Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 410.370 Alterations; additions. (NRS 410.400) 1. Signs may have additions or cutouts placed on them. However, for nonconforming and grandfathered conforming signs, the owner of the sign must first grant the Department written certification that he or she will accept the then-…

NAC 410.380 Blank signs. (NRS 410.400) A sign may remain blank, painted out or contain “dead copy,” such as advertising a defunct business or product or the former name of an existing business, for a period of 1 year. At the end of the 1-year period, the sign permit may be cancel…

NAC 410.390 Abandoned and unmaintained signs. (NRS 410.400) Abandoned and unmaintained signs must be removed by the Department with no compensation being paid to the owner. [Dep’t of Highways, Outdoor Advertising Control Manual p. 18, eff. 1-28-77]

NAC 410.410 Compensation for sign to be removed; valuation process. (NRS 410.400) 1. The basic criteria for determining whether the Department can offer compensation for the sign to be removed is as follows: (a) The sign must have been legally erected and maintained on or before …

NAC 410.420 Change of ownership. (NRS 410.400) 1. If an outdoor advertising sign governed by the provisions of NAC 410.200 to 410.440, inclusive, changes ownership, the new owner shall inform the Department of the change within 60 days after the change of ownership or November 1 …

NAC 410.430 Directional and informational signs. (NRS 410.400) 1. An authorized directional or informational sign, as authorized by NRS 410.400, may not be erected without first obtaining a sign permit from the Department. No fee will be charged for the permit which is revocable.…

NAC 410.440 Political signs. (NRS 410.400) 1. All political signs erected within the controlled areas of the interstate and primary routes are subject to NAC 410.200 to 410.440, inclusive. 2. Before each statewide: (a) Primary election; or (b) General election, if there is no sta…

NAC 410.500 Definitions. As used in NAC 410.500 to 410.630, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 410.510 to 410.550, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Supplied in codification)

NAC 410.510 “Directional sign” defined. (NRS 410.400) 1. “Directional sign” means a sign containing directional information for the traveling public about: (a) A public place owned or operated by the federal or state government or a local government or one of its agencies; (b) A …

NAC 410.520 “Official sign” defined. (NRS 410.400) “Official sign” means a sign or notice erected and maintained by a public officer or agency within the territorial or zoning jurisdiction of the officer or agency pursuant to law, ordinance or regulations for the purposes of carr…

NAC 410.530 “Public service sign” defined. (NRS 410.400) “Public service sign” means a sign which: 1. Is located on a shelter at a school bus stop if the shelter is authorized or approved by a law, ordinance or regulation and is at a place approved by the city, county or state ag…

NAC 410.540 “Sign of a public utility” defined. (NRS 410.400) “Sign of a public utility” means a sign, notice or marker which provides a warning or information and is customarily erected and maintained by a publicly or privately owned utility as essential to its operations. [Dep’…

NAC 410.550 “Sign of a service club or religious organization” defined. (NRS 410.400) “Sign of a service club or religious organization” means a sign or notice whose erection is authorized by law and which relates to a meeting of a nonprofit service club, charitable association o…

NAC 410.560 Severability. (NRS 410.400) If any provision of NAC 410.500 to 410.630, inclusive, or their application to any person, thing or circumstance is held invalid, it is intended that such invalidity not affect the remaining provisions or applications to the extent that the…

NAC 410.570 Purpose. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) The purpose of NAC 410.500 to 410.630, inclusive, is to provide for effective control by the Department of official and directional signs adjacent to interstate or primary highways within this state and to establish effective c…

NAC 410.580 Applicability. (NRS 410.400) NAC 410.500 to 410.630, inclusive, apply to all official and directional signs adjacent to and visible from any interstate or primary highway in Nevada. [Dep’t of Highways, Outdoor Advertising Control Manual, Supp. § III, eff. 10-17-80]

NAC 410.590 Directional and official signs: Conformity with criteria. (NRS 410.400) Directional and official signs are subject to the criteria set forth in NAC 410.500 to 410.630, inclusive. Signs qualifying under the criteria are allowed to be erected and maintained. Upon applic…

NAC 410.600 Directional signs: Prohibited signs; limitations upon size, lighting, spacing, content and use. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) 1. The following directional signs are prohibited: (a) Signs located in such a manner as to obscure or otherwise interfere with the effectiv…

NAC 410.610 Official signs: Size; location; type; number. (NRS 410.400) 1. An official sign must not exceed 750 square feet in size. An official sign of a local government may be erected anywhere adjacent to an interstate and primary highway within its jurisdiction, except in a s…

NAC 410.620 Public service signs. (NRS 410.400) 1. A public service sign: (a) Must contain public service messages which occupy 50 percent or more of the area of the sign; (b) May not contain any other message; and (c) May not exceed 32 square feet in area. 2. Not more than one s…

NAC 410.625 Specifications for signs of service clubs and religious organizations. (NRS 410.400) 1. A sign of a service club or religious organization must include a panel provided and attached by the Department. The holder of the permit must obtain a panel from the district traf…

NAC 410.630 Area of signs of service clubs and religious organizations; historical markers considered official signs. (NRS 410.400) 1. A sign of a service club or religious organization must not exceed 8 square feet in area. 2. Historical markers authorized by state law and erect…

NAC 410.650 Definitions. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) As used in NAC 410.650 to 410.750, inclusive, unless the context requires otherwise, the words and terms defined in NAC 410.655 to 410.675, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC by D…

NAC 410.655 “Conforming area” defined. (NRS 410.400) “Conforming area” means an area: 1. Which the Department finds is within an unacceptable commercial or industrial zone; and 2. In which the Department finds that a commercial or industrial activity exists or is contemplated for…

NAC 410.660 “Defined area” defined. (NRS 410.400) “Defined area” means an area which: 1. Has clearly established geographic boundaries; and 2. Can be evaluated as an economic entity. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 12-16-82)

NAC 410.670 “Nonconforming outdoor advertising sign” defined. (NRS 410.400) “Nonconforming outdoor advertising sign” means an outdoor advertising sign which was erected and has been maintained lawfully but does not conform to the provisions set forth in NRS 410.220 to 410.410, in…

NAC 410.675 “Unacceptable commercial or industrial zone” defined. (NRS 410.400) “Unacceptable commercial or industrial zone” means an area which is established by a local government as a commercial or industrial zone but which is not accepted by the Department as a commercial or …

NAC 410.680 Severability. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) If any provision of NAC 410.650 to 410.750, inclusive, or any application thereof to any person, thing or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect the remaining provisions or applications to the extent…

NAC 410.685 Applicability. (NRS 410.400) NAC 410.650 to 410.750, inclusive, applies to all outdoor advertising signs which are subject to the provisions of NRS 410.220 to 410.410, inclusive. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 12-16-82)

NAC 410.690 Sign location: Controlled areas. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) 1. In accordance with NRS 410.220 to 410.410, inclusive, no off-premise outdoor advertising structure may be erected within the controlled area of the interstate or primary highway systems within this st…

NAC 410.695 Exemption of nonconforming signs: Requests for exemption from requirements for acquisition and removal. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) 1. A governmental agency may submit to the Director a request for an exemption of nonconforming outdoor advertising signs within a d…

NAC 410.700 Exemption of nonconforming signs: Requirements for exemption. (NRS 410.400) 1. To be approved for exemption from acquisition and removal, a nonconforming outdoor advertising sign must have continuously displayed since May 5, 1976, or the date on which it became noncon…

NAC 410.703 Exemption of nonconforming signs: Preexisting signs. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) Signs which were lawfully erected in zoned and unzoned commercial or industrial areas before the effective date of the control of a route, or segment thereof, by the Department, inclu…

NAC 410.705 Exemption of nonconforming signs: Economic analysis. (NRS 410.400) 1. An economic analysis must be submitted to support a request for an exemption. The analysis must include: (a) A complete description of the method of analysis; (b) A description of the defined area c…

NAC 410.710 Exemption of nonconforming signs: Requests for renewal. (NRS 410.400) Every 3 years after an exemption within a defined area is granted, the governmental agency which initially requested the exemption must: 1. Perform an economic analysis justifying renewal of the exe…

NAC 410.715 Exemption of nonconforming signs: Review of requests. (NRS 410.400) The Department will examine each request for an exemption or renewal of an exemption and if the request meets the requirements of NAC 410.695 to 410.710, inclusive, will forward it with a recommendati…

NAC 410.720 Exemption of nonconforming signs: Preparation of request. (NRS 410.400) The Department will not participate in any cost or activity related to preparation of: 1. A request for an exemption; 2. An economic analysis; or 3. A request for renewal. (Added to NAC by Dep’t o…

NAC 410.725 Unacceptable commercial or industrial zones: Determination of zones. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) 1. The Department will review any area zoned for commercial or industrial activity to determine if the zone appears to have been deliberately or inadvertently establis…

NAC 410.727 Unacceptable commercial or industrial zones: Determination of conforming and nonconforming areas; submission of documents. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the following areas shall not be deemed to be conforming areas w…

NAC 410.730 Unacceptable commercial or industrial zones: Conforming areas within unacceptable zones. (NRS 410.400) 1. The Department will allow existing outdoor advertising signs to remain and new outdoor advertising signs to be erected in a conforming area within an unacceptable…

NAC 410.735 Unacceptable commercial or industrial zones: Proof of contemplated commercial or industrial use; special conditions; changes to be reviewed. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) 1. To prove that a commercial or industrial use is contemplated for the near future and that it…

NAC 410.740 Unacceptable commercial or industrial use: Conditional conformance; temporary conformance. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) 1. An outdoor advertising sign in a proposed conforming area which will encompass contemplated commercial or industrial activity shall be deemed …

NAC 410.745 Unacceptable commercial or industrial zones: Failure to complete development; development in different area; resolution of intent to rezone. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) 1. If no significant progress is made in developing the contemplated commercial or industrial a…

NAC 410.750 Unacceptable commercial or industrial zones: Activity contemplated to circumvent purpose of program. (NRS 410.400) If any contemplated commercial or industrial activity appears to be designed primarily to protect outdoor advertising signs or encourage their use and th…

NAC 410.775 Violation of chapter. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) 1. The Department will issue a notice of violation to the owner of a sign that is erected without a permit in violation of the provisions of this chapter. The notice will be delivered by certified mail or by postin…

NAC 410.800 Effective dates of control by Department of alterations to and new routes added to interstate and primary routes. (NRS 408.557, 410.330, 410.400) For the purposes of this chapter, the effective dates of control by the Department of alterations to and new routes added …

NAC 414.010 Definitions. (NRS 414.135) As used in NAC 414.010 to 414.140, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 414.015 to 414.045, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC by Div. of Emergency M…