The Elko County Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for Robert Cundy and Smokey Christman to operate up to five mobile food vendors on a parcel in the Lucky Nugget Ranchos area, subject to conditions including restricted hours, engineered grading and drainage plans, dust control, noise limits and a privacy fence along Chukar Street only. The permit will be reviewed by the planning commission after 24 months.

Planner Corey Arand summarized the staff recommendation and conditions: compliance with Nevada Revised Statutes and Elko County Code, a site access restriction to Lucky Nugget Road, hours of operation limited to 4 a.m. to 8 p.m., a maximum of 80 decibels for normal operations at parcel boundaries, downward‑directed outdoor lighting, a six‑foot privacy fence around the perimeter (modified by the commission to require fencing only along the Chukar right of way), engineered grading and drainage plans, a minimum pavement base for parking and a dust‑abatement plan. Arand also noted prior zoning history for the parcel and that a previously approved conditional use had become void after a zoning appeal.

Applicant Robert Cundy told the commission he and a co‑applicant live nearby and do not expect continuous, large‑scale operation. "We're gonna be lucky if we can get one, probably two days a week," Cundy said, describing the initial plan as a low‑volume, primarily summer operation geared to local residents and lake visitors.

Several nearby residents opposed the permit at public comment, citing traffic and public‑safety concerns, generator noise, lack of restrooms and the parcel’s single access point at Lucky Nugget Road. Paula Moore, a resident who said she organized neighbors on Facebook, told the commission: "This is the wrong place for any type of commercial business, and this is commercial. He's he is looking to make money on it." Moore and other speakers urged the commission to deny the permit or place strict limits; the commission instead added review language and adjusted fencing requirements.

Commission discussion considered enforcement and whether the county should require the trucks to leave each night, how to police hours and whether alcohol sales would be offered by vendors. Arand said the county would enforce conditions through inspections, grading‑plan review and investigation of any complaints; enforcement could include revocation of the conditional use permit if conditions were violated.

A motion to approve the conditional use permit as modified—limiting fencing to Chukar and scheduling a review by the planning commission in 24 months—carried. The conditions require the applicants to submit engineered erosion and drainage plans, a dust‑abatement plan, and a parking surface with a minimum of six inches of compacted aggregate base before operations begin.