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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4083 - Abatement of graffiti on nonresidential property.

1. The governing body of a city may adopt by ordinance procedures pursuant to which the governing body or its designee may order an owner of nonresidential property within the city to cover or remove graffiti that is placed on that nonresidential property to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city and to prevent blight upon the community.
2. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must:
(a) Contain procedures pursuant to which the owner of the property is:
(1) Sent notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the existence on the owner’s property of graffiti and the date by which the owner must cover or remove the graffiti; and
(2) Afforded an opportunity for a hearing and an appeal before the governing body of the city or its designee.
(b) Provide that the date specified in the notice by which the owner must cover or remove the graffiti is tolled for the period during which the owner requests a hearing and receives a decision.
(c) Provide the manner in which the city will recover money expended for labor and materials used to cover or remove the graffiti if the owner fails to cover or remove the graffiti.
3. The governing body of the city or its designee may direct the city to cover or remove the graffiti and may recover the amount expended by the city for labor and materials used to cover or remove the graffiti if:
(a) The owner has not requested a hearing within the time prescribed in the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 and has failed to cover or remove the graffiti within the period specified in the notice;
(b) After a hearing in which the owner did not prevail, the owner has not filed an appeal within the time prescribed in the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 and has failed to cover or remove the graffiti within the period specified in the order; or
(c) The governing body has denied the appeal of the owner and the owner has failed to cover or remove the graffiti within the period specified in the order.
4. As used in this section, "nonresidential property" means all real property other than residential property. The term does not include real property owned by a governmental entity.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2113)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4085 - Graffiti reward and abatement fund: Creation required; use of money; administrative assessment; offer and payment of reward.

1. The governing body of each city shall create a graffiti reward and abatement fund. The money in the fund must be used to purchase supplies or pay for other costs incurred by the city which are directly related to graffiti abatement or to pay a reward to a person who, in response to the offer of a reward, provides information which results in the identification, apprehension or conviction of a person who is alleged to have violated or who violates a city ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property.
2. When a defendant pleads or is found guilty or guilty but mentally ill of violating a city ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property, the court shall include an administrative assessment of $250 for each violation in addition to any other fine or penalty. The money collected must be paid by the clerk of the court to the city treasurer on or before the fifth day of each month for credit to the graffiti reward and abatement fund.
3. If sufficient money is available in the graffiti reward and abatement fund, a law enforcement agency for the city may offer a reward, not to exceed $1,000, for information leading to the identification, apprehension or conviction of a person who is alleged to have violated or who violates a city ordinance that prohibits graffiti or other defacement of property.
4. The money to purchase supplies or pay for other costs incurred by the city which are directly related to graffiti abatement or to pay a reward must be paid out of the graffiti reward and abatement fund upon approval of the city manager, the authorized designee of the city manager or, if the city does not have a city manager, the governing body of the city.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 740; A 2007, 1445; 2015, 2114)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.409 - Loitering and prowling ordinances: Enactment and enforcement by governing body of incorporated city.

In addition to any authority or power provided by the charter of any incorporated city in this State, whether incorporated by general or special act, or otherwise, there is granted to the governing body of each of the cities incorporated under any law of this State the power to enact and enforce loitering and prowling ordinances.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1506; A 1993, 810)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4095 - Action to recover expenses incurred in extinguishing wildfire.

1. A city council or other governing body of a city may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any person, firm, association or agency that is responsible for willfully or negligently causing a wildfire to recover any expenses incurred by the city in extinguishing the wildfire and reasonable attorney’s fees and litigation expenses.
2. In determining whether a person, firm, association or agency is responsible for willfully or negligently causing a wildfire, it must be considered, without limitation, whether the person, firm, association or agency failed to exercise reasonable care given:
(a) The forecasted and existing weather conditions;
(b) The conditions of fuel moisture; and
(c) The topography of the area of the wildfire.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 1 and 2, a person, firm, association or agency is immune from liability for the payment of any expenses incurred by the city in extinguishing a wildfire and attorney’s fees and litigation expenses if the person, firm, association or agency immediately notified the nearest fire-fighting agency of the wildfire, was forthright and truthful in responding to questions from the State Forester Firewarden, any fire-fighting agency and any other state or local agency investigating the wildfire, and at least one of the following circumstances applies:
(a) The person, firm, association or agency had permission from a federal, state or local agency to start a fire or conduct a controlled burn and was in compliance with the terms of such permission;
(b) The person, firm, association or agency started a warming fire to protect human life due to dangerous weather conditions; or
(c) The person, firm, association or agency is in the business of raising livestock and started a controlled campfire for the purpose of branding livestock.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Fire-fighting agency" means a public fire department, fire protection district or other agency of this State or a political subdivision of this State, the primary functions of which are to control, extinguish, prevent and suppress fires.
(b) "Livestock" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 569.0085.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1372)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.410 - Regulation and control of smoke and pollution of air.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, and in addition to any authority provided by the charter of any incorporated city in this State, whether incorporated by general or special act, or otherwise, there is granted to the governing body of each of the cities incorporated under any law of this State the authority, by ordinance regularly enacted, to 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 corporate limits of the city.
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, 3621)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4101 - Regulation and control of electric personal assistive mobility devices.

1. The city council or other governing body of each incorporated city in this State, whether or not organized under general law or special charter, may, to protect the health and safety of the public, enact an ordinance which regulates the time, place and manner of the operation of an electric personal assistive mobility device in the city, including, without limitation, by prohibiting the use of an electric personal assistive mobility device in a specified area of the city.
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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.41015 - Regulation and control of mobile carrying devices and personal delivery devices; limitations.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the city council or other governing body of each incorporated city in this State, whether or not organized under general law or special charter, 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 city, including, without limitation, by prohibiting the use of a mobile carrying device or personal delivery device in a specified area of the city; and
(b) Establishes additional standards for the safe operation of a personal delivery device.
2. A city council or governing body, in enacting an ordinance pursuant to subsection 1, may not prohibit the use of a mobile carrying device on a sidewalk in the city that is more than 36 inches wide.
3. The city council or other governing body of each incorporated city in this State, whether organized under general law or special charter, 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 city council or governing body from requiring a personal delivery device operator to obtain from the city 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 city council or governing body.
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, 3105; A 2023, 942)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4102 - 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 within the boundaries of a city and was constructed on or after July 1, 1991, is not satisfactorily serving the needs of its users; and
(b) Water provided by a public utility or a municipality or other public entity may be accessed within 1,250 feet of any lot or parcel served by the water system,
the governing body of that city shall, in a county whose population is 700,000 or more, and may, in all other counties, require all users of the system to connect into the available water system provided by a public utility or a municipality or other public entity, and may assess each lot or parcel served for its share of the costs associated with connecting into that water system. If the water system is being connected into a public utility, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada shall determine the amount of the assessments for the purposes of establishing a lien pursuant to NRS 445A.900.
2. As used in this section, "water system" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.850.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 405; A 1997, 1978; 2005, 559; 2023, 1268)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4107 - Provision of services by municipal utility to real property not to be conditioned upon annexation of property.

If real property is located within the service area of a municipal utility, the provision of services by the municipal utility to the property may not be conditioned upon the property owner agreeing to annexation of the real property to the city.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3663)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.411 - Waste of water may be prohibited.

The governing body of an incorporated city may prohibit by ordinance any waste of water within its jurisdiction. 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 of which of such conditions, if any, exist in the city;
3. Allow any person, group of persons, partnership, corporation or other business or governmental entity which:
(a) Furnishes water to persons within the city 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 or user 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, 791; A 1997, 1980)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.412 - 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 268.4137, the city council or other governing body of a city 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 city.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 945; A 1997, 953; 2007, 3133; 2019, 2581; 2021, 1492; 2023, 449)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4128 - 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 governing body of a city may, by ordinance, to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city, adopt procedures pursuant to which the city 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 city.
(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 city; and
(2) The owner of a building or place located within the city 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 city 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, 1313)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.413 - City’s building codes and regulations.

Subject to the limitations contained in NRS 244.368, 278.02315, 278.580, 278.582, 278.584, 278.5846, 278.586, 444.340 to 444.430, inclusive, and 477.030, the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may:
1. Regulate all matters relating to the construction, maintenance and safety of buildings, structures and property within the city.
2. Adopt any building, electrical, plumbing or safety code necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and establish such fees as may be necessary. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 278.580, those fees do not apply to the State of Nevada or the Nevada System of Higher Education.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 708; A 1991, 1168; 1993, 2584; 1999, 1065; 2007, 1096, 3099; 2009, 833; 2015, 1991; 2017, 1479; 2021, 2346)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4133 - Ordinance regulating battery-charged fences: Requirements; prohibitions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall enact ordinances regulating battery-charged fences.
2. An ordinance enacted pursuant to this section must, without limitation, require that a battery-charged fence:
(a) Be located on property that:
(1) Is not designated for residential use; or
(2) Is designated for residential use and:
(I) Is located in a rural zoning area; or
(II) Is governed by the provisions of NRS 278.780 to 278.828, inclusive;
(b) Use a battery that is not more than 12 volts of direct current;
(c) Have an energizer that meets the most current standards set forth by the International Electrotechnical Commission;
(d) Be surrounded by a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is at least 5 feet in height;
(e) Not be higher than 10 feet in height or 2 feet higher than the height of the nonelectric perimeter fence or wall described in paragraph (d), whichever is greater; and
(f) Be marked with conspicuous warning signs that are located on the battery-charged fence at intervals of not more than 40 feet and that read: "WARNING: ELECTRIC FENCE."
3. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city, in enacting an ordinance pursuant to this section, may not enact an ordinance that:
(a) Requires a permit for the installation or use of a battery-charged fence that is in addition to any permit that is required to install an alarm system;
(b) Imposes any installation or operational requirement for a battery-charged fence that is inconsistent with the most current standards set forth by the International Electrotechnical Commission; or
(c) Prohibits the installation or use of a battery-charged fence.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Alarm system" means a device or system that transmits an audible, visual or electronic signal intended to summon or alert law enforcement. The term does not include a system which does not transmit a signal from outside of a building or residence and is intended to alert only occupants of a building or residence.
(b) "Battery-charged fence" means a fence that interfaces with an alarm system in a manner that enables the fence to cause the connected alarm system to transmit a signal intended to summon law enforcement in response to an intrusion and has an energizer that is driven by a battery.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1299)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4137 - Ordinance restricting hours of construction work in common-interest community.

1. If the governing body of a city located in a county whose population is 700,000 or more adopts an ordinance restricting the hours that construction work may begin in a common-interest community, the hours for construction work in a declarant-controlled common-interest community must be allowed to begin at, but not earlier than, 5 a.m. during the period beginning on April 1 and ending on September 30.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Common-interest community" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 116.021.
(b) "Declarant-controlled common-interest community" means a common-interest community in which the original developer controls a majority of the units.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 449)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.414 - Creation, maintenance or display of comprehensive model or map of physical location of facilities of public utility, public water system or video service provider prohibited.

1. An incorporated city, including, without limitation, any board or planning agency of the city, shall not create, maintain or display a comprehensive model or map of the physical location of all or a substantial portion of the facilities of a public utility, public water system or video service provider.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not limit the authority of an incorporated city, including, without limitation, any board or planning agency of the city, to require a public utility, public water system or video service provider to provide information about the physical location of the facilities of the public utility, public water system or video service provider for the purpose of facilitating a public work or a public improvement project pursuant to a franchise agreement.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Public utility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.020, except the term does not include a sewer system that is owned or operated by the city.
(b) "Public water system" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.235, except the term does not include a water system that is owned or operated by the city.
(c) "Public work" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 338.010.
(d) "Video service provider" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 711.151.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3662)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.415 - Promotion of civil and equal rights.

1. In addition to powers elsewhere conferred upon cities, any city may institute a program of discussion and conciliation for the realization of civil and equal rights of residents of the city.
2. As used in this section, "city" means an incorporated city.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 773; A 1987, 1716)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.420 - Health districts.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any city charter, or any other law, the governing bodies of any incorporated cities may establish with the board of county commissioners of the county in which the cities are located, or with the governing bodies of any other cities within the county, a health district as provided in chapter 439 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 103; A 1987, 1716)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.423 - Permits to solicit charitable contributions while standing on median strip of highway or sidewalk adjacent to highway.

1. The governing body of each city in 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 city. The city 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 city 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 governing body of each city in a county whose population is less than 700,000 may provide for such permits in the same manner.
2. The city may charge a fee for such a permit which does not exceed:
(a) An amount reasonably calculated to reimburse the city 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 city 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, 141; A 2011, 1160)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.425 - Speed limits in school zones and school crossing zones: Posting of informational signs and devices.

The city council or other governing body of each incorporated city, whether incorporated by general or special act, shall cause to be displayed, in each school zone and school crossing zone where the city has posted a speed limit, signs or other devices designating the times during which the speed limit in the zone is to apply.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1294; A 1987, 1716; 1993, 2586; 1999, 2675)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.426 - Patrol and provision of public safety within certain areas of mobile home parks by law enforcement agency.

1. Members of the law enforcement agency of an incorporated city, or if the incorporated city 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 incorporated city 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, 2052; A 2001, 1189)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.427 - Ordinance for control of rabies.

In order to control rabies and to protect the public health and welfare, the governing body of each city or town incorporated under any law of this state shall enact an ordinance providing for a rabies control program and shall include within that ordinance the requirements established by regulations adopted by the State Board of Health.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1073; A 1989, 301)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.429 - Ordinance required.

The governing board of each city in the State shall adopt an ordinance regulating and licensing outdoor assemblies. The minimum requirements set forth in NRS 268.429 to 268.4298, inclusive, may be incorporated in such ordinance.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1300)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4291 - "Assembly" defined.

As used in NRS 268.429 to 268.4298, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, "assembly" means a company of persons gathered together for any purpose at any location, other than in a permanent building or permanent installation, which has been constructed for and will accommodate the number of persons gathered therein.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1300; A 1985, 514)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4292 - License required.

Every person who permits, maintains, promotes, conducts, advertises, operates, undertakes, organizes, manages, sells or gives away tickets to an actual or reasonably anticipated assembly of 1,000 or more individuals shall obtain a license from the city council of each incorporated city in which such assembly is proposed in accordance with the provisions of NRS 268.429 to 268.4298, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1300)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4293 - Application for license: Time; contents.

Application for a license to conduct such an assembly shall be made in writing to the city clerk at least 60 days prior to the time indicated for the commencement of the planned activity and shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee in the amount established by the city council. The application shall include:
1. The name and address of the applicant or applicants.
2. The legal description of the place where the proposed assembly is to be held.
3. The date or dates of the assembly.
4. The estimated attendance at the assembly.
5. The nature or purpose of the assembly.
6. Such other information as the city council determines is necessary.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1300)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4294 - Hearing: Notice; investigation; grant, denial or conditioning of license; issuance of license.

1. Upon receipt of a complete application and the application fee, the clerk shall:
(a) Set the application for public hearing at a regular meeting of the city council, not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days thereafter, and give not less than 10 days’ written notice thereof to the applicant.
(b) Promptly give notice of such hearing and copies of the application to the chief of police, the county health officer and the city engineer, who shall investigate the application and report in writing to the city council, not later than the hearing with appropriate recommendations related to their official functions, as to granting a license and conditions thereof.
2. Based upon the testimony of the witnesses and evidence presented at such hearing, including the reports of such officers, the city council shall grant the license, deny the license or set conditions which must be met, or security given that such conditions will be met, before a license is granted. If conditions are imposed by the city council, the applicant shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the clerk proof that all conditions have been met before the license is issued by the clerk.
3. When the clerk certifies that all conditions have been met, the chief of police shall, upon receipt of a license fee in an amount to be determined by the city council, issue a license for the assembly.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1300)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4295 - Conditions which may be imposed.

The conditions which may be imposed by the city council, as provided in NRS 268.4294, 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 city council to be necessary to protect the health, welfare and property of local residents and persons attending the assembly.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1301)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4296 - Denial of license: Grounds; notice.

1. After holding the hearing required under NRS 268.4294, the city council may deny issuance of the license if it finds any of the following:
(a) That the applicant fails to meet the conditions imposed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 268.429 to 268.4298, inclusive.
(b) That the proposed assembly will be held in a manner or location not meeting the health, zoning, fire or building and safety standards established by the ordinances of the city or the laws of the State of Nevada.
(c) That the applicant has knowingly made a false, misleading or fraudulent statement of material fact in the application for a license.
(d) That the applicant, an employee or agent of the applicant or any person connected or associated with the applicant as partner, director, officer, stockholder, associate or manager has previously conducted the type of assembly indicated in the application which resulted in the creation of a public or private nuisance.
(e) That the applicant, an employee or agent of the applicant or any person associated with the applicant as partner, director, officer, stockholder, associate or manager has been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction, by final judgment of:
(1) An offense involving the presentation, exhibition or performance of an obscene production, motion picture or place, or of selling obscene matter;
(2) An offense involving lewd conduct;
(3) An offense involving the use of force and violence upon the person of another;
(4) An offense involving misconduct with children; or
(5) A felony.
2. Where the application is denied, the city clerk shall mail to the applicant written notice of denial within 14 days of such action, which notice shall include a statement of the reasons the application was denied.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1301)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4297 - Revocation and reinstatement of license; notice.

1. The city council may revoke any license or may reinstate any license on such suitable conditions as are determined by the city council.
2. Notice of intent to revoke shall be given and the licensee is entitled to a hearing.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1302)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4298 - Unlawful acts.

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 a place of such an assembly except where the consumption or possession is expressly authorized by the city council and 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, 1302; A 1987, 1549)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.430 - Special assessments as liens.

All special assessments shall, from the date of the approval thereof, constitute a lien upon the respective lots or parcels of land assessed coequal with the lien of general taxes, not subject to extinguishment by the sale of any property on account of the nonpayment of general taxes, and prior and superior to all liens, claims, encumbrances and titles other than liens of general taxes.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 283)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.433 - Property owned by State or political subdivision subject to assessment.

Property owned by the State of Nevada or any of its subdivisions which is situated within any proposed special assessment district of any municipality is subject to assessment in the same manner and with the same rights, including the right of protest, as private property within the proposed district.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 449)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.440 - Budget; contracts for promotion of county; limitations.

The city council or other governing body of each incorporated city in the State of Nevada, whether or not organized under general law or special charter, may include in the budget of the city items to cover the expense of exploiting, promoting and publishing to homeseekers, business organizations and the public at large, by any means in their judgment calculated to accomplish such purpose, the industrial, recreational, cultural, agricultural, mining and other resources, progress and advantages of the city, and, for such purposes, may enter into contracts with, and pay money so budgeted to, any person, group, corporation, agency or commission. None of the money so budgeted may be used or paid out for any purpose or project unless an equal amount of money is provided from private sources for such purpose or project.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 862; A 1991, 399)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4413 - Imposition of fee on construction of structure or grading of land authorized in certain counties; transfer and deposit of money.

1. The governing body of a city which is located in a county in which the board of county commissioners has created an enterprise fund pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 244.386 may, by ordinance, impose a reasonable fee of not more than $550 per acre on the construction of a structure or the grading of land within the city for the expense of carrying out the provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 244.386. The fee must be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the fee for the issuance of a building permit collected pursuant to NRS 278.580.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.4415, if a fee is imposed pursuant to subsection 1, the governing body of the city shall transfer the money to the county treasurer for deposit in the enterprise fund created pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 244.386.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 778)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4415 - Fee on construction of structure or grading of land: Powers of governing body; enterprise fund.

1. The governing body of a city which has imposed a fee pursuant to NRS 268.4413 and in which exists a species or subspecies that has been declared endangered or threatened pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq., as amended, may by ordinance establish, control, manage and operate or provide money for the establishment, control, management and operation of an area or zone for the preservation of the species or subspecies. In addition, the governing body of the city, in cooperation with the responsible local, state and federal agencies, may encourage in any other manner the preservation of those species or subspecies or any species or subspecies in the city which have been determined by the governing body of the city to be likely to have a significant impact upon the economy and lifestyles of the residents of the city if listed as endangered or threatened, including the expenditure for this purpose of money collected pursuant to NRS 268.4413. The governing body of the city may purchase, sell, exchange or lease real property, personal property, water rights, grazing permits and other interests in such property for this purpose, pursuant to such reasonable regulations as the governing body may establish. If any such property, rights or other interests are purchased from a nonprofit organization, the governing body of the city may reimburse the organization for its cost of acquisition, not to exceed its appraised value, and any interest, carrying costs, direct expenses and reasonable overhead charges.
2. If a fee is imposed pursuant to NRS 268.4413, the governing body of the city may create an enterprise fund exclusively for fees collected pursuant to NRS 268.4413. Any interest or other income earned on the money in the fund, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the fund. The money in the fund may be used to pay the actual direct costs of the program or programs established pursuant to subsection 1.
3. The provisions of this section do not authorize the governing body of a city to take any action that conflicts with any provision of an agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 503.589.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 778)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.442 - Transportation districts: Creation; powers of governing body; budget; employees.

1. The governing body of a city may by ordinance, but not as in a case of emergency, create one or more transportation districts in the incorporated area of the city. The governing body of the city is ex officio the governing body of any district created pursuant to this section and may:
(a) Organize and maintain the district.
(b) Establish, by ordinance, regulations:
(1) For the administration of its internal affairs.
(2) For the employment of professional, technical, clerical and other personnel necessary to carry out its duties.
(3) For the establishment and alteration of the boundaries of the district.
(4) Providing for the use of revenue received by the district.
(c) Hold meetings as the governing body of a district in conjunction with its meetings as the governing body of the city without posting a separate agenda or posting additional notices of the meetings within the district.
2. The budget of a district created pursuant to this section must comply with NRS 354.470 to 354.626, inclusive.
3. All persons employed to perform the functions of a district are employees of the city for all purposes.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 30; A 2011, 2725)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.444 - Transportation districts: Boundaries.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the governing body of a city which establishes a transportation district shall establish the boundaries of the district and may alter those boundaries by ordinance.
2. The boundaries of a transportation district must not be established or altered to include any territory outside the boundaries of the city, but detachments of territory from the city occurring after the effective date of the ordinance creating or altering the boundaries of a district do not affect its boundaries.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 30)