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Sparks council certifies comp plan amendment, rezones 2301 Sparks Blvd. to Professional Office
Summary
The council certified a comprehensive plan amendment and adopted an ordinance rezoning 0.79 acres at 2301 Sparks Boulevard from intermediate-density residential to professional office after staff and the planning commission found the change consistent with regional and city plans.
The Sparks City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 13, 2025 to certify a comprehensive plan amendment and adopt an ordinance rezoning 2301 Sparks Boulevard (APN 03601123) from Intermediate Density Residential (IDR) / MF-2/PUD to a PO (Professional Office) zoning district.
Planner Kobe Gallano explained the 0.79-acre site at the southwest corner of Sparks Boulevard and O'Callaghan Drive has been developed with a commercial building since 1987 and most recently hosted a childcare facility that has since closed. Staff and the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Commission found the proposed change conforms to the Truckee Meadows Regional Plan and the city's comprehensive plan and noted public notice and a statutorily required neighborhood meeting were held.
Gallano said the proposed PO district would reduce the number of residential uses allowed on the site and allow a more limited range of nonresidential uses such as offices, restaurants and institutional uses; the planning commission recommended certification of the comp plan amendment (Resolution 3478) and approval of the rezoning (Bill 2840).
Council member Rodriguez moved to approve and adopt Resolution 3478 to certify the comprehensive plan amendment; the motion passed unanimously. Later in the meeting the council held second reading and adopted Bill 2840 to rezone the property to PO.
Staff noted that public notice had been published in the Reno Gazette Journal and mailed to nearby property owners; three people attended the applicant's neighborhood meeting in May and staff received five letters of support for a later variance item discussed at the meeting. Council members had no public testimony on the rezoning at the hearing.
The rezoning brings the site's zoning into alignment with the updated land-use designation and allows future commercial or professional-office uses permitted under the PO district to seek entitlements.
