Southern Nevada Municipal Codes
Clark County | Las Vegas | Henderson | North Las Vegas | |||
Sleeping in public citywide | ||||||
Sleeping in particular public places | ||||||
Camping in public city wide | ||||||
Camping in particular public places | ||||||
Sitting/lying in particular public places | ||||||
Lodging, living, or sleeping in vehicles (or parking a vehicle used as a lodging/living accommodation) | ||||||
Loitering/ Loafing/ Vagrancy city-wide | ||||||
Loitering/ Loafing in particular public places | ||||||
Begging in public places city-wide | ||||||
Begging in particular public places | 8.94 | |||||
Food Sharing | Food sharing city-wide or in particular public places | |||||
Sleeping, Camping, Lying and Sitting, and Vehicle Restrictions
| Clark County | Las Vegas | Henderson | North Las Vegas | |
| Sleeping in public citywide | 12.49.040 (Ord. No. 5187) | 10.84.010 | 8.37.040 | |
| Sleeping in particular public places | 16.11.020 | 10.74.030 | 12.16.020(1); 9.09.040 | |
| Camping in public city wide | 12.49.030 | Ord. No. 6889 (10.86) | 8.37.030 | |
| Camping in particular public places | 16.11.060 | 13.36.020(4) | 12.16.020(10) | |
| Sitting/lying in particular public places | 16.11.060 | Ord. No. 6889 (10.84) | 8.37.040 | 12.16.080; 9.09.020 |
| Lodging, living, or sleeping in vehicles (or parking a vehicle used as a lodging/living accommodation) | 12.49.030 | 10.82.020 |
Loitering and Vagrancy
| Loitering and Vagrancy | Clark County | Las Vegas | Henderson | North Las Vegas |
| Loitering/ Loafing/ Vagrancy city-wide | ||||
| Loitering/ Loafing in particular public places | 10.74.010 |
Begging
| Begging | Clark County | Las Vegas | Henderson | North Las Vegas |
| Begging in public places city-wide | ||||
| Begging in particular public places | 16.13.040 | 10.44.030 | 8.94 |
Food Sharing
| Food Sharing | Clark County | Las Vegas | Henderson | North Las Vegas |
| Food sharing city-wide or in particular public places |
Other/ Disparate Impact Laws
| Other/Disparate Impact Laws | Clark County | Las Vegas | Henderson | North Las Vegas |
| 10.32 animal cruelty provisions | 10.40.040 public urination/defecation | 7.06 animal welfare provisions | 9.08.020 public urination/defecation; | |
| 11.03.100 shopping carts | 8.60.130 public urination/defection | 8.36.030 shopping cart use or possession |
Citation | Name | legislative History/ stated purpose | Relevant Definitions | Prohibited behavior | mandated behavior | exceptions | enforcement procedures | punishments | ||
General Penalties | to provide a default punishment when an act is prohibited or declared unlawful but no punishment is set forth. | If (1) no specific penaly is otherwise provided and (2) the regulation does not concern parking | Act shall be punished by: (1) a fine not exceeding $1000; (2) imprisonment not exceeding 6 months; (3) any combination of the two. Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense. | |||||||
Food Handlers | in place since 1963 | "Food handler" = an person who handles, stores, transports, prepares, manufactures, or sells food in a "food establishment" | May not serve food without a food handlers license and may not be employed as a food handler without license. | Required examination and licensing procedures for all food handlers; must be renewed every 2 years | Applies to all food handlers within and without incorporated cities throughout the county. A person may not be employed as a food handler without passing the test. | misdemeanor; Max. $500 fine 9.16.080 | ||||
Animal Cruelty | Updated 2015 | (1) abandoning an animal (32.010); (2) deprive an animal of sustenance, shelter, or medical care (32.130); (3) keep an animinal outdoors (32.135); (4) Sell or gift an animal in a public place (32.170). | Dogs, cats, and ferrets must (1) be vaccinated against Rabies (08.080) (2) wear a tag with owner id information and rabies certification | Animal control officers authorized to take possession of any animal being treated cruelly; to keep ownership interest while charges are pending, may pay a bond sufficient to provide for animal's care. (10.32.020) | 1.01.040; additional potential for civil citations issued by animal control officers | |||||
Wrongful possession, abandonment or alteration of shopping cart or serial number. | Ord. 2708 § 2 (part), 2002) | "Shopping cart" or "cart" means a basket which is mounted on wheels or a similar device generally used in a business for the purpose of transporting goods of any kind. 11.03.010(d) | (1) possess a shopping cart removed from owner's premises; (2) Posess a cart with serial numers tampered with; (3) leave or abandon a cart at a locaton other than owner's premises; (4) arter, convert, or tamper with a cart; (5) Remove, alter, or destroy cart's serial number or identification sign. | Does not apply to: (1) owner of the cart or their agents/employees; (2) a customer who has written permission from owner (3) a properly permitted operator of a cart-retrieval business; (4) county manager/agents | 1.01.040 | |||||
Camping, Prohibitions 12.49.030 | "Camping": (1) setting up or remaining in a pace where bedding, a stove, or fire is for the purpose of making a temporary place to live; (2) setting up for using a tent, shelter, vehicle, or other structure as a temporaray place to live; (3) sleeping outdoors; (4)carrying on cooking activities. | 12.49.030(A): camping in (a) any public right of way; (b) any trail, park, or park facility; (c) any public building, publicly owned parking lot or publicly owned land; (d) any public property where camping obstructs or interferes with the intended public use of the property. 12.49.030(C) No camping on private land without the express written consent of owner | (12.49.030(B)) Temporary camping on public property may be authorized: (1)in the event of a declared emergency (2) by permit in connection with a special event. 12.49.030(c) (2,3) not intended to prohibit one night of camping where camping is in rear yard or out of public view | 12.49.030(D) allows abandoned campsites on county or private property to be removed after written notice is provided. 12.49.100 Violators guilty of a misdemeanor; punisheed by no more than ten days inprisonment, no more than $1000 fine, or a combination of the two. | ||||||
Laying Down, Sleeping, or storing property in public places, public building, the public right of way, or other paths 12.49.040 | "Public place" means any place of business, public building, or other building open to the general public, street, sidewalk, bridge, alley or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot or transportation facility or the doorways and entrance ways to any building which fronts on any of the aforesaid places, or a motor vehicle in or on any such place. | (A) No person shall obstruct or interfere with the access to any public place, public building, public right-of-way by laying down, sleeping, or storing property: (1) in a manner that impedes passage; (2) within 10 feet of a driveway or loading dock; (3) within 5 feet of a building entrance/exit; (4) within 2 feet of any fire hydrants; (5) in a manner that interferes with public use of the right-of-way (B) within any public right-of-way used by motor vehicles and/or bicycles (C) within distance stated on posted signage OR on property designated as "sensitive use". | 12.49.040(c) maximum posted distance of 500 feet; sensitive use designation limited to parks, recreation facilities, trails, and trailheads. 12.49.050(D): No arrest or citation rendered if not shelter or service are available. | |||||||
12.49.060: Stored Property--Impoundment | 12.49.020: "stored property" personal property placed on public property that has not been removed within 24 hours of written notice; "Contaminated" : visibly soiled with feces, urine, or blood; wet items, unknown liquids, anything SNHD deems a health hazard "Dangerous": items that present a health hazard, including flammable materials, fabric with animal or human waste; wet fabric. | All stored property may be impounded by the county. Property may be impounded immediately if: (1) it interferes with safe and orderly management of the premises or (2) poses an immediate threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the public | 12.49.070(b)(1):Contaminated, dangerous, or or other items that present a health and safety risk will not be stored, but disposed of. 12.49.070(b)(3): Weapons, drugs, or items believed to be stolen/criminal evidence shall be turned over to law enforcement | 12.49.070 (A): Written notice must contain the following: (1) a description or photo of property to be removed; (2) location (3)date and time of the notice; (4) section of code violated; (5) statement that property will be impounded if not removed in 24 hours; (6) location of storage with clear instructions explaining how to retrieve; (7) a statement that impounded property will be sold/disposed of if not claimed in 30 days; 12.49.060 (B): impounded property shall be stored for a minimum of 30 days and made reasonably available to claim. | ||||||
no starting or maintaining an open fire on any public street, road, or public ground; | ||||||||||
no starting or maintaining any outdoor open fire on private land | ||||||||||
12.12.010: Children under 18 not permitted out in public anywhere between 10 pm-5 am | extended to 12 am on school holidays; weekends. | |||||||||
12.12.015: Children under 18 not permitted in specified areas from 9 pm-5 am on weekends; from 6 pm-5 am on NYE. | ||||||||||
16.11.035: No obstructive use of the sidewalks is permitted on any public sidewalk in the resort district if: (a) it would cause pedestrian flow to decrease or (b) result in a significant threat to or degradation of the safety of pedestrians 16.11.060: May not erect, place, maintain any structure in whole or in part upon any public sidewalk. | City must designate no obstruction zones through signs or sidewalk plaques. 16.11.038 (requiring signs every 1/4 mile in resort district); 16.11.050 (requiring a map and clear marking of no-obstruction zones) | Owner of private property abutting the public sidewalk may use any remedy available at law or equity to enforce. 16.11.100 | Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 16.11.090 | note that the use of "which actually obstructs" in some of these defined terms leads to the conclusion that obstructive uses without this qualifier are prohibited even if they do not actually obstruct. | ||||||
Pedestrian Flow Zones | New 1-2-2024. Stated purpose: reducing the incidence of crime and serious safety issues on pedestrian bridges and allow pedestrians to frees & safely get across. 16.13.010 | "pedestrian flow zones": includes raised pedestrian bridges in the resort corridor with up to 20 ft surrounding th touchtown structure. 16.13.020. | 16.13.040: May not (1) stop or stand in any ped flow zone; (2) engage in any activity with the intent of causing aother person to stop/stand | 16.13.040: City must place signs in pedetrian flow zones providing notice | Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 16.13.050. |
Citation | Name | history/stated purpose | Relevant Definitions | Prohibited behavior | mandated behavior | exceptions | enforcement procedures | punishments | Statutory Text |
general penalty | Provides default penalties for when no other penalty is specified within the code. | when the code makes conduct (or a failure to act) unlawful, an offense, or a misdemeanor and does not otherwise specify a penalty, the general penalty applies. | general penalty= a fine no more than $1000, imprisonment no longer than 6 months, or a combination of the two. | Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the City the doing of any act is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code or ordinance the failure to do any act is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, if no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or any combination of such fine and imprisonment. | |||||
10.74.010: Loitering or prowling upon private property without lawful business with owner or occupant. | Police officers may consider attempts to flee or hide as evidence that the person has no lawful business (10.74.020) | 10.74.010: It is unlawful for any person to loiter or prowl upon the private property of another without lawful business with the owner or occupant thereof. 10.74.020 Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether or not a person who loiters or prowls upon the private property of another has lawful business with the owner or occupant thereof is the fact that such person takes flight upon the appearance of a Police Officer or endeavors to conceal himself or any object. | |||||||
10.74.030: Sleeping in the doorway of a building without permission | guilty of a misdemeanor | Any person who sleeps in the doorway of any otherwise unoccupied building, without the permission of the owner or other person who is entitled to the possession or control thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor. | |||||||
Parks and other Recreational Facilities: Prohibitions | "public plaza": any open outdoor area designated for use as a public gathering place and so designated by City Council "Recreational facility": any outdoor facility, including trails and trailheads; | (4) "Camping or lodging" in parks, public plazas, or recreational facilities. Includes laying down bedding to sleep, using a tent, shelter, or structure for sleeping, or using a vehicle for sleeping. | City must post notice of prohibitions at park entrance. 13.36.060 | camping may be permitted by P&R director on a case-by-casae basis for city sponsored activities | |||||
Lodging in Vehicles | "lodge"= take up temporary or permanent residence; "truck" = a vehicle deigned and used for the transportation of goods (not with a sleeping compartment.) | "lodging" in a passenger car or truck on any public street or property or on private property without consent of the owner. | see 1.24 | ||||||
10.44.020: Soliciting by coercion anywhere | see 1.24 | ||||||||
10.44.030: Solicitation (a) at any bus/taxi stop; (b) in any public transport vehicle or facility; (c) at any enclosed parking structure; (d) within 20 ft of an ATM; (e) within 10 ft of the entry or exit of any building open to the public | no coercion required | see 1.24 | |||||||
Camping, Lodging, and similar Activities within public right-of-way at specified locations | Amendments to 10.86,passed as Ordinance 6889, removed geographic boundaries, narrowed affirmative defenses, and removed a section that complied with Martin v. Boise's shelter bed availability requirement. | "Camping": sleeping/being in a temporary outdoor shelter; (b) sleeping outdoors; (c) cooking over an open flame or fire; (d) laying down bedding or setting up a tent or other structure for purposes of sleeping. "Public Right of way": full width of any public street, highway, alley, trail, or easement--including public sidewalks, public drainage, or any other easement controlled or maintained by a public agency. | (1) sitting or lying down; (2) sitting or lying down on a blanket, stool, etc; OR (3) camp or lodge within any public right of way. | Affirmative defenses (C) : (1) sitting or lying down due to a medical emergency (must have dr's note); (2) using a wheelchair (must have dr's note); promptly ceasing the prohibited behavior after receiving a warning. | 10.86.020: Officer must, before issuing a written warning or citation, notify the person that (1) conduct is a violation of 10.86.010; (2) resources are available at the Courtyard and other locations; (3) future violations will be subject to enforcement under C: | A person convicted more than 2 times within 12 months shall be subject to a minimum 10 day jail term OR ordered into a rehab or treatment progam by the court. | |||
urination or defecation in public | (B) urinating or defecating outside of a sanitary facility in any public place or any private place w/o permission of owner; (D): failing to clean or remove waste from public place immediately. | (c) A person that suffers from a medical condition that caused or necessitated action has an affirmative defense. | guilty of a misdemeanor |
Citation | Name | stated purpose | Relevant Definitions | Prohibited behavior | mandated behavior | exceptions | enforcement procedures | punishments |
penalties and remedies for code violations | to provide default penalties for code violations without specified punishments | "violation of this code": doing any act prohibited or declared unlawful an offense, a violation, or a misdemeanor; failure to perform a mandated act. 1.05.010 | does not include any failures of city officers or employees unless code specifically provides for punishment (1.05.020(d)) | continuous violations: each day the violation continues is a separate offense; administrative violations are civil penalties w/ max. $500 fine (1.05.030) | (a) misdemeanor = max. 6 month imprisonment and/or max. $1,000 fine; (b) community service may be mandated in lieu of all/part of punishment (1.05.020) | |||
Pets General welfare; neglect | to refuse or fail to provide the animal, deliberately or unintentionally , adequate food, water, or veterinary care | 7.06.020: provide pets with adequates shelter; 7.06.030: provide pets with adequate shade | 7.02.050 provides procedures for officers to confiscate animals they believe are in imminent danger or if owner fails to remedy a violation of 7.06 after 24 hours notice. | per 1.05.020 | ||||
curfew restrictions | for any minor to be out in any public place between 10:00 pm-5:00 am on weekdays and between 12:00 am-5:00 am weekends and school holidays. | Officer must ask person's age and reason for being out before issuing a citation and will not issue the citation unless no defense exists. | misdemeanor per 1.05.020 | |||||
"Camping": (1) making a campfire; (2) setting up for using a tent, shelter, vehicle, or other structure as a temporaray place to live; (3) sleeping outdoors; (4)carrying on cooking activities. | 8.37.030: (A) to "camp" in (a) any public right of way; (b) any trail, park, or park facility; (c) any public building, publicly owned parking lot or publicly owned land; (d) any public property where camping obstructs or interferes with the intended public use of the property. 8.37.030(C) to "camp" on private land without the express written consent of owner | 8.37.030 (B) Temporary camping on public property may be authorized: (1)in the event of a declared emergency (2) by permit in connection with a special event. 8.37.030(c) (2,3) not intended to prohibit one night of camping where camping is in rear yard or out of public view | 8.37.030 (D) allows abandoned campsites on county or private property to be removed after written notice is provided. 8.37.100: penalities per 1.05.020; civil penalties may be assessed in lieu of criminal penalties. | |||||
"Public place" means any place of business, public building, or other building open to the general public, street, sidewalk, bridge, alley or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot or transportation facility or the doorways and entrance ways to any building which fronts on any of the aforesaid places, or a motor vehicle in or on any such place. | 8.37.040(A) to obstruct or interfere with the access to any public place, public building, public right-of-way by lying down, sleeping, or storing property: (1) in a manner that impedes passage; (2) within 10 feet of a driveway or loading dock; (3) within 5 feet of a building entrance/exit; (4) within 2 feet of any fire hydrants; (5) in a manner that interferes with public use of the right-of-way (6) in any public place within any overpass, underpass, ramp, tunnel, wash, or spreading ground, or any public right-of-way; (B) No obstructing any public right of way open to motor vehicles or bicycles (C) within distance stated on posted signage OR on property designated as "sensitive use". | 8.37.040(c) maximum posted distance of 500 feet; sensitive use designation limited to parks, recreation facilities, trails, and trailheads. 8.47.050(D): No arrest or citation rendered if no shelter or service are available. | ||||||
"stored property" personal property placed on public property that has not been removed within 24 hours of written notice; "Contaminated" : visibly soiled with feces, urine, or blood; wet items, unknown liquids, anything SNHD deems a health hazard "Dangerous": items that present a health hazard, inlcudied flammable materials, fabric with animal or human waste; wet fabric. | 8.37.070: All stored property may be impounded by the county. Property may be impounded immediately if: (1) it interferes with safe and orderly management of the premises or (2) poses an immediate threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the public | 8.37.070(b)(1)Contaminated, dangerous, or or other items that present a health and safety risk will not be stored, but disposed of. 8.37.070(b)(3): Weapons, drugs, or items believed to be stolen/criminal evidence shall be turned over to law enforcement | 8.37.070(A): Written notice must contain the following: (1) a description or photo of property to be removed; (2) location (3)date and time of the notice; (4) section of code violated; (5) statement that property will be impounded if not removed in 24 hours; (6) location of storage with clear instructions explaining how to retrieve; (7) a statement that impounded property will be sold/disposed of if not claimed in 30 days; 12.49.060 (B): impounded property shall be stored for a minimum of 30 days and made reasonably available to claim. | |||||
public urination or defecation prohibited | to urinate or defecate in public outside of a suitable facility | Misdemeanor per 1.05.020; in addition, City may charge a $100 fee for clean-up costs. | ||||||
aggressive solicitation | "Solicit": request immediate donation of money or other thing of value. Can be spoken, written, or otherwise communicated; "Aggressive": (1) making unconsented physical contact; (2) following person in an intimidating or threatening manner; (3) continue to solicit after person has responded no; (4)block free passage; (5) use obscene or abusive language or gestures | 8.94.020: (A) to aggressively solicit in any public area or from the operator of a motor vehicle; (B) to solicit in any public transportation vehicle or facility; (c) within 15 ft of a bank or ATM | misdemeanor per 1.05.020. |
Citation | Name | History, stated purpose | Relevant Definitions | Prohibited behavior | mandated behavior | exceptions | enforcement procedures | punishments |
general penalty | to provide a default penalty for all code provisions | all violations of code constitute a misdemeanor and can be punished by: (a) max. fine of $1,000; (b) max. imprisonment of 6 months; (c)any combination of the two. | ||||||
public urination/defecation | to urinate or defecate in any public place except for designated restrooms. | per. 1.12 | ||||||
"Camp": to use parks for living accomations such as sleeping, setting out bedding, storing personal belongings, making any fire, using any tent or temporary shelter, cooking, washing clothes, bathing. | 12.16.020: (1) to remain in any public park between 11:00 pm-6:00 am (unless otherwise posted); (9) use personal cooking apparatus; (10) camp or lodge | |||||||
12.16.080: to obstruct a pathway, walkway, trail, or passageway within any recreational area or trail by setting up a tent or temporary shelter or storing personal belongings. | ||||||||
9.09.020: To misuse a bus shelter. (Appropriate uses limited to awaiting arrivals or departures or assorted maintenance) | ||||||||
9.09.040: to obstruct or interfere with a bus stop bench or shelter by using it as a temporary or permanent quarters for sleeping or lodging (or occupy in a manner that demonstrates an intent to do so). | ||||||||
persons under 18 to observe curfew | to be (or allow) a child in public between 10:00 pm-5:00 am on weekday and 12:00 am-5:00am on weekends and school holidays. | Enforcement officer will (1) first determine if minor has an excused reason for being out; then (2) take minor to minor's home; if no parents or home can be located, (3) shall take minor to Clark County Juvenile home, make a report to juvenile probation officer, clark county, and juvenile judge. | parents are subject to fines not to exceed $300 or imprisonment not to exceed 6 months if minors in their care violate curfew, | |||||
unlawful shopping cart removal, use, and possession | (A) To remove a shopping care from the premises; (B) to use or possess a shopping cart outside the premises | Officers may remove and return or impound any shopping carts found away from the premises of the business they are owned by. | misdemeanor per 1.12 | |||||
parking in parks | to park a vehicle in, or adjacent to, any public park or trail when they are closed (generally btween 11:00 pm-6:00 am). |
Statute Text
| Clark County 1.01.040 (general penalties) | 1.01.040 - General penalty: Whenever in this code or in any ordinance of the county any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor, when no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this code or any ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by any combination of such fine and imprisonment. However, whenever in this code or in any ordinance of the county regulating parking any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or whenever in such code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and such ordinance provides that the violation of any particular ordinance incurs a civil liability to the county instead of a criminal sanction, said civil liability shall not be in an amount exceeding one hundred fifty-five dollars. Each day any violation of any provision of this code or of any ordinance continues shall constitute a separate offense. |
| Clark County 9.16.020 (food handlers) | 9.16.020 - Definitions: The term "food handlers" means any person employed in or operating a food establishment, whether employer, employee or independent individual who handles, stores, transports, prepares, manufactures, serves or sells food products, or who comes in contact with eating or cooking utensils or other equipment used in the handling, preparation, manufacture, service, or sale of food products. |
| 10.32.010: It is unlawful for any person owning, possessing or having the care, custody, and control of any animal, living or dead, to abandon the same in a public place or upon the private property of himself or another. A community cat released to the location where it was trapped per Chapter 10.06 is not considered to be abandoned. | |
| 10.32.130:It is unlawful to deprive any animal of adequate sustenance, feed, water, or shelter, or expose to the elements of the weather and to the extremes of heat or cold, or refuse to obtain veterinarian medical care for illness, injury, disease or infirmity, or willfully instigate, engage in, or in any way further an act of cruelty to any animal, or any act to produce such cruelty. When the National Weather Service issues an excessive heat warning, dogs and cats must be provided with supplemental cooling to adequately reduce the temperature. | |
| 10.32.135: (a) When the National Weather Service issues a heat advisory, dogs and cats must be provided with supplemental cooling to adequately reduce the temperature to a normal range for the species. (b)When the outdoor temperature is above eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit, dogs and cats must have enough shade at all times to protect themselves from any direct sunlight that is likely to cause overheating or discomfort.(c)When the outdoor temperature is below fifty degrees Fahrenheit, dogs and cats must be provided an additional amount of clean bedding or other protection to keep the animal warm. | |
| 10.32.170: It is unlawful for any private person to display with the intent to sell or offer for sale, barter, give away, or otherwise dispose of any animal upon any street, sidewalk, public building, public park, or other public place. | |
| Clark County 1.03.100 (shopping carts) | 1.03.100 - Wrongful possession, abandonment or alteration of shopping cart or serial number. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Knowingly possesses a cart that has been removed from the owner's premises; (2) Possesses a cart with the serial numbers removed, obliterated or altered with the intent to deprive the owner of the cart of its possession either temporarily or permanently; (3) Leaves or abandons a cart at a location other than the owner's premises with the intent to deprive the owner of its possession either temporarily or permanently;(4) Alters, converts or tampers with a cart; (5) Removes, obliterates or alters the cart's serial numbers; or (6) Removes, obliterates or alters the cart's identification sign. (B) This section does not apply to: (1) The owner of the cart, his agents or employees; (2) A customer in the business who has written permission from the owner of the cart, his agents or employees to possess the cart or remove it from the premises; (3) The operator of a service to retrieve carts if he has obtained a permit from the owner authorizing him to retrieve carts and each vehicle used to retrieve carts has a copy of the permit from the owner of the carts; (4) The county manager or his designated agents impounding abandoned carts pursuant to this chapter. |
| Clark County 12.49 (new camping ban) | See hyperlinked PDF for complete text here. |
| 12.12.010 - Curfew—Ages and hours designated: (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for any child under the age of eighteen years to be in or upon any public street, sidewalk, highway, park, vacant lot or other public place between the hours of ten p.m., Sunday through Thursday and five a.m. of the succeeding day, and between the hours of twelve midnight on Friday and Saturday and five a.m. of the succeeding day. (b) On all school holidays and during the days of summer vacation, said curfew shall be between the hours of twelve midnight and five a.m. for all citizens under the age of eighteen years. | |
| 12.12.020-Curfew—Prohibited locations. (a) It is unlawful for any child under the age of eighteen to be in or upon the following streets or sidewalks adjacent thereto and all parking lots, driveways and walkways which are open to the public and located on properties that adjoin such designated streets between the hours of nine p.m. on Friday, Saturday and legal holidays and five a.m. of the succeeding day, and between six p.m. on December 31st and five a.m. of the succeeding day: (1) Las Vegas Boulevard South between Sahara Avenue and Sunset Road; (2) Harmon Avenue between Las Vegas Boulevard South and Koval Lane; (3) Dunes Road/Flamingo Road between I-15 and Koval Lane; (4) Spring Mountain Road/Sands Drive between Vegas Plaza Drive and Koval Lane; (5) Stardust Road between Industrial Road and Las Vegas Boulevard South; (6) Convention Center Drive; (7) Riviera Boulevard; (8) Circus Circus Drive. (b) It is unlawful for any child under the age of eighteen to be in or upon the following streets or sidewalks adjacent thereto and all parking lots, driveways and walkways which are open to the public and located on properties that adjoin such designated streets between the hours of six p.m. on the last Wednesday and Thursday in the month of April and the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday immediately following those days and five a.m. of each succeeding day: (1) Casino Drive, in the unincorporated town of Laughlin, from block number 1500 through block number 3000. | |
| Clark County 16.12 (obstructing right of way) | 16.12.020 - General definitions.For purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed thereto: (1) "County" means the county of Clark, Nevada. (2) "Crosswalk" means any above or below grade structure or surface portion of a publicly owned roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by signs, lines or ether markings on the surface. (3)"Major cross street" means each of the following publicly owned roadways which intersect with Las Vegas Boulevard: Spring Mountain Road, Sands Avenue, Flamingo Road, Tropicana Avenue, Harmon Avenue, and Hacienda Avenue. (4) "Newsrack" means a newsrack as defined in Title 16, Chapter 16.08, section 16.08.010 of the Clark County Code. (5) "Off-premises canvassing" means repetitively distributing, or offering, on public sidewalks, handbills, flyers or other printed or written materials which primarily proposes a commercial transaction. The meaning of "primarily proposes a commercial transaction" is intended to be coextensive with commercial speech standard applied by Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission 447 U.S. 557 (1980) and its progeny. (6) "Public sidewalk" means that portion of a highway between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a publicly owned roadway and the adjacent property lines, intended for use by pedestrians, and also includes crosswalks, medians and traffic islands. For the purpose of this chapter, "public sidewalk" shall include private property upon which a limited easement of public access has been granted. However, no provision of this chapter shall be construed to limit any right of the private property owner to restrict or limit the use of that private property. |
| 16.12.030 - Establishment of the resort district. For purposes of this chapter, a resort district is established which shall encompass the following areas: (1) That portion of Las Vegas Boulevard extending between Circus Circus Drive and Four Seasons Drive. (2) That portion of Convention Center Drive which is located from the intersection of Paradise Road and Convention Center Drive extending two hundred feet west. (3) That portion of Paradise Road which is located two hundred feet east and two hundred feet south of Convention Center Drive. (4) Each major cross street for a distance of one hundred and fifty feet east and one hundred and fifty feet west from its intersection with Las Vegas Boulevard. A map depicting the resort district shall be included in Appendix A to the ordinance codified in this chapter. 16.13.020 - General definitions. "Pedestrian bridges" are bridges located in the resort corridor that allow pedestrians to cross streets in the resort corridor above grade level. For the purposes of this chapter, "pedestrian bridges" shall include bridges for pedestrians in the resort corridor that are private property upon which a limited easement of public access has been granted. However, no provision of this chapter shall be construed to limit any right of the private property owner to restrict or limit the use of that private property."Pedestrian flow zones" include the pedestrian bridges and up to twenty feet surrounding a touchdown structure located within the resort corridor. "Resort corridor" includes the boundaries established by Sections 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 and 29 of Township 21 South Range 61 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, Clark County, Nevada. "Touchdown structure" means the elevators, escalators and stairways located on the public right-of-way associated with pedestrian bridges. 16.13.030 - Pedestrian flow zones.: To maintain the safe and continuous movement of pedestrian traffic, it is unlawful for any person to (1) stop or stand within any pedestrian flow zone, or (2) engage in any activity while within a pedestrian flow zone with the intent of causing another person who is within a pedestrian flow zone to stop or stand. A person is not in violation of this section if they stop or stand while waiting for access to an elevator or escalator for purposes of entering or exiting a pedestrian flow zone. 16.13.040 - Designation of pedestrian flow zones: The county shall place signs in pedestrian flow zones providing notice to the public they are in a pedestrian flow zone and that stopping, standing, or engaging in an activity that causes another person to stop within the pedestrian flow zone is not permitted. 16.13.050 - Penalty for violation. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. |
| Las Vegas 1.24 (general penalty) | 1.24.010 - Designated. Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the City the doing of any act is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code or ordinance the failure to do any act is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, if no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or any combination of such fine and imprisonment. |
| Las Vegas 10.74 (loitering and prowling) | 10.74.010 Loitering or prowling upon private property—Unlawful.: It is unlawful for any person to loiter or prowl upon the private property of another without lawful business with the owner or occupant thereof. 10.74.020 - Loitering or prowling upon private property—Circumstances which may be considered in determining guilt. Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether or not a person who loiters or prowls upon the private property of another has lawful business with the owner or occupant thereof is the fact that such person takes flight upon the appearance of a Police Officer or endeavors to conceal himself or any object. 10.74.030 - Sleeping in doorway of unoccupied building. Any person who sleeps in the doorway of any otherwise unoccupied building, without the permission of the owner or other person who is entitled to the possession or control thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |
| Las Vegas 13.36 (parks and recreation) | Definitions. As used in this Chapter: (1) "Camping or lodging" means an unpermitted lodging, dwelling, residence, shelter or other similar structure, or a settlement of possessions, that is kept or maintained in a defined area, or is kept or maintained under circumstances where the owners or occupants knew or should have known that the area would be viewed by park patrons, park security or law enforcement officers as intended for non-recreational use to the exclusion of other citizens, patrons or members of the public. The term includes without limitation any of the following activities: (A) Laying down bedding for the purpose of sleeping; (B) Using a tent, shelter or structure for the purpose of sleeping; or (C) Using a vehicle for purposes of sleeping. 13.36.020 - Prohibitions. (A) The following are prohibited within any City park, recreational facility or public plaza, including any parking area that serves the park, facility or plaza: (1) Glass beverage containers; (2) Remote control airplanes; (3) Remote control boats, except that battery-powered remote control boats may be used in any area that has been designated and posted to allow that activity; (4) Camping or lodging, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Subsection (C); (5) Fires, except in barbecue facilities established in a park for that purpose; (6) Firearms, archery equipment or other weapons of any kind, except as otherwise provided in Subsection (D); (7) The hitting of golf balls, except at facilities specifically designed for that activity; (8) The use of park amenities for other than their intended uses, including without limitation washing clothes, bathing or showering (except in connection with the use of a swimming pool) |
| Las Vegas 10.82 (lodging in vehicles) | 10.82.010 – Definitions: Except as is otherwise required by the context, as used in this Chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings which are ascribed to them as follows: (A) "Passenger car" means every motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, power cycle or motor-driven cycle, which is designed for carrying 10 passengers or less and is used for the transportation of persons. (B) "To lodge" means to take up temporary or permanent residence or to occupy for habitation for a time, as opposed to mere sleeping unaccompanied by other indicia of residence or habitation. (C) "Truck" means every motor vehicle, other than a motor vehicle which is specifically designed with a sleeping compartment, which is used for the transportation or delivery of goods and has a body which is built and designed for that purpose. 10.82.020 – Prohibited: It is unlawful for any person to lodge in a passenger car or truck on any public street or other public property or upon any private property without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof. |
| Las Vegas 10.44 (Solitation) | 10.44.010– Definitions: For purposes of this Chapter: (A) "Solicitation" means the act of solicitation, including asking, begging, soliciting or pleading, for the purpose of obtaining money, charity, business or patronage, or gifts of items of value for oneself or another person or organization. (B) "Coercion" means to willfully and knowingly: (1) Act in a manner that would give a reasonable person the belief that the person is being threatened with: (a) Imminent bodily injury, or (b) The commission of a crime; (2) Persist in a solicitation after the person solicited has refused a solicitation and indicated a desire to be left alone; or (3) Engage a solicited person in a manner that would reasonably be construed as intended to compel or force the person to accede to demands. 10.44.020- Solicitation, by coercion—Misdemeanor. Any individual who personally commits solicitation by coercion shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.10.44.030 - Solicitation at certain locations—Misdemeanor. Any individual who personally engages in solicitation at any of the following places shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: (A) At any bus, taxi, limousine, trolley or train stop; (B) In any public transportation vehicle or facility; (C) At any enclosed parking structure; (D) Within twenty feet of an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM); or (E) Within ten feet of a point of entry to or exit from any building open to the public, including commercial establishments. 10.44.040 - On private property: If property is owned or controlled by a private owner or operator, nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as applying to the conduct or activity of a person on said property with the permission of the owner or operator of the property. |
| Las Vegas Camping Ordinance 6889 (amendment to 10.86.010) | 10.86.010: (A) It is unlawful for a person to do any of the following within any public right−of−way: [designated in Section 10.86.030:1 (1) Sit or lie down; (2) Sit or lie down on a blanket, stool, or any other object; or (3) Camp or lodge. (B) For purposes of Subsection (A): (1) "Camp or lodge" means: (a) Sleeping or otherwise being in a temporary shelter outdoors; (b) Sleeping outdoors; (c) Cooking over an open flame or fire outdoors; or (d) Laying down bedding or setting up a tent, shelter, or similar structure for purposes of sleeping or temporary living. (2) "Public right−of−way" means the full width of any [dedicated street, alley, or highway, including any public sidewalk.] street, highway, alley, trail or easement that has been dedicated for public use. The term includes without limitation a public sidewalk and any public drainage or other easement that is controlled or maintained by a public agency. (C) It is an affirmative defense to any prosecution under Subsection (A) that the person is: (1) Sitting or lying down because of a medical emergency[;] as evidenced by the testimony or affidavit of a paramedic, emergency medical technician or other medical professional licensed or certified or authorized to practice by the State of Nevada. (2) [As the result of a disability, utilizing] Utilizing a wheelchair, walker, or similar device to move about the right−of−way[;] because of a disability, as documented by medical records or as evidenced by the testimony or affidavit of a medical professional licensed or certified or authorized to practice by the State of Nevada. (3) Operating or patronizing a commercial establishment or service or governmental function conducted at the location pursuant to a permit or authorization issued under this Code; (4) Participating in or attending a parade, festival, performance, rally, demonstration, meeting, or similar event lawfully conducted in the public right−of−way; (5) Sitting on a chair or bench that has been supplied by the abutting private property owner; or (6) Sitting or has placed materials on a sidewalk while waiting for public or private transportation or waiting for access to enter any building. SECTION 2: Title 10, Chapter 86, Section 20, of the Municipal Code of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1983 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows: 10.86.020: (A) Before issuing a written warning or citations or making an arrest to enforce Section 10.86.010, an officer charged with its enforcement who observes a violation of Section 10.86.010 must[: (1) Notify the person engaged in the prohibited conduct that he or she is in violation; (2) Inform the person that resources are available at the Courtyard Homeless Resource Center; and (3) Direct the person engaged in the prohibited conduct to a location not subject to this Chapter.] notify the person engaged in the prohibited conduct that: a) The conduct is in violation of Section 10.86.010; (2) Resources are available at the Courtyard Homeless Resource Center and other locations; and (3) Future violations will be subject to the enforcement provisions and consequences described in Subsection (C)of this Section. (B) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under Section 10.86.010 that any person so notified as described in Paragraph (1) of Subsection (A)of this Section promptly ceased, within a time reasonable under the circumstances, to engage in the prohibited conduct following such notification. (c) A person who is convicted of a violation of Section 10.86.010 more than two times within any twelve−month period shall be subject to a minimum jail term often days. As an alternative to the jail term specified by this Subsection, a court may order a defendant to complete a rehabilitation program, specialty court program or other program of treatment designed to assist homeless persons. SECTION 3: Title 10, Chapter 86, Sections 30 and40, of the Municipal Code of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1983 Edition, are hereby repealed in their entirety. |
| Las Vegas 10.40.040 (public urination/ defecation) | 10.40.040 - Urination or defecation in certain places: (A) For purposes of this Section: (1) Appropriate sanitary facility" means a urinal, toilet, commode or other facility that accommodates or is designed for the sanitary disposal of human bodily fluids or waste and that is enclosed from public view. (2) "Public place" means any walkway, street, highway, sidewalk, bridge, overpass, alley or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, transportation facility, park, recreational area, parking lot, vacant or undeveloped lot or the stairwells, alcoves, doorways and entrance ways to such places. (3) "Verified medical condition" does not include alcoholism or the excessive consumption of alcohol. (B) Any person who urinates or defecates in, on or about any of the following places, other than in an appropriate sanitary facility, is guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) Any public place; (2) Any private property into or upon which the public is admitted by easement or license; or (3) Any private property without the consent of the owner. (C) It is an affirmative defense to an offense described in Subsection (B) of this Section that such person then suffered from a verified medical condition which necessitated or caused such action. (D) It is unlawful for any person who has urinated or defecated in, on or about any public place, other than in an appropriate sanitary facility, to fail to clean or remove the material deposited, or to fail to dispose of the material used in the cleaning or removal process in a container designed for such disposal as required under Title 9. Such action must be taken immediately or as is otherwise immediately practicable under the attendant circumstances. |
| Henderson 1.05 | 1.05.010 - Definition. (a)In this chapter "violation of this Code" means any of the following:(1)Doing an act that is prohibited or made or declared unlawful, an offense, a violation or a misdemeanor by ordinance or by rule or regulation authorized by ordinance.(2)Failure to perform an act that is required to be performed by ordinance or by rule or regulation authorized by ordinance.(3)Failure to perform an act if the failure is prohibited or is made or declared unlawful, an offense, a violation, or a misdemeanor by ordinance or by rule or regulation authorized by ordinance.(b)In this chapter "violation of this Code" does not include the failure of a city officer or city employee to perform an official duty unless it is specifically provided that the failure to perform the duty is to be punished as provided in this chapter. 1.05.020 - Authorized punishment; penalties. (a)Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, a person convicted of a violation of this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the Henderson Detention Center for not more than six months, and/or by a fine of not more than $1,000.00.(b)In lieu of all or part of the punishment which may be imposed pursuant to subsection (a), the convicted person may be sentenced to perform a fixed period of community service pursuant to the conditions prescribed in NRS 176.087.(c)In all cases where a corporation is convicted of a violation of this Code, the corporation is punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00 unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance.(d)A person violating any administrative provision of any chapter of this Code may be assessed a civil penalty not exceeding $500, or as otherwise provided in such chapter.1.05.030 - Separate offenses. Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance: (1) With respect to violations of this Code that are continuous with respect to time, each day that the violation continues is a separate offense. (2) With respect to violations of this Code that are not continuous with respect to time, each act is a separate offense. |
| Henderson 7.06.010 (animal welfare) | 7.06.010 - Generally. It shall be unlawful for the owner of an animal to refuse or fail to provide the animal, by deliberate or unintentional means adequate food, water, or veterinary care for illness, injury, disease or infirmity. |
| Henderson 8.08.080 (Curfews) | 8.08.080 - Curfew restrictions. (a)It is unlawful for any minor to be present in any public place within the City of Henderson during curfew.(b)It is unlawful for any parent or guardian of a minor knowingly to permit, or by insufficient control to allow, the minor to be present in any public place within the city during curfew hours.(c)It is a defense to prosecution under section 8.08.080(a) or (b) that the minor was:1.Accompanied by the minor's parent or guardian, or by a responsible adult; 2. On an errand at the direction of the minor's parent or guardian, or the responsible adult, without any detour or stop;3.In a motor vehicle involved in lawful interstate travel; 4.Engaged in any lawful employment activity, or going to or returning home from any lawful employment activity, without any detour or stop;5.Involved in an emergency;6.On the sidewalk abutting the minor's residence; 7.Attending an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the City of Henderson, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor, or going to or returning home from, without any detour or stop, an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the City of Henderson, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor;8.Exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution; or9.Emancipated pursuant to law. (d)Before taking any enforcement action under this section, a police officer shall ask the apparent offender's age and reason for being in the public place or on the premises of the establishment during curfew hours. The officer shall not issue a citation or make an arrest under this section unless the officer reasonably believes that an offense has occurred and that, based on any responses and other circumstances, no defense under section 8.08.080(c) is present or applicable.(e)Each violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense. |
| 8.37.010 Purpose/findings | 8.37.010 - Purpose/findings; definitions. A.Public places, public rights-of-way, and other paths within the city are created and maintained for the primary purpose of enabling pedestrians and lawfully permitted vehicles to safely and efficiently move about from place to place, facilitating deliveries of goods and services, unobstructed access for first responders in an emergency situation, and providing all potential customers and visitors with convenient access to their destinations. The acts of sleeping, laying down, or storing, maintaining, or placing personal property in public places and public rights-of-way that interferes with the primary purposes of those public places threatens the public health, safety and welfare of the public. It is the obligation of the city to keep its public places, public rights-of-way, and other paths within the city clean and available for public use, and to protect the public health, safety, and access for all citizens.B.Public places and paths are prone to congestion and should be kept available to serve their primary purposes as set forth in this section.C.The obstruction of overpasses, underpasses, freeway ramps, tunnels, bridges, and pedestrian bridges creates a hazardous condition to the public by disrupting the flow of traffic, which may result in the death or serious bodily injury of the individuals who create such obstruction.D.The obstruction of flood channels, washes, and spreading grounds creates a hazardous condition to the public health and safety by interfering with the flow of stormwater drainage, which may cause death or serious bodily injury during unexpected flash floods. |
| 8.37.020 Definitions (Camping ban) | 8.37.020 - Definitions. As used below, the words and terms defined in this section have the meanings ascribed to them unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context where used, or unless specifically defined in an applicable section. Authorized officer means any peace officer, fire inspector, environmental enforcement officer, code enforcement officer, or neighborhood services coordinator. Camp or camping means: 1.Making a campfire;2.Setting up or using camp paraphernalia, a tent, a shelter, or other structure as temporary living accommodations;3.Sleeping outdoors; or4.Carrying on cooking activities using a personal cooking apparatus or using permanent charcoal grills provided by the parks and recreation department in violation of HMC Chapter 2.27. Camping paraphernalia means equipment or supplies that are used by a person or persons to facilitate camping, which includes but is not limited to lanterns, latrines, tents, huts, cots, beds, sleeping bags, bedrolls, knapsacks, hammocks, canvases, or other similar type of equipment or supplies. Contaminated property means any personal property which may pose a health risk to city personnel, their vendor(s), or the public. Contaminated Property shall include all property which may be: 1.Visibly soiled with feces or urine.2.Stained with blood.3.Items which are wet, presenting mold concerns.4.Oils, chemicals, unknown liquids, or any other fluid containing vessel which is not factory sealed.5.Any other personal property which the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection or the Southern Nevada Health District deems to be a health hazard. Dangerous items mean, for purposes of this chapter, those items that present a hazard to the health and safety of city personnel or the public. These items include, but are not limited to, hazardous materials, flammable materials (e.g., propane tanks), fabric contaminated with human or animal waste, fabric contaminated with flammable substances (e.g., oil or petroleum products), or wet fabric (mold hazard). Personal property means an item that is: 1.Reasonably recognizable as belonging to a person;2.In its present condition has apparent utility and/or value; and3.Is not hazardous or unsanitary. Public place shall have the same meaning as in HMC 1.03.010. Public building shall mean any real property, structure or facility, owned, leased or occupied by the city which is used for the transaction of public or quasi-public business. Owner means any person, whether residing, located or domiciled within or outside the State of Nevada, having title to the subject property. For the purposes of service of notice, owner shall also mean the owner's local designated agent or representative. Special events may include, but are not limited to, programs operated by the city departments, youth or school events, marathons, sporting events, or music festivals. Spreading ground means an open area of public land that collects or conveys surface water generated through a natural process such as rainfall or through artificial means via irrigation or dust control, resulting in the percolating and infiltration of water into groundwater basins. Temporary shelter means tents, tarps, huts, lean-tos, tarps, cardboard boxes, or any type of structure or cover that provides partial shelter from the elements, other than clothing. |
| Camping ban prohibitions (8.37.030) | 8.37.030 - Camping—Prohibitions. A.It is unlawful for any person to camp in the following areas, except as otherwise provided by this Code or where specifically designated by the owner of such property:1.Any public right-of-way;2.Any trail, park, or park facility;3.Any public building, publicly-owned parking lot or publicly-owned land, improved or unimproved; or4.Any public property where camping obstructs or interferes with the intended public use of the property.B.Exceptions:1.In the event of an emergency circumstance such as earthquake, fire, flood, explosion, or other natural disaster, temporary camping may be authorized as decreed in a declaration of emergency issued pursuant to HMC 2.24.060.2.The city manager/CEO, or his or her designee may, at his or her discretion, issue a permit to establish, maintain and operate a camp or a temporary shelter in connection with a special event. The city manager/CEO, or designee, may consult with city or county departments, such as the health department, and the public prior to issuing any temporary permits. Those consulted may provide comments and suggestions regarding health, safety, and public welfare, thereby providing recommendations on whether the temporary permit should be issued outright, issued with conditions, or denied. The city may establish a fee to be paid for issuance of the special event permit to operate a camp or a temporary shelter in connection with a special event.a.If a permit is issued for a special event, that permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place during the duration of the camp or temporary shelter's existence at the event.b.Should the special event's camp or temporary shelter(s) violate any terms set forth by the permit issued by the city, the permit shall be revoked immediately until the set terms are met again.3.The director of the parks and recreation department may issue a permit authorizing persons or groups to camp in a park or park facility pursuant to section 2.27.030 of the HMC.C.No person shall camp upon any private property without the express written consent of the property owner or the owner's agent, and only in such locations where camping may be conducted in accordance with any other applicable city law.1.It is not intended by this section to prohibit overnight camping on private residential property by friends or family of the property owner, so long as the owner consents and the overnight camping is limited to not more than one night where the camping is in the rear yard, or in an area of a side yard or front yard not within view outside of the private property line.2.It is not intended to prohibit or make unlawful, activities of an owner of private property or other lawful user of private property that are normally associated with and incidental to the lawful and authorized use of private property for residential or other purposes; further, nothing is intended to prohibit or make unlawful, activities of a property owner or other lawful user if such activities are expressly authorized by the City of Henderson Development Code or other laws and regulations.3.Nothing stated is intended to make it unlawful to possess or transport camp facilities or camp paraphernalia on private property or city park or park facility with a properly issued special event permit pursuant to HMC 2.27.035.D.If an unattended campsite appears to be abandoned on city property or upon private property without the owner's consent, removal of the campsite may occur by the appropriate city agency after the written notice required by subsection 8.37.070 B. is provided. |
| 8.37.040 - Laying down, sleeping, or storing, maintaining, or placing personal property in public places, public building, the public right-of-way, or other paths. A.No person shall obstruct or interfere with the access to any public place, public building, public right-of-way, or other paths:1.By laying down, sleeping, or by storing, maintaining, or placing personal property, in a manner that impedes passage, as provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Pub. L, No. 101-336, 104 Stat. 328 (1990), as amended from time to time;2.By laying down, sleeping, or by storing, maintaining, or placing personal property, within ten feet of any operational or utilizable driveway or loading dock;3.By laying down, sleeping, or by storing, maintaining, or placing personal property, within five feet of any operational or utilizable building entrance or exit;4.By laying down, sleeping, or by storing, maintaining, or placing personal property, within two feet of any fire hydrant, fire plug, or other fire department connection;5.By laying down, sleeping, or by storing, maintaining, or placing personal property, within the public right-of-way in a manner that obstructs or unreasonably interferes with the use of the right-of-way by the general public; or6.By laying down, sleeping, or storing, maintaining, or placing personal property, in or upon any public place, public building, or other public right-of-way within any overpass, underpass, freeway ramp, tunnel, bridge, pedestrian bridge, wash, spreading ground.B.No person shall obstruct any portion of any public place other public right-of-way open to use by motor vehicles, or any portion of a bike lane, bike path, or other public right-of-way open to use by bicycles, by laying down, or sleeping, or by storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property, anywhere within the street, bike lane, bike path, or other public right-of-way, as specified.C.No person shall lay down, sleep, or store, use, maintain, or place personal property, in or upon any public place or other public right-of-way within the distance stated on the posted signage (up to a maximum of 500 feet) or a property designated as a sensitive use. For a property to be designated as a "sensitive use," the property must be a park, public plaza, recreation facility, trail, trailhead, as those terms are defined in chapter 2.27.020 of this Code. | |
| Camping ban enforcement (8.37.050) | 8.37.050 - Enforcement. A. Before issuing a citation or making an arrest to enforce sections 8.37.030 and 8.37.040, an officer charged with its enforcement who observes a violation must:1.Notify the person engaged in the prohibited conduct that he or she is in violation of this chapter;2.Inquire whether there are available beds at a shelter in Southern Nevada and notify the person of the location and availability of the shelter; and3.Direct the person engaged in the prohibited conduct to move to another location.4.If an individual refuses to go to an available shelter, a citation or an arrest can be made pursuant to this chapter.B.It is an affirmative defense to any prosecution under subsection A. if:1.Any person so notified as described in paragraph 1. of subsection A. of this section promptly ceased, within a time reasonable under the circumstances, to engage in the prohibited conduct following such notification;2.The person is in violation of this chapter due to a medical emergency;3.The person is utilizing an object, placed in public place or other public right-of-way, in the manner in which it was intended, such as sitting on a bus stop or bench waiting for transportation;4.The conduct is in conformity with the conditions of any permit issued pursuant to the city or Henderson Municipal Code;5.The individual in violation is a passenger that is asleep while being transported by another person in or on any device or by any method otherwise legally permitted in the part of the right-of-way or other public path for vehicular or pedestrian travel being used for such travel;6.The individual is participating in or attending a parade, festival, performance, rally, demonstration, meeting, or similar event conducted on the public place or public right-of-way pursuant to a special event or other applicable permit;7.The individual is operating or patronizing a business with permission to occupy the sidewalk; or8.The individual is engaging in constitutionally protected expressive activities which would otherwise be restricted by the limitations in this chapter.C.If the minimum requirements set forth in subsection A. are met, the officer should use reasonable efforts to perform the following actions prior to arrest or issuing a citation:1.Ascertain if the subject is in need of medical attention;2.Use reasonable efforts to contact appropriate available social services agencies if services are needed or requested;3.Provide information to the person of the availability of social services;4.Direct the person engaged in the prohibited conduct to a location not subject to this chapter;5.Coordinate with the code enforcement division of the community development and services department for the collection of personal property, as needed.D.If no shelter or services are available, no arrest or citation will be rendered. If the violator refuses to receive the offered available assistance, the violator may be cited or arrested for appropriate violations under this chapter. |
| 8.37.060 - Stored property—Impoundment. A.All stored personal property in violation of this chapter may be impounded by the city. In the event personal property placed on public property interferes with the safe or orderly management of the premises or poses an immediate threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the public, it may be impounded by the appropriate city agency at any time.B.Personal property placed on public property shall be deemed to be stored personal property if it has not been removed from public property within 24 hours of service of the written notice required by section 8.37.070, which requires such removal, and the city may cause the removal and impoundment of such stored personal property. | |
| 8.37.070 - Notice; storage and disposal. A.The written notice required to be served by subsection 8.37.060 B. shall be deemed to have been served if a copy of the written notice is served on the person storing the personal property or is posted prominently and conspicuously on the stored personal property. The written notice shall contain the following:1.A description of the personal property to be removed (such description may refer to an attached photograph).2.The location of the personal property.3.The date and time the notice was posted.4.The section of the Henderson Municipal Code that is being violated.5.A statement that the personal property will be impounded if not removed within 24 hours.6.The location where the removed property will be stored and clear instructions explaining how to retrieve the property.7.A statement that the impounded property will be sold or otherwise disposed of if not claimed within 30 days.B.Impounded personal property shall be moved to a place of storage.1.All personal property except contaminated property, dangerous items, or other items that present any health and safety risk shall be impounded.2.The property shall be stored for a minimum of 30 days during which time it will be made reasonably available to any individual claiming ownership. Any property that remains unclaimed after 30 days may be disposed of.3.Weapons, drug paraphernalia and items that are believed to be stolen or are evidence in a crime shall also be impounded or appropriately disposed of by the police department. | |
| 8.37.080 Fires | 8.37.080 - Outdoor fires prohibited on public land without permit. No person shall kindle or maintain any open fire or authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained on or in any public street, alley, road or other public ground without a permit from the fire department. |
| 8.37.080 Fires | 8.37.090 - Outdoor fires prohibited on private land without permit. No person shall kindle or maintain any outdoor open fire or authorize any such fire to be kindled or maintained on any private land without first having obtained a permit from the fire department. Nor shall any fire be kindled or maintained in any outdoor container unless such container has been approved by and a permit issued by the fire department. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or make unlawful the construction and use of barbecue pits, grills or outdoor fireplaces for the preparation of food for consumption by individuals on their own private property or with the permission of the owner of the private property. |
| 8.37.100 Penalties | 8.37.100 - Penalty. A.A person who violates this chapter shall be subject to the following penalties:1.Criminal penalties.a.A violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, confinement of up to six months in jail and/or fines of up to $1,000.00 per violation.b.For violations of sections 8.37.030 and 8.37.040, the city attorney's office will explore eligibility for the individual to enter into existing programs through the municipal court.2.Civil penalties. In lieu of criminal prosecution, an individual in violation of this chapter, after receiving notice of the violation and failing to correct the violation may be assessed a civil penalty pursuant to HMC 1.05.020. |
| 8.60.130 Public Urination/ Defecation | 8.60.130 - Public urination or defecation prohibited. Any person who shall defecate or urinate in any public place shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. A. For purposes of this section, a "public place" means any street, alley, sidewalk, thoroughfare, school, municipal premises, vacant lot, parks or private property that is plainly visible from any such public place, except by proper use of a toilet or other suitable facility provided for this purpose. B. In addition to any other penalty for this offense, the court shall order the person to pay an administrative fee of $100.00 to the City of Henderson for any clean-up costs incurred by the city. |
| 8.94.010 Begging/Solicitation | 8.94.010 - Definitions. A. Solicit means to request an immediate donation of money or other thing of value from another person, regardless of the solicitor's purpose or intended use of the money or other thing of value. The solicitation may be, without limitation, by the spoken, written, or printed word, or by other means of communication. B. Aggressive manner means and includes: 1. Intentionally or recklessly making any physical contact with or touching another person in the course of the solicitation without the person's consent; 2. Following the person being solicited, if that conduct is: (i) intended to or is likely to cause a reasonable person to fear imminent bodily harm or the commission of a criminal act upon property in the person's possession; or (ii) is intended to or is reasonably likely to intimidate the person being solicited into responding affirmatively to the solicitation; 3. Continuing to solicit within five feet of the person being solicited after the person has made a negative response, if continuing the solicitation is: (i) intended to or is likely to cause a reasonable person to fear imminent bodily harm or the commission of a criminal act upon property in the person's possession; or (ii) is intended to or is reasonably likely to intimidate the person being solicited into responding affirmatively to the solicitation; 4. Intentionally or recklessly blocking the safe or free passage of the person being solicited or requiring the person, or the driver of a vehicle, to take evasive action to avoid physical contact with the person making the solicitation. Acts authorized as an exercise of one's constitutional right to picket or legally protest, and acts authorized by a permit issued pursuant to chapters 8.10 or 8.11 of the Henderson Municipal Code, shall not constitute obstruction of pedestrian or vehicular traffic; 5. Intentionally or recklessly using obscene or abusive language or gestures: (i) intended to or likely to cause a reasonable person to fear imminent bodily harm or the commission of a criminal act upon property in the person's possession; or (ii) words intended to or reasonably likely to intimidate the person into responding affirmatively to the solicitation; or 6. Approaching the person being solicited in a manner that: (i) is intended to or is likely to cause a reasonable person to fear imminent bodily harm or the commission of a criminal act upon property in the person's possession; or (ii) is intended to or is reasonably likely to intimidate the person being solicited into responding affirmatively to the solicitation. C. Automated teller machine means a device, linked to a financial institution's account records, which is able to carry out transactions, including, but not limited to: account transfers, deposits, cash withdrawals, balance inquiries, and mortgage and loan payments. D. Automated teller machine facility means the area comprised of one or more automatic teller machines, and any adjacent space which is made available to banking customers after regular banking hours. E. Public area means an area to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, and includes, but is not limited to, alleys, bridges, buildings, driveways, parking lots, parks, playgrounds, plazas, sidewalks, and streets open to the general public, and the doorways and entrances to buildings and dwellings, and the grounds enclosing them. 8.94.020 - Prohibited acts. It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit money or other thing of value, or to solicit the sale of goods or services: A. In an aggressive manner in a public area; B. In any public transportation vehicle, bus or bus stop; C. Within 15 feet of any entrance or exit of any bank or within 15 feet of any automated teller machine during the hours of operation of such bank or automated teller machine without the consent of the owner or other person legally in possession of such facilities. Provided, however, that when an automated teller machine is located within an automated teller machine facility, such distance shall be measured from the entrance or exit of the automated teller machine facility; D. In an aggressive manner, from any operator of a motor vehicle that is in traffic on a public street. 8.94.030 - Penalty. A violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor. |