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Planning Commission approves L&H Concrete conditional use permit for North Virginia site
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve a conditional use permit allowing L&H Concrete to build an 83,100-square-foot shop and office with outdoor vehicle and RV storage on North Virginia Street, subject to conditions including landscaping, fencing and restricted hours.
The Reno Planning Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve a conditional use permit allowing L&H Concrete to demolish existing outbuildings and build an 83,100-square-foot office and shop with an outdoor storage area on a 6.69-acre parcel on North Virginia Street.
The permit, LDC-25-23, allows outdoor storage in the Mixed-Use Suburban zone and permits nonresidential development within 300 feet of residentially zoned property. Nathan Gilbert, principal planner with the City of Reno Development Services Department, told commissioners the proposal is “consistent with code and allowed with the conditional use permit,” and recommended the conditions in the staff report, including a 35-foot landscape buffer and a requirement for solid fencing and screening around the outdoor storage area.
The applicant described the project as a family-owned Northern Nevada business relocating and consolidating operations. Veronica Vardon, representing L&H and Tectonics Design Group, said the site “is an underutilized, 6.7-acre parcel along North Virginia Street” and that “60 out of their 65 employees live in the North Valleys, meaning this project directly supports local families.” The applicant also agreed to limits on operations, site lighting designed for dark-sky compliance and measures to reduce runoff from gravel storage areas.
Commission discussion focused on clarifying what would be stored outdoors, measures to prevent oil runoff, and whether the outdoor area would be gravel or paved. Owner Matt Long told commissioners the back half of the site would be offered for RV and boat storage with gated access limited to business hours. City engineering staff said drive aisles would be paved and the storage area would be gravel, and that pretreatment devices such as oil/sand separators would be required for any drainage.
Commissioner Sylvia Villanueva moved to approve the permit including the staff-recommended modifications, and Commissioner Manny Becerra seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
The approval includes limits on hours of operation and construction, shielding for outdoor lighting after 6 p.m., and requirements for landscaping and screening to reduce impacts on nearby uses. It also notes that any future proposal to add on-site concrete production or mixing would require a separate conditional use permit.
