Nevada § 278.02786 - Joint planning area: Procedure for recommendation and adoption of master plan
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 278.02786 — Joint planning area: Procedure for recommendation and adoption of master plan, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 278.02786. Joint planning area: Procedure for recommendation and adoption of master plan
1. Before recommending the master plan for a joint planning area, each affected local
planning commission shall jointly hold at least one public hearing thereon. Notice of the time and place of the hearing must be given by at least one publication
in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least 10 days before the day
of the hearing. 2. The recommendation of the master plan for a joint planning area must be by resolution
of each affected local planning commission in the joint planning area carried by the
affirmative votes of not less than two-thirds of the total membership of each commission.
The resolution must refer expressly to the maps, descriptive matter and other matter
intended by the county planning commission and the planning commission of each city
in the joint planning area to constitute the recommended master plan for the joint
planning area. 3. The master plan for the joint planning area that is recommended by the affected
local planning commissions must be considered for adoption by each affected local
governing body. 4. The affected local governing bodies may adopt such parts thereof as may practicably
be applied to the development of the joint planning area. The master plan for the joint planning area becomes effective upon the approval by
a majority of the membership of each affected local governing body. 5. Before adopting the master plan for the joint planning area, or part thereof, the
affected local governing bodies shall jointly hold at least one public hearing thereon.
Notice of the time and place of the hearing must be published at least once in a newspaper
of general circulation in the county at least 10 days before the day of the public
hearing.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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