Nevada § 278.0274 - Contents of regional plan

§ 278.0274. Contents of regional plan

The comprehensive regional plan must include goals, policies, maps and other documents

relating to: 1. Population, including a projection of population growth in the region and the resources

that will be necessary to support that population. 2. Conservation, including policies relating to the use and protection of air, land,

water and other natural resources, ambient air quality, natural recharge areas, floodplains

and wetlands, and a map showing the areas that are best suited for development based

on those policies. 3. The limitation of the premature expansion of development into undeveloped areas,

preservation of neighborhoods and revitalization of urban areas, including, without

limitation, policies that relate to the interspersion of new housing and businesses

in established neighborhoods and set forth principles by which growth will be directed

to older urban areas. 4. Land use and transportation, including the classification of future land uses by

density or intensity of development based upon the projected necessity and availability

of public facilities, including, without limitation, schools, and services and natural

resources, and the compatibility of development in one area with that of other areas

in the region. This portion of the plan must: (a) Address, if applicable: (1) Mixed-use development, transit-oriented development, master-planned communities

and gaming enterprise districts; and (2) The coordination and compatibility of land uses with each military installation

in the region, taking into account the location, purpose and stated mission of the

military installation; (b) Allow for a variety of uses; (c) Describe the transportation facilities that will be necessary to satisfy the requirements

created by those future uses; and (d) Be based upon the policies and map relating to conservation that are developed

pursuant to subsection 2, surveys, studies and data relating to the area, the amount

of land required to accommodate planned growth, the population of the area projected

pursuant to subsection 1, and the characteristics of undeveloped land in the area. 5. Public facilities and services, including provisions relating to sanitary sewer

facilities, solid waste, flood control, potable water and groundwater aquifer recharge

which are correlated with principles and guidelines for future land uses, and which

specify ways to satisfy the requirements created by those future uses. This portion of the plan must: (a) Describe the problems and needs of the area relating to public facilities and

services and the general facilities that will be required for their solution and satisfaction; (b) Identify the providers of public services within the region and the area within

which each must serve, including service territories set by the Public Utilities Commission

of Nevada for public utilities; (c) Establish the time within which those public facilities and services necessary

to support the development relating to land use and transportation must be made available

to satisfy the requirements created by that development; and (d) Contain a summary prepared by the regional planning commission regarding the plans

for capital improvements that: (1) Are required to be prepared by each local government in the region pursuant to NRS 278.0226 ; and (2) May be prepared by the water planning commission of the county, the regional transportation

commission and the county school district. 6. Annexation, including the identification of spheres of influence for each unit

of local government, improvement district or other service district and specifying

standards and policies for changing the boundaries of a sphere of influence and procedures

for the review of development within each sphere of influence. As used in this subsection, “ sphere of influence ” means an area into which a political subdivision may expand in the foreseeable future. 7. Intergovernmental coordination, including the establishment of guidelines for determining

whether local master plans and facilities plans conform with the comprehensive regional

plan. 8. Any utility project required to be reported pursuant to NRS 278.145 .