ADMINISTRATIVE CODE City of RENO, NEVADA

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A REPUBLICATION OF THE GENERAL AND PERMANENT ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENO, NEVADA INCLUDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY

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Adopted: September 28, 1981

Effective: January 1, 1982

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Published by Order of the City Council

Republished by Order of the City Council, 2006

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CURRENT OFFICIALS

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CITY OF RENO, NEVADA

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Hillary L. Schieve
Mayor

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David Bobzien
Jenny Brekhus
Oscar Delgado
Naomi Duerr
Neoma Jardon
Paul McKenzie
Councilmembers

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Sabra Smith Newby
City Manager

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Hon. Gene Drakulich
Hon. Shelly T. O'Neill
Hon. Dorothy Nash Holmes
Hon. Tammy M. Riggs
Municipal Court Judges

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Karl S. Hall
City Attorney

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Ashley D. Turney
City Clerk

PREFACE

This Republication constitutes a complete republication of the ordinances of the City of Reno of a general and permanent nature. As expressed in the Adopting Ordinance, the Code supersedes all such ordinances not included herein or recognized as continuing in force by reference thereto.

Source materials used in the preparation of the Code were the 1981 Code as supplemented through January 2006 and ordinances subsequently adopted by the governing body. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Code. By use of the Comparative Tables appearing in the back of the volume, the reader can locate any section of the 1966 Code, 1981 Code and any subsequent ordinance included herein. A table listing the state law citations and setting forth their location within the Code is included at the back of this volume.

Numbering System

The Code is organized by subject matter under an expandable three-factor decimal numbering system which is designed to facilitate supplementation without disturbing the numbering of existing provisions. Each section number designates, in sequence, the numbers of the title, chapter, and section. Thus, section 18.12.050 is Section .050, located in Chapter 12 of Title 18. In most instances, sections are numbered by tens (.010, .020, .030, etc.), leaving nine vacant positions between original sections to accommodate future provisions. Similarly, chapters and titles are numbered to provide for internal expansion.

Index

The index has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology and still others in language generally used by government officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index itself which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.

Acknowledgments

The publication of this Code was under the direct supervision of John Dombroski, Vice-President for Production and Anne Wilson and Janet Cramer, Editors, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other member's of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

© Municipal Code Corporation and the City of Reno, Nevada. 2006.

BILL NO. 3341
ORDINANCE NO. 2955

An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a New Code for the City of Reno, Nevada; Establishing the Same; Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances Not Included Therein; Providing for the Manner of Amending and Supplementing Such Code; and Providing When Such Code and this Ordinance Shall Become Effective.

The City Council of the City of Reno do Ordain:

Section 1.  That the Code of Ordinances, consisting of Titles 1 to 18, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Reno Municipal Code," which Code shall supersede all general and permanent ordinances of the City adopted on or before December 8, 1980, to the extent provided in Section 2 hereof.

Section 2.  That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from any after January 1, 1982, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Reno, adopted on final passage on or before December 8, 1980, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of such Code.

Section 3.  That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance.

Section 4.  Unless another penalty is expressly provided; a violation of any provision of such Code, or any provision of any rule or regulation adopted or issued pursuant thereto, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or be punished by imprisonment in the city jail not to exceed six (6) months, or be punished by both fine and imprisonment, as provided in Section 1.04.010 of such Code.

Section 5.  Any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part of such Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code, so that reference to such Code shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.

Section 6.  That in case of the amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty, as provided in Section 4 of the ordinance and in Section 1.04.010 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended, or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.

Section 7.  Any ordinance adopted after December 8, 1980, which amends or refers to sections of the 1966 Reno Municipal Code, which have been codified in this Code, shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of such Code.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of September, 1981, by the following vote of the Council:

AYES: McCLELLAND, SFERRAZZA, LEHNERS, THORNTON, PINE, SCOTT, BENNETT

NAYS: NONE

ABSTAIN: NONE  ABSENT: NONE

APPROVED this 28th day of September 1981.

	/s/         Barbara J. Bennett       MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RENO

ATTEST:

/s/         Gilbert Mandagaran       CITY CLERK AND CLERK OF THE CITY       COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENO, NEVADA

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1982