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Lyon County planning director previews master-plan timing, zoning and development rules
Summary
Community Development Director Gavin Henderson briefed CABs on the difference between the advisory master plan and regulatory zoning, public-noticing and findings required for approvals, and infrastructure requirements such as water, septic and road standards.
Gavin Henderson, Lyon County's Community Development Director, told citizen advisory boards that the county will begin the master-plan update process next fiscal year and that a new master plan will be required by 2030. "The master plan is advisory in nature," he said, adding that "zoning is the regulatory mechanism" that controls what property owners can build.
Henderson outlined the typical entitlement process: applicant submittal, a three-day staff completeness review, distribution to internal departments and outside agencies, staff report and public notice, review by CABs and the planning commission, and (in most cases) a final decision by the…
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