As demonstrated elsewhere, the purpose for general improvement districts (“GIDs”) is supposed to be “to provide various urban type services (to real property in)…areas where such services (a)re not available and (cannot) be provided (for) by general purpose government(s)” such as counties, cities and … Continue reading →
Introduction: As demonstrated elsewhere, general improvement districts (“GIDs”) are limited purpose special districts. Their powers are strictly construed and limited to those provided by the Legislature, as explicitly conferred by their respective County Boards of Commissioners (“County Boards”), in their initiating ordinances as … Continue reading →
Introduction: As demonstrated elsewhere, general improvement districts (“GIDs”) are limited purpose special districts. Their powers are strictly construed and limited to those provided by the Legislature, as explicitly conferred by their respective County Boards of Commissioners (“County Boards”), in their initiating ordinances as … Continue reading →
As we have discussed elsewhere, the only basic powers a general improvement district (“GID”) may legitimately exercise (including the power to fix fees and assess taxes) are those expressly granted in its initiating and supplemental ordinance(s) “as supplemented by the … Continue reading →
Introduction: Many Incline Village/Crystal Bay parcel owners are under the impression all of their neighbors’ parcels are being assessed the same BFFs and/or RFFs as their parcels are being assessed. After all, if you believe the District’s representations that its … Continue reading →
As elsewhere discussed, IVGID purchased the beaches from Crystal Bay Development Co.’s (“CBDC’s”) successor (Village Development Co., Inc.) on June 4, 1968. According to the express language in the beach deed, beach access was granted to the occupants of each … Continue reading →
Introduction: As discussed elsewhere, and not that we agree it is appropriate for the District to separately assess and collect multiple RFFs/BFFs against multiple dwelling units, assuming arguendo it is, there are literally hundreds of multiple dwelling units on single … Continue reading →
Introduction: Not that we agree it is appropriate for the District to separately assess multiple RFFs/BFFs for multiple dwelling units on a single parcel, but assuming arguendo it is, this practice affects literally hundreds of multiple dwelling units on single … Continue reading →
Introduction: As demonstrated elsewhere, general improvement districts (“GIDs”) are limited purpose special districts. Their powers are strictly construed and limited to those provided by the Legislature, as explicitly conferred by their respective County Boards of Commissioners (“County Boards”), in their initiating ordinances, as … Continue reading →
As with the propriety of all local governmental powers, we begin our analysis with the Nevada Constitution given it “is the ‘supreme law of the state which ‘control[s] over any conflicting statutory provisions.’” Nev. Const. Art. 8, Sec. 8 instructs that … Continue reading →