Nevada § 278A.180 - Common open space: Maintenance by city or county upon failure of association or other organization to maintain; notice; hearing; period of maintenance

Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 278A.180 — Common open space: Maintenance by city or county upon failure of association or other organization to maintain; notice; hearing; period of maintenance, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 278A.180. Common open space: Maintenance by city or county upon failure of association or other organization to maintain; notice; hearing; period of maintenance

1. If the association for the common-interest community or another organization which

was formed before January 1, 1992, to own and maintain common open space or any successor

association or other organization, at any time after the establishment of a planned

unit development, fails to maintain the common open space in a reasonable order and

condition in accordance with the plan, the city or county may serve written notice

upon that association or other organization or upon the residents of the planned unit

development, setting forth the manner in which the association or other organization

has failed to maintain the common open space in reasonable condition. The notice must include a demand that the deficiencies of maintenance be cured within

30 days after the receipt of the notice and must state the date and place of a hearing

thereon. The hearing must be within 14 days of the receipt of the notice. 2. At the hearing the city or county may modify the terms of the original notice as

to the deficiencies and may give an extension of time within which they must be cured.

If the deficiencies set forth in the original notice or in the modification thereof

are not cured within the 30-day period, or any extension thereof, the city or county,

in order to preserve the taxable values of the properties within the planned unit

development and to prevent the common open space from becoming a public nuisance,

may enter upon the common open space and maintain it for 1 year. 3. Entry and maintenance does not vest in the public any right to use the common open

space except when such a right is voluntarily dedicated to the public by the owners. 4. Before the expiration of the period of maintenance set forth in subsection 2, the

city or county shall, upon its own initiative or upon the request of the association

or other organization previously responsible for the maintenance of the common open

space, call a public hearing upon notice to the association or other organization

or to the residents of the planned unit development, to be held by the city or county.

At this hearing the association or other organization or the residents of the planned

unit development may show cause why the maintenance by the city or county need not,

at the election of the city or county, continue for a succeeding year. 5. If the city or county determines that the association or other organization is

ready and able to maintain the common open space in a reasonable condition, the city

or county shall cease its maintenance at the end of the year. 6. If the city or county determines the association or other organization is not ready

and able to maintain the common open space in a reasonable condition, the city or

county may, in its discretion, continue the maintenance of the common open space during

the next succeeding year, subject to a similar hearing and determination in each year

thereafter. 7. The decision of the city or county in any case referred to in this section constitutes

a final administrative decision subject to review.

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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