Commission backs industrial/extractive zoning for Alco Land Holdings parcel

Aug 20, 2026

Elko County planning staff recommended and the commission approved forwarding a proposal to rezone a 40-acre parcel to general industrial/extractive to support core-sample storage and ore-sorting for a nearby Patriot Critical Minerals project, subject to NDOT coordination and standard development conditions.

The full story

Planning staff presented COZ26-009, an application from Alco Land Holdings Corp to rezone a roughly 40-acre parcel from open space to a general industrial/extractive (M1) district. Staff listed conditions including compliance with Nevada Revised Statutes, Elko County development criteria, grading and drainage plans prepared by a Nevada-licensed engineer and deed covenants tying future owners to approval conditions.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in