Date: September 19, 2025 | Time: 6:00 p.m. (call to order)
The Sparks Planning Commission met on September 19, 2025, to consider two agenda items: a conditional use permit for a child care and medical office expansion and a final development handbook for the Andalin Ranch agritourism project. Both items were approved unanimously after public testimony and staff presentations.
Meeting adjourned.
Good evening. I'm calling the meeting of the planning commission to order at 6 p.m. Madam Secretary. Can I get a roll call, please? Here. Here. Here. All right. Thank you. Please join us standing in for the pledge of allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God. All right. All right, I'll open it up for general public comment. Does anybody want to make a general public comment? I see none. I will close public comment. May I get a motion to approve of the agenda, please. Mr. Chair, I move to approve the agenda as submitted. I second. All right, we got a move by Commissioner Pritzell, a second by Commissioner Kramer. Can we vote electronically? Oh, there we go. Okay, it passes unanimously. Thank you. Can I get an approval for the minutes? Mr. Chair, I move to approve the minutes that you said held on day August 5 and the Thursday, August. Second. All right, we got a move by Commissioner Kramer, a second by Commissioner Pritzow. All right. It passes unanimously. Thank you. All right, we have a public hearing item, PCN 25-0013 forward slash CU25-0011. Good evening, Chair Austin, members of the planning commission for the record, Cobig Wano, planner with the City of Sparks. The subject site is outlined in red and is located just north of the Audi project, right here, and then southwest of Risley Elementary. In accordance with the Sparks Minister Code, in order to operate a child care facility or a medical office in the MF5 zoning district, a conditional use permit is required, which is the reason for the request. The 1.4 acre site consists of two parcels. Hey Colby, can we take a recession? Absolutely. All right, Commissioner Elkins. Yes, Mr. Chair, I have a disclosure to make. The southern building was developed in 1970, subject to a building permit, and the northern building was developed in 1977, subject to a special use permit that allowed for the construction of a commercial office building on the site. Both have been used for commercial purposes since their development. In 2009, the Life Change Center, which classified as a medical office, obtained a business license to operate within the smaller building and has been operating since that time. The Northern owner or the property owner of the Life Change Center recently acquired the parcel to the north and intends to expand and renovate the existing office building to include medical and professional offices as well as the child care facility. And that child care facility would be open to the to the public. In addition, the Life Change Center plans to construct site improvements across both parcels to enable integrated site functionality between the two parcels.