Senate Bill No. 181–Senator Care

 

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AN ACT relating to land use planning; revising provisions relating to the amendment of a redevelopment plan; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

    Section 1.  NRS 279.608 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    279.608  1.  If , at any time after the adoption of a

 redevelopment plan by the legislative body, [it becomes] the

 agency desires to take an action that will constitute a material

 deviation from the plan or otherwise determines that it would be

 necessary or desirable to amend [or modify] the plan, the agency

 must recommend the amendment of the plan to the legislative

 body . [may amend the plan upon the recommendation of the

 agency.] An amendment [or modification] may include the addition

 of one or more areas to any redevelopment area.

    2.  Before recommending amendment of the plan , the agency

 shall hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment. Notice of

 that hearing must be published at least 10 days before the date of

 hearing in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published

 in the community, or, if there is none, in a newspaper selected by

 the agency. The notice of hearing must include a legal description

 of the boundaries of the area designated in the plan to be amended

 and a general statement of the purpose of the amendment. [Copies

 of the notices must be mailed to the last known owner of each

 parcel of land within those boundaries, at his last known address as

 shown by the records of the assessor for the community, and to any

 person who has acquired property within those boundaries from the

 agency, at his last known address as shown by the records of the

 agency.]

    3.  In addition to the notice published pursuant to subsection

 2, the agency shall cause a notice of hearing on a proposed

 amendment to the plan to be sent by mail at least 10 days before

 the date of the hearing to each owner of real property, as listed in

 the records of the county assessor, whom the agency determines is

 likely to be directly affected by the proposed amendment. The

 notice must:

    (a) Set forth the date, time, place and purpose of the hearing

 and a physical description of, or a map detailing, the proposed

 amendment; and

    (b) Contain a brief summary of the intent of the proposed

 amendment.

    4.  If after the public [hearings] hearing, the agency

 recommends substantial changes in the plan which affect the master

or community plan adopted by the planning commission or the

legislative body, those changes must be submitted by the agency to

 the planning commission for its report and recommendation. [That]

 The planning commission shall give its report and

 recommendations [must be given] to the legislative body within 30

 days after [that submission.

    4.] the agency submitted the changes to the planning

 commission.

    5.  After receiving the recommendation of the agency

 concerning the changes in the plan, the legislative body shall hold a

 public hearing on the proposed amendment, notice of which must

 be published in a newspaper in the manner designated for notice of

 hearing by the agency. If after that hearing the legislative body

 determines that the amendments in the plan, proposed by the

 agency, are necessary or desirable, the legislative body shall adopt

 an ordinance amending the ordinance adopting the plan.

    6.  As used in this section, “material deviation” means an

 action that, if taken, would alter significantly one or more of the

 aspects of a redevelopment plan that are required to be shown in

 the redevelopment plan pursuant to NRS 279.572. The term

 includes, without limitation, the vacation of a street that is

 depicted in the streets and highways plan of the master plan

 described in paragraph (p) of subsection 1 of NRS 278.160 which

 has been adopted for the community and the relocation of a

 public park. The term does not include the vacation of a street

 that is not depicted in the streets and highways plan of the master

 plan described in paragraph (p) of subsection 1 of NRS 278.160

 which has been adopted for the community.

 

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