A banner with leasing contact information in front of the Sierra Flats affordable housing complex in Carson City on May 22, 2025.
Photo by Scott Neuffer.
The Carson City Board of Supervisors will determine the number of available residential building permits for the next two years at their meeting on Thursday.
The meeting starts 8:30 a.m. in the board room of the community center, 851 E. William St.
On May 28, the Growth Management Commission voted 6-0, with one absent, to recommended the historic 3 percent growth cap and to allocate 774 residential building permits for 2026, 802 permits for 2027 and estimates of 826 for 2028 and 851 for 2029.
An annual report conducted by Community Development shows issued residential building permits below available allocations over the last 20 years, meaning actual development has not recently hit the 3 percent cap. For example, in 2024, available permit allocations were over 700, but only 271 residential building permits were issued.
The report also revealed Carson City’s population hit 60,266 as of July 1, 2024. The State Demographer’s five-year projections for the city were for growth between .7 and .8 percent, culminating in an estimated population of 62,476 by 2029.
Besides setting the number of available residential building permits, the GMC recommends to supervisors the review threshold for commercial and industrial water usage.
“Pursuant to CCMC Chapter 18.12, prior to issuance of building permits, any commercial or industrial projects proposed in 2026 that exceed the threshold of 10,000 gallons per day water usage must have the Growth Management Commission’s review and approval to assure water availability,” reads the proposed resolution for Thursday’s meeting.
In other action:
• Supervisors will consider appointment of one member to the Carson City Culture and Tourism Authority, representing the hotel-motel industry, for a two-year term.
“The CTA received notice of Mike Jones’ resignation from the CTA, creating an opening for a representative of the hotel or motel industry operators in Carson City. New applications for the hotel-motel industry position were received from Diana LaForge and Sandra Nagel,” according to a staff report.
• Supervisors will hear a final report on the 83rd session of the Nevada Legislature compiled by Cameron Gresh, the city’s government affairs liaison.
“Of the 1,210 pieces of legislation that were introduced, 433 of them were actively monitored for their potential impact to the city. Of the 433 bills monitored by the city, 152 of them were signed into law by the governor, 34 were vetoed, and 206 bills failed to meet legislative deadlines and expired (or ‘died’) in their chambers of origin,” reads the report.
The full report is available at legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/3441687/83rd_Session_Final_Report.pdf.
• Supervisors will consider spending $110,000 to use internal auditor Eide Bailly LLP for the 2026 Audit Work Program.
According to a staff report, the city’s Audit Committee recommended the following projects: credit card payment security and compliance review, capital asset accounting, and public guardian asset management review, plus standard risk assessment and follow-up procedures.
• Supervisors will consider a proposed ordinance that would change the zoning of 18.5 acres of single family 6,000 zoning and .13 acres of public community zoning to multifamily apartment zoning, making way for 384 apartments.
Totaling 24 acres, the site is in the Lompa Ranch North Specific Plan Area on the east side of I-580 and is split zoned between multifamily and single family 6,000, with a small portion of public community zoning. A special use permit was issued in 2022 for 306 units, but that project did not move forward, according to planning staff.
On April 1, the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission approved a concept plan for a small dog and large dog park on the southeast side of the project that will be connected by pedestrian infrastructure.
On May 28, planning commissioners unanimously recommended approval of the ordinance.
Ordinances need two public readings for adoption.
• Supervisors will consider an ordinance moving street vendor approval in the downtown mixed use district from the Redevelopment Advisory Citizens Committee to the Community Development director.
The ordinance would not change design standards for vendor carts. The RACC is expected to sunset as redevelopment area 1 district (downtown) is set to expire in 2031.
The Planning Commission unanimously supported the ordinance on May 28.
• Supervisors will convene as the Redevelopment Authority to consider allocating $25,000 from the redevelopment revolving fund for art and culture projects around the city as recently recommended by the city’s Cultural Commission.
A staff report states the following funding recommendations: “$6,250 to Mile High Jazz Band Association for ‘Jazz & Beyond – 2025 Carson City Music Festival,’ $6,250 to Carson City Symphony Association for ‘2025-2026 Concert Series,’ $6,250 to Wild Horse Productions for ‘Bringing Madagascar – A Musical Adventure Jr. to Life: A Theatrical Journey for Young Audiences,’ and $6,250 to Sierra Nevada Ballet for ‘Carson City 25-26 Performance Series.’”