Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 16

16 Reno Evening Gazette Tuesday, April 3. 1979 I Sundowner expansion faces reviewl Despite Carson City fine, pet poop still proliferates pniH)sed at the site of the old Sierra House mansion. The towers would provide 100,000 square foot of office space a little mwe th in a half acre, according to develop- ment plans. If approved, it would be the second high-rise office complex approved on Sierra Street in less than a month. Two wets iigo.

the Reno City Council approved the 28-story City Center office building on Sier-ra and" Court streets The 13-story office complex next to the Performing Arts Center would provide 200,000 square feet of office space. The pro posed thnv-story arts center would be 105,000 square feel. In addition, developers proposed an underground parking garage for 4:55 automobiles. According to the Regional Planning staff, the 13-story office building is proposed as a way to financially support the construction and maintenance of the arts center. The Planning Commission also will hear the following proposals.

EL CHAPARRAL APARTMENTS: Plans call for construction of 128 apartments on 5 acres on the corner of Sutro Street and Timber Way in Reno; SILVERADA BOULEVARD APARTMENTS: Developer George Karadanis, co-owner of the Sundowner Hotel-Casino is proposing a W-unit apartment complex on 2 acres on the southeast corner of Silver-ada Boulevard and Oravada Street. The troubled Sundowner Hotel Casino expansion, construction plans for two high-rise office buildings in downtown Reno and a major casino lodge at Incline Village go before the Regional Planning Commission for major project review Wednesday night. The Planning Commission ill also hear proposals for two large apartment complexes and a shopping complex. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. in council chambers at Reno City Hall, Center and.

Liberty streets. The Sundowner Hotel-Casino wants to convert nine floors under construction in the Sundowner's tower addition from proposed office space to lf2 hotel rooms. The reason for the conversion, according to ar chitect illiam Morris, is "pure economics." How ever, city engineers earlier this year discovered plumbing was being installed in the Sundowner addition for more hotel rooms than were originally approved. Construction plans initially called for casino areas in the first four floors, hotel rooms in floors 5 through 10 and office space or. floors 11 through 19.

After learning of the unauthorized plumbing, city officials issued a stop work order. The plumbing for the extra rooms was removed and the stop work order was lifted in January. Installing the unauthorized plumbing is not a violation of any city law according to Assistant City Attorney Louie Test, but it is a violation of the city's sewer allocation procedures. The Sundowner Hotel-Casino has been the center of a federal grand jury probe into the city sewer allocation process in Reno. Plans for the mulli million dollar Tahoe Shores lodge and casino call for a square-foot central gaming area and Hi individual "guest room complexes" in the woods along Country Club Prive and Incline Way.

Plans have also been submitted for construction of a 60 room lodge, recreational and 195 condominiums on 2b acres adjoining the casino lodge complex. A small shopping center is also proposed in the area. According to development plans, the lodge casino ill include a show lounge, a gourmet restaurant, coffee shop and a swimming pool. The complex will center around a 360-foot long, three-story structure patterned after a ski lodge. The "guest room complexes" will each include 47 rooms or apartments.

According to Planning Commission sources, the lodge casino and adjoining condominium complex will come under close scrutiny by planners. "The concern is that we may be destroying the very environment at Lake Tahoe that people come to see," the source said. Planning commissioners will also hear proposals for twin 10-story office towers on the southwest corner of Sierra and Liberty streets and a 13-story office building adjacent to the proposed Performing Arts Center on Center and Rylar.d streets. The twin-story office towers are being tion has Iwn extended to the rural tOnnsbyi district which, generally speaking, was left largely unregulated in the past But. Conklin said, that awareness is less than total, and many people are only finding out about the changes after they arc hit with higher-than-anticipated fines.

He said pHrris-to make a series of public service announcements in the future to spread the word. Conklin said also that extending the pound's jurisdiction to cats has also resulted in the demand tripling for cat traps with which to snare free-roaming felines. He said he hopes this summer to move in with officers and vans to round up the packs of dogs which have been menacing both people and livestock in the rural areas, includ ing those south of Koontz Lane and at Lakeview Estates The increased activity will likely result in the need for control personnel in addition to the secretary the pound is budgeted to receive beginning July 1. said Conklin He added that he may seek two additional patrol officers for the budget year beginning July lU By LEE ADLER Gazette-Journal Carson Bureau Pets are still poopin' but no one is scoop in' despite the stiff fine provided under Carson's new animal control ordinance, city animal control center director Mike Conklin said Monday. Conklin said there has been minimal compliance with the requirement that individuals pick up pet droppings "and what amazes me is that people aren't complaining." On the other hand, Conklin's badly needed operating revenues are increasing by about $400 to $500 a month now that the fine for recovering a pet running at large has jumped from a flat $10 fee to as high as $50 for repeat offenders.

And the number of animals being destroyed or. euphemistically, "put to sleep." has gone up from around 80 a month to approximately 112 now thct the So fee has been abandoned in fa or of no charge. "Complaints all around have doubled since Feb. 12." said Conklin, who attributed it in part to the increased public awareness of and confidence in animal control activities, and to the fact that the opera if rF'C ctr i .11 ,1, 'I I i. Richie Leader of the East Coast group.

Alto Madness. 'Aztec Temple' proposal back Construction plans for the controversial "Aztec Temple." condominium compiex return to the Regional Planning Commission table for approval tonight this time ithout a major project review or the proposed commercial phafe of the project Development of the massive 3uvunit Virginia Lake Plaza on the eastern shore of Virginia Lake will be considered by the Planning Commission during a 7 p.m. meeting in council chambers at Reno City Hall. Center and Liberty streets. The Planning Commission also is scheduled to hear proposalsfor 13 subdivisions that include 1.884 housing units.

Would-be developers of the proposed Virginia Lake Plaza are returning to the Planning Commission after a Reno City Council denial of the commercial phase of ihe project last month The concrete and glass "mega-structure" would stre'ch from Virginia Lake to South Virginia Street Construction would be on the site of the Old Orchard Trailer Park. Plans originally included a second, smaller tower providing 158.360 square feet of commercial office space The Planning Commission earlier recommended approval of the commercial phase in early February That recommendation as overturned by the City Council Feb. 26. However, developers hinting at possible court action convinced the council to reconsider the denial of the commercial phase of the project. That rehearing has net yet been scheduled.

If approved, the compiex would be structured in a hollow. 15-story, pyramid-shaped stack of condominiums rising above Virginia Lake Indoor balconies on each condominium unit would face an interior plaza. Plans also call for three levels of underground parking enough for 1.000 cars a gazebo, several large indoor fountains, a plaza deck, a swimming a weight room, two rac-quetball courts and a tennis court. The condominium tower, which would dw arf all other buildings in Southwest Reno and rise up taller than the Onslow Hotel-Casino downtown, would also require a major redesign of roads around Virginia Lake. South Sierra Street would be constructed from Lakeside Drive to McKay Avenue as a "main arterial'' to handle the increased traffic in the area.

Hall Avenue, which currently runs from Virginia Street to Virginia Lake, would be blocked off in front of the condominium complex. Developers have proudly said the complex would be the most attractive and luxurious condominium structure in Reno. Estimated price of each condominium is between $150.00 and $200,000. However, the council rejected the plans as being too dense, too noisy, too tall and a threat to the park-like setting around the lake. Construction would also force a mass eviction of Old Orchard Trailer Park residents from the area and would require chopping down the Chinese elms in the area.

Developers responded by saying the Old Orchard Trailer Park has already been sold and eviction notices posted. Developers also claim the Chinese elm trees are diseased. The Planning Commission also will consider a proposed conversion of the Arlington Tower apartments on the corner of Arlington Avenue and First Street to 195 condominiums. Planners also will consider the following subdivision proposals: EASTLAND HILL VILLAS: Plans call for 296 units on 16 acres south of Baring Boulevard in Sparks: RENO PARK ESTATES: A 239-unit development is proposed on 11 acres east of Sandpiper Drive northeast of the Reno Park Mobile Home Estates in Cold Springs Valley WASHOE VALLEY MEADOWS: Plans call for 140 lots on 477 acres on the west side of U.S. Highway 395 along the William Brent road in Washoe Vallev PANORAMA VILLAGE CONDOMINIUMS: Developers propose 576 condominium units on 36 acres west of Clearacre Lane and the Boise Cascade Mobil Home Park north of Reno.

Two days of great music at the Pioneer Theatre! Friday, April 6 The festival begins at 7:00 p.m. with the College Night Concert, featuring performances by University of California-Berkeley and Foothill Junior College. Saturday, April 7 High school division competition starts at 9:00 a.m. Then at 2:00 p.m., high schools will compete in the jazz choir and choreography Show-Pop categories. At 6:00 p.m., join us for a concert featuring elementary, junior high, A division high school winners, and performances by guest artists: Eddie Jefferson; and Richie Cole.

The final concert begins at 9:30 p.m. and will feature the winners of the Show-Pop Category, AA and AAA high school divisions and final performances by guest artists Eddie Jefferson and Richie Cole. Eddie Je'rerson. Performer at the Berkeley Jazz Festival and recording artist 'or Inner City Records Seating is limited, so make your reservations today! Tickets will be available at the Pioneer Theatre, Friday, April 6, at 5:00 p.m. or use this convenient coupon.

MAIL TO: Youth Music Foundation, P.O. Box 6585, Reno, Nevada 89513 Piease send me. Voca! Jazz Festival passes at $10 apiece I have enclosed $. a selt-addressed. stamped envelope.

(Festival pass covers all events, April 6 and 7, including Friday's College Night Concert and Saturday's 6:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. concerts Please send me tickets at $7.00 apiece for the 6:00 p.m. concert on Saturday night ai the Pioneer Theatre I have enclosed and a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Please send me tickets at $7.00 apiece for the p.m.

concert on Saturday night at the Pioneer Theatre I have enclosed and a self-addressed, stamped envelope NAME ADDRESS STATE CITY. PHONE 11 make to: Youth Music Foundation, a non-profit organization. ase Cannon discusses gas limit damage ivASHINGTON Nevada Sen. Howard W. Cannon said Monday testimony by a Las Vegas hotel officii on the damaging effects of halting weekend gasoline sales "graphically demonstrates why the tourism industry cannot tolerate such a plan." farjnon as reacting to a statement by John Fitzgerald, general manager of the Las Vegas Hilton, thfit ih itting off weekend gas supplies would cause aH i -proximately $961 million loss to the Las Vegas economy.

"Mr. Fitzgerald has provided the expert testimony that backs up my contention that a weekend sales ban j40Uld.yiolate the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975," Cannon said. Published as a public service by ffejaba jltate journal Reno Evening Gazette.