Lyon County panel backs zoning change and helipad permit for Station 38 in Dayton

The Lyon County Planning Commission on April 14 voted 6-0 to forward to the Lyon County Board of County Commissioners a recommendation to rezone a 1.02-acre parcel at 199 Six Mile Canyon Road in Dayton from C1 (limited commercial) to Public Facilities and to grant a conditional-use permit for a helipad at Fire Station 38.

Lisa Nash, senior planner, told commissioners the requested zoning change would "bring the property into compliance" with the county's public/quasi-public master-plan designation and that the parcel already has water and sewer service. Nash said the helipad use is allowed in the Public Facilities district with a conditional-use permit and that staff had prepared 19 conditions intended to reduce neighborhood impacts. "This is cleaning up something where currently the C1 isn't appropriate in the public…