Can the Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map designation on my property be changed?
Possibly. The county has established criteria and guidelines to follow in processing these types of requests. Zone changes that also require an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Map are processed an annual reviews. By state law, the county accepts applications for such requests once a year. Based on the amendment criteria in the Comprehensive Plan, these types of changes are generally difficult to justify by the property owner and difficult for the county to approve unless an error was made in the original decision to designate the property the way it is. See 2 below. Rezoning of property that is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan can be applied for at any time. The Plan has a matrix of zones which may be appropriate within a particular Comprehensive Plan Map designation. If that is the situation, the applicant can apply for a pre-application conference and a subsequent rezone application which will be subject to a hearing before the Clark County hearings examiner.
