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NV Rev Stat § 268.002 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.002 - "City government" defined.

City government means any public body, agency, bureau, board, commission, department, division, office or other unit of city government, or any officer or employee thereof, within the jurisdiction of the governing body of an incorporated city.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2701)
NV Rev Stat § 268.0025 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.0025 - "Incorporated city" and "city" defined.

Incorporated city or "city" means a city organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 266 of NRS or incorporated pursuant to a special charter.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2701)
NV Rev Stat § 268.003 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.003 - "Matter of local concern" defined.

  1. "Matter of local concern" means any matter that:  (a) Primarily affects or impacts areas located in the incorporated city, or persons who reside, work, visit or are otherwise present in areas located in the city, and does not have a significant effect or impact on areas located in other cities or counties;  (b) Is not within the exclusive jurisdiction of another governmental entity; and  (c) Does not concern:  (1) A state interest that requires statewide uniformity of regulation;  (2) The regulation of business activities that are subject to substantial regulation by a federal or state agency; or  (3) Any other federal or state interest that is committed by the Constitution, statutes or regulations of the United States or this State to federal or state regulation that preempts local regulation.  2. The term includes, without limitation, any of the following matters of local concern:  (a) Public health, safety and welfare in the city.  (b) Planning, zoning, development and redevelopment in the city.  (c) Nuisances and graffiti in the city.  (d) Outdoor assemblies in the city.  (e) Contracts and purchasing by city government.  (f) Operation, management and control of city jails and prisoners by city government.  (g) Any public property, buildings, lands, utilities and other public works owned, leased, operated, managed or controlled by city government, including, without limitation:  (1) Roads, highways and bridges.  (2) Parks, recreational centers, cultural centers, libraries and museums.  3. The provisions of subsection 2:  (a) Are intended to be illustrative;  (b) Are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive; and  (c) Must not be interpreted as either limiting or expanding the meaning of the term "matter of local concern" as provided in subsection 1.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2701)
NV Rev Stat § 268.0035 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.0035 - Powers of governing body; exercise of powers; prohibitions.

  1. Except as prohibited, limited or preempted by the Constitution, statutes or regulations of the United States or this State and except as otherwise provided in this section, the governing body of an incorporated city has:  (a) All powers expressly granted to the governing body;  (b) All powers necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted to the governing body; and  (c) All other powers necessary or proper to address matters of local concern for the effective operation of city government, whether or not the powers are expressly granted to the governing body. If there is any fair or reasonable doubt concerning the existence of a power of the governing body to address a matter of local concern pursuant to this paragraph, it must be presumed that the governing body has the power unless the presumption is rebutted by evidence of a contrary intent by the Legislature.  2. If there is a constitutional or statutory provision or provision of a city charter requiring the governing body of an incorporated city to exercise a power set forth in subsection 1 in a specific manner, the governing body may exercise the power only in that specific manner, but if there is no constitutional or statutory provision or provision of city charter requiring the governing body to exercise the power in a specific manner, the governing body may adopt an ordinance prescribing a specific manner for exercising the power.  3. Except as expressly authorized by statute or city charter, the governing body of an incorporated city shall not:  (a) Condition or limit its civil liability unless such condition or limitation is part of a legally executed contract or agreement between the city and another governmental entity or a private person or entity.  (b) Prescribe the law governing civil actions between private persons or entities.  (c) Impose duties on another governmental entity unless the performance of the duties is part of a legally executed agreement between the city and another governmental entity.  (d) Impose a tax.  (e) Order or conduct an election.  4. Except as expressly authorized by statute or city charter or necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to powers expressly authorized by statute or city charter, the governing body of an incorporated city shall not:  (a) Impose a service charge or user fee; or  (b) Regulate business activities that are subject to substantial regulation by a federal or state agency.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 2702)
NV Rev Stat § 268.005 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.005 - Corporate powers vested in governing body.

The corporate powers of any incorporated city are vested in the city council or other governing body of such city.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 882)
NV Rev Stat § 268.008 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.008 - General powers.

An incorporated city may:  1. Have and use a common seal, which it may alter at pleasure.  2. Purchase, receive, hold and use personal and real property wherever situated.  3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.059, 268.061 and 268.062, sell, convey and dispose of such personal and real property for the common benefit.  4. Determine what are public uses with respect to powers of eminent domain.  5. Acquire, own and operate a public transit system both within and without the city.  6. Receive bequests, devises, gifts and donations of all kinds of property wherever situated in fee simple, in trust or otherwise, for charitable or other purposes and do anything necessary to carry out the purposes of such bequests, devises, gifts and donations with full power to manage, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of such property in accordance with the terms of such bequest, devise, gift or donation.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 882; A 2005, 1466, 2680)
NV Rev Stat § 268.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.010 - Methods of amending city charter.

  1. As used in this section, "city" means an incorporated city.  2. An amendment to the charter of a city may be:  (a) Made by the Legislature.  (b) Proposed and submitted to the registered voters of the city by a majority of the whole governing body, and must be so submitted by a petition signed by registered voters of the city equal to 15 percent or more of the voters who voted at the last preceding general city election, setting forth the proposed amendments.  3. An amendment proposed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 must be submitted at the next primary or general city election or primary or general state election.  4. The city attorney shall draft any amendment proposed in the petition mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection 2 and an explanation thereof for submission to the registered voters.  5. The petition must be filed with the city clerk. It must be in the form and its sufficiency must be determined in the manner provided for city initiative petitions.  6. When an amendment is adopted by the registered voters of the city, the city clerk shall, within 30 days thereafter, transmit a certified copy of the amendment to the Legislative Counsel.  [1:85:1927; A 1929, 41; 1937, 150; 1939, 309; 1943, 217; 1943 NCL § 1257] — (NRS A 1961, 72; 1967, 383, 1226; 1985, 789, 1117; 1987, 367, 1711, 1732; 1993, 1044)
NV Rev Stat § 268.012 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.012 - Procedure for adoption by reference of specialized or uniform code.

An ordinance which adopts:  1. A specialized or uniform building, plumbing or electrical code printed in the form of a book or pamphlet;  2. Any other specialized or uniform code; or  3. Any portion of such a code,  may adopt it by reference with such changes as may be necessary to make it applicable to conditions in the city, and with such other changes as may be desirable, without the necessity of reading the code at length. The code, upon adoption, need not be published if an adequate number of copies of the code, either typewritten or printed, with the changes, if any, have been filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the city clerk. Notice of the filing must be given by one publication in a newspaper in the city, if there is one, otherwise in some newspaper published in the county with a general circulation in the city, and the copies must be filed, at least 10 days before the passage of the ordinance.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 882; A 1983, 364)
NV Rev Stat § 268.014 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.014 - Codification of ordinances; publication of code.

  1. The city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall have the power to codify and publish a code of its municipal ordinances in the form of a municipal code, which code may, at the election of the council or other governing body, have incorporated therein a copy of this chapter and such additional data as the council or other governing body may prescribe. When such a publication is published, two copies shall be filed with the librarian of the supreme court law library.  2. The ordinances in the code shall be arranged in appropriate chapters, articles and sections, excluding the titles, enacting clauses, signature of the mayor, attestations and other formal parts.  3. The codification shall be adopted by an ordinance which shall not contain any substantive changes, modifications or alterations of existing ordinances, and the only title necessary for the ordinance shall be "An ordinance for codifying and compiling the general ordinances of the City of ........"  4. The codification may, by ordinance regularly passed, adopted and published, be amended or extended.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 882; A 1973, 424)
NV Rev Stat § 268.017 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.017 - Pleading and proof of charter and ordinances in judicial proceedings.

The charter and all ordinances, rules, resolutions or other regulations of an incorporated city shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts without pleading the contents thereof. Such charter, ordinances, rules, resolutions or other regulations may be pleaded by title only and may be proved by introduction of:  1. The original entry thereof on the records of the city council or other governing body.  2. A copy of such original entry certified by the city clerk.  3. A printed copy published or purported to have been published by authority of the city council or other governing body.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 883)
NV Rev Stat § 268.018 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.018 - Power to establish misdemeanors by ordinance.

Except when specifically prohibited by law, an incorporated city by ordinance may establish as a city misdemeanor offense any offense which is a misdemeanor pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 175)
NV Rev Stat § 268.019 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.019 - Power to impose civil liability instead of criminal sanction.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the governing body of an incorporated city may by ordinance provide that the violation of a particular ordinance of such governing body imposes a civil liability to the city in an amount not to exceed $500 instead of a criminal sanction.  2. The governing body of an incorporated city may by ordinance provide that a violation of an ordinance adopted by the governing body pursuant to NRS 268.4122 by the owner of commercial property imposes a civil liability to the city in an amount not to exceed $1,000 instead of a criminal sanction.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 1781; A 2005, 1382)
NV Rev Stat § 268.0191 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.0191 - Power to authorize use of certain land for community gardening.

The governing body of a city may authorize, by ordinance, the use of vacant or blighted city land for the purpose of community gardening under such terms and conditions established for the use of the city land set forth by the ordinance. The ordinance may, without limitation:  1. Establish fees for the use of the city land;  2. Provide requirements for liability insurance; and  3. Provide requirements for a deposit to use the city land, which may be refunded.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 1357)
NV Rev Stat § 268.0193 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.0193 - Duty to adopt certain terms related to group homes by ordinance.

  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) Halfway house for persons recovering from alcohol and other substance use disorders, as that term is used in NRS 449.008.  (e) Home for individual residential care, as that term is used in NRS 449.0105.  (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.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 708)
NV Rev Stat § 268.0195 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.0195 - Duty to establish definition of "transient lodging" by ordinance.

  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 may include rooms or spaces in any one or more of the following:  (a) Hotels;  (b) Motels;  (c) Apartments;  (d) 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;  (e) Apartment hotels;  (f) Vacation trailer parks;  (g) Campgrounds;  (h) Parks for recreational vehicles; and  (i) Any other establishment that rents rooms or spaces to temporary or transient guests.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 1267)
NV Rev Stat § 268.0197 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.0197 - Designation of certain sites for completion of sales of personal property initiated on Internet; limitation of actions.

  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.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 255)
NV Rev Stat § 268.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.020 - Demands and claims to be presented within 6 months; certification.

  1. All demands and accounts against any incorporated city in this state, must be presented to the city council of the city, in writing, within 6 months from the time the demands or accounts became due.  2. Claims against any incorporated city for property damage, personal injuries and any other claim arising out of a tort must be certified by the claimant before presentation to the city council. No other claim or account need be certified. The certification required by this subsection must be in substantially the following form: "I hereby certify that the above and foregoing claim against the City of ........, State of Nevada, is just and reasonable, and that the claim is now due, owing and unpaid."  3. No demand or account against any incorporated city in this state may be audited, considered, allowed or paid by the city council or any officer or officers of the incorporated city unless the provisions of subsection 1 are strictly complied with.  4. No demand, account or claim which has once been rejected may be reconsidered or allowed by the same or any subsequently elected or appointed city council of the same city.  [1:23:1929; NCL § 1259] + [2:23:1929; NCL § 1260] + [3:23:1929; NCL § 1261] — (NRS A 1963, 27; 1981, 1887)
NV Rev Stat § 268.025 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.025 - Deposit of money of city or other local government in bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank; agreement for redeposit of money.

  1. Any incorporated city or other local government may deposit any money under the control of its treasurer in any insured state or national bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank which has an office within the State of Nevada.  2. Any incorporated city or other local government may enter into an agreement with an insured state or national bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank to:  (a) Arrange for the redeposit of any money under the control of its treasurer that exceeds the limits of insurance provided by an instrumentality of the United States or pursuant to NRS 672.750 into one or more insured deposit accounts in one or more insured state or national banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations or savings banks; and  (b) Ensure that the total amount of money redeposited and any interest accrued on that money is within the limits of insurance provided by an instrumentality of the United States or pursuant to NRS 672.750.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 1795; A 1979, 1883; 1999, 1465; 2015, 346)
NV Rev Stat § 268.028 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws|NRS 268.028 - Expenditure of public money; grant of public money and donation of certain property to certain nonprofit organizations or governmental entities.

  1. The governing body of a city may expend money for any purpose that will provide a substantial benefit to the inhabitants of the city. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the governing body may grant all or part of the money to a nonprofit organization created for religious, charitable or educational purposes to be expended for a selected purpose.  2. The governing body of a city or its authorized representative may donate commodities, supplies, materials and equipment that the governing body determines have reached the end of their useful lives to a nonprofit organization created for religious, charitable or educational purposes or to another governmental entity, to be used for any purpose which will provide a substantial benefit to the inhabitants of the city.  3. A grant or donation to a nonprofit organization created for religious, charitable or educational purposes and a donation to a governmental entity pursuant to this section must be made by resolution. The resolution must specify:  (a) The purpose of the grant or donation;  (b) If applicable, the maximum amount to be expended from the grant; and  (c) Any conditions or other limitations on the expenditure of the grant or the use of the donated property.  4. The provisions of this section do not limit the ability of a governing body of a city or its authorized representative to disburse money pursuant to NRS 321.5956 or any other specific statutory authority.  5. As used in this section:  (a) "Authorized representative" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 332.025.  (b) "Nonprofit organization created for religious, charitable or educational purposes" means an organization that meets the requirements set forth in NRS 372.3261.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1645; A 1999, 3539; 2001, 368)