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NV Rev Stat § 268.815 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.815 - Pedestrian mall exempt from certain legal requirements governing sidewalks, streets or other thoroughfares.

  1. A pedestrian mall is exempt from any provision of law providing standards or specifications for the composition, construction, layout, size and any other component of sidewalks, streets or other thoroughfares and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.  2. The governing body may include in an ordinance creating a pedestrian mall or otherwise adopt design or architectural standards, safety standards and other provisions for the regulation of the area included in a pedestrian mall that are different than those adopted for other areas of the city.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1175)
NV Rev Stat § 268.816 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.816 - Acquisition of property for pedestrian mall by eminent domain.

  1. A governing body may acquire property for a pedestrian mall by eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of chapter 37 of NRS.  2. For the purposes of chapters 37 and 244A of NRS, the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management and maintenance of a pedestrian mall are hereby declared to be public purposes.  3. For the purposes of chapter 244A of NRS, a pedestrian mall shall be deemed to be a recreational facility.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1175)
NV Rev Stat § 268.817 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.817 - Authorized uses of pedestrian mall; control and regulation of mall by governing body.

  1. A pedestrian mall may be used for any purpose that will enhance the movement, safety, convenience, enjoyment, entertainment, recreation or relaxation of pedestrians, and other purposes necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of NRS 268.810 to 268.823, inclusive, including, without limitation, seating, merchandising, exhibiting, advertising and any other use, activity or special event which in the judgment of the governing body or operating entity will accomplish any of those purposes.  2. The governing body may control or regulate or authorize the control or regulation of:  (a) The distribution and location of movable furniture, sculpture, devices to control pedestrian traffic, landscaping and other facilities that are incidental to the pedestrian mall;  (b) The uses to be permitted or restricted on the pedestrian mall by occupants of abutting property, any transit or telephone utility, concessionaires, vendors, newspaper vending machines and others to serve the convenience and enjoyment of pedestrians and the location of such uses;  (c) The raising of revenue through the imposition of a fee for the use of all or a portion of the pedestrian mall for special events or activities to offset the cost of operating and maintaining the pedestrian mall;  (d) The use of the pedestrian mall for advertising purposes and the charging of a fee in connection therewith;  (e) The operation of any lighting, heating or other facilities in the pedestrian mall;  (f) The replacement of any landscaping and maintenance of the furniture and facilities in the pedestrian mall;  (g) The access to the pedestrian mall by the public and closure of the pedestrian mall to the public for purposes of special events or activities for limited periods of time;  (h) The use of the pedestrian mall for parades and other similar activities; and  (i) Other activities, actions or conduct to promote the best interests of the public and carry out the provisions of NRS 268.810 to 268.823, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1175)
NV Rev Stat § 268.818 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.818 - Powers of operating entity.

In addition to any other powers, the operating entity may:  1. Unless otherwise limited by ordinance or by an agreement with the governing body:  (a) Adopt rules for the management of its affairs and the performance of its functions and duties;  (b) Employ such persons as may be required to carry out its duties and fix and pay their compensation from the money available to pay the expenses of the entity;  (c) Apply for or otherwise solicit, accept, administer and comply with any requirements of any appropriations of money or any gifts, grants or donations of property or money;  (d) Make and execute agreements which may be necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers and functions of the operating entity, including contracts with any person, firm, corporation, governmental agency or other entity, except that before any such agreement may bind the city in any way, the governing body must specifically approve the agreement;  (e) Administer and manage its own money and pay its own obligations;  (f) Enforce the conditions of any loan, grant, sale or lease made by the entity;  (g) Publicize the pedestrian mall and the businesses that are located within the pedestrian mall; and  (h) Recruit new businesses to fill vacancies and balance the combination of types of businesses in and around the pedestrian mall.  2. If specifically approved by the governing body:  (a) Fund or assist in the funding of the costs of improving the exterior appearance of property that abuts the pedestrian mall through grants or loans made to the owner or occupant of the property;  (b) Fund the rehabilitation of property that abuts the pedestrian mall;  (c) Accept, purchase, rehabilitate, sell, lease or manage any property that abuts the pedestrian mall, with the consent of the owner;  (d) Provide security, sanitation and other services for the property that abuts the pedestrian mall that are in addition to the services ordinarily provided by the city; and  (e) Acquire, construct or otherwise provide improvements that are designed to increase the safety or attractiveness of the pedestrian mall to businesses which may wish to locate there or to visitors to the mall, including, without limitation, cleanup and control of litter, landscaping, parking areas and facilities, recreational and rest areas and facilities pursuant to any applicable regulations of the governing body.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1176)
NV Rev Stat § 268.819 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.819 - Certain structures, facilities or activities related to pedestrian mall deemed not to constitute trespass, nuisance, unlawful obstruction or condition; limitation of liability.

  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.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1176)
NV Rev Stat § 268.821 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.821 - Governing body may require special license in lieu of imposing special assessment for cost of operation, management, maintenance and improvement of pedestrian mall; adoption of ordinance required; fees for special license; collection and deposit of fees.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.820, in lieu of funding by special assessments as provided in NRS 268.820, the governing body may, by ordinance, require special licenses for businesses that operate in the district created pursuant to NRS 268.820 and establish fees for those licenses in such a manner as to distribute equitably the budgeted costs of operating, managing, maintaining and improving the pedestrian mall for the ensuing fiscal year among those businesses. The ordinance may establish reasonable categories of businesses subject to licensing and reasonable exemptions therefrom or abatements of the fees therefor. The amount of the fee for each license must be determined by floor area of licensed business space, sales volume or another reasonable basis or combination of bases as determined by the governing body. An offset may be allowed for any portion of the cost of operating, managing, maintaining or improving the pedestrian mall which a business has paid directly or through contributions to a private operating entity.  2. All fees imposed pursuant to subsection 1 must be:  (a) Collected in the same manner as other business license fees are collected pursuant to this chapter; and  (b) Deposited in a separate account for the district.  3. The balance in the account for the district at the end of the fiscal year must be conserved and applied towards the financial requirements of the next ensuing fiscal year.  4. The ordinance requiring the special business license must provide a reasonable appeal procedure for any administrative determination made pursuant to the provisions of this section.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1178)
NV Rev Stat § 268.822 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.822 - Preparation and approval of budget of public operating entity; money paid or transferred to private operating entity must be included in budget of governing body or redevelopment agency.

  1. If the operating entity is a public operating entity created by the governing body for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 268.814, its budget must be prepared and approved in accordance with chapter 354 of NRS and must be submitted to the governing body for approval.  2. If the operating entity is a private operating entity with which the governing body entered into a contract, all money which will be paid or otherwise transferred to the operating entity by the governing body or a redevelopment agency must be included in the budget of the governing body or redevelopment agency transferring the money which is prepared and approved in accordance with the provisions of chapter 354 of NRS. The governing body may conduct such review of the budget of the private operating entity as the governing body deems appropriate in connection with such a transfer.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1179)
NV Rev Stat § 268.823 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.823 - Provisions do not prohibit governing body from including pedestrian mall within area, district or zone established to improve or rehabilitate property.

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.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1179)
NV Rev Stat § 268.900 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.900 - Police department to provide copy of crash reports and related materials upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions.

A police department or other law enforcement agency of a city 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, 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.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 1052; A 2005, 702; 2015, 1661)
NV Rev Stat § 268.910 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.910 - Organization for economic development: Confidentiality of records and documents.

  1. An organization for economic development formed by one or more cities shall, at the request of a client, keep confidential any record or other document in its possession concerning the initial contact with and research and planning for that client. If such a request is made, the executive head of the organization shall attach to the file containing the record or document a certificate signed by the executive head stating that a request for confidentiality was made by the client and showing the date of the request.  2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, records and documents that are confidential pursuant to subsection 1 remain confidential until the client:  (a) Initiates any process regarding the location of his or her business in a city that formed the organization for economic development which is within the jurisdiction of a governmental entity other than the organization for economic development; or  (b) Decides to locate his or her business in a city that formed the organization for economic development.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2198; A 2007, 2086)
NV Rev Stat § 268.920 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.920 - Programs, activities or events to increase participation of residents in development of public policy.

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.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 3276; A 2013, 58)
NV Rev Stat § 268.930 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.930 - Ramps.

  1. The governing body of an incorporated city may provide for the construction, installation and maintenance of ramps and any appurtenances necessary thereto that comply with all applicable requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.  2. The governing body of an incorporated city, or any person who is authorized by the governing body of an incorporated city to provide for the construction, installation and maintenance of ramps and any appurtenances necessary thereto that comply with all applicable requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., may locate such ramps and appurtenances within any public easement or right-of-way, including, without limitation, a public easement or right-of-way dedicated or restricted for use by any utility, if:  (a) The public easement or right-of-way is adjacent or appurtenant to or within a reasonable proximity of any public highway; and  (b) The ramps and appurtenances may be located safely within the public easement or right-of-way without damaging or forcing the relocation of the facilities of other persons, including, without limitation, public utilities, who are authorized to place their facilities within the public easement or right-of-way.  3. As used in this section:  (a) "Public easement or right-of-way" means any public easement or right-of-way that has been granted, dedicated or restricted solely for a public purpose, including, without limitation, for use by a public utility or for public access.   (b) "Public highway" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 277A.110.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 569)
NV Rev Stat § 269.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns|NRS 269.010 - Automatic application to disincorporated cities or towns, and towns formed by board of county commissioners; petition required in certain towns or cities.

  1. In the case of any disincorporated town or city, or any town formed by the board of county commissioners, all the provisions of this chapter immediately apply thereto.  2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, in a county whose population is less than 700,000 which has not adopted the Unincorporated Town Government Law, none of the powers or jurisdiction in this chapter authorized or required may be exercised in any town or city until there has been filed in the office of the county clerk a written petition for the application of the provisions of this chapter to the town or city, signed by a majority of the actual residents thereof, representing at least three-fifths of its taxable property. When a petition is filed, the genuineness of its signatures and the qualification of its subscribers must be established by the affidavits of reliable taxpayers of the town or city filed with the petition.  3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 269.016 to 269.022, inclusive, the boards of county commissioners constitute the governing body of all unincorporated towns within their respective counties.  [16:48:1881; A 1887, 117; C § 2189; RL § 892; NCL § 1246] — (NRS A 1973, 800; 1995, 2178; 2011, 1165)
NV Rev Stat § 269.011 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns|NRS 269.011 - Applicability of NRS 269.016 to 269.022, inclusive, and 269.024 to 269.0248, inclusive.

The provisions of NRS 269.016 to 269.022, inclusive, and 269.024 to 269.0248, inclusive, apply to each unincorporated town in a county having a population of less than 100,000 which has not elected to accept the provisions of the Unincorporated Town Government Law.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 1003; A 1979, 527; 1983, 1661)
NV Rev Stat § 269.012 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns|NRS 269.012 - Boundaries fixed when city disincorporates; effect of annexation by city.

  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.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1610)
NV Rev Stat § 269.013 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns|NRS 269.013 - Name: Unlawful use by another political subdivision.

It is unlawful for any political subdivision of the State of Nevada to adopt as its official name a name previously officially adopted by any town in this state.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 621)
NV Rev Stat § 269.014 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns|NRS 269.014 - Seal.

An unincorporated town in this state shall have a common seal and may change the seal at pleasure.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 1165; A 1985, 262)
NV Rev Stat § 269.016 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns|NRS 269.016 - Establishment of elected town board.

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.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1723; A 1968, 66; 2003, 1664)
NV Rev Stat § 269.0165 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns|NRS 269.0165 - Adoption by initiative petition; procedures for appointment or election of initial members of town board.

  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.  (Added to NRS by 1968, 66; A 1969, 1116, 1538; 1979, 527; 1983, 1661)
NV Rev Stat § 269.0166 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns|NRS 269.0166 - Additional qualifications of voters in election on initiative petition.

In addition to the qualifications prescribed in NRS 293.485 for electors in all elections, a person may vote in an election held pursuant to NRS 269.0165 only if the person has been a resident of the area for which it is proposed to establish a town board form of government for at least 30 days prior to such election.  (Added to NRS by 1968, 67)
NV Rev Stat § 269.017 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns|NRS 269.017 - Members of town board: Qualifications; initial appointments; subsequent election.

  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.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1723; A 1977, 201; 1985, 692)