Lyon County commissioners heard a request of Apostolic Tabernacle Church to change its zoning status from agriculture to general commercial district to allow for a second sign on the property.
Kevin Hanlin, Lyon County zoning assistant, said the item comes with an approval recommendation from the Lyon County Planning and Appeals Board. The church at 1827 Road G (the Americus Road), can only have one sign in an agricultural district. The church originally was allowed in an agricultural district by a previous board’s vote, Hanlin said. A general commercial zoning vote would allow them to have another sign. The church has one sign on the building but wants a ground sign. If approved, a ground sign cannot be more than 30 feet tall and cannot have chasing lights. It also cannot cause any traffic hazards.
Hanlin said there’s another church to the north of the property that is zoned commercial and there’s commercial zoning to the south.
“That was one of the reasons that the planning commission voted to approve the application, Hanlin said. “That portion (of Americus Road) is identified as a parkway in the future transportation map.”
In other business, commissioners discussed road grader routes in the northern part of Lyon County. Earlier this year, commissioners asked that five areas in the county be combined into four. Lyon County Engineer Chip Woods said there have been more complaints about roads and grader operators are having to travel more to get to their sections.
“They have a lot of dead time getting to and from the far ends of their section,” Woods said.
Woods said extending the routes also is causing more high blading and more wear and tear on tires.
“That equipment doesn’t come cheap and that’s one reason we tried to do that to eliminate one machine,” County Commissioner Marshall Miller said.
Commissioner Scott Briggs asked Woods how much time he wanted to give the new routes. Woods did not support the combining of the routes.
“How much time do you want to give it?” Woods responded. “I didn’t want to give it any.”
Woods said he has not seen any cost savings with the routes being combined.