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Planning Commission approves Spector residence grading after neighbor raises setback and safety concerns
Summary
The Commission approved a major site plan (LDC26-34) for grading that includes fills greater than 10 feet on a steep Chancellor Circle lot, after staff and the applicant described engineering and drainage measures and a phased retaining-wall-first construction approach; a neighbor who called in had asked for a 15-foot side setback.
The Reno City Planning Commission on Feb. 4 approved a major site plan review (case LDC26-34) allowing grading that will result in fills greater than 10 feet at a steep lot on Chancellor Circle.
Jeff Foster, associate planner, told the commission the site qualifies as hillside development because slopes exceed 15% on 25% or more of the lot and that engineering staff found the design acceptable provided the contractor follows geotechnical compaction recommendations. "They meet the code requirement of a minimum of 5 feet" for side-yard setbacks in the SF-3 zone, Foster said.
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