Case Number: SPR24-00008

Project Type: Site Plan Review

Property Information:

Ward 2

Councilmember: Naomi Duerr

Parcel Number: 164-121-04

Important Date:

Decision Date: January 26, 2024

Applicant Representative:

Garrett Banks

775-336-8109

gbanks@dbcreno.com

Staff Contact:

Heather Taylor, Assistant Planner

775-334-2668

taylorh@reno.gov

* Review comments for this application are due by January 5, 2024

** This application is to be reviewed by the Washoe County Health District

A request has been made for a site plan review to allow for a ±4,250 square foot office building adjacent to residentially zoned property. The ±0.39 acre site is located south of Longley Lane, ±240 feet east of its intersection with East Patriot Boulevard. The site is zoned Mixed-Use Suburban (MS) and has a Master Plan designation of Suburban Mixed-Use (SMU).

A request has been made for nomination of the “Casa Del Rey” to be listed on the City of Reno Register of Historic Places. The subject property is located at 990 Joaquin Miller Drive in the Newlands Historic District. The site is zoned Single-Family Residential 8 units per acre (SF-8) and has a Master Plan land use designation of Single-Family Neighborhood (SF).

A request has been made for nomination of the “Garat/Humphrey House” to be listed on the City of Reno Register of Historic Places. The subject property is located at 655 South Arlington Avenue in the Newlands Historic District. The site is zoned Multi-Family Residential 14 units per acre (MF-14) and has a Master Plan land use designation of Mixed Neighborhood (MX).

A request has been made for the abandonment of public right-of-way totaling ±30,600 square feet generally located at the northern portion of Bell Street, including contiguous 20-foot unnamed alleyways, between Washington Street to the west, Ralston Street to the east, and West 2^nd Street to the south. The proposed abandonment area is bordered by Mixed-Use Downtown Northwest Quadrant District (MD-NWQ) zoning with a Master Plan land use designation of Downtown Mixed-Use (DT-MU). 

A request has been made for an amendment to the Bella Vista Ranch Phase II Planned Unit Development (PUD) handbook to: a) reduce the amount of nonresidential from ±178,600 sq. ft. to ±117,612 square feet; b) increase the maximum dwelling units from ±575 units to ±609 units; and c) modify the allowed land uses, design standards, development standards, and street design standards. The ±77.37 acre site is located southeast of the eastern terminus of South Meadows Parkway, north of the northern terminus of Rio Wrangler Parkway and east of Steamboat Creek within the Bella Vista Ranch Phase II PUD zoning district. The site is located within Bella Vista Ranch Phase II PUD zoning district and has a Master Plan land use designation of Special Planning Area (SPA).