HomeMy Public PortalAboutPublic Comment - Jan Atwell HolanJune 27, 2022
Mayor Henderson, Honorable Council Members and Planning Commissioners,
To align zoning with the Downtown River Revitalization Strategy in the draft Land Use element a
Riverfront Mixed Use zoning was created and applied to much of West River Street. Please
request Town Staff to apply this zoning to undeveloped and industrial parcels on East River St.
The current zoning of Downtown Residential Housing (DRH-24) is unlikely to encourage
redevelopment of the industrial riverfront parcels while providing public access and revitalization
of the riverfront. It is both difficult and inappropriate to build to this density because of the
constraints of the floodplain, dead-end East River Street and the airport overflight zone.
The 2040 General Plan is the appropriate time to make this change since some of the housing
density which is unlikely to be built to address our housing challenges can be shifted to other
downtown parcels which have already been considered for increased housing density.
Kind regards,
Jan Holan
Truckee River Legacy Foundation President
Board: Lisa Wallace, Bob Bell, Jason Hansford, Rick McConn, Steve Randall, Mike Ryan