Washoe County and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency are working to streamline project permitting for their customers.

People working on projects in the Washoe County portion of the Tahoe basin must now submit requests directly to TRPA planners.

Washoe County will continue to issue building permits and to provide the standard project review required under International Building Codes. Washoe County and TRPA are working together on this permitting transition.

Starting this month TRPA will make a planner available one day a week at Washoe County’s Incline Community Center to accept and review project applications for conformance with TRPA regulations that apply to residential additions and modifications, new construction of single-family and multi-family residential structures, commercial projects, and qualified-exempt residential activities.

Project applications submitted to Washoe County prior to Dec. 5, 2017, will go through the process with Washoe County handling the review and will not have an interruption in their approval process. TRPA permit reviews are done on a first-come, first-served basis.

Questions about TRPA permit applications and regulations can be directed to Aly Borawski at 775.589.5229 or aborawski@trpa.org.