An airport parking garage will be built next to a cluster of large jet-fuel tanks under plans approved Wednesday.

Clark County commissioners gave the green light to plans by developer American Nevada Co. for a six-story garage just north of Terminal 1 at Harry Reid International Airport.

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

County staff had recommended approval of the project , which had a lengthy list of preliminary conditions, including security measures.

The county’s Department of Aviation, which operates Reid International, stated that the garage’s design “presents numerous safety and security concern

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