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Planning Commission backs rezoning for Rice Reservoir pump station despite neighbor objections
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended approval of a rezoning request to allow construction of a new pump station at the Rice Reservoir site. Neighbors who live adjacent to the facility objected to changing the property's zoning from residential estates to civic, citing view and property-value concerns. The measure moves to City Council Oct. 15.
The City of Las Vegas Planning Commission on Sept. 9 recommended approval of a rezoning and site-development plan that would permit the Southern Nevada Water Authority and Las Vegas Valley Water District to build a new pump station at the Rice Reservoir site near Oakey Boulevard and Rainbow.
Southern Nevada Water Authority representative Robin Rockey told the commission the project is part of regional "reliability projects" intended to strengthen the valley's water delivery network. Rockey said the new connection will require "a new 30,000,000 gallon per day pumping station at the Rice site," co-located on the existing reservoir property. She described the station as a redundancy and…
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