Assembly Bill No. 14-Committee on Government Affairs
Prefiled on January 14, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
SUMMARY--Authorizes counties and cities to adopt ordinances that exempt certain land developers from limits on residential density applicable to land. (BDR 22-225)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to land use; authorizing the governing body of a county or city to adopt an ordinance that allows a land developer to apply for an exemption from limits on residential density applicable to the land if the developer includes affordable housing in his development; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 Chapter 278 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
A governing body may adopt an ordinance that sets forth a procedure by which a person who wishes to develop land may apply to the governing body for an exemption from the limits on residential density applicable to that land if the development of the land includes affordable housing.
Sec. 2 NRS 278.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:
278.010 As used in NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 278.0105 to 278.0195, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.