Nev. Rev. Stat. § 384.140

Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1

Section 384.140 - Certificate of appropriateness: Factors to be considered by Commission and staff in passing upon appropriateness; refusal

1. In passing upon the appropriateness of an application pursuant to NRS 384.115 or 384.130, the Commission, and its staff shall consider, in addition to any other pertinent factors:

(a) Historic and architectural value and significance;

(b) Architectural style;

(c) Location on the lot;

(d) Position of the structure in relation to the street or public way and whether it is subject to public view from a public place;

(e) General design, arrangement, texture, material, color and size of the exterior architectural features involved and the relationship thereof to the exterior architectural features of other structures in the immediate neighborhood; and

(f) The relationship of the exterior architectural features to well recognized styles of early western architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

2. A certificate of appropriateness may be refused for any structure, the erection, reconstruction, restoration, alteration, moving or razing of which, in the opinion of the Commission, would be detrimental to the interest of the historic district or incongruous with the historic aspects of the surroundings and the historic environment of the district.

NRS 384.140

Added to NRS by 1969, 1638; A 2005, 894