Village at Palisades Tahoe Specific Plan

Project Overview and Background

The Village at Palisades Tahoe Specific Plan is located within the 4,700-acre Olympic Valley General Plan area in northeastern Placer County. The plan area encompasses a total of approximately 93.33 acres consisting primarily of the 85-acre resort village located at the west end of the Valley within the existing Palisades Ski Resort base area.  In addition, an approximately 8.8-acre area referred to as the East Parcel, is located approximately 1.3 miles east of the main village area and 0.3 miles west of the intersection of SR 89 and Olympic Valley Road, across the street from the Olympic Valley Public Services District offices and fire station.

The specific plan would implement a hospitality and recreation-based, all-season mountain resort community with up to 850 hotel, condominium-hotel, and fractional ownership residential units and a maximum of 1,493 resort bedrooms. The project includes development of new commercial, retail, and recreational land uses similar to uses currently allowed under the Olympic Valley General Plan and Land Use Ordinance, the community plan which establishes land uses and policies for Olympic Valley. Some of these land uses include skier services, retail shopping, restaurants and bars, entertainment, and public and private recreation facilities. New and replacement commercial uses in the plan area would total up to 297,733 gross square feet.  

The project was approved by the Board of Supervisors on November 15, 2016 and was subsequently litigated. The appellate court determined the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) had deficiencies with four specific analyses and directed the county to take action to decertify the Final EIR and un-adopt project approvals. On November 8, 2022, the Board of Supervisors took action to decertify the Final EIR and rescind the project approvals in accordance with the appellate court decision.

The project proponent, Alterra Mountain Company, has worked with the county staff and the environmental consultant to revise portions of the EIR analysis in response to the appellate court decision. The partially revised Draft EIR is available at the link below. The 60-day public comment period for the partially revised Draft EIR closed on January 30, 2023. County staff and the EIR environmental consultant are reviewing comments received during the public comment period and will provide written responses to all comments in the Final EIR, which will be prepared over the next several months. At this point in time, there is no schedule for when the project will be presented to the Planning Commission and subsequently to the Board of Supervisors. As schedule information becomes available, it will be published here. Please check back for updates.

Project Documents

• Previously certified Environmental Impact Report and Partially Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report
• Village at Palisades Tahoe Specific Plan (Please note: The document currently retains the prior project name and place names. County staff anticipates that the document will be updated to reflect the changed resort name and place names. No other changes are proposed or contemplated)
• Master Phasing Plan
• Appendix B: Development Standards and Design Guidelines
• Water Supply Assessment
• Emergency Preparedness Evacuation Plan

Frequently Asked Questions

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Patrick Dobbs, Senior Planner

(530) 745-3060

Email: PDobbs@placer.ca.gov

Alex Fisch, Supervising Planner

(530) 745-3081

Email: AFisch@placer.ca.gov