NRS 266.600
General powers of city council.
1.
Control the finances of the corporation.2.
Appropriate money for corporate purposes only, and provide for payment of debts and expenses of the corporation.3.
Levy and collect taxes within the city for general and special purposes on real and personal property, as provided by law.4.
Borrow money on the credit of the city for corporate purposes, in the manner and to the extent allowed by the constitution and the laws, and issue general obligations therefor, but no city may issue or have outstanding at any time bonds in an amount in excess of 30 percent of the total assessed valuation of the taxable property within such city as shown by the last preceding tax list or assessment roll, nor warrants, certificates, scrip or other evidences of indebtedness, excepting the bonded indebtedness, in excess of 20 percent of the assessed valuation. This subsection does not restrict the power of cities as to taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts or loaning their credit for procuring supplies of water.5.
Secure additionally the payment of any general obligation securities by a pledge of any revenues, other than tax proceeds, legally available therefor.6.
Divide the city into districts for the purpose of local taxation, or create districts for that purpose, as occasion may require.7.
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.128 and subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 266.355, raise revenue by levying and collecting a license fee or tax on any private corporation or business within the limits of the city, and regulate it by ordinance. All such license fees and taxes must be uniform with respect to the class upon which they are imposed.8.
Fix the amount of licenses and the terms and manner of their issuance.
Source:
Section 266.600 — General powers of city council., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-266.html#NRS266Sec600.