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Michael (Mike) Howe of the City’s Department of Community Development summarized the West Side design guidebook project. He said the guidebook will be advisory rather than mandatory and will be built from a substantial photographic and historical catalog documenting building types, materials and distinctive features. Howe said the guidebook is intended as a “sales” and outreach tool to developers and property owners: it will explain what design elements historically characterize the West Side, encourage compatible development and be embedded in the West Side’s form-based code as a resource.

Dr. Diane Seabrent, the commission’s historic preservation officer, confirmed the guidebook is not a compulsory code amendment; approving mandatory standards or a conservation overlay would require additional public engagement and separate municipal action. She said the consultant team will finalize the draft and staff plan presentations to the Ward 5 office and to the Centennial Commission, with an adoption target window of May if the schedule holds.

Commissioners raised questions about whether a conservation-district overlay (an ordinance-based tool used in some other cities) would be more effective than advisory guidebooks to preserve architectural character. Commissioner Laramie and others referenced Denver’s “pattern book” approach and examples from Reno and Denver as potential models. Staff noted a key practical difference: ordinance-based conservation overlays often require more formal review and commonly need community buy-in (the staff noted a ~51% resident support threshold is typical in some processes) and can create review boards and mandatory standards; guidebooks remain advisory and avoid that level of regulatory oversight.

Commissioners asked staff to gather and share example pattern books and the relevant Denver ordinance language before the next meeting. Staff agreed to provide links to sample pattern books and to present the final West Side guidebook for the commission’s review at a future meeting. Staff also said survey work funded by grants has produced material that dovetails with guidebook development and could support additional neighborhoods if the commission pursues similar efforts in the future.

The discussion was informational only; no formal action or ordinance vote took place at the meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","CLV 02-26-2025 Historic Preservation Commission Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Commissioners discussed using advisory design guidebooks and the possibility of conservation-district overlays to preserve the Historic West Side’s mid-century character, and directed staff to research ordinance examples such as Denver’s pattern books.","taxTitle","Las Vegas , Clark County, Nevada","taxId",2670,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6306071,"Commission approves amended National Register nomination for Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort",260,705000,965000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2442407-9aa8b235d42dc39ac4b5224c98e21e5c&start=705&end=965","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2442407-9aa8b235d42dc39ac4b5224c98e21e5c/thumbnail_705000.jpg","/articles/6306071/Las-Vegas/Clark-County/Nevada/Commission-approves-amended-National-Register-nomination-for-Old-Las-Vegas-Mormon-Fort","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6306071-a41a93aa01fb8b7e0bd0e7fa5e269272/orig.mp4?Expires=1770674274&Signature=GTKllSx8iP0OqkJt8hRAdITnauWHyTs51BawYjIs~uGIDK8XcNtgnolEfgZv-2qrZDHV3SFDmCugfnj9O0qnK7A0db~DmAkMcEY6h6USM0iXe8uYKBFSUWpT~VPNpJiV7s8fQAcsZs7lY194Q2FqL3uY16UucdrZLgTeUyMGLBaFrm9QLzSKEcZWddjJJm8EXHD76Yo56XMHhm9op~hdewwA1HFHRBSVd3gDm3P3kg5CBCVw7VTMlypnkFdCpp8UxFCB7014Jfg1F7ZeEAH1qRQspJuFHWo2UAIqQs4vwRlAq2K1ingQGWMnZWeBVPCBE4HmMtlPyf15gaUEqFw1qA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City of Las Vegas Historic Preservation Commission on a unanimous voice vote approved the final draft of proposed amendments and updates to the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort, located at 500 East Washington Avenue.

The commission’s action forwards a revised nomination — expanded historical context, an archaeological field survey, updated property mapping and detailed photo documentation — to the Nevada Board of Museums and History for state-level review and then to the National Park Service in Washington, D.C., for final consideration.

The update effort follows the commission’s October 25, 2023 decision to fund consultant work. At that meeting the commission approved $28,920 to hire CALS environmental consultants to amend and update the Fort’s designation. The current draft incorporates property changes and physical alterations that have occurred since the prior nomination more than 50 years ago, and it reflects changes the commission requested at an August 28, 2024 meeting and additional edits made after a December presentation to the commission.

Dr. Diane Seabrent, the commission’s staff representative and historic preservation officer, told commissioners the consultant has completed the contracted work required under the current agreement. She said the additional edits requested by the chair would require extra funding and that the commission cannot authorize that spending at the same meeting because it was not agendized; she will return with a dollar amount at a future meeting for the commission to consider.

Commissioner Perdue moved to accept the final draft with the recommended changes; the motion carried unanimously. The chair cast a vote in favor and commissioners on the record affirmed the motion in the roll call/vote sequence.

Commissioners and staff praised the nomination document’s depth and photo documentation and said they expect it to be an improved resource for state and federal review.

The nomination will now proceed to the Nevada Board of Museums and History for its meeting schedule and then to the National Park Service for final determination on listing to the National Register of Historic Places.

Documentation submitted with the staff packet includes the draft nomination, prior review notes, and an email from the chair listing proposed final edits. Any additional consultant work to make the chair’s requested edits will require a separate agendized funding request and vote at a future meeting.","The City of Las Vegas Historic Preservation Commission unanimously approved a final draft of amendments and updates to the National Register nomination for the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort, moving the nomination to the state level for review; additional consultant funding for final edits will be considered at a later meeting.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6306062,"New archaeologist sworn in to Las Vegas Historic Preservation Commission",148,204000,352000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2442407-9aa8b235d42dc39ac4b5224c98e21e5c&start=204&end=352","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2442407-9aa8b235d42dc39ac4b5224c98e21e5c/thumbnail_204000.jpg","/articles/6306062/Las-Vegas/Clark-County/Nevada/New-archaeologist-sworn-in-to-Las-Vegas-Historic-Preservation-Commission","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6306062-3c4cc31e23f0c7d1fab3364d7860b0b0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770674274&Signature=EL144c2hhufA~szxfvdCeEpQVbYr26NCa0PZdH-YWQdJaqpVJ~9TEKmPe8ZG0A0inmMwA-8sCzU0iBr~OtBmr5VV53de6cqAZduQ0KsO20tMfLABu0cAJRS~0IPUyKJH3vTpyS~yJn0yUwSIBonx~4KnwwVjzL-6OsC6V5lNWwU0ibYTK0idcCUNSNfytfL9c5wp77Nu1Aloa0mVBnTxzRi3cVj2YJsnMqyRIvFRUhr2m8DyyqpjqrlnJ8ECp8stGdzZ5nc6vQVyBhq1P1Ov4qNKke2DNTlsI60hkt5yUY~9gaYySXVo-b3kWLN77lxxbboPJFFBp1Y47Y7AOxYo9Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chair Stodahl announced that Nathan Harper, recently approved by the mayor and city council as required by city ordinance, had been sworn in immediately before the meeting to serve in the category 7 archaeologist seat on the Historic Preservation Commission.

Commissioners and staff welcomed Harper and noted his long tenure at the Springs Preserve since 2010 and his work documenting and preserving historic resources in the Las Vegas area, including overseeing restoration of four 1909 Las Vegas railroad cottages relocated to the Springs Preserve. Harper said he joined the commission because “the history of a place is very important” and noted that understanding how Las Vegas has grown and changed helps inform future development and preservation decisions.

Harper’s appointment was announced during the meeting’s announcements segment; no formal vote on the appointment was recorded at this meeting because the appointment had been approved earlier by the mayor and city council as required by city ordinance.","Nathan Harper, an archaeologist with the Springs Preserve since 2010, was sworn in to the City of Las Vegas Historic Preservation Commission and introduced briefly to commissioners.","actionData","errors"]

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Commission discusses conservation districts, West Side design guidebook as preservation strategy

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