The Reno City Planning Commission on Nov. 5 approved a conditional use permit allowing a warehouse and distribution use to be reestablished at 2400 Valley Road in an area now surrounded by multifamily residences, after the site’s prior entitlement expired when the business failed to maintain a continuous business license.

Leah Piccati, associate planner, said the building has been used for warehouse and distribution since approximately 1955 but the prior conditional use permit lapsed on April 4, 2025, when the applicant did not comply with the time limits. The current application is essentially the same request previously approved in 2023 but with a necessary modification: condition 11 was revised to make a required screening wall feasible because an elevated utility pad was added at the site after the earlier approval.

"If you don't maintain your business license for a period of a year, you have to come back forward with a conditional use permit to reestablish this," Piccati told the commission, explaining the procedural basis for the application. Applicant representatives said they had engineering plans ready and that the revised wall alignment would still meet the mitigation intent by beginning behind the elevated utility pad where feasible.

Dave Snelgrove of Beaumont Consulting described the earlier condition as a major hurdle and thanked staff for working to produce a feasible alternative that retains the noise and visual screening objective. Manny Torres of Ray and Ray (operator) attended and was available to answer operational questions.

Commissioner Becerra moved — and Commissioner Gompiantini seconded — to approve the conditional use permit subject to the staff report conditions with the modified screening wall language; the motion passed unanimously.

Votes at a glance
Motion: Approve conditional use permit to reestablish nonconforming warehouse/distribution use with revised screening condition.
Mover: Commissioner Becerra.
Second: Commissioner Gompiantini.
Outcome: Approved unanimously (voice vote).