1. A municipality that establishes or acquires an airport or air navigation facility may adopt, amend and repeal such reasonable ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations or orders as it deems necessary for the management, government and use of the airport or air navigation facility under its control, whether situated within or outside of the territorial limits of the municipality.
2. For the enforcement thereof, the municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, appoint airport guards or police with full police powers which must be performed in compliance with the provisions of NRS 171.1223, and fix penalties, within the limits prescribed by law, for the violation of the ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and orders. Penalties must be enforced in the same manner in which penalties prescribed by other ordinances or resolutions of the municipality are enforced.
3. A rule, regulation or ordinance must not be adopted, amended or repealed under this chapter, except by action of the governing body of the municipality after a public hearing in relation thereto at which public utilities owning facilities in the areas involved, and other interested persons, have an opportunity to be heard. At least 15 days’ notice of the hearing must:
(a) Be given to all public utilities owning facilities in the area involved; and
(b) Be published in an official paper or a paper of general circulation in the municipality or municipalities in which the airport is located.
This subsection does not apply to ordinances adopted pursuant to NRS 350.579.
4. All ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations or orders which are issued by the municipality must be kept in substantial conformity with the laws of this State, or any regulations adopted or standards established pursuant thereto, and, as nearly as possible, with the federal laws governing aeronautics and the rules, regulations or standards duly issued thereunder.
5. To the extent that an airport or other air navigation facility controlled and operated by a municipality is located outside the territorial limits of the municipality, it is subject to federal and state laws, rules or regulations, and under the jurisdiction and control of the municipality controlling or operating it. No other municipality has any authority to charge or exact a license fee or occupation tax for operations thereon.
[12:215:1947; 1943 NCL § 293.31]—(NRS A 1977, 277; 1987, 500; 2001, 1870)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 496 - Municipal Airports
NRS 496.030 - Power of municipality to construct and operate airports; acquisition of property.
NRS 496.035 - Exemption from and compliance with chapter 625 of NRS.
NRS 496.040 - Power to acquire existing airports; limitation.
NRS 496.050 - Location of airport; construction of buildings, roadways and bridges authorized.
NRS 496.070 - Eminent domain: Procedure; damages and costs of removal or relocation.
NRS 496.100 - Agent may operate airport; limitations.
NRS 496.110 - Liens for repairs, improvements or storage; enforcement.
NRS 496.140 - Municipal power to tax and appropriate money for purposes of chapter.
NRS 496.160 - Validation of prior municipal bonds and action.
NRS 496.200 - Municipal power to contract for purposes of chapter.
NRS 496.210 - Joint exercise of powers by public agencies and municipalities.
NRS 496.220 - Agreements of public agencies for joint action: Mandatory and permissive provisions.
NRS 496.250 - Actions declared to be public and governmental functions; immunity.
NRS 496.260 - Property and income exempt from taxation.
NRS 496.270 - Incidental powers.
NRS 496.280 - Provisions of chapter do not limit municipal power to regulate airport hazards.
NRS 496.290 - Uniformity of interpretation and construction of chapter.