Sections:

Sections:

Sections:

This chapter provides definitions and declarations of legislative intent which apply to CCMC as a whole.

1.

If any provision of CCMC, or the application thereof to any person, thing or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the provisions or application of CCMC which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of CCMC are declared to be severable.

2.

The inclusion of an express declaration of severability in the enactment of any provision of CCMC or the inclusion of any such provision in CCMC, does not enhance the severability of the provision so treated or detract from the severability of any other provision of CCMC.

There is hereby expressly incorporated into this code the provisions of the Carson City Charter, chapter 213, Statutes of Nevada 1969, as may be amended.

The provisions of any ordinance which is reenacted, amended or revised, so far as they are the same as those of prior ordinances, shall be construed as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments. If any provision of an ordinance is repealed and in substance reenacted, a reference in any other ordinance to the repealed provision shall be deemed to be a reference to the reenacted provision.

1.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in a particular ordinance or required by the context:

(a)

"May" confers a right, privilege or power. The term "is entitled" confers a private right.

(b)

"May not" or "no * * * may" abridges or removes a right, privilege or power.

(c)

"Must" expresses a requirement when:

(1)

The subject is a thing, whether the verb is active or passive.

(2)

The subject is a natural person and:

(I)

The verb is in the passive voice; or

(II)

Only a condition precedent and not a duty is imposed.

(d)

"Shall" imposes a duty to act.

(e)

"Shall be deemed" or "shall be considered" creates a legal fiction.

(f)

"Shall not" imposes a prohibition against acting.

2.

Except as otherwise required by the context or text of an ordinance that:

(a)

Follows subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs or sub-subparagraphs that are introduced by a colon;

(b)

Is not designated as a separate subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or sub-subparagraph; and

(c)

Begins flush to the left margin rather than immediately following the material at the end of the final subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or sub-subparagraph,

⇒⇒ applies to the section as a whole, in the case of subsections, or to the subdivision preceding the colon as a whole rather than solely to the subdivision that the text follows. The symbol "⇒⇒" in ordinances and in CCMC indicates the beginning of such text.

1.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in a particular ordinance or required by the context:

(a)

The singular number includes the plural number, and the plural includes the singular.

(b)

The present tense includes the future tense.

2.

The use of a masculine noun or pronoun in conferring a benefit or imposing a duty does not exclude a female person from that benefit or duty. The use of a feminine noun or pronoun in conferring a benefit or imposing a duty does not exclude a male person from that benefit or duty.

"Assessor" means the assessor of Carson City.

"Board of supervisors" means the board of supervisors of Carson City.

"Carson City" or "city" means the consolidated municipality of Carson City, Nevada.

"Clerk-recorder" means the clerk and the recorder of Carson City.

"District Attorney" means the District Attorney of Carson City.

"Sheriff" means the Sheriff of Carson City.

"Supervisor" means a supervisor of the board of supervisors. The term includes the Mayor.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in a particular ordinance or required by the context, "person" means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, without limitation, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. The term does not include a government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government.

(Ord. No. 2002-6, § 3, 3-3-2022)

1.

There is hereby adopted the seal of Carson City, which may be known as "The Great Seal of the Municipality of Carson City," the design of which must be made and adopted by resolution of the board of supervisors.

2.

The seal must be:

(a)

Kept by the Mayor and may be used by the Mayor as verification of his or her official acts; and

(b)

Made accessible to the clerk-recorder at all times and may be used by the clerk-recorder as verification of his or her official acts.

3.

A reproduction or facsimile of the seal may only be used:

(a)

If approved in writing by the Mayor:

(1)

By an employee of Carson City.

(2)

By a public official of Carson City in the performance of an official act on behalf of Carson City.

(3)

On an item issued by a department of Carson City.

(b)

If approved by the board of supervisors, by a person not employed by or affiliated with Carson City.

(c)

Except as otherwise limited by paragraph (b), if approved by the board of supervisors or in writing by the Mayor, on any minted medallion or bar, or other memento including, without limitation, a token or plaque.

(d)

As specifically authorized by this code or any other provision of law.

4.

A person who uses or allows to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the seal in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 1992-64 §§ 1 (part), 2, 1992; Ord. No. 2022-6, § IV, 3-3-2022).

The official motto of Carson City is hereby adopted as "Proud of its Past . . . Confident of its Future."

(Ord. 1992-64 §§ 1 (part), 3, 1992; Ord. No. 2022-6, § V, 3-3-2022).

The design of the official logo of Carson City must be made pursuant to a resolution of the board of supervisors.

(Ord. 1992-64 §§ 1 (part), 4, 1992; Ord. No. 2022-6, § VI, 3-3-2022).

There is hereby created the official flag of Carson City, the design of which must be made pursuant to a resolution of the board of supervisors.

(Ord. 1992-64 §§ 1 (part), 5, 1992; Ord. No. 2022-6, § VII, 3-3-2022).

There are hereby designated as the official colors of Carson City the colors process blue and white.

(Ord. 1992-64 §§ 1 (part), 6, 1992; Ord. No. 2022-6, § VIII, 3-3-2022).

There is hereby designated as the official tree of Carson City the pinus jeffreyi, commonly known as the Jeffrey Pine.

(Ord. 1992-64 §§ 1 (part), 7, 1992; Ord. No. 2022-6, § IX, 3-3-2022).

There is hereby designated as the official bird of Carson City the aquila chrysaetos, commonly known as the Golden Eagle.

(Ord. 1992-64 §§ 1 (part), 8, 1992; Ord. No. 2022-6, § X, 3-3-2022).

There is hereby designated as the official flower of Carson City the prunus andersonii, commonly known as the Desert Peach.

(Ord. 1992-64 §§ 1 (part), 9, 1992; Ord. No. 2022-6, § XI, 3-3-2022).

There is hereby designated as the official animal of Carson City the lepus californicus, commonly known as the Black-tailed Jackrabbit.

(Ord. 1992-64 §§ 1 (part), 10, 1992; Ord. No. 2022-6, § XII, 3-3-2022).

There is hereby designated as the official fish of Carson City the salmo clarki henshawi, commonly known as the Lahonton Cutthroat Trout.

(Ord. 1992-64 §§ 1 (part), 11, 1992; Ord. No. 2022-6, § XIII, 3-3-2022).

There is hereby designated as the official fossil of Carson City the megatheriidae megatherium, commonly known as the North American Ground Sloth.

(Ord. 1992-64 §§ 1 (part), 12, 1992; Ord. No. 2022-6, § XIV, 3-3-2022).

There is hereby designated as the official rock of Carson City the rock commonly known as sandstone.

(Ord. 1992-64 §§ 1 (part), 13, 1992; Ord. No. 2022-6, § XV, 3-3-2022).

Except as otherwise provided in CCMC, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of CCMC is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the city jail for not more than six (6) months, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 1982-10 § 1, 1982; Ord. No. 2022-6, § XVI, 3-3-2022).

The commission of any act, or the failure to perform any act, in Carson City, which is made a misdemeanor by the laws of the state of Nevada, is hereby declared to be and shall constitute a misdemeanor in this code.

(Ord. No. 2022-6, § XVII, 3-3-2022)