Required on overhead replacement.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.52.030
in effect13.52.030 - Required on overhead replacement.
The utility will construct, operate and maintain underground lines along public streets, roads and highways which the utility has a legal right to occupy, and on public lands and private property across which rights-of-way and easements have been obtained, whenever it is necessary to replace an existing overhead distribution line, subject to the following conditions:
(A) Such lines are five hundred feet or more in length;
(B) If the majority of customers adjoining the line being replaced do not agree to the undergrounding as given above, this will be cause for application for continuation of overhead service by the utility.
(Ord. 2238 § 3 (part), 1981: prior code § 11-4-3 (part))
Source: City of Las Vegas, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT13STSIPUPL_CH13.52UNUTIN_13.52.030REOVREFetched: 10/28/2026