Douglas County planning commission accepts 2021 activities report and forwards it to commissioners
January 04, 2025 | Douglas County, Nevada
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The Douglas County Planning Commission voted 5-0 on Dec. 21, 2021, to accept the commission’s 2021 Activities Report and forward it to the Board of County Commissioners, with a request to include information on pending December agenda items.
Sam Booth, deputy director of Community Development, presented the annual report and told commissioners that though the planning commission heard fewer major applications in 2021 than in 2020, overall planning-division activity increased. Booth reported staff reviewed 283 planning applications in 2021, up from 239 in 2020, averaging roughly 23.5 applications per month. He said the increase reflected higher volumes of administrative reviews — for example, design reviews and pre-application meetings — while large applications such as master-plan amendments and subdivision maps were less frequent.
Booth summarized highlights from the packet: one zoning map amendment and several zoning text amendments; two tentative industrial subdivision maps; four special use permits; two major variances (one in Tahoe and one in the valley); no master plan amendments; and an award for the county master plan from the state chapter of the American Planning Association. He noted staff held 44 pre-application meetings and reviewed 46 design-review items for accessory dwellings and similar projects.
Commissioners asked for additional detail on building permits and allocation totals; Booth said staff would provide those figures in the coming weeks and include a fuller departmental rundown (including engineering and building-division activity) when preparing the county’s budget reports in spring.
Commissioner Mark (last name not specified) moved to accept the planning commission activities report and forward it to the Board of County Commissioners with inclusion of information for pending December agenda items; Commissioner Maureen (last name not specified) seconded the motion. The vote was 5-0 in favor.
Ending: The accepted report will be sent to the Board of County Commissioners for review. Staff indicated it will follow up with supplemental permit and allocation data in early 2022.
Sam Booth, deputy director of Community Development, presented the annual report and told commissioners that though the planning commission heard fewer major applications in 2021 than in 2020, overall planning-division activity increased. Booth reported staff reviewed 283 planning applications in 2021, up from 239 in 2020, averaging roughly 23.5 applications per month. He said the increase reflected higher volumes of administrative reviews — for example, design reviews and pre-application meetings — while large applications such as master-plan amendments and subdivision maps were less frequent.
Booth summarized highlights from the packet: one zoning map amendment and several zoning text amendments; two tentative industrial subdivision maps; four special use permits; two major variances (one in Tahoe and one in the valley); no master plan amendments; and an award for the county master plan from the state chapter of the American Planning Association. He noted staff held 44 pre-application meetings and reviewed 46 design-review items for accessory dwellings and similar projects.
Commissioners asked for additional detail on building permits and allocation totals; Booth said staff would provide those figures in the coming weeks and include a fuller departmental rundown (including engineering and building-division activity) when preparing the county’s budget reports in spring.
Commissioner Mark (last name not specified) moved to accept the planning commission activities report and forward it to the Board of County Commissioners with inclusion of information for pending December agenda items; Commissioner Maureen (last name not specified) seconded the motion. The vote was 5-0 in favor.
Ending: The accepted report will be sent to the Board of County Commissioners for review. Staff indicated it will follow up with supplemental permit and allocation data in early 2022.
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