Virginia Ranch seeks zone change

One of the largest single projects in Carson Valley is seeking a recommendation of a zoning map amendment from the Gardnerville Town Board on Tuesday.

The 1,020-unit Virginia Ranch sits on 196 acres north of the Gardnerville Walmart. The Gardnerville Town Board meets 4:30 p.m. at the town offices at 1407 Main St.

A planned development and three parcel maps for the project are all on the town board’s agenda on Tuesday.

The zone change removes a 10.5-acre school site from the northern edge of the project in exchange for eight teacherages in the project, according to plans submitted by Manhard Consulting.

Those would be among the 470 single family homes on 132 acres. The project mix includes 172 cottages split between the northern and southern portions of the project and 29 acres of multi-family that could add up to 378 units to reach the total.

Neither the multi-family nor the neighborhood commercial, which is located across from the Walmart are included in the zoning map application.

In order to achieve that density, builders will need to record development rights transferred from agricultural land.

Because more than half of the project density results from transferring development rights, the project is exempt from open space requirements, since the open space is preserved elsewhere.

A condition for construction of Virginia Ranch is that the developer build four lanes of Muller Lane Parkway from Grant Avenue to Toler Lane.

Muller and a new collector street named Tom Bruce Boulevard on the plan will be offered to the county for maintenance, while the internal streets will be maintained by the Town of Gardnerville.

Muller and the new collector are the first and second phases of the project, but in a table included in the packet includes the phrase “or as needed for individual residential phases.”

The cottages are in the third and fourth phases. Developers said they retain the rights to alter the phasing plan.

The entire project is governed by the Virginia Ranch Specific Plan first approved by the Douglas County Board of Commissioners in 2004 and updated last year to allow for the elimination of a school site.

Under the specific plan, the project is not permitted to exceed the original 1,020 units. One of the largest single projects in Carson Valley is seeking a recommendation of a zoning map amendment from the Gardnerville Town Board on Tuesday.

The 1,020-unit Virginia Ranch sits on 196 acres north of the Gardnerville Walmart. The Gardnerville Town Board meets 4:30 p.m. at the town offices at 1407 Main St.

A planned development and three parcel maps for the project are all on the town board’s agenda on Tuesday.

The zone change removes a 10.5-acre school site from the northern edge of the project in exchange for eight teacherages in the project, according to plans submitted by Manhard Consulting.

Those would be among the 470 single family homes on 132 acres. The project mix includes 172 cottages split between the northern and southern portions of the project and 29 acres of multi-family that could add up to 378 units to reach the total.

Neither the multi-family nor the neighborhood commercial, which is located across from the Walmart are included in the zoning map application.

In order to achieve that density, builders will need to record development rights transferred from agricultural land.

Because more than half of the project density results from transferring development rights, the project is exempt from open space requirements, since the open space is preserved elsewhere.

A condition for construction of Virginia Ranch is that the developer build four lanes of Muller Lane Parkway from Grant Avenue to Toler Lane.

Muller and a new collector street named Tom Bruce Boulevard on the plan will be offered to the county for maintenance, while the internal streets will be maintained by the Town of Gardnerville.

Muller and the new collector are the first and second phases of the project, but in a table included in the packet includes the phrase “or as needed for individual residential phases.”

The cottages are in the third and fourth phases. Developers said they retain the rights to alter the phasing plan.

The entire project is governed by the Virginia Ranch Specific Plan first approved by the Douglas County Board of Commissioners in 2004 and updated last year to allow for the elimination of a school site.

Under the specific plan, the project is not permitted to exceed the original 1,020 units.