COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT PLANNING & BUILDING DIVISION Master Plan Land Use and Transportation Element WASHOE COUNTY NEVADA 1001 E. Ninth St., Reno, NV 89512 Telephone: 775.328.6100 – Fax: 775.328.6133 https://www.washoecounty.us/csd/planning_and_development/master_plan.php COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT PLANNING & BUILDING DIVISION Master Plan Land Use and Transportation Element This document is one of a series that, as adopted, constitutes a part of the Master Plan for Washoe County, Nevada. This document is available for $10.00 from the Washoe County Department of Community Development. If you have a copy of the Washoe County Master Plan notebook, please place this behind the Land Use and Transportation Element tab. The Washoe County Master Plan can also be found on our department’s website. In accordance with Article 820 of the Washoe County Development Code, the Land Use and Transportation Element was amended by Master Plan Amendment Case Number MPA11-005. This amendment was adopted by Resolution Number 11-11 of the Washoe County Planning Commission on July 5, 2011, by the Washoe County Commission on August 9, 2011, and found in conformance with the Truckee Meadows Regional Plan by the Regional Planning Commission on September 14, 2011. The adopting resolution was signed by the Washoe County Commission Chairman on September 27, 2011. Amended by the Washoe County Commission, Resolution Number R20-049 on September 22, 2020 and found in conformance with the Truckee Meadows Regional Plan on November 12, 2020. FIFTH PRINTING, NOVEMBER 2020 Washoe County Master Plan LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT This page intentionally left blank. November 12, 2020 Page ii Washoe County Master Plan LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT Contents Page Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................. ix Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 Goals and Policies ............................................................................................................. 2 Land Use ....................................................................................................................... 2 Goal One ................................................................................................................. 2 Policies .................................................................................................................... 2 Goal Two ................................................................................................................. 2 Policies .................................................................................................................... 2 Goal Three .............................................................................................................. 6 Policies .................................................................................................................... 6 Goal Four ................................................................................................................ 7 Policies .................................................................................................................... 7 Goal Five ................................................................................................................. 8 Policies .................................................................................................................... 8 Goal Six ................................................................................................................... 9 Policies .................................................................................................................... 9 Goal Seven ............................................................................................................. 9 Policies .................................................................................................................... 9 Goal Eight ............................................................................................................... 10 Policies .................................................................................................................... 10 Goal Nine ................................................................................................................ 10 Policies .................................................................................................................... 10 Goal Ten ................................................................................................................. 11 Policies .................................................................................................................... 11 Goal Eleven ............................................................................................................. 11 Policies .................................................................................................................... 11 Goal Twelve ............................................................................................................ 11 Policies .................................................................................................................... 11 Goal Thirteen .......................................................................................................... 12 Policies .................................................................................................................... 12 Goal Fourteen ......................................................................................................... 13 Policies .................................................................................................................... 13 Goal Fifteen ............................................................................................................. 14 Policies .................................................................................................................... 14 Goal Sixteen ............................................................................................................ 14 November 12, 2020 Page iii Washoe County Master Plan LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT Page Policies .................................................................................................................... 14 Community Design ...................................................................................................... 15 Goal Seventeen ...................................................................................................... 15 Policies .................................................................................................................... 15 Goal Eighteen ......................................................................................................... 16 Policies .................................................................................................................... 16 Goal Nineteen ......................................................................................................... 21 Policies .................................................................................................................... 21 Goal Twenty ............................................................................................................ 21 Policies .................................................................................................................... 21 Goal Twenty-one ..................................................................................................... 23 Policies .................................................................................................................... 23 Goal Twenty-two ..................................................................................................... 24 Policies .................................................................................................................... 24 Goal Twenty-three ................................................................................................... 25 Policies .................................................................................................................... 25 Goal Twenty-four ..................................................................................................... 25 Policies .................................................................................................................... 25 Systems ........................................................................................................................ 26 Goal Twenty-five ..................................................................................................... 26 Policies .................................................................................................................... 26 Goal Twenty-six ...................................................................................................... 26 Policies .................................................................................................................... 26 Goal Twenty-seven ................................................................................................. 27 Policies .................................................................................................................... 27 Goal Twenty-eight ................................................................................................... 27 Policies ...................................................................................................................