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Board reverses hearing officer, orders removal of RVs from vacant Warm Springs parcel within 25 days
Summary
Washoe County Board of Adjustment reversed an administrative hearing officer’s order and found a violation of the code prohibiting outdoor storage of an RV on a vacant parcel; the board ordered the respondent to remove RVs and other stored items within 25 days.
The Washoe County Board of Adjustment on March 6 reversed an administrative hearing officer’s order and found that an RV and other items were being stored on a vacant Warm Springs parcel in violation of Washoe County Code; the board ordered removal within 25 days.
Staff from Code Enforcement presented the appeal, saying the administrative hearing officer’s order improperly directed the respondent to "seek" a building permit and included language outside the hearing office’s authority. Planning manager Jagga Singer (staff) argued the property lacked an established principal use and the temporary-occupancy allowance had been exceeded.
Singer summarized the timeline: a building permit for a small dwelling was issued on Nov. 28, 2019; the county allowed extensions during the COVID period but denied a third extension after a long…
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