Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 278B - Impact Fees for New Development
NRS 278B.160 - Imposition and purpose of impact fee; costs that may be included; property of school district exempt.


1. A local government may by ordinance impose an impact fee in a service area to pay the cost of constructing a capital improvement or facility expansion necessitated by and attributable to new development. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 278B.220, the cost may include only:
(a) The estimated cost of actual construction, including, without limitation, the cost of connecting a capital improvement or facility expansion to a line or facility used to provide water or sewer service;
(b) Estimated fees for professional services;
(c) The estimated cost to acquire the land; and
(d) The fees paid for professional services required for the preparation or revision of a capital improvements plan in anticipation of the imposition of an impact fee.
2. All property owned by a school district is exempt from the requirement of paying impact fees imposed pursuant to this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 840; A 1995, 2690; 2007, 677)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 278B - Impact Fees for New Development

NRS 278B.010 - Definitions.

NRS 278B.020 - "Capital improvement" defined.

NRS 278B.030 - "Drainage project" defined.

NRS 278B.040 - "Facility expansion" defined.

NRS 278B.045 - "Fire station project" defined.

NRS 278B.050 - "Impact fee" defined.

NRS 278B.060 - "Land use assumptions" defined.

NRS 278B.070 - "Local government" defined.

NRS 278B.080 - "New development" defined.

NRS 278B.083 - "Park project" defined.

NRS 278B.087 - "Police station project" defined.

NRS 278B.090 - "Sanitary sewer project" defined.

NRS 278B.100 - "Service area" defined.

NRS 278B.110 - "Service unit" defined.

NRS 278B.120 - "Storm sewer project" defined.

NRS 278B.130 - "Street project" defined.

NRS 278B.140 - "Water project" defined.

NRS 278B.150 - Capital improvements advisory committee: Establishment; designation of planning commission; duties.

NRS 278B.160 - Imposition and purpose of impact fee; costs that may be included; property of school district exempt.

NRS 278B.170 - Contents of capital improvements plan.

NRS 278B.180 - Public hearing to consider land use assumptions; notice of hearing.

NRS 278B.190 - Approval of land use assumptions; development of capital improvements plan; public hearing to consider adoption of plan and imposition of impact fee; notice of hearing.

NRS 278B.200 - Receipt, consideration and waiver of complaints, protests and objections concerning impact fee.

NRS 278B.210 - Adoption of capital improvements plan and imposition of impact fee; accounting.

NRS 278B.220 - Inclusion of costs of financing in amount of impact fee.

NRS 278B.225 - Impact fee to pay cost of street project: Ordinance to cumulatively increase fee on automatic basis to adjust for inflation; time at which such increases become effective.

NRS 278B.230 - Maximum impact fee per service unit; time for collection.

NRS 278B.240 - Credits against impact fees; reimbursement of school district for certain costs.

NRS 278B.250 - Conditions upon collection of impact fee.

NRS 278B.260 - Refund of impact fee.

NRS 278B.270 - Collection of additional impact fees.

NRS 278B.280 - Prohibited uses of impact fees.

NRS 278B.290 - Periodic review of capital improvements plan; public hearing to discuss revision; notice of hearing.

NRS 278B.300 - Adoption of revised capital improvements plan.

NRS 278B.310 - Development entitled to services and use of facilities upon payment of impact fee.

NRS 278B.320 - Seller of property to provide buyer with notice of impact fee; contents of notice; liability of seller.

NRS 278B.330 - Limitation on time for judicial review of final action, decision or order.