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Reno council adopts rezoning for Stonegate development in Cold Springs over residents’ objections
Summary
After extensive public comment from Cold Springs residents and multiple rounds of debate, the Reno City Council approved an ordinance amending the Stonegate planned unit development to allow substantially more industrial acreage (and fewer homes) than the earlier PUD; the final vote was 4–3 in favor.
The Reno City Council on June 4 adopted an ordinance to amend the Stonegate Hines Ranch Planned Unit Development (LDC24-00051), changing the approved land-use mix for the Cold Springs site. The amendment reclassifies roughly 1,767 acres into a mix that increases industrial acreage and reduces the residential component compared with an earlier PUD the developer had proposed. The council’s final recorded vote to adopt the ordinance was 4 in favor, 3 opposed.
The issue drew dozens of Cold Springs residents to the meeting and a stream of public comment. Speakers at the council meeting raised concerns including traffic, road safety on the narrow two-lane approaches to the valley, impacts on groundwater and wells, increased heavy-truck volumes,…
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