Posts Tagged ‘SVAP’

The South Valleys Area Plan was approved by the
Regional Planning Governing Board
on May 14, 2009
Highlights:
•    Strong vision and mission statements to maintain the rural character
of Washoe Valley
•    One house per five acres for East Washoe Valley including
Ophir Lake Properties (no specific plan for Mr. Weston)
•    One house per ten acres for West Washoe Valley with [...]

According to emails we’ve received, the South Valley’s Area Plan was passed by the County Commissioners at their last meeting on April 8th. Don’t know the particulars but we hear the Washoe Valley Working Group folks put on a great presentation. Word is that the Regional Planning Board will consider it again in May.
If anyone [...]

The members of the Washoe Valley Working Group are inviting the residents of Washoe Valley to their get-together at the Postal Cafe located at 3115 Eastlake Blvd on January 3rd at 5:30 pm. The group and other volunteers want to thank the local community for their help in the successful passage of a favorable [...]

RGJ: The BLM will host an “Open House” public meeting today to let the public discuss the proposal to place 69 wind turbines up to 330′ tall on the ridges of the Virginia Range east of Washoe Valley. (Government agencies seem to be moving more towards open house type meeting to get away from the [...]

County Commissioners tonight finally passed the South Valleys Area Plan- the guide for development in Washoe Valley for the coming years. Members of the East and West CAB’s, the “Washoe Valley Working Group” and others worked for years with the county planning commission to craft a plan that will retain the historic, environmental, scenic and [...]

Jeff over at MtRoseScenicCorridor.com has been doing a great job getting the word out on current development events just over the hill to the north along the Mt Rose Highway. Topics include the “Forest Area PLan”, sprawl, an unpermitted dam that could endanger Washoe Valley, and developers who are delinquent on their taxes among other [...]

The South Valleys Area Plan as it applies to Washoe Valley is expected to be approved by the county commissioners at their December 9th meeting at the county facility on 9th Street in Reno. We hear the local folks working with the county on “getting it right” wish for a large public turnout at this [...]

The Washoe Valley Working Group, the Planning Commission and Washoe County Commissioners continue to wrangle over the future fate of Washoe Valley and last week another hurdle was cleared. The “Ophir” (Weston) property at the corner of Hwy 395, Eastlake Blvd and Skinner, where a major subdivision has been proposed has been approved in a [...]

The SVAP meeting last week went well for residents as the county commissioners chose to scale back the “Weston/Lowden” development proposal in this article in the RGJ.com. According to the article, about 100 valley residents made a presence that once again impressed the commissioners.
The commissioners have given the planners 40 days to change the development [...]

On September 9th, the county commissioners are going to revisit the latest version of the South Valleys Area Plan. This is after years of negotiations between citizens of Washoe Valley and the county’s planning staff. Previous public turnout at these meetings has had a great effect on convincing the commissioners that residents of Washoe Valley [...]