Parcel map applh:ants still unhappy
Continued from frontpage
moratorium. They called for a repeal and urged that the issue
be placed on the November 4 agenda.
The agenda item however, only called for an exemption of
subdivision parcel maps from the original moratorium. Mendel
said that she and many others still felt that repealing it was the
only true way to go. In dealing with the agenda item, she said
that neither large subdivisions nor commercial parcels had
anything to do with health and safety concerns.
"I had talked to developers about their companies putting
in their own parks, streets, and other things that would benefit
the town," Mendel said. "After this moratorium was passed,
the developers didn't want to do anything for the town. It
threw Parks and Rec. out the window."
Mendel said that if a moratorium was to be in effect at all,
then it shouldn't start until January 17, 1998. That is the date
that the current Interim Land Policy (ILP) that parcel map
applicants follow, runs out. Opponents say that the morato-
rium was put into effect too soon and with little thought.
"It is all about money, but there is nothing wrong with
that," Murphy said. "You should have allowed the PRPC
more input. The members I spoke with said they felt uncom-
fortable and awkward about being interrupted and that a
decision was reached so quickly."
Murphy wanted to reaffirm that subsequent parceling was
a legal and legitimate means of separating land according to
NRS 278.42. Williams had thought that the PRPC and his
office was approving illegal parcel maps because of the way
the subsequent parceling allowed for some regulations to be
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avoided.
"The commissioners should not stop the county from
growing," Pahrump parceler Ron Taylor said. "This is ex-
actly what will happen if this moratorium is upheld. If 18
months wasn't long enough for Williams, then extend the
ILP. If you deny the moratorium, it might light a fire under-
neath Williams and his staff to get things done."
Williams said he was tired of hearing attacks on him. He
said that he was indeed busy, but not so busy that he couldn't
get things done. He also maintained that he was not hiding :
behind the terms of "health" and "safety" as a shield for being
overworked. To him these were serious issues that needed
immediate attention.
"It appears that a lot of folks would rather wait until there
is a problem until they decide that action needs to be taken,"
he said. "That doesn't sound like planning to me."
Commissioner Cameron McRae concurred with Williams
and cited reports from the State Engineers Office and the State
Bureau of Water Pollution that listed concerns and called for
the moratorium. He also stated he had over 1,100 signatures
of residents asking that the dust problem in the valley be
tended to.
"We need to allow for future planning by tending to the
problems we have now," McRae said.
With Commissioner Red Copass not in attendance and
Commissioner Bob Davi leaving the room to run an apparent
errand, Commissioners McRae, Richard Carver, and Bob
Revert voted to uphold the moratorium with exemptions
given to subdivision and commercial parcel maps. When
Mendel asked why the date
couldn' t be extended to Janu-
ary 17, McRae responded by
saying, "Because I don't
agree that there was an actual
date set."
"This is simply govern-
ment inaction," Murphy said
after the decision. "I cannot,
for the life of me, understand
why Carver, who carries the
constitution in his front
pocket and professes prop-
erty rights, would be so quick
to take property away from
US."
: Mtaphy said his opinion
On the issue hasn't changed
and that if the moratorium is
put into place, he will con-
tinue with a lawsuit against
the County Commissioners
he talked about two weeks
ago. Both Mendel and
Murphy said that they will
once again have the item
placed on the next agenda
calling for the moratorium to
be repealed entirely.
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