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NRS 266.045 Bonds of first elected officers. Whenever the inhabitants of any territory become incorporated under this chapter, the officers required by NRS 266.420 to give bonds shall do so in the penal sum of not less than $500, such bonds to remain in force until the passage of…

NRS 266.050 Specially chartered city may surrender charter and become organized under this chapter: Procedure. Any city now or hereafter organized pursuant to a special charter may surrender that charter and become organized pursuant to this chapter in the following manner: 1. Wh…

NRS 266.055 Categorization of cities by population. Municipal corporations organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must be divided into three population categories: 1. Those cities having 50,000 or more inhabitants are cities of population category one. 2. Those citi…

NRS 266.060 Attainment of higher population category; proclamation of Governor. 1. Whenever any city of population category two attains the population of 50,000 or more, or any city of population category three attains the population of 5,000 or more, and that fact is ascertained…

NRS 266.066 Judicial proceedings: Judicial notice of change in population category and organization of city and ordinances, rules, resolutions and regulations of city council; pleading and proof. 1. All courts of this state shall take judicial notice in all civil or criminal acti…

NRS 266.070 Vested rights on incorporation or change in population category; remedies. 1. All rights and property of every kind which were vested in any municipal corporation under its former organization shall be deemed to be vested in the same municipal corporation upon its bec…

NRS 266.075 Existing ordinances and resolutions remain effective on organization or change in population category; no alteration in legal identity. 1. All ordinances and resolutions in force in any city when the city becomes organized or changes its population category pursuant t…

NRS 266.080 Officers continue in office on organization or change in population category; terms of officers elected on organization. 1. When any city now existing under a special charter is organized under the provisions of this chapter, or by proclamation of the Governor changes…

NRS 266.085 City is municipal corporation; name; general powers. 1. Cities incorporated pursuant to this chapter: (a) Are municipal corporations. (b) Shall be known and designated by the name and style adopted. 2. Under such name, cities may: (a) Sue and be sued. (b) Contract and…

NRS 266.095 Number; population and form; division of city by county commissioners during incorporation; change of boundaries. 1. In a city incorporated pursuant to this chapter, the city may be divided into wards by ordinance as follows: (a) A city of population category one, int…

NRS 266.105 Power of city council to pass ordinances, resolutions and orders and provide fines or penalties for enforcement of ordinances. 1. The city council may make and pass all ordinances, resolutions and orders, not repugnant to the Constitutions of the United States or of t…

NRS 266.110 Enactment of ordinance: Subject; title. 1. No ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and when any ordinance is amended, the section or sections thereof shall be reenacted as amended. 2. Every ordinance, except those revising the city ordinances, shall embrace but o…

NRS 266.115 Enactment of ordinance: Style; introduction and notice; final action; publication. 1. The style of ordinances must be as follows: “The City Council of the City of ......................... do ordain.” All proposed ordinances, when first proposed, must be read by title…

NRS 266.118 Ordinance relating to criminal offense: City clerk to mail copy to court administrator. If the city council adopts, repeals or amends an ordinance concerning a criminal offense, the city clerk shall mail a copy of the ordinance as adopted, repealed or amended to the c…

NRS 266.165 Chief executive is mayor. The chief executive of a city shall be the mayor. [Part 18:125:1907; RL § 784; NCL § 1117]

NRS 266.170 Qualifications. Mayors shall be: 1. Qualified electors within their respective cities and shall have been actually bona fide residents for a period of at least 1 year next preceding their election; and 2. Registered to vote in their respective cities. [Part 16:125:190…

NRS 266.175 Election. Mayors shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their respective cities. [Part 17:125:1907; RL § 783; NCL § 1116]

NRS 266.180 Vacancy filled by city council. Any vacancy occurring in the office of mayor, by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the city council at the first regular meeting after such vacancy, when the council shall by a majority vote elect some compete…

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)