§ 7.12. Intergovernmental Cooperation Programs

Refer to Section 7.6 of the Clark County Inventory and Trends Report and the Clark County Year 2025 Comprehensive Plan for a listing of intergovernmental cooperation programs. Also refer to Section 7.6 of this report.

8. Land Use.

Land use is a means of broadly classifying how land is used and how it could be used in the future. The Land Use element of the comprehensive planning process is typically the most emotionally sensitive to local residents and landowners. This is largely due to the fact that land use designation and private property rights are often intertwined. Each type of use has its own characteristic that can determine compatibility, location, and preference to other land uses. The maps, especially existing land use, are used to analyze the current pattern of development, and serve as the framework for formulating how land will be used in the future. Land use regulations, private market demands, ownership patterns, and resource management programs all contribute to the character of the city as it is known today.

A primary function of this Land Use element is to help guide future land use in a way that is compatible, desirable, and accepted by the local community. This requires the consideration of a range of ideas and opinions relative to land use, property rights, and community values. The community can effectively manage land use through sensible land use controls and policies. Because land use is a people-oriented process, personal opinions, desires, and attitudes, and legal and political considerations all have land use impacts. Some of these variables have been discussed in earlier sections and will be used as a reference; other aspects will be discussed as the preferred land use plan is developed.

The land use section includes a brief explanation of the planning process and associated implementation tools, a discussion of the planning efforts which have occurred in the community to date, inventory and analysis of existing land uses by classification, analysis of land use regulations (i.e., zoning, subdivision regulations) within the community, and identification of existing and potential impacts of land use conflicts in the community.