EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

1-1 Section 1. NRS 278.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 278.150 1. The planning commission shall prepare and adopt a

1-15 plan as provided in NRS 278.160.

2-1 4. In counties whose population is 400,000 or more, the governing

2-2 body of the city or county shall adopt a master plan that includes each of

2-3 the subjects set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 278.160.

2-4 Sec. 2. NRS 278.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-5 278.160 1. [The] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of

2-43 appropriate for the construction of affordable housing.

3-1 (7) An analysis of the needs and appropriate methods for the

3-2 construction of affordable housing or the conversion or rehabilitation of

3-3 existing housing to affordable housing.

3-4 (8) A plan for maintaining and developing affordable housing to meet

3-5 the housing needs of the community.

3-6 (f) Land use plan. An inventory and classification of types of natural

3-7 land and of existing land cover and uses, and comprehensive plans for the

3-8 most desirable utilization of land. The land use plan may include a

3-9 provision concerning the acquisition and use of land that is under federal

3-10 management within the city, county or region, including, without limitation,

3-11 a plan or statement of policy prepared pursuant to NRS 321.7355.

3-12 (g) Population plan. An estimate of the total population which the

3-13 natural resources of the city, county or region will support on a continuing

3-14 basis without unreasonable impairment.

3-15 (h) Public buildings. Showing locations and arrangement of civic centers

3-16 and all other public buildings, including the architecture thereof and the

3-17 landscape treatment of the grounds thereof.

3-18 (i) Public services and facilities. Showing general plans for sewage,

3-19 drainage and utilities, and rights of way, easements and facilities therefor,

3-20 including any utility projects required to be reported pursuant to NRS

3-21 278.145.

3-22 (j) Recreation plan. Showing a comprehensive system of recreation

3-23 areas, including natural reservations, parks, parkways, trails, reserved

3-24 riverbank strips, beaches, playgrounds and other recreation areas,

3-25 including, when practicable, the locations and proposed development

3-26 thereof.

3-27 (k) Safety plan. In any county whose population is 400,000 or more,

3-28 identifying potential types of natural and man-made hazards, including

3-29 hazards from floods, landslides or fires, or resulting from the manufacture,

3-30 storage, transfer or use of bulk quantities of hazardous materials. The plan

3-31 may set forth policies for avoiding or minimizing the risks from those

3-32 hazards.

3-33 (l) Seismic safety plan. Consisting of an identification and appraisal of

3-34 seismic hazards such as susceptibility to surface ruptures from faulting, to

3-35 ground shaking or to ground failures.

3-36 (m) Solid waste disposal plan. Showing general plans for the disposal of

3-37 solid waste.

3-38 (n) Streets and highways plan. Showing the general locations and widths

3-39 of a comprehensive system of major traffic thoroughfares and other traffic

3-40 ways and of streets and the recommended treatment thereof, building line

3-41 setbacks, and a system of naming or numbering streets and numbering

3-42 houses, with recommendations concerning proposed changes.

4-1 (o) Transit plan. Showing a proposed multi-modal system of transit

4-2 lines, including [rapid] mass transit, streetcar, motorcoach and trolley

4-3 coach lines , paths for bicycles and pedestrians, and related facilities.

4-4 (p) Transportation plan. Showing a comprehensive transportation

4-5 system, including locations of rights of way, terminals, viaducts and grade

4-6 separations. The plan may also include port, harbor, aviation and related

4-7 facilities.

4-8 2. The commission may prepare and adopt, as part of the master plan,

4-9 other and additional plans and reports dealing with such other subjects as

4-10 may in its judgment relate to the physical development of the city, county

4-11 or region, and nothing contained in NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive,

4-12 prohibits the preparation and adoption of any such subject as a part of the

4-13 master plan.

4-14 Sec. 3. NRS 278.170 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-15 278.170 1. [The] Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and

4-28 set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 278.160.

4-29 Sec. 4. NRS 278.210 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-30 278.210 1. Before adopting the master plan or any part of it, or any

4-43 the action taken [shall] must be recorded on the map and plan and

5-1 descriptive matter by the identifying signatures of the secretary and

5-2 chairman of the commission.

5-3 3. No plan or map, hereafter, [shall] must have indicated thereon that it

5-4 is a part of the master plan until it [shall have] has been adopted as part of

5-5 the master plan by the commission as herein provided for the adoption

5-6 thereof, whenever changed conditions or further studies by the commission

5-7 require such amendments, extension, or addition.

5-8 4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the commission

5-9 shall not amend the land use plan of the master plan set forth in

5-10 paragraph (f) of subsection 1 of NRS 278.160 more than four times in a

5-11 calendar year. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to a change

5-12 in the land use designated for a particular area if the change does not

5-13 affect more than 25 percent of the area.

5-14 5. An attested copy of any part, amendment, extension of or addition to

5-15 the master plan adopted by the planning commission of any city, county or

5-16 region [shall] must be certified to the governing body of [such] the city,

5-17 county or region.

5-18 [5.] 6. An attested copy of any part, amendment, extension of or

5-19 addition to the master plan adopted by any regional planning commission

5-20 [shall] must be certified to the county planning commission and to the

5-21 board of county commissioners of each county within the regional district.

5-22 Sec. 5. NRS 278.260 is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-23 278.260 1. The governing body shall provide for the manner in

5-43 changed;

6-1 (c) Each [owner,] of the owners, as listed on the county assessor’s

6-2 records, of at least the 30 parcels nearest to the portion of the boundary

6-3 being changed, to the extent this notice does not duplicate the notice given

6-4 pursuant to paragraph (b); and

6-5 (d) Any advisory board which has been established for the affected area

6-6 by the governing body.

6-7 The notice must be written in language which is easy to understand. It must

6-8 set forth the time, place and purpose of the hearing and a physical

6-9 description of, or a map detailing, the proposed change.

6-10 4. If the proposed amendment involves a change in the boundary of a

6-11 zoning district in a county whose population is 400,000 or more, the

6-12 governing body shall, to the extent this notice does not duplicate the notice

6-13 required by subsection 2, cause a notice to be sent by mail at least 10 days

6-14 before the hearing to:

6-15 (a) The applicant;

6-16 (b) Each owner, as listed on the county assessor’s records, of real

6-17 property located within 500 feet [from] of the portion of the boundary

6-18 being changed;

6-19 (c) Each [owner,] of the owners, as listed on the county assessor’s

6-20 records, of at least the 30 parcels nearest to the portion of the boundary

6-21 being changed, to the extent this notice does not duplicate the notice given

6-22 pursuant to paragraph (b); and

6-23 (d) Any advisory board which has been established for the affected area

6-24 by the governing body.

6-25 The notice must be written in language which is easy to understand. It must

6-26 set forth the time, place and purpose of the hearing and a physical

6-27 description of, or a map detailing, the proposed change.

6-28 5. If the application involves a change in the boundary of a zoning

6-29 district within an unincorporated town, the applicant shall present the

6-30 information contained in the application at a meeting of the town board,

6-31 citizens’ advisory council or town advisory board, whichever is

6-32 applicable, before a hearing is held on the application pursuant to

6-33 subsection 2. The town board, citizens’ advisory council or town advisory

6-34 board may make recommendations regarding the application and submit

6-35 its recommendations for consideration at the hearing held pursuant to

6-36 subsection 2. The governing body or other person or entity that is

6-37 authorized to take action on the application at the hearing held pursuant

6-38 to subsection 2 shall not take action on the application until it receives

6-39 recommendations from the town board, citizens’ advisory council or

6-40 town advisory board regarding the application or evidence from the

6-41 applicant that he presented the information contained in the application

6-42 at a meeting of the town board, citizens’ advisory council or town

6-43 advisory board. The governing body or other authorized person or entity

7-1 shall consider any recommendations made by the town board, citizens’

7-2 advisory council or town advisory board regarding the application. If the

7-3 governing body or other authorized person or entity does not accept any

7-4 such recommendation, the governing body or other authorized person or

7-5 entity shall make a written finding specifying the reasons for its refusal

7-6 to accept the recommendation.

7-7 6. The exterior of the notice mailed pursuant to subsection 4 must bear

7-8 a statement printed in at least 10-point bold type in substantially the

7-9 following form:

7-10 OFFICIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

7-11 [6.] 7. In addition to mailing the notice required pursuant to subsection

7-12 4, in a county whose population is 400,000 or more, the governing body

7-13 shall, [no] not later than 10 days before the hearing, erect or cause to be

7-14 erected on the property, at least one sign not less than 2 feet high and 2 feet

7-15 wide. The sign must be made of material reasonably calculated to withstand

7-16 the elements for 40 days. The governing body must be consistent in its use

7-17 of colors for the background and lettering of the sign. The sign must

7-18 include the following information:

7-19 (a) The existing zoning designation of the property in question;

7-20 (b) The proposed zoning designation of the property in question;

7-21 (c) The date, time and place of the public hearing;

7-22 (d) A telephone number which may be used by interested persons to

7-23 obtain additional information; and

7-24 (e) A statement which indicates whether the proposed zoning

7-25 designation of the property in question complies with the requirements of

7-26 the master plan of the city or county in which the property is located.

7-27 [7.] 8. A sign required pursuant to subsection [6] 7 is for informational

7-28 purposes only, and must be erected regardless of any local ordinance

7-29 regarding the size, placement or composition of signs to the contrary.

7-30 [8.] 9. A governing body may charge an additional fee for each

7-31 application to amend an existing zoning regulation, restriction or boundary

7-32 to cover the actual costs resulting from the mailed notice required by this

7-33 section and the erection of not more than one of the signs required by

7-34 subsection [6,] 7, if any. The additional fee is not subject to the limitation

7-35 imposed by NRS 354.5989.

7-36 [9.] 10. The governing body shall remove or cause to be removed any

7-37 sign required by subsection [6] 7 within 5 days after the final hearing for

7-38 the application for which the sign was erected. There must be no additional

7-39 charge to the applicant for such removal.

8-1 Sec. 6. NRS 278.315 is hereby amended to read as follows:

8-2 278.315 1. The governing body may provide by ordinance for the

8-43 advisory council or town advisory board may make recommendations

9-1 regarding the application and submit its recommendations for

9-2 consideration at the hearing held pursuant to subsection 2. The

9-3 governing body or other person or entity that is authorized to take action

9-4 on the application at the hearing held pursuant to subsection 2 shall not

9-5 take action on the application until it receives recommendations from the

9-6 town board, citizens’ advisory council or town advisory board regarding

9-7 the application or evidence from the applicant that he presented the

9-8 information contained in the application at a meeting of the town board,

9-9 citizens’ advisory council or town advisory board. The governing body or

9-10 other authorized person or entity shall consider any recommendations

9-11 made by the town board, citizens’ advisory council or town advisory

9-12 board regarding the application. If the governing body or other

9-13 authorized person or entity does not accept any such recommendation,

9-14 the governing body or other authorized person or entity shall make a

9-15 written finding specifying the reasons for its refusal to accept the

9-16 recommendation.

9-17 5. An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section must provide an

9-18 opportunity for the applicant or a protestant to appeal from a decision of

9-19 the board of adjustment, planning commission or hearing examiner to the

9-20 governing body.

9-21 [5.] 6. In a county whose population is 400,000 or more, if the

9-22 application is for the issuance of a special use permit for an establishment

9-23 which serves alcoholic beverages for consumption on or off of the premises

9-24 as its primary business in a district which is not a gaming enterprise district

9-25 as defined in NRS 463.0158, the governing body shall, in addition to

9-26 mailing the notice required pursuant to subsection 3, not later than 10 days

9-27 before the hearing, erect or cause to be erected on the property, at least one

9-28 sign not less than 2 feet high and 2 feet wide. The sign must be made of

9-29 material reasonably calculated to withstand the elements for 40 days. The

9-30 governing body must be consistent in its use of colors for the background

9-31 and lettering of the sign. The sign must include the following information:

9-32 (a) The existing permitted use and zoning designation of the property in

9-33 question;

9-34 (b) The proposed permitted use of the property in question;

9-35 (c) The date, time and place of the public hearing; and

9-36 (d) A telephone number which may be used by interested persons to

9-37 obtain additional information.

9-38 [6.] 7. A sign required pursuant to subsection [5] 6 is for informational

9-39 purposes only, and must be erected regardless of any local ordinance

9-40 regarding the size, placement or composition of signs to the contrary.

9-41 [7.] 8. A governing body may charge an additional fee for each

9-42 application for a special use permit to cover the actual costs resulting from

9-43 the erection of not more than one sign required by subsection [5,] 6, if any.

10-1 The additional fee is not subject to the limitation imposed by NRS

10-2 354.5989.

10-3 [8.] 9. The governing body shall remove or cause to be removed any

10-4 sign required by subsection [5] 6 within 5 days after the final hearing for

10-5 the application for which the sign was erected. There must be no additional

10-6 charge to the applicant for such removal.

10-7 Sec. 7. Chapter 269 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

10-8 new section to read as follows:

10-9 Each member of a town advisory board must, at least twice during the

10-10 first year after his initial appointment and at least once each year

10-11 thereafter, receive training relating to:

10-12 1. State statutes and regulations and local ordinances, resolutions

10-13 and regulations concerning land use planning; and

10-14 2. The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.

10-15 Sec. 8. NRS 269.500 is hereby amended to read as follows:

10-16 269.500 NRS 269.500 to 269.625, inclusive, and section 7 of this act

10-17 may be cited as the Unincorporated Town Government Law.

10-18 Sec. 9. NRS 269.576 is hereby amended to read as follows:

10-19 269.576 1. Except as appointment may be deferred pursuant to NRS

10-43 serve the unexpired term of the member so removed.

11-1 2. The duties of the town advisory board are to:

11-2 (a) Assist the board of county commissioners in governing the

11-3 unincorporated town by acting as liaison between the residents of the town

11-4 and the board of county commissioners; and

11-5 (b) Advise the board of county commissioners on matters of importance

11-6 to the unincorporated town and its residents.

11-7 3. The board of county commissioners may provide by ordinance for

11-8 compensation for the members of the town advisory board.

11-9 Sec. 10. 1. This section and sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of this act