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Reno council meeting roundup: Mount Rose zoning denied; Arrowleaf fee subsidy approved; ADU ordinance delayed
Summary
At its Sept. 24 meeting the Reno City Council denied a requested Specific Plan District for the Mount Rose Junction parcel; approved a $60,000 building-fee subsidy for the Arrowleaf on Harvard affordable housing project; postponed a second reading of the ADU ordinance after an editing error; and adopted the 2024 International Fire Code ordinance.
The Reno City Council covered a wide range of business Sept. 24, including formal votes on zoning, housing subsidies and code updates. Highlights and formal outcomes from the meeting follow.
Mount Rose Junction (LDC25-00018): The council voted unanimously to uphold the Planning Commission’s recommendation and deny an application to rezone a 0.99-acre parcel on Plumas Street to a Specific Plan District that would have allowed increased height and a density of up to 39 units. Staff and the Planning Commission said the SPD submittal lacked a binding site plan and other required specifics; neighbors cited traffic, parking and neighborhood character concerns. The parcel remains governed by MF-14 and the Plumas Neighborhood Overlay; the applicant may return with a substantially revised, more-specific SPD handbook and project plan.
Arrowleaf on Harvard — affordable housing fee subsidy: The council approved the final $60,000 remaining from the city’s affordable-housing fee-reduction program for Arrowleaf on Harvard, a proposed 168-unit affordable multifamily project targeting households at or below 60% AMI. Council action completes the city’s funded contributions this cycle, bringing the RDA’s total subsidized affordable units to more than 2,200 across recent years.
Accessory Dwelling Unit ordinance (TXT24-00002): City staff discovered an inadvertent editing error in the draft ordinance posted for second reading: a block of text in Article 5 had been mistakenly shown with strikethroughs. The council agreed to delay final adoption and asked staff to repost a corrected ordinance for a subsequent council meeting; no policy change was adopted Sept. 24.
2024 International Fire Code (Ordinance No. 6726): The council adopted the 2024 International Fire Code with local amendments and appendices; the council briefly discussed appeals and the internal staff process for alternative methods and appeals of code decisions and asked staff to confirm the public’s pathways for appeals and clarifications.
Other actions and steps: The council also directed staff to place the Lear Theater on the Historic Resources Commission agenda and to plan a public “Lear Summit” to gather stakeholders and shape preservation and reuse options. In addition, the council heard a briefing by Nevada Air National Guard leaders seeking local advocacy for a C-130 fleet modernization and pledged to coordinate outreach with the state’s congressional delegation.
Ending: Council members said they would continue using city tools—subsidies, code updates, public events and direct advocacy—to support housing, downtown revitalization and public safety while asking staff to correct the ADU ordinance text and return for a second reading at a future meeting.
