II CITY OF LAS VEGAS AREAS
MAP OF AREAS OF THE CITY
Residents and stakeholders identified a lack of community type framework in the context of Chapter 1’s Case for cohesion and pride as an obstacle to a strong quality of Change PlaceBuild analysis. As part of implementation, life during the planning process. Some areas of the city the City may create area plans and dedicate individual have a strong sense of identity, such as Summerlin, that staff members from multiple disciplines or departments was carefully cultivated during its development. Other to address planning issues within the district itself. Nu Wav Kaiv parts of the city have strong homeowners’ associations or neighborhood identity, but others lack a sense of Some areas already have this framework – either new plans “place”. As “Las Vegas” is generalized to mean the greater or older plans that may be updated to drill down into greater detail the implementation of place types and possible metropolitan area, more can be done to formalize the city’s 95 neighborhoods into places that residents can identify, zoning changes and overall planning direction (Recent Kyle Canyon Kyle Canyon Tule Springs celebrate, protect, preserve, and establish connections plans include Downtown Las Vegas, Summerlin North/ West, and Centennial Hills “Town Center”). The recent with their neighbors. This section sets the stage for Grand Teton
Downtown Plan is a good model in establishing a collection Buffalo future implementation, including subarea planning and Aliante Centennial Hills of smaller neighborhoods (Medical District, Arts District, La Madre Foothills Elkhorn
departmental shifts so the City can help harness the Jones Decatur energy and enthusiasm of neighbors and translate that Fremont East, Historic Westside) into a larger whole to think into meaningful, equitable implementation across the city. strategically about branding, character, and collaboration. 95 Ann To build a framework for future subarea planning, the City of Las Vegas was divided into 16 “Areas.” These
Fort Apache Fort areas are intended to allow for more detailed planning Craig Rancho Lone Mountain with greater analysis in evaluating each area’s place Buffalo Rancho
Cheyenne Durango
Rainbow 5th
Twin Lakes 15 Civic Center Summerlin North Losee Lake Mead Simmons Lake Mead
KEY ACTIONS West Las Vegas Pecos
Lamb Summerlin West Nellis Far Hills Washington • Working with community members, develop special Summerlin East Las Vegas
Bonanza Rampart
Town Center
area plans for each area. King L Martin Decatur
Durango Downtown Las Vegas Charleston 2-62 • Establish priorities across city departments for 215 Fremont 2-63 Angel Park Charleston Downtown South implementing planning area recommendations. 159 Sahara Sahara 15
Boulder Jones
• Identify catalytic redevelopment sites in each planning Eastern
McLeod
Maryland Valley View Valley 215 Desert Inn Las Vegas
Paradise Hualapai area to spur redevelopment. Apache Fort Spring Mountain
• Establish partnerships to identify deficiencies in community centers, schools, and open space and plan
LAS VEGAS MASTER PLAN VEGAS MASTER LAS for equitable implementation of new facilities. These areas were identified by existing development agreement boundaries, character analysis, and Census
geography boundaries to facilitate better data analysis and track implementation progress. 02. LAND USE + ENVIRONMENT
DRAFT: 09/13/20 AREA METRICS
This section summarizes opportunities in each area. Each Planning Area was analyzed to determine how well it RELATION TO GUIDING PRINCIPLES currently meets the Guiding Principles according a set of metrics focused on the following topics. The following pages Each Area of the City will: provides an overview of the district level metrics.
• Consist of place types For more recommendations specific to these topics, please LAND USE PLACE TYPE MAPS AVERAGE WATER CONSUMPTION see the following sections: • Conserve resources and water Each district section contains a map showing existing land As land areas change in the City and new housing is built use patterns and potential areas of change, where existing to accommodate future population growth, the form of • Preserve historic buildings and neighborhoods land uses could overtime change into one of the new housing can have a significant impact on household water Land Use and Development - See Section I of proposed place types. Below each map, a diagram shows consumption. The Place Build model uses historic data • Have affordable and market rate housing this chapter how potential changes were modeled. The hatched area of associated with specific residential housing types to assess • Be served by City services, utilities, and public the circle chart represents areas of existing land use that average daily gallons of water used per housing unit across infrastructure Services - See Chapter 4, Section III could potentially change, and to the right of that it shows the district, based on the specific mix of housing types in the future place types it might change into. It is important that district. This same value is calculated for the proposed • Have parks, community centers to note that diagrams and map do not match one-to-one. condition, which in many cases shows the average water Parks and Open Space - See Section III of this The map indicates general patterns of potential change, consumption per housing unit decreasing in the future as • Have schools (new/existing) of different levels and chapter places for workforce training whereas the diagram is based on assumptions of certain % more water efficient forms of housing are constructed. of existing land areas changing from one pattern to another. • Have jobs and employment opportunities of Workforce - See Chapter 3 These values are compared against city-wide averages for all types for all skill sets, including in primary comparative purposes. industries and those that are developing Transportation - See Chapter 4, Section I • Be safe and be protected from hazards, and within ACRES of PARK space per 1,000 within 1/4 miles Job per housing unit within district close proximity to LVFR and LVMPD FUTURE PLACE TYPES (IN ACRES) WATER USAGE For each of the 16 planning areas, a series of metrics • Be connected by highways, streets, trails, bike Land Use Change in City of 0.9Las Vegas Average water consumption of residents in the City of Las Vegas were assembled that relate existing conditions to city- ar et t era e lanes, and transit o a 307.5 wide averages, future targets, and/or projected conditions • Have convenient access to food and community based on the PlaceBuild analysis tools. Critical assumptions 2-64 294.7 2-65 for each of these analyses are described on the next few services 4.4 pages. Overall, these metrics connect back to the plan’s t era e ….all in a manner that’s equitable, innovative, health- guiding principles and how we can begin to measure o a minded, livable, resilient; whether existing, in the progress towards desired outcomes and understanding the 22.4% 27.7 months and years ahead, or by 2050. t a era e magnitude of change needed within each planning district. t a era e to a to a LAS VEGAS MASTER PLAN VEGAS MASTER LAS
02. LAND USE + ENVIRONMENT o res ents n ann n area th n e o e a t era e ater ro ose era e Education, Institution, Public and Open Space place types are not se o a ater se 80% included in changes a ons a n t a ons a n t t era e