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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 268.09791 - Applicability.

1. The provisions of NRS 268.09791 to 268.09799, inclusive, apply to a city whose population is 25,000 or more in a county whose population is 700,000 or more.
2. The provisions of NRS 268.09791 to 268.09799, inclusive, do not apply to a residential unit located within a building that is:
(a) Located on land not zoned exclusively for residential use; and
(b) Owned or operated by a person who holds a nonrestricted license for gaming issued pursuant to NRS 463.170 or an affiliate of a person who holds a nonrestricted license for gaming.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Affiliate" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.0133.
(b) "Nonrestricted license" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.0177.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2399)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.097915 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 268.09791 to 268.09799, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 268.09792 to 268.09794, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2399)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.09792 - "Accommodations facilitator" defined.

"Accommodations facilitator" means a person, other than the owner, lessee or other lawful occupant of a residential unit, or a manager of a residential unit, who, for a fee or other charge, brokers, coordinates, makes available or otherwise arranges for the rental of the residential unit or a room within a residential unit for the purpose of transient lodging. The term includes, without limitation, a hosting platform.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2399)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.097925 - "Authorization" defined.

"Authorization" means a permit, license, registration or any other type of approval or authorization issued by a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city or its designee to a person who, independently or using an accommodations facilitator, makes available for rent a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2399)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.09793 - "Hosting platform" defined.

"Hosting platform" means a person who, for a fee or other charge, provides on an Internet website an online platform that facilitates the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit by an owner or lessee of the residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging, including, without limitation, through advertising, matchmaking or other means.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2399)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.097935 - "Residential unit" defined.

"Residential unit" means a single-family residence or an individual residential unit within a larger building, including, without limitation, a condominium, townhouse, duplex or other multifamily dwelling. The term does not include a timeshare or other property subject to the provisions of chapter 119A of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2400)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.09794 - "Transient lodging" defined.

"Transient lodging" has the meaning ascribed to it in the ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 268.0195 by the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city to define the term "transient lodging" for the purpose of all taxes imposed by the city council or other governing body on the rental of transient lodging in the incorporated city.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2400)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.09796 - Requirement to hold and display authorization and state business license; accommodations facilitator required to report and verify information under certain circumstances.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 of NRS 268.09795, every person who makes available for rent a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging in an incorporated city must hold:
(a) An authorization issued pursuant to NRS 268.09797 by the city council or other governing body of the incorporated city or its designee in which the transient lodging is located; and
(b) A state business license.
2. The authorization and the state business license held by the person must be displayed in the residential unit and both the authorization number issued by the incorporated city and the business identification number assigned by the Secretary of State pursuant to chapter 76 of NRS must be included in any listing or advertisement for the rental of the residential unit or a room within the residential unit, including any listing or advertisement created by an accommodations facilitator.
3. Upon the request of a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city or its designee, an accommodations facilitator shall report all current listings of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit that the accommodations facilitator brokers, coordinates, makes available or otherwise arranges for the rental of for the purpose of transient lodging.
4. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city or its designee may require an accommodations facilitator to verify that a residential unit or room within a residential unit has been issued an authorization pursuant to NRS 268.09797 before the accommodations facilitator may broker, coordinate, make available or otherwise arrange for the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for a fee.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2402)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.09798 - Powers of governing body to impose penalties for violations of ordinance.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in accordance with the ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 268.09795, the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city or its designee may:
(a) Suspend or revoke any authorization issued pursuant to NRS 268.09797;
(b) Impose a civil penalty on the holder of an authorization or an accommodations facilitator for a violation of any provision of the ordinance in accordance with the schedule of civil penalties set forth in the ordinance; and
(c) Impose a civil penalty or fine on a person who makes available a residential unit or a room within a residential unit without holding an authorization issued pursuant to NRS 268.09797 in accordance with the schedule of civil penalties or fines set forth in the ordinance, if any.
2. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city or its designee shall not impose a civil penalty on:
(a) A holder of an authorization for a violation of the ordinance committed by an accommodations facilitator; or
(b) An accommodations facilitator for a violation of the ordinance committed by a holder of an authorization.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2403)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.097985 - Authority to impose additional requirements and penalties related to residential units; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and subsection 4 of NRS 268.09795, a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may impose additional requirements on a person or accommodations facilitator related to the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for purposes of transient lodging that are more restrictive than the provisions of NRS 268.09791 to 268.09799, inclusive.
2. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall not prohibit a person who has been lawfully issued a permit, license, registration or any other form of authorization from the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city or its designee before July 1, 2022, from continuing to operate under his or her original authorization due to a conflict with the provisions of the ordinance relating to the location or type of residential unit. The provisions of this subsection do not prohibit a city council or other governing body from suspending, terminating or revoking an authorization issued before July 1, 2022, for a violation of a provision of the ordinance other than those relating to the location or type of residential unit.
3. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may impose a civil penalty or fine on a person or accommodations facilitator for a violation of any additional requirement imposed on a person or accommodations facilitator pursuant to subsection 1 if the additional requirement was imposed on the person or accommodations facilitator who committed the violation.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2404)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.09799 - Tax on revenues from rental of residential unit as transient lodging: Imposition and collection; accommodations facilitator deemed provider of transient lodging for certain purposes.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city or its designee issues an authorization pursuant to NRS 268.09797 to authorize an owner, lessee or other lawful occupant of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit located in the incorporated city, or a manager of such a residential unit, to rent the residential unit or a room within the residential unit for the purpose of transient lodging:
(a) The city council or other governing body of the incorporated city, as applicable, shall require an accommodations facilitator who brokers, coordinates, makes available or otherwise arranges for the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit in the incorporated city for the purpose of transient lodging to collect and remit to the incorporated city all taxes imposed on the gross receipts from the rental of the residential unit or a room within the residential unit in the incorporated city for the purpose of transient lodging; and
(b) An accommodations facilitator who brokers, coordinates, makes available or otherwise arranges for the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit in the incorporated city for the purpose of transient lodging must be deemed to be engaged in the business of providing transient lodging in the incorporated city and to be the person providing the transient lodging.
2. For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the accommodations facilitator shall be deemed to be engaged in the business of providing transient lodging and to be the person providing the transient lodging solely for the purposes of imposing, collecting and remitting all taxes on the gross receipts from the rental of transient lodging. The provisions of this section must not be interpreted or construed to, and the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall not, create, expand or alter any other liability, duty, obligation or responsibility of the accommodations facilitator for, or relating to, the residential unit or a room within the residential unit.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2404)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.097992 - "Sidewalk vendor" defined.

As used in NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, "sidewalk vendor" means a person who sells food upon a public sidewalk or other pedestrian path from a conveyance, including, without limitation, a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase or rack. The term includes, without limitation, a nonstationary sidewalk vendor and a stationary sidewalk vendor.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1438)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.097993 - Adoption of ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors: Exceptions; prohibitions.

1. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may adopt an ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors in accordance with the requirements of NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998, inclusive.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998, inclusive, a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall not:
(a) Enact or enforce a complete prohibition on sidewalk vendors.
(b) Impose a criminal penalty on the act of sidewalk vending in a residential area.
3. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city that does not adopt an ordinance that complies or substantially complies with NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998, inclusive, shall not cite, fine or prosecute a sidewalk vendor for a violation of any rule or regulation that is inconsistent with the provisions of NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998, inclusive.
4. If a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city adopts an ordinance pursuant to this section, the city council or other governing body shall post on its Internet website a map of the zones where a person may engage in the act of sidewalk vending.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1438)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.097994 - Unlawful acts; penalties; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person shall not sell food, beverages or merchandise upon a public sidewalk or pedestrian path from a conveyance, including, without limitation, a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase or rack, within 1,500 feet of:
(a) A resort hotel, as defined in NRS 463.01865;
(b) An event facility that has seating capacity for at least 20,000 people and is constructed to accommodate a major or minor league sports team;
(c) A convention facility operated by a county fair and recreation board; or
(d) A median of a highway, if the median is adjacent to a parking lot.
2. For any violation of subsection 1, a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may impose a criminal, civil or administrative penalty in accordance with an ordinance adopted by the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city pursuant to NRS 268.097993. The maximum criminal penalty that may be specified in an ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 268.097993 is a misdemeanor. A violation of subsection 1 or such an ordinance does not constitute a crime of moral turpitude.
3. Nothing in this section authorizes a person to sell merchandise 1,500 feet or more from:
(a) A resort hotel, as defined in NRS 463.01865;
(b) An event facility that has seating capacity for at least 20,000 people and is constructed to accommodate a major or minor league sports team;
(c) A convention facility operated by a county fair and recreation board; or
(d) A median of a highway that is adjacent to a parking lot.
4. A person may sell food, beverages or merchandise within 1,500 feet of a location described in subsection 1 if the conveyance from which the person is selling food, beverages or merchandise is located in an area which is zoned exclusively for residential use, unless the area is on a public sidewalk or pedestrian path that is immediately adjacent to a location described in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1439)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.097995 - Ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors: Requirements.

An ordinance adopted by a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city regulating sidewalk vendors pursuant to NRS 268.097993 may require that a sidewalk vendor:
1. Hold:
(a) A permit or license for sidewalk vending;
(b) A state business license; and
(c) Any other licenses issued by a state or local governmental agency to the extent otherwise required by law.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a sidewalk vendor to not comply with any requirement to obtain a state business license or other license issued by a state agency or any permit or license issued by a local government, agency or board of health to the extent otherwise required by law.
2. Submit information to the designated representative of the city relating to his or her operations, including, without limitation:
(a) The name and current mailing address of the sidewalk vendor;
(b) If the sidewalk vendor is an agent of an individual, company, partnership or corporation, the name and business address of the principal office;
(c) A description of the food offered for sale; and
(d) A certification by the sidewalk vendor that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the information submitted pursuant to this section is true.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1439)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.097996 - Ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors: Authorized provisions. [Effective July 1, 2024.]

1. In addition to the provisions of NRS 268.097995, an ordinance adopted by a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city that regulates sidewalk vendors may:
(a) Adopt requirements regulating the time, place and manner of sidewalk vending if the requirements are objectively and directly related to the health, safety or welfare concerns of the public, which may include, without limitation:
(1) Restrictions on the hours of operation of a sidewalk vendor, which may not be more restrictive than any restriction imposed by any applicable ordinance regulating noise or any restriction on the hours of operation imposed on home-based businesses that are similar to sidewalk vending; and
(2) Requirements to:
(I) Maintain sanitary conditions and comply with the regulations adopted by a local board of health pursuant to NRS 446.861.
(II) Ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.
(b) Restrict or prohibit sidewalk vendors from operating:
(1) In areas located within the immediate vicinity of a farmers’ market licensed pursuant to NRS 268.092 during the operating hours of the farmers’ market.
(2) Within the immediate vicinity of an area designated for a temporary special event by the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city, provided that any notice or other right provided to affected businesses or property owners during the temporary special event is also provided to any sidewalk vendors permitted to operate in the area, if applicable. A prohibition of sidewalk vendors pursuant to this subparagraph must only be effective for the limited duration of the temporary special event.
(3) Within a set distance established by the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city of:
(I) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.097994, an establishment that holds a nonrestricted gaming license described in subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 463.0177;
(II) A food establishment;
(III) A school, child care facility, community center, polling place, religious institution or place of worship or a park or recreational facility owned by the city; or
(IV) A highly trafficked pedestrian mall, convention center or designated entertainment district.
(4) In residential areas, but must not prohibit nonstationary sidewalk vendors from operating in such areas.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Entertainment district" means a contiguous area located within a city that:
(1) Is zoned for or customarily used for commercial purposes; and
(2) Contains any number and combination of restaurants, bars, entertainment establishments, music venues, theaters, art galleries or studios, dance studios or athletic stadiums.
(b) "Pedestrian mall" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 268.811.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1440, effective July 1, 2024)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.097997 - Power of governing body of city to impose penalties for violations of ordinance.

1. In accordance with an ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998, inclusive, a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city, or a designee of the city council or other governing body, may:
(a) Suspend or revoke any permit or license for sidewalk vending for any violation of the ordinance or the terms or conditions of the permit or license in the same manner as such suspensions or revocations are imposed for other types of businesses;
(b) Impose a civil penalty on the holder of a permit or license for sidewalk vending that engages in sidewalk vending in a prohibited residential area or for any violation of the terms or conditions of the permit or license in accordance with the schedule of civil penalties set forth in the ordinance, if any;
(c) Impose a civil penalty on a person who engages in sidewalk vending without holding a permit or license for sidewalk vending required by the ordinance in accordance with the schedule of civil penalties set forth in the ordinance, if any; and
(d) Authorize any other action to prevent the sale or consumption of any food or drink that violates any requirements established by a local board of health pursuant to NRS 446.861.
2. For any person who engages in sidewalk vending without holding a permit or license for sidewalk vending or who engages in sidewalk vending in a prohibited area, a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city, or a designee of the city council or other governing body, may also take any other action authorized under existing law to enforce any prohibition on unlicensed business activities, including, without limitation, any action authorized pursuant to NRS 268.097994.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1441)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.097998 - Limitations on effect of provisions.

The provisions of NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998, inclusive, shall not be construed to:
1. Exempt a person from complying with any state or local law or regulation;
2. Provide a defense to any criminal charge unrelated to the act of sidewalk vending; or
3. Affect the rights of a private property owner to use or authorize or limit the use of a sidewalk that is owned by the private property owner, including, without limitation, a privately owned sidewalk that is subject to an easement for public access.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1441)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.098 - City’s powers subordinate to powers of Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. [Effective upon the proclamation by the Governor of this State of the withdrawal by the State of California from the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact or of a finding by the Governor of this State that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has become unable to perform its duties or exercise its powers.]

In the region of this State for which there has been established by NRS 278.780 to 278.828, inclusive, a regional planning agency, the powers of every city which relate to planning, subdivision regulation and zoning are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 51; A 1979, 1133, effective upon the proclamation by the Governor of this State of the withdrawal by the State of California from the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact or of a finding by the Governor of this State that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has become unable to perform its duties or exercise its powers; A 2011, 3739; 2013, 2367)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.099 - City’s powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency.

In any region of this State for which there has been established by interstate compact a regional planning agency, the powers conferred by this chapter which relate to planning, subdivision regulation and zoning are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
(Added to NRS by 1968, 13; R 2011, 3740; A 2013, 2366, 2367, 3838)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.105 - City’s powers subordinate in region for which Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Act and Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area and Adjacent Lands Act establish limits upon development.

In the region of this State for which the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Act and the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area and Adjacent Lands Act establish limits upon development, the powers conferred by this chapter which relate to planning, subdivision regulation and zoning are subordinate to those limits.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 596; A 2009, 735)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.120 - Members: Appointment; terms of office; vacancies.

1. The city planning commission shall consist of the mayor, the city attorney, the city engineer, ex officio, and 7 other members to be appointed by the mayor, not more than 2 of whom shall be nonresidents of the city.
2. At the first meeting of the commission, the 7 appointed members shall choose their term of office by lot, as follows: 1 for 1 year; 2 for 2 years; 2 for 3 years; and 2 for 4 years. Their successors shall hold office for 4 years.
3. Any vacancies shall be filled by the mayor for the unexpired term.
[2:131:1921; NCL § 1268]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.140 - Officers; secretary to keep record of proceedings.

1. The members of the city planning commission shall annually elect a president and vice president from the appointed members and may elect a secretary, who need not be a member of the commission.
2. The secretary shall keep an accurate record of all proceedings.
[Part 3:131:1921; NCL § 1269]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.160 - Regulations.

The city planning commission may adopt bylaws and rules and regulations for its government and in connection with its duties, not inconsistent with the provisions of NRS 268.110 to 268.220, inclusive, or of any ordinance creating the commission.
[Part 3:131:1921; NCL § 1269]—(NRS A 1987, 1714)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.190 - Duties.

Except as otherwise provided by law, the city planning commission may:
1. Recommend and advise the city council and all other public authorities concerning:
(a) The laying out, widening, extending, paving, parking and locating of streets, sidewalks and boulevards.
(b) The betterment of housing and sanitary conditions, and the establishment of zones or districts within which lots or buildings may be restricted to residential use, or from which the establishment, conduct or operation of certain business, manufacturing or other enterprises may be excluded, and limiting the height, area and bulk of buildings and structures therein.
2. Recommend to the city council and all other public authorities plans and regulations for the future growth, development and beautification of the municipality in respect to its public and private buildings and works, streets, parks, grounds and vacant lots, which must include for each city a population plan if required by NRS 278.170, a plan for the development of affordable housing and, for each city located in a county whose population is 700,000 or more, a plan to inventory and preserve areas as historic neighborhoods pursuant to NRS 278.02076. As used in this subsection, "affordable housing" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 278.0105.
3. Perform any other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of NRS 268.110 to 268.220, inclusive, and in general to study and propose such measures as may be for the municipal welfare and in the interest of protecting the municipal area’s natural resources from impairment.
[4:131:1921; NCL § 1270]—(NRS A 1973, 1240; 1987, 1714; 1995, 2229; 2009, 2770; 2011, 1157; 2019, 971, 1419)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.220 - Receipt of gifts.

The city planning commission may receive gifts, bequests or devises of property to carry out any of the purposes of NRS 268.110 to 268.220, inclusive, and has control and distribution over those gifts, bequests and devises of property.
[7:131:1921; NCL § 1273]—(NRS A 1987, 1715)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.310 - Mayor or other officer may order police to keep peace.

The mayor or other officer having the direction of the police in a city shall order a force sufficient to keep the peace, to attend any public meeting, when he or she is satisfied that a breach of the peace is to be apprehended.
[Part 82:108:1866; B § 2680; BH § 1717; C § 1863; RL § 2832; NCL § 4832]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.380 - 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 city officer from purchasing the warrants of the State or of any other city or county, or prevent any city officer from selling or transferring such warrants or scrip as the city 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.384 - City officer not to be interested in certain contracts and purchases; penalties.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 281.230, 281A.430 and 332.800, it is unlawful for any city officer, directly or indirectly, to be interested in any contract made by the city officer or to be a purchaser or interested in any purchase of a sale made by the city officer in the discharge of his or her official duties.
2. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall forfeit his or her office.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1111; A 1987, 386; 2003, 891; 2013, 3786)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.386 - Avoidance of unlawful contract.

Any contract made in violation of NRS 268.384 may be declared void at the instance of the city interested or of any other person interested in the contract except an officer prohibited from making or being interested in the contract.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1111; A 1985, 643)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.390 - City treasurer may refuse to redeem warrants.

The several city treasurers of the State shall refuse to redeem any warrants, scrip, orders or other evidences of indebtedness against the city whenever it shall come to their knowledge that such warrants, scrip or other evidences of indebtedness have been purchased, sold, received or transferred in violation of any provision of law.
[Part 98:108:1866; B § 2696; BH § 1733; C § 1879; RL § 2845; NCL § 4845]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.400 - Officers may sell indebtedness for personal services rendered.

All city officers referred to in any section of this chapter shall have the right to sell or transfer any evidence of public indebtedness which may be issued according to law, for services rendered by them to the city, legally and justly due, and the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent the purchase, sale or transfer of any funded public indebtedness whatever of the State, or of any county, city or town corporation.
[Part 99:108:1866; B § 2697; BH § 1734; C § 1880; RL § 2846; NCL § 4846]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.404 - Deduction from employee’s salary for service as volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance driver or attendant prohibited.

1. All employees of incorporated cities which have been organized pursuant to general law or special charter must be paid their salaries as fixed by law or ordinance without diminution on account of any time spent away from city employment while acting as:
(a) Volunteer firefighters of any regular organized and recognized fire department in the protection of life or property; or
(b) Volunteer ambulance drivers or attendants,
during working hours or fractions thereof which should otherwise have been devoted to city employment.
2. As used in this section, "volunteer ambulance driver or attendant" means a person who is a driver of or attendant on an ambulance owned or operated by:
(a) A nonprofit organization that provides volunteer ambulance service in any county, city or town in this State; or
(b) A political subdivision of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 43; A 1997, 468; 2005, 320)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.405 - Public hearing for dismissed employee in certain cities.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when an employee of an incorporated city (whether organized under the general law or by special charter) other than a department head, city manager or city administrator who has been employed by the incorporated city for 12 or more months is dismissed from employment, the employee may request within 15 days of the date of dismissal a written statement specifically setting forth the reasons for such dismissal. Within 15 days of the date of such request, the employee shall be furnished such a written statement. Within 30 days after receipt of such written statement the dismissed employee may, in writing, request a public hearing before the governing board of the incorporated city to determine the reasonableness of such action. The governing board of the incorporated city shall grant the dismissed employee a public hearing within 15 days after the receipt of the written request. At the public hearing, technical rules of evidence shall not apply.
2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to cities organized by special charters when such special charters and ordinances enacted pursuant thereto provide a civil service system for such incorporated city and its employees and public hearings are guaranteed to like employees upon their dismissal from public service.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 309)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.406 - Pension or insurance for police officers and firefighters who are disabled.

1. The governing board of any incorporated city may establish, by contract or otherwise, and administer a disability pension plan or disability insurance program for the benefit of any city police officer or firefighter who is disabled, to any degree, by an injury arising out of and in the course of his or her employment.
2. The governing board may adopt ordinances, rules, regulations, policies and procedures necessary to establish and administer the plan or program specified in subsection 1.
3. If an incorporated city elects to consider implementation of a plan or program specified in subsection 1 or to change the benefits provided by an existing plan or program, the persons affected by the proposed plan or program, or proposed change, may negotiate with the city concerning the nature and extent of such plan, program or change. Chapter 288 of NRS applies to negotiations for this purpose.
4. The plan or program authorized by this section must be supplemental or in addition to and not in conflict with the coverage, compensation, benefits or procedure established by or adopted pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS.
5. The benefits provided for in this section are supplemental to other benefits an employee is entitled to receive on account of the same disability. In no event may the benefits provided for in this section, when added to benefits provided for or purchased by the expenditure of public money, exceed the maximum amount of benefits an employee is entitled to receive if the employee has been a member of the department or agency for 10 years or more.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1298: A 1999, 233; 2005, 320)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4065 - Temporary limited appointments of certified persons with disabilities.

1. To assist persons with disabilities certified by the Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, the governing body of each city is encouraged and authorized to make temporary limited appointments of certified persons with disabilities for a period not to exceed 700 hours for each appointment notwithstanding that the positions so filled are permanent positions. A person with a disability who is certified by the Rehabilitation Division must be placed on the appropriate list for which the person is eligible.
2. Each such person must possess the training and experience necessary for the position for which the person is certified. The Rehabilitation Division must be notified of the request of the governing body of a city for a list of eligibility on which the names of one or more certified persons with disabilities appear.
3. The governing body of the city shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
4. This section does not prevent a city from employing:
(a) A person with a disability if the person is available and eligible for permanent employment.
(b) A person with a disability who is employed pursuant to the provisions of this section in permanent employment if the person qualifies for permanent employment before the termination of the person’s temporary limited appointment.
5. If a person appointed pursuant to this section is appointed to a permanent position during or after the 700-hour period, the 700 hours or portion thereof must be included in calculating the employee’s probationary period.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 427; A 1991, 159; 1993, 472, 1547; 1995, 522)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4067 - Limitations on consideration of wage or salary history of applicant for employment by city.

1. The governing body of an incorporated city or a city officer shall not, orally or in writing, personally or through an agent:
(a) Seek the wage or salary history of an applicant for employment by the incorporated city;
(b) Rely on the wage or salary history of an applicant to determine:
(1) Whether to offer employment to an applicant; or
(2) The rate of pay for the applicant; or
(c) Refuse to interview, hire, promote or employ an applicant, or discriminate or retaliate against an applicant if the applicant does not provide wage or salary history.
2. A governing body of an incorporated city or a city officer shall provide:
(a) To an applicant for employment by an incorporated city who has completed an interview for a position the wage or salary range or rate for the position; and
(b) The wage or salary range or rate for a promotion or transfer to a new position if an employee of an incorporated city has:
(1) Applied for the promotion or transfer;
(2) Completed an interview for the promotion or transfer or been offered the promotion or transfer; and
(3) Requested the wage or salary range or rate for the promotion or transfer.
3. Nothing in this section prohibits the governing body of an incorporated city or a city officer from asking an applicant for employment by the incorporated city about his or her wage or salary expectation for the position for which the applicant is applying.
4. As used in this section, "wage or salary history" means the wages or salary paid to an applicant for employment by the current or former employer of the applicant. The term includes, without limitation, any compensation and benefits received by the applicant from his or her current or former employer.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1681)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4069 - Use of testing as factor in promotion of employee: Requirements; appeals; exclusion.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, notwithstanding the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement to the contrary, if the governing body of an incorporated city or a city officer includes testing as a factor in a decision regarding the vertical promotion of an employee:
(a) The testing must be conducted by a third party which is independent from the governing body or city officer, as applicable.
(b) A third party which conducts a test must send to each employee who takes the test a confidential electronic mail message which contains the employee’s test score. The third party must send an employee’s test score to the employee and the governing body of an incorporated city or the city officer, as applicable, at the same time.
(c) The governing body or city officer, as applicable, shall not produce a list of the employees who took the test, ranked in order of their test scores, until after the third party which conducted the test has sent each employee his or her test score pursuant to paragraph (b).
(d) An employee who is aggrieved by his or her test score may appeal the testing process.
2. During the appeal process authorized by paragraph (d) of subsection 1:
(a) The employee who appeals the testing process is entitled to see:
(1) How his or her test was graded; and
(2) The questions which the employee answered incorrectly.
(b) The governing body of an incorporated city or the city officer, as applicable, shall ensure that the employee was ranked properly based on the employee’s test score.
3. A person who tampers with the score of a test taken by an employee is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
4. The provisions of this section do not apply to:
(a) A city department that has less than 200 employees; or
(b) An incorporated city if the city has a civil service commission that appoints a chief examiner and the chief examiner:
(1) Serves at the pleasure of the civil service commission;
(2) Is not answerable to any city officer or the governing body of the incorporated city other than the civil service commission; and
(3) Is not a director of human resources for the civil service commission or the city.
5. As used in this section, "test" and "testing" includes, without limitation, a written test or oral board.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1706)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4071 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 268.4071 to 268.4085, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 268.4073 to 268.4079, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(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 268.4075 - "Graffiti" defined.

1. "Graffiti" means any unauthorized inscription, word, figure or design that is marked, etched, scratched, drawn, painted on or affixed to the public or private property, real or personal, of another, including, without limitation, an estray or one or more head of livestock, which defaces such property.
2. The term does not include any item affixed to property which may be removed:
(a) By hand without defacing the property;
(b) Through the use of a chemical or cleaning solvent commonly used for removing an adhesive substance without defacing the property; or
(c) Without the use of a decal remover tool.
3. As used in this section, "decal remover tool" means any device using power or heat to remove an adhesive substance.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 740; A 2015, 2114)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.408 - Abatement of graffiti on property owned or controlled by city; civil action authorized to recover civil penalty and damages.

1. The governing body of a city shall remove or cover all evidence that graffiti has been placed on any real or personal property which it owns or otherwise controls within 15 days after it discovers the graffiti or as soon as practicable.
2. The governing body of a city may bring an action against a person responsible for placing graffiti on the property of the city to recover a civil penalty and damages pursuant to the provisions of NRS 206.345.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 740; A 2015, 2114)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.4081 - Abatement of graffiti on residential property.

1. The governing body of a city may adopt by ordinance procedures pursuant to which officers, employees or other designees of the city may cover or remove graffiti that is placed on residential property.
2. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must provide that:
(a) Officers, employees or other designees of the city may not cover or remove the graffiti unless:
(1) The owner of the residential property consents to the covering or removal of the graffiti; or
(2) If the governing body of the city or its designee is unable to contact the owner of the residential property to obtain the owner’s consent, the governing body first provides the owner of the property with written notice that is:
(I) Sent by certified mail, return receipt requested; and
(II) Posted on the residential property on which the graffiti will be covered or from which the graffiti will be removed,
at least 5 days before the officers, employees or other designees of the city cover or remove the graffiti.
(b) The city shall pay the cost of covering or removing the graffiti.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2113)