Sierra Colina Village
Sierra Colina Village
P. O. Box 129
Lake Tahoe, NV 89448
Planning for...
LEED* Green Certification
Energy Star Rating
Pedestrian & Bike Trails
All Fire Sprinklered Homes
Preserving Open Space
Moderate Income Homes
| Current Zoning |
| Why is Sierra Colina considered an urban infill parcel? |
The TRPA is in the process of developing a new Regional Plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin (the prior plan was codified in 1987). As part of the planning process, the public was invited to participate in numerous public workshops referred to as “Pathway 2007.” The vision of Pathway 2007 was to incorporate the public’s perspectives on how to plan our communities around Lake Tahoe to meet future economic, social and environmental goals. A topic discussed at numerous Pathway 2007 public workshops was the desirability of locating new residences in the Lake Tahoe Basin nearby where people already reside, work and recreate.
In 1992 by a unanimous vote of the TRPA Governing Board, the Sierra Colina parcel was moved into the Plan Area Statement 073 Lake Village in Stateline, Nevada, zoning the parcel for future multi-family residential use. Over the past 17 years, Stateline, Nevada has continued to develop as a primary urban node within the Lake Tahoe Basin, and is the location of many of the Basin’s largest employers such as Douglas County (administration offices), Heavenly Ski Resort, Lakeside Inn & Casino, Edgewood Golf Course, Harrah’s/Harvey’s/Mont Bleu/Horizon Casinos, Stateline Medical Clinic and TRPA.
Sierra Colina is surrounded on 3 of its 4 sides by a combination of residential (the 325-home Lake Village Subdivision), commercial (UPS/[former Burger King] business center & Lake Village Professional Building), light industrial (The Shady Lane Industrial Park), and government (U.S. Highway 50 and the Douglas County administration complex [including, among other uses, the Kahle Recreation Center, Court, DMV, and Douglas County Sheriff’s office]). On its 4th side, Sierra Colina shares a border with U.S. Forest Service land that leads to the Chimney Rock Subdivision and other lower and middle Kingsbury lot and block housing subdivisions.
Under Chapter 2 of the TRPA Code of Ordinances, the Sierra Colina parcel is by definition an “urban” parcel because it is designated “residential” by its Plan Area Statement. With regard to meeting the need for future quality housing adjacent to major employers and the newly constructed Transit Center, Sierra Colina’s urban infill location makes it ideally suited for local workers and residents to live in order to minimize the need to drive to work or recreation facilities.
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