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Clark County Community Development Learning Lab · Mar 19, 2026 · 29:08–31:44 · Watch on CVTV ↗

County staff outlined the review processes for land use and development applications, detailing the differences between administrative reviews and public hearings for projects like subdivisions, conditional uses, and multi-family housing. They advised residents on how to effectively participate in these decisions by tying their public comments and hearing testimony directly to specific county code criteria, rather than personal opinions. Additionally, staff addressed specific community questions regarding zoning requirements, high-density residential allowances, mitigating impacts like light and glare, and evaluating traffic concurrency.

Keywords: zoning plat subdivision concurrency density

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28:08 So you know, you have the standard-- we'd have trees every 30 feet in a privacy buffer. But you'd have to wait for those to grow. But there are minimum standards that are intended for some of these impacts. But we can't require more than the minimum standard unless it's a conditional use. And it has some sort of demonstrable impact that we can quantify. We did talk to the developer and asked about trees, or arborvitae, or a sound barrier, which I knew wouldn't work, but I asked anyways. And because they're townhomes, and so they'll be individually owned. And so he said, well, we can't plant trees all along your fence, because they're all going to be individually owned and the owners could pull the trees out. So trees is a question. So I'm not familiar with where you're at and what project in particular.

29:05 But I can tell you that the code-- if there's a single family zoning next to a multifamily zoning, oftentimes the multifamily zoning will require a 5 to 10 foot buffer with trees and shrubs and that sort of thing next to it. And again, this is entirely site specific. So I'd have to look at the plan. No, that's fine. Single family-- oh, so that was-- if we're in the highway 99 impact zone, or whatever you call that, there are special regulations there compared to code 40? Yes, additional design standards. So the additional design standards, do they take precedence over code 40? When they conflict, yes. When the title 40 standards conflict with the highway 99 design standards, highway 99 standards prevail. But if the highway 99 standards are

30:04 silent about a certain aspect, then-- This could be important. I'm sorry, if the highway 99 standards are silent about a certain subject and title 40 has requirements for it, then the title 40 does apply. Again, when you get notice, send in comments. And that way you'll be a party of record and you'll get a staff report from the staff member that identifies all of these different standards and findings and then conditions. And that's when you'll have a much better idea of whether it complies or whether it doesn't, or whether you feel it doesn't go far enough to mitigate impacts. So does your land use department-- are you in charge of those highway 99? No, no. Community planning and previous Clark County-- boards of Clark County Council have come up with those-- Planning Commission, Board of County Counselors in the past.

31:02 Now it's the Clark County Council. So-- We're in charge of reviewing those standards. Yeah, we're in charge of applying these standards to development. And that's kind of where we're limited. So you determine whether or not-- if it says we would like to have multi-family-- yeah, multi-- what is it called? When you have lots of people in-- Multi-family. Yeah, multi-family development compared to single-family homes. Each zoning-- You would decide that? No, each zoning has allowed uses. And in multi-family zones, they allow more density in housing. In single-family zones, they have less. Commercial zones allow commercial things. So it depends on which zone you're in. And the highway 99 has many different sub zones in it. I guess what I'm confused about is allowing compared to requiring, because what I heard from the developer were required to do high density.

32:01 It's not an option for us. But we're not high density. And then we were told, but precedence is not in land use. Does that make sense? It might be a matter of semantics, whether it's allowed or required. So if you're allowed to have multi-family dwellings there, it's a requirement that you meet the allowed uses. There are several different densities allowed. If it's not an allowed use, you're not able to do it, or you're restricted from it. I think it's a matter of semantics when you say required or allowed. OK, thank you. Thank you. That's what I thought. Is that it?


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direct keyword 29:08–29:21 zoning, plat, subdivision, concurrency, density
e individually owned and the owners could pull the trees out. So trees is a question. So I'm not familiar with where you're at and what project in particular. But I can tell you that the code-- if there's a single family zoning next to a multifamily zoning, oftentimes the multifamily zoning will require a 5 to 10 foot buffer with trees and shrubs and that sort of thing next to it. And again, this is entirely site specific. So I'd have to look at the plan. No, that's fine. Single family-- oh, so

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r or not-- if it says we would like to have multi-family-- yeah, multi-- what is it called? When you have lots of people in-- Multi-family. Yeah, multi-family development compared to single-family homes. Each zoning-- You would decide that? No, each zoning has allowed uses. And in multi-family zones, they allow more density in housing. In single-family zones, they have less. Commercial zones allow commercial things. So it depends on which zone you're in. And the highway 99 has many different sub

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