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On Tuesday night, the Paradise Town Advisory Board OK’d several site design aspects and waivers of development standards that may help streamline some of the work. Those waivers include parking requirement reductions, reduced landscaping guidelines, traffic mitigation plans and the ability to store construction materials on the Tropicana site where the ballpark will be built.
Clark County’s comprehensive planning department also listed a condition that would allow a grading permit to be issued before a development agreement with the A’s is in place.
Last week, the A’s filed for a commercial grading permit, which would let the team to start work. The process would include site excavation, some underground utility work and initial foundation work ahead of the team entering into a development agreement with the county.
“Similar process to Allegiant, we did some things in phases that same way and I’m sure we’ll follow that same procedure,” Marc Badain said Tuesday night.
Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson, whose district encompasses the future A’s ballpark, said last week that he expects that the county will work with the A’s on the potential phased work approach, while hammering out a development agreement with the MLB club.
Reduced parking request
That reduction request comes after a study from transportation consultant Kimley-Horn listed 49,000 parking spots within walking distance of the ballpark. That would make it the only urban MLB stadium to have more parking within walking distance than the seating capacity at the stadium, the study noted.
To ensure smooth traffic flow around the stadium on game days, the A’s plan to reconfigure the intersection of Giles Street and Reno Avenue, just south of the ballpark. Plans also calls for a new pedestrian bridge for one of the main exits from the stadium to Giles.
Ride hailing and taxi cabs, public buses, walking and the Las Vegas Monorail mark other modes of available transportation that could support the reduced parking request.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/sport...lpark-ahead-of-agreement-with-county-3319054/
