North Las Vegas

Operating rules

Primary residence

No

Min stay (nights)

2

Max nights / year

—

Max occupancy

No more than two (2) persons per bedroom, excluding children under the age of twelve (12); maximum ten (10) persons total per residential unit. (NLVMC 5.02.270.D.2. Note: this is stricter than the Nevada AB 363 statutory ceiling of 16 persons per residential unit in NRS 268.09795(2)(g).)

Zoning-restricted

Yes

Cap on licenses

No citywide numeric cap on the total number of STR licenses was found. However, a per-operator cap applies: "Only one City business license shall be issued per State business license" (NLVMC 5.02.270.C.2) — effectively one STR license per state business license. This is stricter than the AB 363 ceiling, which allows a city to set a maximum of up to five authorizations per state business license (NRS 268.09795(2)(i)). Separately, the 660-foot STR-to-STR and 2,500-foot resort-hotel separations function as a de facto density cap.

Grandfathering: yes

Zoning: Short-term rentals are an ACCESSORY use listed in Table 17.20-3 (Permitted Accessory Use Table) as Conditional (C) — requiring a Conditional Use Permit under Section 17.12.070.I — in exactly these districts: R-E, R-EL, R-1, R-CL, R-2, R-3, R-A/R-2, R-A/R-3, and PUD/PID. All other cells in the STR row are blank, and the table states "Blank = Prohibited" — so STRs are prohibited in O-L, R-4, C-P, C-1, C-2, M-1, M-2, R-A/R-4, R-A/DC, R-A/PSP, PSP, MUD-N, MUD-C, MUD-E, PCD, C-3 and M-3. Additional requirements column points to 17.20.030.F.16. Further locational limits: 660-foot separation from all other existing/proposed STRs; 2,500-foot separation from resort hotels; prohibited in apartment buildings; allowed within multi-family zoning classifications only if the units are individually mapped; mobile homes, RVs, travel trailers, tents, vehicles and similar nonpermanent structures may not be used as an STR. An administrative waiver of the distance separation is available only where an "adequate barrier" exists (improved drainage facility; Interstate 15; Clark County 215 Beltway; a roadway of at least 120 feet per the Master Plan of Streets and Highways; railroad right-of-way; a physical/topographical feature preventing vehicular and pedestrian access; a commercial center; or a minimum ten-acre public park).

• Ordinance No. 3127 (ZOA-02-2022), passed and adopted June 15, 2022, states: 'Chapter 20, Section 030, Subsection F, Paragraph 16, of Title 17 of the North Las Vegas Municipal Code is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following' — i.e. it wholly replaced the prior (Ord. 3040/3048, 2020–21) STR standards. Effective date: 'This Ordinance shall become effective after its passage by the City Council of the City of North Las Vegas.'
• IMPORTANT — the pre-2022 rules are obsolete and should not be relied on. The prior version of 17.20.030.F.16 contained a '50 percent of the units or eight units, whichever is less' multifamily cap, a one-year-ownership condition, a HUD Section 8 prohibition, and had NO resort-hotel separation. All of that was deleted by Ord. 3127. The 2,500-foot resort-hotel separation is NEW as of June 15, 2022.
• Owner-only applicant: 'Only the property owner may apply for the conditional use permit.' Primary residence is NOT required — owner-occupancy is required only to rent individual rooms within the residence.
• Minimum stay (NLVMC 5.02.270.D.3): 'The minimum stay in a short-term rental is two nights for non-owner occupied and one night for an owner-occupied.' The min_stay_nights field is set to 2 (the non-owner-occupied case, which covers typical investor STRs); owner-occupied units may rent for 1 night. This mirrors the AB 363 floor at NRS 268.09795(2)(e).
• Only one reservation at a time: 'With the exception of owner-occupied units where multiple individual room rentals are permitted, only one reservation for the whole residential dwelling unit at a time is allowed.'
• No parties/events: 'Short-term rentals are to be used for overnight accommodations only and shall not be used for weddings, parties, sales events, or other similar events.'
• Noise: 'Noise levels shall not exceed sixty-five (65) decibels as measured at the property line of the short-term rental unit. In addition, the short-term rental must comply with the City's noise regulations as they apply to residential uses.'
• Parking: 'Guest parking is only allowed in the garage, driveway, or on a public street. Vehicles of guests shall not obstruct traffic or access to other properties in the area.'
• Solid waste: owners must ensure renters are aware of the receptacle rules in NLVMC 8.20.120 through 8.20.150.
• Grandfathering (city): NLVMC 5.02.270.G — 'Any person who has been lawfully issued a short-term rental business license from the City prior to the enactment of Ordinance Number 3123, may continue to operate under his or her original authorization despite any provisions of the Code that have changed and that may conflict with new regulations.' It does not transfer to subsequent owners and lapses if the license expires, is terminated or revoked.
• Grandfathering (state): NRS 268.09795(5) preserves authorizations lawfully issued before July 1, 2022, including against minimum-distance requirements; it applies only to the original holder and does not transfer.
• No total ban is permitted: NRS 268.09795(4) — 'A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall not enact or enforce a complete prohibition on the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging.'
• STR definition (NLVMC 17.32): 'A short-term rental is any residential dwelling unit or part thereof that is rented out for a period of less than thirty (30) days at a time.'

Enforcement

Active enforcement

yes

Fines

Operating an STR WITHOUT a permit (NLVMC 8.70.020): First violation $1,000.00, Second violation $2,500, Third violation $5,000, Fourth violation $10,000. Violating the terms of an STR permit: $1,000.00 or the nightly rental value of the unit, whichever is greater. Violations of the use standards in 17.20.030.F.16 may also result in revocation of the business license, and the Director may summarily revoke an STR business license. Civil citations carry a $20 administrative assessment, a 10% interest fee, $150 late fees, and unpaid penalties may be enforced as a special assessment lien against the property (which can result in the property being sold by the County Assessor).

Notes

Enforcement runs through the Code Enforcement Division under NLVMC 8.70.010, which authorizes any authorized enforcement officer to issue civil citations/penalties pursuant to NRS 268.019. The STR-specific penalty tiers were added by Ord. No. 3128, § 1, 6-15-2022 — adopted the same day as the substantive STR ordinance (3127) and the licensing ordinance (3123), indicating a deliberate, funded enforcement regime rather than a dormant one. The tiers track the AB 363 mandate at NRS 268.09795(3), which requires any such fine to be not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000, and NRS 268.09795(2)(n), which caps a permit-violation penalty at $1,000 or the nightly rental value, whichever is greater. Note: 'active_enforcement: true' reflects a documented statutory enforcement framework with named penalties and a summary-revocation power; no citation-volume or enforcement-activity statistics were located to quantify real-world enforcement intensity.