Camiros assisted Clark County, Nevada in the complete rewrite of its Zoning Ordinance and incorporation of that ordinance into a new unified development code. This complex multi-year assignment began with a reorganization of the existing ordinance, which had been so amended that it became extremely difficult to use and understand.
Following completion of this work, and the readoption of the code by the County Board, Camiros worked with the County Current Planning Division to conceptualize the code in a manner that was easy to use, linked to the comprehensive plan, protective of community concerns, and responsive to contemporary development techniques. This work involved facilitation of numerous focus groups consisting of ordinance users, citizen and administrators, the preparation of a range of zoning policy choices that were discussed and determined by the Board of County Commissioners, and the preparation of the final document which, in addition to a text version, is also made part of the County Web Page in a fully linked version.
The new unified development code stresses ease of access through the provision of significant tables, charts and illustrations, incorporates contemporary performance standards affecting parking, landscape, development intensity and character, a range of flexible development and approval procedures and new zoning districts to directly link the code with the comprehensive plan. It also integrates the zoning controls with subdivision and public improvement requirements. The County adopted the new unified development code in 2000.
