Clark County commissioners approved a use permit and several waivers for an outdoor storage and display facility on 4.77 acres near Betty Lane and Alto Avenue in Sunrise Manor, subject to conditions including participation in a special improvement district (SID) for off‑site improvements and limiting the north driveway to exit‑only with signage.

The applicant, represented by Melissa Urie, told commissioners the site will keep an existing Quonset hut and pave a fenced storage yard; previous unpermitted structures were recently removed and the owners obtained a demolition permit. Urie said the owners plan to surface the yard and work with air quality on materials depending on the tenant type, and that no tenant had yet been secured but potential uses include Connex containers and heavy equipment.

Why it matters: Sunrise Manor commissioners and staff described the area as long‑troubled by illegal dumping and homelessness. Commissioner Kirkpatrick said the county spends about “a little over $25,000 a month cleaning up that area from the homeless,” and supported waiving some shrub requirements temporarily while ensuring eventual conformity when the SID advances.

Key approvals and conditions: commissioners approved reduced street landscaping and sidewalk waivers contingent on the applicant joining the SID, allowed a reduced throat depth on one driveway while requiring the south driveway to meet commercial standards, and required the north driveway to be exit‑only with signage to manage truck movements. The board also asked for security cameras on site and said Metro (the sheriff’s office) should have access, and requested a condition that Connex boxes carry no advertising and meet a height limit.

Project details from the hearing: the site is on septic now and will require utility work to connect to sewer; the applicant requested waivers for parking and landscaping and to keep a nonstandard half‑pan driveway on the north side because of building proximity. Public works supported most requests but required participation in the SID for off‑site improvements; public works staff noted that some frontage will include landscaped strips and that the practical driveway throat depth provides adequate maneuvering despite measurement technicalities.

A resident, Al Rojas, voiced general approval but urged the county to address homelessness and suggested physical barriers; commissioners responded that an SID and coordinated street improvements (curb, gutter, lighting, cameras) are the long‑term remedy. The motion to approve was made and passed at the hearing.

The permit allows the owner to formalize outdoor storage with the recorded conditions; staff will monitor SID participation and driveway signage compliance.