Boys & Girls club request for zone change delayed

Representatives of the Boys & Girls Club of Western Nevada who want to change the zoning on a piece of land in the Silver Oaks subdivision will not present their plans to Carson City supervisors today as expected.

Action by the Board of Supervisors was expected today, but delayed after changes to the plan were considered then dropped, city officials said.

Lumos and Associates, representing the club, met with opposition from neighbors in the subdivision when they asked planning commissioners to change zoning on a 3-acre parcel they own at the corner of Oakridge Drive and College Parkway.

Silver Oak Development Co. gave the parcel to the club so it could be sold. The club plans to use money from the sale to build a new facility on the corner of Northridge Drive and Lompa Lane.

Commissioners voted in February to recommend changing the zoning on the lot from public use to neighborhood business use. Supervisors must approve the zone change before it can go into effect.

Following a planning commission meeting at which many neighbors expressed their fears of having convenience stores, bars or liquor outlets built on the site, Lumos and Associates considered changing their request, city officials said.

"We're trying to do everything we can to explore everyone's needs, but at this point there have been no changes to the application," said Carol Dotson, director of planning for Lumos and Associates.

The firm considered placing restrictions on the deed to disallow uses such as gambling, liquor sales, service stations and convenience stores, said Buzz Fitzpatrick, chief operating officer for the firm and a Boys & Girls Club board member.

There were some concerns about the process that have been resolved, Fitzpatrick said. However, changes would have required the application to be returned to the planning commission for another recommendation, said Community Services Director Walt Sullivan.

Instead, Lumos and Associates decided to stick to its original plans and present the zoning change exactly as it was presented to the planning commission, Fitzpatrick said.

Supervisors may review the matter at their meeting April 3, Sullivan said.