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Planning commission approves amended development plan for Wellington Way phase, increasing apartment count to 224
Summary
Commission approved an amended plan for a parcel off Colby Road (675 Wellington Way) that replaces 12 cabins and six single-family lots with additional eight-unit buildings, raising the total to 224 units; the change was attributed to bedrock and construction-cost issues and creates new green space.
The Clark County Planning Commission approved an amendment to a previously approved development plan for property accessed at 675 Wellington Way, increasing the proposed development to 28 eight-unit apartment buildings (224 units).
Planning staff said the amended plan replaces an earlier configuration that included 25 eight-unit buildings, 12 cabins and six single-family lots. The applicant’s representative told the commission that subsurface conditions — bedrock encountered in test excavation — and cost increases for infrastructure led the team to remove the cabins and six single-family lots and instead place additional eight-unit buildings, while converting the bedrock-affected area to green space to serve as a buffer.
An attorney for the applicant described the change as a response to unexpected geology and rising construction costs: when test digging revealed shallow bedrock, the applicant said the development would have required substantial rock removal and expensive foundation work. The representative said the revised layout keeps overall density similar while avoiding costly construction in the bedrock area and providing a maintained green area.
Staff said the amended plan was previously reviewed by technical reviewers and that the project has gone through the required preliminary review. Commissioners discussed connectivity and access, noting that the revision eliminates one of the originally planned access stubs to adjacent parcels; staff said the owner of the adjacent property had been contacted and indicated no objection to the revised plan. Commissioners also raised long-term connectivity questions to Colby Road and US 60; staff said potential future connections remain possible but that guaranteeing a future connection in perpetuity would be legally complicated.
A motion to approve the amended development plan carried on a voice vote.
The amendment is to a phase of a larger subdivision; final engineering and construction permits remain required. Staff said the amended plan includes a detention basin and other stormwater measures and that future changes to the plan would require return to the commission if they altered the approved layout.
