A. The purposes of this Title are to adopt, by reference, the traffic laws of NRS Chapters 484A through 484E. inclusive, as amended from time to time, to apply to the City insofar as such may be made applicable. In the event the City may not enact or exercise jurisdiction over various portions of any such laws by reason of preemption by State law or otherwise, those portions shall be of no force and effect within the Municipal Court of the City and may only be enforced as allowed by State law.
B. The City Council may amend the provisions adopted by reference at any time by ordinance as provided by law. In the event any of the State laws herein adopted are amended by the State, such amendments are hereby adopted by the City to the extent permissible by law. If amendments are made by the State and the foregoing is not sufficient to establish the City Code herein is thereby so amended, the City Council may adopt any such amendments as deemed desirable by resolution, which changes to the Code shall be effective upon approval thereof.
C. Whenever an adopted provision of NRS Chapters incorporated herein refers to another provision of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the referenced provision is also adopted by reference to the extent it is consistent with the purpose herein set forth. During the prosecution of a complaint involving a substantially continuous event that involves at least one misdemeanor established by this Chapter and additional violations which are civil infractions, the City may elect to treat all offenses/violations as misdemeanors and/or may treat offenses/violations as a combination of misdemeanors and/or civil infractions provided that the traffic laws of the State of Nevada do not prohibit such prosecution.
D. Violations of adopted provisions of NRS Chapters 484A through 484E, inclusive, within the City shall be deemed violations of this Chapter. The Municipal Court may exercise jurisdiction over any violation of NRS Chapters 484A through 484E, inclusive, which occurs within the City, regardless of whether the charging document alleges a specific violation of a provision of this Chapter under the City Code or a specific violation of a provision of NRS Chapters 484A through 484E, inclusive, and regardless of which law enforcement agency investigated the violation or instituted the charging document.
E. In the event of a conflict between any State law and any City code adopted in this Chapter, the State law shall prevail. (Ord. 255, 12-15-2022)