Temporary license.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.02.070
in effect6.02.070 - Temporary license.
(A) The Director is authorized to issue a temporary business license to a business license applicant if:
(1) The applicant has:
(a) Filed a complete and accurate business license application, and
(b) Paid all fees relating thereto; and
(2) The premises within or the location at which the applicant's business is to be conducted has been inspected as requested and the proper departments of the City have been consulted relative to:
(a) All applicable zoning requirements and public nuisance and chronic nuisance prohibitions;
(b) Compliance with all requirements of Title 16; and
(c) Compliance with the health and safety requirements of concurrent governmental regulatory agencies.
(B) A temporary business license may be issued to an applicant to engage in the specific business activity described in the application, at the location identified in the application, for a period not to exceed six months or until a finalized decision has been made by the Director granting or denying a business license, whichever comes first. During the temporary business license period, an applicant, principal, licensee, and their employees and other persons acting on their behalf, shall comply with all of the requirements or conditions imposed upon the license by this Code or by agencies of the State or County, as the case may be, or resulting from inspections by departments of the City. A temporary business license:
(1) Shall be conditioned upon the obligation of the applicant, the licensee, any principal, and their employees and those acting on their behalf, to refrain from exercising deliberate ignorance toward any private nuisance, public nuisance or chronic nuisance activity occurring at the business location and to timely abate such nuisances. Deliberate ignorance is exhibited by intentional or criminally negligent disregard of the offending condition or activity. Deliberate ignorance is done in a criminally negligent manner if it jeopardizes another's health, safety or welfare; interferes with the objectively reasonable use and enjoyment of adjacent property or any public property; or has a detrimental effect upon adjacent property values; and
(2) May also be conditioned upon the licensee posting a bond in an amount determined by the Director to be reasonably appropriate to guarantee the performance or fulfillment of all conditions, or compliance with all restrictions, imposed upon the license, licensee, applicant or its principal(s).
(C) The Director may in his or her discretion extend a temporary business license for a period not to exceed six months or until a finalized decision has been made by the Director granting or denying a business license, whichever comes first. During any period in which a temporary license is in effect or extended, the Director may suspend or revoke a temporary business license if it is discovered that there is reasonable cause to believe that one or more grounds identified in Section 6.02.090 exists, or that the applicant, the licensee, a principal, or their employees or those acting on their behalf, exercised deliberate ignorance toward or failed to timely abate any private nuisance, public nuisance or chronic nuisance activity occurring at the business location.
(D) Unless the provisions of Section 6.02.367 apply, in the event that the Director denies an applicant, licensee or proposed licensee a temporary license or an extension of a temporary license, or suspends or revokes a temporary license, the applicant, licensee or proposed licensee may appeal the Director's decision to the City Manager by filing a notice of appeal and a statement of the just cause therefor. Such notice and statement of just cause must be received by the City Manager by five p.m. on the tenth day following service of notice of the Director's decision upon the applicant, licensee, its principal or resident agent at the address(es) listed on the license application. Unless the City Manager finds good cause for a delay of up to ten additional days, the City Manager shall hear the appeal and render a decision within ten days of the date the appeal is received by the City Manager. It is the appellant's burden to present to the City Manager any and all facts and mitigating circumstances in support of the appeal. Nothing in this Subsection shall be construed to limit any statutory right of the applicant, licensee or proposed licensee to file an ordinary or emergency petition for extraordinary writ under NRS Chapter 34, where appeal under this Section is an inadequate remedy at law. Where the Director is alleged to have engaged in intentional censorship of expressive conduct or material rather than attempting to address or avoid criminal conduct or other conduct harmful to the public health, safety, welfare, morals and peace, prompt judicial review is warranted under City of Littleton, Colorado v. Z.J. Gifts D-4, L.L.C., 541 U.S. 774, 124 S.Ct. 2219, 159 L.Ed.2d 84 (2004).
(E) The provisions of this Section authorizing the Director to issue a temporary business license do not apply to any business subject to the provisions of LVMC Chapter 6.06 of this Title or to any business which requires formal approval by the City Council unless:
(1) The provisions of this Section are specifically made applicable to such business by other provisions of this Code;
(2) All principals required to be approved for suitability have submitted a complete investigation packet for determination of suitability and paid all applicable investigative fees;
(3) The Director makes a preliminary finding that all of the principals of the business are suitable; and
(4) The City Council approves the issuance of a temporary business license.
(Ord. No. 6594, § 1, 8-16-17; Ord. 5873 § 3, 2006: Ord. 5517 § 1, 2002: Ord. 5081 § 4, 1998: Ord. 3703 § 2, 1993: Ord. 3075 § 1, 1983: Ord. 2186 § 2 (part), 1981: prior code § 5-1-2(C, D))
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=TIT6BUTALIRE_CH6.02BULIGE_6.02.070TELIFetched: 10/28/2026