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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.140 - Election to terminate commission form of government: Notice; form of ballot; canvass and results.

1. The governing body of an incorporated city having a commission form of government may, on its own motion, and shall, upon receiving a written petition signed by a number of registered voters of the city not less than 25 percent of the number who actually voted at the preceding municipal general election seeking the discontinuance and termination in the city of the commission form of government:
(a) If the incorporated city has a commission form of government described in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 267.010, fix by resolution the primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election at which the question is to be submitted. The governing body shall cause to be posted at two public bulletin boards within the city, not less than 10 days before the date of the election, a notice that there will appear on the ballot the proposition for the discontinuance and termination of the commission form of government and the repeal of the charter of the city.
(b) If the incorporated city has a commission form of government described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 267.010, fix by resolution the primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election at which the question is to be submitted. The governing body shall cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the date of the election, a notice that there will appear on the ballot the proposition for the discontinuance and termination of the commission form of government and the repeal of the charter of the city.
2. The proposition appearing on the ballot must be in substantially the following terms: "For termination of the commission form of government and repeal of the charter" and "Against termination of the commission form of government and repeal of the charter."
3. Following the election and canvass of returns, if it is found that a majority of the votes cast on the issue has been cast for the discontinuance and termination in the city of the commission form of government and for repeal of the charter, the governing body shall proclaim the charter repealed effective:
(a) Immediately if the Legislature has not enacted a special charter for the city and the provisions of chapter 266 of NRS supersede the provisions of NRS 267.010 to 267.140, inclusive, as to the city; or
(b) On the date any special charter of the city enacted by the Legislature may become effective.
4. If, following the election and canvass of returns, it is found that a majority of the votes cast on the issue has been cast against the discontinuance and termination in the city of the commission form of government and against the repeal of the charter, the commission form of government and charter continue in effect.
[8a:192:1915; added 1929, 118; NCL § 1256]—(NRS A 1959, 131; 1971, 319; 1987, 1710; 1993, 1043)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.455 - "Acquisition" and "acquire" defined.

"Acquisition" or "acquire" means the opening, laying out, establishment, purchase, construction, securing, installation, reconstruction, lease, gift, grant from the Federal Government, this state, any public body therein, or any person, the endowment, bequest, devise, condemnation, transfer, assignment, option to purchase, other contract, or other acquirement (or any combination thereof) of any properties pertaining to a project, or an interest therein.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 248)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.460 - "Drainage project" defined.

"Drainage project" means any natural and artificial water facilities for the collection, channeling, impoundment and disposal of rainfall, other surface and subsurface drainage waters and storm and floodwaters, including without limitation ditches, ponds, dams, spillways, retarding basins, detention basins, lakes, reservoirs, canals, channels, levees, revetments, dikes, walls, embankments, bridges, inlets, outlets, connections, laterals, other collection lines, intercepting sewers, outfalls, outfall sewers, trunk sewers, force mains, submains, water lines, sluices, flumes, syphons, sewer lines, pipes, conduits, culverts, other transmission lines, pumping stations, gauging stations, ventilating facilities, stream gauges, rain gauges, engines, valves, pumps, meters, junction boxes, manholes, other inlet and outlet structures, bucket machines, inlet and outlet cleaners, backhoes, draglines, graders, other equipment, apparatus, fixtures, structures and buildings, flood-warning service and appurtenant telephone, telegraph, radio and television apparatus, and other water diversion, drainage and flood-control facilities (or any combination thereof).
(Added to NRS by 1969, 248)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.475 - "Improvement" and "improve" defined.

"Improvement" or "improve" means the extension, widening, lengthening, betterment, alteration, reconstruction or other major improvement (or any combination thereof) of any properties pertaining to a project or an interest therein, but does not mean renovation, reconditioning, patching, general maintenance or other minor repair.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 249)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.485 - "Municipality" defined.

"Municipality" means any incorporated city organized pursuant to NRS 267.010 to 267.140, inclusive, which has a population of 4,000 or more.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 249; A 1979, 526; 1987, 1711)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.495 - "Sewerage project" defined.

"Sewerage project" means facilities pertaining to a municipal sanitary sewerage system for the collection, interception, transportation, treatment, purification and disposal of sewage, liquid wastes, solid wastes, night soil and industrial wastes, including without limitation a sewerage treatment plant, sewerage purification and treatment works and disposal facilities, drying beds, pumping plant and station, connections, laterals, other collection lines, outfalls, outfall sewers, trunk sewers, intercepting sewers, force mains, water lines, sewer lines, conduits, ditches, pipes and transmission lines, pumping plants, filter plants, power plants, pumping stations, gauging stations, ventilating facilities, incinerators, engines, valves, pumps, meters, apparatus, fixtures, structures, buildings and other facilities for the collection, interception, transportation, treatment, purification and disposal of sewage, liquid wastes, solid wastes, night soil and industrial wastes (or any combination thereof). A sewerage project may include as a part thereof a drainage project as defined in NRS 267.460.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 249)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.500 - "Water project" defined.

"Water project" means facilities pertaining to a municipal water system for the collection, transportation, treatment, purification and distribution of water, including without limitation springs, wells, ponds, lakes, other raw water sources, basin cribs, dams, spillways, retarding basins, detention basins, reservoirs, towers, other storage facilities, pumping plants, infiltration galleries, filtration plants, purification systems, other water treatment facilities, power plants, waterworks plants, pumping stations, gauging stations, ventilating facilities, stream gauges, rain gauges, valves, standpipes, connections, hydrants, conduits, flumes, sluices, canals, channels, ditches, pipes, lines, laterals, service pipes, force mains, submains, syphons, other water transmission and distribution mains, engines, boilers, pumps, meters, apparatus, tools, equipment, fixtures, structures, buildings and other facilities for the acquisition, transportation, treatment, purification and distribution of untreated water or potable water for domestic, commercial and industrial use and irrigation (or any combination thereof).
(Added to NRS by 1969, 249)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.505 - Request by municipality for Federal Government to undertake project; approval by electors of incurrence of indebtedness.

The governing body of any municipality, on its behalf and in its name, is authorized:
1. To request the Federal Government to undertake any project for the municipality; and
2. To negotiate for, to obtain and enter into, and to cause to be executed such contracts, documents and other instruments as are necessary or appropriate to carry such requests into effect, subject to the approval by the qualified electors of the municipality of a question authorizing the incurrence of an indebtedness by the municipality by making such an agreement in the manner provided in NRS 350.020 to 350.070, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 250; A 1981, 954)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.510 - Repayment contracts: Powers of municipality.

In the contracts, documents and other instruments designated in NRS 267.505, the governing body may:
1. Obligate the municipality to repay to the Federal Government the cost of the project undertaken by it for the municipality, including without limitation all incidental costs pertaining thereto, over a term of not exceeding 40 years commencing on any specified date in the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the project is completed or is estimated to be completed in any such contract between the municipality and the Federal Government, or in any other such document or any other such instrument, whichever period is later, and otherwise upon such terms and conditions and with such other provisions as the municipality and the Federal Government may provide, except as otherwise provided in NRS 267.450 to 267.530, inclusive.
2. Obligate the municipality to pay to the Federal Government interest on the project cost, except to the extent an allowance is made in the project cost for interest during the period of construction or during any other period determined by the municipality and the Federal Government, at a rate or rates which do not exceed by more than 3 percent:
(a) For general obligations, the Index of Twenty Bonds; and
(b) For other obligations, the Index of Revenue Bonds,
which is in effect at the time the agreement is made.
3. Obligate the municipality to operate and maintain the facilities resulting from the project or otherwise pertaining thereto, in such manner, upon such terms and conditions, and otherwise with such other provisions as the municipality and the Federal Government may provide.
4. Pledge the full faith and credit of the municipality for the payment of the money due under such contracts, documents and other instruments.
5. Provide for the payment of such money as general obligations or special obligations of the municipality, or as general obligations of the municipality the payment of which is additionally secured by a pledge of revenues derived from any utility or other income-producing project of the municipality legally available therefor.
6. Otherwise pledge the full faith and credit of the municipality for the performance and observance of all covenants, conditions, limitations, promises and undertakings made or specified to be kept, observed or fulfilled on the part of the municipality in any such contract with the Federal Government.
7. Exercise any combination of powers provided in NRS 267.450 to 267.515, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 250; A 1971, 2098; 1975, 843; 1981, 1406; 1983, 577)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.515 - Cooperation with Federal Government.

Any municipality may cooperate with the Federal Government in connection with any project undertaken by the Federal Government, including, without limitation, in the manner provided in the Federal Reclamation Law approved June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and any other act of Congress enacted before, on or after March 28, 1969, authorizing or permitting such cooperation.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 251; A 1997, 1605)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.520 - Validation and ratification of contracts outstanding on March 28, 1969.

All outstanding contracts, documents and other instruments pertaining to any project, and all acts and proceedings had or taken prior to March 28, 1969, or purportedly had or taken, by or on behalf of a municipality preliminary to or in the authorization, execution and otherwise making of such contracts, documents and other instruments or preliminary to or in the undertaking of the project (or any combination thereof) are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, including without limitation any election for the authorization of such contracts, the terms, provisions, conditions and covenants in any such contracts, documents and other provisions and in any resolutions and ordinances pertaining thereto, except as otherwise provided in NRS 267.525, notwithstanding any lack of power, authority or otherwise, other than constitutional, and notwithstanding any defects and irregularities, other than constitutional, in the creation of the municipality and in making or adopting such contracts, documents and other instruments, or in undertaking such project, including without limitation such acts and proceedings had or taken prior to March 28, 1969, appertaining thereto but remaining uncompleted, subject to the taking or adoption of such supplemental acts and proceedings prior to March 28, 1969, not had or taken, nor purportedly had or taken, but required by and in substantial and due compliance with NRS 267.450 to 267.530, inclusive, and any other laws pertaining thereto.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 251)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.525 - Legislative authority for validation of contracts and projects.

1. This section and NRS 267.520 shall operate to supply such legislative authority as may be necessary to validate any such contracts, documents and other instruments pertaining to any project, to validate any such project, and to validate all acts and proceedings preliminary thereto and prior to March 28, 1969, had or taken which the Legislature could have supplied or provided for in NRS 267.450 to 267.530, inclusive, or in any other law under which such contracts, documents and other instruments were made or adopted, such project was undertaken, or such acts or proceedings were taken.
2. This section and NRS 267.520, however, shall be limited to the validation of contracts, documents, other instruments, projects, acts and proceedings to the extent to which they can be effectuated under the state and federal constitutions.
3. This section and NRS 267.520 shall not operate to validate, ratify, approve, confirm or legalize any contract, document, other instrument, project, act, proceeding or any other matter which has been determined prior to March 28, 1969, in any legal proceeding to be illegal, void or ineffective.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 251)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.0015 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 268.001 to 268.0035, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 268.002, 268.0025 and 268.003 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2701)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.002 - "City government" defined.

"City government" means any public body, agency, bureau, board, commission, department, division, office or other unit of city government, or any officer or employee thereof, within the jurisdiction of the governing body of an incorporated city.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2701)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.0025 - "Incorporated city" and "city" defined.

"Incorporated city" or "city" means a city organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 266 of NRS or incorporated pursuant to a special charter.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2701)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.003 - "Matter of local concern" defined.

1. "Matter of local concern" means any matter that:
(a) Primarily affects or impacts areas located in the incorporated city, or persons who reside, work, visit or are otherwise present in areas located in the city, and does not have a significant effect or impact on areas located in other cities or counties;
(b) Is not within the exclusive jurisdiction of another governmental entity; and
(c) Does not concern:
(1) A state interest that requires statewide uniformity of regulation;
(2) The regulation of business activities that are subject to substantial regulation by a federal or state agency; or
(3) Any other federal or state interest that is committed by the Constitution, statutes or regulations of the United States or this State to federal or state regulation that preempts local regulation.
2. The term includes, without limitation, any of the following matters of local concern:
(a) Public health, safety and welfare in the city.
(b) Planning, zoning, development and redevelopment in the city.
(c) Nuisances and graffiti in the city.
(d) Outdoor assemblies in the city.
(e) Contracts and purchasing by city government.
(f) Operation, management and control of city jails and prisoners by city government.
(g) Any public property, buildings, lands, utilities and other public works owned, leased, operated, managed or controlled by city government, including, without limitation:
(1) Roads, highways and bridges.
(2) Parks, recreational centers, cultural centers, libraries and museums.
3. The provisions of subsection 2:
(a) Are intended to be illustrative;
(b) Are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive; and
(c) Must not be interpreted as either limiting or expanding the meaning of the term "matter of local concern" as provided in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2701)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.0035 - Powers of governing body; exercise of powers; prohibitions.

1. Except as prohibited, limited or preempted by the Constitution, statutes or regulations of the United States or this State and except as otherwise provided in this section, the governing body of an incorporated city has:
(a) All powers expressly granted to the governing body;
(b) All powers necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted to the governing body; and
(c) All other powers necessary or proper to address matters of local concern for the effective operation of city government, whether or not the powers are expressly granted to the governing body. If there is any fair or reasonable doubt concerning the existence of a power of the governing body to address a matter of local concern pursuant to this paragraph, it must be presumed that the governing body has the power unless the presumption is rebutted by evidence of a contrary intent by the Legislature.
2. If there is a constitutional or statutory provision or provision of a city charter requiring the governing body of an incorporated city to exercise a power set forth in subsection 1 in a specific manner, the governing body may exercise the power only in that specific manner, but if there is no constitutional or statutory provision or provision of city charter requiring the governing body to exercise the power in a specific manner, the governing body may adopt an ordinance prescribing a specific manner for exercising the power.
3. Except as expressly authorized by statute or city charter, the governing body of an incorporated city shall not:
(a) Condition or limit its civil liability unless such condition or limitation is part of a legally executed contract or agreement between the city and another governmental entity or a private person or entity.
(b) Prescribe the law governing civil actions between private persons or entities.
(c) Impose duties on another governmental entity unless the performance of the duties is part of a legally executed agreement between the city and another governmental entity.
(d) Impose a tax.
(e) Order or conduct an election.
4. Except as expressly authorized by statute or city charter or necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to powers expressly authorized by statute or city charter, the governing body of an incorporated city shall not:
(a) Impose a service charge or user fee; or
(b) Regulate business activities that are subject to substantial regulation by a federal or state agency.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2702)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.008 - General powers.

An incorporated city may:
1. Have and use a common seal, which it may alter at pleasure.
2. Purchase, receive, hold and use personal and real property wherever situated.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.059, 268.061 and 268.062, sell, convey and dispose of such personal and real property for the common benefit.
4. Determine what are public uses with respect to powers of eminent domain.
5. Acquire, own and operate a public transit system both within and without the city.
6. Receive bequests, devises, gifts and donations of all kinds of property wherever situated in fee simple, in trust or otherwise, for charitable or other purposes and do anything necessary to carry out the purposes of such bequests, devises, gifts and donations with full power to manage, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of such property in accordance with the terms of such bequest, devise, gift or donation.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 882; A 2005, 1466, 2680)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.010 - Methods of amending city charter.

1. As used in this section, "city" means an incorporated city.
2. An amendment to the charter of a city may be:
(a) Made by the Legislature.
(b) Proposed and submitted to the registered voters of the city by a majority of the whole governing body, and must be so submitted by a petition signed by registered voters of the city equal to 15 percent or more of the voters who voted at the last preceding general city election, setting forth the proposed amendments.
3. An amendment proposed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 must be submitted at the next primary or general city election or primary or general state election.
4. The city attorney shall draft any amendment proposed in the petition mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection 2 and an explanation thereof for submission to the registered voters.
5. The petition must be filed with the city clerk. It must be in the form and its sufficiency must be determined in the manner provided for city initiative petitions.
6. When an amendment is adopted by the registered voters of the city, the city clerk shall, within 30 days thereafter, transmit a certified copy of the amendment to the Legislative Counsel.
[1:85:1927; A 1929, 41; 1937, 150; 1939, 309; 1943, 217; 1943 NCL § 1257]—(NRS A 1961, 72; 1967, 383, 1226; 1985, 789, 1117; 1987, 367, 1711, 1732; 1993, 1044)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.012 - Procedure for adoption by reference of specialized or uniform code.

An ordinance which adopts:
1. A specialized or uniform building, plumbing or electrical code printed in the form of a book or pamphlet;
2. Any other specialized or uniform code; or
3. Any portion of such a code,
may adopt it by reference with such changes as may be necessary to make it applicable to conditions in the city, and with such other changes as may be desirable, without the necessity of reading the code at length. The code, upon adoption, need not be published if an adequate number of copies of the code, either typewritten or printed, with the changes, if any, have been filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the city clerk. Notice of the filing must be given by one publication in a newspaper in the city, if there is one, otherwise in some newspaper published in the county with a general circulation in the city, and the copies must be filed, at least 10 days before the passage of the ordinance.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 882; A 1983, 364)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.014 - Codification of ordinances; publication of code.

1. The city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall have the power to codify and publish a code of its municipal ordinances in the form of a municipal code, which code may, at the election of the council or other governing body, have incorporated therein a copy of this chapter and such additional data as the council or other governing body may prescribe. When such a publication is published, two copies shall be filed with the librarian of the supreme court law library.
2. The ordinances in the code shall be arranged in appropriate chapters, articles and sections, excluding the titles, enacting clauses, signature of the mayor, attestations and other formal parts.
3. The codification shall be adopted by an ordinance which shall not contain any substantive changes, modifications or alterations of existing ordinances, and the only title necessary for the ordinance shall be "An ordinance for codifying and compiling the general ordinances of the City of ........"
4. The codification may, by ordinance regularly passed, adopted and published, be amended or extended.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 882; A 1973, 424)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.017 - Pleading and proof of charter and ordinances in judicial proceedings.

The charter and all ordinances, rules, resolutions or other regulations of an incorporated city shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts without pleading the contents thereof. Such charter, ordinances, rules, resolutions or other regulations may be pleaded by title only and may be proved by introduction of:
1. The original entry thereof on the records of the city council or other governing body.
2. A copy of such original entry certified by the city clerk.
3. A printed copy published or purported to have been published by authority of the city council or other governing body.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 883)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.018 - Power to establish misdemeanors by ordinance.

Except when specifically prohibited by law, an incorporated city by ordinance may establish as a city misdemeanor offense any offense which is a misdemeanor pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.019 - Power to impose civil liability instead of criminal sanction.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the governing body of an incorporated city may by ordinance provide that the violation of a particular ordinance of such governing body imposes a civil liability to the city in an amount not to exceed $500 instead of a criminal sanction.
2. The governing body of an incorporated city may by ordinance provide that a violation of an ordinance adopted by the governing body pursuant to NRS 268.4122 by the owner of commercial property imposes a civil liability to the city in an amount not to exceed $1,000 instead of a criminal sanction.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1781; A 2005, 1382)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.0191 - Power to authorize use of vacant or blighted city land or property for community gardening or urban farming; resources and incentives for development of community gardens and urban farms; water.

1. The governing body of a city may authorize, by ordinance, the use of vacant or blighted city land or other real property for the purpose of community gardening or urban farming under such terms and conditions established for the use of the city land set forth by the ordinance. The ordinance may, without limitation:
(a) Establish fees for the use of the city land;
(b) Provide requirements for liability insurance; and
(c) Provide requirements for a deposit to use the city land, which may be refunded.
2. The ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) May provide that the governing body of the city will prioritize the use of city land or other real property for community gardens and urban farms that:
(1) Hire at least a portion of the employees from residents of the local community;
(2) Provide training for members of the local community to participate in gardening or farming;
(3) Allow members of the local community to provide input on the foods grown in the community garden or urban farm;
(4) Collaborate with school garden programs in the surrounding community and encourage students from those school garden programs to participate in the community garden or urban farm; and
(5) Use sources of renewable energy, including, without limitation, solar energy, to operate the community garden or urban farm.
(b) Must require that any urban farm established using land made available pursuant to the ordinance adopt a policy for diversity, equity and inclusion.
3. In addition to adopting an ordinance pursuant to subsection 1, the governing body of a city shall encourage in any other manner the development of community gardens and urban farms, including, without limitation, encouraging the use of any available existing federal, state or local resources, such as money, grants and tax incentives, for the development of community gardens and urban farms.
4. If the governing body of a city owns a municipal water system or has an agreement with a water authority, water district or water system, the governing body of a city may or the governing body may request the water authority, district or system provide water at a wholesale or reduced rate to a community garden or urban farm established by ordinance pursuant to this section. Nothing in this subsection requires a municipal water system or a water authority to provide water to a community garden or urban farm at a wholesale or reduced rate.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1357; A 2021, 1990)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.0192 - Public notice issued by planning commission in certain cities required to be available in certain languages.

1. The governing body of a city whose population is 25,000 or more located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall:
(a) Ensure that any public notice issued by the planning commission of the city:
(1) Sets forth a link to the Internet website of the city and a statement that information regarding the public notice is available in other languages on that Internet website; and
(2) Is available on the Internet website of the city in every language in which voting materials are required to be prepared in the city pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 10503 and NRS 293.2699.
(b) Make a good faith effort to find certified translators to translate the information required pursuant to this section.
2. The city and employees of the city are not liable for any mistake made in translating the information required pursuant to this section.
3. As used in this section, "public notice" means any notice or other written matter that the planning commission of the city is required to send by mail to a person or post in a public manner, including, without limitation, by posting on an Internet website.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2945)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.0193 - Duty to adopt certain terms related to group homes by ordinance.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the governing body of each city shall adopt an ordinance using the following terms to describe the following types of facilities, homes, houses and institutions:
(a) Child care institution, as that term is used in NRS 432A.0245.
(b) Facility for transitional living for released offenders, as that term is used in NRS 449.0055.
(c) Group foster home, as that term is used in NRS 424.015.
(d) Home for individual residential care, as that term is used in NRS 449.0105.
(e) Recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders, as that term is used in NRS 278.02374.
(f) Residential facility for groups, as that term is used in NRS 449.017.
2. Subsection 1 requires the governing body of the city to use the specified terms solely for the purpose of referring to the named facilities, homes, houses and institutions and does not require the governing body to use the State’s definition for the purpose of regulating or imposing any requirement with respect to such a facility, home, house or institution.
3. The governing body of a city is not required to include a term set forth in subsection 1 in the ordinance if:
(a) A facility, home, house or institution of the type corresponding to the term does not exist in the city; or
(b) The city’s ordinances do not otherwise, by whatever name, refer to a facility, home, house or institution of the type corresponding to the term.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 708; A 2023, 1735)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.0195 - Duty to establish definition of "transient lodging" by ordinance.

1. The governing body of each city shall adopt an ordinance that defines the term "transient lodging" for the purposes of all taxes imposed by the governing body on the rental of transient lodging. The ordinance must specify the types of lodging to which the taxes apply.
2. The definition adopted by the governing body:
(a) Of a city whose population is 25,000 or more in a county whose population is 700,000 or more must include residential units and rooms in residential units; and
(b) May include rooms or spaces in any one or more of the following:
(1) Hotels;
(2) Motels;
(3) Apartments;
(4) Time-share projects, except when an owner of a unit in the time-share project who has a right to use or occupy the unit is occupying the unit pursuant to a time-share instrument as defined in NRS 119A.150;
(5) Apartment hotels;
(6) Vacation trailer parks;
(7) Campgrounds;
(8) Parks for recreational vehicles; and
(9) Any other establishment that rents rooms or spaces to temporary or transient guests.
3. As used in this section, "residential unit" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 268.097935.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1267; A 2021, 2405)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.0197 - Designation of certain sites for completion of sales of personal property initiated on Internet; limitation of actions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the governing body of an incorporated city shall designate at least one police station, or part thereof, as a site at which two or more persons may meet to complete the sale of an item of personal property that was initiated on the Internet.
2. If the incorporated city is within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan police department formed pursuant to chapter 280 of NRS or if police protection for the incorporated city is provided by the sheriff of the county, the board of county commissioners shall designate at least one sheriff’s office, or part thereof, located in or in close proximity to the incorporated city as a site at which two or more persons may meet to complete the sale of an item of personal property that was initiated on the Internet.
3. No action may be brought against the county, sheriff, incorporated city, police department or an officer or employee thereof based on an incident that occurs when two or more persons meet at a location designated pursuant to subsection 1 or 2.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 255)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.0199 - Prohibition on sounding of certain sirens, bells or alarms; penalty.

1. A city in this State may not sound a siren, bell or alarm if a siren, bell or alarm is currently or was previously sounded on specific days or times in association with an ordinance enacted by the city which required persons of a particular race, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin or color to leave the city by a specific time, for a purpose other than:
(a) Alerting persons to an emergency;
(b) Testing the siren, bell or alarm at reasonably scheduled intervals of not more than once every 6 months; or
(c) Celebrating or recognizing a day declared to be a legal holiday pursuant to NRS 236.015 on the day of the legal holiday or the day on which the legal holiday is recognized.
2. Any city that sounds a siren, bell or alarm in violation of subsection 1 is subject to a penalty of not more than $50,000 for each violation. The Attorney General may recover the penalty in a civil action brought in the name of the State of Nevada in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such an action must be commenced within 1 year after the violation.
3. A city shall not take adverse employment action against an employee who reports a violation of this section to the Office of the Attorney General.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2073; A 2023, 1408)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.020 - Demands and claims to be presented within 6 months; certification.

1. All demands and accounts against any incorporated city in this state, must be presented to the city council of the city, in writing, within 6 months from the time the demands or accounts became due.
2. Claims against any incorporated city for property damage, personal injuries and any other claim arising out of a tort must be certified by the claimant before presentation to the city council. No other claim or account need be certified. The certification required by this subsection must be in substantially the following form: "I hereby certify that the above and foregoing claim against the City of ........, State of Nevada, is just and reasonable, and that the claim is now due, owing and unpaid."
3. No demand or account against any incorporated city in this state may be audited, considered, allowed or paid by the city council or any officer or officers of the incorporated city unless the provisions of subsection 1 are strictly complied with.
4. No demand, account or claim which has once been rejected may be reconsidered or allowed by the same or any subsequently elected or appointed city council of the same city.
[1:23:1929; NCL § 1259] + [2:23:1929; NCL § 1260] + [3:23:1929; NCL § 1261]—(NRS A 1963, 27; 1981, 1887)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.025 - Deposit of money of city or other local government in bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank; agreement for redeposit of money.

1. Any incorporated city or other local government may deposit any money under the control of its treasurer in any insured state or national bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank which has an office within the State of Nevada.
2. Any incorporated city or other local government may enter into an agreement with an insured state or national bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank to:
(a) Arrange for the redeposit of any money under the control of its treasurer that exceeds the limits of insurance provided by an instrumentality of the United States or pursuant to NRS 672.750 into one or more insured deposit accounts in one or more insured state or national banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations or savings banks; and
(b) Ensure that the total amount of money redeposited and any interest accrued on that money is within the limits of insurance provided by an instrumentality of the United States or pursuant to NRS 672.750.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1795; A 1979, 1883; 1999, 1465; 2015, 346)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.028 - Expenditure of public money; grant of public money and donation of certain property to certain nonprofit organizations or governmental entities.

1. The governing body of a city may expend money for any purpose that will provide a substantial benefit to the inhabitants of the city. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the governing body may grant all or part of the money to a nonprofit organization created for religious, charitable or educational purposes to be expended for a selected purpose.
2. The governing body of a city or its authorized representative may donate commodities, supplies, materials and equipment that the governing body determines have reached the end of their useful lives to a nonprofit organization created for religious, charitable or educational purposes or to another governmental entity, to be used for any purpose which will provide a substantial benefit to the inhabitants of the city.
3. A grant or donation to a nonprofit organization created for religious, charitable or educational purposes and a donation to a governmental entity pursuant to this section must be made by resolution. The resolution must specify:
(a) The purpose of the grant or donation;
(b) If applicable, the maximum amount to be expended from the grant; and
(c) Any conditions or other limitations on the expenditure of the grant or the use of the donated property.
4. The provisions of this section do not limit the ability of a governing body of a city or its authorized representative to disburse money pursuant to NRS 321.5956 or any other specific statutory authority.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Authorized representative" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 332.025.
(b) "Nonprofit organization created for religious, charitable or educational purposes" means an organization that meets the requirements set forth in NRS 372.3261.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1645; A 1999, 3539; 2001, 368)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.030 - Publication or posting of quarterly financial statements; supporting documents are public records; penalty.

1. After March 23, 1939, the city clerk and city council of every incorporated city in this state, whether incorporated under the provisions of chapter 266 of NRS or under the provisions of a special act, shall cause to be published quarterly in some newspaper, published as hereinafter provided, a statement of the finances of the city, showing the total amounts of receipts, disbursements and bills allowed and paid for the period covered by the statement. The statement must:
(a) Inform the public of the provisions of subsection 3;
(b) If the city maintains an official Internet website, inform the public of where the financial statement is posted on the Internet website pursuant to subsection 2;
(c) Provide a telephone number the public may call for further instructions on how to obtain the detailed financial documents;
(d) Provide the address of the city office or offices where the public may view the detailed financial documents;
(e) Be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk; and
(f) Be published in a newspaper published in the city for a period of at least 5 consecutive days. If no newspaper is published in the city, then the financial statement must be published in a newspaper published in the county, and if no newspaper is published in the county, the financial statement must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or posted by the city clerk at the door of the city hall.
2. If a city maintains an official Internet website, the city clerk and city council shall maintain and update quarterly on the Internet website of the city a statement of the finances of the city, showing the receipts, disbursements and bills allowed and paid for the period covered by the statement. The statement must:
(a) Inform the public of the provisions of subsection 3;
(b) Provide a telephone number the public may call for further instructions on how to obtain the detailed financial documents;
(c) Provide the address of the city office or offices where the public may view the detailed financial documents; and
(d) Be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk.
3. The original and any duplicate or copy of each receipt, bill, invoice, check, warrant, voucher or other similar document that supports a transaction, the amount of which is shown in the financial statement published pursuant to this section is a public record that is available for inspection and copying by any person pursuant to the provisions of chapter 239 of NRS.
4. Any city officer who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1:130:1939; A 1943, 78; 1943 NCL § 3026.01] + [2:130:1939; A 1943, 78; 1943 NCL § 3026]—(NRS A 1967, 542; 2011, 3578)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.040 - Suit to collect delinquent taxes: Costs not charged against city.

In any suit commenced, or hereafter to be commenced, in any incorporated city of this state for the collection of delinquent taxes, no costs may, in any event, be charged against or collected from the city.
[1:74:1866; B § 3277; BH § 1247; C § 1274; RL § 999; NCL § 1396]—(NRS A 1987, 1712)