Planning commission forwards request to rezone Spring Creek lot for modular‑home sales

The Elko County Planning Commission voted to forward a master plan amendment and related change‑of‑zoning request for a Spring Creek parcel to the Board of County Commissioners, recommending approval with staff conditions.

Corey, planning staff, summarized application 24‑15003 as a request by Alex Perez to amend the master plan and rezone two parcels (APNs listed in the staff report) from highway/tourist commercial (C2) to general commercial retail C1 Group 1 to accommodate “the sale of new pre manufactured homes,” and recommended approval with conditions including compliance with Nevada Revised Statutes and Elko County development criteria. "Staff recommends this master plan amendment with the following conditions," Corey told the commission.

Bob Thiebaud, representing the applicant and High Desert Engineering, told commissioners the current designation on the master plan is C2 and clarified the proposal: "This is a commercial sales lot. It's not any residential use where people are living," he said, describing the lot as a display and sales location for modular homes that would then be moved and set at purchasers' sites.

Commissioners asked whether units would be set on foundations or sold as mobile units; Thiebaud said purchasers would follow the rules of the jurisdiction where a unit is placed. After discussion, a commissioner moved and the panel voted to forward the master plan amendment and the change of zoning to the County Commissioners with staff's recommendations, findings and conditions. The forwarding recommendation is contingent on the county commission’s final approval and any required association approvals noted in the staff report.

The county commission will consider the proposal at a subsequent meeting; the Planning Commission record notes required deed covenants and standard compliance items as part of any approval.