Nevada § 268.190 - Duties

§ 268.190. Duties

Except as otherwise provided by law, the city planning commission may: 1. Recommend and advise the city council and all other public authorities concerning: (a) The laying out, widening, extending, paving, parking and locating of streets,

sidewalks and boulevards. (b) The betterment of housing and sanitary conditions, and the establishment of zones

or districts within which lots or buildings may be restricted to residential use,

or from which the establishment, conduct or operation of certain business, manufacturing

or other enterprises may be excluded, and limiting the height, area and bulk of buildings

and structures therein. 2. Recommend to the city council and all other public authorities plans and regulations

for the future growth, development and beautification of the municipality in respect

to its public and private buildings and works, streets, parks, grounds and vacant

lots, which must include for each city a population plan if required by NRS 278.170 , a plan for the development of affordable housing and, for each city located in a

county whose population is 700,000 or more, a plan to inventory and preserve areas

as historic neighborhoods pursuant to NRS 278.02076 . As used in this subsection, “affordable housing” has the meaning ascribed to it

in NRS 278.0105 . 3. Perform any other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions

of NRS 268.110 to 268.220 , inclusive, and in general to study and propose such measures as may be for the municipal

welfare and in the interest of protecting the municipal area's natural resources from

impairment.