1.  The planning commission shall prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city, county or region which in the commission’s judgment bears relation to the planning thereof.

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 278.150

  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050

2.  The plan must be known as the master plan, and must be so prepared that all or portions thereof, except as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 4 and 5, may be adopted by the governing body, as provided in NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, as a basis for the development of the city, county or region for such reasonable period of time next ensuing after the adoption thereof as may practically be covered thereby.

3.  In counties whose population is less than 100,000, if the governing body of the city or county adopts only a portion of the master plan, it shall include in that portion an aboveground utility plan of the public facilities and services element, as described in subparagraph (3) of paragraph (e) of subsection 1 of NRS 278.160.

4.  In counties whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000, if the governing body of the city or county adopts only a portion of the master plan, it shall include in that portion:

(a) A conservation plan of the conservation element, as described in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 278.160;

(b) The housing element, as described in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 278.160;

(c) A population plan of the public facilities and services element, as described in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (e) of subsection 1 of NRS 278.160; and

(d) An aboveground utility plan of the public facilities and services element, as described in subparagraph (3) of paragraph (e) of subsection 1 of NRS 278.160.

5.  In counties whose population is 700,000 or more, the governing body of the city or county shall adopt a master plan for all of the city or county that must address each of the elements set forth in paragraphs (a) to (h), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 278.160.

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