A large roll of paper, about a foot thick, rested on a desk one recent morning at Henderson's Development Services Center, prepared for various levels of approval.

It is just one of a mountain of plans for everything from retaining walls for individual homes to pools to large condominium developments that city of Henderson staff is handling on any given day. In a city consistently ranked as one of the 10 fastest growing in the nation, facilitating new development has become almost an art form.