Commission approves 8-lot Gillespie Street subdivision in Enterprise after neighbor objections on density
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Clark County commissioners approved a plan amendment, zone change and tentative map to allow an eight-lot single-family subdivision on 2.14 acres on Gillespie Street in Enterprise, overruling neighbor objections about density and lot sizes adjacent to a power easement and park.
The Clark County Commission voted June 4 to approve a plan amendment, zone change, vacating of certain easements, waivers and a tentative map to permit eight single-family lots on 2.14 acres on the west side of Gillespie Street in Enterprise.
The approval, taken as companion items 41–45, reclassified the parcel to RS 5.2 (residential single-family 5.2) and allowed a tentative map for eight lots; commissioners attached the standard conditions listed in the staff report.
Robert Cunningham of Tanny Engineering, representing the applicant, told the commission the site sits adjacent to the Silverado Ranch dog park and is partially encumbered by a power easement. He said the applicant reduced the proposal from 12 lots to eight after community feedback and that the proposed lots to the north are smaller because of the easement.
Neighbor Bert Anzai said, “We opposed the density of this development” and added that his group would accept a maximum of six units on the site because the easement consumes a portion of the northern lots. John Wardle, another resident, questioned the applicant’s decision to count the power easement area toward a lot’s size, saying the lot across the street “is 10,500, ignoring the easement,” and argued that the proposed lots would be the only ones under 10,000 square feet nearby.
Cunningham and staff said the county required a waiver only for one lot because of adjacency rules and that the design team reduced the number of lots to improve compatibility. The application includes waivers to permit up to 3.5 feet of fill and a retaining wall of up to 3.5 feet in a wash area; Richmond American Homes was identified as the proposed builder and the proposed homes were described as approximately 3,000 square feet with three-car garages.
A commissioner told the record the applicant delivered improved design plans and that RS 5.2 zoning exists in nearby pockets; the commissioner moved for approval with conditions and the motion passed.
The county’s actions include vacating and abandoning easements of interest to Clark County in the local area and recording the tentative map for eight single-family lots in RS 5.2. The applicant must meet any mitigation and public-works requirements before final map recordation.