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NV Rev Stat § 321.720 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.720 - Duties of Administrator concerning local governments.

  1. The Administrator shall develop and make available to cities and counties information useful to land use planning, including:  (a) Preparation and continuing revision of a statewide inventory of the land and natural resources of the State;  (b) Preparation and continuing revision of an inventory of state, local government and private needs and priorities concerning the acquisition and use of federal lands within the State;  (c) Preparation and continuing revision of an inventory of public and private institutional and financial resources available for land use planning and management within the State and of state and local programs and activities which have a land use impact of more than local concern;  (d) Provision, where appropriate, of technical assistance and training programs for state and local agency personnel concerned with the development and implementation of state and local land use programs;  (e) Coordination and exchange of land use planning information and data among state agencies and local governments, with the Federal Government, among the several states and interstate agencies, and with members of the public, including conducting of public hearings, preparation of reports and soliciting of comments on reports concerning information useful to land use planning;  (f) Coordination of planning for state and local acquisition and use of federal lands within the State, except that in the case of a plan which utilizes both federal and private lands the governing body of the area where private lands are to be utilized has final authority to approve the proposal;  (g) Provision of assistance to counties to develop programs to increase the responsibility of local governments for the management of lands in the State of Nevada that are under federal management; and  (h) Consideration of, and consultation with, the relevant states on the interstate aspects of land use issues of more than local concern.  2. To the extent practicable, the Administrator shall:  (a) Compile any information developed pursuant to subsection 1; and  (b) Make the compilation available to cities and counties.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 817; A 1975, 103; 1977, 1554; 1989, 1672; 1997, 1031; 2017, 650)
NV Rev Stat § 321.735 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.735 - Powers and duties concerning federal lands; action by certain cities and counties not precluded.

  1. The State Land Use Planning Agency may represent the interests of the State, its local or regional entities, or its citizens as these interests are affected by policies and activities involving the use of federal land.  2. The provisions of this section do not preclude a city or county whose governing body has adopted a master plan pursuant to NRS 278.220 from representing its own interests in accordance with NRS 278.243.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 1128, 1553; A 1983, 1883; 1999, 1422)
NV Rev Stat § 321.7353 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.7353 - Notice of federal acquisition of private land to be provided to affected cities and counties; submission of written comment.

  1. Upon receipt of a notice of realty action from the United States concerning the purchase by the Federal Government of private land or the exchange of public land for private land, the State Land Use Planning Agency shall give written notice of the proposed action to the governing body of each county or city affected within 1 week after its receipt of the notice.  2. The governing body of each affected county or city may, in addition to submission of comments directly to the Federal Government, deliver its written comments on the proposed realty action, including an estimation of any related reduction in the total assessed valuation of the real property within the jurisdiction of the local government and recommendations for mitigation of the loss of assessed valuation, to the State Land Use Planning Agency within 30 days after receipt of the notice.  3. If the State Land Use Planning Agency elects to submit written comment to the Federal Government upon the realty action, it shall include in its submission any comments it received pursuant to subsection 2.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1376)
NV Rev Stat § 321.7355 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.7355 - Plan or statement of policy concerning lands under federal management.

  1. The State Land Use Planning Agency shall prepare, in cooperation with appropriate federal and state agencies and local governments throughout the State, plans or statements of policy concerning the acquisition and use of lands in the State of Nevada that are under federal management.  2. The State Land Use Planning Agency shall, in preparing the plans and statements of policy, identify lands which are suitable for acquisition for:  (a) Commercial, industrial or residential development;  (b) The expansion of the property tax base, including the potential for an increase in revenue by the lease and sale of those lands; or  (c) Accommodating increases in the population of this State.  The plans or statements of policy must not include matters concerning zoning or the division of land and must be consistent with local plans and regulations concerning the use of private property.  3. The State Land Use Planning Agency shall:  (a) Encourage public comment upon the various matters treated in a proposed plan or statement of policy throughout its preparation and incorporate such comments into the proposed plan or statement of policy as are appropriate;  (b) Submit its work on a plan or statement of policy periodically for review and comment by the Land Use Planning Advisory Council and any committees of the Legislature or subcommittees of the Legislative Commission that deal with matters concerning the public lands; and  (c) Provide written responses to written comments received from a county or city upon the various matters treated in a proposed plan or statement of policy.  4. Whenever the State Land Use Planning Agency prepares plans or statements of policy pursuant to subsection 1 and submits those plans or policy statements to the Governor, Legislature or an agency of the Federal Government, the State Land Use Planning Agency shall include with each plan or statement of policy the comments and recommendations of:  (a) The Land Use Planning Advisory Council; and  (b) Any committees of the Legislature or subcommittees of the Legislative Commission that deal with matters concerning the public lands.  5. A plan or statement of policy must be approved by the governing bodies of the county and cities affected by it before it is put into effect.  (Added to NRS by 1983, 1882; A 1989, 1673; 1995, 643; 1997, 1032, 3251; 2011, 2478; 2013, 1620)
NV Rev Stat § 321.736 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.736 - Hearings and recommendations of local planning agencies.

  1. Upon receipt of an application by the United States for consent to a use of public land, the State Land Use Planning Agency shall give written notice of the application to the planning agencies of the local governments within 1 week after its receipt of the application.  2. Each planning agency so notified shall within 45 days after the notice is sent hold a public hearing on the application at the place where it normally meets. If the land is located within the jurisdiction of two or more planning agencies, each of those agencies must hold a hearing.  3. Each planning agency shall notify the public by publication in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation published in each of the counties in which the land is located. The notice must be published at least 20 days before the date set for the hearing and set forth a description of the land and the use for which consent is sought as stated in the application. The cost of publishing the notice must be borne by the United States or by someone in its behalf.  4. Each planning agency shall deliver its written recommendation on the application, including the reasons for its recommendation, to the State Land Use Planning Agency within 15 days after the conclusion of its hearing on the application.  5. The application must contain such information and supporting documents as are prescribed in regulations adopted by the State Land Use Planning Agency and approved by the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 921)
NV Rev Stat § 321.737 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.737 - Transfer or referral of certain applications to State Engineer.

In considering applications to obtain consent to a use of the public lands, the State Land Use Planning Agency shall transfer the application to the State Engineer for his or her decision or refer it to the State Engineer for technical or engineering advice if the application or use affects water rights, reclamation, flood control or protection of watershed. The water law of this State is the rule of decision in all matters relating to water rights.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 922)
NV Rev Stat § 321.738 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.738 - Hearing and recommendation of State Agency.

  1. The State Land Use Planning Agency shall hold a hearing on an application for consent to use public land within 45 days after it receives the written recommendation from the planning agencies. The State Agency shall give notice of its hearing as required by law. At its hearing the State Agency shall receive any testimony pertaining to any use of the land which is not repetitive and shall consider the written recommendation of the planning agency.  2. The State Agency shall deliver its written recommendation on the application, including the reasons for its recommendation to the Governor within 15 days after the conclusion of its hearing on the application.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 922)
NV Rev Stat § 321.739 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.739 - Grant or denial of consent by Governor.

  1. The Governor in deciding whether to grant or deny the consent of the State to a use of public land shall:  (a) Balance the interests of the Federal Government and the State; and  (b) Not apply standards or impose conditions respecting the use of land which are more restrictive than those generally applicable to other persons or governmental agencies in this State.  2. In granting the consent of the State the Governor shall not grant or waive any right, privilege, immunity or other incident of sovereignty provided for in NRS 328.085.  3. Any recommendation of the State Land Use Planning Agency which is not acted on by the Governor within 30 days after receiving it and which is not in conflict with the requirements of this section is automatically approved unless the Governor in a writing which is attached to the application and recommendations defers the decision for a good cause.  4. The consent of the Governor to a use of public land must be evidenced by a certificate signed by the Governor and delivered to the United States. A copy of the certificate must also be delivered to the State Land Registrar.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 922)
NV Rev Stat § 321.750 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.750 - Duties.

The Land Use Planning Advisory Council shall:  1. Advise the Administrator on the development and distribution to cities and counties of information useful to land use planning.  2. Advise the State Land Use Planning Agency regarding the development of plans and statements of policy pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 321.7355.  3. Work cooperatively with the Attorney General and the Nevada Association of Counties as required pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 405.204.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 819; A 1975, 105; 1977, 1556; 1997, 1033; 2015, 2634)
NV Rev Stat § 321.755 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.755 - Executive Council.

  1. The Executive Council of the Land Use Planning Advisory Council is hereby created to resolve inconsistencies between the land use plans of local government entities.  2. The Executive Council consists of the Administrator and four persons selected by the Land Use Planning Advisory Council from among its members. To the extent practicable, the members selected to serve on the Executive Council must be representative of the various geographic areas of this State. Each member of the Executive Council shall serve for 2-year terms.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 1552; A 1979, 151; 2015, 375)
NV Rev Stat § 321.761 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.761 - Technical assistance; submission of matter to Executive Council.

  1. If an inconsistency in land use plans develops between two or more adjacent or overlapping local government entities which cannot be resolved between them, one or more of them may request the State Land Use Planning Agency to study and assist in resolving the inconsistency.  2. Upon receipt of such a request the Administrator shall convene a meeting of all the affected entities and shall provide technical assistance and advice in resolving the inconsistency.  3. If, after subsequent meetings over a reasonable period of time as determined by the Administrator, the affected entities cannot resolve the inconsistency, the matter shall be submitted to the Executive Council of the Land Use Planning Advisory Council for a decision.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 1552)
NV Rev Stat § 321.763 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.763 - Duties of State Agency; adoption, enforcement and expiration of plans and regulations.

  1. When an inconsistency in land use plans is submitted for decision, the Executive Council may direct the staff of the State Land Use Planning Agency to conduct studies, assemble information and prepare proposals for alternative courses of action if necessary.  2. The Executive Council shall conduct public hearings in the affected areas before arriving at a decision in the matter.  3. In rendering its decision, the Executive Council may sustain the position of one or more of the local government entities involved or prescribe its own land use plan for the area of inconsistency. The Executive Council may adopt land use regulations to carry out its decision.  4. All land use plans and regulations adopted by the Executive Council pursuant to this section supersede inconsistent plans and regulations of the affected local government entities, but the local government entities are responsible for enforcing the plans and regulations of the Executive Council.  5. In the event of noncompliance with such plans or regulations, any affected local government entity may bring an action to obtain injunctive relief against such noncompliance.  6. The Executive Council, upon petition from all of the affected local government entities or on its own motion, may determine the expiration date of the plans and regulations imposed pursuant to this section.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 1552; A 1979, 152)
NV Rev Stat § 321.770 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands|NRS 321.770 - Duties of Administrator and Land Use Planning Advisory Council.

  1. The State Land Use Planning Agency shall provide assistance in land use planning for areas of critical environmental concern:  (a) When the Governor directs that the Agency review and assist in land use planning for an area the Governor finds to be of critical environmental concern.  (b) When one or more local government entities request that the Agency advise and assist in land use planning for an area which affects them and which they consider to be of critical environmental concern.  2. Upon receipt of a directive or a request pursuant to subsection 1, the Administrator shall study the problems of the area described and meet with the affected local government entities to receive their initial comments and recommendations. The Administrator shall then submit the matter of planning for the area of critical environmental concern to the Land Use Planning Advisory Council for consideration and recommendation.  3. The Land Use Planning Advisory Council shall include in its procedures one or more public hearings upon notice given by at least one publication at least 20 days before the hearing in a newspaper or combination of newspapers having general circulation throughout the area affected and each city and county any portion of whose territory lies within such area. The notice shall state with particularity the subject of the hearing.  4. Following completion of the hearings and consideration of other information, the Land Use Planning Advisory Council shall make its final recommendations for land use planning policies in the area of critical environmental concern. The recommendations may include proposed land use regulations to carry out such policies.  5. No land use regulation adopted by the Land Use Planning Advisory Council pursuant to this section may become effective without the approval of the Governor.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 820; A 1975, 105; 1977, 1556; 2015, 375)
NV Rev Stat § 322.003 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.003 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 322.0032 to 322.0066, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1995, 2510)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0032 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0032 - "Agricultural use" defined.

Agricultural use means any use required for farming or ranching.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0034 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0034 - "Boat-fueling facility" defined.

Boat-fueling facility means a pump or similar device used for transferring fuel to vessels on a navigable body of water.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0036 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0036 - "Boat hoist" defined.

Boat hoist means a hoist, other than a hoist inside a boat house, for raising vessels from, or lowering vessels into, a navigable body of water.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1995, 2511)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0037 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0037 - "Boat house" defined.

Boat house means a covered or enclosed structure, in or on a navigable body of water, designed specifically to store, enclose, shelter or protect a vessel away from the elements.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2510)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0038 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0038 - "Boat ramp" defined.

Boat ramp means a ramp for launching vessels into, or retrieving vessels from, a navigable body of water.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
NV Rev Stat § 322.004 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.004 - "Boat slip" defined.

Boat slip means a space, other than a space inside a boat house, designed for the mooring or storage of vessels on a navigable body of water.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1995, 2511)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0042 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0042 - "Commercial use" defined.

Commercial use means any use conducted primarily for profit, except a use conducted by a governmental or quasi-governmental entity.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1997, 972)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0043 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0043 - "Deck" defined.

Deck means a fixed or floating platform or other structure, other than a boat house or pier, which is attached to the shore or bed of, and extends into or over, a navigable body of water.  (Added to NRS by 1995, 2510)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0044 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0044 - "Dredging" defined.

Dredging means the removing or rearranging of any material below the high water elevation of a navigable body of water.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0046 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0046 - "Filling" defined.

Filling means the deposit of any material below the high water elevation of a navigable body of water.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
NV Rev Stat § 322.005 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.005 - "Geothermal resource" defined.

Geothermal resource means the natural heat of the earth and the energy associated with that natural heat, pressure and all dissolved or entrained minerals that may be obtained from the medium used to transfer that heat, but excluding hydrocarbons and helium.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 512; A 1981, 659; 1993, 1459)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0052 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0052 - "Littoral or riparian residential parcel" defined.

Littoral or riparian residential parcel means a parcel of land which:  1. Adjoins the bed of a navigable body of water; and  2. Is restricted to single-family residential use.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0054 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0054 - "Mooring buoy" defined.

Mooring buoy means a float:  1. Which is anchored to the bed of a navigable body of water; and  2. To which a vessel is fastened through the use of cables, lines, ropes or anchors for the purpose of maintaining the vessel in a stationary position in the water.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0056 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0056 - "Multiple residential use" defined.

Multiple residential use means the use of a facility, structure or other object, except a commercial use, exclusively by the owners of two or more littoral or riparian residential parcels and their families and guests.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0058 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0058 - "Pier" defined.

Pier means a fixed or floating platform or other structure, other than a boat house or deck, which:  1. Extends into or over a navigable body of water;  2. Is attached to pillars, piles, rocks or metal or is anchored to the bottom of the body of water; and  3. Affords convenient passage to and from vessels or provides a mooring for vessels.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1995, 2511)
NV Rev Stat § 322.006 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.006 - "Recreational dredging" defined.

Recreational dredging means dredging conducted primarily for personal pleasure using a portable vacuum or suction dredge which has an intake that does not exceed 4 inches in diameter.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0062 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0062 - "Single residential use" defined.

Single residential use means the use of a facility, structure or other object, except a commercial use, exclusively by the owner of a littoral or riparian residential parcel and his or her family and guests.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1457)
NV Rev Stat § 322.0066 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands|NRS 322.0066 - "Vessel" defined.

Vessel means any boat or other watercraft used as a means of transportation on water.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1457)