Controversial Housing Project Receives Clark County’s Final Approval to Begin Construction
LAS VEGAS, NV – A proposed housing project located in a rural part of the southwestern Las Vegas Valley that has sparked controversy among its neighboring communities has received final approval from the Clark County Board of Commissioners to begin construction.
Final plans by Richmond American Homes to build a 99-lot subdivision on 19 acres south of Blue Diamond Road at Tenaya Way were approved by the Planning Commission on Wednesday. This development was much to the chagrin of multiple people in neighboring areas who are worried that the project will bring an influx of traffic into their quiet communities, many of which consist of homes on large plots of land and whose owners raise animals such as horses and chickens.
Notable among the concerned and vocal critics of the Richmond American Homes project is the magician Teller – one-half of the famous comedy magic duo and longtime Vegas headliners Penn & Teller – who has called the area home for nearly three decades.
The area where part of Richmond American’s project is to be built is a designated Rural Neighborhood Preservation zone, which prohibits suburban-style housing with multiple homes in tight vicinity of each other on small parcels of land. The five-acre section of the project that is situated within that zone means that the company will be mandated to build homes on half-acre lots instead. But the remaining 14 acres, which are outside the zone, will consist of 90 houses built in a more traditional, tightly-knit suburban style.
In an attempt to appease the engaged locals, Richmond American will be implementing a Department of Transportation-approved median cut on Blue Diamond at Tenaya that would enable drivers to bypass the surrounding residential area in order to access the developer’s new housing project once it is complete.
However, it remains to be seen if this will be enough for the neighboring communities, who have been especially vocal at Clark County Board meetings in their disapproval of the project.
Richmond American has not yet announced a start date for development of the housing project.
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