Title 44

NRS 497.085 Airport zoning regulations: Notice of proposed changes to tenants of nearby mobile home parks. Airport zoning regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter must provide that if a mobile home park is located within 300 feet of property for which a zoning change is propo…

NRS 497.090 Airport zoning commission: Appointment; recommendation of boundaries of zones to be established; report; public hearings. 1. Prior to the initial zoning of any airport hazard area under this chapter, the political subdivision or joint airport zoning board may: (a) Ado…

NRS 497.100 Airport zoning regulations: Requisites; reasonableness. 1. All airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall be reasonable, and none shall impose any requirement or restriction which is not reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.…

NRS 497.110 Airport zoning regulations: Limitations on adoption. No airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall require the removal, lowering or other change or alteration of any structure or tree not conforming to the regulations when adopted or amended, or other…

NRS 497.120 Airport zoning regulations: Provision for replacement or alteration of nonconforming structure or tree; permits. 1. Any airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter may require that a permit be obtained before any new structure or use may be constructed or es…

NRS 497.130 Airport zoning regulations: Variances. 1. Any person desiring to erect any structure, or increase the height of any structure, or permit the growth of any tree, or otherwise use the person’s property in violation of airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapte…

NRS 497.140 Installation and maintenance of markers or lights on structures or trees; penalty. 1. In granting any permit or variance under NRS 497.120 and 497.130, the administrative agency or board of adjustment may, if it deems such an action advisable to carry out the purposes…

NRS 497.150 Appeals: Persons entitled to appeal. Any person aggrieved by any decision of an administrative agency made in its administration of airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter, or any governing body of a political subdivision, or any joint airport zoning boa…

NRS 497.160 Appeals: Notice; time; filing; record. All appeals taken under NRS 497.150 must be taken within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of the board, by filing with the agency from which the appeal is taken, and with the board, a notice of appeal specifying the gr…

NRS 497.170 Appeals: Stay of proceedings; notice of hearing; action on appeal. 1. An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the agency from which the appeal is taken certifies to the board, after the notice of appeal has been filed wi…

NRS 497.180 Administration and enforcement of regulations by administrative agency; duties. 1. All airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall provide for the administration and enforcement of such regulations by an administrative agency, which may be an agency cr…

NRS 497.190 Powers of board of adjustment. All airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall provide for a board of adjustment to have and exercise the following powers: 1. To hear and decide appeals from any order, requirement, decision or determination made by the…

NRS 497.200 Members of board of adjustment: Number; terms; removal. Where a zoning board of appeals or adjustment already exists, it may be appointed as the board of adjustment. Otherwise, the board of adjustment shall consist of five members, each to be appointed for a term of 3…

NRS 497.210 Majority vote of board of adjustment sufficient. The concurring vote of a majority of the members of the board of adjustment shall be sufficient to reverse any order, requirement, decision or determination of the administrative agency, or to decide in favor of the app…

NRS 497.220 Rules, meetings, minutes and records of board of adjustment. 1. The board of adjustment shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance or resolution by which it was created. 2. Meetings of the board must be held at the call of the chair and at su…

NRS 497.230 Right of aggrieved person or taxpayer to petition court for review of administrative decision. 1. Any person aggrieved or taxpayer affected by any decision of a board of adjustment, or any governing body of a political subdivision, or any joint airport zoning board wh…

NRS 497.240 Jurisdiction of court on review; costs. 1. The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to affirm, modify or set aside the decision brought up for review, in whole or in part, and if need be, to order further proceedings by the board of adjustment. The findings of fact…

NRS 497.250 Effect of regulation held unconstitutional with respect to particular structure or land. In any case in which airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter, although generally reasonable, are held by a court to interfere with the use or enjoyment of a particul…

NRS 497.260 Penalty; injunction. 1. Each violation of this chapter or of any regulations, orders, or rulings promulgated or made pursuant to this chapter, shall constitute a misdemeanor, and each day’s violation of this chapter or of any regulations, orders or rulings promulgated…

NRS 497.270 Eminent domain. 1. In any case in which: (a) It is desired to remove, lower or otherwise terminate a nonconforming structure, tree or use; (b) The approach protection necessary cannot, because of constitutional limitations, be provided by airport zoning regulations un…

NRS 498.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 498.020, 498.030 and 498.040 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1999, 1054)

NRS 498.020 “Association” defined. “Association” means the United States Parachute Association or its successor organization. (Added to NRS by 1999, 1054)

NRS 498.030 “Skydiving business” defined. “Skydiving business” means a business that receives compensation for providing a person with: 1. The opportunity to jump with a parachute from an airplane, a balloon or any other vehicle used for navigation through the air; or 2. Training…

NRS 498.040 “Student skydiver” defined. “Student skydiver” means a person who receives training to skydive and has not been cleared to self-jumpmaster in accordance with standards established by the Association. (Added to NRS by 1999, 1054)

NRS 498.050 Legislative findings and declaration. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the operation of a skydiving business affects the health, safety and welfare of members of the general public and that minimum standards for the operation of such a business must, the…

NRS 498.060 Certain persons presumed to be student skydivers. For the purposes of NRS 498.010 to 498.110, inclusive, a person who has not previously jumped with a skydiving business shall be deemed to be a student skydiver unless that person produces documented proof to the opera…

NRS 498.070 Operators required to comply with certain federal regulations and safety requirements and to use Association’s training options; Director of Department of Transportation required to review amendments to basic safety requirements and training options. 1. The operator o…

NRS 498.080 Maintenance of safety handbook on premises; provision or availability of copy of basic safety requirements and federal regulations to customer. 1. The operator of a skydiving business shall maintain on the premises of the business a safety handbook which contains the …

NRS 498.090 Posting of certain information at operator’s place of business. The operator of a skydiving business shall post in a conspicuous location at the operator’s place of business a poster that includes the following information in a font that is easy to read: 1. A statemen…

NRS 498.100 Accident reports. 1. The operator of a skydiving business shall report in writing to the Association an accident that results in serious injury to or the death of one of its customers. 2. The report must: (a) Be submitted to the Association not later than the next bus…

NRS 498.110 Penalty; revocation of license. 1. The operator of a skydiving business who willfully violates any of the provisions of NRS 498.010 to 498.100, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. Any governmental entity that has issued a license to engage in business as an oper…