North Las Vegas planning briefs

Thursday, Jan. 24, 2002 | 10:13 a.m.

Changes made for developers

North Las Vegas planning commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved changes to the city's comprehensive plan that will allow developers to build a master-planned community on 1,900 acres at the northern end of the city.

They also voted to realign streets in the community and divide the land into 87 lots for development. City Council members still have to sign off on the changes, but approval is likely.

One of the development companies involved in the project is owned by the Greenspun Corp., which also owns the Las Vegas Sun.

Shopping centers tabbed for beltway

The Planning Commission voted to designate land for future shopping centers at intersections along Centennial Parkway and the future Las Vegas Beltway.

While most of the area is still undeveloped, residents living near the intersection of Centennial Parkway and Commerce Street protested against plans for two shopping centers at that corner.

Planning commissioners denied one of the shopping centers and asked the other developer to come back with a smaller project at their next meeting on Feb. 13.

Redevelopment area campus denied

The Planning Commission rejected by a 4 to 3 vote a proposal by the Clark County School District to build a middle school in the city's redevelopment area on Carey Avenue just west of Las Vegas Boulevard North.

The panel said a school would not generate taxes for redevelopment. District officials said they will appeal the decision to the City Council, adding that the 1,700-student school was needed to deal with overcrowded schools in the area.

Matt LaCroix, an assistant director with the district's facilities division, said the school could be up and running by August 2004 and would allow district officials to turn nearby Bridger Middle School into a math and science magnet school.