Planning Commission forwards Clayton Homes sales lot rezoning to county commissioners

The Lyon County Planning Commission on Oct. 14 voted 7-0 to forward a recommendation of approval to the Board of County Commissioners for a zoning map amendment requested by CHM Homes Inc. The change would rezone a 2.13-acre parcel at 10020 East Highway 50 in Mound House (APN 01608102) from the Title 10 M-1 General Industrial District to the Title 15 LI-S (Light Industrial Suburban) district.

County Senior Planner Louis Carillo told commissioners the site, currently used as a Clayton Homes sales office and display lot, is legally existing but nonconforming under the current heavy-industrial zoning. Carillo said the property’s master-plan designation is Employment and that the proposed LI-S zone would permit the sales/display use and subject future improvements to an administrative design review and standard building-permit review. “The proposed zone change would allow the applicant to have a legally existing conforming use as opposed to the nonconforming use and submit to County building and planning for an administrative design review and then building permits,” Carillo said.

The staff report and presentation described differences between the two industrial districts and noted that LI-S permits a more limited set of industrial uses than M-1. Carillo displayed excerpts from the county’s land-use table (land use table 15.32-4) showing uses that are allowed, allowed with conditions, or require conditional-use approval; he said some intensive uses permitted in M-1—hazardous materials storage, salvage yards and wood treatment—would not be permitted under LI-S.

Commissioners also confirmed utility and access conditions cited in the report: the parcel has public water provided by Lyon County utilities but does not have public sewer, and the site is served by existing roadway access. Commissioners said they found the requested rezoning consistent with applicable development-code findings (chapter 15.20.05 of the Lyon County Development Code, as cited in the staff report) and with the Employment master-plan designation.

Commissioner Wendy Loomis, who said she regularly passes the Clayton Homes site, said rezoning to conform the existing sales lot “makes sense” and stated she would vote in favor. After a brief procedural pause to confirm the correct project number (the packet and slides showed inconsistent references), the commission approved the motion. The motion (as stated on the record) read: “Based on the aforementioned findings, I move that the Planning Commission forward a recommendation of approval to the Board of County Commissioners for the request from CHM Homes, Inc. for a zoning map amendment to amend the zoning designation from the Title 10 District of M-1, General Industrial District, to the Title 15 district of LI-S, Light Industrial Suburban, on a 2.13 acre parcel in Mound House located north of Highway 50 at 10020 Highway 50 East, APN 01608102 (PLZ2025056).” The motion was seconded and passed 7-0-0.

The commission’s action is a recommendation only; the Board of County Commissioners will consider the matter at a future public hearing. Staff noted that future site work and building improvements will require an administrative design review and building permits. The record also notes a clerical inconsistency in the packet’s project number that staff corrected on the record to PLZ2025056 prior to the vote.

No public testimony was offered in person or online during the hearing, and no changes to the proposed motion were recorded on the floor. The planning commission’s packet lists the applicant as CHM Homes Incorporated and identifies the existing on-site business as a Clayton Homes sales and display lot.