Judge tosses Queensridge lawsuit

not discouraged,” said attorney and Queensridge resident Frank Schreck, one of the plaintiffs and a vocal opponent of EHB Companies’ plans to develop the course.

The homeowners “disagree tremendously” with the reasons Allf cited for the statute in question, NRS 278a, not applying to this case, Schreck said.

The residential development proposal has faced fierce opposition. The course stopped operating late last year, but the fight over the development began well over a year ago.

Tom Letizia, a spokesman for EHB, called the decision a “major victory.”

Councilman Bob Beers, who represents that part of Las Vegas, said in a statement Thursday that the city “from the very beginning has taken the position that the owner has the right to develop the land. That right was granted by the city 30 years ago.”

Schreck, Jack Binion and several other Queensridge homeowners filed the lawsuit in late 2015. Anoth- er lawsuit against EHB Companies over plans to develop the course was filed and tossed out in 2016.

“We’ll get together, probably this weekend, and decide what course of action we’ll take,” Schreck said.

The plans have taken a circuitous path at City Hall. The Las Vegas Planning Commission shot down in Octobermuchofalarge-scaledevelopment plan for the entire course, approving a fraction of the proposal — 720 multifamily buildings at the corner of Rampart Boulevard and Alta Drive, in the shadow of the Queensridge towers.

By the time the City Council weighed in on that development at the course’s eastern edge, it was pared down significantly to 435 forsale condominiums.

A proposal to put single-family homes on another section of the course, at Alta and Hualapai Way, was delayed at a City Council meeting earlier this month. Contact Jamie Munks at jmunks@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0340. Find @JamieMunksRJ on Twitter.