GENERAL INDEX TO WASHOE COUNTY CODE GENERAL INDEX Page 1
-A- ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS, UNIFORM CODE Chap. 100 ABANDONMENT OF EASEMENTS OR STREETS ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES 110.806 et seq. 110.306 et seq. ADDRESS NUMBERS OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, REGULATIONS Chap. 100 ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT CODE ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITS 125.120 et seq. 110.808 et seq. ADJUSTMENT, BOARD OF 110.912.10 ADULT CHARACTERIZED BUSINESSES 25.047-25.056 AIR POLLUTION 35.540-35.560 ALARM BUSINESSES Chap. 54 ALTERNATE COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER 5.450-5.4505 ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING Chap. 11 AMBULANCE SERVICE 35.490-35.530 ANIMALS AND ANIMAL CONTROL Chap. 55 AREA PLAN REGULATIONS 110.200 et seq. ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL 50.024 AUCTIONS AND AUCTIONEERS 25.057-25.065 -B- BILLBOARDS 110.500 et seq. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Commission districts 5.015 Chambers, use controlled 5.021 GENERAL INDEX Page 2
Civil actions, control 125.040 Meetings 5.017-5.021 Seal 5.010 BOND BANK 15.600 15.670 BUILDING, UNIFORM CODE Chap. 100 BUSINESS LICENSES, PERMITS AND REGULATIONS Chap. 25 -C- CABLE TELEVISION, REGULATION 90.271-90.272 CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS 25.069-25.083 CHILD CARE FACILITIES 45.300-45-385 CHURCHES 30.250, 30.405 CIRCUSES AND CARNIVAL 25.384-25.3905 CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARDS 5.425-5.435 CIVIL EMERGENCIES 50.010-50.040 COLLECTIONS DIVISION, COUNTY 15.465-15.475 COMMISSIONER OF CIVIL MARRIAGES 5.229, 5.460 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 110.914 et seq. COMMUNITY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 130.005 et seq. Creation of Department 130.005 Consolidation of Departments 130.010 Director of Department, Creation 130.020 Director s Duties and Responsibilities 130.030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMENDMENT 110.820 et seq. CONSTABLES 5.465 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND DANGEROUS DRUGS Driving vehicle under influence 70.3865 Pedestrians unlawfully on highway 70.265 GENERAL INDEX Page 3
CORONER AND MEDICAL EXAMINER 35.010-35.400 COUNTY ASSESSOR Open-space use assessment 20.481-20.493 Tax-delinquent property sales, duties 20.471 COUNTY CLERK Civil emergency proclamation 50.026 Commissioner of civil marriages 5.229, 5.460 CORONER S JURIES, payment of fees 35.320 COUNTY COMPTROLLER Appointment, duties 15.480 Capital assets, responsibilities 15.120 Department bank accounts, approval 15.200 Facsimile signature authorized 15.400 Property Control Ordinance 15.130 COUNTY EMPLOYEES Chap. 5 COUNTY FLAG 5.013 COUNTY JAIL (inmates) 125.070-125.110 COUNTY MANAGER Administrative function of county 5.0241 Assistant county managers 5.022 Community relations program 5.023 Succession of authority 65.350 Unclassified service 5.093 COUNTY OFFICERS Chap. 5 COUNTY PROPERTY 80.450-80.660 Property Control Ordinance 15.090-15.130 COUNTY PURCHASING 15.490-15.572 COUNTY RECORDER Maps of division into large parcels 20.725 Open-use assessment of real property 20.491 COUNTY RECORDS MANAGEMENT 80.050 COUNTY SEAL 5.010, 80.680 GENERAL INDEX Page 4
COUNTY TREASURER Bank accounts 15.200-15.210 Deceased s property 35.250 Facsimile signature authorized 15.400 Grant moneys, deposits 15.160 Law library fund, deposit of money to 10.060 Park, playground and recreation fund 20.461 Personal property taxes, collection 20.495 Tax-delinquent property, sales 20.469-20.479 CRIMES, MISCELLANEOUS Chap. 53 CURFEW Civil emergencies, areas, times 50.028 County parks 95.310 Definition 50.018 -D- DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 110.914 et seq. DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE 110.916.10 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS 110.814 et seq. DEVELOPMENT CODE Chap. 110 DISABLED PERSONS 5.173, 5.213 DISTRESS MERCHANDISE SALES 25.085-25.099 DISTRICT ATTORNEY Autopsies, may authorize 35.200 Death, notice from coroner 35.300 Inquests, discretion 35.300 Legal professional employees 5.048 Uniform codes, civil actions to enforce 125.010, 125.020 DISTRICT COURT AND JUDGES 10.010-10.080 GENERAL INDEX Page 5
-E- EASEMENTS 110.806 et seq. Vacation, abandonment 85.390 ELECTIONS (See also Registrar of Voters) County employees, time off to vote 5.269 Election board officers 5.453 ELECTRICAL CODE, NATIONAL Chap. 100 Civil actions to enforce 125.010, 125.020 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY 65.300-65.355 ENFORCEMENT CODE, ADMINISTRATIVE 125.120 et seq. ESCORTS AND ESCORT BUREAUS 25.101-25.105 EXPLOSIVES Civil emergencies 50.034 County parks, prohibition 95.230 EXTRADITIONS Emergency travel 5.357 -F- FABRICATED HOUSING 110.312 et seq. FARMERS' MARKETS 25.107-25.113 FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF 15.460-15.485 FINANCES AND FUNDS Chap. 15 FINES AND FORFEITURES Deposits in county general fund 15.430, 125.060 FIREARMS Concealed weapons 50.075-50.083 Congested areas 50.090-50.158 Nighttime shooting and Spotlight hunting 50.160-50.166 GENERAL INDEX Page 6
FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION Fire, Uniform Code Chap. 60 Fire code, actions to enforce Chap 125 Fire departments, street excavations 85.065 Volunteer firemen, leaves of absence for county employees 5.269 FIREWORKS 50.280 et seq. 95.230 FISHING 95.160 FLEA MARKETS 25.370-25.3706 FLOOD HAZARDS 110.416 et seq. FRANCHISES Chap. 90 -G- GAMING 30.335-30.510 GARBAGE AND RUBBISH 35.570, 95.210 GERLACH TOWNSHIP 10.090 GRAFFITI 50.260-50.270 GROUP CARE FACILITIES 110.322 et seq. -H- HANDBILLS, COMMERCIAL 50.042-50.062 HANDICAPPED PERSONS (See also Disabled Persons) Parking Special permits 70.466-70.4693 Zones designated 80.620 Visually handicapped, use of dog in parks 95.140 HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DISTRICT Garbage, rubbish enforcement 35.590 GENERAL INDEX Page 7
HITCHHIKING Unlawful acts 70.265 HOLIDAYS 5.231 HOME-BASED BUSINESSES 25.4421-25.4426 HOMELAND SECURITY (See Emergency Management) HOSPITALS Deaths, investigation by coroner 35.170 Sexual assault victims, counseling and medical treatment, 35.410-35.480 HOTELS 25.117-25.197 HUNTING 50.162, 95.160 HYDROLOGIC RESOURCES 110.418 et seq. -I- ICE, REMOVAL OF ON SIDEWALKS 85.365 INCLINE VILLAGE-CRYSTAL BAY TOWNSHIP 10.090 INCLINE VILLAGE, winter traffic enforcement 70.437 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS 5.045 INDIGENTS Cash grants 45.090 Death, disposal of remains 45.070 Public defender to represent, 5.441, 5.445 INFLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS Civil emergencies, limitations 50.034 Excise tax, imposition 20.369 Gasoline Sales during civil emergency 50.032 Stations closing during civil emergency 50.032 GENERAL INDEX Page 8
INJUNCTIONS Business licenses, civil remedies 25.445 City-county relief tax 20.277 County motor vehicle fuel tax 20.411 INTERNAL AUDITOR 5.0242-5.0243 Report of irregularities 15.570 Reports and records 15.566 Special audits and studies 15.562 INTOXICATING LIQUOR Business liquor license 25.203-25.205 Civil disturbances, closing of establishments 50.032 Drinking while driving 70.38652 Driving vehicle under influence 70.3865, 70.565 Importers, Wholesalers 25.4340-25.4344 Intoxicating liquor license 30.001-30.3315 Pedestrians under influence 70.265 Possession or consumption by minor, unlawful 50.182 INVENTORIES 15.120 -J- JUNK DEALERS 25.215-25.225 JUSTICES' COURTS Employees, merit personnel system, inapplicability 5.045 Justices of the peace Career incentive plan 5.146 Merit personnel system, inapplicability 5.045 Steering persons for marriage ceremony by justice of the peace unlawful 80.510 Townships created 10.090 Traffic violators 70.565 GENERAL INDEX Page 9
-L- LAKE TAHOE Water pollution unlawful 40.270 LAND USE PLAN (See the Development Code) LIBRARIES County library Exemption from county building use policy 80.460 Law library 10.010, 10.050-10.080 LIVESTOCK Chap. 55 LOCKSMITHS AND SAFE MECHANICS 25.2261-25.2268 LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY 15.161-15.169 -M- MARRIAGE 80.510 MASSAGE BUSINESSES 25.227-25.259 MEDICAL EXAMINER/CORONER=S OFFICE 35.010-35.400 MECHANICAL, UNIFORM CODE Chap. 100 Civil actions to enforce 125.010, 125.020 MERIT PERSONNEL SYSTEM (Civil Service) Chap. 5 Human Resources, Department of Chap. 5 Merit Personnel Ordinance Chap. 5, 5.050 MINORS Child-care licensing agency 45.095 Curfew 50.172, 50.174 Definition 50.176, 50.196 Intoxicating liquor 50.176-50.188 Obscene material 50.190-50.210 Temporary detention, reimbursement of county 15.440 GENERAL INDEX Page 10
MISDEMEANORS 50.212 MORTUARIES 35.270 MOTELS 25.117-25.197 MOTION PICTURES 25.2627, 95.480 MOTORCYCLES 50.216-50.226 -NB NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS 50.046 NUISANCES Abatement 125.020 Air pollution 35.560 Building codes, violation 125.015 Public Nuisances 50.300 et seq. -0- OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS 1.120 OPEN SPACE, USE ASSESSMENT 20.481-20.493 OUTDOOR FESTIVALS 25.263-25.305 PARCEL MAP REVIEW COMMITTEE 110.916.05 -P- PARCEL MAPS 110.606 et seq. PARKS AND RECREATION County parks Chap. 95 Department of Regional Parks and Open Space 95.105-95.107 Open Space and Regional Park Commission 95.010-95.100 GENERAL INDEX Page 11
PENALTIES 125.050 PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION 20.495 PHOTOGRAPHERS 25.317-25.321 PLANNING AND ZONING Chap. 110 PLANNING COMMISSION 110.916.05 PLUMBING, UNIFORM CODE Chap. 100 POISONS 50.228-50.236 PRIVATE PATROLMEN AND SECURITY GUARDS 25.323-25.350 PROBATION, DEPARTMENT OF Merit personnel system, inapplicable 5.045 Temporary detention of children, reimbursement of county 15.440 PROSTITUTION AND PANDERING 50.238-50.242 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR Deceased s property, delivery by county treasurer 35.250 PUBLIC DEFENDER, COUNTY 5.437-5.449 PUBLIC GUARDIAN, COUNTY 5.470-5.495 PUBLIC NUISANCES 50.300 et seq. PUBLIC TRANSIT AND ROAD TAX ORDINANCE 20.500-20.665 PUBLIC UTILITIES, BUSINESS LICENSE FEE Chap. 25 PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF 80.050-80.080 -R- RATES CHARGED FOR COUNTY SERVICES 15.370-15.390 REGIONAL ROAD IMPACT FEE 110.706.05 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION 20.343-20.355 GENERAL INDEX Page 12
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS 5.451 REGULATION OF USES 110.300 et seq. RENO-SPARKS CONVENTION AUTHORITY Transient Lodging Tax (See Transient Lodging) RENO TOWNSHIP 10.090 RENTAL CARS, FEE FOR SHORT-TERM LEASE 25.600-25.640 RESIDENTIAL CODE Chap. 100 RIOT 50.020 RISK MANAGER 65.010-65.260 ROUT 50.022 -S- SALES OF TAX DELINQUENT PROPERTY HELD BY COUNTY TREASURER 20.469-20.479 SECONDHAND STORES 25.352-25.3575 SENIOR SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 45.400-45.490 SEWERS AND SEWAGE Chap. 40 SEXUAL ASSAULT, VICTIMS 35.410-35.480 SHERIFF 1.160 Alarms and alarm businesses Chap. 54 Authority in civil emergencies 50.032-50.034 Business licenses Chap. 25 Child care facilities Chap. 45 Gaming license Chap. 30 Intoxicating liquor licenses Chap. 25-30 Parking and traffic Chap. 70 SIDEWALK SALES 25.359-25.367 GENERAL INDEX Page 13
SIGNATURES Facsimile signatures authorized, 15.400 SIGNS 110.500 et seq. SKI AREAS AND TRAILS 50.244-50.250 SNOW REMOVAL 70.415-70.465 85.365 SOCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 45.010-45.385 SOLAR ENERGY, UNIFORM CODE Chap. 100 SPARKS TOWNSHIP 10.090 SPECIAL USE PERMITS 110.810 et seq. STREETS, ROADS AND SIDEWALKS Chap. 85 Abandonment 110.806 et seq. 85.390 Public road 85.450 Street cut ordinance 85.058-85.115 SUBDIVISION OF LAND 110.600 et seq. SWIMMING POOLS, SPAS, HOT TUBS UNIFORM CODE Chap. 100 -T- TAXES AND TAXATION Additional Governmental Services Tax 21.1610 City-county relief tax 20.010-20.319 County motor vehicle fuel tax 20.321-20.433 District court actions 20.700-20.720, 20.775 Infrastructure sales tax ordinance 20.911-20.1147 Justice court civil actions 20.710, 20.750, 20.775 Maps of division into large parcels 20.725 Miscellaneous and additional taxes 21.010-21.1600 Personal property taxes 20.495 Public Transit and Road Tax Ordinance 20.500-20.665 Real property transfer tax 21.1630-21.1740 GENERAL INDEX Page 14
Residential construction tax 20.435-20.463 Room tax 25.117-25.197 Supplemental Fuel Tax 20.434-20.43461 Tax-delinquent property sales 20.469-20.479 TAXICABS AND TAXICAB DRIVERS 50.064-50.066 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 5.455 TELEPHONE, 911 ENHANCEMENT 65.400-65.460 TOWNSHIPS 10.090 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Chap. 70 TRANSIENT LODGING 25.117-25.197 Additional tax on transient lodging 25.1511 TRAVEL REGULATIONS 5.351-5.395 TRAVELING MERCHANTS 25.414-25.433 TREASURER, COUNTY (See County Treasurer) TRUCK ROUTES 70.470-70.545 -U- UNIFORM CODES Chap. 100 Civil actions to enforce 125.010, 125.020 Violation of construction codes 125.015 USE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM 110.304 et seq. -V- VACATION OF EASEMENTS OR STREETS VARIANCES 110.806 et seq. 110.804 et seq. VEHICLES Chap. 70 Off-road vehicles 50.216-50.226 GENERAL INDEX Page 15
VENDING MACHINES 25.435 VERDI TOWNSHIP 10.090 -W- WADSWORTH TOWNSHIP 10.090 WASHOE COUNTY BOND BANK 15.600 15.670 WASHOE COUNTY CODE 1.010, Chap. 2 WATER Chap. 40 WATER RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF 40.280-40.330 WATERCRAFT 75.010-75.020 WHISTLEBLOWER 5.3331-5.3336 WORK PERMITS AND REGISTRATION CARDS Chap. 25, Chap. 30 -Y- YARDS 110.406 et seq. -Z- ZONING Chap. 110 GENERAL INDEX Page 16