're making it beautiful and right.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

And that is final action tonight unless appeal to the city clerk in 10 days.

Thank you, folks.

Okay, item 37, 25-0417 SDR1, applicant owner, CK Investments LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request for a proposed one-story 6200 square foot dental office with waivers of town center development standards at 6630 Gran Montecito Parkway, ward for Alan Palenski staff recommends denial.

May I have the staff report, please.

Madam Chair, the development as proposed requires numerous waivers of town center development standards that are self-imposed.

As such, the development will not be compatible with the area.

Staff therefore recommends denial of the site development plan review subject to conditions if approved.

Please note there were additional documents of support received after publication.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, sir.

If you could please state and spell your name for the record, give us your address and tell us about this project.

Good evening, Sheldon Colin, C O L E N 2140 East Pebble Road, representing the applicant.

As stated in front of you, uh that's uh for a dentist office and a planned development.

Um site has sat vacant for a little while now.

Um I'd like to address a few of the waivers.

The first one is is the adjacency to um Grand Montecido.

And as you can see, um we're almost um per you know up next to the radius uh sidewalk, but it's just a little bit off as we thought it would be best for the design that we're trying to achieve.

And if you look a little further down the way in this same development, we have a school that also does not follow the road.

And then in regards to the glazing, the 70% glazing, neither the school uh nor the adjacent building uh meets those requirements.

In fact, as you can see, the adjacent building is very slim on windows.

Uh school has a few more, but not as many as 70 percent.

So uh we feel that there is already a precedence sent in in the area.

And um as you can see, the building does uh state of different kind of architecture from the others, but the client's goal is just that to stand out a little bit in uh area of mission tile and stucco that uh is tan.

I'm here to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you very much.

This item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Okay, seeing none, I uh will close public hearing.

I'll pass it back to the commission to see if any of my fellow commissioners have questions.

Commissioner Lebeau, yes, um, thank you.

Um I do have a question about the material usage um on this on this property.

Is the intent that the building is going to be white?

Um the entire thing.

Uh-huh.

Um, and is that compatible with the surrounding that's different?

It's different than the adjacent buildings.

Okay.

Didn't seem to have um besides what staff just read, but when we were going through this with staff, uh they didn't point that out as being anything adverse uh as opposed to actually they commented that it was more of an attractive feature for this development.

Okay, no further questions.

Thank you.

Commissioners, anybody else?

Um this parcel was like the is this the one that was the last parcel in a so it's kind of a quirky little had to work to fit something on it.

Okay.

Yeah, there was something before I don't remember what we nobody could tell us what that walkway area was, but it is now going to be removed.

Okay.

All right.

I don't have any other questions, and with Commissioner Kasama not being here, um I'll go ahead and make a motion on this.

Um item 37 25-0417 SDR, I'll make a motion to approve.

There is a motion on the floor.

Please cast your votes.

Please post.

And that motion carries.

And that will move on to city council on December 17th.

Thank you.

Have a good night.

And that is approved subject to all conditions, and you agree to allow.

We agree to those.

Great.

Thank you so much.

Um item 38.

25-0418, applicant owner canyon walk LLC for possible action on the following land entitlement project requests.

Ward 4, Alan Palensky staff recommends denial on the land use entitlement project.

38A 25-0418 VAR1 to allow a street name change on an existing named street alignment and a 23 character street name Skyview Ridge Parkway, where 20 characters is the maximum allowed.

38B 25-0418 SNC1 from Centennial Parkway west of Sheet Mountain Parkway to Skyview Ridge Parkway and 38C 25-0418 SNC2 from Tropical Parkway west of Sheet Mountain Parkway to Sky Outlook Parkway.

May we have the staff report, please.

Madam Chair, staff finds both street name change requests as well as the request to allow street name change to exceed 20 characters where such is not allowed to be preferential in nature as both named street alignments are able to connect and continue westward as planned by the master plan of streets and highways.

Therefore, staff is recommending denial of the requested variants and both street name changes.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, sir.

Can you please state and spell your name for the record?

Give us your address and tell us about the project.

Thank you, Madam Chair, Commissioners.

Good evening.

My name is Bob Gronauer, 1980 Festival Festival Plaza Drive.

I'm here representing the Master Developer Olympia Companies.

This is a master plan community which is known as Sky Summit.

This commission within the last year and a half approved this master plan community.

This is located way out in the northwest.

As you can see here, highlighted in yellow.

This is about a 505-acre master plan community.

In long this area here is the Sheet Mountain Parkway.

And that's the reason why I'm showing you that here is is because the street alignments that we're asking the change here, or it's not the alignments, the name change is located here.

This is a centennial alignment.

You can see this is a 215 located in this area.

So on the west side of our street here, running into the rest of our mass through our master plan to the Red Rock Conservation Area is in one section where we would like to make the street name change.

The other one is located here along the tropical alignment.

And again, this would be on the west side of the uh Sheet Mountain Parkway as it goes on through the community.

As I can show you here with the different colors of the uh uh planned uses on the property.

Again, this would go from the Sheet Mountain Parkway to the edge of our property, which runs east and west, and then the other street name change would be located in this area, which is along the tropical alignment.

Um, as you may know, when you deal with master plan communities, this is not an unusual request.

Uh this is more of a theming uh situation that you're dealing with here.

This is a part of our theming for Sky Summit, which is no different in your master plan community such as Summerlin.

We have street name changes, or I I call it Picoli Ranch somewhere in that area.

We have rampart changes Fort Apache, you have other streets that change uh in in Summerlin or even in uh Southern Highlands.

And if you're familiar, if you're on I-15, get off the off ramp.

You make a you go east at St.

Rose Parkway, you go west and north you go in the uh Southern Highlands Parkway.

So nothing unusual, and I think what makes this easier here is you definitely have a demarcation with the Sheet Mountain Parkway.

When you come over to the other side, you have that new master plan community.

So with that being said, we'd ask you to approve the street name recommend uh changes that we're asking for.

I'm here to answer any questions.

Thank you very much.

This item has been noticed for public um comment.

Any members of the public wishing to be heard on this item.

Okay, seeing none, I will close public comment.

I will pass it to the commission.

Who anyone have questions?

Uh okay, Commissioner Shautman.

Would you like to make a motion?

Yes, uh Madam Chair.

I I don't have a problem with this.

I I I've seen this uh many many times as Mr.

Groenhair has uh said so uh I'm gonna go ahead and make a motion on item 3825-041A 38A 25-0418 VAR1, 38B 25-0418 SNC1 and 38C 25 0418 SNC2 moved to approve subject test conditions.

Thank you very much.

There's a motion on the floor, please cast your vote.

Please post and that motion carries thank you.

And those items will move on to city council on December 17th.

Thank you.

Item 39, 25-0425, applicant ACG design owner Oakbrook Realty and Investments to LLC for possible action on the following land use entitlement project requested 307 and 319 South Main Street, Ward 3 Diaz.

Staff recommends approval on the land use entitlement project 39A, 25-0425 Z O N1 from CM Commercial Industrial to C2 General Commercial APN 139 3421003, 39B 25-0425 SUP1 for proposed 10,626 square foot alcohol on premise full use with a 14,375 square foot outdoor patio area, 39C 25 0425 SUP2 for proposed nightclub use with an outdoor patio area.

39 D 25 0425 SDR1 site development plan review for proposed two story 10,626 square foot nightclub development with a 14,375 square foot outdoor patio area.

May we have the staff report, please.

Madam Chair, rezoning of the southern portion of the proposed site to C2 is appropriate, as it will allow for integration of the entire property as a single C2 lot, and this zoning district is compatible with the adjacent districts and uses.

Staff therefore recommends approval of all requests subject to conditions for the special use permits and the site development plan review.

And I wanted to note that uh assessor's parcel number on the parcel requested for rezoning, which was 25-0425 ZON1, should be 139-34210-004.

There was an error on the agenda that noted 003 as the parcel.

And we felt that uh both parcels were notified.

Um, and so we do not have an issue with notification.

But want to correct that on the record.

Thank you.

Thank you for that correction.

Uh good evening, folks.

If you could please state and spell all your names for the record, give us your address and tell us about the project.

Um my name is Carrie Shahan, architect with ACG, uh 4310 Cameron, suite uh 12A.

Um I have the ownership of Hogs and Heifers with me, and um from the uh my name is Michelle Dell.

Uh I reside at 2600 Pindale Lane, uh Las Vegas, Nevada, 89107.

I own Hogs and Cat Hogs and Cats, Hogs and Heifers uh saloon and um it's stated on the uh agenda that it is Oak Brook Realty, but it is no longer Oak Brook Realty as we have now purchased that property and uh the property is held under Alleycat LLC, which is us, and uh Hogs and Hours is our tenant, which is me.

Um I appreciate the opportunity to be here before you today, and the uh city staff has really been uh dynamite in um assisting us uh in this process, and we're really grateful.

Excited to uh be staking a claim in uh downtown on Main Street.

So thank you for having us.

You want to go ahead and tell us about the project.

Oh no, go ahead.

Go ahead and tell us about the project.

Okay, um, and uh as was um stated by staff um that we are proposing a um two-story building um located on the uh I guess you call it the southern portion of the lot with an event event center on the uh north part um next to an existing hotel that's um on the corner of Bridger and South Main Street.

Um so yeah, we've um basically uh this is this is for restaurant.

I mean, I'm sorry, it's for a bar.

Um and I can I can kind of walk you through the floor plan, but um, you know, it does the bar um does have a lot of history that extends, and I'm sure Michelle can talk about it all the way back to um its early days in New York City.

Um so there's a lot of elements in the bar architecturally that we've carried through that uh are current were currently carried into their existing bar that was on third stream, um, that we've now you know replicating and enhancing at this location.

So there's just a tremendous amount of history with this um this this bar, and um you know it's been a pleasure to work on it.

Um I think I'd like to show you the floor plan.

Uh the main streets on this side, and I've actually um I don't know if you can see the whole thing, but kind of highlighted the portion.

It's an L-shaped bar in the middle because um and um it offers both um both the bar area but also a retail area for you know um purchasing merchandise, accessories, things like that.

Um there's also a restroom area and um there's back a house area which which um which has all the you know refrigerated and staff areas that are needed to support it along with security and all that um and the second level is uh would occupy a portion of like a portion of the second level, and that that'll be all administrative levels.

So elevation-wise it is a metal building.

We are incorporating some unique uh materials in the elevation.

Some this is the front here, um, which is very similar to the current location.

Um it also has an awning that extends uh along Main Street because we're trying to keep a character of an you know of a downtown area as well, and the and the uh awning uh would extend down on the event side um to enhance both of those sides, which is more the public areas.

Uh the south side um the south elevation does incorporate uh broken up materials and compliance with you know the regulation, um, but but also um you know just four-sided architecture provides you know enhanced enhancements on all sides.

The other side, um, this would be the events area, which is within the enclosed events area.

Um so we're in court, kind of have a wood grain vertical look with um with with the ability to go access the bar from that that area as well.

Um I can have Michelle talk a little bit more or if you have any comments.

I why don't we uh go ahead and jump because you're so excited.

Quickly.

For us, the design of the bar, uh we really weren't looking for more actual bar space.

Uh we were looking to have more back of the house space so that we can maximize um our margins and we're able to order in bulk and get better pricing, which is something that's really difficult for small businesses when you don't have the space to do that.

So this is exciting for us to be able to create a space that allows for more storage capacity for us.

Um patio out uh adjacent to the business is uh really exciting for us.

We are known for many of the special events that we do.

Um we do a lot of work with within our community, we do a lot of charity events.

Um we do a lot of events that have artistic uh aspects to them.

We just had our pre SEMA party at Atomic Gulf, which we're generous enough to allow us to use their outside area to activate an event that was in its 17th year with us, uh, where we do a car show, a live art uh panel jam with world-renowned airbrush artists, uh many shack Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and uh we're just really excited we're gonna have a space where we can be able to bring these things back.

Very excited about the museum on the other way there.

Um and uh where one of the things about having this outdoor space is that we're also really looking to create a space that we're able to open up to our community so it doesn't just have to be used for bar-related events.

Uh we also want to very much be able to create a space that when we're not using it specifically for events, our community is able to uh access it.

Um we're able to separate it off at certain points if we want, and we need to if we're doing a food truck night or um a vendor afternoon, and we want to be able to have it open to family.

Uh we're able to separate out and close off the section of the bar that uh has open access to the alleyway.

I mean, sorry, not to the alleyway, to the event side, so that our customers for the bar only enter from the front, and now we're able to have a separate uh activation in our event space that is uh you know super community friendly.

Um my COO Michelle Sandler is here today, and I'd have her talk more about the event side of things.

Um the space that she has um or that we actually have together um is 0.56 acres.

And the main thing, the first phase is to get the bar open.

But during this phase um of the event side is it gives us the opportunity to capitalize and become partners.

Um we've actually made really great relationships with the businesses around us, um, to include the Plaza Hotel, our next door neighbors, and things like that, and even just um be getting this abatement process currently um has cleaned up the neighborhood a little bit, I will have to say.

Um, one thing that we do bring to the street, um, we will obviously um gate off um that side of the lot, this portion of the lot.

Um, but the whole property.

Well, the whole property, but and what we'll do is we'll have um an easement to come in and out on both sides.

But at the end of the day, I just what we do with the community um and the ability for corporate events.

Um, that's kind of where my background is.

I produce trade shows for nine years and so on and so forth.

But besides that, um, people are anxious to do events outside.

Um, they want to be outside, they want to sit outside, whether it's community or corporate, and this gives us the opportunity to do that and partner with people.

Great.

Thank you so much.

This item has been noticed for public comment.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Come on up.

Steve, and spell your name and give us your address, please.

My name is John Marshall, J-O-H-N, M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L.

And I own the Bridger Inn Hotel on the corner next to their property, and I have for 25 years, and believe me, uh, and operated it.

Um when I bought it, I never believed that that property would sit vacant as long as it has.

For the last 17 years, we've been faced with two abandoned buildings, and the Victory Hotel went down just a few years ago, and it's created you know, uh a place for the homeless.

There's been two or three fires in each one of those buildings.

And it's uh we've had rodent problems when Michelle, both Michelles came before they had even acquired the property and talked to us about what they were going to do.

We could be couldn't be more excited uh than to work with them.

Um it'll add traffic to that port of uh portion of Main Street, which it's hasn't had for many many years.

And we just look forward to a fantastic relationship and working with them.

So we highly approve the project.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Um, folks, was there anything you wanted to say in response?

Thank you, John Marshall.

Uh our offices at the moment um are presently in the Bridger Hotel, and uh we're really we've talked a lot about ways that we can work together.

Um, and we're super excited about uh the relationship we've already built.

Great okay.

We see nothing but great things in the future.

Absolutely.

All right, so with uh that um I will pass it to the commission.

Anyone have any comments?

Commissioners.

Yes, uh Madam Chair, through you.

Um so thank you for bringing this to me.

Thank you for coming to my office and um and uh explaining this, and thanks for not bringing your loud speaker and yelling at me in the office.

Uh I think you yelled at me about 15 years ago in the bar, but that's one of the things that y'all do.

Get on the on the bar top and speak real loud with speakers and dance and everything else, and you'll been an institution, been down here when when did you open like 2008?

2005.

2005.

Okay, I thought it was 2008, but 2005.

Yeah, July of 2005.

Been here forever, and it's great that you're getting this new spot, and I I think you'll have more room to do more.

Your call has exceeded the maximum permitted duration.

You will be disconnected now.

Okay, I think that does tell me I need to stop talking and I need to uh I don't even make a motion.

Right out of the movie.

But thank you for like doing a good job with the the building all the way around, putting the wood all the way around, making it look good from the outside, and not just throwing up a building and and just trying to uh squeeze every dollar out of it.

You actually actually are gonna be contributing to that neighborhood.

So thank you for doing that.

And the biggest issue that I was concerned about was the bridger in, and glad to glad to hear that he come out and support.

And when you told me that I am now seeing him here, so that that that makes me feel really good.

So for all those reasons, uh I'm in supporting this and looking forward to you opening and I'm ready to make a motion, Madam Chair.

Please do.

On item 3925-0425, 39A 250425 Z O and 1, 39B 25-0425 S UP 1, 39 C 25-0425 S UP2, and 39 D 25-0425 SDR1 move to approve, subject to status conditions, and you agree with all staff's conditions if approved.

Absolutely.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

There is a motion on the floor.

Please cast your vote.

Please post, and that motion carries.

Thank you very much.

Appreciate it.

Thanks.

Thank you.

And Madam Chair, those items will move on to City Council on December 17th.

Uh, and I'm sure our uh late Steve Gebicke would be very pleased that this passed tonight.

So thank you.

Um 40 25-0435 B A R1 applicant Taco Escobar owner Boer Hirsch LLC for possible action on a land use entitlement project request to allow proposed projecting sign that does not conform to Title 19 development standards for maximum sign area and maximum projection from the building elevation at 509 Fremont Street Ward 3D as staff recommends denial.

May I have a staff report, please.

Madam Chair, the proposed projecting sign does not meet the standard set by Title 19.

Staff finds the applicant has created a self-imposed hardship by proposing a sign exceeding the maximum allowed projection from the building and sign area.

Therefore, staff recommends denow.

Please note additional documentation of protest was received after publication.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, sir.

Uh please state and spell your name for the record.

Um give us your address and tell us about the project.

Hi, my name is Troy Trove.

I'm with uh unique signs.

We're gonna be building the sign.

Um what was the second question?

Sorry, it's the first time I've ever done this.

So yeah, bear with me a little bit.

You know, just for the record, your name and the spelling of your name and your address, and then you can just tell us about the project.

Sure.

Troy Tro, it's T R A U B.

Uh address is 67 East Agate in Las Vegas.

And uh this is the proposed sign.

Um, there it is.

Um it's uh what we call a spectacular sign.

It's in that neighborhood where everybody has to have a spectacular sign.

The the uh client really wanted it to be spectacular.

They did come up with uh the basic design, and then we fixed it around to make it something that's buildable and that would be as close to uh the rules and regulations as that we could get.

Um it is in a neighborhood that has a lot of really large signs.

The neighboring sign, for example, is much larger than this sign.

Um so uh uh I wrote a couple of things down here.

It says, why do we want a big sign?

And obviously the biggest one is to give the business exposure.

Uh there's a lot of competition around there.

There's a lot of landscaping that actually blocks a small sign.

The structure of the building in front of it blocks it.

Um building in next to it, I should say blocks it.

Does not have to have the same foot traffic as Fremont Street Experience across the on the other side of Las Vegas Boulevard.

Uh the Griffin sign next door is 20 feet tall and the same projection, so it's substantially more square feet with exactly the same um uh projection as we were uh trying to get for this one.

And then uh the other thing is to fit in with the area spectacular signage, a sign in keeping with the feel of the area and with as that downtown Las Vegas Bible.

This, for example, is this is uh basically the same picture as I have here is the picture without the rendering of the proposed sign in there of the sign right next door.

That is this is 20 foot tall sign, and we're only 12 feet tall.

Okay, anything else, sir?

That's it.

All right.

Uh this no this item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Okay, seeing none, I will close public hearing.

I will pass this back to the commission.

Uh anybody have any questions?

Yeah, madam chair, I'll be abstaining on this matter as I have ongoing business relationship with the owner of this particular property.

Okay, thank you, Commissioner Schlottman.

Um all right, Commissioner Menford.

Yeah, um I I like the I like I think the sign's pretty cool.

And this is Vegas, and we are about signs.

And so especially in this area, I I uh I don't see any problem with this.

I I know is there is um let's see.

You know, yeah, uh I you know, in terms of the height and stuff, there's uh I I've been down the street.

I know there's other signs like like your next door neighbor, they're bigger and uh higher.

So and then I'm I'm looking at it too.

It's uh it's not like protruding over the walking area or anything like that.

So I I think this is a it's a cool sign, and and uh I might be hanging out there.

Thank you.

Yeah.

And I'd like to you know, I'd like a motion for approval.

Perfect.

Yes, go ahead, please.

All right.

Um for item number 40 25-0435 V A R 1.

Like to motion for approval uh per staff conditions.

You you are fine with all the conditions.

Yes.

All right.

Okay.

Great.

Thank you, Commissioner Runford.

There is a motion on the floor.

Please cast your vote.

Uh please post and that motion does carry.

Thank you very much, sir.

And that item will move on to city council on December 17th.

Thank you.

Item 41, 25-043, VAR1.

Applicant owner Thomas and Taesha L.

Moore for possible action on a land use entitlement project request to allow a proposed eight-foot block wall where five feet with a two-foot solid base is the maximum allowed in the front yard at 7901 North Jones Boulevard.

Ward 6 Bruni staff recommends denial.

May we have the staff report, please.

Staff report.

Madam Chair, no evidence of the unique or extraordinary circumstance related to the physical characteristics of the property has been presented to warrant the requested variance.

As such, the hardship is self-imposed, and therefore staff recommends denial of the request.

Please note an additional documentation of protest was received after publication.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, folks.

Um please state and spell your name for the record, give us your address, and tell us about your project.

My name is Taisha Moore, T I E S H A M O O R E.

Address is 7901 North Jones Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89131.

So we are requesting a variance for the frontage wall height of eight feet for the residents.

Currently, Jones Boulevard is considered the frontage, but we are requesting to use Joe Marcy as a frontage and Jones as a corner side.

As a previous case, the adjacent parcel on the north side of the parcel has a frontage wall height in excess of eight feet.

We would like to match the neighbor's wall height.

The proposed wall will be constructed out of cement block.

Anything else?

Just want to make sure you're done presenting.

Yeah.

No, that's it.

Yeah.

Okay.

Thank you.

Uh, this item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Okay, seeing none, um, I will close public hearing.

I will pass it back to the commission.

Anyone have any questions on this project?

Okay.

Um, I did drive by it today.

Um, it's a beautiful property.

Um, what you're doing is really nice, and I did notice that your neighbors have the same height wall, so I don't have any problem uh with your request.

Um and so at this time I'm prepared to make a motion.

Um, so I will make a motion on item 4125-043 V A R 1 to approve that motion, subject to all staff conditions, and you agree to all staff conditions.

Yes.

Fantastic.

Thank you.

Okay, there's a motion on the floor.

Please cast your vote.

Uh and that motion posts and you it passes.

So thank you, folks, very much for coming down.

Thank you, guys.

Thank you.

Madam Chair, that item is final action tonight unless appealed to the city clerk within 10 days.

Thank you very much.

Thank you so much.

Have a great night.

Okay, item 42.

25-0465 applicant.

Terawatt infrastructure owner, Bell Real Estate LLC for possible action on the following land use entitlement project requests on the north side of New York Avenue, approximately 260 feet west of Fairfield Avenue, Ward 3 Diaz.

Staff recommends approval on the land use entitlement project.

42A 25-0465 SUP1, special use permit for proposed delivery and service vehicle storage use.

Site Development Plan Review for a Proposed Service Vehicle Storage Facility with Waivers of Appendix F interim Downtown Las Vegas Development Standards Area 1.

May we have a staff report, please.

Madam Chair, the proposed vehicle storage development will be adequately screened from the existing adjacent multifamily residential developments and can be conducted in a manner that is compatible and harmonious with the surrounding uses.

Staff therefore recommends approval of the special use permit and site development plan review subject to conditions.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening.

If you could please state and spell your name for the record, give us your address and tell us about the project.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Commissioners, my name's Bob Gronauer, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive.

With me is David Brown.

Both of us are representing the applicant on this matter.

We appreciate staff's recommendations for approval, so I'll try to be short here.

This is a vacant piece of property.

It was once used as a parking lot, as staff has mentioned.

We're coming in here in building uh repurposing the property for some EV charges for uh fleet companies uh to use.

Um I just want to show you as quickly the uh property that's before you as you can see on the site plan that staff had earlier, and then this is the elevation of the building that we've worked with uh planning commissioner here and uh made sure that this has uh an I appeal on the street, and uh wanted at least give you an idea of what we're proposing here, at least from an elevation.

This is the amenity building where you'd sit in there and wait while the car is getting charged within the parking lot, and we've talked about this.

We have canopies in there, that's why we don't have trees within the parking lot because the canopies as cover everything in there.

So I just wanted to mention mention that and David wanted me to be very quick because he said we need to go home.

We're we're getting old, and we need to go home to bed, so I'm gonna be done.

Okay.

Thank you, Mr.

Gronauer.

Um, this item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Okay.

Sir, were you wishing to be heard on this item?

No.

Okay.

He's with us.

Oh, okay, great.

Fantastic.

Um, then I will close public hearing.

I will pass it back to the commission.

Anyone on the commission besides Commissioner Schlottman have questions or comments?

No.

Okay, Commissioner Schlottman.

Yes, thank you.

Um, Madam Chair, through you.

Uh appreciate you working with me and the applicant working with me, and Mr.

Groenhauer and we went back and forth on this uh a few times, and it started out being just a white container and ended up getting some color, and then encouraged them to put on some of the wood and some of the black or the gray uh decorative panels on the front and uh and then with that black on on the roof, it really stands out.

So thank you for uh putting in a little bit of extra.

I know it's probably gonna be the nicest looking thing in that little neighborhood, but this is how neighborhoods start to change, and so I I appreciate that.

And the reason why we don't have trees on the front is because we have an easement up there, so uh we can't get those put in.

Question for staff.

I didn't see this in the backup.

Do you do you all have this?

Do we need to put this on the record so we can say hey this is what chair through you?

We just received those this morning, so uh they are in your backup packets that you received today.

Okay, perfect.

Well, madam chair, I'm ready to make a motion.

Um please do.

On item item number 42 25-0465 42A 25-0465 SUP1, 42B 25-0465 SDR1, move to approve, subject to staff's conditions, and you agree to all staff's conditions if approved.

Yes, sir.

Okay, thank you.

I'm just having fun with you.

Please post and that motion carries thank you and have a good night.

See you in a couple weeks.

And that is final action.

Let's appeal to the city clerk in 10 days.

Thank you very much.

Item 43 25 0466 public hearing applicant rhythm roast owner BJH property LLC for possible action on the following land use entitlement project requests on 0.97 acres at 2747 North Rainbow Boulevard.

Um Knutson staff recommends denial on uh both items 43A 25-0466 VAR1 variants to allow 39 parking spaces where 43 are required and 43b 25-0466 SUP special use permit for a proposed 3800 square 3800 square foot alcohol on premise full use.

May we have the staff report, please.

Madam Chair, although the proposed land use is appropriate in the C1 limited commercial zoning district and meets all special minimum special use permit requirements.

The requested variants indicates the site does not provide sufficient parking spaces for all the uses on site.

Therefore, staff does not support the requested special use permit and variants and recommends denial of both.

Please note an additional documentation of support and protest were received after publication.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening, sir.

Vicky please state and spell your name for the record.

Give us your address and tell us about the project.

Yes, uh George Ross, R O S and Sam, S's and Sam, 7582, Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las Vegas 89123.

Good evening, Madam Chair, Planning Commissioners, and staff.

I'm here on behalf of the applicant.

Rhythm Coffee.

Pam Matthews is the business owner and operator, and she's requesting to operate predominantly a coffee shop.

Currently, as you can see by the site plan, there is a mini mart that is currently built with a gas station, and then this building that's already built that is 30800 square feet.

This is the proposed site for her business.

During the day and most of the day, she's gonna be serving coffee.

I would suspect as the evening moves along, there'll be more alcoholic beverages served.

So that's why we're asking for a special use permit for on premises full alcohol.

In addition, there are 39 parking spaces that are um site, and currently uh the requirement is 43, so we're just a few short.

And that's why we're requesting a variance this evening.

Uh she's not anticipating doing any kind of gaming.

And um that building has been vacant for many years since its construction.

I think it was in 2021.

Uh so I know it's late, so I'm ready to answer any questions you might have.

Thank you very much, sir.

This item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to be heard?

Okay, seeing none, I will close um public hearing.

I will see if there's anyone on the commission with questions.

Madam Chair, through you for clarification, you said you're not gonna serve alcohol, and that's why you're not getting a SUP.

No, we're not there'll be no gaming.

Um, but we will be serving full alcohol if we're granted the special use permit.

But I I just don't see a special use permit here.

I just see a variance.

I believe there was both correct.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Got it.

Thank you.

Okay.

Um I don't have any questions or comments.

Um, Commissioner Schlottman, did you want to make a motion on this?

Yes.

Uh on item 43 of uh 43.

Is it 43A and B?

It is.

Oh, I'm I'm sorry.

I I had a A for uh written across here as if it was held in abeyance, but it was just the recommendation that got changed on this.

So on item 43A 25-0466 var 1 and 43b 25-0466 SUP1 move to approve, subject to staff's conditions, and you agree to all staff's conditions if approved.

Yes, we do.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Commissioner, there's a motion on the floor.

Please cast your vote.

Please post, and that motion carries.

And those items will move on to city council on December 17th.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Item 44, 25-0469 VAR1, applicant Martha Gabriela Romero Cisneros, owner construction group Inc.

for possible action on a land use entitlement project request to allow 19 parking spaces where 41 spaces are required at 2187 North Decatur Boulevard, suite 110 ward 5.

Summers Armstrong staff recommends denial.

May I have the staff report, please?

Madam Chair, no evidence of a unique or extraordinary circumstance related to the physical characteristics of the property has been presented to warrant the requesting parking variance.

As such, the hardship is self-imposed, and therefore staff recommends denial, subject to conditions if approved.

Please note there are additional documents of protest and support received after publication.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening.

If you could please state and spell your name for the record, give your give us your address and tell us about the project.

Good evening, Chairman.

Everyone else here.

Uh thank you for taking us today.

My name is Jo uh Jose Rivas.

My address is 10931 Preston Trails Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada, 8916.

And here with me is my wife, who speaks very little English, so she's not going to be not going to be participating.

But yes.

So we're seeking approval to increase the number of workstations.

So when they currently approve three stations in the beauty salon to six stations.

Minimizing extended use of the site parking.

We believe this request is well supported by the available parking capacity in the neighborhood conditions and as detailed in the in the report that we submitted.

In addition to these sites uh spaces, there's ample side street parking and that can accommodate approximately four additional vehicles, two adjacent parking lots on either side of the building can collectively accommodate up to 40 vehicles providing further relief or over parking.

The salon clients primarily arrive by appointment, significantly reducing overlap and congestion.

Walking clients are minimal when present wait times rarely uh rarely exceed 15 minutes, and clients generally reschedule rather than remain waiting.

Based on this model, we anticipate no more than two to three clients waiting at a time, even with even with all six stations active.

A large large portion of our client lives in the immediate neighborhood and either walks or uses public transportation to visit the salon.

Uh concluding this given the existing parking of uh 20 spaces which includes the handicap, low impact from client wait times and the reliance of many customers for alternative transportation.

The request to expand to six uh salon workstations will not cause undue strain on public on parking or traffic.

We respectfully ask for approval of this variance to allow the salon to open up to six stations.

Um in addition to to that uh statement, uh the uh uh building had been vacant for a very long time.

There was a liquor store in the corner there, and we came in and we completely cleaned up the the um the space.

There was a lot of homeless people um residing there sleeping by the door, and we completely cleaned up the space to the point where the whole place is now active, actively uh leased.

Um the surrounding um clients that come in uh have really welcomed us there.

Uh they they see the salon as uh a very convenient place to to come do their full um uh services.

So here's uh picture of the uh outcome of the salon here.

Um if you can see that so um it to really clean up the space.

So if you have any questions, okay, thank you very much.

This item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public pushing to be heard?

Okay, seeing none, I will close public hearing and I will pass it back to the commission.

Any questions from commissioners other than Commissioner Munford?

No, I will pass it to Commissioner Munford.

Through you, madam chair.

Um I don't I don't really have a problem with this.

I I used to own a beautiful on, so you know I understand trying to expand and get more um more production out your space.

Um looking at your space inside it, you know, it looks like it could it could fit to be more like I said, the only the only issue is is parking when you add more.

But you know, um I'm looking at the different businesses in there.

It seems a lot the other businesses, people kind of, you know, if they go to the liquor store, they're coming in and they're going right back out.

Um, usually for a salon, you know, clients come in, they get their their hair done and then they're gone.

So you're talking about at max maybe six people coming in at any time if you're full and you know, as a small business, I'm sure you wish you know you want to be full.

Correct.

So I I don't have any problem with this.

Um, I'm gonna recommend for uh uh for approval uh apologies.

Yes, if you're prepared to make a motion, um madam chair, through you.

Uh um for item number 44 25- uh 0469 VAR one uh motion for approval uh per conditions of of uh planning staff.

Are you fine with those?

Yes, there's a motion on the floor, please cast your votes.

Please post and that motion carries.

And that will move on to city council on December 17th.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Okay, item 47, 25-0475 DIR1, applicant owner, City of Las Vegas for possible action on a request to approve the 2026 planning commission meeting schedule.

Staff recommends approval.

Ums was there anything you wanted to say on this item.

Madam Chair, yes.

Um, before you tonight is the proposed 2026 planning commission calendar for adoption, and staff is recommending approval.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Okay.

Um, I will go ahead and make a motion to approve the 2026 planning commission meeting schedule.

There's a motion on the floor, please cast your votes.

Oh, public hearing.

Okay, sorry about that.

Oh, it is a public hearing.

Um, this item has been noticed for public hearing.

Are there any members of the public wishing to comment on this item?

Seeing none, I will close public hearing and I will turn it back to the commission, and I will again make a motion to approve item 47.

Um 25-0475 DIR 1 for the 2026 planning commission meeting schedule.

There's a motion on the floor, please cast your vote.

Please post that passes.

And that is final action tonight, unless someone doesn't like our schedule and wants to appeal to the city clerk in 10 days.

Okay.

Item 48, 25 0486 DIR 1, applicant owner, city of Las Vegas for possible action on a request to appoint a member of the planning commission to the downtown design review committee from the following list of planning commissioners.

Jeff Rogan, Trinity Schlottman, Serena Kasama, Stephen Munford, Jennifer Taylor, and Lindsay Labo.

Staff has no recommendation.

Um, since we have a new commissioner, would you just give us a brief overview of what this uh com of what this uh committee does?

Madam Chair, the design downtown design review committee consists of three downtown district business owners, one representative from the planning department, one representative from the Office of Economic and Urban Development, and two representatives from the Planning Commission.

Currently, Commissioner DiSalvio is the only planning commissioner on the board, and this item is for the election of the second planning commissioner on the downtown design review committee.

Um, for clarification, this committee uh mainly reviews signage on our scenic byway.

Our scenic by way has specific requirements in regards to neon and movement.

I would say 99% of our applicants are happy to um you know comply with the scenic byway or the entertainment overlay or the casino overlay, and these are most of these applications are handled administratively.

Um on a rare occasion, we do have some applicants that wish to request uh waivers uh through the downtown design review committee if they do not want to comply with the NEON requirements or the movement requirements of the sign, and then that would be when we would uh call for a meeting and the review committee would review that sign and their request.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um okay, so I will open um this item up for nomination for member of our commission to serve on this committee.

Does anyone have any nominations?

Yes, madam chair, yes, Commissioner Schlottman.

Yes, I nominate Commissioner Munford.

Okay, thank you for that nomination.

Um, so we'll go ahead and um I'll make a motion for appointment of Commissioner Munford to the downtown design review committee.

There's a motion on the floor, please cast your vote and post and that motion carries congratulations, Commissioner Munford.

Um that is also final action unless someone wants to appeal Mr.

Mumford's nomination within 10 days.

If he and Commissioner Schlottman don't stop talking on the sidebar, I may do that.

Um then finally item 49 citizens' participation.

Public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters within the jurisdiction of the planning commission.

No subject may be acted upon by the planning commission unless that subject is on the agenda and is scheduled for action.

If you wish to be heard, come to the podium, give your name for the record the amount of discussion on any single subject as well as the amount of time any single speaker is allowed, may be limited.

Are there any members of the public uh wishing to participate in this item?

Okay, seeing none, I will close item 49 and I will adjourn the November Planning Commission meeting.