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Fernley planners back code changes to ease development on 'unserviced' peripheral sites
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended approval of amendments that would let certain nonresidential projects on remote Fernley sites use private wells/septic and reduced street and landscaping standards when they meet locational criteria; staff stressed discretion remains and state rules still apply to private utilities.
The Fernley Planning Commission on Jan. 14 voted to recommend a development-code amendment (CA 25,013; bill 378) designed to increase feasibility for nonresidential development on the city’s periphery by allowing limited private utility alternatives and scaled site standards for qualifying properties.
Senior planner Alisa Johansson told the commission the amendment adds two definitions — "unserviced" (sites not mapped in an adopted area plan and more than one-quarter mile from public utility infrastructure) and "xeriscaping" — and would create a…
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