Good morning.

This is the recommending committee for April 13th, 2026.

We are officially called the order, and I believe Councilwoman Diaz is on the line.

Councilman Diaz, you there?

I am.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

And I'm assuming we are in compliance with the open meeting law.

Yes, we are.

Thank you so much.

And item number three is public comment.

Comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters on the agenda for action if you wish to be heard.

Now is your time.

Please step forward.

Hearing and seeing none, we'll close the public comment period.

Item number four is for possible action to approve the final minutes by reference to the March 30th, 2026 recommending committee meeting.

I'll entertain a motion.

Move to approve item number four.

There is a motion, please vote.

And Councilman Diaz.

Aye.

And post.

And that item passes.

Moving on to item number five, bill number Z 2026-1 for possible action.

Amends the city's official zoning map by changing the zoning designations of certain parcels of land to reflect and formalize rezoning applications previously approved by the city council.

This is proposed by Seth T.

Floyd, Executive Director of Community Development.

I'll turn it over to Mr.

Lowenstein.

Correct, sir.

Thank you, Chairman.

Peter Lowenstein for the record.

So uh we usually are doing these on an annual basis of updating the official zoning map for all the previous actions that the council has taken to approve zoning districts and different parcels throughout the city's jurisdiction.

This one has gone a little bit longer than that, so there are 424 parcels that we are officially designating on the zoning map.

Uh in that case, um if there's any questions, I'm happy to answer them.

And this one appears to be somewhat of a cleanup language.

Is that accurate?

We do this regularly.

Um well, this is like an administerial process, just uh as called out by the zoning code that after all of the actions taken by council, they are then officially adopted into our zoning map atlas, and that is the official record.

That sounds smarter than the way I said it.

Thank you.

This is a public hearing for anybody who would like to comment.

Hearing and seeing none, I'll close the public comment period.

Are there any questions or comments?

No questions for my end okay.

We will then entertain a motion for bill number z 2026-1.

Move to approve.

There's a motion to approve, and councilwoman Diaz.

Bye.

And please post that item passes and let's see.

We'll be up for council adoption on May 6th, 2026 City Council meeting.

Uh, we'll now move on to item number six, bill number 2026-12 for possible action, amend the unified development code to establish parameters for cottage cosmetics operations to be conducted as a home occupation.

This is proposed by Seth T.

Floyd, Executive Director of Community Development.

And I will turn it over to Ms.

Adelby Herd.

Uh good morning, Mayor Pro Tem and Council.

Um, so this one um was from the last legislative session, AB uh 352.

It was adopted, requiring local jurisdictions to permit cottage cottage cosmetics operations uh through the home occupation as you indicated.

Um it's gonna be very similar to how we allowed in 2013 the cottage food establishments.

Uh the law establishes clear parameters on allowable products that include bath preparation such as oil, salts, and bath capsules, fragrance products, non-coloring hair products, and personal hygiene products.

Um a cottage cosmetic operation is defined similar similarly to the food cottage operations.

It applies to an individual producing cosmetics in their private home or uninspected kitchen with direct sales to consumers, um, and their annual growth is capped at 100,000 uh a year.

Um we the the state has limitations already on some of the products, and we just added an additional safeguard uh to exclude products that are restricted by the FDA.

And um aside from that, the ordinance aligns closely with the cottage food preparation um uh provision already and how it's to be sold.

Thank you.

And I just had a quick question.

When they decide to do that home business, they would come in for business license, so they would be on our tracking system.

Correct.

Yeah, they'll get uh both the home occupation permit through planning and the thank you very much.

This is a public hearing for anybody who would like to comment.

Hearing and seeing none, I'll open it up for questions or comments to the council.

Hearing no questions or comments we have to approve.

Uh there is a motion to approve.

Is that I hear you right, councilman?

Yeah, that's accurate.

Thank you.

There's a motion to approve.

Please vote.

Hi.

And post.

And item number 2026-12 has passed and will be up for adoption on the May 6th, 2026 City Council meeting.

Moting on to item number seven, bill number 2026-13 for possible action amends various provisions of LVMC Title 19 to establish the transit-oriented development overlay district and make parallel adjustments.

This is sponsored by myself, uh, Councilman Brian Knutson.

And I will turn it over to Mr.

Urvulata.

Good morning, Mayor Purdam, members of the recommending committee, Marco Vallada, City Las Vegas Department of Community Development for the record.

I'm gonna do a brief overview of the bill because this is a uh uh a new overlay uh that is going to be included in Title 19 if approved.

Uh again, just a recap from last meeting that TOD transit-oriented development is the basis of the city's 2050 master plan, and as a part of our infill and redevelopment strategy to grow up and not out, uh, and we'll address a number of different things related to housing and uh development in uh most of our arterial corridors and our uh urban core.

And again, focusing along major corridors where RTC has already identified uh for transit investments, some that are going on right now, like Maryland Parkway, some that are upcoming, like Charleston Boulevard and Boulder Highway, uh Eastern Nellis, Sahara.

There are uh a number of them that have been identified and were part of the general plan amendment that was voted on and approved by city council at the April meeting.

Uh, we're looking at specifically for the uh the R3R4, C1C2, RTH O and C V zoning districts for this overlay to apply where we already have our general plan designations for transit-oriented development, and those really mirror where those RTC transit lines are under construction or or will be under study here uh going on for the next couple years.

So, as part of this overlay, we're really trying to base um the existing Title 19 framework, uh, but make some modifications to it with respect to use, parking, things like setbacks.

Uh, we went over this with the with the planning commission, but again, there are some modifications to what we have uh already in terms of height and where you can build buildings.

We want to bring buildings up to the street, make the environment more walkable, uh, make it uh more pedestrian friendly, and uh again increase lot coverages to allow for that uh good walkable neighborhood uh and and along the arterial corridors where we're putting in uh the those those high capacity transit lines.

Uh so there are some modifications to the building facade and our development standards.

We'll add in additional perimeter landscaping requirements, uh encourage mixes of uses that are uh appropriate for office and residential use, uh, and then put in uh standards that reflect uh parking.

We have another parking uh amendment that's gonna be coming up soon uh for your consideration, but again, trying to move parking lots to the rears of the building uh to make it a little bit more accessible to pedestrians and transit users as well as uh bicyclists, and then include um things that are supportive of uh of transit like bike uh bike use.

Uh this is a mock-up of uh code compliant uh transit-oriented project right here.

Uh, if you were to do within an R3 or R4 or C1 or C2 zoning district, and again, you can see along the uh perimeters, you have a nice pedestrian walk walkway, you have parking to the rear, and again, appropriate scale so that neighbors aren't uh aren't feeling an impact from a huge imposing uh development that's uh that that's coming in.

And you see examples of these throughout the country, uh especially areas that have made big investments in bus rapid transit or or light rail uh here's in Duarte, California, uh nine mile station in in Aurora, Colorado.

So both in the suburban settings and as well as in the major uh major urban cores, you see this type of development going in.

Ogden, Utah, uh even Sparks, Nevada, right across from their transit center.

They have made uh considerable investments in uh right sizing their development and having a really vibrant downtown.

So, in terms of strategic rollout, we're working to we're working with RTC on some of those studies right now.

Charleston, we're doing a major study.

Uh Boulder Highway has gone through the same thing as has Maryland Parkway, and we see construction of those high capacity lines going in uh as we speak.

And there are significant projects uh that that are coming coming forward that really reflect transit-oriented uh uh thinking.

You can see that in the arts district, you can see that in other parts of uh in other parts of downtown.

Uh we have um a number of other uh opportunities to implement this, and we'll take a look at those projects when there is a significant TOD implication, mostly at those major intersections where we have uh commercial development and we can integrate residential with those, and then based on applicant requests uh in the future.

And with that, if there's any questions, be more than happy to answer them for you.

Thank you very much, Marco.

Um, I'm gonna ask just a couple of quick questions and I'll turn it over to the other members of the committee.

Um, so for me, I I probably have the the most conversations about this, is my guess, maybe next to councilwoman Diaz in Ward 3.

Um, but the biggest challenges my constituents feel are parking, um, because they're afraid of limited parking, will create parking overflow in neighborhoods, and then residential adjacency, which none of the pictures show what happens behind those buildings, but in Nevada, behind those buildings is going to be an entire neighborhood.

And so I just wanted to kind of put that out there because these are really complicated conversations with constituents.

Um, and as you talk about higher development, uh, we just have to find a way to help people understand that over the next 20 years, when we grow by 500,000 people, those people are gonna have to go somewhere.

Uh and that's that's part of the conversation.

So those aren't, I guess, questions, just comments about how this is a very complicated process.

So I appreciate the time and effort you put into it.

Um, it is a public hearing for anybody in the audience, which there's none, so I will uh close the public hearing period.

Uh councilman Diaz and uh Alan Polensky, do you have any questions or comments?

No, none.

Councilman Diaz?

No question.

There are no questions.

And I will move to approve bill number 2026-13.

Councilman Diaz.

And that item passes and will be heard at the city council meeting on May 6th, 2026.

And thank you, Mr.

I appreciate it.

That brings us to item number eight, uh, citizen participation, public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters within the jurisdiction of the recommending committee.

If you wish to be heard, please come forward now.

And hearing and seeing none, we can.