NRS278.566. Written report of construction committee required before building official may issue building permit; application for written report; exceptions.

      1.  Except as provided in subsection 3, the building official in a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000, shall not issue any building permit for the construction, reconstruction, alteration or use of any building or other structure on a lot subject to deed restrictions unless the building official has received a written report thereon from the construction committee.

      2.  An application for a written report must be made by certified mail addressed to the authorized representative of the construction committee. If the construction committee fails or refuses to submit its written report to the building official within 20 days from the date of its receipt of a written request therefor, the building official must proceed as provided by law in cases where there is no functioning construction committee.

      3.  This section does not apply if the cost of the construction, reconstruction, alteration or use specified in subsection 1 is $500 or less.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1725; A 1979, 531; 1989, 1918; 2001, 1247; 2011, 1201)