Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4105 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4105
Package plant for treatment of sewage: Requiring users of plant to connect into sewers provided by public utility or public entity; assessment for costs of connection; remedies for violation of conditions imposed on plant by law; assumption of control of plant by city; assessment for costs of operation and maintenance
Status: in_force

1. If the governing body of the city determines that: (a) A package plant for sewage treatment which is located within the city limits and is exempt from the provisions of NRS 445A.540 to 445A.560 , inclusive, is not satisfactorily serving the needs of its users; and (b) Sewerage provided by a public utility, the city or another municipality or other public entity is reasonably available to those users, the governing body may require all users of the plant to connect into the available sewers provided by a public utility, the city or another municipality or other public entity, and may assess each lot or parcel served for its proportionate share of the cost of connecting into those sewers. These assessments are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.

2. If the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has found that a package plant for sewage treatment which is exempt from the provisions of NRS 445A.540 to 445A.560 , inclusive, is violating any of the conditions of NRS 445A.465 to 445A.515 , inclusive, and has notified the holder of the permit that he or she must bring the plant into compliance, but the holder of the permit has failed to comply within a reasonable time after the date of the notice, the governing body of the city in which the plant is located may take the following actions independently of any further action by the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources: (a) Give written notice, by certified mail, to the owner of the plant and the owners of the property served by the plant that if the violation is not corrected within 30 days after the date of the notice, the governing body of the city will seek a court order authorizing it to assume control; and (b) After the 30-day period has expired, if the plant has not been brought into compliance, apply to the district court for an order authorizing the governing body to assume control of the plant and assess the property for the continued operation and maintenance of the plant as provided in subsection 4.

3. If the governing body of the city determines at any time that immediate action is necessary to protect the public health and welfare, it may assume physical control and operation of a package plant for sewage treatment which is located within the city limits and is exempt from the provisions of NRS 445A.540 to 445A.560 , inclusive, without complying with any of the requirements set forth in subsection 2. The governing body may not maintain control of the plant pursuant to this subsection for a period greater than 30 days unless it obtains an order from the district court authorizing an extension.

4. Each lot and parcel served by a package plant for sewage treatment which is exempt from the provisions of NRS 445A.540 to 445A.560 , inclusive, is subject to assessment by the governing body of the city in which the plant is located for its proportionate share of the cost of continued operation and maintenance of the plant if there is a default or the city assumes control and operation of the plant pursuant to subsection 2 or 3.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0968 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0968
Tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging: Limitations on imposition of new tax and on increase in rate of existing tax; legislative declaration
Status: repealed

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.096 and 268.801 to 268.808 , inclusive, a city located in a county whose population is 700,000 or more shall not impose a new tax on the rental of transient lodging or increase the rate of an existing tax on the rental of transient lodging after March 25, 1991.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.7845 , a city located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000 shall not impose a new tax on the rental of transient lodging or increase the rate of an existing tax on the rental of transient lodging after March 25, 1991.

3. The Legislature hereby declares that the limitation imposed by subsection 2 will not be repealed or amended except to allow the imposition of an increase in such a tax for: (a) The promotion of tourism; (b) The construction or operation of tourism facilities by a convention and visitors authority; or (c) The acquisition, establishment, construction or expansion of one or more railroad grade separation projects.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.247 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.247
Crash reports and related materials: Provision upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions
Status: in_force

A police department or other law enforcement agency of a town shall, within 7 days after receipt of a written request of a person who claims to have sustained damages as a result of a crash, or the person's legal representative or insurer, and upon receipt of a reasonable fee to cover the cost of reproduction, provide the person, the person's legal representative or insurer, as applicable, with a copy of the crash report and all statements by witnesses and photographs in the possession or under the control of the department or agency that concern the crash, unless:

1. The materials are privileged or confidential pursuant to a specific statute; or

2. The crash involved: (a) The death or substantial bodily harm of a person; (b) Failure to stop at the scene of a crash; or (c) The commission of a felony.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.585 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.585
Notice and information to be provided to town advisory board
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners shall consult with each town advisory board on matters relating to such town and shall give advance notice to the town advisory board concerning items relating to that town which will be on the board's agenda. The board shall notify town advisory boards of special projects or improvements pending and relating to such town and shall provide information thereon. Such information shall cover but shall not be limited to commencement dates, completion dates and the scope of the work to be performed or the extent of the services to be supplied.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0953 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0953
Levy, collection and transmission of certain license taxes to county fair and recreation board for payment of bonds or other obligations
Status: in_force

1. Any license tax: (a) Which is levied by a city located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more against any lawful trade, calling, industry, occupation, profession or business conducted in that city; (b) Whose proceeds are pledged for the payment of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive; and (c) Which is being collected by the city on January 1, 1995, must continue to be levied, collected and transmitted to the county fair and recreation board created pursuant to NRS 244A.599 as long as any of the bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive, remain outstanding and unpaid.

2. The proceeds of the license tax must be used by the county fair and recreation board for the purposes set forth in NRS 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive, including the payment of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to those provisions, and may be irrevocably pledged by the county fair and recreation board to the payment of bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to those provisions.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.625 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.625
Program of annexation: Adoption by certain cities; requirements for adoption; certification by regional planning commission; appeal of adverse determination
Status: in_force

1. A city located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000 that has adopted a comprehensive regional plan pursuant to NRS 278.026 to 278.029 , inclusive, shall adopt a program of annexation. The program must identify areas in any sphere of influence of the city to be considered for annexation within the next 7 years. The city shall not consider the annexation of any area that is not within the designated sphere of influence and is not included in its program of annexation.

2. Before adopting a program of annexation pursuant to subsection 1, the city must hold one or more public hearings. Notice of the time and place of the hearing must be mailed to all owners of real property in the proposed program of annexation. At the public hearing the city shall consider: (a) The location of property to be considered for annexation; (b) The logical extension of city limits; (c) The need for the expansion to accommodate planned regional growth; (d) The location of existing and planned water and sewer service; (e) Community goals that would be met by any proposed annexation; (f) The efficient and cost-effective provision of service areas and capital facilities; and (g) Any other factors concerning any proposed annexation deemed appropriate for consideration by the governing body of the city.

3. The city shall submit its program of annexation adopted pursuant to subsection 1 to the regional planning commission and the county in which the city is located for recommendations.

4. The regional planning commission must certify that a program of annexation adopted pursuant to subsection 1 conforms with the comprehensive regional plan before the program is put into effect. The county or the city may appeal an adverse determination of the regional planning commission in the manner provided in subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 278.028 .

5. After certification of a program of annexation pursuant to subsection 4, any facilities plan, capital improvement program, development project or location of facilities by a county, a city, an annexation commission, a regional planning commission, the governing board or any other affected entity must be consistent with the certified program of annexation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.812 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.812
Creation of pedestrian mall by ordinance; requirements for consideration and adoption of ordinance; notice required for adoption of ordinance
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of an incorporated city whose population is 500,000 or more may by ordinance create a pedestrian mall.

2. Before adopting an ordinance creating a pedestrian mall, the governing body must find that it would be in the best interests of the city and beneficial to the owners of adjacent property to use the street or streets or other thoroughfare or thoroughfares primarily for pedestrians.

3. The ordinance must establish the boundaries of the pedestrian mall and the governing body may change the boundaries by ordinance. The area included within a pedestrian mall may be contiguous or noncontiguous.

4. In addition to other requirements for the consideration and adoption of an ordinance, at least 10 days before the date fixed for a public hearing on the adoption of the ordinance creating a pedestrian mall, a notice of the date, time and place of the hearing and a copy of the proposed ordinance, or notification that a copy is available in the office of the city clerk, must be mailed to the owners of record of the property included within the proposed boundaries of the pedestrian mall. The names and addresses of the owners of such property may be obtained from the records of the county assessor or from such other source or sources as the governing body deems reliable. Any such list of names and addresses appertaining to any pedestrian mall may be revised from time to time, but such a list need not be revised more frequently than at 12-month intervals.

5. Unless otherwise provided by the governing body in the ordinance, all property of the city that is used in conjunction with or as a part of the pedestrian mall remains property of the city and must not be considered vacated for any purpose.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4083 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4083
Abatement of graffiti on nonresidential property
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city may adopt by ordinance procedures pursuant to which the governing body or its designee may order an owner of nonresidential property within the city to cover or remove graffiti that is placed on that nonresidential property to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city and to prevent blight upon the community.

2. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must: (a) Contain procedures pursuant to which the owner of the property is: (1) Sent notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the existence on the owner's property of graffiti and the date by which the owner must cover or remove the graffiti; and (2) Afforded an opportunity for a hearing and an appeal before the governing body of the city or its designee. (b) Provide that the date specified in the notice by which the owner must cover or remove the graffiti is tolled for the period during which the owner requests a hearing and receives a decision. (c) Provide the manner in which the city will recover money expended for labor and materials used to cover or remove the graffiti if the owner fails to cover or remove the graffiti.

3. The governing body of the city or its designee may direct the city to cover or remove the graffiti and may recover the amount expended by the city for labor and materials used to cover or remove the graffiti if: (a) The owner has not requested a hearing within the time prescribed in the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 and has failed to cover or remove the graffiti within the period specified in the notice; (b) After a hearing in which the owner did not prevail, the owner has not filed an appeal within the time prescribed in the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 and has failed to cover or remove the graffiti within the period specified in the order; or (c) The governing body has denied the appeal of the owner and the owner has failed to cover or remove the graffiti within the period specified in the order.

4. As used in this section, “ nonresidential property ” means all real property other than residential property. The term does not include real property owned by a governmental entity.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 265.090 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 265 / Section 265.090
City's governing board may file declaration of incorporation; duties of Attorney General
Status: in_force

1. It is lawful for any governing board of any incorporated city in this state to cause to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and in the Office of the Attorney General its declaration that the city is and remains incorporated according to law. If such declaration is not substantially true the Attorney General shall immediately proceed according to law to establish or disprove the right of the city to act as an incorporated city.

2. The Attorney General shall consult the official records from time to time and advise the Secretary of State, in writing, declaring the date when any incorporated city becomes disincorporated by the force of NRS 265.010 to 265.100 , inclusive, and the Secretary of State shall keep such advices in writing on file and of record in his or her office.

3. This section does not provide any condition affecting the taking effect of NRS 265.010 to 265.100 , inclusive, or in any manner postponing the effect of those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.808 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.808
Legal action challenging validity of creation of district, imposition of tax or construction of project with proceeds of tax
Status: in_force

1. A business or person who is subject to or has a legally recognizable interest in: (a) An ordinance that creates a district; (b) An ordinance that imposes a tax pursuant to NRS 268.804 ; or (c) A project that will be constructed with the proceeds from the tax, may commence an appropriate proceeding in the district court of the county in which the district is located to challenge the validity of the ordinance, tax or project. No such proceeding may be commenced more than 15 days after the effective date of the ordinance.

2. The court shall affirm the ordinance, tax and project unless it determines that the approval of the ordinance, tax or project was the result of fraud or a gross abuse of discretion.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.5225 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.5225
“Revenues” defined
Status: in_force

“Revenues” of a project, or derived from a project, include payments under a lease, agreement of sale or financing agreement, or under notes, debentures, bonds and other secured or unsecured debt obligations of an obligor executed and delivered by the obligor to the city or the city's designee or assignee (including a trustee) pursuant to such lease, agreement of sale or financing agreement.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.060 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.060
Elected persons to frame charter; publication and posting of charter; affidavits of publication and posting
Status: in_force

1. The persons elected as provided for in NRS 267.050 shall convene within 10 days and commence to frame a charter for the city and within 90 days thereafter they, or a majority of them, shall submit the charter to the legislative authority of the incorporated city.

2. Within 10 days thereafter, the legislative authority of the city shall: (a) Cause the proposed charter to be published once in a newspaper published in the incorporated city. If no newspaper is published in the city, the proposed charter must be published once in a newspaper published in the county; and (b) Cause copies of the proposed charter to be posted in three of the most public places of the city for 30 days.

3. The affidavits of the publisher and of the person posting the copies of the charter must be made immediately after publication and after the posting.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.525 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.525
Legislative authority for validation of contracts and projects
Status: in_force

1. This section and NRS 267.520 shall operate to supply such legislative authority as may be necessary to validate any such contracts, documents and other instruments pertaining to any project, to validate any such project, and to validate all acts and proceedings preliminary thereto and prior to March 28, 1969, had or taken which the Legislature could have supplied or provided for in NRS 267.450 to 267.530 , inclusive, or in any other law under which such contracts, documents and other instruments were made or adopted, such project was undertaken, or such acts or proceedings were taken.

2. This section and NRS 267.520 , however, shall be limited to the validation of contracts, documents, other instruments, projects, acts and proceedings to the extent to which they can be effectuated under the state and federal constitutions.

3. This section and NRS 267.520 shall not operate to validate, ratify, approve, confirm or legalize any contract, document, other instrument, project, act, proceeding or any other matter which has been determined prior to March 28, 1969, in any legal proceeding to be illegal, void or ineffective.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.638 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.638
Notice of intention to annex: Contents; filing with commission
Status: in_force

Upon the initiation of an annexation by either of the methods provided in NRS 268.636 , and within 5 days after the filing of the necessary documents if initiated by property owners, the clerk of the governing body shall file a notice, in duplicate, of intention to annex with the commission. The notice shall contain the specific boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.070 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.070
Vested rights on incorporation or change in population category; remedies
Status: in_force

1. All rights and property of every kind which were vested in any municipal corporation under its former organization shall be deemed to be vested in the same municipal corporation upon its becoming incorporated or changing population category pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. No rights or liabilities, either in favor of or against such corporation, existing at the time of becoming incorporated or changing population category pursuant to this chapter, and no action or prosecution shall be affected by the change, but the rights and liabilities, and any action or prosecution, must stand and progress as if no change had been made.

2. Whenever a different remedy is given by this chapter, which may properly be made applicable to any right existing at the time of such city becoming incorporated or changing population category pursuant to this chapter, the remedy shall be deemed cumulative to the remedy before provided, and used accordingly.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.652 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.652
Notice of commission's action to be given by executive officer to clerk of governing body of city; findings
Status: in_force

Notice of the action taken by the commission shall be given by the executive officer to the clerk of the governing body of the city to which the annexation is pending, within 5 days from the date of such action, and shall be accompanied by the findings of fact upon which such action is based.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.811 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.811
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 268.810 to 268.823 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “ Governing body ” means the governing body of a city whose population is 500,000 or more.

2. “ Operating entity ” means a public operating entity of a pedestrian mall or a private operating entity with whom a governing body has contracted for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of a pedestrian mall, or any combination thereof.

3. “ Pedestrian mall ” means an area including portions of one or more streets or alleys that has been set aside for use primarily by pedestrians and to which access by motor vehicles is prohibited or restricted. The term includes all improvements and appurtenances thereto that are designed to be used primarily for the movement, safety, convenience, enjoyment, entertainment, recreation or relaxation of pedestrians.

4. “ Redevelopment agency ” means a governmental entity created pursuant to chapter 279 of NRS or a legislative body which has elected to exercise the powers granted to an agency under that chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.042 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.042
Effective date of incorporation; presumption of incorporation
Status: in_force

1. The incorporation of a city becomes effective: (a) If the election held pursuant to NRS 266.036 is held on or before the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday of November, on July 1 of the year next following the election; or (b) If the election held pursuant to NRS 266.036 is held after the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday of November, 1 year after July 1 of the year next following the election.

2. A city which levies and collects a tax ad valorem on property for at least 2 years after its incorporation and whose existence as an incorporated city has not been challenged in the district court for the county in which the city is located, is conclusively presumed to be a lawfully existing incorporated city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.09798 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.09798
Powers of governing body to impose penalties for violations of ordinance
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in accordance with the ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 268.09795 , the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city or its designee may: (a) Suspend or revoke any authorization issued pursuant to NRS 268.09797 ; (b) Impose a civil penalty on the holder of an authorization or an accommodations facilitator for a violation of any provision of the ordinance in accordance with the schedule of civil penalties set forth in the ordinance; and (c) Impose a civil penalty or fine on a person who makes available a residential unit or a room within a residential unit without holding an authorization issued pursuant to NRS 268.09797 in accordance with the schedule of civil penalties or fines set forth in the ordinance, if any.

2. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city or its designee shall not impose a civil penalty on: (a) A holder of an authorization for a violation of the ordinance committed by an accommodations facilitator; or (b) An accommodations facilitator for a violation of the ordinance committed by a holder of an authorization.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.3867 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.3867
Sale of system: Advertisement; sealed bids
Status: in_force

If the resolution adopted proposes to sell the electric light and power system, and a majority of the ballots cast favors such sale, the city council shall advertise the sale of such electric light and power system by notice published at least once a week for 5 consecutive weeks by five weekly insertions a week apart in a newspaper published within the county and having a general circulation in the city. The notice shall require sealed bids, to be accompanied by a certified check for at least 5 percent of the sum bid for the purchase, to be deposited with the city clerk on or before the date stated in the notice. No bids shall be accepted by the city council for a sum less than the amount of the appraisement of the electric light and power system. The council may reject any and all bids.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.175 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.175
Election
Status: in_force

Mayors shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their respective cities.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.505 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.505
Definitions
Status: in_force

Whenever used in NRS 269.500 to 269.625 , inclusive, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following words and terms defined in NRS 269.510 , 269.515 and 269.520 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.697 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.697
“Natural gas project” defined
Status: in_force

“ Natural gas project ” means facilities pertaining to a municipal natural gas system for the generation, transmission, storage and distribution of natural gas, including, without limitation, towers, generators, pumping plants, power plants, pumping stations, gauging stations, conduits, transmission lines, engines, boilers, pumps, meters, pipes, resistors, transformers, storage facilities, equipment, fixtures, and any other structures, buildings and facilities for the generation, transmission, storage and distribution of natural gas, or any combination thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.535 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.535
Methods
Status: in_force

An unincorporated town may be formed by means of an initiative petition of the residents of any specified unincorporated area within a county or by resolution of a board of county commissioners, pursuant to the procedure established by the Unincorporated Town Government Law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.820 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.820
Cost of operation, management, maintenance and improvement of pedestrian mall: Operating entity to report estimation of cost to governing body; special assessment of property owners; offsets; collection of assessments
Status: in_force

If the governing body determines that it is necessary to raise money for the annual cost of operating, managing, maintaining or improving the pedestrian mall:

1. The governing body shall adopt an ordinance creating a district. In addition to other requirements for the consideration and adoption of such an ordinance, at least 10 days before the date fixed for a public hearing on the adoption of the ordinance creating the district, a notice of the date, time and place of the hearing and a copy of the proposed ordinance, or notification that a copy is available in the office of the city clerk, must be mailed to the owners of record of the property included within the proposed boundaries of the district. The names and addresses of the owners may be obtained from the records of the county assessor or from such other source or sources as the governing body deems reliable. Any such list of names and addresses appertaining to the district may be revised from time to time, but such a list need not be revised more frequently than at 12-month intervals. If the governing body intends to impose fees pursuant to NRS 268.821 , it shall also deliver a copy of the notice required by this subsection to each holder of a business license, as shown in the records of the city, for a business located within the boundaries of the proposed district. If such notice is not delivered, the governing body shall not impose a fee pursuant to NRS 268.821 . The ordinance must establish the boundaries of the district and the governing body may change the boundaries by ordinance. The area included within a district may be: (a) Coterminous or noncoterminous with the boundaries of the pedestrian mall established pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 268.812 ; and (b) Contiguous or noncontiguous, but must not include any area which is located more than 4 blocks from the boundaries of the pedestrian mall.

2. The operating entity shall report to the governing body an estimate of the cost of operating, managing and maintaining and annually improving the pedestrian mall for the ensuing fiscal year and an estimate of changes in the amounts of such costs recommended to or under consideration by the operating entity. The estimates must be reasonably itemized and must include a summary of the categories of cost properly chargeable to: (a) The general fund of the city, if any; and (b) The property in the district.

3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.821 , each year when the governing body has received and approved or amended the estimate of the costs for the ensuing fiscal year, the governing body shall prepare an assessment roll setting forth separately the amounts to be specifically assessed against the property in the district in proportion to the benefit received by the property from the pedestrian mall. The governing body shall distribute the costs to be assessed in proportion to the benefit received by each property on the basis of the frontage or area of, amount of traffic generated by, the number of rooms contained on the property or any other equitable basis or combination of bases as determined by the governing body. An offset may be allowed for any portion of the annual cost of operating, managing, maintaining or improving the pedestrian mall which an owner of such property has paid directly or through contributions to a private operating entity. A description of the property and the name of the current owner of the property must be included for each property to be assessed. The names and addresses of the owners of such property may be obtained from the records of the county assessor or from such other source or sources as the governing body deems reliable. Any such list of names and addresses appertaining to the district may be revised from time to time, but such a list need not be revised more frequently than at 12-month intervals. Upon completion, the assessment roll must be maintained on file in the office of the city clerk and be available for public inspection.

4. The governing body shall meet annually to consider any objections to the amount of the assessments at least 20 days after a notice of hearing has been published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city and mailed by certified mail to the owners of all assessed property in the district. The notice must set forth the time and place of the meeting and any matters to be discussed and may refer the person to the assessment roll for details. The hearing must be conducted in the manner specified in NRS 271.385 , 271.390 and 271.395 .

5. After the hearing, the governing body may adopt or change the proposed assessment, but any such changes must not result in an increased assessment for any property from the amount specified or referred to in the notice. When the governing body adopts an assessment roll, the city clerk shall certify a copy and deliver it to the city treasurer for collection in the same manner as provided for the collection of special assessments in chapter 271 of NRS . The assessment, together with any interest, penalties and costs of collection, are a lien against the property that is equal in priority to a lien for general taxes.

6. Money that is apportioned to or collected on behalf of a district must be credited to a special account and may only be used for the purpose for which it was apportioned or collected. Any balance remaining in the account at the end of the fiscal year must be conserved and applied towards the financial requirements of the next ensuing fiscal year.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.180 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.180
Annual report
Status: in_force

The city planning commission shall prepare and file with the city council an annual report at the end of each calendar year.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.030 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.030
Compensation of surveyor; employment of other engineers
Status: in_force

1. The city council or other legislative board of the city shall allow to the city engineer or county engineer or other engineer employed for making such survey and maps a reasonable compensation for the services of the engineer so employed and for the services of such assistant or assistants as that engineer may employ in the work and such expenses as are necessary to mark permanently the points and lines of such survey.

2. In the event that the engineer employed shall for any reason fail to complete the work within a reasonable time, the board or council may employ such other and further engineers or surveyors as may be necessary to complete the work.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.170 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.170
Qualifications
Status: in_force

Mayors shall be qualified electors within their respective cities and shall have been actually bona fide residents thereof for a period of at least 1 year next preceding their election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.666 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.666
Boundaries of city not to be changed within 90 days before election; exception
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a change in the boundaries of a city, including, without limitation, a change in the boundaries of a city resulting from an annexation, must not become effective within the 90 days immediately preceding an election at which officers are chosen for the city or issues are determined for the city. If the area that is being added to or removed from the boundaries of a city consists entirely of vacant land, the change in the boundaries of the city may become effective within the 90 days immediately preceding such an election.

2. As used in this section, “ vacant land ” means land that: (a) Has not been developed for any purpose; and (b) Is not used as a residence by any person.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.0248 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.0248
Creation of additional councils under original ordinance
Status: in_force

Citizens' advisory councils for two or more towns may be created by one ordinance, and the initial ordinance may from time to time be amended to create citizens' advisory councils for additional towns, if the board of county commissioners determines that all of such towns shall be governed by the same ordinance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.550 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.550
Lease, sale or financing of project
Status: in_force

Prior to the issuance of any bonds authorized by NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, the city shall lease, sell or finance the project under an agreement conditioned upon completion of the project and providing for payment to the city of such revenues as, upon the basis of such determinations and findings, will be sufficient to:

1. Pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance the project.

2. Build up and maintain any reserves deemed advisable by the governing body in connection therewith.

3. Pay the costs of maintaining the project in good repair and keeping it properly insured, unless the lease, agreement of sale or financing agreement obligates the lessee, purchaser or obligor to pay for the maintenance and insurance on the project.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.280 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.280
Parking meters; off-street facilities for public parking
Status: in_force

1. The city council may acquire, install, maintain, operate and regulate parking meters at the curbs of the city streets or upon publicly owned property made available for public parking. The parking fees to be charged for the use of the parking facilities regulated by parking meters must be fixed by the city council.

2. The city council may acquire property within the city, by any lawful means except by eminent domain, for the purpose of establishing off-street public parking facilities for vehicles. The council may, after an election is held in conformity with the provisions of chapter 350 of NRS concerning municipal bond elections, and a majority of the electors voting on the bond question is in favor of the issuance of the bonds, issue revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring such property and erecting such improvements thereon as may be proper. The city council may, in such bonds, pledge on-street parking revenues, the general credit of the city, or both, to secure the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.190 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.190
Board of health: Power to establish and maintain
Status: in_force

The boards of county commissioners may establish and maintain a board of health in any unincorporated town in their respective counties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.617 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.617
Powers relating to planning, subdivision regulation and zoning subordinate in region for which Spring Mountains National Recreation Area and Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area and Adjacent Lands Act establish limits upon development
Status: in_force

In the region of this state for which the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Act and the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area and Adjacent Lands Act establish limits upon development, the powers conferred by this chapter which relate to planning, subdivision regulation and zoning are subordinate to those limits.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.608 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.608
Methods used in determining population, degree of subdivision and use of land; estimates to be accepted by district court
Status: in_force

In determining the population and the degree of land subdivision and use for the purposes of meeting the requirements of NRS 268.580 , the annexing city shall use methods calculated to provide reasonably accurate results. In determining whether the standards set forth in NRS 268.580 have been met on appeal to the district court, as provided in NRS 268.604 , the court shall accept the estimates of the municipality as to:

1. Population, if the estimate is based upon the number of dwelling units in the area, multiplied by the average family size in the county in which the annexed territory is situate, as determined by the last federal decennial census; or if it is based upon a new enumeration carried out under reasonable rules and regulations by the annexing city; but the court shall not accept such estimates if the applicant demonstrates that such estimates are in error in the amount of 20 percent or more.

2. Total area, if the estimate is based upon an actual survey, or upon county tax maps or records, or upon aerial photographs or upon some other reasonably reliable map used for official purposes by any governmental agency, unless the applicant demonstrates that such estimates are in error in the amount of 20 percent or more.

3. The degree of land subdivision and use, if the estimates are based upon an actual survey, or upon county tax maps or records, or upon aerial photographs or upon some other reasonably reliable source unless the applicant demonstrates that such estimates are in error in the amount of 20 percent or more.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.527 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.527
Restrictions on powers of city
Status: in_force

A city may not, under NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive:

1. Operate any manufacturing, industrial, warehousing or other commercial enterprise or any organization for research and development to which it provided assistance; or

2. Assist any manufacturing, industrial, warehousing or other commercial enterprise or any organization for research and development to locate within the city or within 10 miles of the city which would compete substantially with an enterprise or organization already established in the city or the county in which the city is located. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to: (a) Health and care facilities; (b) Supplemental facilities for health and care; (c) Enterprises located in a redevelopment area created under the provisions of chapter 279 of NRS ; (d) Facilities established by corporations for public benefit; and (e) Affordable housing.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.620 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.620
“Executive officer” defined
Status: in_force

“Executive officer” means:

1. With respect to a city annexation commission, the county manager or like administrative officer of the county.

2. With respect to a city annexation commission in a county that has executed an interlocal agreement pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 268.626 , the director of regional planning.

3. With respect to a board of county commissioners, the county manager or like administrative officer of the county, or the clerk of such board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 265.140 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 265 / Section 265.140
Trustees: Oath and bond
Status: in_force

The trustees, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall:

1. Take and subscribe an oath before some judge or justice of the peace, that they will faithfully discharge the duties of their office.

2. Give bond, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, to the use of such disincorporated city or town, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of their office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.696 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.696
“Municipality” defined
Status: in_force

“Municipality” means any incorporated city, including without limitation any such city organized under the provisions of a special legislative act or other special charter as permitted by Sections 1 a nd 8 of Article 8 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada , or otherwise.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.016 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.016
Authority of municipal court to conduct jury trial
Status: in_force

The municipal court of an incorporated city may conduct a jury trial pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 5.050 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0978 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0978
Prohibition against denying application for occupational or professional license, permit or certificate based on immigration or citizenship status of applicant; prohibition against disclosing personal identification number of applicant
Status: in_force

1. The city council or other governing body of a city in the State of Nevada shall not deny the application of a person for a license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 266.355 or 268.0887 based solely on his or her immigration or citizenship status.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 266.368 or any municipal ordinance, an applicant for a license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 266.355 or 268.0887 who does not have a social security number must provide an alternative personally identifying number, including, without limitation, his or her individual taxpayer identification number, when completing an application for a license, permit or certificate.

3. The city council or other governing body of a city in the State of Nevada shall not disclose to any person who is not employed by the city council or other governing body the social security number or alternative personally identifying number, including, without limitation, an individual taxpayer identification number, of an applicant for a license for any purpose except: (a) Tax purposes; (b) Licensing purposes; and (c) Enforcement of an order for the payment of child support.

4. A social security number or alternative personally identifying number, including, without limitation, an individual taxpayer identification number, provided to the city council or other governing body in the State of Nevada is confidential and is not a public record for the purposes of chapter 239 of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.023 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.023
Verification of signatures; request to remove name from petition
Status: in_force

1. Within 30 days after the petition is filed pursuant to NRS 266.022 , the county clerk shall verify the signatures and issue a certificate as to the sufficiency of the petition and send a copy of the certificate by registered or certified mail to the committee. If the petition is insufficient, the county clerk shall include in the certificate the reasons for the insufficiency of the petition.

2. A person who signs the petition may request that his or her name be removed from the petition by submitting to the county clerk a written request therefor under penalty of perjury not later than 15 days after the petition for incorporation is filed pursuant to NRS 266.022 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.620 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.620
Payment of fines, forfeitures and other money into city treasury
Status: in_force

All fines and forfeitures for the violation of ordinances and all money collected for licenses or otherwise shall be paid into the treasury of the city at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.097997 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.097997
Power of governing body of city to impose penalties for violations of ordinance
Status: in_force

1. In accordance with an ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998 , inclusive, a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city, or a designee of the city council or other governing body, may: (a) Suspend or revoke any permit or license for sidewalk vending for any violation of the ordinance or the terms or conditions of the permit or license in the same manner as such suspensions or revocations are imposed for other types of businesses; (b) Impose a civil penalty on the holder of a permit or license for sidewalk vending that engages in sidewalk vending in a prohibited residential area or for any violation of the terms or conditions of the permit or license in accordance with the schedule of civil penalties set forth in the ordinance, if any; (c) Impose a civil penalty on a person who engages in sidewalk vending without holding a permit or license for sidewalk vending required by the ordinance in accordance with the schedule of civil penalties set forth in the ordinance, if any; and (d) Authorize any other action to prevent the sale or consumption of any food or drink that violates any requirements established by a local board of health pursuant to NRS 446.861 .

2. For any person who engages in sidewalk vending without holding a permit or license for sidewalk vending or who engages in sidewalk vending in a prohibited area, a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city, or a designee of the city council or other governing body, may also take any other action authorized under existing law to enforce any prohibition on unlicensed business activities, including, without limitation, any action authorized pursuant to NRS 268.097994 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.190 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.190
Duties
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, the city planning commission may:

1. Recommend and advise the city council and all other public authorities concerning: (a) The laying out, widening, extending, paving, parking and locating of streets, sidewalks and boulevards. (b) The betterment of housing and sanitary conditions, and the establishment of zones or districts within which lots or buildings may be restricted to residential use, or from which the establishment, conduct or operation of certain business, manufacturing or other enterprises may be excluded, and limiting the height, area and bulk of buildings and structures therein.

2. Recommend to the city council and all other public authorities plans and regulations for the future growth, development and beautification of the municipality in respect to its public and private buildings and works, streets, parks, grounds and vacant lots, which must include for each city a population plan if required by NRS 278.170 , a plan for the development of affordable housing and, for each city located in a county whose population is 700,000 or more, a plan to inventory and preserve areas as historic neighborhoods pursuant to NRS 278.02076 . As used in this subsection, “affordable housing” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 278.0105 .

3. Perform any other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of NRS 268.110 to 268.220 , inclusive, and in general to study and propose such measures as may be for the municipal welfare and in the interest of protecting the municipal area's natural resources from impairment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.545 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.545
Initiative petition: Contents
Status: in_force

1. The initiative petition presented to the board or the question placed on the ballot, as provided in NRS 269.540 , must contain a statement substantially as follows: The undersigned declare their purpose to be the support of the concept of unincorporated town government, that they desire hereby to make provision for the supplying of one or more of the town services enumerated in NRS 269.575 and that they acknowledge the fact that the supplying of such service or services will require a special tax levy, the establishment of a user fee schedule or a combination of both.

2. The boundaries of such area sought to be brought within an unincorporated town area must be clearly designated and declared. The area encompassed must be contiguous.

3. The petition shall state whether the town advisory board is to be composed of three members or five members.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.590 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.590
Participation in budget and ordinances for town
Status: in_force

1. The board shall: (a) Solicit the advice of the town advisory board in the preparation of the tentative budget for the town affected. (b) Allow towns to recommend their own ordinances and codes. If the subject matter covered is the subject of an existing county ordinance, the town ordinance may not be less stringent than the county ordinance.

2. The board may allow town advisory boards to control any expenditures which are a part of a county-approved budget.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.640 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.640
Review of proposed annexation by planning commission; findings
Status: in_force

1. Within 5 days after the filing with the commission of a notice to annex, the executive officer of the commission shall transmit one copy of such notice to the county or regional planning commission, if any, having jurisdiction over the area proposed to be annexed. Within 30 days after receiving such copy, the planning commission shall review the proposed annexation in the light of its master plan and of any other information in its possession, and report its findings to the city annexation commission.

2. The commission may also request the advice and shall consider the master plan of any city planning commission whose territory is within 7 miles of the territory proposed to be annexed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.525 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.525
Exercise of powers by city; liberal construction
Status: in_force

1. Each city is vested with all the powers necessary to accomplish the purposes set forth in NRS 268.524 , but these powers must be exercised for the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this state.

2. NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, must be liberally construed in conformity with the purposes set forth in NRS 268.524 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.3866 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.3866
Powers and duties of county clerk at special election; costs of special election
Status: in_force

1. The county clerk may consolidate or otherwise modify voting precincts, shall designate the polling places, shall appoint officers of the election for each precinct in such number as the county clerk may determine, and shall fix their duties and compensation.

2. Any qualified elector who is properly registered shall be qualified to vote at the special election.

3. The costs of any special election shall be paid by the city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 265.050 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 265 / Section 265.050
Duties of county commissioners on disincorporation; establishment of special district
Status: in_force

1. Whenever any city or town shall become disincorporated by the force of NRS 265.010 to 265.100 , inclusive, the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such city or town is situated shall: (a) Immediately establish a special district identical in boundaries and territory with the disincorporated city or town. (b) Proceed to wind up the affairs of the late corporation. (c) Dispose of its property. (d) Make provision for the payment of all indebtedness thereof and for the performance of its contracts and obligations. (e) Levy such taxes from time to time against the property within such special district as may be requisite therefor.

2. Such taxes shall be collected by the county treasurer like other taxes and paid out under the orders of the board of county commissioners, and any surplus shall be paid into the school fund for the school district where the same is levied and all property remaining shall revert to such school district, which is hereby empowered to enforce all claims and to have the use of all property so vesting.

3. If there shall be any debt or outstanding bonds of any disincorporated city or town the board of county commissioners shall provide for the payment of the principal and interest of the same substantially in the time, manner and form provided by law or ordinance touching the same at the time of disincorporation, substituting the district established in lieu of the city or town disincorporated.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.722 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.722
“Street project” defined
Status: in_force

“Street project” means any street and capital improvements pertaining thereto, including without limitation grades, regrades, gravel, oiling, surfacing, macadamizing, paving, crosswalks, sidewalks, pedestrian rights-of-way, driveway approaches, curb cuts, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, culverts, catch basins, drains, sewers, manholes, inlets, outlets, retaining walls, bridges, overpasses, tunnels, underpasses, approaches, sprinkling facilities, artificial lights and lighting equipment, parkways, mall, grade separators, traffic separators and traffic control equipment (or any combination thereof).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.660 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.660
Annexation by town in county whose population is 700,000 or more: Privileges, benefits and obligations of annexed territory and its inhabitants; municipal taxes
Status: in_force

In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, from and after the effective date of the annexation of territory by an unincorporated town, the territory annexed and its inhabitants and property are subject to all debts, laws, ordinances and regulations in force in the annexing unincorporated town and are entitled to the same privileges and benefits as other parts of the annexing unincorporated town. The newly annexed territory is subject to municipal taxes levied by the annexing unincorporated town for the fiscal year following the effective date of annexation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 265.080 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 265 / Section 265.080
Disincorporated cities lose all corporate existence
Status: in_force

After March 10, 1919, all cities and towns disincorporated by the force of NRS 265.010 to 265.100 , inclusive, shall lose all corporate existence, and any of their pretended corporate acts and the acts of any of their pretended corporate officers or agents shall be of no effect and null and void.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.782 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.782
Sufficiency of petition; public hearing; determination by city council
Status: in_force

1. The city attorney shall examine any petition filed pursuant to NRS 268.781 . If it appears that the petition is sufficient in form and number of signatures, creation of the district may be consummated, but only if the conditions required by this section, NRS 268.783 and 268.784 are satisfied.

2. The city council must hold a public hearing on the petition. At least 20 days before the public hearing, the city council shall: (a) Mail notice of the hearing to each owner of real property within the area; and (b) Publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, describing the purpose and general location of the proposed district and the date, time and place of the public hearing.

3. At the public hearing any resident or owner of property within the area may present, orally or in writing, the reasons why he or she believes that: (a) The petition does not contain a sufficient number of qualified signatures; or (b) The finding required by subsection 4 cannot reasonably be made with respect to any part of the area.

4. After consideration of any objections made at the hearing and of any other information reasonably known to it, the council must find, as a condition precedent to the creation of the proposed district, that the public interest will benefit by the provision of a higher level of police protection within that part of the area. In making this determination, the council shall consider the differences it finds between the area as a whole and the territory within and adjacent to the proposed district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.650 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.650
Annexation by town whose population is less than 25,000 in county whose population is less than 700,000: Ordinance; boundaries
Status: in_force

In a county whose population is less than 700,000, those areas, including subdivisions, which are adjacent or contiguous to an unincorporated town whose population is less than 25,000, and which require substantially all of the services described in NRS 269.575 , may be annexed by the unincorporated town by ordinance adopted by the town board or the board of county commissioners. The ordinance must contain a provision requiring that the town boundary be surveyed, mapped, platted and so enlarged as to include the area to be annexed. Upon filing of the plat or map of the town, including the area annexed, it constitutes the legal boundary of the town.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.433 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.433
Property owned by State or political subdivision subject to assessment
Status: in_force

Property owned by the State of Nevada or any of its subdivisions which is situated within any proposed special assessment district of any municipality is subject to assessment in the same manner and with the same rights, including the right of protest, as private property within the proposed district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.405 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.405
Public hearing for dismissed employee in certain cities
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when an employee of an incorporated city (whether organized under the general law or by special charter) other than a department head, city manager or city administrator who has been employed by the incorporated city for 12 or more months is dismissed from employment, the employee may request within 15 days of the date of dismissal a written statement specifically setting forth the reasons for such dismissal. Within 15 days of the date of such request, the employee shall be furnished such a written statement. Within 30 days after receipt of such written statement the dismissed employee may, in writing, request a public hearing before the governing board of the incorporated city to determine the reasonableness of such action. The governing board of the incorporated city shall grant the dismissed employee a public hearing within 15 days after the receipt of the written request. At the public hearing, technical rules of evidence shall not apply.

2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to cities organized by special charters when such special charters and ordinances enacted pursuant thereto provide a civil service system for such incorporated city and its employees and public hearings are guaranteed to like employees upon their dismissal from public service.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.01925 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.01925
Language access plan: Development and biennial revision; requirements; public comment; submission to Office for New Americans
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city shall designate one or more employees of the city to be responsible for developing and biennially revising a language access plan for the city that meets the requirements of subsection 2.

2. A language access plan must assess existing needs of the residents of the city for language services and the degree to which the city has met those needs. The plan must include recommendations to expand language services, if needed, to improve access to the services provided by the city. The plan must: (a) Outline the compliance of the city and any contractors, grantees, assignees, transferees or successors of the city with existing federal and state laws and regulations and any requirements associated with funding received by the city concerning the availability of language services and accessibility of the services provided by the city or any contractors, grantees, assignees, transferees or successors to residents of the city who are persons with limited English proficiency; (b) Provide an inventory of language services currently provided by the city, including, without limitation: (1) Procedures for designating certain information and documents as vital and providing such information and documents to residents served by the city in the preferred language of such persons, in aggregate and disaggregated by language and type of service to which the information and documents relate; (2) Oral language services offered by language and type; (3) Procedures and resources used by the city for outreach to persons with limited English proficiency who are residents of the city, including, without limitation, procedures for building relationships with community-based organizations that serve such persons; and (4) Any resources made available to employees of the city related to cultural competency; (c) Provide an inventory of the training and resources provided to employees of the city who serve residents who are persons with limited English proficiency, including, without limitation, training and resources regarding: (1) Obtaining language services internally or from a contractor; (2) Responding to persons with limited English proficiency over the telephone, in writing or in person; (3) Recording in the electronic records of the city that a resident served by the city is a person with limited English proficiency, the preferred language of the person and his or her literacy level in English and in his or her preferred language; (4) Communicating with the governing body concerning the needs of the residents served by and eligible to receive any services from the city for language services; and (5) Notifying residents who are persons with limited English proficiency who are eligible for or currently receiving services from the city of the services available from the city in the preferred language of those residents at a literacy level and in a format that is likely to be understood by those residents; and (d) Identify areas in which the services described in paragraph (b) and the training and resources described in paragraph (c) do not meet the needs of residents who are persons with limited English proficiency in the city, including, without limitation: (1) Estimates of additional funding required to meet those needs; (2) Targets for employing persons who are fluent in more than one language; (3) Additional requirements necessary to ensure: (I) Adequate credentialing and oversight of translators and interpreters employed by or serving as independent contractors for the city; and (II) That translators and interpreters used by the city adequately represent the preferred languages spoken by residents of the city; and (4) Additional requirements, trainings, incentives and recruiting initiatives to employ or contract with interpreters who speak the preferred language of residents who are persons with limited English proficiency who are eligible for or currently receiving services from the city and ways to partner with entities involved in workforce development in imposing those requirements, offering those trainings and incentives and carrying out those recruiting initiatives.

3. If there is insufficient information available to develop or update the language access plan in accordance with the requirements of this section, the employee or employees designated pursuant to subsection 1 shall develop procedures to obtain that information and include the information in any revision to the language access plan.

4. The governing body of a city shall: (a) Solicit public comment concerning the language access plan developed pursuant to this section and each revision thereof; and (b) Include any funding necessary to carry out a language access plan, including, without limitation, any additional funding necessary to meet the needs of residents who are persons with limited English proficiency served by the city as identified pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 2, in the proposed budget for the city.

5. On or before August 1 of each even-numbered year, the governing body of a city shall submit the language access plan developed and revised pursuant to subsection 1 to the Office for New Americans created in the Office of the Governor pursuant to NRS 223.910 .

6. As used in this section: (a) “ Language services ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 232.0081 . (b) “ Oral language services ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 232.0081 . (c) “ Person with limited English proficiency ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 232.0081 . (d) “ Translation services ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 232.0081 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.674 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.674
Definitions
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.672 to 268.740 , inclusive, the terms used or referred to herein are as defined in the Local Government Securities Law, but the definitions in NRS 268.676 to 268.728 , inclusive, except where the context otherwise requires, govern the construction hereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.222 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.222
State control over regulation of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition; limited regulatory authority of town; conflicting ordinance or regulation void; records of ownership of firearms; civil action by person adversely affected by enforcement of conflicting ordinance or regulation
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature hereby declares that: (a) The purpose of this section is to establish state control over the regulation of and policies concerning firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition to ensure that such regulation and policies are uniform throughout this State and to ensure the protection of the right to keep and bear arms, which is recognized by the United States Constitution and the Nevada Constitution. (b) The regulation of the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition in this State and the ability to define such terms is within the exclusive domain of the Legislature, and any other law, regulation, rule or ordinance to the contrary is null and void. (c) This section must be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.

2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the Legislature reserves for itself such rights and powers as are necessary to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, carrying, ownership, transportation, storage, registration and licensing of firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition in Nevada and to define such terms. No town may infringe upon those rights and powers.

3. A town board may proscribe by ordinance or regulation the unsafe discharge of firearms.

4. Any ordinance or regulation which is inconsistent with this section or which is designed to restrict or prohibit the sale, purchase, transfer, manufacture or display of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that is otherwise lawful under the laws of this State is null and void, and any official action taken by an employee or agent of a town in violation of this section is void.

5. A town board shall repeal any ordinance or regulation described in subsection 4, and any such ordinance or regulation that is posted within the town must be removed.

6. A town board shall cause to be destroyed any ownership records of firearms owned by private persons which are kept or maintained by the town or any town agency, board or commission, including, without limitation, any law enforcement agency, for the purposes of compliance with any ordinance or regulation that is inconsistent with this section. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to the ownership records of firearms purchased and owned by any political subdivision of this State.

7. Any person who is adversely affected by the enforcement of an ordinance or regulation that violates this section on or after October 1, 2015, may file suit in the appropriate court for declaratory and injunctive relief and damages attributable to the violation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such a person is entitled to: (a) Reimbursement of actual damages, reasonable attorney's fees and costs which the person has incurred if, within 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the town board repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section. (b) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to two times the actual damages, reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred by the person if, more than 30 days after the person commenced the action but before a final determination has been issued by the court, the town board repeals the ordinance or regulation that violates this section. (c) Liquidated damages in an amount equal to three times the actual damages, reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred by the person if the court makes a final determination in favor of the person.

8. This section must not be construed to prevent: (a) A law enforcement agency or correctional institution from promulgating and enforcing its own rules pertaining to firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition that are issued to or used by peace officers in the course of their official duties. (b) A court or administrative law judge from hearing and resolving a case or controversy or issuing an opinion or order on a matter within its jurisdiction. (c) A public employer from regulating or prohibiting the carrying or possession of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition during or in the course of an employee's official duties. (d) The enactment or enforcement of a town zoning or business ordinance which is generally applicable to businesses within the town and thereby affects a firearms business within the town, including, without limitation, an indoor or outdoor shooting range. (e) A town from enacting and enforcing rules for the operation and use of any firearm range owned and operated by the town. (f) A political subdivision from sponsoring or conducting a firearm-related competition or educational or cultural program and enacting and enforcing rules for participation in or attendance at any such competition or program. (g) A political subdivision or any official thereof with appropriate authority from enforcing any statute of this State.

9. As used in this section: (a) “ Ammunition ” includes, without limitation, fixed cartridge ammunition and the individual components thereof, shotgun shells and the individual components thereof, projectiles for muzzle-loading firearms and any propellant used in firearms or ammunition. (b) “ Firearm ” includes, without limitation, a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, muzzle-loading firearm or any device which is designed to, able to or able to be readily converted to expel a projectile through the barrel by the action of an explosive, other form of combustion or expanding gases. (c) “ Firearm accessories ” means: (1) Devices specifically designed or adapted to enable the wearing or carrying of a firearm or the storing in or mounting on a conveyance of a firearm; or (2) Attachments or devices specifically designed or adapted to be inserted into or affixed on a firearm to enable, alter or improve the functioning or capability of the firearm. (d) “ Person ” includes, without limitation: (1) Any person who has standing to bring or maintain an action concerning this section pursuant to the laws of this State. (2) Any person who: (I) Can legally possess a firearm under state and federal law; (II) Owns, possesses, stores, transports, carries or transfers firearms, ammunition or ammunition components within a town; and (III) Is subject to the town ordinance or regulation at issue. (3) A membership organization whose members include a person described in subparagraphs (1) and (2) and which is dedicated in whole or in part to protecting the legal, civil or constitutional rights of its members. (e) “ Political subdivision ” includes, without limitation, a state agency, county, city, town or school district. (f) “ Public employer ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 286.070 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.170 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.170
Authorized expenses
Status: in_force

The city planning commission shall not have power or authority to incur any expense other than such as may be authorized by the city council.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.518 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.518
“Governing body” defined
Status: in_force

“Governing body” means the city council, city commission, board of supervisors or other governing body by whatever name denominated of any incorporated city within this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.427 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.427
Ordinance for control of rabies
Status: in_force

In order to control rabies and to protect the public health and welfare, the governing body of each city or town incorporated under any law of this state shall enact an ordinance providing for a rabies control program and shall include within that ordinance the requirements established by regulations adopted by the State Board of Health.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.465 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.465
Qualifications
Status: in_force

No person is eligible to the office of city attorney unless he or she is an attorney in good standing admitted to practice law in all the courts of this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.005 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.005
Inapplicability to certain cities
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in a city's charter, the provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to incorporated cities in the State of Nevada organized and existing under the provisions of any special legislative act or special charter enacted or granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.490 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.490
Duties
Status: in_force

The city auditor, in cities having an auditor, shall perform such duties as may be designated by ordinance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.732 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.732
General and special obligations; pledge of certain revenues
Status: in_force

For the purpose of defraying wholly or in part the cost of the acquisition, improvement and equipment (or any combination thereof) of any project or projects herein authorized, the governing body of any municipality, at any time or from time to time, in the name and on the behalf of the municipality, may issue:

1. General obligations, payable from taxes;

2. General obligations, payable from taxes, which payment is additionally secured by a pledge of gross or net revenues derived from the operation of such capital improvements, and if so determined by the governing body of the municipality further secured by a pledge of such other gross or net revenues as may be derived from any other income-producing project of the municipality or from any license or other excise taxes levied by the municipality for revenue, as may be legally made available for their payment; and

3. Special obligations.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.128 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.128
Displacement or limitation of competition: Services
Status: in_force

A town board or board of county commissioners may, to provide adequate, economical and efficient services to the inhabitants of the town and to promote the general welfare of those inhabitants, displace or limit competition in any of the following areas:

1. Ambulance service.

2. Taxicabs and other public transportation, unless regulated in that town by an agency of the State.

3. Collection and disposal of garbage and other waste.

4. Operations at an airport, including, but not limited to, the leasing of motor vehicles and the licensing of concession stands, but excluding police protection and fire protection.

5. Water and sewage treatment, unless regulated in that town by an agency of the State.

6. Concessions on, over or under property owned or leased by the town.

7. Operation of landfills.

8. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 277A.330 , construction and maintenance of benches and shelters for passengers of public mass transportation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.400 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.400
Eligibility for office; power of city council to adopt requirements concerning residency
Status: in_force

1. The city council, by ordinance, may require, as a qualification for an appointive office of the city, other than city attorney, and for appointment as a deputy pursuant to NRS 266.455 , that the person appointed reside actually, and not constructively, within: (a) The limits of the city; or (b) The county in which the city is located.

2. A person who is a defaulter to the city is ineligible to hold any city office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.802 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.802
Creation of district by ordinance; district not entitled to distribution of supplemental city-county relief tax
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of an incorporated city whose population is 500,000 or more may by ordinance create a district.

2. Not more than one district may be created in each such city.

3. A district is not entitled to receive any distribution of supplemental city-county relief tax.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.510 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.510
Receipt for payment
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall:

1. Give to every person paying money into the city treasury a receipt therefor, specifying the date of payment and upon what account paid.

2. File the duplicate of such receipt with the auditor or city clerk, as the city council may direct, at the date of the treasurer’s monthly report.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.819 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.819
Certain structures, facilities or activities related to pedestrian mall deemed not to constitute trespass, nuisance, unlawful obstruction or condition; limitation of liability
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding any rule, regulation, common-law doctrine or principle of law to the contrary, the movable furniture, structures, facilities and appurtenances or activities in conjunction with or located or permitted in the pedestrian mall may not be found to be a trespass or nuisance or an unlawful obstruction or condition.

2. The city, the governing body, an operating entity and any person acting pursuant to a permit issued by the city or the operating entity in conjunction with the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of the pedestrian mall are not liable for any injury to a person or to property arising out of the location or use of any such movable furniture, structures, facilities and appurtenances or activities located or permitted in the pedestrian mall, in the absence of gross negligence in the placement, maintenance or operation of any such furniture, structure, facility or appurtenance or activity.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.160 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.160
Punishment for breach of ordinance
Status: in_force

The town board or board of county commissioners shall fix the punishment for the breach of an ordinance adopted by the town board or board of county commissioners for any unincorporated town to be enforced within the town. No fines may be imposed for one offense in a sum greater than $1,000, and no term of imprisonment may be more than 6 months. In lieu of imprisonment any person committed for punishment may be made to work on any public work in the town, and to that end a chain gang may be formed, continued and operated.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.588 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.588
Approval of report; preparation of summary for public distribution
Status: in_force

At least 20 days before the date of the public hearing, the governing body of the annexing city shall approve the report provided for in NRS 268.578 and shall make the same available to the public at the office of the city clerk. In addition, the governing body may direct the preparation of a summary of the full report for public distribution with the notice of the public hearing and at such hearing.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.576 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.576
County whose population is 700,000 or more: Appointment or election; terms; chair; vacancy; notice of expiration of term or vacancy; duties; compensation
Status: in_force

1. Except as appointment may be deferred pursuant to NRS 269.563 or 269.567 , the board of county commissioners of any county whose population is 700,000 or more shall, in each ordinance which establishes an unincorporated town pursuant to NRS 269.500 to 269.625 , inclusive, provide for: (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, appointment by the board of county commissioners or the election by the registered voters of the unincorporated town of three or five qualified electors who are residents of the unincorporated town to serve as the town advisory board. If the ordinance provides for appointment by the board of county commissioners, in making such appointments, the board of county commissioners shall consider: (1) The results of any poll conducted by the town advisory board; and (2) Any application submitted to the board of county commissioners by persons who desire to be appointed to the town advisory board in response to an announcement made by the town advisory board. (b) A term of 2 years for members of the town advisory board. (c) Election of a chair from among the members of the town advisory board for a term of 2 years, and, if a vacancy occurs in the office of chair, for the election of a chair from among the members for the remainder of the unexpired term. The ordinance must also provide that a chair is not eligible to succeed himself or herself for a term of office as chair.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, the members of a town advisory board serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners.

3. If a vacancy occurs on the town advisory board, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a new member to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term of the member.

4. The board of county commissioners shall provide notice of the expiration of the term of a member of and any vacancy on a town advisory board to the residents of the unincorporated town by mail, newsletter or newspaper at least 30 days before the expiration of the term or filling the vacancy.

5. The duties of the town advisory board are to: (a) Assist the board of county commissioners in governing the unincorporated town by acting as liaison between the residents of the town and the board of county commissioners; and (b) Advise the board of county commissioners on matters of importance to the unincorporated town and its residents.

6. The board of county commissioners may provide by ordinance for compensation for the members of the town advisory board.

7. Except an unincorporated town established pursuant to NRS 269.567 , if an unincorporated town is established in a county whose population is 700,000 or more and is located 25 miles or more from an incorporated city whose population is 500,000 or more: (a) The board of county commissioners shall by ordinance provide for the election by the registered voters of the unincorporated town of three or five qualified electors who are residents of the unincorporated town to serve as the town advisory board. If there are fewer qualified electors who are residents of the unincorporated town who file for election to the town advisory board than there are seats on the town advisory board, the board of county commissioners shall appoint as many new members as are necessary to fill the seats left vacant after the election. (b) The members of the town advisory board of the unincorporated town do not serve at the pleasure of and may not be removed by the board of county commissioners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.016 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.016
Establishment of elected town board
Status: in_force

A town board form of government, for the purpose of governing such town in accordance with the powers specified in this chapter, may be established for any unincorporated town in the State of Nevada. The town board form of government must be adopted in the manner provided in NRS 269.0165 or 269.017 to 269.019 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.814 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.814
Duties of governing body after adoption of ordinance creating pedestrian mall
Status: in_force

1. Upon the adoption of an ordinance creating a pedestrian mall, the governing body shall: (a) Appoint an advisory board for the pedestrian mall consisting of at least seven persons, a majority of whom are owners or occupants of property abutting the pedestrian mall, to advise the governing body in connection with the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of the pedestrian mall, or any combination thereof; (b) Assign the responsibility for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of the pedestrian mall, or any combination thereof, to an existing part of city government, a redevelopment agency or a public operating entity created by the governing body for this purpose; or (c) Select and contract with a private operating entity for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of the pedestrian mall, or any combination thereof. Such a contract or contracts must be treated as professional services contracts and are not subject to the limitations of subsection 1 of NRS 354.626 . The term of any such contract or contracts may extend beyond the terms of office of the members of the governing body.

2. The governing body may include in the ordinance creating the pedestrian mall a provision for any combination of the options set forth in subsection 1.

3. A redevelopment agency or part of city government to which responsibilities are assigned pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 is a public operating entity for the purposes of NRS 268.810 to 268.823 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires.

4. If the ordinance creating a public operating entity for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 does not provide that the entity is a public entity separate from the city government, the entity is a part of the city government for all purposes, including, without limitation, its employees are employees of the city government for all purposes.

5. Notwithstanding any other provision of NRS, a private operating entity is not a political subdivision, local government, public body, governmental agency or entity, establishment of the government, public corporation or quasi public corporation for any purpose.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.738 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.738
Fees, charges and license or excise taxes: Establishment, maintenance and revision of schedules
Status: in_force

In order to acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain a project specified in NRS 268.730 and to ensure the payment, wholly or in part, of the general obligation securities or revenue securities of the municipality the payment of which bonds is additionally secured by a pledge of the revenues derived from any such income-producing project, flood management project or excise taxes, or any combination thereof, the governing body of the municipality may establish and maintain, and the governing body may from time to time revise, a schedule or schedules of fees, rates and charges for services or facilities, or both services and facilities, rendered by or through the income-producing project or flood management project and a schedule or schedules of license or other excise taxes, in an amount sufficient for that purpose and also sufficient to discharge any covenant in the proceedings of the governing body authorizing the issuance of any of such bonds, including any covenant for the establishment of reasonable reserve funds.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.09793 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.09793
“Hosting platform” defined
Status: in_force

“ Hosting platform ” means a person who, for a fee or other charge, provides on an Internet website an online platform that facilitates the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit by an owner or lessee of the residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging, including, without limitation, through advertising, matchmaking or other means.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.012 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.012
Boundaries fixed when city disincorporates; effect of annexation by city
Status: in_force

1. When any city is disincorporated, the board of county commissioners shall at the time of such disincorporation fix the boundaries of the unincorporated town created therefrom, if one is created pursuant to this chapter.

2. If all or any part of an unincorporated town is annexed by any incorporated city, the territory so annexed shall be automatically detached from such unincorporated town at the time of such annexation, and the boundaries of such unincorporated town shall be contracted accordingly, without further action of the board of county commissioners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.097991 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.097991
Applicability
Status: in_force

The provisions of NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998 , inclusive, apply only to a city in a county whose population is 100,000 or more.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.017 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.017
Members of town board: Qualifications; initial appointments; subsequent election
Status: in_force

1. If the board of county commissioners determines that the best interests of an unincorporated town would be served by adoption of a town board form of government it shall establish a town board for the town by appointing five persons who are residents and qualified electors in the town to serve as members of the town board until successors can be elected at the next general election.

2. At the next general election five persons who are residents and qualified electors in the town must be elected by the registered voters of the town to serve as members of the town board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.632 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.632
Services of planning commission and county officers
Status: in_force

The county or regional planning commission, if any, shall render advisory services to the city annexation commission upon its request. Other county officers, including, without limitation, the county engineer and the district attorney, shall cooperate with the city annexation commission by furnishing information and staff services within their respective fields.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.546 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.546
Rights upon default
Status: in_force

1. The resolution authorizing any bonds or any indenture or mortgage securing such bonds may provide that if there is a default in the payment of the principal of, the interest on, or any prior redemption premiums due in connection with the bonds or in the performance of any agreement contained in such resolution, indenture or mortgage, the payment and performance may be enforced by mandamus or by the appointment of a receiver with power to charge, collect and apply the revenues from the project in accordance with the resolution or the provisions of the indenture or mortgage.

2. Any mortgage to secure bonds issued thereunder, may also provide that if there is a default in the payment thereof or a violation of any agreement contained in the mortgage, it may be foreclosed and there may be a sale in any manner permitted by law. Such mortgage may also provide that any trustee under such mortgage or the holder of any bonds secured thereby may become the purchaser at any foreclosure sale if he or she is the highest bidder and may apply toward the purchase price unpaid bonds at the face value thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.654 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.654
Annexation by town whose population is less than 25,000 in county whose population is less than 700,000: Notice
Status: in_force

If a town board or board of county commissioners proposes to adopt an ordinance that provides for the annexation of an area by an unincorporated town pursuant to NRS 269.650 , the town board or board of county commissioners shall, at the time the title and summary of the proposed ordinance are published in a newspaper pursuant to NRS 269.155 :

1. Send a copy of the proposed ordinance by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each owner of real property in the area proposed to be annexed; and

2. Post a notice of the proposed annexation on the Internet website, if any, established and maintained by the town board or board of county commissioners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.823 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.823
Provisions do not prohibit governing body from including pedestrian mall within area, district or zone established to improve or rehabilitate property
Status: in_force

NRS 268.810 to 268.823 , inclusive, do not prohibit a governing body from including a pedestrian mall within the boundaries of any area, district or zone established pursuant to law which has as one of its purposes the encouragement of the construction of improvements or the rehabilitation of property located within its boundaries or the inducement of private enterprise to locate within those boundaries, whether by the provision of tax credits, exemptions or abatements or by the provision of special public financing arrangements.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.470 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.470
Duties
Status: in_force

The city attorney shall be the legal adviser of the city council and all officers of the city in all matters respecting the affairs of the city and shall perform such duties as may be required by the city council or prescribed by ordinance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.539 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.539
Issuance by Director of Department of Business and Industry of bonds for governing body as special obligations of State
Status: in_force

1. The governing body may exercise its power to issue bonds and to redeem them by requesting the Director of the Department of Business and Industry to issue bonds to finance any project for which bonds could be issued pursuant to NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive.

2. If the Director believes that the bonds are marketable under the terms set forth in the resolution of the governing body requesting their issuance, the Director may proceed to issue them as special obligations of the State, secured only by the revenues, mortgage or pledge specified in the resolution.

3. The Director may receive and disburse the revenues of each project for which the Director has issued bonds, and may charge from those revenues, or directly to the city if those revenues are not sufficient, a reasonable compensation for his or her services. The Director may exercise any power which the governing body would have to collect payments due from the obligor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0197 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0197
Designation of certain sites for completion of sales of personal property initiated on Internet; limitation of actions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the governing body of an incorporated city shall designate at least one police station, or part thereof, as a site at which two or more persons may meet to complete the sale of an item of personal property that was initiated on the Internet.

2. If the incorporated city is within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan police department formed pursuant to chapter 280 of NRS or if police protection for the incorporated city is provided by the sheriff of the county, the board of county commissioners shall designate at least one sheriff's office, or part thereof, located in or in close proximity to the incorporated city as a site at which two or more persons may meet to complete the sale of an item of personal property that was initiated on the Internet.

3. No action may be brought against the county, sheriff, incorporated city, police department or an officer or employee thereof based on an incident that occurs when two or more persons meet at a location designated pursuant to subsection 1 or 2.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.277 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.277
Traffic and parking
Status: in_force

The city council may, by ordinance, regulate:

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 707.375 , all vehicular, pedestrian and other traffic within the city and provide generally for the public safety on public streets, publicly owned parking lots, parking areas to which the public is invited and public rights-of-way.

2. The length of time for which vehicles may be parked upon the public streets and publicly owned parking lots.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.584 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.584
Resolution of intent to consider annexation: Contents
Status: in_force

The governing body of any city desiring to annex territory under the provisions of NRS 268.570 to 268.608 , inclusive, shall first pass a resolution stating the intent of the city to consider the annexation. The resolution must:

1. Describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed;

2. Fix the date for a public hearing on the question of annexation, which must not be less than 30 days nor more than 60 days following the passage of the resolution; and

3. Direct that notice of the public hearing be given in the manner provided in NRS 268.586 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.230 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.230
Duties of certain officers concerning riotous assembly; penalty
Status: in_force

1. When six or more persons, whether armed or not, shall be unlawfully or riotously assembled in any town, the sheriff of the county and the sheriff’s deputies, or the constable of the town, and the justice of the peace shall go among the persons so assembled, or as near as possible, and shall command them, in the name of the people of the United States and the State of Nevada, to disperse immediately.

2. If the persons assembled do not immediately disperse, the magistrates and officers shall arrest them, that they be punished according to law, and for that purpose may command the aid of all persons present or within the county.

3. If a magistrate or officer, having notice of an unlawful or riotous assembly, as provided in subsection 1, neglect or refuse to proceed to the place of assembly, or as near thereto as the magistrate or officer can with safety, and to exercise the authority with which the magistrate or officer is invested for suppressing the same and arresting the offenders, the magistrate or officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished accordingly.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.118 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.118
Ordinance relating to criminal offense: City clerk to mail copy to court administrator
Status: repealed

If the city council adopts, repeals or amends an ordinance concerning a criminal offense, the city clerk shall mail a copy of the ordinance as adopted, repealed or amended to the court administrator.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0964 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0964
Tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging: Prohibited uses of proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the tax imposed pursuant to NRS 268.096 may not be used:

1. As additional security for the payment of, or to redeem, any general obligation bonds issued pursuant to NRS 244A.597 .

2. To defray the costs of collecting or administering the tax incurred by the county fair and recreation board.

3. To operate and maintain recreational facilities under the jurisdiction of the county fair and recreation board.

4. To improve and expand recreational facilities authorized by NRS 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive.

5. To construct, purchase or acquire such recreational facilities.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.708 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.708
“Real property” defined
Status: in_force

“Real property” means:

1. Land, including land under water.

2. Buildings, structures, fixtures and improvements on land.

3. Any property appurtenant to or used in connection with land.

4. Every estate, interest, privilege, easement, franchise and right in land, legal or equitable, including without limitation rights-of-way, terms for years, and liens, charges or encumbrances by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise, and the indebtedness secured by such liens.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.027 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.027
Public hearing on petition and report of Committee on Local Government Finance
Status: in_force

1. The board of county commissioners shall, within 14 days after it receives the report requested pursuant to NRS 266.0261 , designate a date, time and place for a public hearing on the petition and the report.

2. The date of the public hearing must not be earlier than 14 days nor later than 30 days after the date on which the date, time and place of the public hearing was designated.

3. The board of county commissioners shall cause notice of the public hearing, including a copy of the petition without signatures, to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county at least 7 days before the hearing is held. The board shall provide notice of the date, time and place set for the public hearing at least 7 days before the hearing is held to the governing body of each city or town within the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.671 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.671
Notice of annexation to public utilities and rural electric cooperatives
Status: in_force

1. Whenever a city annexes territory in accordance with the provisions of NRS 268.610 to 268.671 , inclusive, the city clerk of the annexing city shall, not less than 10 working days after the adoption of the ordinance approving the annexation, send by certified mail to each public utility and rural electric cooperative operating within the jurisdiction of the city: (a) A notice containing the address and legal description of all property in the territory to be annexed; (b) An accurate map or plat of the territory to be annexed; and (c) A copy of the ordinance approving the annexation.

2. As used in this section, “public utility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.020 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.165 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.165
Jurisdiction of justice of the peace; payment of fees and fines to county treasurer
Status: in_force

1. Any justice of the peace within the town or city has jurisdiction of all violations of ordinances applicable thereto under the provisions of this chapter, and may render final judgment, hold to bail, fine or commit to the county jail any offender, in accordance with the provisions thereof, or may suspend the sentence of any offender pursuant to NRS 4.373 .

2. All commitments of imprisonment must be directed to the sheriff of the county, and all fees or fines collected must be paid to the county treasurer of the proper county, to be distributed to the proper fund of the town or city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.590 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.590
Explanation of report at public hearing; protests to annexation
Status: in_force

1. At the public hearing a representative of the annexing city shall first make an explanation of the report provided for in NRS 268.578 .

2. Following such explanation, any record owner of real property within the territory proposed to be annexed shall be given an opportunity to be heard.

3. Any protest to such annexation shall be deemed waived unless the same is presented verbally at such public hearing, or is filed in writing with the city clerk of the annexing city within 15 days after the conclusion of such public hearing. In the case of mailed protests, the postmark on the envelope shall be deemed to be the date of filing.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.062 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.062
Sale or lease of certain real property at auction: Resolution declaring intention to sell or lease property; requirements; notice; procedure; deposit to cover certain costs; effect of sale or lease in violation of section
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 268.048 to 268.058 , inclusive, 268.063 , 268.064 , 278.479 to 278.4965, inclusive, and subsection 4 of NRS 496.080 , except as otherwise required by federal law, except as otherwise required pursuant to a cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 277.050 or 277.053 or an interlocal agreement in existence on October 1, 2004, except if the governing body is entering into a joint development agreement for real property owned by the city to which the governing body is a party, except for a lease of residential property with a term of 1 year or less, except for the sale or lease of real property to a public utility, as defined in NRS 704.020 , to be used for a public purpose and except for the sale or lease of real property larger than 1 acre which is approved by the voters at a primary or general election, the governing body shall, in open meeting by a majority vote of the members and before ordering the sale or lease at auction of any real property, adopt a resolution declaring its intention to sell or lease the real property at auction. The resolution must: (a) Describe the real property proposed to be sold or leased in such a manner as to identify it; (b) Specify the minimum price and the terms upon which the real property will be sold or leased; and (c) Fix a time, not less than 3 weeks thereafter, for the auction to be held: (1) At a public meeting of the governing body at its regular place of meeting, at which sealed bids will be received and considered; or (2) On an Internet website or other electronic medium. (d) If the auction is to be held on an Internet website or other electronic medium, specify: (1) The Internet website or other electronic medium; (2) The manner in which electronic bids will be accepted; and (3) The period during which bids will be accepted.

2. Notice of the adoption of the resolution and of the time, place and manner of holding the auction must be given by: (a) Posting copies of the resolution in three public places in the county not less than 15 days before the date of the meeting; and (b) Causing to be published at least once a week for 3 successive weeks before the auction, in a newspaper qualified under chapter 238 of NRS that is published in the county in which the real property is located, a notice setting forth in bold face type: (1) A description of the real property proposed to be sold or leased at auction in such a manner as to identify it; (2) The minimum price of the real property proposed to be sold or leased at auction; and (3) The places at which the resolution described in subsection 1 has been posted pursuant to paragraph (a), and any other places at which copies of that resolution may be obtained. If no qualified newspaper is published within the county in which the real property is located, the required notice must be published in some qualified newspaper printed in the State of Nevada and having a general circulation within that county.

3. If the auction is held at a meeting of the governing body: (a) At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting of the governing body, all sealed bids which have been received must, in public session, be opened, examined and declared by the governing body. Of the proposals submitted which conform to all terms and conditions specified in the resolution of intention to sell or lease and which are made by responsible bidders, the bid which is the highest must be finally accepted, unless a higher oral bid is accepted or the governing body rejects all bids. (b) Before accepting any written bid, the governing body shall call for oral bids. If, upon the call for oral bidding, any responsible person offers to buy or lease the real property upon the terms and conditions specified in the resolution, for a price exceeding by at least 5 percent the highest written bid, then the highest oral bid which is made by a responsible person must be finally accepted. (c) The governing body may, either at the same session or at any adjourned session of the same meeting held within the next 21 days: (1) Make a final acceptance of the highest bid; or (2) Reject any and all bids, either written or oral, and withdraw the real property from sale if the governing body deems such action to be for the best public interest.

4. If the auction is held on an Internet website or other electronic medium: (a) At the time and place fixed in the resolution for holding the auction, any person may submit a bid in the manner and on the Internet website or other electronic medium specified in the resolution. Bidding must remain open for the period of time specified in the resolution. (b) The city and employees of the city are not liable for the failure of a computer, laptop or tablet computer, smartphone or any other electronic medium or device, including, without limitation, hardware, software or application, computer network or Internet website, which prevents a person from participating in an auction. (c) The governing body shall, at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body after bidding has closed: (1) Make a final acceptance of the highest bid; or (2) If the governing body deems the action to be for the best public interest, reject any and all bids and withdraw the real property from sale or lease.

5. Any resolution of acceptance of any bid made by the governing body must authorize and direct the chair of the governing body to execute a deed or lease and to deliver it upon performance and compliance by the purchaser or lessor with all the terms or conditions of the contract which are to be performed concurrently therewith.

6. The governing body may require any person requesting that real property be sold pursuant to the provisions of this section to deposit a sufficient amount of money to pay the costs to be incurred by the governing body in acting upon the application, including the costs of publication and the expenses of appraisal. This deposit must be refunded whenever the person making the deposit is not the successful bidder. The costs of acting upon the application, including the costs of publication and the expenses of appraisal and any related costs, must be borne by the successful bidder.

7. If real property is sold or leased in violation of the provisions of this section: (a) The sale or lease is void; and (b) Any change to an ordinance or law governing the zoning or use of the real property is void if the change takes place within 5 years after the date of the void sale or lease.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0195 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0195
Duty to establish definition of “transient lodging” by ordinance
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of each city shall adopt an ordinance that defines the term “ transient lodging ” for the purposes of all taxes imposed by the governing body on the rental of transient lodging. The ordinance must specify the types of lodging to which the taxes apply.

2. The definition adopted by the governing body: (a) Of a city whose population is 25,000 or more in a county whose population is 700,000 or more must include residential units and rooms in residential units; and (b) May include rooms or spaces in any one or more of the following: (1) Hotels; (2) Motels; (3) Apartments; (4) Time-share projects, except when an owner of a unit in the time-share project who has a right to use or occupy the unit is occupying the unit pursuant to a time-share instrument as defined in NRS 119A.150 ; (5) Apartment hotels; (6) Vacation trailer parks; (7) Campgrounds; (8) Parks for recreational vehicles; and (9) Any other establishment that rents rooms or spaces to temporary or transient guests.

3. As used in this section, “ residential unit ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 268.097935 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.440 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.440
Budget; contracts for promotion of county; limitations
Status: in_force

The city council or other governing body of each incorporated city in the State of Nevada, whether or not organized under general law or special charter, may include in the budget of the city items to cover the expense of exploiting, promoting and publishing to homeseekers, business organizations and the public at large, by any means in their judgment calculated to accomplish such purpose, the industrial, recreational, cultural, agricultural, mining and other resources, progress and advantages of the city, and, for such purposes, may enter into contracts with, and pay money so budgeted to, any person, group, corporation, agency or commission. None of the money so budgeted may be used or paid out for any purpose or project unless an equal amount of money is provided from private sources for such purpose or project.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.145 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.145
Duties of district attorney; appointment and duties of town attorney
Status: in_force

1. All prosecutions arising under the provisions of this chapter shall be conducted by the district attorney of the county, who shall collect such fees as may be provided by law or ordinance and pay the same to the county treasurer, to be distributed to the proper fund.

2. The district attorney shall also prosecute and defend all suits brought by or against the town board or board of county commissioners under the provisions of this chapter.

3. The town board may appoint a town attorney to act in lieu of the district attorney, in which case the town attorney shall act exclusively in behalf of the town in all civil matters.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4296 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4296
Denial of license: Grounds; notice
Status: in_force

1. After holding the hearing required under NRS 268.4294 , the city council may deny issuance of the license if it finds any of the following: (a) That the applicant fails to meet the conditions imposed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 268.429 to 268.4298 , inclusive. (b) That the proposed assembly will be held in a manner or location not meeting the health, zoning, fire or building and safety standards established by the ordinances of the city or the laws of the State of Nevada. (c) That the applicant has knowingly made a false, misleading or fraudulent statement of material fact in the application for a license. (d) That the applicant, an employee or agent of the applicant or any person connected or associated with the applicant as partner, director, officer, stockholder, associate or manager has previously conducted the type of assembly indicated in the application which resulted in the creation of a public or private nuisance. (e) That the applicant, an employee or agent of the applicant or any person associated with the applicant as partner, director, officer, stockholder, associate or manager has been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction, by final judgment of: (1) An offense involving the presentation, exhibition or performance of an obscene production, motion picture or place, or of selling obscene matter; (2) An offense involving lewd conduct; (3) An offense involving the use of force and violence upon the person of another; (4) An offense involving misconduct with children; or (5) A felony.

2. Where the application is denied, the city clerk shall mail to the applicant written notice of denial within 14 days of such action, which notice shall include a statement of the reasons the application was denied.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.400 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.400
Officers may sell indebtedness for personal services rendered
Status: in_force

All city officers referred to in any section of this chapter shall have the right to sell or transfer any evidence of public indebtedness which may be issued according to law, for services rendered by them to the city, legally and justly due, and the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent the purchase, sale or transfer of any funded public indebtedness whatever of the State, or of any county, city or town corporation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.5165 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.5165
“Corporation for public benefit” defined
Status: in_force

“Corporation for public benefit” means a corporation that is recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in effect on July 1, 1993, future amendments to that section and the corresponding provisions of future internal revenue laws.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.736 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.736
Issuance of securities subject to city's debt limit
Status: in_force

Any municipality issuing securities hereunder which constitute the incurrence of an additional indebtedness of the municipality shall not by the issuance of such securities contravene any debt limitation pertaining to the municipality and fixed by law other than by this City Bond Law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.406 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.406
Pension or insurance for police officers and firefighters who are disabled
Status: in_force

1. The governing board of any incorporated city may establish, by contract or otherwise, and administer a disability pension plan or disability insurance program for the benefit of any city police officer or firefighter who is disabled, to any degree, by an injury arising out of and in the course of his or her employment.

2. The governing board may adopt ordinances, rules, regulations, policies and procedures necessary to establish and administer the plan or program specified in subsection 1.

3. If an incorporated city elects to consider implementation of a plan or program specified in subsection 1 or to change the benefits provided by an existing plan or program, the persons affected by the proposed plan or program, or proposed change, may negotiate with the city concerning the nature and extent of such plan, program or change. Chapter 288 of NRS applies to negotiations for this purpose.

4. The plan or program authorized by this section must be supplemental or in addition to and not in conflict with the coverage, compensation, benefits or procedure established by or adopted pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS .

5. The benefits provided for in this section are supplemental to other benefits an employee is entitled to receive on account of the same disability. In no event may the benefits provided for in this section, when added to benefits provided for or purchased by the expenditure of public money, exceed the maximum amount of benefits an employee is entitled to receive if the employee has been a member of the department or agency for 10 years or more.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.055 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.055
Categorization of cities by population
Status: in_force

Municipal corporations organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must be divided into three population categories:

1. Those cities having 50,000 or more inhabitants are cities of population category one.

2. Those cities having 5,000 or more but less than 50,000 inhabitants are cities of population category two.

3. Those cities having less than 5,000 inhabitants are cities of population category three.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.783 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.783
Ordinance: General standards; boundaries of district defined
Status: in_force

If the council finds that the public interest will benefit by the provision of a higher level of police protection in a definable district within the area, it shall cause an ordinance to be drafted that:

1. Sets general standards for the level of police protection to be provided within the district; and

2. Defines the district by the boundaries proposed or enlarges or reduces its proposed territory. If the district is enlarged or reduced, the new boundaries must be defined in the same manner as is required for the petition.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.625 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.625
Dissolution
Status: in_force

An unincorporated town operating pursuant to the provisions of the Unincorporated Town Government Law may be dissolved by resolution of the board of county commissioners following a public hearing at which residents of the town are given an opportunity to speak. The resolution must specify the reasons for the dissolution.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.405 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.405
Election or appointment of certain city officers; consolidation of offices of city clerk and city treasurer
Status: in_force

1. In addition to the mayor and city council, there must be in each city of population category one or two a city clerk, a city treasurer, or if those offices are combined pursuant to subsection 4, a city clerk and treasurer, a municipal judge and a city attorney. The offices of city clerk, city treasurer, municipal judge and city attorney may be either elective or appointive offices, as provided by city ordinance. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the elected officers shall hold their respective offices for 4 years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The cities of population category three may by ordinance provide that the mayor and city council members must be elected and shall hold office for 2 years.

2. In each city of population category one or two, in which the officers are appointed pursuant to ordinance, the mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, shall appoint all of the officers.

3. In cities of population category three, the mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, may appoint any officers as may be deemed expedient.

4. The city council may provide by ordinance for the office of city clerk and the office of city treasurer to be combined into the office of city clerk and treasurer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.5973 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.5973
Notice of annexation to public utilities and rural electric cooperatives
Status: in_force

1. Whenever an incorporated city annexes territory in accordance with the provisions of this section and NRS 268.570 to 268.608 , inclusive, the city clerk of the annexing city shall, not less than 10 working days after the adoption of the ordinance approving the annexation, send by certified mail to each public utility and rural electric cooperative operating within the jurisdiction of the incorporated city: (a) A notice containing the address and legal description of all property in the territory to be annexed; (b) An accurate map or plat of the territory to be annexed; and (c) A copy of the ordinance approving the annexation.

2. As used in this section, “public utility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.020 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.0325 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.0325
Sample ballot: Distribution; form and contents; notice concerning availability of ballots in large type
Status: in_force

1. At least 10 days before an election held pursuant to NRS 266.029 , the county clerk or registrar of voters shall distribute to each qualified elector by mail or electronic means, as applicable, a sample ballot for the elector's precinct with a notice informing the elector of the location of the polling place for that precinct. A sample ballot may be distributed by electronic means to an elector only if the county clerk has established a system for distributing sample ballots by electronic means pursuant to NRS 293.565 and the elector elects to receive a sample ballot by electronic means.

2. The sample ballot must: (a) Be in the form required by NRS 266.032 . (b) Include the information required by NRS 266.032 . (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, be prepared in at least 12-point type. (d) Describe the area proposed to be incorporated by assessor's parcel maps, existing boundaries of subdivision or parcel maps, identifying visible ground features, extensions of the visible ground features, or by any boundary that coincides with the official boundary of the State, a county, a city, a township, a section or any combination thereof. (e) Contain a copy of the map or plat that was submitted with the petition pursuant to NRS 266.019 and depicts the existing dedicated streets, sewer interceptors and outfalls and their proposed extensions. (f) Include on the front page, in a separate box created by bold lines, a notice prepared in at least 20-point bold type that states: NOTICE: TO RECEIVE A SAMPLE BALLOT INLARGE TYPE, CALL (Insert appropriate telephone number)

3. A portion of a sample ballot that contains a facsimile of the display area of a voting device may include material in less than 12-point type to the extent necessary to make the facsimile fit on the pages of the sample ballot.

4. The sample ballot distributed to a person who requests a sample ballot in large type by exercising the option provided pursuant to NRS 293.508 , or in any other manner, must be prepared in at least 14-point type, or larger when practicable.

5. If a person requests a sample ballot in large type, the county clerk shall ensure that all future sample ballots distributed to that person from the county are in large type.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.920 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.920
Programs, activities or events to increase participation of residents in development of public policy
Status: in_force

The city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may institute a program or sponsor an activity, event or any other action designed to increase the extent and quality of participation of the residents within the incorporated city in the development of public policy and the improvement of the operation of government at all levels. The city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may submit a report of any action taken pursuant to this section to the Division of State Library and Archives of the Department of Administration.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.190 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.190
General duties
Status: in_force

1. The mayor shall exercise a careful supervision over the general affairs of the city.

2. In exercising the duty of supervision pursuant to subsection 1, the mayor shall: (a) From time to time, give the city council information in writing relative to the state of the city, and recommend such measures as the mayor may deem beneficial to the city. (b) See that all the general laws and ordinances of the city are observed and enforced. (c) Take all proper measures for the preservation of public peace and order, and the suppression of riots, tumults and all forms of public disturbances, for which purpose the mayor may, if the city is not participating in a metropolitan police department, appoint extra police officers temporarily and use and command the police force. If the city is participating in a metropolitan police department, the mayor may request law enforcement assistance from the sheriff. In either case, if local law enforcement forces are inadequate, the mayor shall call upon the Governor for military aid in the manner provided by law. (d) Sign all licenses and warrants and claims against the city. (e) See that all contracts are fully kept and faithfully performed, and, to that end and in any such case where necessary or proper to protect the interests of the city, shall cause legal proceedings to be instituted or defended at the expense of the city. (f) Perform such other duties as the city council shall prescribe by ordinance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.275 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.275
Streets, sidewalks, parks and public grounds
Status: in_force

The city council may:

1. Lay out, maintain, alter, improve or vacate all public rights-of-way in the city.

2. Regulate the use of public parks, buildings, grounds and rights-of-way and prevent the unlawful use thereof.

3. Require landowners to keep the adjacent streets, sidewalks and public parks, buildings and grounds free from encroachments or obstructions.

4. Regulate and prevent in all public places: (a) The distribution and exhibition of handbills, or signs. (b) Any practice tending to annoy persons passing in such public places. (c) Public demonstrations and processions.

5. Prevent riots or any act tending to promote riots in any public place.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.706 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.706
“Property” defined
Status: in_force

“Property” means real property, personal property, mixed property or any other property (or any combination thereof).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.150 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.150
Town printing to be placed with newspaper or commercial establishment within county; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 344.050 , all public printing required by the various towns of this State must be placed with a bona fide newspaper or bona fide commercial printing establishment within the county in which the town is located. If there is no bona fide newspaper or bona fide commercial printing establishment within the county adequately equipped to do the printing, the printing must be placed with a bona fide newspaper or bona fide commercial printing establishment in the State adequately equipped to do the printing.

2. Except as otherwise authorized in subsection 4, printing required by towns of this State must be done within the State.

3. The provisions of this section are contingent upon satisfactory services being rendered by all such printing establishments and reasonable charges therefor. As used in this subsection, “ reasonable charges ” means a charge not in excess of the amount necessary to be paid for similar work in other printing establishments.

4. The provisions of this section do not prohibit the printing of town bonds and other evidences of indebtedness outside the State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.058 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.058
Conveyance of property to nonprofit organization for development of affordable housing: Application; public hearing; conditions; annual list of property conveyed; subordination of interest in property conveyed
Status: in_force

1. A nonprofit organization may submit to the governing body of a city an application for conveyance of property that is owned by the city if the property was purchased or received by the city pursuant to NRS 268.008 .

2. Before the governing body makes a determination on such an application for conveyance, it shall hold at least one public hearing on the application. Notice of the time, place and specific purpose of the hearing must be: (a) Published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. (b) Mailed to all owners of record of real property which is located not more than 300 feet from the property that is proposed for conveyance. (c) Posted in a conspicuous place on the property that is proposed for conveyance. The hearing must be held not fewer than 10 days but not more than 40 days after the notice is published, mailed and posted in accordance with this subsection.

3. The governing body may approve such an application for conveyance if the nonprofit organization demonstrates to the satisfaction of the governing body that the organization or its assignee will use the property to develop affordable housing. If the governing body receives more than one application for conveyance of the property, the governing body must give priority to an application of a nonprofit organization that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the governing body that the organization or its assignee will use the property to develop affordable housing for persons who are disabled or elderly.

4. If the governing body approves an application for conveyance, it may convey the property to the nonprofit organization without consideration. Such a conveyance must not be in contravention of any condition in a gift or devise of the property to the city.

5. As a condition to the conveyance of the property pursuant to subsection 4, the governing body shall enter into an agreement with the nonprofit organization that requires the nonprofit organization or its assignee to use the property to provide affordable housing for at least 50 years. If the nonprofit organization or its assignee fails to use the property to provide affordable housing pursuant to the agreement, the governing body may take reasonable action to return the property to use as affordable housing, including, without limitation: (a) Repossessing the property from the nonprofit organization or its assignee. (b) Transferring ownership of the property from the nonprofit organization or its assignee to another person or governmental entity that will use the property to provide affordable housing.

6. The agreement required by subsection 5 must be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is located and must specify: (a) The number of years for which the nonprofit organization or its assignee must use the property to provide affordable housing; and (b) The action that the governing body will take if the nonprofit organization or its assignee fails to use the property to provide affordable housing pursuant to the agreement.

7. A governing body that has conveyed property pursuant to subsection 4 shall: (a) Prepare annually a list which includes a description of all property conveyed to a nonprofit organization pursuant to this section; and (b) Include the list in the annual audit of the city which is conducted pursuant to NRS 354.624 .

8. If, 5 years after the date of a conveyance pursuant to subsection 4, a nonprofit organization or its assignee has not commenced construction of affordable housing, or entered into such contracts as are necessary to commence the construction of affordable housing, the property that was conveyed automatically reverts to the city.

9. A governing body may subordinate the interest of the city in property conveyed pursuant to subsection 4 to a first or subsequent holder of a mortgage on that property to the extent the governing body deems necessary to promote investment in the construction of affordable housing.

10. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Affordable housing” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 278.0105 . (b) “ Nonprofit organization ” means an organization that is recognized as exempt pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.636 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.636
Procedures for initiating annexation or detachment of property
Status: in_force

The annexation of territory not included within the boundaries of any city to a city, or the detachment of territory from one city and its annexation to another city, may be initiated by either of the following methods:

1. Whenever a majority of the property owners of any territory lying contiguous to a city desire to annex such territory to the city, they may cause an accurate map or plat of the territory to be made under the supervision of a competent surveyor. A copy of the map or plat, certified by the surveyor, and a petition in writing signed by a majority of the property owners of such territory shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body of such city.

2. Whenever the governing body of any city deems it necessary to annex any contiguous territory to the city, the governing body may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to annex such territory. The resolution shall: (a) Describe the territory to be annexed; and (b) Order a plat of the territory to be filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0883 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0883
“Certificate” defined
Status: in_force

“ Certificate ” means a certificate to engage in property management issued pursuant to NRS 268.0887 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.0261 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.0261
Request for report from Committee on Local Government Finance; submission of copies of petition to planning agencies, local governments and Department of Taxation
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a petition that has been certified as sufficient by the county clerk, the board of county commissioners shall:

1. Within 30 days request a report on the advisability of incorporation and the feasibility of the proposed city, including, but not limited to, the factors set forth in NRS 266.0285 and a determination of whether the requirements set forth in NRS 266.017 have been satisfied, from the Committee on Local Government Finance. The report must be in writing and be delivered to the board of county commissioners not later than 90 days after the report is requested, unless the Committee determines the requirements set forth in NRS 266.017 have not been satisfied. Upon receipt of the report, the board shall supply a copy of the report upon request to any person for the cost of reproduction.

2. Within 30 days transmit a copy of the petition to the Executive Director of the Department of Taxation.

3. Transmit a copy of the petition to any state, county or regional planning commission or agency that exercises planning authority over any part of the area proposed to be incorporated and to every other local government within the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.590 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.590
Fines and penalties: Commitment; recovery by execution; chain gang
Status: in_force

1. Any person upon whom any fine or penalty shall be imposed may, upon the order of the court before whom the conviction is had, be committed to the county jail or the city jail, or to such other place as may be provided by the city for the incarceration of offenders, until such fine or penalty shall be fully paid.

2. The city council shall have power to provide by ordinance that every person committed shall be required to work for the city at such labor as the person’s strength will permit, not exceeding 8 hours each working day; and for such work the person so employed shall be allowed $4 for each day's work on account of such fine. The council may provide for the formation of a chain gang for persons convicted of offenses in violation of the ordinances of the city, and for their proper employment for the benefit of the city, and to safeguard and prevent their escape while being so employed.

3. Fines imposed by the municipal court may be recovered by execution against the property of the defendant, or the payment thereof enforced by imprisonment in the city jail of the city at the rate of 1 day for every $4 of such fine, or the court may, in its discretion, adjudge and enter upon the docket a supplemental order that such offender shall work on the streets or public works of the city, at the rate of $4 for each day of the sentence, which shall apply on such fine until the same shall be exhausted or otherwise satisfied.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.097996 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.097996
Ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors: Authorized provisions
Status: in_force

1. In addition to the provisions of NRS 268.097995 , an ordinance adopted by a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city that regulates sidewalk vendors may: (a) Adopt requirements regulating the time, place and manner of sidewalk vending if the requirements are objectively and directly related to the health, safety or welfare concerns of the public, which may include, without limitation: (1) Restrictions on the hours of operation of a sidewalk vendor, which may not be more restrictive than any restriction imposed by any applicable ordinance regulating noise or any restriction on the hours of operation imposed on home-based businesses that are similar to sidewalk vending; and (2) Requirements to: (I) Maintain sanitary conditions and comply with the regulations adopted by a local board of health pursuant to NRS 446.861 . (II) Ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq. (b) Restrict or prohibit sidewalk vendors from operating: (1) In areas located within the immediate vicinity of a farmers' market licensed pursuant to NRS 268.092 during the operating hours of the farmers' market. (2) Within the immediate vicinity of an area designated for a temporary special event by the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city, provided that any notice or other right provided to affected businesses or property owners during the temporary special event is also provided to any sidewalk vendors permitted to operate in the area, if applicable. A prohibition of sidewalk vendors pursuant to this subparagraph must only be effective for the limited duration of the temporary special event. (3) Within a set distance established by the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city of: (I) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.097994 , an establishment that holds a nonrestricted gaming license described in subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 463.0177 ; (II) A food establishment; (III) A school, child care facility, community center, polling place, religious institution or place of worship or a park or recreational facility owned by the city; or (IV) A highly trafficked pedestrian mall, convention center or designated entertainment district. (4) In residential areas, but must not prohibit nonstationary sidewalk vendors from operating in such areas.

2. As used in this section: (a) “ Entertainment district ” means a contiguous area located within a city that: (1) Is zoned for or customarily used for commercial purposes; and (2) Contains any number and combination of restaurants, bars, entertainment establishments, music venues, theaters, art galleries or studios, dance studios or athletic stadiums. (b) “ Pedestrian mall ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 268.811 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.769 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.769
Features of system
Status: in_force

The system may include:

1. The automatic tracing of the telephone number and location from which a telephone call is made and the transmission of that number or location to the answering location of the system; and

2. Any other feature which enables the system to operate more efficiently and effectively.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.790 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.790
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 268.790 to 268.795 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Area” means a redevelopment area or an urban renewal area, as the case may be, within which the creation of a district is proposed.

2. “Council” means the city council.

3. “District” means an assessment district created to defray the cost of providing maintenance within the district.

4. “Maintenance” means the provision of those services required to clean, incidentally repair and keep in good condition, improvements made in the district pursuant to a redevelopment plan. The term does not include the replacement of capital improvements or major repairs made to those improvements.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.174 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.174
Prohibition against denying application for occupational or professional license, permit or certificate based on immigration or citizenship status of applicant; prohibition against disclosing personal identification number of applicant.
Status: in_force

1. A town board or board of county commissioners shall not deny the application of a person for a license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 269.170 based solely on his or her immigration or citizenship status.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 269.173 , an applicant for a license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 269.170 who does not have a social security number must provide an alternative personally identifying number, including, without limitation, his or her individual taxpayer identification number, when completing an application for a license, permit or certificate.

3. The town board or board of county commissioners shall not disclose to any person who is not employed by the town board or board of county commissioners the social security number or alternative personally identifying number, including, without limitation, an individual taxpayer identification number, of an applicant for a license for any purpose except: (a) Tax purposes; (b) Licensing purposes; and (c) Enforcement of an order for the payment of child support.

4. A social security number or alternative personally identifying number, including, without limitation, an individual taxpayer identification number, provided to the town board or board of county commissioners is confidential and is not a public record for the purposes of chapter 239 of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.0165 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.0165
Adoption by initiative petition; procedures for appointment or election of initial members of town board
Status: in_force

1. A town board form of government may be adopted by means of initiative petition of the residents of the town.

2. The procedures established by NRS 295.085 to 295.125 , inclusive, for the adoption of county ordinances by initiative petition must be followed by the residents and each document of the petition must set forth briefly the proposal to establish a town board form of government. The election required to be held if the proposal is not adopted by the board of county commissioners must be held not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date of the final board vote thereon.

3. Members of the town board must be appointed and elected as provided in: (a) NRS 269.017 , if the proposal to adopt the town board form of government is approved by the board of county commissioners; or (b) NRS 269.0171 , if the proposal is submitted to the electors for their approval.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.095 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.095
Powers of governing body; application for certain licenses; imposition of license tax; uses of proceeds of tax; license tax as lien; enforcement of lien; confidentiality of information concerning tax or taxpayer
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 9 and NRS 268.0951 , 268.0977 , 268.0979 and 268.09791 to 268.09799 , inclusive, the city council or other governing body of each incorporated city in this State, whether organized under general law or special charter, may: (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 268.0968 and 576.128 , fix, impose and collect for revenues or for regulation, or both, a license tax on all character of lawful trades, callings, industries, occupations, professions and businesses conducted within its corporate limits. (b) Assign the proceeds of any one or more of such license taxes to the county within which the city is situated for the purpose or purposes of making the proceeds available to the county: (1) As a pledge as additional security for the payment of any general obligation bonds issued pursuant to NRS 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive; (2) For redeeming any general obligation bonds issued pursuant to NRS 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive; (3) For defraying the costs of collecting or otherwise administering any such license tax so assigned, of the county fair and recreation board and of officers, agents and employees hired thereby, and of incidentals incurred thereby; (4) For operating and maintaining recreational facilities under the jurisdiction of the county fair and recreation board; (5) For improving, extending and bettering recreational facilities authorized by NRS 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive; and (6) For constructing, purchasing or otherwise acquiring such recreational facilities. (c) Pledge the proceeds of any tax imposed on the revenues from the rental of transient lodging pursuant to this section for the payment of any general or special obligations issued by the city for a purpose authorized by the laws of this State. (d) Use the proceeds of any tax imposed pursuant to this section on the revenues from the rental of transient lodging: (1) To pay the principal, interest or any other indebtedness on any general or special obligations issued by the city pursuant to the laws of this State; (2) For the expense of operating or maintaining, or both, any facilities of the city; and (3) For any other purpose for which other money of the city may be used.

2. The city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall not require that a person who is licensed as a contractor pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS obtain more than one license to engage in the business of contracting or pay more than one license tax related to engaging in the business of contracting, regardless of the number of classifications or subclassifications of licensing for which the person is licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS .

3. The proceeds of any tax imposed pursuant to this section that are pledged for the repayment of general obligations may be treated as “pledged revenues” for the purposes of NRS 350.020 .

4. The city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall not require a person to obtain a license or pay a license tax on the sole basis that the person is a professional. As used in this subsection, “ professional ” means a person who: (a) Holds a license, certificate, registration, permit or similar type of authorization issued by a regulatory body as defined in NRS 622.060 or who is regulated pursuant to the Nevada Supreme Court Rules; and (b) Practices his or her profession for any type of compensation as an employee.

5. The city licensing agency shall provide upon request an application for a state business license pursuant to chapter 76 of NRS. No license to engage in any type of business may be granted unless the applicant for the license: (a) Signs an affidavit affirming that the business has complied with the provisions of chapter 76 of NRS; or (b) Provides to the city licensing agency the business identification number of the applicant assigned by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 225.082 which the city may use to validate that the applicant is currently in good standing with the State and has complied with the provisions of chapter 76 of NRS.

6. No license to engage in business as a seller of tangible personal property may be granted unless the applicant for the license: (a) Presents written evidence that: (1) The Department of Taxation has issued or will issue a permit for this activity, and this evidence clearly identifies the business by name; or (2) Another regulatory agency of the State has issued or will issue a license required for this activity; or (b) Provides to the city licensing agency the business identification number of the applicant assigned by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 225.082 which the city may use to validate that the applicant is currently in good standing with the State and has complied with the provisions of paragraph (a).

7. Any license tax levied under the provisions of this section constitutes a lien upon the real and personal property of the business upon which the tax was levied until the tax is paid. The lien has the same priority as a lien for general taxes. The lien must be enforced: (a) By recording in the office of the county recorder, within 6 months following the date on which the tax became delinquent or was otherwise determined to be due and owing, a notice of the tax lien containing the following: (1) The amount of tax due and the appropriate year; (2) The name of the record owner of the property; (3) A description of the property sufficient for identification; and (4) A verification by the oath of any member of the board of county commissioners or the county fair and recreation board; and (b) By an action for foreclosure against such property in the same manner as an action for foreclosure of any other lien, commenced within 2 years after the date of recording of the notice of the tax lien, and accompanied by appropriate notice to other lienholders.

8. The city council or other governing body of each incorporated city may delegate the power and authority to enforce such liens to the county fair and recreation board. If the authority is so delegated, the governing body shall revoke or suspend the license of a business upon certification by the board that the license tax has become delinquent, and shall not reinstate the license until the tax is paid. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 and 268.0966 , all information concerning license taxes levied by an ordinance authorized by this section or other information concerning the business affairs or operation of any licensee obtained as a result of the payment of those license taxes or as the result of any audit or examination of the books of the city by any authorized employee of a county fair and recreation board for any license tax levied for the purpose of NRS 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive, is confidential and must not be disclosed by any member, official or employee of the county fair and recreation board or the city imposing the license tax unless the disclosure is authorized by the affirmative action of a majority of the members of the appropriate county fair and recreation board. Continuing disclosure may be so authorized under an agreement with the Department of Taxation or the Secretary of State for the exchange of information concerning taxpayers.

9. Except as otherwise provided by regulations adopted by the Cannabis Compliance Board pursuant to NRS 678B.645 , the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall not license or otherwise allow a person to operate a business that allows cannabis, as defined in NRS 678A.085 , or cannabis products, as defined in NRS 678A.120 , to be consumed on the premises of the business, other than a cannabis consumption lounge, as defined in NRS 678A.087 , in accordance with the provisions of chapter 678B of NRS .

10. The powers conferred by this section are in addition and supplemental to, and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by this section do not affect the powers conferred by, any other law. No part of this section repeals or affects any other law or any part thereof, it being intended that this section provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives, and not an exclusive one.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.053 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.053
Lease of real property to certain nonprofit organizations
Status: in_force

1. The governing body may lease real property to a nonprofit organization that: (a) Is recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code ; (b) Is affiliated by contract or other written agreement with the city; and (c) Provides to residents of the city or to other persons a service that the city would otherwise be required to expend money to provide, under such terms and for such consideration as the governing body determines reasonable based upon the costs and benefits to the city and the recommendation of any city officers who may be involved in approving the lease.

2. To lease real property pursuant to this section, the governing body must approve the lease and establish the recommended amount of rent to be received for the real property. The governing body shall render a decision on an application to lease real property pursuant to this section within 60 days after it receives the application.

3. In determining the amount of rent for the lease of real property pursuant to this section, consideration must be given to: (a) The amount the lessee is able to pay; (b) Whether the real property will be used by the lessee to perform a service of value to members of the general public; (c) Whether the service to be performed on the real property will be of assistance to any agency of the city; and (d) The expenses, if any, that the city is likely to incur to lease real property pursuant to this section in comparison to other potential uses of the real property.

4. The governing body may waive any fee for the consideration of an application submitted pursuant to this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.016 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.016
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 266.016 to 266.0445 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Qualified elector” means a person who is registered to vote in this State and is a resident of the area to be included in the proposed city, as shown by the last official registration lists.

2. A petition is “sufficient” if the county clerk: (a) Verifies the signatures and addresses of the signers of the petition with the voting list maintained by the county registrar of voters; (b) Certifies that the number of valid signatures represents the percentage of the total number of qualified electors in the area proposed to be incorporated that is required; and (c) Determines that the petition for incorporation includes the information required pursuant to NRS 266.019 .

3. “Urban in character” means an area that is used intensively for residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, urban recreational or governmental purposes, or as conservation park lands, and that is susceptible to services offered by a city.

4. A lot or parcel is “used for residential purposes” if it is 5 acres or less in area and improved with a habitable dwelling unit of a permanent nature.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.080 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.080
Further pleadings: Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; hearing given precedence
Status: in_force

1. Further pleadings may be served and filed in the action in all respects as provided in the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for other actions and the cause shall proceed in all respects in accordance with the regular practice in courts of record in this State.

2. When the cause is at issue upon the plaintiff's complaint and the respective answers of such defendants as shall have appeared in the action, and the reply of the plaintiff to any affirmative matters set up in any one or more of such answers, and when the default of all defendants failing to appear has been entered, the court shall set the matter down for hearing at the earliest practicable date and the hearing thereof shall have precedence over all other matters upon the calendar, except matters of a similar nature, and except hearings on temporary or permanent injunctions and except such matters as are given precedence by law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.265 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.265
Failure to repair defective fixture: Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person, after being notified by a fire warden to repair any defective chimney, flue, furnace, range, oven, stovepipe or fixture therewith connected so as to prevent it from endangering the property of the town from destruction or loss by fire, who neglects or refuses, for a longer time than 24 hours after notice in writing to repair it, to comply with the order and direction of the fire warden, and fails or refuses to make the required repairs, shall be fined in any sum not more than $500.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4102 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4102
Requiring users of certain water systems to connect into system provided by public utility or public entity; assessment of costs of connection
Status: in_force

1. If the State Environmental Commission determines that: (a) A water system which is located within the boundaries of a city and was constructed on or after July 1, 1991, is not satisfactorily serving the needs of its users; and (b) Water provided by a public utility or a municipality or other public entity may be accessed within 1,250 feet of any lot or parcel served by the water system, the governing body of that city shall, in a county whose population is 700,000 or more, and may, in all other counties, require all users of the system to connect into the available water system provided by a public utility or a municipality or other public entity, and may assess each lot or parcel served for its share of the costs associated with connecting into that water system. If the water system is being connected into a public utility, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada shall determine the amount of the assessments for the purposes of establishing a lien pursuant to NRS 445A.900 .

2. As used in this section, “ water system ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.850 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0975 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0975
Tent shows, circuses, theme parks and permanent exhibitions: Licensing and regulation; fees
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of each city in this State shall provide by ordinance for the licensing of tent shows, circuses, theme parks and permanent exhibitions in their respective cities.

2. In no case may a license for a tent show or circus be issued for a sum of less than $25 per day or more than $300 per day, which must be in addition to any license provided by ordinance in the county in which the city is located. Upon written application of any executive officer of any local post or unit of any national organization of former military personnel, acting in an official capacity, such a license or licenses must be issued without charge for not to exceed 2 weeks in any calendar year, if the local post or unit is to participate in the show or the proceeds thereof.

3. In no case may a license for a theme park or permanent exhibition be issued for a sum of less than $25 per day or more than $100 per day, which must be in addition to any license provided by ordinance in the county in which the city is located.

4. Upon compliance with the terms of the ordinance, the owner or operator of the theme park or permanent exhibition is not required to acquire any license or certificate from a state agency which would otherwise be required to operate a lift, tramway, monorail, elevator, escalator, roller coaster or other conveyance used primarily in connection with the theme park or permanent exhibit.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.536 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.536
Security
Status: in_force

The principal of, the interest on and any prior redemption premiums due in connection with the bonds shall be payable from, secured by a pledge of, and constitute a lien on the revenues out of which such bonds shall be made payable. In addition, they may, in the discretion of the city, be secured by:

1. A mortgage covering all or any part of the project, or upon any other property of the lessee, purchaser or obligor, or by a pledge of the lease, the agreement of sale or the financing agreement with respect to such project, or both.

2. A pledge of one or more notes, debentures, bonds or other secured or unsecured debt obligations of the obligor.

3. No city is authorized to pledge any of its property or otherwise secure the payment of any bonds with its property, except that the city may pledge the property of the project or the revenues therefrom.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.217 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.217
Loitering and prowling ordinances: Enactment and enforcement by town board or board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred by other laws, the town boards or boards of county commissioners of the counties of this state are empowered to enact and enforce loitering and prowling ordinances.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.220 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.220
Election and number of council members
Status: in_force

1. If a city of population category one is: (a) Divided into wards, the city council must be composed of five or seven council members with one council member from each ward who is elected only by the electors who reside in that ward and one council member who is elected by the city at large. (b) Not divided into wards, five or seven council members must be elected by the voters of the city at large.

2. If a city of population category two or three is: (a) Divided into wards, the city council must be composed of three or five council members with one council member from each ward who is elected only by the electors who reside in that ward. (b) Not divided into wards, the three or five council members must be elected by the voters of the city at large.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.020 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.020
City may adopt commission form of government
Status: in_force

Any incorporated city in the State of Nevada may adopt the commission form of government and frame its own charter therefor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0192 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0192
Public notice issued by planning commission in certain cities required to be available in certain languages
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city whose population is 25,000 or more located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall: (a) Ensure that any public notice issued by the planning commission of the city: (1) Sets forth a link to the Internet website of the city and a statement that information regarding the public notice is available in other languages on that Internet website; and (2) Is available on the Internet website of the city in every language in which voting materials are required to be prepared in the city pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 10503 and NRS 293.2699 . (b) Make a good faith effort to find certified translators to translate the information required pursuant to this section.

2. The city and employees of the city are not liable for any mistake made in translating the information required pursuant to this section.

3. As used in this section, “ public notice ” means any notice or other written matter that the planning commission of the city is required to send by mail to a person or post in a public manner, including, without limitation, by posting on an Internet website.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.140 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.140
Applicability of NRS 270.010 to 270.150, inclusive, to towns
Status: in_force

NRS 270.010 to 270.150 , inclusive, shall apply to like extent to towns within the State of Nevada, the word “town” being substituted wherever the word “city” appears therein and “the legislative board of the town” (or, in the event that such town have no legislative board, then the “board of county commissioners of the county in which such town is situate”) shall be substituted for “city council or other legislative board of the city.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.325 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.325
Methods to fill vacancy on governing body of city
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs on the governing body of a city, the governing body may, in lieu of appointment, declare by resolution a special election to fill the vacancy.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.233 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.233
Duty to designate certain sites for sales initiated on Internet; limitation of action
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each town board or the board of county commissioners shall designate at least one police station, or part thereof, as a site at which two or more persons may meet to complete the sale of an item of personal property that was initiated on the Internet.

2. If the town is within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan police department formed pursuant to chapter 280 of NRS or if police protection for the town is provided by the sheriff of the county, the board of county commissioners shall designate at least one sheriff's office, or part thereof, located in or in close proximity to the town as a site at which two or more persons may meet to complete the sale of an item of personal property that was initiated on the Internet.

3. No action may be brought against the county, sheriff, town, police department or an officer or employee thereof based on an incident that occurs when two or more persons meet at a location designated pursuant to subsection 1 or 2.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.595 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.595
Control of unappropriated money
Status: in_force

Any nonappropriated funds available for town purposes may be expended at the discretion of the town advisory board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.066 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.066
Judicial proceedings: Judicial notice of change in population category and organization of city and ordinances, rules, resolutions and regulations of city council; pleading and proof
Status: in_force

1. All courts of this state shall take judicial notice in all civil or criminal actions of: (a) The change in population category and organization of any city. (b) All ordinances, rules, resolutions or other regulations of the city council.

2. In all such actions, it is not necessary to plead the contents of any order, ordinance, rule, resolution or other regulation, but may be proved prima facie by the introduction of the original entry or a copy thereof certified by the clerk.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.384 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.384
City officer not to be interested in certain contracts and purchases; penalties
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 281.230 , 281A.430 and 332.800 , it is unlawful for any city officer, directly or indirectly, to be interested in any contract made by the city officer or to be a purchaser or interested in any purchase of a sale made by the city officer in the discharge of his or her official duties.

2. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall forfeit his or her office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.574 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.574
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 268.570 to 268.608 , inclusive:

1. “ Contiguous ” means either abutting directly on the boundary of the annexing municipality or separated from the boundary thereof by a street, alley, public right-of-way, creek, river or the right-of-way of a railroad or other public service corporation, or by lands owned by the annexing municipality, by some other political subdivision of the State or by the State of Nevada.

2. “ Lot or parcel ” means any tract of land of sufficient size to constitute a legal building lot as determined by the zoning ordinance of the county in which the territory proposed to be annexed is situated. If such county has not enacted a zoning ordinance, the question of what constitutes a building lot shall be determined by reference to the zoning ordinance of the annexing municipality.

3. “ Majority of the property owners ” in a territory means the record owners of real property: (a) Whose combined value is greater than 50 percent of the total value of real property in the territory, as determined by assessment for taxation; and (b) Whose combined area is greater than 50 percent of the total area of the territory, excluding lands held by public bodies.

4. A lot or parcel of land is “used for residential purposes” if it is 5 acres or less in area and contains a habitable dwelling unit of a permanent nature.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.097992 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.097992
“Sidewalk vendor” defined
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “ sidewalk vendor ” means a person who sells food upon a public sidewalk or other pedestrian path from a conveyance, including, without limitation, a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase or rack. The term includes, without limitation, a nonstationary sidewalk vendor and a stationary sidewalk vendor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.215 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.215
Qualifications of city council members
Status: in_force

Council members must be:

1. Qualified electors within their respective cities and bona fide residents thereof for a period of at least 1 year next preceding their election.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 266.220 , qualified electors within their respective wards.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.446 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.446
Use of money received from optional tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a city that has created one or more transportation districts shall use any part of the money received pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244.3351 which is collected within the boundaries of a transportation district to pay the cost of: (a) Projects related to the construction and maintenance of sidewalks, streets, avenues, boulevards, highways and other public rights-of-way used primarily for vehicular or fixed guideway traffic, including, without limitation, overpass projects, street projects and underpass projects, as defined in NRS 244A.037 , 244A.053 and 244A.055 , within the boundaries of the district or within 1 mile outside those boundaries if the governing body finds that such projects outside the boundaries of the district will facilitate transportation within the district; (b) Payment of principal and interest on notes, bonds or other obligations issued by the city to fund projects described in paragraph (a); or (c) Any combination of those uses.

2. In addition to those uses set forth in subsection 1, if a city has created one or more transportation districts and all or any portion of those districts is located in an area that is governed by an interstate compact entered into by this State and a state that borders this State, the city may use any part of the money received pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244.3351 which is collected within the boundaries of a transportation district to pay the cost of establishing, operating and maintaining a public transit system within the boundaries of the district, or outside those boundaries if the governing body finds that such a system outside the boundaries of the district will facilitate transportation within the district, or both.

3. A city shall use any part of the money received from such a tax which is not collected within the boundaries of a transportation district for the same purposes within the incorporated boundaries of the city or within 1 mile outside those boundaries if the governing body finds that such projects outside those boundaries will facilitate transportation within the incorporated area.

4. As used in this section, “public transit system” means a system employing motor buses, rails or any other means of conveyance, by whatever type of power, that is operated for the conveyance of members of the general public.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270A.040 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270A / Section 270A.040
Tax exempt status of organization
Status: in_force

A joint municipal organization created pursuant to this chapter shall have the tax exempt status of a municipality.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.606 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.606
Expenditures authorized by cities
Status: in_force

Municipalities instituting annexations under the provisions of NRS 268.570 to 268.608 , inclusive, are authorized to make expenditures for surveys required to describe the territory proposed to be annexed, or for any purpose necessary to plan for the study, annexation, or both, of any unincorporated territory contiguous to the municipality. In addition, following the final passage of the annexation ordinance and prior to the effective date of the annexation, the annexing city shall have authority to proceed with expenditures and take such other actions appropriate for the construction of streets, utility lines and other capital facilities and for any other purpose calculated to bring services into the annexed area in a more effective and expeditious manner.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.092 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.092
Farmers' markets: Licensing and regulation
Status: in_force

1. The city council or other governing body of any incorporated city in the State of Nevada, whether organized under general law or special charter, may provide by ordinance for the licensing and regulating of farmers' markets.

2. Every person who establishes a farmers' market shall make application to the city council or other governing body of the incorporated city in which the farmers' market is to be located. The application must be in a form and manner prescribed by the city council or other governing body.

3. The city council or other governing body may: (a) Fix, impose and collect license fees upon the market. (b) Grant or deny applications for licenses or impose conditions, limitations and restrictions upon the license. (c) Adopt, amend and repeal regulations relating to the licenses and licensees of farmers' markets.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 265.170 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 265 / Section 265.170
Annual revenues to be disposed of for benefit of city or town
Status: in_force

If any city or town, disincorporated as provided in NRS 265.110 to 265.180 , inclusive, have annual revenue accruing thereto, the same shall be paid to the board of county commissioners by persons owing the same, and all moneys thus paid, as well as all moneys paid to the trustees, shall be held and disposed of by the board for the benefit of such city or town, and may be applied by the board to any specific object upon the petition of a majority of the taxable inhabitants of the city or town; provided always, that all of the just and lawful debts, dues and demands against the corporation shall have been first paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.728 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.728
“Water project” defined
Status: in_force

“Water project” means facilities pertaining to a municipal water system for the collection, transportation, treatment, purification and distribution of water, including without limitation springs, wells, ponds, lakes, other raw water sources, basin cribs, dams, spillways, retarding basins, detention basins, reservoirs, towers, other storage facilities, pumping plants, infiltration galleries, filtration plants, purification systems, other water treatment facilities, power plants, waterworks plants, pumping stations, gauging stations, ventilating facilities, stream gauges, rain gauges, valves, standpipes, connections, hydrants, conduits, flumes, sluices, canals, channels, ditches, pipes, lines, laterals, service pipes, force mains, submains, syphons, other water transmission and distribution mains, engines, boilers, pumps, meters, apparatus, tools, equipment, fixtures, structures, buildings and other facilities for the acquisition, transportation, treatment, purification and distribution of untreated water or potable water for domestic, commercial and industrial use and irrigation (or any combination thereof).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.525 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.525
Money from special assessment kept as special fund; restrictions on use
Status: in_force

All moneys received from any special assessment shall be held by the treasurer as a special fund, to be applied to payment for the improvement for which the assessment was made, and the money shall be used for no other purpose whatever.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4297 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4297
Revocation and reinstatement of license; notice
Status: in_force

1. The city council may revoke any license or may reinstate any license on such suitable conditions as are determined by the city council.

2. Notice of intent to revoke shall be given and the licensee is entitled to a hearing.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.010 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.010
Procedure for correction of maps or plats
Status: in_force

Whenever:

1. The map or plat of any city or of any part thereof or addition thereto, filed or recorded in accordance with the then existing law or filed and recorded in accordance with this chapter is, by reason of error or mistake, or lack of sufficient description, or by reason of the fact that the original map or plat is lost or destroyed, or by reason of the fact that there have been filed or recorded two or more conflicting maps or plats for such city or part thereof or addition thereto, is uncertain or ambiguous; or

2. By reason of the mistaken, faulty, erroneous platting or description of or on any such map or plat, or by reason of the destruction of section corners or other artificial or natural monuments, there is any substantial uncertainty, ambiguity or confusion as to the correct and accurate description or location of the lands, blocks or lots therein described or the lines of the blocks, lots, streets, alleys, highways, parks, school property, cemeteries or other pieces or parcels devoted to public use,

such lost or destroyed map or plat may be restored or such faulty, erroneous or ambiguous map or plat may be corrected, or the confusion, ambiguity or uncertainty arising by reason of there being two or more conflicting maps or plats, or by reason of the destruction of section corners or other artificial or natural monuments, may be cured as provided in NRS 270.010 to 270.150 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.125 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.125
Land improvement fund: Creation by ordinance; composition; expenditures
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city having the type of commission form of government described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 267.010 , which has acquired by the provisions of any federal or any other law real property within its corporate boundaries, and which has adopted a policy, by its charter, of leasing or selling such real property, or portions thereof, in a manner that will result in the maximum benefit accruing to the city from such leases and sales, may, by ordinance, with the approval of the Department of Taxation, create a land improvement fund, which fund shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 354 of NRS .

2. The land improvement fund may be composed of: (a) Moneys transferred from any capital improvement fund existing pursuant to the provisions of the charter when so authorized by the registered voters of the city at an election. (b) Moneys contributed from the general fund of the city by action of the governing body, which contributions need not be repaid to the general fund of the city. (c) Such portion of the proceeds received by the city from the lease and sale of the real property as may be provided for by the charter or by city ordinance. (d) Any other moneys the deposit of which in the land improvement fund is budgeted for by the governing body or authorized by the registered voters of the city.

3. Moneys in the land improvement fund may be expended for: (a) Preparation of real property for sale or lease and costs incidental thereto. (b) Acquisition and construction of improvements on such real property prior to its sale or lease.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0193 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0193
Duty to adopt certain terms related to group homes by ordinance
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the governing body of each city shall adopt an ordinance using the following terms to describe the following types of facilities, homes, houses and institutions: (a) Child care institution, as that term is used in NRS 432A.0245 . (b) Facility for transitional living for released offenders, as that term is used in NRS 449.0055 . (c) Group foster home, as that term is used in NRS 424.015 . (d) Home for individual residential care, as that term is used in NRS 449.0105 . (e) Recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders, as that term is used in NRS 278.02374 . (f) Residential facility for groups, as that term is used in NRS 449.017 .

2. Subsection 1 requires the governing body of the city to use the specified terms solely for the purpose of referring to the named facilities, homes, houses and institutions and does not require the governing body to use the State's definition for the purpose of regulating or imposing any requirement with respect to such a facility, home, house or institution.

3. The governing body of a city is not required to include a term set forth in subsection 1 in the ordinance if: (a) A facility, home, house or institution of the type corresponding to the term does not exist in the city; or (b) The city's ordinances do not otherwise, by whatever name, refer to a facility, home, house or institution of the type corresponding to the term.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.323 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.323
Employment of security officers
Status: in_force

The governing body of a city may employ security officers.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.550 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.550
Powers and jurisdiction: Same as justice court; trial summary and without jury; exception; fees
Status: in_force

1. The municipal court shall have such powers and jurisdiction in the city as are now provided by law for justice courts, wherein any person or persons are charged with the breach or violation of the provisions of any ordinance of such city or of this chapter, of a police or municipal nature. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 of NRS 5.050 , the trial and proceedings in such cases must be summary and without a jury.

2. The powers of the municipal court include the power to charge and collect those fees authorized pursuant to NRS 5.073 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4122 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4122
Abatement of dangerous or noxious structures or conditions on private property: Ordinance establishing procedures; civil penalties for failure to abate; recovery of money expended by city; special assessment
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city may adopt by ordinance procedures pursuant to which the governing body or its designee may order an owner of property within the city to: (a) Repair, safeguard or eliminate a dangerous structure or condition; (b) Clear debris, rubbish, refuse, litter, garbage, abandoned or junk vehicles or junk appliances which are not subject to the provisions of chapter 459 of NRS ; or (c) Clear weeds and noxious plant growth, to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city.

2. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must: (a) Contain procedures pursuant to which the owner of the property is: (1) Sent a notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the existence on the property of a condition set forth in subsection 1 and the date by which the owner must abate the condition. (2) If the condition is not an immediate danger to the public health, safety or welfare and was caused by the criminal activity of a person other than the owner, afforded a minimum of 30 days to abate the condition. (3) Afforded an opportunity for a hearing before the designee of the governing body relating to the order of abatement and an appeal of that decision. The ordinance must specify whether all such appeals are to be made to the governing body or to a court of competent jurisdiction. (4) Afforded an opportunity for a hearing before the designee of the governing body relating to the imposition of civil penalties and an appeal of that decision. The ordinance must specify whether all such appeals are to be made to the governing body or to a court of competent jurisdiction. (b) Provide that the date specified in the notice by which the owner must abate the condition is tolled for the period during which the owner requests a hearing and receives a decision. (c) Provide the manner in which the city will recover money expended for labor and materials used to abate the condition on the property if the owner fails to abate the condition. (d) Provide for civil penalties for each day that the owner did not abate the condition after the date specified in the notice by which the owner was requested to abate the condition. (e) If the county board of health, city board of health or district board of health in whose jurisdiction the incorporated city is located has adopted a definition of garbage, use the definition of garbage adopted by the county board of health, city board of health or district board of health, as applicable.

3. In any county whose population is 700,000 or more, an ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 may authorize the city to request the operator of a tow car to abate a condition by towing abandoned or junk vehicles which are not concealed from ordinary public view by means of inside storage, suitable fencing, opaque covering, trees, shrubbery or other means if the governing body or its designee has directed the abatement of the condition pursuant to subsection 4. The operator of a tow car requested to tow a vehicle by a city pursuant to this section must comply with the provisions of NRS 706.444 to 706.453 , inclusive.

4. The governing body or its designee may direct the city to abate the condition on the property and may recover the amount expended by the city for labor and materials used to abate the condition or request abatement by the operator of a tow car pursuant to subsection 3 if: (a) The owner has not requested a hearing within the time prescribed in the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 and has failed to abate the condition on the property within the period specified in the notice; (b) After a hearing in which the owner did not prevail, the owner has not filed an appeal within the time prescribed in the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 and has failed to abate the condition within the period specified in the order; or (c) The governing body or a court of competent jurisdiction has denied the appeal of the owner and the owner has failed to abate the condition within the period specified in the order.

5. In addition to any other reasonable means for recovering money expended by the city to abate the condition and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, for collecting civil penalties imposed pursuant to the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1, the governing body or its designee may make the expense and civil penalties a special assessment against the property upon which the condition is or was located. The special assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county taxes are collected, and is subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary county taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of county taxes are applicable to such a special assessment.

6. Any civil penalties that have not been collected from the owner of the property may not be made a special assessment against the property pursuant to subsection 5 by the governing body or its designee unless: (a) At least 12 months have elapsed after the date specified in the notice by which the owner must abate the condition or the date specified in the order of the governing body or court by which the owner must abate the condition, whichever is later; (b) The owner has been billed, served or otherwise notified that the civil penalties are due; and (c) The amount of the uncollected civil penalties is more than $5,000.

7. If a designee of the governing body imposes a special assessment pursuant to subsection 5, the designee shall submit a written report to the governing body at least once each calendar quarter that sets forth, for each property against which such an assessment has been imposed: (a) The street address or assessor's parcel number of the property; (b) The name of each owner of record of the property as of the date of the assessment; and (c) The total amount of the assessment, stating the amount assessed for the expense of abatement and any amount assessed for civil penalties.

8. As used in this section, “ dangerous structure or condition ” means a structure or condition that may cause injury to or endanger the health, life, property, safety or welfare of the general public or the occupants, if any, of the real property on which the structure or condition is located. The term includes, without limitation, a structure or condition that: (a) Does not meet the requirements of a code or regulation adopted pursuant to NRS 268.413 with respect to minimum levels of health, maintenance or safety; or (b) Violates an ordinance, rule or regulation regulating health and safety enacted, adopted or passed by the governing body of a city, the violation of which is designated as a nuisance in the ordinance, rule or regulation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4107 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4107
Provision of services by municipal utility to real property not to be conditioned upon annexation of property
Status: in_force

If real property is located within the service area of a municipal utility, the provision of services by the municipal utility to the property may not be conditioned upon the property owner agreeing to annexation of the real property to the city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.3865 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.3865
Notice of special election: Publication; contents
Status: in_force

1. If the resolution adopted pursuant to NRS 266.386 calls a special election, the city clerk shall cause a notice of the election to be published in a newspaper printed in the county and having a general circulation in the city at least once a week for 2 consecutive weeks by two weekly insertions a week apart, the first publication to be not more than 14 days nor less than 8 days next preceding the election.

2. The notice of the special election must contain: (a) The time and places of holding the election. (b) The hours during the day in which the polls will be open, which must be the same as provided for general elections. (c) A statement of the question in substantially the same form as it will appear on the ballots.