Nevada side, Lake Tahoe
Skyland
A lakeside neighborhood built from the early 1960s, with a beach set aside for its property owners.
About Skyland
Where it is
Skyland sits on the east shore with Zephyr Cove to the south and Lakeridge to the north, about five miles by Highway 50 from the California line.
How it began
In 1957 George Whittell sold an 87-acre tract here with 3,800 feet of lakefront, and homes went up from the early 1960s. A stone fireplace from 1924, engraved “Skyland,” still stands near the beach.
The beach
The developer designated Skyland beach for all Skyland property owners. Using it takes a beach pass and a parking tag, one per home. Dogs, fires and glass are not allowed.
Services and rules
The Skyland General Improvement District paves and plows the streets and looks after the curbs, storm vaults, street lighting and the fence along Highway 50. Douglas County supplies water drawn from the lake and treated south of Cave Rock. Sewer service is the Tahoe Douglas district.
Skyland’s original covenants expired in 2000. Building rules now come from Douglas County and TRPA.
Around Skyland
Photographs: Tony Laurian.
Buying anywhere on the Nevada shore
These rules apply to Skyland and to every other neighborhood on this side of the lake.
Stormwater BMPs
Every developed property in the Tahoe Basin must install and maintain TRPA-approved stormwater Best Management Practices. Their status is disclosed to the buyer when a home sells.
TRPA: stormwater BMPs(opens in a new tab)Buoys, lifts and slips
Existing moorings must be registered and permitted with TRPA, and the registration is renewed each year. New moorings are allocated by lottery.
TRPA: shoreline program(opens in a new tab)Vacation rentals
Douglas County caps the number of vacation-rental permits in the Tahoe Township, limits their share of each neighborhood, and treats a permit as discretionary rather than a right. Association rules can add their own limits.
Douglas County: vacation rentals(opens in a new tab)Defensible space
Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District inspects defensible space around homes and offers consultations to owners.
Tahoe Douglas Fire: defensible space(opens in a new tab)
Sources
This guide is general background drawn from the public sources below, not a disclosure about any property. Rules, fees and services change, so confirm anything that matters with the district, association or agency before you rely on it.
Questions about Skyland?
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