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Staff trains Planning Commission on neighborhood plans, explains limits and update process
Summary
Grace Mackinnon told the Reno City Planning Commission that many older neighborhood plans were consolidated under the Reimagine Reno master plan and that any future updates or new overlays require City Council direction and a formal text‑amendment process including neighborhood advisory boards.
Grace Mackinnon, senior management analyst for the City of Reno, gave a training to the Planning Commission on Dec. 4 explaining the origins, purpose and present status of neighborhood plans in the city.
Mackinnon said the city’s earlier Great Reno Master Plan (2007–2017) contained 24 area plans — center and transit corridor plans and neighborhood plans — and that those neighborhood plans produced a fragmented patchwork of policy that was difficult for staff to administer. “To maximize the city's limited resources and…
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