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Reno City Council initiates code review for data centers, OKs downtown live-music pilot
Summary
City staff will draft a Title 18 text amendment to refine data-center development standards after public comment; Council also approved a downtown indoor live-entertainment pilot that temporarily waives conditional use permits through December 2027 while retaining security and cabaret requirements.
Reno City Council members directed city staff to begin a review of the City’s land-development rules for data centers and launched a pilot to ease permitting for indoor live entertainment in the downtown entertainment core.
Assistant City Manager J.W. Hodge said Council provided direction to staff after substantial public comment and initiated a text amendment to the Title 18 Annexation and Land Development Code to revisit requirements for data center uses. "This follows a January 2025 ordinance that formally adopted data centers as a land use requiring conditional use permits or a CUP and establishing initial development standards," Hodge said, noting the city has reviewed four data center projects with differing utility needs.
Council also initiated a temporary amendment to reduce conditional use permit requirements for indoor live entertainment in the entertainment core. Hodge said businesses taking part in the pilot would still be required to submit a security plan and hold a cabaret license. The pilot will run through December 2027 so staff can "evaluate the impacts and report the results back to Council," he added.
Hodge listed three recent land‑use items that went to Council — the Trego Grid annexation, the Ridge Park zoning map amendment and the Clear Acre Commons master plan and zoning map amendments — and reported those items were considered by Council at the recent meeting.
The actions direct staff to draft permanent amendments and collaborate with regional partners on consistent development standards for data centers. For details and staff reports on these agenda items, the city directs residents to reno.gov/news.
