(Blue Diamond Road) Corridor Study - Regional Transportation ...

2. Current Conditions of Study Area RTC SR-160 Corridor Study
plan compact, mixed use developments that enable alternative modes of travel beyond the
automobile.
Within the study area, it is recommended that Clark County consider modifying the
boundaries of the Mixed Use Overlay District to cover an undeveloped portion of Enterprise
that is away from SR-160, which is not a suitable spine for a mixed use master plan given
high traffic volumes. Segregating through traffic via SR-160 from a mixed use development
is critical in creating a balanced transportation network, and assuring the sense of livability
associated with TOD communities like Englewood, CO.
A more suitable area for the Mixed Use Overlay District would be a 50-80 acre site south of
SR-160 that is comparable in size to Major Project developments currently underway. By
master planning a mixed use district in an undeveloped parcel with no street yet in place, it
is possible to superimpose a circulation system that simultaneously integrates auto, transit,
bicycles, and pedestrian access without compromising traffic on existing commuter sheds
like SR-160 that carry too many pass through vehicles.
2.6.2 Recent Growth Management Activities
At the Enterprise Town Advisory Board meeting on May 10, 2006, Town Commissioners
Woodbury and Boggs-McDonald introduced Clark County Ordinance ORD-0419-06. This
proposed ordinance would extend the moratorium on nonconforming zone changes on
properties within the Enterprise Land Use Plan, through December 2008. The moratorium
extension was approved by the Clark County Commission on June 7, 2006.
The Commissioners stated that development in the Enterprise area was moving faster than
the county, RTC, and NDOT could keep up. They did not expect this ordinance to solve all
the challenges, but indicated it will provide “breathing room” to reassess strategies for
closing the infrastructure gap for Enterprise. Several members of the public spoke after the
ordinance was introduced and they were all very supportive of it, as were members of the
Advisory Board.
2.6.3 Potential for Future Growth
Although the boundaries of this study do not extend east of I-15 or west of Hualapai Way,
the analysis of the Blue Diamond study area considered plans to accommodate residential
growth to east and west of SR-160. Planned residential development in west Henderson,
southeast of SR-160, has accelerated efforts to construct interchanges at I-15 and Silverado
Ranch Boulevard, Cactus, and Starr and to improve the interchange at St. Rose Parkway, all
to the south of the study area. These projects will load additional trips onto SR-160, as
there are not yet any major east-west corridors to the south.
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