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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3545 - Conditions which may be imposed.

The conditions which may be imposed by the board, as provided in NRS 244.3544, for the protection of the health, safety and property of local residents and persons attending such assemblies may include the following:
1. A minimum number of law enforcement officers employed at the licensee’s expense.
2. Adequate drinking water.
3. An adequate sewage system.
4. Adequate food supplies.
5. Adequate toilet facilities.
6. Adequate medical facilities, including doctors and supplies.
7. A minimum amount of parking space for vehicles.
8. Adequate camping facilities.
9. Indemnity or performance bonds.
10. Adequate fire protection at the licensee’s expense.
11. Financial statements.
12. A communication system.
13. Other conditions determined by the board to be necessary to protect the health, welfare and property of local residents and persons attending the assembly.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1298)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3546 - Denial of license: Grounds; notice.

1. After holding the hearing required under NRS 244.3544, the board 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 244.354 to 244.3548, 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 county 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, the applicant’s employee, agent 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, the applicant’s employee, agent 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 county 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.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1299)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3547 - Revocation and reinstatement of license; notice.

1. The board may revoke any license or may reinstate any license on such suitable conditions as are determined by the board.
2. Notice of intent to revoke shall be given and the licensee is entitled to a hearing.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1299)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3548 - Unlawful acts.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.35425, it is unlawful for any licensee or any employee, agent or associate of a licensee to:
1. Hold an actual or reasonably anticipated assembly of 1,000 or more persons without first procuring a license to do so.
2. Sell tickets to such an assembly without a license first having been obtained.
3. Hold such an assembly in such a manner as to create a public or private nuisance.
4. Exhibit, show or conduct within the place of such an assembly any obscene, indecent, vulgar or lewd exhibition, show, play, entertainment or exhibit, no matter by what name designated.
5. Allow any person on the premises of the licensed assembly to cause or create a disturbance in, around or near any place of the assembly, by offensive or disorderly conduct.
6. Knowingly allow any person to consume, sell or be in possession of intoxicating liquor while in such assembly except where the consumption or possession is expressly authorized by the board and under the laws of the State of Nevada.
7. Knowingly allow any person at the licensed assembly to use, sell or be in possession of any controlled substance while in, around or near a place of the assembly.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1299; A 1987, 1548; 2013, 1466)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.35482 - "Sidewalk vendor" defined.

As used in NRS 244.35481 to 244.35488, 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.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1432)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.35483 - Adoption of ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors: Exceptions; prohibitions.

1. A board of county commissioners may adopt an ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors in accordance with the requirements of NRS 244.35481 to 244.35488, inclusive.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.35481 to 244.35488, inclusive, a board of county commissioners shall not:
(a) Enact or enforce a complete prohibition on sidewalk vendors.
(b) Impose a criminal penalty on the act of sidewalk vending in a residential area.
3. A board of county commissioners that does not adopt an ordinance that complies or substantially complies with NRS 244.35481 to 244.35488, inclusive, shall not cite, fine or prosecute a sidewalk vendor for a violation of any rule or regulation that is inconsistent with the provisions of NRS 244.35481 to 244.35488, inclusive.
4. If a board of county commissioners adopts an ordinance pursuant to this section, the board of county commissioners shall post on its Internet website a map of the zones where a person may engage in the act of sidewalk vending.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1432)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.35484 - Unlawful acts; penalties; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person shall not sell food, beverages or merchandise upon a public sidewalk or pedestrian path from a conveyance, including, without limitation, a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase or rack, within 1,500 feet of:
(a) A resort hotel, as defined in NRS 463.01865;
(b) An event facility that has seating capacity for at least 20,000 people and is constructed to accommodate a major or minor league sports team;
(c) A convention facility operated by a county fair and recreation board; or
(d) A median of a highway, if the median is adjacent to a parking lot.
2. For any violation of subsection 1, a board of county commissioners may impose a criminal, civil or administrative penalty in accordance with an ordinance adopted by the board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 244.35483. The maximum criminal penalty that may be specified in an ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 244.35483 is a misdemeanor. A violation of subsection 1 or such an ordinance does not constitute a crime of moral turpitude.
3. Nothing in this section authorizes a person to sell merchandise 1,500 feet or more from:
(a) A resort hotel, as defined in NRS 463.01865;
(b) An event facility that has seating capacity for at least 20,000 people and is constructed to accommodate a major or minor league sports team;
(c) A convention facility operated by a county fair and recreation board; or
(d) A median of a highway that is adjacent to a parking lot.
4. A person may sell food, beverages or merchandise within 1,500 feet of a location described in subsection 1 if the conveyance from which the person is selling food, beverages or merchandise is located in an area which is zoned exclusively for residential use, unless the area is on a public sidewalk or pedestrian path that is immediately adjacent to a location described in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1432)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.35485 - Ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors: Requirements.

An ordinance adopted by a board of county commissioners regulating sidewalk vendors pursuant to NRS 244.35483 may require that a sidewalk vendor:
1. Hold:
(a) A permit or license for sidewalk vending;
(b) A state business license; and
(c) Any other licenses issued by a state or local governmental agency to the extent otherwise required by law.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a sidewalk vendor to not comply with any requirement to obtain a state business license or other license issued by a state agency or any permit or license issued by a local government, agency or board of health to the extent otherwise required by law.
2. Submit information to the designated representative of the county relating to his or her operations, including, without limitation:
(a) The name and current mailing address of the sidewalk vendor;
(b) If the sidewalk vendor is an agent of an individual, company, partnership or corporation, the name and business address of the principal office;
(c) A description of the food offered for sale; and
(d) A certification by the sidewalk vendor that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the information submitted pursuant to this section is true.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1433)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.35486 - Ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors: Authorized provisions. [Effective July 1, 2024.]

1. In addition to the provisions of NRS 244.35485, an ordinance adopted by a board of county commissioners 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 244.337 during the operating hours of the farmers’ market.
(2) Within the immediate vicinity of an area designated for a temporary special event by the board of county commissioners, 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 board of county commissioners of:
(I) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.35484, 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 park or recreational facility owned by the county; 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 county 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.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1434, effective July 1, 2024)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.35487 - Power of board of county commissioners to impose penalties for violations of ordinance.

1. In accordance with an ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 244.35481 to 244.35488, inclusive, a board of county commissioners or its designee 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 board of county commissioners or its designee 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 244.35484.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1434)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.35488 - Limitations on effect of provisions.

The provisions of NRS 244.35481 to 244.35488, inclusive, shall not be construed to:
1. Exempt a person from complying with any state or local law or regulation;
2. Provide a defense to any criminal charge unrelated to the act of sidewalk vending; or
3. Affect the rights of a private property owner to use or authorize or limit the use of a sidewalk that is owned by the private property owner, including, without limitation, a privately owned sidewalk that is subject to an easement for public access.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1435)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3549 - Duty to adopt certain terms related to group homes by ordinance.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, each board of county commissioners 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 defined in NRS 278.02374.
(f) Residential facility for groups, as that term is used in NRS 449.017.
2. Subsection 1 requires the board of county commissioners to use the specified terms solely for the purpose of referring to the named facilities, homes, houses and institutions and does not require the board to adopt the State’s definition for the purpose of regulating or imposing any requirement with respect to such a facility, home, house or institution.
3. A board of county commissioners 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 county; or
(b) The county’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, 707; A 2023, 1734)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.355 - Animals running at large on highways may be prohibited by ordinance.

1. The boards of county commissioners of the respective counties are authorized, upon petition of 20 percent of the taxpayers residing in any district herein defined, to pass ordinances prohibiting horses, cattle, swine, goats or sheep from running at large upon any portion of the roads and highways within the district which are fenced on both sides.
2. The petition may be presented at any regular or special meeting of any board of county commissioners, and shall define the boundaries of the district sought to be established, and shall pray that such district may be established and that an ordinance may be passed by the board of county commissioners prohibiting any of the livestock mentioned in subsection 1 from running at large therein.
3. The boards of county commissioners are authorized and empowered to provide in such ordinance for the impounding and sale of any such livestock running at large within such district, and making a violation of any of the provisions of the ordinance a misdemeanor and punishable as such.
[1:165:1919; 1919 RL p. 2843; NCL § 4031] + [2:165:1919; 1919 RL p. 2843; NCL § 4032] + [3:165:1919; 1919 RL p. 2844; NCL § 4033]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3555 - Permits to solicit charitable contributions while standing on median strip of highway or sidewalk adjacent to highway.

1. The boards of county commissioners of a county whose population is 700,000 or more shall provide by ordinance for the issuance of permits to charitable organizations which allow the holders to solicit charitable contributions for the respective organization while standing on the median strip of any highway or the sidewalk adjacent to the highway within the jurisdiction of the county. The county shall, upon receipt of the completed application, issue the permit for the period requested which may not exceed 3 days in a calendar year. The county may reasonably limit the time, place and manner of the solicitation to preserve public safety. In no case may a person whose age is less than 18 years be permitted to participate in the solicitation. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population is less than 700,000 may provide for such permits in the same manner.
2. The board may charge a fee for such a permit which does not exceed:
(a) An amount reasonably calculated to reimburse the county for its administrative costs in considering and processing the application; or
(b) Fifty dollars,
whichever is less.
3. The charitable organization:
(a) Shall indemnify the county against any injury to any person or property during the solicitation which arises from or is incident to the act of solicitation; and
(b) Is liable for any injury to any person or property during the solicitation which arises from the negligence of the soliciting agent.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Charitable organization" means an organization which:
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury has determined is an exempt organization pursuant to the provisions of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
(2) Holds a current certificate of organization or is currently qualified by the Secretary of State to do business in this State.
(b) "Highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way maintained by a public authority when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic. The term does not include a "freeway" as that term is defined in NRS 408.060.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 140; A 2011, 1108)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.356 - Ordinance regulating traffic on streets of residential and commercial areas in federal military installation authorized.

The board of county commissioners of a county in which a federal military installation is located and where exclusive federal jurisdiction is no bar may enact ordinances regulating traffic upon the streets and alleys of residential and commercial areas within the boundaries of such federal military installation.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 26)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3565 - Ordinance regulating use of mobile carrying device or personal delivery device in unincorporated area of county; limitations.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of commissioners of each county in this State may, to protect the health and safety of the public, enact an ordinance which:
(a) Regulates the time, place and manner of the operation of a mobile carrying device or personal delivery device in the unincorporated areas of the county, including, without limitation, by prohibiting the use of a mobile carrying device or personal delivery device in a specified area of the county; and
(b) Establishes additional standards for the safe operation of a personal delivery device.
2. A board of county commissioners, in enacting an ordinance pursuant to subsection 1, may not prohibit the use of a mobile carrying device on a sidewalk in the county that is more than 36 inches wide.
3. The board of county commissioners of each county in this State may not enact an ordinance which regulates:
(a) The design, manufacture, maintenance, taxation or assessment of a personal delivery device; or
(b) The types of property, other than alcohol and cannabis, that may be transported by a personal delivery device.
4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a board of county commissioners from requiring a personal delivery device operator to obtain from the county a business license or pay any business license fee in the same manner that is generally applicable to any other business that operates within the jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Mobile carrying device" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484B.029.
(b) "Personal delivery device" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484B.044.
(c) "Personal delivery device operator" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484B.045.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3104; A 2023, 942)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.357 - Police, sanitary, loitering, prowling and traffic ordinances: Enactment and enforcement.

1. Each board of county commissioners may enact and enforce such local police and sanitary ordinances and regulations as are not in conflict with the general laws and regulations of the State of Nevada, but may not enact any ordinance or regulation fixing a speed limit on any United States highway or any highway or road which is constructed, reconstructed, improved or maintained by the Department of Transportation as provided in chapter 408 of NRS.
2. Such police and sanitary ordinances and regulations may be enacted to apply throughout an entire county or, where the subject matter makes it appropriate and reasonable, may be enacted to govern only a limited area within the county which must be specified in the ordinance.
3. Each board of county commissioners may enact and enforce loitering and prowling ordinances.
4. Subject to the restriction of subsection 1, each board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, regulate:
(a) All vehicular, pedestrian and other traffic within the unincorporated area of the county and provide generally for the public safety on public streets, publicly owned parking lots, parking areas to which the public is invited and the public rights-of-way.
(b) The length of time for which vehicles may be parked upon the public streets and publicly owned parking lots.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 119; A 1967, 1505; 1973, 187, 469; 1979, 1790; 1993, 809)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.35705 - Ordinance concerning criminal gang activity and certain buildings and places harboring such activity: Injunctions; damages, fees and costs; violation of injunction; immune entities.

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or ordinance, each board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the county, adopt procedures pursuant to which the district attorney may file a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to seek any or all of the following relief:
(a) A temporary or permanent injunction against any specific member of a criminal gang to enjoin his or her activity which is associated with the criminal gang and which is occurring within the county.
(b) The recovery of money damages, attorney’s fees and costs from:
(1) Any member of a criminal gang that is engaging in criminal activities within the county; and
(2) The owner of a building or place located within the county that has been found to be a public nuisance because the building or place is regularly and continuously used by the members of a criminal gang to engage in, or facilitate the commission of, crimes by the criminal gang, but only if the owner has actual notice that the building or place is regularly and continuously used by the members of a criminal gang to engage in, or facilitate the commission of, crimes by the criminal gang.
2. Any money damages awarded in an action brought pursuant to this section must be:
(a) Paid by, or collected from:
(1) Any assets of the criminal gang or its members that were derived from the criminal activities of the criminal gang or its members;
(2) Any assets of the owner of a building or place that has been found to constitute a public nuisance; or
(3) Any combination of the assets described in subparagraphs (1) and (2).
(b) Deposited into a separate, segregated fund in the county treasury, to be used solely for the benefit of the specific community or neighborhood that has been injured by the criminal activities of the criminal gang or the existence of the building or place that constitutes a public nuisance.
3. A member of a criminal gang who is subject to a temporary or permanent injunction granted pursuant to this section and who knowingly and intentionally commits a material violation of the terms of that injunction is guilty of a misdemeanor. If the violation also constitutes a criminal offense under another provision of law, the violation may be prosecuted pursuant to this section or the other provision of law, or both.
4. An action may not be brought pursuant to this section against:
(a) Any governmental entity; or
(b) Any charitable or nonprofit organization that is conducting, with ordinary care and skill, activities relating to prevention or education concerning criminal gangs.
5. As used in this section, "criminal gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 193.168.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1312)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3571 - Ordinance to regulate operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices or certain vehicles operated by security guards.

1. Each board of county commissioners may, to protect the health and safety of the public, enact an ordinance which regulates the time, place and manner of the operation of:
(a) An electric personal assistive mobility device; or
(b) A vehicle operating pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 484B.117,
in the county, including, without limitation, by prohibiting the use of an electric personal assistive mobility device or a vehicle specified in paragraph (b) in a specified area of the county.
2. As used in this section, "electric personal assistive mobility device" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.029.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 415; A 2015, 214)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3572 - Ordinance to establish offense related to purchase, possession or use of tobacco products by children.

1. A board of county commissioners may adopt an ordinance to establish an offense related to tobacco that may include provisions which prohibit a child who is under the age of 18 years from:
(a) Purchasing or attempting to purchase tobacco products;
(b) Possessing or attempting to possess tobacco products;
(c) Using tobacco products; or
(d) Falsely representing that he or she is 18 years of age or older to purchase, possess or obtain tobacco products.
2. An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section must provide that the provisions of the ordinance do not apply to a child who is under the age of 18 years and who is:
(a) Assisting in an inspection pursuant to NRS 202.2496;
(b) Handling or transporting tobacco products in the course of his or her lawful employment;
(c) Handling or transporting tobacco products in the presence of his or her parent, spouse or legal guardian who is 18 years of age or older; or
(d) Possessing or using tobacco products for an established religious purpose.
3. As used in this section, "tobacco products" means cigarettes, cigarette paper, tobacco of any description or products made or derived from tobacco. As used in this subsection, the term "products made or derived from tobacco" does not include any product regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration pursuant to Chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 351 et seq.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1534)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3573 - Provision of public safety within certain areas of mobile home park.

1. Members of a county law enforcement agency, or if the county is within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan police department, the members of the metropolitan police department, may patrol and provide for the public safety:
(a) Within the common areas of a mobile home park that is located within the unincorporated area of the county and into or upon which the public is admitted by easement, license or otherwise; and
(b) With the permission of the manager of such a mobile home park, within other areas of the mobile home park.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Manager" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 118B.0145; and
(b) "Mobile home park" has the meaning ascribed to "manufactured home park" in NRS 118B.017.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2051; A 2001, 1189)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3575 - Ordinances regulating parking: Civil penalty in lieu of criminal sanction.

A board of county commissioners may by ordinance provide that the violation of a specific ordinance regulating parking imposes a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $155, instead of a criminal sanction.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1058)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.358 - Ordinance for control of rabies.

In order to control rabies and to protect the public health and welfare, the board of county commissioners of each county of this state shall enact an ordinance providing for a rabies control program and shall include within the ordinance the requirements established by regulations adopted by the State Board of Health.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1073; A 1989, 301)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.359 - Ordinance concerning control of animals, license fee and designation of and requirement of liability insurance policy for inherently dangerous animals; applicability; civil liability in lieu of criminal penalty in certain circumstances; exception.

1. Each board of county commissioners may enact and enforce an ordinance or ordinances:
(a) Fixing, imposing and collecting an annual license fee on dogs and providing for the capture and disposal of all dogs on which the license fee is not paid.
(b) Regulating or prohibiting the running at large and disposal of all kinds of animals.
(c) Establishing a pound, appointing a poundkeeper and prescribing the poundkeeper’s duties.
(d) Prohibiting cruelty to animals.
(e) Designating an animal as inherently dangerous and requiring the owner of such an animal to obtain a policy of liability insurance for the animal in an amount determined by the board of county commissioners.
2. Any ordinance or ordinances enacted pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection 1 may apply throughout an entire county or govern only a limited area within the county which shall be specified in the ordinance or ordinances.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a board of county commissioners may by ordinance provide that the violation of a particular ordinance enacted pursuant to this section imposes a civil liability to the county in an amount not to exceed $500, instead of a criminal penalty. An ordinance enacted pursuant to this section that creates an offense relating to bites of animals, vicious or dangerous animals, horse tripping or cruelty to animals must impose a criminal penalty for the offense. As used in this subsection, "horse tripping" does not include tripping a horse to provide medical or other health care for the horse.
4. The provisions of this section apply only to the extent that they do not conflict with the provisions of chapter 574A of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 558; A 2001, 2279; 2021, 1735)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3601 - Dangerous structure or condition posing imminent danger: Determination; notice; securing or summary abatement; costs as special assessment.

1. Notwithstanding the abatement procedures set forth in NRS 244.360 or 244.3605, a board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, provide for a reasonable means to secure or summarily abate a dangerous structure or condition that at least three persons who enforce building codes, housing codes, zoning ordinances or local health regulations, or who are members of a local law enforcement agency or fire department, determine in a signed, written statement to be an imminent danger.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the owner of the property on which the structure or condition is located must be given reasonable written notice that is:
(a) If practicable, hand-delivered or sent prepaid by United States mail to the owner of the property; or
(b) Posted on the property,
before the structure or condition is so secured. The notice must state clearly that the owner of the property may challenge the action to secure or summarily abate the structure or condition and must provide a telephone number and address at which the owner may obtain additional information.
3. If it is determined in the signed, written statement provided pursuant to subsection 1 that the structure or condition is an imminent danger and the result of the imminent danger is likely to occur before the notice and an opportunity to challenge the action can be provided pursuant to subsection 2, then the structure or condition which poses such an imminent danger that presents an immediate hazard may be summarily abated. A structure or condition summarily abated pursuant to this section may only be abated to the extent necessary to remove the imminent danger that presents an immediate hazard. The owner of the structure or condition which is summarily abated must be given written notice of the abatement after its completion. The notice must state clearly that the owner of the property may seek judicial review of the summary abatement and must provide an address and telephone number at which the owner may obtain additional information concerning the summary abatement.
4. The costs of securing or summarily abating the structure or condition may be made a special assessment against the real property on which the structure or condition is located and may be collected pursuant to the provisions set forth in subsection 4 of NRS 244.360.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Dangerous structure or condition" has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection 8 of NRS 244.3605.
(b) "Imminent danger" means the existence of any structure or condition that could reasonably be expected to cause injury or endanger the life, safety, health or property of:
(1) The occupants, if any, of the real property on which the structure or condition is located; or
(2) The general public.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2536; A 2001, 3100; 2009, 405; 2011, 3121; 2013, 358, 1875)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3607 - Recovery by county of costs of relocating tenants resulting from nuisance or other condition: Notice; hearing; appeal.

1. If a board of county commissioners determines that a nuisance or other condition described in NRS 244.3601, 244.3603 or 244.3605 requires the relocation of tenants, the board may arrange for the relocation of the tenants and may, in accordance with subsection 2, recover the cost of such relocation from the person determined by the board to be primarily responsible for creating the nuisance or other condition that required the relocation of the tenants.
2. Before a board of county commissioners recovers from a person the cost of relocating tenants, the board shall:
(a) Send notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person from whom the board seeks to recover the cost of the relocation, setting forth the date by which the person must remit payment to the county; and
(b) Afford the person from whom the board seeks to recover the cost of the relocation an opportunity for a hearing before the designee of the board and an appeal of that decision to the board.
The date specified in the notice by which the person must remit payment to the county is tolled for the period during which the person requests a hearing and receives a decision.
3. If a person appeals the decision of the designee to the board as described in paragraph (b) of subsection 2 and is aggrieved by the determination of the board, the person may, within 30 days after the making of the determination, appeal to the district court of the county. A judicial review authorized pursuant to this subsection must be limited to whether the determination was arbitrary, capricious or otherwise characterized by an abuse of discretion and must be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in chapter 233B of NRS for reviewing a final decision of an agency.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 3099)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.361 - Regulation and control of smoke and pollution of air.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the boards of county commissioners of the counties of this state may, by ordinance regularly enacted, regulate, control and prohibit, as a public nuisance, the excessive emission of dense smoke and air pollution caused by excessive soot, cinders, fly ash, dust, noxious acids, fumes and gases within the boundaries of the county.
2. If an ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 involves or affects agricultural operations, any plan or program to carry out that ordinance must allow for customarily accepted agricultural practices to occur on agricultural land. A governmental entity which is considering the adoption of such a plan or program shall consult with the State Department of Agriculture or local conservation districts to determine the customarily accepted agricultural practices that may be affected by the proposed plan or program.
3. An existing compliance schedule, variance order or other enforcement action relating to air pollution by fossil fuel-fired steam generating facilities, with a capacity greater than 1,000 megawatts, may not be enforced until July 1, 1977.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 149; A 1975, 1126; 1993, 519; 1995, 528; 1999, 3620)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.363 - Prevention of excessive noise.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 40.140 and subsection 9 of NRS 202.450 and subject to the provisions of NRS 244.3679, the boards of county commissioners in their respective counties may, by ordinance regularly enacted, regulate, control and prohibit, as a public nuisance, excessive noise which is injurious to health or which interferes unreasonably with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property within the boundaries of the county.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 944; A 1997, 952; 2007, 3133; 2019, 2580; 2021, 1492; 2023, 448)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.365 - Prevention of pollution of streams by sawdust; tax levy.

1. The board of county commissioners of any county is authorized and empowered to institute and maintain suits in any court of competent jurisdiction against any persons, firms, associations or corporations depositing sawdust in any river or stream the waters of which run partly or wholly in this state.
2. The boards of county commissioners of any and all counties are authorized and empowered to levy annually such tax as in their discretion may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
[1:135:1887; C § 2145; RL § 4716; NCL § 8246] + [2:135:1887; C § 2146; RL § 4717; NCL § 8247]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3655 - Requiring users of certain water systems to connect into system provided by public utility or public entity; assessment of costs of connection.

1. If the State Environmental Commission determines that:
(a) A water system which is located in a county 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 board of county commissioners of that county 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 proportionate 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.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 405; A 1997, 1974; 2005, 558; 2023, 1268)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3661 - Imposition of excise tax on use of water; rate of tax; interest on late payment; facility for treatment of water.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 704.664, a board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, impose an excise tax on the use of water in an amount sufficient to ensure the payment, wholly or in part, of obligations incurred by the county to acquire and construct a new facility for the treatment of water for public or private use, or both. The tax must be imposed on customers of suppliers of water that are capable of using the water treatment services provided by the facility to be financed with the proceeds of the tax.
2. An excise tax imposed pursuant to subsection 1 may be levied at different rates for different classes of customers or to take into account differences in the amount of water used or estimated to be used or the size of the connection.
3. The ordinance imposing the tax must provide the:
(a) Rate or rates of the tax;
(b) Procedure for collection of the tax;
(c) Duration of the tax; and
(d) Rate of interest that will be charged on late payments.
4. Late payments of the tax must bear interest at a rate not exceeding 2 percent per month, or fraction thereof. The tax due is a perpetual lien against the property served by the water on whose use the tax is imposed until the tax and any interest which may accrue thereon are paid. The county shall enforce the lien in the same manner as provided in NRS 361.5648 to 361.730, inclusive, for property taxes.
5. A county may:
(a) Acquire and construct a new facility for the treatment of water for public or private use, or both.
(b) Finance the project by the issuance of general obligation bonds, medium-term obligations or revenue bonds or other securities issued pursuant to chapter 350 of NRS, or by installment-purchase financing pursuant to that chapter.
(c) Enter into an agreement with a public utility which provides that:
(1) Water treatment services provided by the facility will be made available to the public utility; or
(2) The public utility will operate and maintain the facility,
or both. An agreement entered into pursuant to this paragraph may extend beyond the terms of office of the members of the board of county commissioners who voted upon it.
6. A county may pledge any money received from the proceeds of a tax imposed pursuant to this section for the payment of general or special obligations issued for a new facility for the treatment of water for public or private use, or both. Any money pledged by the county pursuant to this subsection may be treated as pledged revenues of the project for the purposes of subsection 3 of NRS 350.020.
7. As used in this section, "public utility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.020 and does not include the persons excluded by NRS 704.021.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1940; A 1993, 1036; 1995, 832, 1814; 2001, 2316; 2019, 754)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 244 - Counties: Government › NRS 244.3665 - Prohibition of waste of water.

The board of county commissioners may prohibit any waste of water within the unincorporated areas of the county by customers of a public water system. Any ordinance adopted under this section may:
1. Classify the conditions under which specified kinds and amounts of consumption or expenditure of water are wasteful;
2. Provide for reasonable notice to water users in any such area indicating which of such conditions, if any, exist in that area;
3. Allow any person, group of persons, partnership, corporation or other business or governmental entity which:
(a) Furnishes water to persons within such areas of the county for business, manufacturing, agricultural or household use; and
(b) Is not a public utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada,
to reduce or terminate water service to any customer who wastes water, according to reasonable standards adopted by the board; and
4. Provide other appropriate penalties for violation of the ordinance which are based upon the classification adopted under subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 790; A 1997, 1975)