2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 318A - Parks, Trails and Open Space Districts
NRS 318A.070 - Formation of district: Resolution or petition; boundaries of district.
1. The creation of a district may be initiated by:
(a) A resolution adopted by the governing body of any county or city; or
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a petition submitted by any owner of property proposed to be located in the district to the governing body of a county or city. A governing body that receives a petition pursuant to this paragraph is not required to create a district or take any action in relation to the petition.
2. If the proposed boundaries of a district include areas within more than one county or city and the creation of the district is initiated by petition pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the petition must be submitted to the governing body of the county or city in which is located the largest proportion of the geographic area of the proposed district.
3. A resolution adopted pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 or a petition submitted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must set forth the proposed name, powers, purpose and boundaries of the district.
4. A district may be entirely within or entirely without, or partly within or partly without, one or more counties and cities and the district may consist of noncontiguous tracts or parcels of property.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2698)
