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Planning commission backs Lonesome Duck Ranch sending site, recommends 93 TDRs be extinguished
Summary
The commission recommended approval of a sending-site application for Lonesome Duck Ranch LLC, approving 93 transferable development rights (TDRs) and debating a staff/sending‑site recommendation to extinguish the new TDRs to avoid enlarging the county bank of TDRs.
The Churchill County Planning Commission on Aug. 13 voted to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve a sending-site designation for Lonesome Duck Ranch LLC and to allocate 93 transferable development rights (TDRs) for the property.
Dean Patterson, Public Works and Planning, told the commission the 156‑acre parcel (APNs 006-871-04 and 006-871-05) includes about 15.7 acres of surface water rights and two residences (one currently uninhabitable). He said part of the land lies within an accident potential zone at the south end of the NAS Fallon runway and that the sending-site committee recommended approval of the sending site and issuance of 93 TDRs. "The sending site committee reviewed the application and recommends approval of the sending site, recommended approval of 93 TDRs," Patterson said.
The staff report and the committee also recommended that the county extinguish the newly created TDRs so they would not add to a large existing county inventory. Commissioners debated that recommendation at length. Commissioner Jeff Goings said the motion should recommend approval of the sending site and the 93 TDRs; other commissioners questioned whether the board should extinguish newly granted TDRs without a broader county policy discussion.
Goings moved to recommend approval of the sending-site application and the 93 TDRs; the motion passed 5–1. Several commissioners and staff noted the county already holds more than 12,000 TDRs and that the sending-site committee’s extinguishment recommendation reflected a desire not to further inflate that inventory. Randy Hynes (department staff) said the county’s inventory stands at about 12,770 TDRs, of which roughly 3,100 are privately held and the remainder county‑owned.
The planning commission forwarded its recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners; the item will be included in the county’s administrative record for any subsequent hearings on TDR use or extinguishment.
