A proposed new parking garage next to large fuel tanks at Las Vegas’ airport has raised “numerous safety and security concerns” for aviation officials, county records indicate.

Clark County commissioners are scheduled Wednesday to consider plans filed by developer American Nevada Co. for a six-story garage just north of Terminal 1 at Harry Reid International Airport. The 3.8-acre project site currently has a building — occupied by airline-food supplier Sky Chefs — that would get demolished to clear space for the garage, plans show.

The new structure would have more than 2,200 standard parking stalls and solar panels over most of the top level, according to a county staff report, which said the garage would also be “shielded” on the side that borders the fuel tanks.

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