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LVMC
Subject
Existing Language
Proposed Language
9.16.040
Exemptions from Chapter
Provisions
None of the terms or prohibitions that are
contained in this Chapter shall apply to or be
enforced against:
(A)Any vehicle that belongs to, or is used by, the
City or its authorized garbage collection
contractor while it is engaged in any necessary
public business;
(B)The excavation or repair, or both, of streets,
highways or bridges that are made during the
night by or on behalf of the City, Clark County or
the State, if the public welfare and convenience
renders it impracticable to perform such work
during the day;
(C)The emission of sound to alert persons to the
existence of an emergency;
(D)Sounds that are emitted in the performance of
emergency work;
(E)Any event that:
(1)Is authorized by a special event permit
issued by the City; or
(2)Takes place on the premises of a
business that is licensed pursuant
to Chapter 6.39 or Chapter 6.50 and is
located within the Downtown
Entertainment Overlay District, as
described in LVMC 19.10.120, but only
if and to the extent that all outdoor
speakers or other amplification devices
comply with the requirements and
limitations of LVMC 6.39.050(D)(5).
(F)The exempt portion of any event that takes
place on the premises of a business that is located
within 18B the Las Vegas Arts District, as
None of the terms or prohibitions that are contained in this
Chapter shall apply to or be enforced against:
(A)Any vehicle that belongs to, or is used by, the City or its
authorized garbage collection contractor while it is engaged in
any necessary public business;
(B)The excavation or repair, or both, of streets, highways or
bridges that are made during the night by or on behalf of the
City, Clark County or the State, if the public welfare and
convenience renders it impracticable to perform such work
during the day;
(C)The emission of sound to alert persons to the existence of
an emergency;
(D)Sounds that are emitted in the performance of emergency
work;
(E)Any event that:
(1)Is authorized by a special event permit issued by the
City; or
(2)Takes place on the premises of a business that is
licensed pursuant to Chapter 6.39 or Chapter 6.50 and
is located within the Downtown Entertainment
Overlay District, as described in LVMC 19.10.120,
but only if and to the extent that all outdoor speakers
or other amplification devices comply with the
requirements and limitations of LVMC
6.39.050(D)(5).
(F)The exempt portion of any event that takes place on the
premises of a business that is located within 18B the Las Vegas
Arts District, as described in the Las Vegas Downtown
Centennial Plan. The "exempt portion" of an event includes the
following:
(1)For events beginning on Sunday through
Wednesday, event activities that do not extend beyond
ten p.m.;
Summary: 25-0280-TXT1 Amends LVMC Chapter 9.16 related to noise to remove the reference to the Arts District.
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described in the Las Vegas Downtown Centennial
Plan. The "exempt portion" of an event includes
the following:
(1)For events beginning on Sunday
through Wednesday, event activities that
do not extend beyond ten p.m.;
2)For events beginning on Thursday,
event activities that do not extend beyond
midnight; and
(3)For events beginning on Friday and
Saturday, event activities that do not
extend beyond two a.m. the following
morning; or
(G)Civic functions, including without limitation
parades, concerts, athletic events, group use of
public facilities and other public gatherings for
which a license or permit has been issued
pursuant to any chapter of this Code
(2)For events beginning on Thursday, event activities
that do not extend beyond midnight; and
(3)For events beginning on Friday and Saturday, event
activities that do not extend beyond two a.m. the
following morning; or
(G)(F)Civic functions, including without limitation parades,
concerts, athletic events, group use of public facilities and other
public gatherings for which a license or permit has been issued
pursuant to any chapter of this Code.
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BILL NO. 2025-
ORDINANCE NO. ______
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LVMC 9.16.040 TO REMOVE THE EXEMPTION FROM THE CITY'S
NOISE CHAPTER FOR CERTAIN EVENTS WITHIN THE LAS VEGAS ARTS DISTRICT, AND TO
PROVIDE FOR OTHER RELATED MATTERS.
Sponsored by: Councilwoman Olivia Díaz
Summary: Amends LVMC 9.16.040 to remove
the exemption from the City's noise chapter for
certain events within the Las Vegas Arts District.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Title 9, Chapter 16, Section 40, of the Municipal Code of the City of Las Vegas,
Nevada, 1983 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:
9.16.040:
None of the terms or prohibitions that are contained in this Chapter shall apply to or be
enforced against:
(A)
Any vehicle that belongs to, or is used by, the City or its authorized garbage collection
contractor while it is engaged in any necessary public business;
(B)
The excavation or repair, or both, of streets, highways or bridges that are made during the
night by or on behalf of the City, Clark County or the State, if the public welfare and convenience renders it
impracticable to perform such work during the day;
(C)
The emission of sound to alert persons to the existence of an emergency;
(D)
Sounds that are emitted in the performance of emergency work;
(E)
Any event that:
(1)
Is authorized by a special event permit issued by the City; or
(2)
Takes place on the premises of a business that is licensed pursuant to Chapter
6.39 or Chapter 6.50 and is located within the Downtown Entertainment Overlay District, as described in
LVMC 19.10.120, but only if and to the extent that all outdoor speakers or other amplification devices comply
with the requirements and limitations of LVMC 6.39.050(D)(5);
(F)
[The exempt portion of any event that takes place on the premises of a business that is located
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within 18B the Las Vegas Arts District, as described in the Las Vegas Downtown Centennial Plan. The
"exempt portion" of an event includes the following:
(1)
For events beginning on Sunday through Wednesday, event activities that do not
extend beyond ten p.m.;
(2)
For events beginning on Thursday, event activities that do not extend beyond
midnight; and
(3)
For events beginning on Friday and Saturday, event activities that do not extend
beyond two a.m. the following morning; or
(G)]
Civic functions, including without limitation parades, concerts, athletic events, group use of
public facilities and other public gatherings for which a license or permit has been issued pursuant to any
chapter of this Code.
SECTION 2:
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
in this ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by
any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the
remaining portions of this ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council of the City of Las Vegas hereby
declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective.
SECTION 3:
Whenever in this ordinance any act is prohibited or is made or declared to
be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in this ordinance the doing of any act is required
or the failure to do any act is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, the doing of
such prohibited act or the failure to do any such required act shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for a term of
not more than six months, or by any combination of such fine and imprisonment. Any day of any violation
of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 4:
All ordinances or parts of ordinances or sections, subsections, phrases,
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sentences, clauses or paragraphs contained in the Municipal Code of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1983
Edition, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this _____ day of _______________, 2025.
APPROVED:
By
SHELLEY BERKLEY, Mayor
ATTEST:
DR. LUANN D. HOLMES, MMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Val Steed,
Date
Deputy City Attorney
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The above and foregoing ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the City Council on the _____ day
of ____________________, 2025, and referred to a committee for recommendation, the committee being
composed of the following members
;
thereafter the said committee reported favorably on said ordinance on the ______ day of
_______________________, 2025, which was a _________________ meeting of said Council; that at said
_______________________ meeting, the proposed ordinance was read by title to the City Council as first
introduced and adopted by the following vote:
VOTING "AYE":
VOTING "NAY":
ABSENT:
APPROVED:
By
SHELLEY BERKLEY, Mayor
ATTEST:
DR. LUANN D. HOLMES, MMC
City Clerk