STATEMENT FROM BARKS VEGAS REGARDING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' DENIAL

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On June 3, 2026, the Clark County Board of County Commissioners denied the Home Occupation Use Permit for Barks Vegas. The Board did not do so because the evidence was against us. It did so by ignoring the evidence entirely.

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The record was based on science, proven and accepted methods of measure, and it was not contested. We provided:

1. Evidence of zero noise migration to adjacent parcels through acoustic analysis and applying physics and mathematical models.

2. Evidence through an independent traffic study showing an "insignificant" traffic impact and the road would maintain an "excellent level of service" through a study we paid for and were never required to provide.

3. Evidence through EPA dispersion modeling showing no credible odor or waste impact and documented sanitation protocols.

4. Evidence of county issued permits and licensing similar, and in some cases, identical to what Barks Vegas was applying for. 

5. In plain language of the County's own code, that Barks Vegas is not a Kennel, because no animal in our care is kept for an indefinite period. Every dog arrives on a scheduled reservation with a contracted pick-up date and time.

 

Not a single opponent submitted a competing study. No acoustic analysis. No dispersion model. No traffic count. Nothing. The opposition offered opinion, volume, and sentiment, and nothing more. The science went unrebutted. The code comparisons went unrebutted. And the Board chose sentiment over fact.

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This is the same county that licenses in-home childcare, Pet Fancier and Foster permits, and Breeder and Show permits, authorizing comparable and in many cases more intensive activity in the very same residential zones, with a fraction of the scrutiny applied to us. The Board did not, and cannot, articulate a rational basis for treating Barks Vegas differently. It applied a standard to us that it applies to no one else, and it reached its conclusion by setting aside its the undisputed facts, their own precedent, its own engineering, and its own code.

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​A decision built on disregarding the record and the facts is not the exercise of judgment these officials were elected to provide. It is the total abandonment of it.

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We respect the community and value their participation. Their concerns, traffic, noise, and odor, are the same ones we addressed through independent science, and the record shows Barks Vegas will have no negative impact on any of them.

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To engage those concerns directly, we published a dedicated information website, emailed neighbors, and mailed postcards inviting the community to a meeting weeks before the Advisory Board hearing. Not one resident attended.

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Every step was taken transparently, at our own expense, and in good faith, because that is how we intended to operate as a neighbor.

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​Facts and Documents​

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• Barks Vegas Board Of Commissioners Presentation

• Independent Traffic Study

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We fought for this country on multiple fronts, dedicating the majority of our adult lives to its defense. The America we defended does not allow a viable, low-impact, legitimate family business to be struck down by mob rule rather than objective fact. The requirement for evidence-based objections has apparently been abandoned. Facing concrete facts, the commissioners chose the cowardly path of least resistance and ruled against them anyway. Furthermore, the fact that we requested meetings with all seven county commissioners and only three had the decency to face us speaks volumes about this board's integrity.

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Unfortunately, the system is rigged. There is no appeal process and no higher body to plead our case to. Instead, the substantial time, capital, and effort we invested to provide a vital service to this community has been completely erased by a broken bureaucracy.