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TEENAGE DANCES, TEENAGE DANCEHALLS AND TEENAGE NIGHTCLUBS

Las Vegas Municipal Code tit. 6, ch. 6.80
in effect

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.010 Findings of fact.

6.80.010 - Findings of fact. The City Council finds that the businesses of conducting teenage dances and operating teenage dancehalls and teenage nightclubs seriously affect the social and moral well being of the City and its residents, that the establishments at which such businesses are conducted or operated must be strictly regulated for the welfare of the public and of the patrons of such establishments and that such establishments and their employees must therefore comply with LVMC Chapter 6.06. (Ord. 3306 § 2, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.020 Definitions.

6.80.020 - Definitions. As used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms that are defined in Subsections A through G of this Section shall have the meanings that are ascribed to them in those sections and in LVMC Chapter 6.02. (A) "Church" means a religious society that is incorporated, organized or established in the State of Nevada and has a common belief, the members of which meet together to worship under the direction of an ordained or licensed minister, priest, bishop or rabbi. (B) "Responsible person" means any person who is required by Subsection (B) of LVMC Section 6.80.030 to be approved for suitability, whether or not such person is actually so approved. (C) "Teenager" or "teenage person" means a minor person who is between the ages of thirteen years and nineteen years. (D) "Teenage dance" means any public dance to which primarily teenagers are invited, whether admission thereto is by a set admission charge, by the donation of money or is at no charge. (E) "Teenage dancehall" means any place in which dances that are attended primarily by teenage persons are regularly held or conducted, whether admission thereto is by a set admission charge, by the donation of money or is at no charge. (F) "Teenage entertainment location" or "location" means any place at which a teenage dance is conducted or a teenage dancehall or a teenage nightclub is operated and for which a license is required by subsection (A) of LVMC Section 6.80.030, and includes without limitation any parking area that is required by LVMC Section 6.80.090. (G) "Teenage nightclub" means any establishment in which primarily teenage persons regularly gather, either to participate in dancing or to observe live entertainment, whether admission is by a set admission charge, by the donation of money or is at no charge. (Ord. 3306 §§ 3—10, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.030 License—Required.

6.80.030 - License—Required. It is unlawful for any person to: (A) Commence, carry on or engage in the business of holding or conducting teenage dances or the business of operating a teenage dancehall or a teenage nightclub without first having procured a license so to do in accordance with this Chapter; or (B) Act as the responsible person for any teenage entertainment location without first having been approved for suitability so to do in accordance with LVMC Chapter 6.06. (Ord. 3306 § 11, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.040 License—Application.

6.80.040 - License—Application. The application for the license that is required by Subsection (A) of LVMC Section 6.80.030 shall be made on forms that are suitable to the Director and filed with the Department. The application shall set forth the following information: (A) The name and address of the applicant; (B) The date and time when the dance will be conducted, if the application is for an individual dance; (C) A description of the location to be licensed, including without limitation the dimensions of the interior of the location, the dimensions of the dance floor, the seating arrangements, the location of the dance floor within the location and the dimensions of the parking area; (D) The provisions that have been made by the applicant for security and the names and addresses of the persons who will supervise the license location; (E) The manner in which admission will be permitted, and, if admission will be by a set admission charge or the donation of money, the amount of the charge or the donation that will be required; and (F) Such other information as the Director may reasonably require with respect to the security and conduct of the dance, dancehall or nightclub. (Ord. 3306 § 12, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.050 License—Fee.

6.80.050 - License—Fee. A license fee of fifty dollars semiannually shall be paid for each license that is issued pursuant to this Chapter. (Ord. 3306 § 13, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.060 License—Investigation and consideration.

6.80.060 - License—Investigation and consideration. After the investigation of an applicant has been completed by Metro, it shall be submitted to the Director, who shall complete the processing of the application and place it before the City Council for its action thereon. The applicant shall appear in person at the meeting of the City Council at which his application is scheduled to be considered and shall be required to answer any and all questions that pertain to such application or to the fitness of any person who is connected as an owner, officer, responsible person or manager of the proposed teenage entertainment location that any member of the City Council deems is necessary or appropriate. (Ord. 5998 § 142, 2008: Ord. 3306 § 14, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.070 Maximum occupancy and interior requirements.

6.80.070 - Maximum occupancy and interior requirements. The interior of each teenage entertainment location must have at least seven square feet of floor space for each person who is permitted therein by the occupancy load for the location, at least four square feet of which must be reserved exclusively for dancing, if dancing is permitted. The occupancy load for each location shall be posted above each door through which patrons may be admitted to the location, and a number of persons in excess of the posted occupancy load shall not be admitted. Seating shall be provided in an area that adjoins the required dance floor area, without encroaching upon the required dance floor space, that will accommodate a number of persons that is at least equal to one-fourth of the number that is permitted in the location by the posted occupancy load. (Ord. 3306 § 15, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.080 Interior lighting.

6.80.080 - Interior lighting. At all times during which a teenage entertainment location is open for business, the interior lighting therein shall be sufficient to make the appearance and conduct of all patrons and other persons who are in the portion of the location in which dancing is conducted or in which entertainment is offered easily discernible immediately upon entering the main entrance to the location. In no event, whenever patrons or other persons are sitting or standing within the location, shall the interior lighting be of less intensity than one foot-candle, when the same is measured at a height of thirty inches above the floor. (Ord. 3306 § 16, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.090 Parking.

6.80.090 - Parking. Each teenage establishment location shall provide and maintain parking spaces in the number that is determined by the Department to be sufficient for that location in accordance with LVMC Chapter 19.12. The parking area shall be surfaced with a concrete or asphaltic paving and shall be electrically illuminated with a light that provides, at ground level, an intensity of not less than .25 foot-candle power. Additionally, all such parking spaces shall comply with the requirements of LVMC Title 19. (Ord. No. 6816, § 21, 8-17-22; Ord. 5998 § 143, 2008: Ord. 3306 § 17, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.100 Supervision and security.

6.80.100 - Supervision and security. (A) Each teenage entertainment location shall provide, for each function thereat, at least one uniformed security guard, who is licensed pursuant to LVMC Chapter 6.64 and who possesses a work identification card as required by said Chapter, for each one hundred, or portion thereof, persons who are anticipated to attend such function. Such security guards shall patrol and maintain order in and about the location and shall supervise the clean up of the trash and litter in the parking lot area that is required by LVMC Section 6.80.090. (B) In no event shall a teenage entertainment location be open for business without having at least one such guard inside the location and at least one such guard in the parking area that is required by LVMC Section 6.80.090. This requirement shall not prevent security guards from temporarily assisting security guards elsewhere in or about the location, if the circumstances require such assistance. (Ord. 3306 § 18, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.110 Entrance restrictions.

6.80.110 - Entrance restrictions. No entrance through which patrons may be admitted to a teenage entertainment location shall be permitted within a distance of five hundred feet from the closest customer entrance to any establishment that is described in LVMC Chapter 19.74 or from the closest customer entrance to any tavern or other establishment in which any beer, wine or other alcoholic beverage is served, sold or given away, and no teenage entertainment location shall be permitted within a structure or building that has a roof in common with any of such establishments. At the request of the applicant for a license pursuant to this Chapter, the City Council, in its discretion, may waive the separation between the proposed teenage entertainment location and an establishment which dispenses alcoholic beverages that is required by this Section, based upon a consideration of the nature and the character of the businesses within the surrounding neighborhood. Notice of the time and place of the City Council's consideration of the request for such a waiver shall be published at least once in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the City not less than five days nor more than ten days prior to the date of such consideration. (Ord. 3454 § 1, 1989: Ord. 3306 § 19, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.120 Age restrictions.

6.80.120 - Age restrictions. No teenage entertainment location shall admit any person who is under the age of thirteen years unless such person is accompanied by at least one of his or her parents or his or her legal guardian. (Ord. 3306 § 20, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.130 Live entertainment.

6.80.130 - Live entertainment. If a teenage entertainment location provides, at any function thereat, live music through musicians who personally appear and perform at that location, the responsible party shall provide the Special Investigations Section of Metro with at least one day's advance written notice thereof, which notice shall include the date of, and the hours during which, such function is to be held, the name and size of each group that will perform at such function and a description of the type of music and other entertainment that will be presented by each group. (Ord. 5998 § 144, 2008: Ord. 3306 § 21, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.140 Unlawful acts designated.

6.80.140 - Unlawful acts designated. It is unlawful for the responsible person, or any manager, employee, servant or agent, of any teenage entertainment location to allow or permit any person: (A) Who is under the age of eighteen years to remain at that location in violation of LVMC Section 10.54.010; or (B) To be in possession of any alcoholic beverage at that location, including without limitation the parking area that is required by LVMC Section 6.80.090. (Ord. 3306 § 22, 1987)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.80.150 Exceptions to chapter provisions.

6.80.150 - Exceptions to chapter provisions. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to activities that are sponsored by a governmental entity or a school or to activities that are conducted upon the property of any church under the active supervision of officials or members of the congregation of that church. (Ord. 3306 § 23, 1987)
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_CH6.80TEDATEDATENIFetched: 10/28/2026

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