Elko County, NV HOA Rules: Architectural Review (2026)

Elko County Code § 4-9-4 sits in Title 4, the zoning regulations adopted by the Board of County Commissioners. It ties the county permit process to private subdivision review bodies. Subsection (B) covers building permits. Every applicant for a building permit in a subdivision that has an active and duly authorized Architectural Review Committee, or the equivalent established under recorded declarations, restrictions, covenants or conditions, must certify on a form provided by the County that an application has been submitted to that committee for approval of the building permit.

The certification is attached to the county application. The Building or Zoning Department then checks whether the property lies inside an area with such a committee. If it does and no certification is attached, the application is rejected until a completed certification is attached. If the certification is attached, the department immediately sends a copy to the committee. The code also directs the department to notify the committee by mail and electronic mail and request a report on the application. If the committee sends no report within ten days of that notice, the application is deemed acceptable by the committee. No building permit application in such a subdivision is issued until these steps are complete.

The code defines an active and duly authorized committee with three tests: one or more persons charged with enforcing the subdivision covenants, conditions or restrictions; the covenants recorded in the official records of the County Recorder; and a written notice of the committee's existence and operation filed with the County Manager. A committee that has not filed that notice does not trigger the certification requirement.

For this rule, a building permit means a permit for a new structure or building, a permit that increases the square footage of an existing structure or building, or a permit that changes the use or occupancy of an existing building. Subsection (A) applies a parallel certification to zoning changes, zoning variances, conditional use permits, and changes to a lot boundary line or lot size, with a ten-day window for the committee to submit comments before the county acts.