Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 566 (BDR 22-1336)
Proposed by: Committee on Government Affairs
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Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:
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Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 3 through 15 and inserting:
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"Traditional neighborhood development" means a type of development that is designed to include a variety of types and values of housing, commercial uses, services, schools, public facilities, open space, places for the public to gather and places that provide occupational opportunities, and to encourage pedestrian traffic, reduce vehicular traffic and provide access to public transit. The development must include, without limitation:1. Areas that contain single-family residences that have reduced setbacks and a garage or carport which is located at the rear of the residence;
2. Areas that integrate residential, commercial and service uses within one or a series of structures and which have reduced setbacks;
3. A transportation system that integrates pedestrians, bicycles, motor vehicles and public transit; and
4. Civic buildings, open space and other visual features that serve as focal points.
".Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 3 as sec. 4 and adding a new section designated sec. 3, following sec. 2, to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. NRS 278.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:
278.150 1. The planning commission shall prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city, county or region which in the commission’s judgment bears relation to the planning thereof.2. The plan must be known as the master plan, and must be so prepared that all or portions thereof, except as
otherwise provided in subsection 3, may be adopted by the governing body, as provided in NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, as a basis for the development of the city, county or region for such reasonable period of time next ensuing after the adoption thereof as may practically be covered thereby.3. In counties whose population is 100,000 or more, if the governing body of the city or county adopts only a portion of the master plan, it shall include in that portion a conservation plan, a housing plan
, a land use plan and a population plan as provided in NRS 278.160.".Amend sec. 3, page 3, line 8, by deleting "may" and inserting:
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(1) Must include a provision that allows for a mixture of at least residential and commercial land uses such as is characterized in a traditional neighborhood development.
(2) May
".Amend sec. 3, page 4, by deleting lines 1 through 3.
Amend sec. 3, page 4, line 4, by deleting "(p)" and inserting "(o)".
Amend sec. 3, page 4, line 7, by deleting "
Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 4 as sec. 6 and adding a new section designated sec. 5, following sec. 3, to read as follows:
"Sec. 5. NRS 278.170 is hereby amended to read as follows: 278.170 1. The commission may prepare and adopt all or any part of the master plan or any subject thereof, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, for all or any part of the city, county or region. Master regional plans must be coordinated with similar plans of adjoining regions, and master county and city plans within each region must be coordinated so as to fit properly into the master plan for the region.
2. In counties whose population is 100,000 or more, if the commission prepares and adopts less than all subjects of the master plan, as outlined in NRS 278.160, it shall include, in its preparation and adoption, the conservation, housing
, land use and population plans described in that section.".Amend sec. 4, page 5, by deleting lines 3 and 4.
Amend sec. 4, page 5, line 5, after "3." by inserting:
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The zoning regulations must include a provision that allows for a mixture of at least residential and commercial land uses such as is characterized in a traditional neighborhood development.4.
".Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 5 and 6 and adding a new section designated sec. 7, following sec. 4, to read as follows:
"Sec. 7. This act becomes effective on January 1, 2001.".
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
"AN ACT relating to land use planning; requiring certain governing bodies adopting any part of the master plan to adopt a land use plan; requiring the inclusion of a provision in the master plan and zoning regulations that allows the mixture of certain land uses; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:
"SUMMARY—Makes various changes concerning land use planning. (BDR 22-1336)".