Increase neighborhood engagement
Sub-ObjectivesWorking with local jurisdiction code enforcement and outreach coordinators, develop neighborhood outreach plans to address community issues and provide resources for homeowner investments.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsContinue to reach out to key landowners and developers to gain support for the preferred land use map and to coordinate redevelopment of key sites.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsFoster new relationships between neighborhood leaders and businesses to identify incentives for businesses to support neighborhood identity and commitment.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsDevelop housing and employment in mixed-use transit-oriented neighborhoods near job centers, schools and other services.
Sub-ObjectivesDevelop regional goals and standards that aim to reduce transportation costs and provide increased mobility in neighborhoods to everyday amenities, such as grocery stores, offices and schools.
Lead Organization: Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC)Consider development standards to reduce impediments to pedestrian access, such as block walls, cul-de-sacs, fencing and other obstacles that require the unnecessary use of a vehicle to travel short distances to otherwise adjacent uses, or consider including pedestrian access in the subdivision approval process.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition (SNRPC)Develop a toolkit, in collaboration with area economic development and real estate organizations and other institutions, that supports mixed-use development.
Lead Organization: SNS Project TeamIdentify opportunities to implement applicable incentives, including tax credits and other programs to support catalytic mixed-use projects.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPartner with local healthcare and educational institutions to encourage the development of attractive, high-quality housing, and supporting businesses and services that support and are supported by higher education, medical or hospital districts.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsEncourage common licensing and development policies among local governments.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition (SNRPC)Initiate redevelopment activities along transit corridors that enhance ridership, promote livability, and develop community character.
Sub-ObjectivesIdentify and fund infrastructure investments that enable and support increased housing and employment density along key transit corridors, such as those described in the Regional Plan.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsProvide technical assistance to local jurisdictions, such as model zoning overlays, for transit-oriented development.
Lead Organization: Federal AgenciesPursue a pilot program to purchase deteriorated homes and redevelop them into public amenities, such as parks, to curb the process of deterioration of aging neighborhoods and attract additional reinvestment.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsReduce negative impacts associated with redevelopment, such as displacement, by working closely with community members and developers to plan for a range of housing products for all stages of life and incomes.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsWork with local governments and redevelopment agencies to acquire key parcels for transit-oriented development.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsIncrease or develop incentives on land use (e.g., FAR increases, parking reductions, etc.) to attract more compact development and allow the efficient movement of pedestrians, bicyclists, buses and motor vehicles within, to and through the area.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsConsider revising and adopting minimum parking standards.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsMaintain an adequate supply of land with flexible zoning designations to meet the anticipated housing demand.
Sub-ObjectivesEstablish and maintain a regional forecast of housing needs and set periodic goals for housing supply, based on population projections.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition (SNRPC)Monitor and disseminate information about regional housing development activity, developable land supply, residential zoning capacity, owner-occupancy rates, and use of zoning waivers to inform progress toward housing goals and to enable midcourse adjustments.
Lead Organization: Education and Research PartnersEducate elected officials, citizen organizations and the public on the housing needs and diversity of Southern Nevada's residents, and create a plan to provide quality housing for all residents regardless of income or stage of life.
Lead Organization: SNS Project TeamSupport rural communities and small towns to ensure long-term economic sustainability.
Lead Organization: Federal AgenciesEncourage updates to the housing elements of local master plans to align with housing demand.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsDevelop housing to meet the needs of workers in future industry sectors
Sub-ObjectivesDiversify housing options to meet the needs of local talent and the workforce. Increase the supply of high quality multi-family (condominium) housing in the Region's commercial cores and mixed-use commercial areas.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsConsider the needs of residents with low mobility and/or disabilities
Sub-ObjectivesResearch and analyze the needs of people with limited mobility, including identifying where they currently live, what types of housing products and community features they need, and ideal locations for improvements in order to increase self-sufficiency and integration with the community.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsCreate development incentives for new residential construction and to rehabilitate existing housing to meet universal and visitability design standards.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsSupport existing boards and committees to evaluate plans, codes and policies to ensure that the needs of individuals with disabilities are addressed as part of the approval process.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsDevelop low-income and workforce housing in neighborhoods across the region.
Sub-ObjectivesEncourage local governments to adopt land use, building codes, and zoning regulations that allow a mix of housing types that serve people from a variety of income levels, including single-family homes, cottage homes, townhomes, condominiums and apartments.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsConsider developing standards to allow for micro-units (200--400 square feet per person) that allow reasonable rents for low-income people and remove inefficient use of space in traditional homes.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsWork with for-profit and non-profit developers to encourage new mixed-income developments across the Region that can provide easy access to employment centers, family support systems, shopping, public transportation and recreational facilities.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsConduct outreach with local businesses to develop Employer Assisted Housing (EAH) programs in which major employers provide incentives for their employees to live nearby.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsIdentify funding sources to support affordable housing to reach Energy Efficient and NetZero standards, and generate surplus.
Lead Organization: Non Profit and Community OrganizationsPursue grants and other sources of funding such as HOME Investment Partnership funds to rehabilitate affordable housing for rent or homeownership, including performing energy upgrades on homes to meet local codes and home energy rating improvements.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsWorking through the SNRPC and with the Southern Nevada caucus of the State Legislature, ensure an adequate supply of homeless housing is distributed throughout the region in ways that meet the needs of vulnerable populations.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition (SNRPC)Educate and inform the population regarding housing choice, needs and rights
Sub-ObjectivesSupport the findings of the Regional Analysis of Impediments through continued engagement of housing and planning stakeholders and outreach with homeowner associations, multi-family property owners and residents to provide information on the Fair Housing Act, ADA, and rights of residents. (A Regional Analysis of Impediments is a housing analysis that assesses barriers to fair housing choice.)
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsCoordinate support services to interested homebuyers and first-time homeowners to prepare residents to establish credit, become financially stable, purchase homes, help ensure timely mortgage payments, maintenance of structure, and fulfillment of loan requirements.
Lead Organization: Non Profit and Community OrganizationsDevelop new lines of communication with residents to inform them of their rights and how they can deal with housing challenges (e.g., code enforcement, creation of neighborhood associations, contact numbers and offices if they feel there are issues, no retribution options, etc.).
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsDeveloping new partnerships to enhance access to healthcare and community services.
Sub-ObjectivesDevelop public-private partnerships to encourage the development of primary care offices, healthcare and health-related facilities, especially in mixed-use areas that are currently underserved, and areas that are well-served by transit.
Lead Organization: Las Vegas Health Education Advocacy Leadership of Southern Nevada(Las Vegas HEALS)Encourage the co-location of healthcare and behavioral health services to increase access to care, potentially within a "one-stop shop" or resource center for all types of social services, including an employment opportunity center.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsWork with the healthcare industry to promote community wellness, and become partners with municipalities to build "healthy communities" like those championed by the Centers for Disease Control.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPartner with organizations that are promoting wellness programs and working to reduce obesity and childhood obesity.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsDevelop and implement a public health and safety education campaign.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD)Research emerging issues and develop partnerships to improve access to affordable and healthy food options.
Sub-ObjectivesTo advance the priorities of Food Security in Nevada, Nevada's Plan for Action, support in-depth research on existing or emerging geographic concentrations of food insecure populations within Clark County.
Lead Organization: Three Square Food BankSupport and coordinate with organizations working to increase access to healthy food options, including Southern Nevada Health District, including Southern Nevada Health District, Southern Nevada Food Council and the School of Community Health Sciences at UNLV, to identify underserved areas that could support healthy food outlets, urban agriculture, community gardens and farmer's markets.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPromote healthy food options and ensure Supplemental Nutritional Program (SNAP) benefits are available in areas with concentrations of fast food outlets that also have high food insecurity rates.
Lead Organization: Three Square Food BankPrioritize access to parks, trails, open space, recreational facilities, and opportunities for physical exercise.
Sub-ObjectivesWork with the National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) program to request their assistance in developing community-led parks and other community gathering spaces, especially prioritizing underserved areas.
Lead Organization: Outside Las Vegas Foundation (OLVF)Identify vacant or underutilized land with low-income, at-risk or underserved communities that can be repurposed for public spaces.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsDevelop an action plan to increase park accessibility for areas that are underserved.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPromote a development pattern that provides direct pedestrian-friendly connections to parks and open space between low-income, at-risk or underserved communities.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsEncourage adoption of ordinance/code changes to ensure developments dedicate open space or pay impact fees to a regional parks and open space fund.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsProvide superior access to the valley's natural environment (Red Rock Canyon, Mt. Charleston, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, Craig Ranch, and other parks) that includes welcome centers accessible to all Southern Nevadans.
Lead Organization: State AgenciesSupport Outside Las Vegas Foundation's efforts to maintain trails and provide education on existing trails in the region.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsSupport the planning and development of the Vegas Valley Rim Trail connecting neighborhoods to open spaces.
Lead Organization: Outside Las Vegas Foundation (OLVF)Develop and adopt uniform design and maintenance standards for trails and bike lanes.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsIncrease safety of neighborhoods, parks and open spaces.
Sub-ObjectivesInitiate and expand existing community organizing programs and/or street crime prevention programs to build neighborhood pride and increase crime prevention awareness.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsEncourage the use of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) practices.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPursue the creation of community development organizations and community development efforts to ensure there are nonprofit organizations based in local neighborhoods working to build safety, community pride, and reinvestment projects.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsReplicate successful local and national examples of community-based partnerships with law enforcement to improve safety in communities experiencing high crime rates.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsDevelop policies to promote environmental health of housing.
Sub-ObjectivesEducate property owners pursuing new developments and home renovations about the benefits of using low or non-toxic materials such as low-VOC (volatile organic compound) paint and carpet, and other strategies to improve indoor air quality. Create healthy building material checklists and fact sheets that can be provided to property owners and contractors when applying for building permits.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsEncourage new development to incorporate project design features and guidance for building orientation to create areas for community interaction, maximize solar access, provide passive solar heating during cool seasons, and minimize heat gains during hot periods.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPartner with Nevada Healthy Homes Partnership, EnergyFit Nevada, UNLV, state/county agencies, and EPA to provide education and technical assistance to improve health and comfort, especially to reduce mold and lead hazards and increase air quality standards in residential, office and commercial land uses.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPartner with EnergyFit Nevada and the Asthma Coalition to promote education on asthma, allergy and other breathing disorder triggers caused by pollutants in homes.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsDevelop and distribute spatial health analysis maps to stakeholders of Southern Nevada to initiate conversations about community health and the built environment.
Lead Organization: SNS Project TeamProtect community members from the harmful effects of pollution and hazardous materials, hazardous waste, and environmental contamination.
Sub-ObjectivesReduce or eliminate the use of pesticides and herbicides on public properties that negatively impact human health, especially in parks and publicly accessible open spaces.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsAvoid locating new schools, childcare centers and senior housing in proximity to sources of pollution (e.g., truck routes and busy roadways) or near existing businesses that handle toxic materials. Where such uses are located in proximity to sources of air pollution or toxic materials, use building design, construction safeguards and technology techniques to mitigate the negative impacts of hazardous materials and/or air pollution on indoor air quality.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPrioritize the cleanup and reuse of brownfield and grayfield sites.
Sub-ObjectivesRemediate EPA/state/locally-identified brownfield sites to prevent further pollution and to utilize land for other uses.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsDevelop area-wide plans and specific implementation strategies for integrating the cleanup and reuse of brownfield and grayfield sites into neighborhood revitalization efforts.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsProvide incentives for private sector cooperation to reduce the creation of hazardous wastes, the cleanup of brownfield sites, and the return of land to productive uses.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsEstablish appropriate measures for long-term environmental protection of previous brownfield sites.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPromote sustainability in housing in the region to ensure a durable housing supply that will reduce housing costs for homeowners and renters.
Sub-ObjectivesPromote and incentivize quality housing design that meets the needs of its users, enhances the neighborhood, and is built to last.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPromote the rehabilitation of existing residential and commercial properties and energy efficiency standards to reduce the negative impacts of new development.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPromote the use of residential solar installations and passive design techniques.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPromote energy efficiency audits as a real estate industry standard and develop an associated financing mechanism for the purchase of homes meeting a designated standard.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsExpand energy-efficient housing choices that move the community toward NetZero homes.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsEncourage adoption of energy code to increase NetZero homes.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsDevelop incentive programs to identify inefficient housing stock and to retrofit older residential housing to achieve energy efficiency standards.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsExpand incentive programs, such as EnergyFit Nevada, that install high-quality, high-efficiency building technologies and assist homeowners in understanding how to make their homes more energy-efficient through energy assessments and financing/rebate options.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsExpand existing programs that assist in the production of Energy Star and LEED homes, such as those built by Habitat for Humanity for affordable housing.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsEducate homebuilders, renters and homebuyers of the importance of shade near and around homes for additional energy conservation in the summer.
Lead Organization: Non Profit and Community OrganizationsCollaborate with subject matter experts and advocacy groups to foster sustainable communities and exhibit leadership in sustainable practices.
Lead Organization: Non Profit and Community OrganizationsGrow and encourage use of EnergyFit Nevada's low interest loan funds for home energy upgrades.
Lead Organization: Non Profit and Community OrganizationsMinimize air pollutant emissions from stationary sources to reduce emissions and improve air quality to meet or exceed national ambient air quality standards and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Sub-ObjectivesEncourage adoption of ordinance or other code changes to promote the use of Air Quality Impact Analyses for certain types and sizes of land developments, including industrial developments.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsEncourage adoption of ordinance or other code to limit the use of solvents and aerosol sprays for painting and dry cleaning.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsSupport and expand programs that incentivize electric-powered lawn equipment instead of mowers with gasoline motors.
Lead Organization: Non Profit and Community OrganizationsPromote natural spaces, particularly native trees, which are proven to counter poor air quality by absorbing greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and other pollutants.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsSupport transit and land-use improvements and amenities that make walking and biking short distances viable, to further reduce carbon emissions.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsSupport compact development and regulations that help the Southern Nevada Water Authority achieve water conservation goals and encourage reduction in water consumption.
Sub-ObjectivesSupport a variety of regulations by local governments to promote efficient use of water resources (e.g., turf restrictions, plumbing code requirement for high efficiency fixtures, etc.).
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsContinue to encourage the use of incentives to manage and reduce overall water use (e.g., providing rebates on water efficient technologies program).
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA)Continue and expand education and outreach programs to improve water efficiency (e.g., school programs) and reduce water consumption during peak usage times of day and year.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA)Consider local government adoption of ordinance or other code restricting water usage during peak usage times of day and year to enhance enforcement efforts.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsContinue SNWA, Las Vegas Valley Water District and local government adoption of progressive/tiered water pricing structure based on quantity and use.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA)Encourage all new golf courses to use recycled water and submit drought-tolerant landscape and irrigation plans.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA)Encourage existing golf courses to submit turf conversion/irrigation management plans.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA)Increase water quality and decrease wastewater and dry weather urban runoff while encouraging recycled water reuse strategies.
Sub-ObjectivesSupport the Clark County Flood Control District's Stormwater Quality Management Committee's adopted Stormwater Management Plan to promote site design standards in large parking lots, such as depressed medians, buffer strips, porous paving and minimized parking standards.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsEncourage adoption of ordinance or other code for new and existing commercial businesses with water intensive uses that regulate/restrict water usage and provide other minimum standards. For example, consider requiring commercial car washes to recycle water on-site or send it to a wastewater treatment facility, where it can be cleaned and returned to the water cycle.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA)Promote sustainable water practices among businesses, such as dry cleaners, gas stations, hotels and other similar uses.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA)Work toward meeting or surpassing federal, state and local water quality requirements.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA)Promote energy efficiency to reduce regional and local energy demand.
Sub-ObjectivesEncourage energy-efficient new home construction to meet or exceed energy efficiency standards.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPromote Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems, such as MGM's existing CHP system at CityCenter, to increase reliability and decrease regional energy demands of Southern Nevada's resort hotels.
Lead Organization: Non Profit and Community OrganizationsEstablish a regional Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program to assist commercial, industrial and multi-family property owners' access to affordable, long-term financing for smart energy upgrades to their buildings.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPromote the use of electric vehicles in local and state government fleets.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsIncentivize the construction of electric vehicle charging stations in local government zoning codes by offering parking reductions and other zoning-related incentives.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsExpand incentive programs to include retrofits for existing commercial and residential structures for both energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsDevelop shared renewable energy and energy-efficient models for higher density neighborhoods and public spaces, such as solar charging stations and NetZero cooling stations.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsIncrease supply of regionally generated solar energy.
Sub-ObjectivesEncourage solar PV and solar thermal hot water for new homes.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsEncourage all new commercial and residential construction to allow for solar energy connections.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsDevelop campaign to educate local governments and HOAs on Nevada Revised Statute 278.0208, which prohibits the unreasonable restricting of systems for obtaining solar energy.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsImplement a green energy program that allows customers, both commercial and residential, to opt into purchasing clean energy from the local utility providers.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsIncentivize utility-scale renewable energy projects
Lead Organization: State AgenciesIncentivize solar thermal on existing residential buildings measured by existing goals established by Southwest Gas for solar thermal installations.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsPromote the adoption of legislation to allow small distributed generation sale of power and point-of-sale regulations to allow homeowners the ability to sell power back to their respective service company.
Lead Organization: State AgenciesDevelop guidelines for the preservation of view corridors, and protection and restoration of natural resources.
Sub-ObjectivesCoordinate conservation and development of natural resources by establishing a regional entity that represents the views of the federal, state, and local agencies involved in these efforts, including private and non-profit agencies.
Lead Organization: Regional Open Space and Trails Workgroup of SNRPCMaintain the publicly available database to showcase the Region's network of park, trails and open space amenities.
Lead Organization: Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD)Implement the SNRPC Regional Open Space Plan to conserve areas for their value as open spaces and acquire public recreation access to public lands.
Lead Organization: Regional Open Space and Trails Workgroup of SNRPCIncorporate xeriscaping and native/ adaptive landscaping from the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition (SNRPC) plant list into public agency design standards for trails, roadways, and other public rights-of-way.
Lead Organization: Regional Open Space and Trails Workgroup of SNRPCCreate incentives to encourage use of native plant materials in meeting the landscape code through outreach programs for developers, designers, engineers and contractors.
Lead Organization: Regional Open Space and Trails Workgroup of SNRPCIncrease regional solid waste recovery and reduce landfill contributions.
Sub-ObjectivesEncourage franchise agreements to require single-stream recycling programs throughout the Region.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsEncourage franchise agreements to pilot and implement a composting program.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsIntroduce regional composting pilot program utilizing the EPA-supported best practices for establishing a composting program.
Lead Organization: Local GovernmentsCreate an incentive-based program to promote regional recycling for both residential and commercial recycling based on case study research.
Lead Organization: Local Governments