NOTICE OF ADOPTION
BILL NO. 1944
ORDINANCE NO. 1752
(of Washoe County, Nevada)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING WASHOE COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 110 (DEVELOPMENT CODE) IN DIVISION TWO - AREA PLAN REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR PERMANENT EMPLOYEE HOUSING IN THE HIGH DESERT PLANNING AREA; TO ALLOW PERMANENT EMPLOYEE HOUSING ON PARCELS ZONED GENERAL RURAL (GR) WITHIN THE HIGH DESERT PLANNING AREA AT A DENSITY OF UP TO 1 DWELLING UNIT PER 40 ACRES AS AN ALLOWED USE; AND TO ALLOW PERMANENT EMPLOYEE HOUSING ON SUCH PARCELS AT A DENSITY OF UP TO 1 DWELLING UNIT PER 5 ACRES WITH APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT; 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