Planning Commission approves Riverbend tentative map and CUP for 82‑lot Verdi subdivision

The Reno City Planning Commission unanimously approved on Dec. 4 a tentative map and conditional use permit (LDC26-00007) for Riverbend, an 82‑lot single‑family detached subdivision on a 14.9‑acre site in Verdi north of I‑80 and adjacent to Old U.S. Highway 40.

Leah Piccati, associate planner with the city’s Development Services, summarized the application and staff analysis. The proposal calls for an 82‑lot cluster subdivision on roughly 9 acres of single‑family (SF‑8) parcel area — an average lot size of about 1,162 square feet and an effective density of roughly 9.1 dwelling units per acre. The project includes a conditional use permit to allow cluster development, relocation of a regional utility corridor and disturbance of a major drainage way. Piccati told commissioners that the proposed density complies with…