Title 21

NRS 266.185 Mayor pro tem. 1. During the absence or disability of the mayor: (a) In a city of population category one that is divided into wards, the council member at large shall act as mayor pro tem. (b) In all other cities incorporated pursuant to this chapter, the city counci…

NRS 266.190 General duties. 1. The mayor shall exercise a careful supervision over the general affairs of the city. 2. In exercising the duty of supervision pursuant to subsection 1, the mayor shall: (a) From time to time, give the city council information in writing relative to …

NRS 266.200 Mayor is presiding officer of city council; vote; veto; approval of contracts, resolutions and ordinances. 1. The mayor: (a) Shall preside over the city council when in session, and shall preserve order and decorum among the members and enforce the rules of the city c…

NRS 266.215 Qualifications of city council members. Council members must be: 1. Qualified electors within their respective cities and bona fide residents thereof for a period of at least 1 year next preceding their election. 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 266.220, qualifi…

NRS 266.220 Election and number of council members. 1. If a city of population category one is: (a) Divided into wards, the city council must be composed of five or seven council members with one council member from each ward who is elected only by the electors who reside in that…

NRS 266.225 Vacancy in office of council member filled by mayor and council; exception. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.325, any vacancy occurring in the office of council member by death, resignation, removal or otherwise must be filled by the mayor and city council at t…

NRS 266.230 Limitation on council member’s appointment to office created or which had salary increased while he or she was member of council. No member of any city council shall, during the term for which the council member was elected and for 1 year after the expiration of such …

NRS 266.235 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.0355, a majority of all members of the city council constitutes a quorum to do business, but fewer members may meet and adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absentees under such penalties as may be …

NRS 266.240 Rules; punishment or expulsion of members. The city council shall determine its own rules of procedure, may punish its members for disorderly conduct, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of the city council, may expel a member for cause. [Part 21:12…

NRS 266.245 Meetings: Frequency, time and place of holding; compliance with Open Meeting Law. 1. The city council shall prescribe by ordinance the time and place of holding its meetings, but at least one meeting must be held each month. 2. All meetings of a city council must be c…

NRS 266.250 Meetings to be public; minutes; audio recordings or transcripts; required recorded votes; affirmative vote of majority of all members required to pass ordinances and certain propositions. 1. The deliberations, sessions and proceedings of the city council must be publi…

NRS 266.255 Deferment of final action on committee’s report. At the request of any two members of the city council in cities with councils composed of five or seven members, or at the request of one member in cities with councils composed of three members, final action on any rep…

NRS 266.260 Manner and details for exercise of powers of city council may be provided by ordinance. When power is conferred upon the city council to do and perform any act or thing, and the manner of exercising the same is not specifically pointed out, the city council may provid…

NRS 266.261 Public works: General powers of city council. 1. The city council, on behalf of the city and in its name, without any election, may acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain, convert to or authorize: (a) Curb and gutter projects; (b) Drainage projects; (c) Off-str…

NRS 266.263 Public works: City’s powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency. In any region of this state for which there has been created by interstate compact a regional planning agency, the powers of a city incorporated under this chapter for the location and cons…

NRS 266.265 City’s property: General powers of city council; exceptions. 1. The city council may: (a) Control the property of the city. (b) Erect and maintain all buildings, structures and other improvements for the use of the city. (c) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.059…

NRS 266.267 Requirements for sale or lease of real property owned by city. 1. A city council shall not enter into a lease of real property owned by the city for a term of 3 years or longer or enter into a contract for the sale of real property until after the property has been ap…

NRS 266.270 Condemnation of property for public uses. The city council may condemn property for public uses in the manner prescribed by chapter 37 of NRS. [Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1971, 299; 1985, 261)

NRS 266.275 Streets, sidewalks, parks and public grounds. The city council may: 1. Lay out, maintain, alter, improve or vacate all public rights-of-way in the city. 2. Regulate the use of public parks, buildings, grounds and rights-of-way and prevent the unlawful use thereof. 3. …

NRS 266.277 Traffic and parking. The city council may, by ordinance, regulate: 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 707.375, all vehicular, pedestrian and other traffic within the city and provide generally for the public safety on public streets, publicly owned parking lots, p…

NRS 266.280 Parking meters; off-street facilities for public parking. 1. The city council may acquire, install, maintain, operate and regulate parking meters at the curbs of the city streets or upon publicly owned property made available for public parking. The parking fees to be…

NRS 266.285 Provision of utilities. The city council may: 1. Provide, by contract, franchise or public enterprise, for any utility to be furnished to the city for the residents thereof. 2. Provide for the construction of any facility necessary for the provision of the utility. 3.…

NRS 266.290 Acquisition or establishment of municipal utility: Procedure. 1. The city council may acquire or establish any public utility in the manner provided in this section. 2. The council shall enact an ordinance which must set forth fully and in detail: (a) The public utili…

NRS 266.293 Provision of services by municipal utility to real property not to be conditioned upon annexation of property. If real property is located within the service area of a public utility acquired or established by a city council pursuant to NRS 266.290, the provision of s…

NRS 266.295 Railroads and railways. The city council may: 1. License, regulate or prohibit the location, construction or laying of tracks of any railroad in any public right-of-way. 2. Grant franchises to any person or corporation to operate a railroad upon public rights-of-way a…

NRS 266.300 Franchises for certain public purposes. 1. The city council shall have the power: (a) To grant franchises to persons or corporations to lay, maintain and operate in, upon, along, through or across any street, alley, avenue or any part or parts thereof of the city or o…

NRS 266.310 Fire department; arson investigators; storage of hazardous material; fire code. The city council may: 1. Organize, regulate and maintain a fire department. 2. Prescribe the duties of the fire chief. 3. Designate arson investigators as peace officers. 4. Regulate or pr…

NRS 266.316 Acquisition, maintenance and abolishment of cemeteries. The city council may, by any lawful means, acquire, control, maintain, enlarge or abolish cemeteries. (Added to NRS by 1971, 296)

NRS 266.321 Police ordinances: Enactment and enforcement; penalty for violation of state law. 1. The city council may enact and enforce such local police ordinances as are not in conflict with the general laws of the State of Nevada. 2. Any offense made a misdemeanor by the laws …

NRS 266.323 Employment of security officers. The governing body of a city may employ security officers. (Added to NRS by 1985, 260; A 1993, 2529)

NRS 266.325 Control of animals and poultry; collection of fee; limitation. 1. The city council may: (a) Fix, impose and collect an annual license fee on all animals and provide for the capture and disposal of all animals on which the license fee is not paid. (b) Regulate or prohi…

NRS 266.330 Public health. The city council may: 1. Provide for safeguarding public health in the city. 2. Create a board of health and prescribe the powers and duties of such board. 3. Provide for the enforcement of all regulations and quarantines established by the board of hea…

NRS 266.335 Nuisances: Abatement, prevention and removal; costs as lien. The city council may: 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 40.140 and subsections 6, 7, 9 and 10 of NRS 202.450, determine by ordinance what shall be deemed nuisances. 2. Provide for…

NRS 266.342 “Trunk line” defined. As used in NRS 266.342 to 266.348, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “trunk line” means a line which provides a channel between a switchboard owned by a customer of a telephone company and the local exchange of the telephone compa…

NRS 266.344 Imposition in certain cities; master plan required; amount; collection; penalties for delinquent payment. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the city council of a city of population category two or three in a county whose population is 700,000 or more ma…

NRS 266.346 Establishment of advisory committee to develop plan to enhance telephone system for reporting emergency; creation of special revenue fund; use of money in fund. If a city council imposes a surcharge pursuant to NRS 266.344, the city council shall: 1. Establish by ordi…

NRS 266.348 Recovering cost of collection. A telephone company that collects the surcharge imposed pursuant to NRS 266.344 is entitled to retain an amount of the surcharge collected which is equal to the cost of collecting the surcharge. (Added to NRS by 2005, 496) LICENSING AND …

NRS 266.355 Power of city council to regulate and license. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 4 and 5, the city council may: (a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.0881 to 268.0888, inclusive, 598D.150 and 640C.100, regulate all businesses, trades and professi…

NRS 266.358 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license, permit or certificate; grounds for denial of license, permit or certificate; duty of city council. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establi…

NRS 266.362 Suspension of license, certificate or permit for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license, certificate or permit. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each stat…

NRS 266.368 Application for license, permit or certificate must include social security number of applicant. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the pr…

NRS 266.386 Resolution proposing sale or lease of system; election required. 1. Proceedings to sell or lease a city-owned electric light and power system may be instituted by the adoption of a resolution by the city council proposing to sell or lease the electric light and power …

NRS 266.3861 Appointment of appraisers. Upon the adoption of a resolution pursuant to NRS 266.386, the district court of the county shall appoint a qualified firm of licensed engineers to make a true and correct appraisement of the fair market value of the electric light and powe…

NRS 266.3862 Negotiation with qualified lessees. If the resolution adopted proposes to lease the electric light and power system, the city council shall, after the return of the appraisement, negotiate with one or more qualified lessees. If such negotiations are successful, the c…

NRS 266.3863 Measure and explanation to be drafted by city attorney. When proceedings are instituted to sell or lease a city-owned electric light and power system, the city attorney shall draft the measure and an explanation thereof for submission to the registered voters. (Added…