As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 322.0032 to 322.0066, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1995, 2510)
“Agricultural use” means any use required for farming or ranching. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
“Boat-fueling facility” means a pump or similar device used for transferring fuel to vessels on a navigable body of water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
“Boat hoist” means a hoist, other than a hoist inside a boat house, for raising vessels from, or lowering vessels into, a navigable body of water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1995, 2511)
“Boat house” means a covered or enclosed structure, in or on a navigable body of water, designed specifically to store, enclose, shelter or protect a vessel away from the elements. (Added to NRS by 1995, 2510)
“Boat ramp” means a ramp for launching vessels into, or retrieving vessels from, a navigable body of water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
“Boat slip” means a space, other than a space inside a boat house, designed for the mooring or storage of vessels on a navigable body of water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1995, 2511)
“Commercial use” means any use conducted primarily for profit, except a use conducted by a governmental or quasi-governmental entity. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1997, 972)
“Deck” means a fixed or floating platform or other structure, other than a boat house or pier, which is attached to the shore or bed of, and extends into or over, a navigable body of water. (Added to NRS by 1995, 2510)
“Dredging” means the removing or rearranging of any material below the high water elevation of a navigable body of water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
“Filling” means the deposit of any material below the high water elevation of a navigable body of water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
“Geothermal resource” means the natural heat of the earth and the energy associated with that natural heat, pressure and all dissolved or entrained minerals that may be obtained from the medium used to transfer that heat, but excluding hydrocarbons and helium. (Added to NRS by 1975, 512; A 1981, 659; 1993, 1459)
“Littoral or riparian residential parcel” means a parcel of land which: 1. Adjoins the bed of a navigable body of water; and 2. Is restricted to single-family residential use. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
“Mooring buoy” means a float: 1. Which is anchored to the bed of a navigable body of water; and 2. To which a vessel is fastened through the use of cables, lines, ropes or anchors for the purpose of maintaining the vessel in a stationary position in the water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
“Multiple residential use” means the use of a facility, structure or other object, except a commercial use, exclusively by the owners of two or more littoral or riparian residential parcels and their families and guests. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
“Pier” means a fixed or floating platform or other structure, other than a boat house or deck, which: 1. Extends into or over a navigable body of water; 2. Is attached to pillars, piles, rocks or metal or is anchored to the bottom of the body of water; and 3. Affords convenient passage to and […]
“Recreational dredging” means dredging conducted primarily for personal pleasure using a portable vacuum or suction dredge which has an intake that does not exceed 4 inches in diameter. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
“Single residential use” means the use of a facility, structure or other object, except a commercial use, exclusively by the owner of a littoral or riparian residential parcel and his or her family and guests. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1457)
“Vessel” means any boat or other watercraft used as a means of transportation on water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1457)
Any lease of state land, except a lease for residential purposes, a lease for farming or grazing or a lease authorized pursuant to NRS 321.008 or 322.061, whose term extends or is renewable beyond 1 year must be approved by the State Board of Examiners and the Interim Finance Committee. (Added to NRS by 1983, […]
