Nevada § 384.140 - Certificate of appropriateness: Factors to be considered by Commission and staff in passing upon appropriateness; refusal
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§ 384.140. Certificate of appropriateness: Factors to be considered by Commission and staff in passing upon appropriateness; refusal
1. In passing upon the appropriateness of an application pursuant to NRS 384.115 or 384.130 , the Commission, and its staff shall consider, in addition to any other pertinent
factors: (a) Historic and architectural value and significance; (b) Architectural style; (c) Location on the lot; (d) Position of the structure in relation to the street or public way and whether
it is subject to public view from a public place; (e) General design, arrangement, texture, material, color and size of the exterior
architectural features involved and the relationship thereof to the exterior architectural
features of other structures in the immediate neighborhood; and (f) The relationship of the exterior architectural features to well recognized styles
of early western architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 2. A certificate of appropriateness may be refused for any structure, the erection,
reconstruction, restoration, alteration, moving or razing of which, in the opinion
of the Commission, would be detrimental to the interest of the historic district or
incongruous with the historic aspects of the surroundings and the historic environment
of the district.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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