NOTICE OF ADOPTION
BILL NO. 1943
ORDINANCE NO. 1753
(of Washoe County, Nevada)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING WASHOE COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 110 (DEVELOPMENT CODE) IN DIVISION THREE—REGULATION OF USES, DIVISION FOUR—DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND DIVISION NINE—GENERAL PROVISIONS. THESE AMENDMENTS INCLUDE ADDING VARIOUS SECTIONS TO: ESTABLISH SMALL LOT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND ESTABLISH INFILL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THESE AMENDMENTS ALSO INCLUDE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS TO: INCLUDE AN EXAMPLE OF THE MULTI-FAMILY, MINOR RESIDENTIAL USE TYPE AND ALLOW COTTAGE COURTS ON MULTIPLE PARCELS; MODIFY THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF ATTACHED AND DETACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FROM 50% TO 80% OF THE SIZE OF THE MAIN DWELLING; MODIFY THE MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA FROM 1,000 SQUARE FEET TO 1,200 SQUARE FEET FOR COTTAGE COURT DEVELOPMENTS; SPECIFY THAT ONLY ONE COMMUNITY ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS ALLOWED FOR EVERY FOUR (4) COTTAGES IN A COTTAGE COURT DEVELOPMENT; CLARIFY THE CALCULATION OF SETBACKS FOR COTTAGE COURT DEVELOPMENTS; MODIFY LOT AND YARD STANDARDS FOR COMMON OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENTS; ADD VARIOUS DEFINITIONS; AND ALL MATTERS NECESSARILY CONNECTED THEREWITH AND PERTAINING THERETO.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that typewritten copies of the above-numbered and entitled Ordinance are available for public inspection and distribution at the office of the County Clerk of Washoe County, at her office in the County Administrative Complex in Reno, Nevada, and that such Ordinance was proposed by Commissioner Andriola on December 16, 2025, and was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe County held on January 13, 2026, by the following vote of the Board of County Commissioners:
Those Voting Aye: Alexis Hill, Jeanne Herman, Michael Clark, Mariluz Garcia, Clara Andriola
Those Voting Nay: None
Those Absent: None
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the 23rd day of the month of January 2026.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of County Commissioners of Washoe County, Nevada, has caused this Ordinance to be published by title only.
DATED this January 13, 2026
JANIS GALASSINI, Washoe County Clerk and
Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners
1/16, 23,/2026