NRS 704A.240
Hearing on petition

  • findings of governing body
  • adoption and contents of ordinance
  • basis for apportioning assessments.

1.

At the place, date and hour specified for the hearing in the notice or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be adjourned, the governing body shall give full consideration to all written objections which have been filed and shall hear all owners of real property within the proposed service district desiring to be heard.

2.

If the governing body determines after the hearing that an existing or a new electric facility must be placed underground and that:

(a)

The requirements for the establishment of a service district have been satisfied;

(b)

Objections have not been filed in writing by more than 40 percent of the owners of real property within the proposed service district, or by owners of more than 40 percent of the real property on a square foot basis in the proposed service district;

(c)

Considering all objections, the cost of construction or conversion as contained in the joint report prepared pursuant to NRS 704A.180 is economically and technically feasible for the public utility corporations involved and the owners of real property affected; and

(d)

The proposed service district is a reasonably compact area which encompasses areas that will benefit from the installation of the facility underground,
Ê the governing body shall enact an ordinance establishing the area as a service district.

3.

The ordinance must:

(a)

State the costs to be assessed to each lot in the service district, including the appropriate share of all costs referred to in NRS 704A.180 and 704A.210.

(b)

Direct the public utility corporation owning overhead electric or communication facilities within the service district to construct or convert such facilities to underground facilities and, in the case of a public utility corporation other than a city or county, to construct or convert such facilities in accordance with standard underground practices and procedures approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.

(c)

State the method of levying assessments, the number of installments, and the times when the costs assessed will be payable.

4.

Before enacting an ordinance establishing a service district, the governing body shall exclude by resolution or ordinance any territory described in the petition which the governing body finds will not be benefited by inclusion in the service district or for which underground construction or conversion is not economically or technically feasible.

5.

The basis for apportioning the assessments:

(a)

Must be in proportion to the special benefits derived to each of the several lots comprising the assessable property within the service district; and

(b)

Must be on a front foot, area, zone or other equitable basis as determined by the governing body.

6.

Regardless of the basis used for the apportionment of assessments, in cases of wedge or V or any other irregularly shaped lots, an amount apportioned thereto must be in proportion to the special benefits thereby derived.

7.

The assessable property in the service districts consists of the lots specially benefited by the construction or conversion of service facilities, except:

(a)

Any lot owned by the Federal Government in the absence of consent of Congress to its assessment; and

(b)

Any lot owned by the municipality.

Source: Section 704A.240 — Hearing on petition; findings of governing body; adoption and contents of ordinance; basis for apportioning assessments., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-704A.­html#NRS704ASec240.

704A.010
Declaration of legislative findings and purpose.
704A.020
Definitions.
704A.030
“Clerk” defined.
704A.040
“Convert” and “conversion” defined.
704A.050
“Electric and communication facilities” defined.
704A.052
“Engineer” defined.
704A.060
“Governing body” defined.
704A.070
“Lot” defined.
704A.073
“Mailed notice” and “notice by mail” defined.
704A.077
“Municipality” and “municipal” defined.
704A.080
“New underground electric and communication service district” defined.
704A.090
“Overhead electric or communication facilities” defined.
704A.100
“Owner” defined.
704A.110
“Public place” defined.
704A.120
“Public utility corporation” defined.
704A.125
“Publication” and “publish” defined.
704A.130
“Real property” defined.
704A.140
“Service district” defined.
704A.150
“Underground service district” defined.
704A.170
Petition by owners for study of costs to establish service district.
704A.180
Statement by governing body of basis for apportionment of costs by assessments
704A.190
Summary of estimate of costs to be assessed against each lot furnished to owner
704A.200
Petition for establishment of service district: Time and place of filing
704A.210
Petition for establishment of service district: Manner of giving notice of hearing
704A.220
Petition for establishment of service district: Contents of notice of hearing.
704A.230
Objections to establishment of service district.
704A.240
Hearing on petition
704A.250
Inclusion of additional territory: Notice and hearing.
704A.260
Addition to or alteration of boundaries of district.
704A.270
Rehearings.
704A.280
Judicial review
704A.290
Time for commencement of construction or conversion.
704A.300
Placement of facilities.
704A.310
Interim warrants.
704A.312
Resolution determining total cost of construction or conversion and ordering preparation of assessment roll
Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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