As Las Vegas continues to grow outwards and reaches the mountains, developers have begun to eye the surrounding hillsides for new developments.

The Las Vegas City Council approved an ordinance to control the growth of new developments on the surrounding hillsides.

The new ordinance allows the city to look at new development proposals on an individual basis.

Nobody would have thought that this type of ordinance would have been necessary twenty years ago.  The original zoning ordinance did not even contemplate developments on hillsides, as there was plenty of land on the valley floor.

However, the city continues to annex parts of Clark County, particularly towards the west.  Many new master planned communities have been built towards the Spring Mountain Range.

Developments such as Summerlin are among the most popular on the local real estate market.  The area is home to several new condominium and single family home developments, as well as numerous luxurious private communities.

Housing projects have almost reached the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

The arrival of the Las Vegas beltway further spurred development on the west side of the city.  The freeway gives residents easy access to downtown Las Vegas and the strip.

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