Neighborhood opposition is mounting against the request for a minor conditional use permit to build a Jiffy Lube at the southwest corner of Hunter Lake and Mayberry Drives, with multiple social media posts and a banner asking to Say No.
Item C1 for the Ward 2 NAB meeting Tuesday at Reno City Hall indicates: “A request has been made for a minor conditional use permit to establish an Auto Service and Repair Use in the Neighborhood Commercial (NC) zoning district. The ±0.39- acre site is located at the southwest corner of Hunter Lake Drive and Mayberry Drive. The subject site is zoned Neighborhood Commercial (NC) and has a Master Plan land use designation of Suburban Mixed-Use (SMU).”
The Harmon family wrote to Our Town Reno expressing their own stance saying it’s a school zone near Hunter Lake Elementary with an already dangerous intersection, with a fire department close by as well.
Our “child was hit by a car in Nov 2023 in the intersection , thankfully not hurt bad but a traumatic experience so this project topic is very important to myself and many other families in the neighborhood,” they wrote.
They say the design and location of the proposed Jiffy Lube is particularly concerning “with one way entrance and exit literally in the intersection, adding to the already crowded five-way intersection.”
In photos they sent, they added a red circle where the building exit will be for reference.
“We’ve been talking to the city already long before this totally inappropriate project,” they wrote. “A truck just skidded on brakes turning into that crosswalk as we were crossing for photos, just now, no joke.”
The area also has heavy student foot and car traffic from nearby Swope Middle School and Reno High.
“A Jiffy Lube there would increase traffic and traffic congestion posing safety hazards to RFD response time and school children walking back and forth from school,” the Harmons wrote.
“Our coalition will be speaking at that event. In addition, we have scheduled a protest at the Hunter Lake Mayberry corner for 5:30 Wednesday April 16. Although we addressed our concerns to the Jiffy Lube representative, Elliott Smith, who signed the Applicant Affidavit, and asked that the application be withdrawn, Smith seemed unpersuaded. He will be at the NAB meeting. According to Reno Assistant Planner Treston Rodriguez, who we also spoke with, a decision on the application will be made by him and the Planning Manager Mike Railey on Friday April 18th. To voice objections, Rodriguez can be reached at (775) 337-9008 and rodriguezt@reno.gov, Railey can be reached at raileym@reno.gov, Smith can be reached at (801) 278-4689 and ebsmith@terraformco.com and Duerr can be reached at duerrn@reno.gov.”