268.592 - Disapproval of annexation; adoption of ordinance extending corporate limits. - Nevada Statutes

268.592  Disapproval of annexation; adoption of ordinance extending corporate limits.

      1.  If a majority of the property owners protest the annexation, either orally or in writing at the public hearing or in writing within 15 days after the conclusion of the public hearing, the city shall not annex in that proceeding any part of the territory described in the notice. This provision does not preclude a subsequent proceeding with respect to all or part of that territory if that proceeding is commenced more than 1 year after the public hearing.

      2.  If a majority of the property owners do not protest the annexation in the manner or within the time limited by subsection 1, the governing body may at any regular or special meeting thereof held not sooner than 16 days after the conclusion of the public hearing and not later than 90 days after the conclusion of the hearing, adopt an ordinance extending the corporate limits of the annexing city to include all, or such part, of the territory described in the notice of public hearing, which meets the requirements of NRS 268.580, and which the governing body has concluded should be annexed; but the governing body may amend the report provided for in NRS 268.578, to make changes in the plans for service to the area proposed to be annexed, so long as the changes meet the requirements of NRS 268.578.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1606; A 1983, 739)