NRS376A.010. Definitions.

  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

      1.  “Open-space land” means land that is undeveloped natural landscape, including, but not limited to, ridges, stream corridors, natural shoreline, scenic areas, viewsheds, agricultural or other land devoted exclusively to open-space use and easements devoted to open-space use that are owned, controlled or leased by public or nonprofit agencies.

      2.  “Open-space plan” means the plan adopted by the board of county commissioners of a county to provide for the acquisition, development and use of open-space land.

      3.  “Open-space use” includes:

      (a) The preservation of land to conserve and enhance natural or scenic resources;

      (b) The protection of streams and stream environment zones, watersheds, viewsheds, natural vegetation and wildlife habitat areas;

      (c) The maintenance of natural and artificially created features that control floods, other than dams;

      (d) The preservation of natural resources and sites that are designated as historic by the Office of Historic Preservation of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and

      (e) The development of recreational sites.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 2048; A 1993, 1579; 2001, 940; 2011, 2975)