Advisory opinions.
Reno Administrative Code § 2.20.150
in effectSec. 2.20.150. - Advisory opinions.
(a) When any public officer, public appointee or city employee has a doubt as the applicability of any provision of this chapter to a particular situation or as to the definition of terms used herein, such officer, appointee or employee may apply to the city attorney for a formal opinion. The officer, appointee or employee shall have the opportunity to present his or her interpretation of the facts at issue and the applicability of provisions of the ordinance before such formal opinion is made. The city attorney may, where appropriate, refer the matter to the state ethics commission, the district attorney's office or to outside counsel if necessary.
(b) Such opinion, until amended or revoked, shall be binding on the city, the city council and the city attorney in any subsequent actions concerning the public officer, appointee or employee who sought the opinion and acted on it in good faith, unless material facts were omitted or misstated in the request for a formal opinion. Such opinion shall not be binding in any action initiated by any private citizen.
(Ord. No. 4506, § 1, 4-25-95)
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_S2.20.150ADOPFetched: 11/1/2026