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Commission upholds Board of Adjustment decision on 15‑foot wildlife wall at 515 Rhodes
Summary
The county commission unanimously upheld a Board of Adjustment variance allowing a 15 ft‑8 in wall at 515 Rhodes Road after hearing an appeal. Appellants questioned the BOA’s findings and standing; the property owners and BOA record cited an exceptional historic cottonwood, an arboretum and wildlife habitat the wall is intended to protect.
The Washoe County Board of County Commissioners on April 28 voted unanimously to uphold a Board of Adjustment decision that granted a variance raising a wall‑height limit from 6 feet to 15 feet 8 inches at 515 Rhodes Road.
Appellants argued they lacked notice of the BOA hearing, questioned whether the BOA had properly found the statutory "special circumstances" needed for a variance, and urged the commission to deny the variance because the wall is tall and close to a property line. Appellant counsel said the wall effectively…
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