Las Vegas Downtown Centennial Plan - City of Las Vegas

C. POLICY CONTEXT FOR DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS9Within the context of the Plan, Downtown Las Vegas shall be defined asthe geographic area generally contained within the boundaries of the southernparcels along I-515 on the north, western parcels along 6th Street on the east,Sahara Avenue on the South and Interstate-15 on the west, and extending alongEast Fremont Street to Charleston Boulevard (Map 4). The centerline of SaharaAvenue is the boundary between the City of Las Vegas and unincorporated ClarkCounty. This land area, approximately one-half mile wide and one and one-halfmiles long and nearly 1500 acres, is divided into ten unique districts (Map 5):1) Office Core;2) Downtown Gateway;3) Downtown South;4) 18b The Las Vegas Arts District;5) Parkway Center;6) Central Casino Core;7) Northern Strip Gateway;8) East Village;9) Fremont East District; and10) Industrial District.LAS VEGAS DOWNTOWNCENTENNIAL PLANV I S I O NThis area of study is the central portion of the City of Las VegasDowntown Redevelopment Area, but excludes the Redevelopment Agency’ssurrounding local neighborhood centers that are not a part of this plan.The ten planning districts within this study area are defined by thepredominant type and intensity of land uses, general architectural character,and qualities of the streetscape within them. Most of the districts are linkedtogether by Las Vegas Boulevard commonly called “The Strip” to the south or“The Boulevard” as it passes through the City and beyond its northern limits.LAS VEGAS DOWNTOWN CENTENNIAL PLANPD-0012-08-2012RS