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Board rejects Village Green grading permit after neighbors and some members raise flood and traffic concerns
Summary
The Board of Adjustment denied a special use permit for major grading at Village Green that would have imported about 60,000 cubic yards of material and disturbed roughly 18.4 acres; board members and multiple neighbors said drainage, detention-pond maintenance and heavy truck traffic were not adequately addressed.
The Washoe County Board of Adjustment on Wednesday denied a special use permit (WSUP25-7) that would have allowed major grading to raise elevations and prepare an 18.4-acre site in the Village Green area for future development and to comply with an approved FEMA conditional letter of map revision (CLOMAR).
County planner Trevor Lloyd described the proposal as excavation of roughly 36,000 cubic yards and import of about 60,000 cubic yards of fill, with regrading across about 18.4 acres to lift part of the site out of the floodplain and tie storm runoff into an existing detention pond. “The proposed grading will mitigate flood risk, improve drainage patterns and ensure compliance with FEMA's regulations,” Lloyd told the board.
Neighbors and multiple board members said the staff presentation and the applicant's plans did not…
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