Leah Piccati, an associate planner with the City of Reno Development Services, presented Case LDC26-00007 on Dec. 4: a tentative map for an 82‑lot single‑family detached subdivision on a 14.9‑acre site near Old U.S. Highway 40 and a conditional use permit to allow cluster development, relocation of a regional utility corridor, and disturbance of a major drainageway. "This plan includes approximately 297 parking spaces," Piccati said in her staff presentation, and she described the project as preserving about 22% open space and meeting applicable tentative‑map and CUP findings.

John Kropotek of KLS Planning, representing applicant Rob Fitzgerald, told commissioners the applicant "agrees with the 20 conditions" in the staff report and emphasized public benefits: a recorded public pedestrian easement providing legal access to existing open space and river access, a community garden and dog park, and a plan for drainage improvements. Kropotek said modern pole technology and a previously approved corridor alignment reduce visual impacts of the line relocation, and he confirmed the project team has an easement to the open space parcel.

During questions, staff summarized public‑comment themes: a mule‑deer biologist and NDOW/NDOT provided input on wildlife, prompting a staff condition for wildlife fencing; another commenter misinterpreted that the entire utility station would move (staff clarified that only the corridor/lines, not the station, are being relocated). Piccati said the Washoe County School District confirmed sufficient capacity for students from 82 houses. On drainage, staff and the applicant said the existing disturbed drainage way will be improved and channelized, and reviewing agencies have signed off on the drainage design.

Commissioners also discussed maintenance of private streets and common areas; the applicant confirmed the project will have a homeowners association. The applicant and staff gave slightly different parking counts in the hearing record—Piccati referenced about 297 spaces in the staff report while Kropotek described a proposed count of about 270—and said final numbers will be determined under the project’s conditions and the city’s parking rules.

Commissioner Becerra moved to approve the tentative map and conditional use permit "based on compliance with the applicable findings" and subject to the conditions in the staff report; Commissioner Ganpientini seconded. The chair called the vote and announced the motion carried unanimously. Piccati and the applicant noted that because the corridor relocation is of regional significance it will proceed to the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency for review.

The commission concluded the item by lodging disclosures on the record and confirming no public testimony in chambers; no appeals or further action were recorded at the meeting.