PETITION
 
I hereby protest the approval of the Washoe County Tahoe Area Plan amendments scheduled to be heard at the WCC meeting August 26, 2025.
 
The Washoe Tahoe Area Plan amendments as currently proposed, do not meet the required findings for public health and safety. The WC Planners wrote: “The proposed amendments promote the Development Code as expressed in Article 918, Adoption of Development Code, which include promote[ing] public health [and] safety” (WCC 110.918.19(a)). But this is not so.
 
• The amendments allow development of 65’ high buildings close together along Tahoe Boulevard, and allow the current density on parcels to increase from 25 per acre to an unlimited number per acre.
 
• The amendments allow for accessory dwelling units to be built on any residential lot in Incline Village or Crystal Bay.
 
These changes increase the number and density of people and cars along Tahoe Boulevard and throughout IVCB neighborhoods.
 
In a community-wide fire-evacuation caused by a fast moving fire, the entire Tahoe Boulevard through Incline Village will become a dangerous evacuation choke point, preventing residents’ cars from safely moving out of surrounding neighborhoods and to eventual safety.
 
The current Tahoe Area Plan amendments make no provision for such an evacuation, even though it was indicated in the WC Planner’s staff report as one of the main issues raised at both of two WC Tahoe Area Plan workshops held in Incline Village.
 
 
 
I oppose the approval of the proposed WC Tahoe Area Plan amendments until a roadway-by-roadway wildfire evacuation capacity timing analysis is included showing how long it will take to get IVCB residents out of harm’s way with and without the proposed height, density, coverage, and ADU allowances.