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Spring Valley board approves 6½‑foot rear wall variance, moves case to planning commission
Summary
The Spring Valley Town Board approved a waiver to increase a rear property wall to 6½ feet, incorporating staff recommendations and directing the applicants to provide a neighbor support letter for the planning commission hearing.
The Spring Valley Town Board on Aug. 26 approved a waiver of development standards to increase the height of a rear perimeter wall to 6.5 feet at a single‑family property on Darby Avenue and forwarded the case to the county planning commission for final action.
The request matters because planning and zoning approvals for residential development in the RS‑20 zone and the Neighborhood Protection (RNP) overlay are subject to county review; the board’s approval allows the applicants to pursue the next step before the Clark County planning body.
Dawn Davis, the applicant, said the addition was built after a neighboring property's large dog repeatedly jumped the original wall and entered her yard. “What we're asking for is a 6 and a half foot wall,” Davis said, adding the added material is the same brown composite lumber used elsewhere on the property. She told the board…
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