2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 278 - Planning and Zoning
NRS 278.335 - Review of tentative map by agencies of State; reviews and inspections by district board of health.

1. A copy of the tentative map must be forwarded by the planning commission or its designated representative, or if there is no planning commission, the clerk or other designated representative of the governing body, for review to:

(a) The Division of Water Resources and the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(b) The district board of health acting for the Division of Environmental Protection pursuant to subsection 2.

(c) If the subdivision is subject to the provisions of NRS 704.6672, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the Department of Wildlife. This paragraph does not apply if:

(1) The governing body has adopted a habitat conservation plan for multiple species of wildlife that evaluates the potential impacts to wildlife and wildlife habitats from the development of land, including, without limitation, any determination of impact to wildlife and wildlife habitat required pursuant to federal law, and the habitat conservation plan has been approved by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or

(2) The proposed subdivision is infill development which is proposed on a vacant or substantially vacant tract of land that is surrounded by land that is already developed.

2. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, if the county and one or more incorporated cities in the county have established a district board of health, the authority of the Division of Environmental Protection to review and certify proposed subdivisions and to conduct construction or installation inspections must be exercised by the district board of health.

3. A district board of health which conducts reviews and inspections under this section shall consider all the requirements of the law concerning sewage disposal, water pollution, water quality and water supply facilities. At least four times annually, the district board of health shall notify the Division of Environmental Protection which subdivisions met these requirements of law and have been certified by the district board of health.

4. The State is not chargeable with any expense incurred by a district board of health acting pursuant to this section.

5. Each reviewing agency shall, within 15 days after the receipt of the tentative map, file its written comments with the planning commission or the governing body recommending approval, conditional approval or disapproval and stating the reasons therefor.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 1497; A 1979, 704; 1987, 520; 1993, 2561; 1997, 1984; 2005, 559, 692; 2021, 2585)