The location for a proposed 8-foot block wall on the western boundary of a commercial site on North Carson Street. The wall would separate the Panda Express being constructed from nearby residences.
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The Carson City Planning Commission is facing a packed agenda at its monthly meeting Wednesday. Items range from consideration of the Carson City Master Plan update to a new wall that would separate a Panda Express restaurant under construction from neighbors.
The meeting starts 3 p.m. Wednesday in the boardroom of the community center, 851 E. William St.
First up, planning commissioners will consider a resolution recommending to the Board of Supervisors adoption of the master plan update, which has been underway since 2023.
Since commissioners’ last meeting, property owners in the city received a notice on Wednesday’s hearing as well as the final May 1 hearing before the Board of Supervisors.
The mailings encouraged owners to check their proposed land use in the update draft. Land use categories guide underlying zoning. The plan and latest maps are available online: envisioncarsoncity.org.
Planning commissioners are expected to mull over several suggested changes in the update stemming from their February meeting. A list of the proposed changes is online as well: legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/3218748/Staff_Report_-_Master_Plan.pdf.
In other action:
• Commissioners will consider a special use permit for an 8-foot block wall along 143.5 feet west of the Panda Express drive-through restaurant being built on North Carson Street. The property is zoned retail commercial.
Henry Klover, architect, is proposing the wall to provide “screening and buffering between the drive-through restaurant currently under construction and the residences to the west,” according to the agenda.
Neighbors on Michael Drive recently addressed the Board of Supervisors during public comment, requesting a better buffer between the commercial use and their neighborhood.
“Since the wall is proposed to be in excess of the six-foot height limitations, an SUP is required,” according to Wednesday’s agenda.
• Commissioners will consider a SUP for Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space requesting a metal storage container at the Pony Express Airpark on public regional land approximately 1,840 feet east of Flint Drive.
The container would be used by the High Sierra Radio Control Club. The container would provide “weatherproof storage space for the HSRCC who leases the airpark from the city,” according to the agenda.
“Carson City Municipal Code 18.05.025 requires approval of an SUP for placement of a storage container for a period longer than 90 days in a calendar year,” the agenda says.
• Commissioners will consider a SUP request for an outdoor storage facility for boats and RVs (plus storage containers) across two parcels of limited industrial property at 2066 and 2088 S. Lompa Lane.
“The applicant is requesting an SUP to legally establish an outdoor storage facility for a maximum of 29 boats and recreational vehicles and allow for the placement of three storage containers on portions of both parcels,” according to a staff report. “The storage containers are used to store materials and equipment the owner uses to maintain the property. Because development occurs across the property line, the applicant will also be required to complete a lot line deletion prior to issuance of any permits.”
• Commissioners are being asked to continue a hearing on a proposed planned unit development (PUD) consisting of 240 townhomes on 22 acres north and west of Morgan Mill Road.
The city is requesting the item be moved to the April 30 meeting, which, according to staff, would “allow additional time for staff to address water infrastructure needs as they relate to the findings for the project.”
When the project returns, commissioners will be tasked with making a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors regarding an ordinance that would change the property from multifamily apartment and public regional zoning to multifamily PUD and establish a tentative subdivision map.