NRS278.02528. Comprehensive regional policy plan: Development by regional planning coalition; contents; prerequisites to adoption and amendment.

      1.  The regional planning coalition shall develop a comprehensive regional policy plan for the balanced economic, social, physical, environmental and fiscal development and orderly management of the growth of the region for a period of at least 20 years. The comprehensive regional policy plan must contain recommendations of policy to carry out each part of the plan.

      2.  In developing the plan, the coalition:

      (a) May consult with other entities that are interested or involved in regional planning within the county.

      (b) Shall ensure that the comprehensive regional policy plan includes goals, policies, maps and other documents relating to:

             (1) Conservation, including, without limitation, policies relating to the use and protection of natural resources.

             (2) Population, including, without limitation, standardized projections for population growth in the region.

             (3) Land use and development, including, without limitation, a map of land use plans that have been adopted by local governmental entities within the region, and that the plan addresses, if applicable:

                   (I) Mixed-use development, transit-oriented development, master-planned communities and gaming enterprise districts; and

                   (II) The coordination and compatibility of land uses with each military installation in the region, taking into account the location, purpose and stated mission of the military installation.

             (4) Transportation.

             (5) The efficient provision of public facilities and services, including, without limitation, roads, water and sewer service, police and fire protection, mass transit, libraries and parks.

             (6) Air quality.

             (7) Strategies to promote and encourage:

                   (I) The interspersion of new housing and businesses in established neighborhoods;

                   (II) The preservation of historic neighborhoods; and

                   (III) Development in areas in which public services are available.

      3.  The regional planning coalition shall not adopt or amend the comprehensive regional policy plan unless the adoption or amendment is by resolution of the regional planning coalition:

      (a) Carried by the affirmative votes of not less than two-thirds of its total membership; and

      (b) Ratified by the board of county commissioners of the county and the city council of each city that jointly established the regional planning coalition pursuant to NRS 278.02514.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 1928; A 1999, 3370; 2005, 1584; 2007, 340; 2009, 2758)