Zoning for the Valley

Why this project

Better transit needs places worth taking transit to. The Valley’s land-use code, in most jurisdictions, makes those places illegal to build — minimum parking requirements, single-family-only zoning, height caps on the corridors that should be densifying. Transit advocacy without zoning advocacy ends up with a great BRT line surrounded by surface parking lots.

Zoning for the Valley does the reform half. Public literacy first — what the code actually says, in plain language. A map of where missing middle is legal and where it is banned. Then named code-reform fights at the city or county level: a minimum-parking rollback, a transit-oriented-development overlay, a missing-middle pilot. Coalition support, public comment, scorecards on the votes.

Approach

• Lead with literacy — most Las Vegans don’t know what their zoning code says or who writes it
• Anchor each fight to a specific code section, a specific board, a specific date — not “zoning reform” generally
• Coordinate with the Block Vision Project so concrete neighborhood visions feed zoning advocacy
• Coordinate with the Workforce Coalition (employer interest) and the Faith & Neighborhood Network (resident voice) on each named fight
• Track every transit-relevant zoning hearing through the Local Government Program and feed it back here