Land-use plan for Enterprise area approved

Valerie Miller

Friday, Feb. 11, 2000 | 11:37 a.m.

The Henderson Planning Commission Thursday gave its approval for a plan that would establish land uses and a street plan for 6,200 acres in the Enterprise area that the city hopes to annex.

The land in unincorporated Clark County is generally located south of Lake Mead Drive and west of the current of the current Henderson city limits.

The proposed comprehensive plan amendment also will map out a transportation plan for the area bounded by Cactus Road on the north, the Sloan interchange of Interstate 15 on the south, Maryland Parkway on the east and Decatur Boulevard on the west.

The plans also called for the renaming of several streets, including parts of Pecos Road, Lake Mead Drive and Maryland Parkway, which also is proposed for re-alignment at Lake Mead Drive.

About a dozen residents turned out Thursday to express both support and opposition to the plan.

Some residents voiced concerns about the confusion that renaming streets could cause.

"We are opposed to renaming part of Lake Mead as Pecos, because we already have confusion with the other east-west streets such as Sunset Road and Warm Springs Road," Richard Shenberger, a member of the Enterprise Town Board, said.

"What's considered east to one side is west to the other. Let's avoid that problem with Pecos."

Other residents were concerned about school overcrowding.

"They are talking about 60,000 people living in this area eventually, and the schools are already overcrowded," Mark Roberts said. "We need more schools out there."

The city has included school sites based on future growth in the area, according to Stephanie Garcia, a planner with Henderson's Community Development Department.

"We've looked at how many people would live there, and we've sat down with (Clark County) School District officials," she said. "We've planned for nine elementary schools, two junior highs and one high school."

Still, a few residents said that it was still too early to finalize the plan.

"I read that the area near the Sloan interchange is one of the sites being considered for the state college and that would change the plan for the whole southwestern quarter of this land," resident Arthur Ritter said. He added that only the first 75 pages of the plan had been discussed.

City planners felt that it was time to send the plan on to City Council.

"We feel that we have exhausted this issue, and we don't want to keep residents and property owners in a holding pattern," Garcia told the commission. "We want to go forward."

The Henderson City Council will hear the plan next on March 7.