1. When an inconsistency in land use plans is submitted for decision, the Executive Council may direct the staff of the State Land Use Planning Agency to conduct studies, assemble information and prepare proposals for alternative courses of action if necessary.
2. The Executive Council shall conduct public hearings in the affected areas before arriving at a decision in the matter.
3. In rendering its decision, the Executive Council may sustain the position of one or more of the local government entities involved or prescribe its own land use plan for the area of inconsistency. The Executive Council may adopt land use regulations to carry out its decision.
4. All land use plans and regulations adopted by the Executive Council pursuant to this section supersede inconsistent plans and regulations of the affected local government entities, but the local government entities are responsible for enforcing the plans and regulations of the Executive Council.
5. In the event of noncompliance with such plans or regulations, any affected local government entity may bring an action to obtain injunctive relief against such noncompliance.
6. The Executive Council, upon petition from all of the affected local government entities or on its own motion, may determine the expiration date of the plans and regulations imposed pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1552; A 1979, 152)