Nevada Code § 268.782

Sufficiency of petition; public hearing; determination by city council
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1. The city attorney shall examine any
petition filed pursuant to NRS 268.781 .
If it appears that the petition is sufficient in form and number of signatures,
creation of the district may be consummated, but only if the conditions
required by this section, NRS 268.783 and 268.784 are satisfied.
2. The city council must hold a public
hearing on the petition. At least 20 days before the public hearing, the city
council shall:
(a) Mail notice of the hearing to each owner of
real property within the area; and
(b) Publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper
of general circulation in the city,
describing
the purpose and general location of the proposed district and the date, time and
place of the public hearing.
3. At the public hearing any resident or
owner of property within the area may present, orally or in writing, the
reasons why he or she believes that:
(a) The petition does not contain a sufficient
number of qualified signatures; or
(b) The finding required by subsection 4 cannot
reasonably be made with respect to any part of the area.
4. After consideration of any objections
made at the hearing and of any other information reasonably known to it, the
council must find, as a condition precedent to the creation of the proposed
district, that the public interest will benefit by the provision of a higher
level of police protection within that part of the area. In making this
determination, the council shall consider the differences it finds between the
area as a whole and the territory within and adjacent to the proposed district.

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