Additional standards.
Reno Administrative Code § 2.20.140
in effectSec. 2.20.140. - Additional standards.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) or (c), a public officer or public appointee may vote upon a matter if the benefit or detriment accruing to him or her as a result of the decision, either individually or in a representative capacity as a member of a general business, profession, occupation or group, is not greater than that accruing to any other member of the general business, profession, occupation or group.
(b) In addition to the requirements of section 2.20.130, a public officer shall not vote upon or advocate the passage or failure of a matter with respect to which the independence of judgment of a reasonable person in his or her situation would be materially affected by:
(1) His or her acceptance of a gift or loan;
(2) His or her pecuniary interest; or
(3) His or her commitment in a private capacity to the interests of others.
It shall be presumed that the independence of judgment of a reasonable person would not be materially affected by his or her pecuniary interest or his or her commitment in a private capacity to the interests of others where the resulting benefit or detriment accruing to him or her or to the other person whose interests to which the member is committed in a private capacity is not greater than that accruing to any other member of the general business, profession, occupation or group.
(c) A public officer, public appointee or city employee shall not approve, disapprove, vote, abstain from voting, or otherwise act upon any matter:
(1) Regarding which he or she has accepted a gift or loan;
(2) Which would reasonably be affected by his commitment in a private capacity to the interest of others; or
(3) In which he or she has a pecuniary interest, without disclosing the full nature and extent of the gift, loan, commitment or interest. Such a disclosure must be made at the time the matter is considered. Such a disclosure must be made at the time the matter is considered. If the public officer, public appointee or city employee is a member of a body which makes decisions, he or she shall make the disclosure in public to the chairperson and other members of the body.
(d) If a public officer declares to the governmental body in which the vote is to be taken that he or she will abstain from voting because of the requirements of this section, the necessary quorum to act upon and the number of votes necessary to act upon the matter, as fixed by any statute, ordinance or rule, is reduced as though the member abstaining were not a member of the body or committee.
(Ord. No. 4506, § 1, 4-25-95; Ord. No. 4781, § 2, 8-26-97; Ord. No. 4896, § 1, 7-14-98)
Source: City of Reno, Nevada, Administrative Code, City Charter and Annexation and Land Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/reno/codes/administrative_code?nodeId=PT2READCO_TIT2AD_CH2.20COETPUOF_S2.20.140ADSTFetched: 11/1/2026