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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 268.806 - Tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging located within district: Pledging of proceeds by city.

1. A city may pledge any money received from a tax imposed pursuant to NRS 268.804 or any combination of that money with revenue derived from the projects financed with the proceeds of the obligations for whose payment the money and revenue are pledged, with revenues of other revenue-producing projects of the city, including any existing or future extensions or enlargements of any of those projects, and with any revenues received by the city as grants under an interlocal agreement with any other entity in the county in which the city is located, or otherwise, for payment of general or special obligations of the city issued for projects described in NRS 268.805.
2. Any money pledged by the city pursuant to subsection 1 may be treated as pledged revenues of the project for the purposes of subsection 3 of NRS 350.020.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.807 - Tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging within district: Change in rate.

1. Except as otherwise provided by subsection 3, the governing body of a city that creates a district may by ordinance change:
(a) The rate of tax in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount authorized by NRS 268.804.
(b) The number of rooms used to determine the rate of tax.
2. Any changes made pursuant to this section may be challenged in the manner set forth in NRS 268.808.
3. If general or special obligations are issued for the purposes of NRS 268.801 to 268.808, inclusive, the governing body must not change:
(a) The boundaries of the district;
(b) The rate of tax; or
(c) The boundaries of the areas in which a different rate of tax is charged,
in a manner which would materially impair the security for the bonds.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.808 - Legal action challenging validity of creation of district, imposition of tax or construction of project with proceeds of tax.

1. A business or person who is subject to or has a legally recognizable interest in:
(a) An ordinance that creates a district;
(b) An ordinance that imposes a tax pursuant to NRS 268.804; or
(c) A project that will be constructed with the proceeds from the tax,
may commence an appropriate proceeding in the district court of the county in which the district is located to challenge the validity of the ordinance, tax or project. No such proceeding may be commenced more than 15 days after the effective date of the ordinance.
2. The court shall affirm the ordinance, tax and project unless it determines that the approval of the ordinance, tax or project was the result of fraud or a gross abuse of discretion.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.810 - Legislative declaration.

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
1. Increases in the population and usage of motor vehicles in the areas of densest population in this State have created conditions of traffic congestion in business districts that:
(a) Constitute a hazard to the safety of pedestrians and impede the movement of police and fire equipment, ambulances and other emergency vehicles;
(b) Indicate a need to widen streets that currently have both sidewalks to accommodate pedestrians and lanes for motor vehicles extending from the buildings on one side of the street to the buildings on the other side of the street leaving no space available for expansion of the area for pedestrians or motor vehicles; and
(c) Warrant the closure of certain streets and other thoroughfares to private vehicles.
2. There has been a progressive decline in the economic growth and vitality of businesses located in the business districts in the areas of densest population in this State that:
(a) Is attributable to the decrease in tourists and other visitors to these business districts;
(b) Necessitates special efforts to promote economic growth and revitalization of these economically depressed business districts to create new jobs and maintain existing employment opportunities, attract new businesses, tourists and visitors to these districts and to prevent further decline by restoring the economic growth and vitality of these business districts; and
(c) Makes it of particular local benefit to allow municipalities experiencing such economic decline to create pedestrian malls and, if necessary, to raise money for the annual costs of operating, managing, maintaining or improving them through the levy of assessments upon the property or the imposition of fees on the businesses which benefit from the return of tourists and other visitors to the area resulting from the pedestrian mall.
3. It is in the best interests of the State to encourage municipalities to create pedestrian malls to enhance and improve their local business climates and that selecting and contracting with a private entity for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of pedestrian malls, or any combination thereof, may also be in the best interests of the public.
4. It is the public policy of the State of Nevada to permit the governing body of any densely populated municipality to protect the public welfare and health and the interests of the public in the safe and effective movement of persons and to preserve and enhance the function and appearance of the business districts of municipalities and to promote the economic growth and revitalization thereof by the adoption of the ordinances authorized by NRS 268.810 to 268.823, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.811 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 268.810 to 268.823, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Governing body" means the governing body of a city whose population is 500,000 or more.
2. "Operating entity" means a public operating entity of a pedestrian mall or a private operating entity with whom a governing body has contracted for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of a pedestrian mall, or any combination thereof.
3. "Pedestrian mall" means an area including portions of one or more streets or alleys that has been set aside for use primarily by pedestrians and to which access by motor vehicles is prohibited or restricted. The term includes all improvements and appurtenances thereto that are designed to be used primarily for the movement, safety, convenience, enjoyment, entertainment, recreation or relaxation of pedestrians.
4. "Redevelopment agency" means a governmental entity created pursuant to chapter 279 of NRS or a legislative body which has elected to exercise the powers granted to an agency under that chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1173; A 2001, 1963; 2011, 1164)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.812 - Creation of pedestrian mall by ordinance; requirements for consideration and adoption of ordinance; notice required for adoption of ordinance.

1. The governing body of an incorporated city whose population is 500,000 or more may by ordinance create a pedestrian mall.
2. Before adopting an ordinance creating a pedestrian mall, the governing body must find that it would be in the best interests of the city and beneficial to the owners of adjacent property to use the street or streets or other thoroughfare or thoroughfares primarily for pedestrians.
3. The ordinance must establish the boundaries of the pedestrian mall and the governing body may change the boundaries by ordinance. The area included within a pedestrian mall may be contiguous or noncontiguous.
4. In addition to other requirements for the consideration and adoption of an ordinance, at least 10 days before the date fixed for a public hearing on the adoption of the ordinance creating a pedestrian mall, a notice of the date, time and place of the hearing and a copy of the proposed ordinance, or notification that a copy is available in the office of the city clerk, must be mailed to the owners of record of the property included within the proposed boundaries of the pedestrian mall. The names and addresses of the owners of such property may be obtained from the records of the county assessor or from such other source or sources as the governing body deems reliable. Any such list of names and addresses appertaining to any pedestrian mall may be revised from time to time, but such a list need not be revised more frequently than at 12-month intervals.
5. Unless otherwise provided by the governing body in the ordinance, all property of the city that is used in conjunction with or as a part of the pedestrian mall remains property of the city and must not be considered vacated for any purpose.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1173; A 2001, 1963; 2011, 1164)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.813 - Provisions which may be included in ordinance creating pedestrian mall.

An ordinance creating a pedestrian mall may include any provision which is necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of NRS 268.810 to 268.823, inclusive, including, without limitation:
1. A prohibition on the use by motor vehicles of the portion of each street or other thoroughfare necessary for the pedestrian mall.
2. Exceptions to such a prohibition for use by emergency, maintenance, utility, mass transit and other necessary vehicles.
3. Provisions for issuing permits to the owners or occupants of property that abuts the pedestrian mall for use of a closed street or thoroughfare for deliveries at such times as are deemed appropriate.
4. Provisions imposing a fee for the use of all or a portion of the pedestrian mall for special events or activities to offset the cost of operating and maintaining the pedestrian mall.
5. Provisions for the use of the pedestrian mall for advertising purposes and the charging of a fee in connection therewith.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1174)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.814 - Duties of governing body after adoption of ordinance creating pedestrian mall.

1. Upon the adoption of an ordinance creating a pedestrian mall, the governing body shall:
(a) Appoint an advisory board for the pedestrian mall consisting of at least seven persons, a majority of whom are owners or occupants of property abutting the pedestrian mall, to advise the governing body in connection with the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of the pedestrian mall, or any combination thereof;
(b) Assign the responsibility for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of the pedestrian mall, or any combination thereof, to an existing part of city government, a redevelopment agency or a public operating entity created by the governing body for this purpose; or
(c) Select and contract with a private operating entity for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of the pedestrian mall, or any combination thereof. Such a contract or contracts must be treated as professional services contracts and are not subject to the limitations of subsection 1 of NRS 354.626. The term of any such contract or contracts may extend beyond the terms of office of the members of the governing body.
2. The governing body may include in the ordinance creating the pedestrian mall a provision for any combination of the options set forth in subsection 1.
3. A redevelopment agency or part of city government to which responsibilities are assigned pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 is a public operating entity for the purposes of NRS 268.810 to 268.823, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires.
4. If the ordinance creating a public operating entity for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 does not provide that the entity is a public entity separate from the city government, the entity is a part of the city government for all purposes, including, without limitation, its employees are employees of the city government for all purposes.
5. Notwithstanding any other provision of NRS, a private operating entity is not a political subdivision, local government, public body, governmental agency or entity, establishment of the government, public corporation or quasi public corporation for any purpose.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1174)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.815 - Pedestrian mall exempt from certain legal requirements governing sidewalks, streets or other thoroughfares.

1. A pedestrian mall is exempt from any provision of law providing standards or specifications for the composition, construction, layout, size and any other component of sidewalks, streets or other thoroughfares and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
2. The governing body may include in an ordinance creating a pedestrian mall or otherwise adopt design or architectural standards, safety standards and other provisions for the regulation of the area included in a pedestrian mall that are different than those adopted for other areas of the city.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.816 - Acquisition of property for pedestrian mall by eminent domain.

1. A governing body may acquire property for a pedestrian mall by eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of chapter 37 of NRS.
2. For the purposes of chapters 37 and 244A of NRS, the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management and maintenance of a pedestrian mall are hereby declared to be public purposes.
3. For the purposes of chapter 244A of NRS, a pedestrian mall shall be deemed to be a recreational facility.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.817 - Authorized uses of pedestrian mall; control and regulation of mall by governing body.

1. A pedestrian mall may be used for any purpose that will enhance the movement, safety, convenience, enjoyment, entertainment, recreation or relaxation of pedestrians, and other purposes necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of NRS 268.810 to 268.823, inclusive, including, without limitation, seating, merchandising, exhibiting, advertising and any other use, activity or special event which in the judgment of the governing body or operating entity will accomplish any of those purposes.
2. The governing body may control or regulate or authorize the control or regulation of:
(a) The distribution and location of movable furniture, sculpture, devices to control pedestrian traffic, landscaping and other facilities that are incidental to the pedestrian mall;
(b) The uses to be permitted or restricted on the pedestrian mall by occupants of abutting property, any transit or telephone utility, concessionaires, vendors, newspaper vending machines and others to serve the convenience and enjoyment of pedestrians and the location of such uses;
(c) The raising of revenue through the imposition of a fee for the use of all or a portion of the pedestrian mall for special events or activities to offset the cost of operating and maintaining the pedestrian mall;
(d) The use of the pedestrian mall for advertising purposes and the charging of a fee in connection therewith;
(e) The operation of any lighting, heating or other facilities in the pedestrian mall;
(f) The replacement of any landscaping and maintenance of the furniture and facilities in the pedestrian mall;
(g) The access to the pedestrian mall by the public and closure of the pedestrian mall to the public for purposes of special events or activities for limited periods of time;
(h) The use of the pedestrian mall for parades and other similar activities; and
(i) Other activities, actions or conduct to promote the best interests of the public and carry out the provisions of NRS 268.810 to 268.823, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.818 - Powers of operating entity.

In addition to any other powers, the operating entity may:
1. Unless otherwise limited by ordinance or by an agreement with the governing body:
(a) Adopt rules for the management of its affairs and the performance of its functions and duties;
(b) Employ such persons as may be required to carry out its duties and fix and pay their compensation from the money available to pay the expenses of the entity;
(c) Apply for or otherwise solicit, accept, administer and comply with any requirements of any appropriations of money or any gifts, grants or donations of property or money;
(d) Make and execute agreements which may be necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers and functions of the operating entity, including contracts with any person, firm, corporation, governmental agency or other entity, except that before any such agreement may bind the city in any way, the governing body must specifically approve the agreement;
(e) Administer and manage its own money and pay its own obligations;
(f) Enforce the conditions of any loan, grant, sale or lease made by the entity;
(g) Publicize the pedestrian mall and the businesses that are located within the pedestrian mall; and
(h) Recruit new businesses to fill vacancies and balance the combination of types of businesses in and around the pedestrian mall.
2. If specifically approved by the governing body:
(a) Fund or assist in the funding of the costs of improving the exterior appearance of property that abuts the pedestrian mall through grants or loans made to the owner or occupant of the property;
(b) Fund the rehabilitation of property that abuts the pedestrian mall;
(c) Accept, purchase, rehabilitate, sell, lease or manage any property that abuts the pedestrian mall, with the consent of the owner;
(d) Provide security, sanitation and other services for the property that abuts the pedestrian mall that are in addition to the services ordinarily provided by the city; and
(e) Acquire, construct or otherwise provide improvements that are designed to increase the safety or attractiveness of the pedestrian mall to businesses which may wish to locate there or to visitors to the mall, including, without limitation, cleanup and control of litter, landscaping, parking areas and facilities, recreational and rest areas and facilities pursuant to any applicable regulations of the governing body.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1176)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.819 - Certain structures, facilities or activities related to pedestrian mall deemed not to constitute trespass, nuisance, unlawful obstruction or condition; limitation of liability.

1. Notwithstanding any rule, regulation, common-law doctrine or principle of law to the contrary, the movable furniture, structures, facilities and appurtenances or activities in conjunction with or located or permitted in the pedestrian mall may not be found to be a trespass or nuisance or an unlawful obstruction or condition.
2. The city, the governing body, an operating entity and any person acting pursuant to a permit issued by the city or the operating entity in conjunction with the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, management or maintenance of the pedestrian mall are not liable for any injury to a person or to property arising out of the location or use of any such movable furniture, structures, facilities and appurtenances or activities located or permitted in the pedestrian mall, in the absence of gross negligence in the placement, maintenance or operation of any such furniture, structure, facility or appurtenance or activity.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1176)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.821 - Governing body may require special license in lieu of imposing special assessment for cost of operation, management, maintenance and improvement of pedestrian mall; adoption of ordinance required; fees for special license; collection and deposit of fees.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.820, in lieu of funding by special assessments as provided in NRS 268.820, the governing body may, by ordinance, require special licenses for businesses that operate in the district created pursuant to NRS 268.820 and establish fees for those licenses in such a manner as to distribute equitably the budgeted costs of operating, managing, maintaining and improving the pedestrian mall for the ensuing fiscal year among those businesses. The ordinance may establish reasonable categories of businesses subject to licensing and reasonable exemptions therefrom or abatements of the fees therefor. The amount of the fee for each license must be determined by floor area of licensed business space, sales volume or another reasonable basis or combination of bases as determined by the governing body. An offset may be allowed for any portion of the cost of operating, managing, maintaining or improving the pedestrian mall which a business has paid directly or through contributions to a private operating entity.
2. All fees imposed pursuant to subsection 1 must be:
(a) Collected in the same manner as other business license fees are collected pursuant to this chapter; and
(b) Deposited in a separate account for the district.
3. The balance in the account for the district at the end of the fiscal year must be conserved and applied towards the financial requirements of the next ensuing fiscal year.
4. The ordinance requiring the special business license must provide a reasonable appeal procedure for any administrative determination made pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1178)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.822 - Preparation and approval of budget of public operating entity; money paid or transferred to private operating entity must be included in budget of governing body or redevelopment agency.

1. If the operating entity is a public operating entity created by the governing body for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 268.814, its budget must be prepared and approved in accordance with chapter 354 of NRS and must be submitted to the governing body for approval.
2. If the operating entity is a private operating entity with which the governing body entered into a contract, all money which will be paid or otherwise transferred to the operating entity by the governing body or a redevelopment agency must be included in the budget of the governing body or redevelopment agency transferring the money which is prepared and approved in accordance with the provisions of chapter 354 of NRS. The governing body may conduct such review of the budget of the private operating entity as the governing body deems appropriate in connection with such a transfer.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1179)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.823 - Provisions do not prohibit governing body from including pedestrian mall within area, district or zone established to improve or rehabilitate property.

NRS 268.810 to 268.823, inclusive, do not prohibit a governing body from including a pedestrian mall within the boundaries of any area, district or zone established pursuant to law which has as one of its purposes the encouragement of the construction of improvements or the rehabilitation of property located within its boundaries or the inducement of private enterprise to locate within those boundaries, whether by the provision of tax credits, exemptions or abatements or by the provision of special public financing arrangements.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1179)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.900 - Police department to provide copy of crash reports and related materials upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions.

A police department or other law enforcement agency of a city shall, within 7 days after receipt of a written request of a person who claims to have sustained damages as a result of a crash, or the person’s legal representative or insurer, and upon receipt of a reasonable fee to cover the cost of reproduction, provide the person, legal representative or insurer, as applicable, with a copy of the crash report and all statements by witnesses and photographs in the possession or under the control of the department or agency that concern the crash, unless:
1. The materials are privileged or confidential pursuant to a specific statute; or
2. The crash involved:
(a) The death or substantial bodily harm of a person;
(b) Failure to stop at the scene of a crash; or
(c) The commission of a felony.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1052; A 2005, 702; 2015, 1661)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.910 - Organization for economic development: Confidentiality of records and documents.

1. An organization for economic development formed by one or more cities shall, at the request of a client, keep confidential any record or other document in its possession concerning the initial contact with and research and planning for that client. If such a request is made, the executive head of the organization shall attach to the file containing the record or document a certificate signed by the executive head stating that a request for confidentiality was made by the client and showing the date of the request.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, records and documents that are confidential pursuant to subsection 1 remain confidential until the client:
(a) Initiates any process regarding the location of his or her business in a city that formed the organization for economic development which is within the jurisdiction of a governmental entity other than the organization for economic development; or
(b) Decides to locate his or her business in a city that formed the organization for economic development.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2198; A 2007, 2086)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.920 - Programs, activities or events to increase participation of residents in development of public policy.

The city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may institute a program or sponsor an activity, event or any other action designed to increase the extent and quality of participation of the residents within the incorporated city in the development of public policy and the improvement of the operation of government at all levels. The city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may submit a report of any action taken pursuant to this section to the Division of State Library and Archives of the Department of Administration.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3276; A 2013, 58)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.930 - Ramps.

1. The governing body of an incorporated city may provide for the construction, installation and maintenance of ramps and any appurtenances necessary thereto that comply with all applicable requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.
2. The governing body of an incorporated city, or any person who is authorized by the governing body of an incorporated city to provide for the construction, installation and maintenance of ramps and any appurtenances necessary thereto that comply with all applicable requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., may locate such ramps and appurtenances within any public easement or right-of-way, including, without limitation, a public easement or right-of-way dedicated or restricted for use by any utility, if:
(a) The public easement or right-of-way is adjacent or appurtenant to or within a reasonable proximity of any public highway; and
(b) The ramps and appurtenances may be located safely within the public easement or right-of-way without damaging or forcing the relocation of the facilities of other persons, including, without limitation, public utilities, who are authorized to place their facilities within the public easement or right-of-way.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Public easement or right-of-way" means any public easement or right-of-way that has been granted, dedicated or restricted solely for a public purpose, including, without limitation, for use by a public utility or for public access.
(b) "Public highway" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 277A.110.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 569)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.010 - Automatic application to disincorporated cities or towns, and towns formed by board of county commissioners; petition required in certain towns or cities.

1. In the case of any disincorporated town or city, or any town formed by the board of county commissioners, all the provisions of this chapter immediately apply thereto.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, in a county whose population is less than 700,000 which has not adopted the Unincorporated Town Government Law, none of the powers or jurisdiction in this chapter authorized or required may be exercised in any town or city until there has been filed in the office of the county clerk a written petition for the application of the provisions of this chapter to the town or city, signed by a majority of the actual residents thereof, representing at least three-fifths of its taxable property. When a petition is filed, the genuineness of its signatures and the qualification of its subscribers must be established by the affidavits of reliable taxpayers of the town or city filed with the petition.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 269.016 to 269.022, inclusive, the boards of county commissioners constitute the governing body of all unincorporated towns within their respective counties.
[16:48:1881; A 1887, 117; C § 2189; RL § 892; NCL § 1246]—(NRS A 1973, 800; 1995, 2178; 2011, 1165)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.011 - Applicability of NRS 269.016 to 269.022, inclusive, and 269.024 to 269.0248, inclusive.

The provisions of NRS 269.016 to 269.022, inclusive, and 269.024 to 269.0248, inclusive, apply to each unincorporated town in a county having a population of less than 100,000 which has not elected to accept the provisions of the Unincorporated Town Government Law.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1003; A 1979, 527; 1983, 1661)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.012 - Boundaries fixed when city disincorporates; effect of annexation by city.

1. When any city is disincorporated, the board of county commissioners shall at the time of such disincorporation fix the boundaries of the unincorporated town created therefrom, if one is created pursuant to this chapter.
2. If all or any part of an unincorporated town is annexed by any incorporated city, the territory so annexed shall be automatically detached from such unincorporated town at the time of such annexation, and the boundaries of such unincorporated town shall be contracted accordingly, without further action of the board of county commissioners.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1610)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.016 - Establishment of elected town board.

A town board form of government, for the purpose of governing such town in accordance with the powers specified in this chapter, may be established for any unincorporated town in the State of Nevada. The town board form of government must be adopted in the manner provided in NRS 269.0165 or 269.017 to 269.019, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1723; A 1968, 66; 2003, 1664)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.0165 - Adoption by initiative petition; procedures for appointment or election of initial members of town board.

1. A town board form of government may be adopted by means of initiative petition of the residents of the town.
2. The procedures established by NRS 295.085 to 295.125, inclusive, for the adoption of county ordinances by initiative petition must be followed by the residents and each document of the petition must set forth briefly the proposal to establish a town board form of government. The election required to be held if the proposal is not adopted by the board of county commissioners must be held not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date of the final board vote thereon.
3. Members of the town board must be appointed and elected as provided in:
(a) NRS 269.017, if the proposal to adopt the town board form of government is approved by the board of county commissioners; or
(b) NRS 269.0171, if the proposal is submitted to the electors for their approval.
(Added to NRS by 1968, 66; A 1969, 1116, 1538; 1979, 527; 1983, 1661)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.0166 - Additional qualifications of voters in election on initiative petition.

In addition to the qualifications prescribed in NRS 293.485 for electors in all elections, a person may vote in an election held pursuant to NRS 269.0165 only if the person has been a resident of the area for which it is proposed to establish a town board form of government for at least 30 days prior to such election.
(Added to NRS by 1968, 67)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.017 - Members of town board: Qualifications; initial appointments; subsequent election.

1. If the board of county commissioners determines that the best interests of an unincorporated town would be served by adoption of a town board form of government it shall establish a town board for the town by appointing five persons who are residents and qualified electors in the town to serve as members of the town board until successors can be elected at the next general election.
2. At the next general election five persons who are residents and qualified electors in the town must be elected by the registered voters of the town to serve as members of the town board.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1723; A 1977, 201; 1985, 692)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.0171 - Members of town board: Election when initiative proposal submitted to electors; filing of notice of intention to become candidate.

1. If the establishment of a town board form of government is proposed by initiative petition, and the proposal is submitted to the electors, the prospective members of the town board must be elected at the same general election in which the proposal is submitted to the electors.
2. Any person who is a resident, is a qualified elector and desires to become a candidate for the position of member of a town board must, within the time specified by subsection 3, file in the office of the county clerk a notice of intention to become a candidate. The notice of intention must show that the person possesses the qualifications required by this section. Each person filing the notice of intention as required by this section is entitled to have his or her name placed on the official ballot.
3. The notice of intention required by subsection 2 must be filed not later than 5 p.m. on the second Tuesday in May of the year in which the election is held.
4. If the proposal to establish a town board form of government is approved at the election, members of the town board elected pursuant to this section serve as members until the next general election.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1116; A 1993, 30, 1045)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.018 - Members of town board: Terms of office; vacancies.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the term of office of a member of the town board is 4 years and begins on the first Monday in January following the general election at which the member is chosen.
2. The initial members of the board elected at a general election shall, at the first meeting of the board after their election and qualification, draw lots to determine which members serve terms of 2 years and which serve terms of 4 years. The drawing must result in, as nearly as possible, the election of half of the members of the board at each subsequent election.
3. A vacancy in the position of a member of a town board must be filled pursuant to the provisions of NRS 245.170.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1723; A 1985, 2311; 1989, 2174; 1991, 467; 2013, 468)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.019 - Chair and town clerk: Selection; duties.

1. The town board shall choose one of its members to act as chair of the town board and one member to act as town clerk. A deputy town clerk may be appointed by the town board, which shall fix his or her salary.
2. The chair of the town board shall:
(a) Preside over meetings of the town board.
(b) Perform other duties assigned by the board.
3. The town clerk shall:
(a) Perform the duties required or authorized to be performed under the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Keep a record of the proceedings of the town board.
(c) Forward a copy of the record of each meeting to the clerk of the board of county commissioners as soon as feasible after such meeting.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1723)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.0205 - Single candidate declared elected.

If at 5 p.m. on the last day for filing a notice of intention of candidacy for the position of member of a town board, there is only one candidate who has filed a notice of intention for the position, that candidate must be declared elected and no election may be held for that position.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1663)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.021 - Effective date of ordinance or other action.

Any ordinance adopted or action taken by a town board shall not take effect or become final until the expiration of 30 days after the ordinance was adopted or the action was taken.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1723; A 1969, 1116; 1971, 227)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.022 - Discontinuance of elected town board: Procedure.

If the board of county commissioners determines that the best interests of the town are no longer served by a town board form of government, it may order the question to be put on the ballot at the next general election. If the majority of persons voting favor discontinuance of the town board form of government, the town board shall cease to function at the end of the terms of office of the incumbent members of the town board, and the government of the town and all of its assets and liabilities shall revert to the board of county commissioners.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1724)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.024 - Creation by board of county commissioners.

If the board of county commissioners determines that the best interest of an unincorporated town of which such board constitutes the governing body would best be served by the appointment of a citizens’ advisory council to act in an advisory and liaison capacity with respect to governing the affairs of such town it shall enact an ordinance creating such advisory council, designating its powers and duties and providing the qualifications of the members thereof.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 799)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.0242 - Members; qualifications; election; appointment; terms; duties.

Any ordinance enacted pursuant to NRS 269.024 must include provisions in substance as follows:
1. The citizens’ advisory council must consist of not fewer than three nor more than five members.
2. Each member of the advisory council must be a resident and qualified elector in the town.
3. The members of the advisory council must be appointed by the board of county commissioners from a list of a number of qualified persons, equal in number to the number of positions on the advisory council which are to be filled, elected at an informal election. Notice of the election must be posted in accordance with NRS 241.020. The election must be held in the town in November of the year of the general election.
4. The list of names of the persons elected must be presented to the board of county commissioners at their first meeting in December of the year of the general election. The persons appointed to the advisory council shall serve their respective terms at the pleasure of the board.
5. The members of the advisory council first appointed by the board of county commissioners shall serve until the 1st Monday in January following the next general election, and thereafter the terms of office of the members of the advisory council are for 2 years and begin on the 1st Monday in January following each general election.
6. The advisory council shall assist the board of county commissioners in governing the town by acting as liaison between the residents of the town and the board. The advisory council and the board shall cooperate to inform each other of all matters of interest to the town and its residents. The advisory council shall not expend or contract any town money for any purpose.
7. The members of the advisory council shall serve without compensation.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 799; A 1977, 201; 1981, 400)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.0244 - Officers; meetings; rules of procedure; records.

The advisory council shall elect such officers from within its membership, fix such time and place of meetings, adopt such rules of procedure and keep such records all as in its sole discretion it shall determine consistently with the purposes of NRS 269.024 to 269.0248, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 799)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.0246 - Responsibilities of board of county commissioners unaffected.

It is the intent of NRS 269.024 to 269.0248, inclusive, that the existence and activities of the advisory council shall in no way diminish the responsibility of the board of county commissioners in its capacity as the governing body of the town and in performing its duties as such, but that it shall bring to bear on the problems of the town the knowledge of a representative group of residents thereof.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 799)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.0248 - Creation of additional councils under original ordinance.

Citizens’ advisory councils for two or more towns may be created by one ordinance, and the initial ordinance may from time to time be amended to create citizens’ advisory councils for additional towns, if the board of county commissioners determines that all of such towns shall be governed by the same ordinance.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 800)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.025 - Meetings; quorum; affirmative vote of majority of whole board required to carry question.

1. The town board or board of county commissioners of any county in this state having jurisdiction of the affairs of any town or city, as in this chapter provided, shall hold a regular meeting in the town offices or in the courthouse at the county seat at least once in each month, on a day previously fixed by the board, for the purpose of transacting the business provided for in this chapter, and shall continue in session from day to day until such business is completed.
2. The town board or board of county commissioners may also hold special meetings upon a call of the chair of the board, or a majority of the members thereof.
3. A majority of the town board or board of county commissioners constitutes a quorum. An affirmative vote of the majority of the whole board is necessary to carry any question.
[Part 15:48:1881; BH § 2038; C § 2188; RL § 891; NCL § 1245]—(NRS A 1967, 1724; 2001, 1126)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.030 - Duties of county clerk.

The county clerk in each of the counties of this state shall:
1. Perform the duties required or authorized to be performed under and by virtue of the provisions of this chapter.
2. Be held liable on an official bond for the faithful performance of such duties.
3. Be ex officio clerk of the board of county commissioners in the execution of the provisions of this chapter.
4. Keep a record of the proceedings of the board of county commissioners thereabout in books not used for other purposes.
[Part 14:48:1881; BH § 2037; C § 2187; RL § 890; NCL § 1244]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.035 - Duties of county treasurer.

The county treasurer in each of the counties of this state shall:
1. Perform the duties required or authorized to be performed under and by virtue of the provisions of this chapter.
2. Be held liable on an official bond for the faithful performance of such duties.
3. Pay any fee received, by virtue of any law or ordinance, into the treasury, to be apportioned to the fund of the town or city from which collected.
[13:48:1881; BH § 2036; C § 2186; RL § 889; NCL § 1243]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.040 - Duties of other county officers; compensation.

1. The district attorney, county auditor, county assessor, and all other county officials, not specially exempted therefrom, in each of the counties of this state, shall perform the duties required or authorized to be performed by them, under and by virtue of the provisions of this chapter, and shall be held liable on their official bonds for the faithful performance thereof.
2. All such officers shall pay all fees or moneys by them received, under any law or ordinance touching the provisions of this chapter, in the time and manner as provided by general law, to the county treasurer of their respective counties, to be distributed to the fund of the proper town or city.
3. No officer performing any duty under this chapter, excepting officers and employees of any fire department or company, or peace officer thereunder authorized, shall demand or receive any compensation therefor.
[Part 14:48:1881; BH § 2037; C § 2187; RL § 890; NCL § 1244]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.070 - Nevada Ethics in Government Law inapplicable to certain transactions.

The provisions of the Nevada Ethics in Government Law, chapter 281A of NRS, do not prohibit any town officer from purchasing the warrants of the State or of any other city, town or county, or prevent any town officer from selling or transferring such warrants or scrip as the town officer may receive for his or her services, but none other.
[Part 74:108:1866; B § 2672; BH § 1709; C § 1855; RL § 2826; NCL § 4826]—(NRS A 1975, 932)