1. The formation of regional planning districts is authorized and a regional planning commission may be created, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, in lieu of separate city or county planning commissions as may be required or authorized by NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive.
2. Regional planning districts shall consist of a portion of a political subdivision, two or more contiguous political subdivisions or contiguous portions of two or more political subdivisions.
3. All territory embraced within a regional planning district shall be contiguous, except where the regional district is composed of two or more municipalities such territories need not be contiguous.
4. In a regional planning district, a regional planning commission shall function in all respects in accordance with the provisions of NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, except that the plans of the regional planning commission shall coordinate the plans of any city or county planning commission within the region.
5. Reports required by NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, to be made to a governing body of a city or a county shall be made to the governing body of each city or county within the region, and the procedure set forth in NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, for action with respect to maps or subdivisions shall not be followed by the regional planning commission for subdivisions which lie within any territory in which there exists a functioning county or city planning commission.
[Part 5:110:1941; A 1947, 834; 1943 NCL § 5063.04] — (NRS A 2013, 3219)