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Public meetings / Planning Commission

June 10, 2020

85 turns, 85 with a named speaker, under 2 agenda items. The words and the names are the county clerk's.

Attendance

Commissioner Koenig

Assessor Parcel Number Board of County Commissioners Capital Improvement Plan Conditional Use Permit General Commercial Manufactured Home Nye County Code Nevada Revised Statues Public Works Right-of-Way Regional Planning Commission Single-Family Residential Zone Change Pledge of Allegiance/Call to Order Meeting called to order at 6: 02 PM

Commissioner Tyler

motioned to approve. Seconded by Commissioner Blackstock.

Commissioner Tyler

motioned to approve. Seconded by Commissioner Blackstock.

Commissioner Turner

stated for CU-2020-00099, CU-2020-000100 and CU-2020-00101 and he is abstaining from those three applications. The applicant is a client of his brokerage. Marla Zlotek with the DA’s office stated we need to reopen items 3 and 4 for public comment per OML because it says for possible action. For Possible Action — CU-2020-000099: Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation on a Conditional Use Permit application to allow development of 4-single-story multi-family residential units each with a detached 2-car garage on an approximate 14,800 square foot parcel zoned Town Center (TC) and located at 2480 E. Ambush Street, Pahrump, NV, further described as Calvada Valley Unit 2, Block 1, Lot 7, Assessor Parcel Number 042-101-07. Ledgerwood Trust & JC Cornerstone — Property Owner/Applicant. (This item is Final Action by the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission unless appealed to the Board of County Commissioners, or as otherwise announced.) (CB) Cheryl Beeman reviewed her staff report we are not requiring site development for this type of application for 4 or fewer units. She stated staff supports the approval of the application. It fits within the neighborhood and have received no letters of opposition of the project.

Mr. Waggoner

stated for clarification in this particular zoning it doesn’t have a SD requirement, But in CC there is a requirement. Glen Ledgerwood applicant stated the project is very straight forward and conforms with the neighborhood.

Commissioner Curtis

asked about the alley will it be used for access at all.

Mr. Ledgerwood

stated there are no alley access on the street.

Commissioner Tyler

motioned to approve CU-2020-000099 with staff recommendations.

Mr. Waggoner

asked Commissioner Lee to ask the applicant if they have read and agrees with the conditions of approval.

Commissioner Lee

asked Mr. Ledgerwood if he has read, understood and agrees to the staff conditions in the staff report.

Mr. Ledgerwood

stated yes, he has read and he agrees to all the conditions.

Ms. Beeman

reviewed her staff report and stated this is two duplex units, single story and garages taking access off Ambush. With Brett’s clarification with TC it is true with this application as well. They don’t have more than for 4 units so they aren’t requesting site development. Staff is recommending approval of the application.

Mr. Ledgerwood

stated this is identical to the previous item, and it is consistent with the existing neighborhood.

Commissioner Lee

asked Mr. Ledgerwood if he has read, understood and agrees to the staff conditions in the staff report.

Mr. Ledgerwood

stated yes he has and agrees to all the conditions of development.

Commissioner Tyler

motioned to approve CU-2020-000100 with conditions. Seconded by

Ms. Beeman

reviewed her staff report and stated this is two duplex units, single story and two garages.

Mr. Ledgerwood

stated this is identical of the other two, they are similar to the other units. Public comment opened and closed at 6:35 pm with no comments.

Commissioner Lee

asked Mr. Ledgerwood if he has read, understood and agrees to the staff conditions in the staff report.

Mr. Ledgerwood

stated yes, he has read and agrees with all conditions. Page 4 of 10 11.

Commissioner Tyler

motioned to approve CU-2020-000101 with staff conditions. Seconded by

Commissioner Lee

stated the property has buildings crossing property lines and asked if the shop is existing.

Mr. Osborne

stated yes, the home and shop exists and crosses property lines, the applicant owns both properties.

Commissioner Lee

asked if they will contain all of the crematorium to one property there won’t be any new construction straddling property lines.

Mr. Osborne

stated that is correct. Bradd Childress, applicant stated they will have no customers to the property, they collect the pets and bring everything to the property, it will all be contained at the back of the property. Mr. Childress stated he has read and approves to all the conditions of approval.

Commissioner Lee

asked the applicant what sizes of animals he will be handling.

Mr. Childress

stated the largest will be a large dog. The reason he stated pets and small animals is because of the people that have small rabbits that aren’t particularly a pet like small goats. Weight limit on the machine is 250 Ibs.

Commissioner Curtis

asked what happens if a customer doesn’t pick up the urn.

Mr. Childress

stated you would just dispose of it as normal. There's two different kinds of burns that you do one of them is just basic burns that doesn’t have any customer at all except the vet and it's just for disposal purposes so if that's the case then you just reduce it to dust and dispose of it the same as if you were to go to the dump and throw it in there except you're making it sterile and cleaning it up first. If people don't pick up the urns they will have to pay ahead of time just to reserve that but I'll set up a process and they will have plenty of time to pick it up, if not once it gets past a certain date he will dispose of it properly.

Commissioner DeAnda

asked if they plan on merging the properties in the future.

Mr. Childress

stated he has a plan to do that, but if this business grows he will want to remove it off the property. Page 5 of 10

Commissioner Lee

asked Mr. Childress how large the business would need to be to move off property.

Mr. Childress

stated anything over two machines it is considered insignificant activity up to three and if he were having a hard time keeping up with it. He wants to keep it as small as possible and he isn’t quite sure yet how it will do in this town.

Commissioner Lee

asked if there is a process to keep the odor down.

Mr. Childress

stated it is the secondary stack it has several chambers that it has to go through and the secondary stack heats up to about 1800 degrees and that breaks down anything that would smell and brings it back down to the ground and that way it eliminates smell and smoke.

Commissioner Curtis

stated one neighbor mentioned the upkeep of the property. Will the applicant improve the property?

Mr. Childress

stated he would like to fence the property with privacy fencing and he does have goats. He would like to privacy fence the whole property and keep the property out of the public eye.

Commissioner Lee

asked staff if this has to go through site development.

Mr. Osborne

stated no it is zoned residential, but would need tenant improvements, building permits and fire permits.

Mr. Waggoner

reviewed condition #9 in the staff report.

Commissioner Koenig

stated because it is a CUP so the board can place a condition to add privacy fencing.

Mr. Waggoner

stated to his knowledge there are no open code compliance complaints on the property. Any neighbor can file a complaint if they have any ongoing issues.

Commissioner Turner

asked Mr. Childress if there are any additional noises created by the machines.

Mr. Childress

stated they have two fans and are as loud as a swamp cooler.

Commissioner Curtis

motioned to approve CU-2020-000102 based on findings and subject to the conditions of approval and adding in #13 the applicant shall install around the home occupation section of the property a privacy fence.

Commissioner Lee

asked the applicant if they are amenable to the added condition of approval. Page 6 of 10 12.

Mr. Childress

asked for clarification if that is the entire perimeter of the property or just the business.

Commissioner Curtis

stated if the working area can be screened she is amendable to that.

Mr. Childress

stated he is fine with screening off the working area. Seconded by Commissioner DeAnda.

14. 1360 LLC - Property Owner. Kalif Gordon, 2nd Amendment Guns - Applicant. (The

Mr. Osborne

reviewed his staff report and stated staff recommends approval of the application.

Commissioner Lee

reviewed condition of approval #4 and asked if the property has a septic or serviced by the utility company in the area.

Mr. Osborne

stated he believes it is serviced by the utility company and if it is that condition will not be applicable.

Commissioner Lee

asked if they will then need to provide you with proof of service from the utility company.

Mr. Osborne

stated yes. Kalif Gordon, applicant stated they are located in Las Vegas currently. This will involve the community and law enforcement by providing an indoor shooting range for them to train. Christine Moran — agent for the applicant.

Commissioner Tyler

asked if they have experience on running a range.

Mr. Gordon

stated no, not a shooting range. But he has another company he represents that manufactures in Las Vegas which is Shooting Range Industries.

Commissioner Tyler

asked if they are already in their approval procedures with ATF.

Mr. Gordon

stated yes, he also already has a Business License at his residential address in Pahrump for 2"! Amendment guns. So he would just be able to transfer that to the commercial location if approved.

Commissioner Koenig

asked if the applicant would be amenable to adding a condition that before it opens it is inspected by the Sheriff.

Mr. Gordon

stated yes, he would like the sheriff to come in and inspect. Page 7 of 10 13.

Commissioner Turner

motioned to approve ZC-2020-000046 adding a condition that the Sheriff inspect the facility before it opens.

Commissioner Lee

restated the motion to stated they are recommending approval to the BOCC with the added special condition of approval to the July 21, 2020 BOCC meeting. For Possible Action — TA-2020-000018: Discussion and deliberation on Bill 2020-12, a Bill proposing to amend Nye County Code Title 17, Comprehensive Land Use Planning and Zoning, by amending Section 17.04.770 entitled Signage Requirements, relating to Mobile Billboard Trucks (The Pahrump Regional Planning Commission makes a recommendation on this item. Final Action by the Board of County Commissioners.)

Mr. Waggoner

stated he was asked by Commissioner Blundo independently not the entire BOCC to strike the language in our code allowing mobile billboards. The BOCC requested to add restrictions previously and now he has asked to remove it. It originally was requested to come up with a draft similar to what Clark County has adopted for mobile billboards. We had already done that per their request and then was told to get rid of mobile billboards. It was found best to get a recommendation from the RPC since it has to do with the PRPD code. It is on page 12, line c, striking mobile billboards.

Commissioner Lee

asked if there were any other changes added or is this just a modification to the existing code.

Mr. Waggoner

stated this is just a modification to the code as adopted today. All the rest of the code that has come before the RPC have not made it pass the BOCC.

Commissioner Lee

stated they have spent quite a bit of time previously to add the Commercial Manufacturing zoning district to off premise signs. Is that something that will come back at a later time.

Mr. Waggoner

stated that is undetermined at this time. This draft is purely at his request to change that line. Staff has no recommendation to this change.

Commissioner Duryea

stated he has had concerns from the public regarding the bright lite signs on the trucks driving around town like Pahrump looking like the strip. Under section 3.b illumination of such brilliance and/or position as to blind or dazzle the vision of travelers and that's what he’s heard from people in town

Mr. Waggoner

stated that would still be prohibited that would apply to a sign whether it was on 4 wheels or in the ground.

Commissioner Duryea

asked if that still applies to these trucks that look like they belong on the strip, those wouldn’t belong in Pahrump.

Mr. Waggoner

stated provided they are to a point of illumination that such brilliance that doesn’t blind or dazzle the vision of travelers. Current Nye County code is not a lot of guidelines where that determination comes from. Page 8 of 10

Commissioner Duryea

asked for clarification that if they delete line C they could be allowing these illuminated trucks to drive around town.

Mr. Waggoner

stated technically yes.

Commissioner Turner

stated when the recommendation was made what was the reasoning behind it, was it a request from public.

Mr. Waggoner

stated not that he was aware of, he doesn’t know where it came from.

Commissioner Turner

asked if this is the mobile signs that would apply to magnetic signs on the side of a vehicle.

Mr. Waggoner

stated technically, possibly yes. Without getting off the agenda item there have been drafts that were supposed to address that in the past, this one doesn’t.

Commissioner Curtis

stated it says the display is prohibited unless approved by the Zoning Administrator was there criteria that was applied by the Administrator prior to this bill being amended,

Mr. Waggoner

stated not that he is aware of and not by this Zoning Administrator. Public comment opened and closed at 7:25 pm with no comments.

Commissioner Tuner

motioned to recommend approval to the BOCC of TA-2020-000018. Seconded by Commissioner Tyler.

Commissioner Lee

stated that recommendation fails. 14. Future Meetings/Workshops: Discussion and Direction Concerning Items for Future Meetings/Workshops; Set Date, Location and Time.

Commissioner Lee

stated the next meeting will be July 15 at 6 pm.

Mr. Waggoner

stated there are no applications to hear at the July meeting. The Masterplan survey has been extended to the end of July. Surveys received are around 50 and there is a survey company that will create and the survey can be filled out and submitted online. If the board wants to have a meeting in July they can but we have no items for discussion.

Commissioner Koenig

stated he reviewed the NRS of the RPC it states you have to meet every month.

Commissioner Duryea

stated it is in NRS 278.050 the Commissioner shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month.