Nevada Revised Statutes Title 58. Energy; Public Utilities and Similar Entities § 704A.240. Hearing on petition;  findings of governing body;  adoption and contents of ordinance;  basis for apportioning assessments

(a) The requirements for the establishment of a service district have been satisfied;

(b) Objections have not been filed in writing by more than 40 percent of the owners of real property within the proposed service district, or by owners of more than 40 percent of the real property on a square foot basis in the proposed service district;

(c) Considering all objections, the cost of construction or conversion as contained in the joint report prepared pursuant to NRS 704A.180 is economically and technically feasible for the public utility corporations involved and the owners of real property affected;  and

(d) The proposed service district is a reasonably compact area which encompasses areas that will benefit from the installation of the facility underground,

(a) State the costs to be assessed to each lot in the service district, including the appropriate share of all costs referred to in NRS 704A.180 and 704A.210.

(b) Direct the public utility corporation owning overhead electric or communication facilities within the service district to construct or convert such facilities to underground facilities and, in the case of a public utility corporation other than a city or county, to construct or convert such facilities in accordance with standard underground practices and procedures approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.

(c) State the method of levying assessments, the number of installments, and the times when the costs assessed will be payable.

(a) Must be in proportion to the special benefits derived to each of the several lots comprising the assessable property within the service district;  and

(b) Must be on a front foot, area, zone or other equitable basis as determined by the governing body.

(a) Any lot owned by the Federal Government in the absence of consent of Congress to its assessment;  and

(b) Any lot owned by the municipality.