PLANNED STREETS AND HIGHWAYS

Las Vegas Municipal Code tit. 13, ch. 13.12

in effect

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.010 Purpose.

13.12.010 - Purpose. The purpose of this Chapter is to establish guidelines for planned streets and highways that correspond to and are in conformance with the element of the City's Master Plan that pertains to transportation and streets and highways. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.020 Map and schedule adopted.

13.12.020 - Map and schedule adopted. Included within the element of the City's Master Plan that pertains to transportation and streets and highways are a map and a schedule pertaining to streets and highways. That map and schedule are presently referred to in the Plan element as the Master Plan of Streets and Highways Map and Schedule 13-1A. That map and schedule, together with subsequent amendments thereto, are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this Chapter as if fully set forth herein. In this Chapter, that map shall be referred to as the "Map" and Schedule 13-1A as "Schedule 13-1A." To the extent the Map and Schedule 13-1A appear in the Plan element, they constitute part of the City's Master Plan for regional planning purposes. To the extent they are incorporated by reference in this Chapter 13.12, they are to function as part of the regulation of streets and highways encompassed by this Chapter in conjunction with the requirements of LVMC 19.02.130. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.030 Planned streets and highways—Designation.

13.12.030 - Planned streets and highways—Designation. "Planned streets and highways" shall denote streets and highways of importance to the City and on which preference is given to the through movement of traffic, taking into account the need to plan for long-term growth in general accordance with NRS Chapter 278. Planned streets and highways shall consist of the following streets and highways designated as such on the Map and on Schedule 13-1A: (A) All highways designated as Federal highways; (B) All highways designated as State highways, including the corresponding frontage roads; (C) Section line roads designated by the Planning Commission; and (D) Other streets and highways, existing or proposed, that have been so designated in order to carry out the purposes of this Chapter. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.040 Planned street and highways—Classification.

13.12.040 - Planned street and highways—Classification. For the purposes of function, the planned streets and highways designated as such on the Map and on Schedule 13-1A are the following: (A) Major thoroughfare: (1) Freeway: A divided highway with one-hundred-fifty-foot-wide minimum right-of-way and classified as "controlled access"; a high-speed road with grade-separated interchanges. (2) Expressway: A divided highway with a one-hundred-fifty-foot-wide minimum right-of-way and classified as "limited access"; a high-speed road with at-grade, cross-traffic intersections. (B) Primary thoroughfare: (1) Parkway arterial: A street or highway which has a minimum right-of-way width of one hundred twenty feet; an existing or potential design capacity of three or more travel lanes of traffic in each direction, divided by a landscape median; and, within the right-of-way, nineteen feet on each side of the roadway reserved for sidewalks and landscape. (2) Primary arterial: A street or highway which has a minimum right-of-way width of one hundred six feet and an existing or potential design capacity of three travel lanes of traffic in each direction, divided by a raised median with left turn pockets. A primary arterial within a proposed development that is adjacent to existing improvements may have a lesser right-of-way width if the Director of Public Works, pursuant to LVMC 19.04.010, has determined that the complete streets standards set forth in Chapter 19.04 need not apply to that primary arterial street. (C) Secondary thoroughfare: (1) Major collector: A street or highway which has a minimum right-of-way width of eighty feet and an existing or potential design capacity of two travel lanes of traffic in each direction, with a center turn lane or a raised median with left turn pockets. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.050 Minor streets—Designated.

13.12.050 - Minor streets—Designated. Minor streets shall include all streets not designated as planned streets and highways on the Map and on Schedule 13-1A. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.060 Minor streets—Classification—Plan applicability.

13.12.060 - Minor streets—Classification—Plan applicability. (A) For the purposes of function, minor streets are classified as follows: (1) Minor collector: A street which has a minimum right-of-way width of sixty feet which collects traffic from local streets and distributes it to major collector or arterial streets. (2) Residential street: A street with which is designed to carry residential traffic between minor collectors. (3) Local street: Any street which is designed to a carry a combination of light commercial and residential traffic between minor collectors, major collectors and primary arterials that does not function as a collector or arterial. (4) Local access or service road: A street or that portion of a major or secondary thoroughfare lying outside the principal roadway designed to provide frontage for individual lots and which primarily carries traffic having a destination or origin on the street itself. (B) The locations of minor streets are not shown on the Map and on Schedule 13-1A, but such streets shall be subject to any provisions of this Chapter that apply to minor streets. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.070 Right-of-way—Minimum.

13.12.070 - Right-of-way—Minimum. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the minimum right-of-way widths which shall be provided for planned streets and highways shall be as follows: Classification | Minimum Right-of-Way Width (feet) Major thoroughfare Freeway or expressway | 150 Primary thoroughfare Parkway arterial | 120 Primary arterial | 106 (subject to LVMC 13.12.040(B)(2)) Secondary thoroughfare Major collector | 80 (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.080 Right-of-way—Exceptions to minimums.

13.12.080 - Right-of-way—Exceptions to minimums. Exceptions to the right-of-way minimums set forth in LVMC 13.12.070 shall be as shown on the Map and described on Schedule 13-1A. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.090 Right-of-way—Intersections of planned streets and highways.

13.12.090 - Right-of-way—Intersections of planned streets and highways. The minimum right-of-way (property line) radii requirements and curbline radii requirements for intersections of planned streets and highways shall be in accordance with City Standards, as defined in the most recent editions of the Uniform Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction Off-Site Improvements, Clark County, Nevada, and the Standard Drawings for Public Works Construction Off-Site Improvements, Clark County, Nevada. However, the minimum right-of-way radii for intersections of planned streets and highways within the area bounded by Eighth Street, Main Street, Bonanza Road and Charleston Boulevard shall be ten feet. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.100 Right-of-way—Greater requirements.

13.12.100 - Right-of-way—Greater requirements. It is intended that the right-of-way widths set forth in LVMC 13.12.070 represent minimum requirements only and that wider rights-of-way or larger radii distances be provided where design criteria indicate the need therefor. In such cases, the wider rights-of-way shall be indicated on the Map and on Schedule 13-1A. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.110 Right-of-way—Exceptions by City Council.

13.12.110 - Right-of-way—Exceptions by City Council. The City Council may grant exceptions to the minimum right-of-way widths required by this Chapter, in addition to those described in this Chapter, where such exceptions are deemed necessary. Any proposed exceptions shall be processed as in the case of a General Plan Amendment under Title 19. Exceptions approved by the City Council shall thereafter be indicated on the Map and on Schedule 13-1A. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.120 Alignments.

13.12.120 - Alignments. (A) With respect to any planned street or highway located on a section line, the alignment and centerline generally will follow the section line. The Map displays the general locations of existing and planned roadway alignments, including alignments for streets or highways that do not follow a predetermined line. Actual alignments and centerlines are established by the design and construction of such roadways. (B) Notwithstanding the general provisions of Subsection (A), actual alignments of roadways may vary from the Map and Schedule 13-1A by means of action taken under this Subsection (B). For any particular roadway, the City Council may establish a different alignment than that shown on the Map by means of an application processed as in the case of a General Plan Amendment under Title 19. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (C), an alignment established by Council action under this Section shall thereafter be indicated on the Map and described on Schedule 13-1A. (C) In master planned communities subject to a development agreement, alignments that are generally described in the development agreement or in development standards adopted in connection therewith need not be reflected on Schedule 13-1A. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.130 Subdivision, building and zoning regulation applicability.

13.12.130 - Subdivision, building and zoning regulation applicability. The layout of subdivisions and setback requirements on land adjacent to planned streets and highways and minor streets, and the right-of-way widths of planned streets and highways and minor streets, are set forth in the subdivision, building and zoning regulations contained in this Code. These rules and regulations have been prepared in order to further promote and aid in the development of planned streets and highways and minor streets, and for other purposes. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.140 Dedication width.

13.12.140 - Dedication width. Whenever the owner or developer of property which abuts any proposed or existing planned street or highway (other than a freeway or expressway) is required by this Code, or by any other law or regulation, to dedicate land for a planned street or highway, the dedication shall consist of one-half the proposed right-of-way width, unless a different dedication width is designated on the Map and on Schedule 13-1A. Where the same person owns or develops the property on both sides of any proposed or existing planned street or highway, the required dedication shall be the entire right-of-way width. Any such dedication shall include, in addition to the above requirements, any additional right-of-way necessary: (A) To conform to the property line radius as described in LVMC 13.12.090; and (B) To conform to the requirements of the most recent version of the Clark County Area Uniform Standard Drawing 201.1. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.150 Discrepancies.

13.12.150 - Discrepancies. In the event of any discrepancy between the Map and Schedule 13-1A, the Director of Public Works is authorized to determine which document is correct. The document that is determined not be correct shall be corrected, or the documents otherwise reconciled, as follows: (A) By administrative action of the Director where the document that is correct has been properly adopted; or (B) By means of LVMC 13.12.160, otherwise. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.12.160 Amendments.

13.12.160 - Amendments. (A) Except as otherwise permitted under Subsection (B), the City Council may amend the Map and Schedule 13-1A from time to time by means of ordinance or resolution. Any amendment shall first be processed as in the case of a General Plan Amendment under Section 19.16.030 of the Unified Development Code. (B) An amendment to the Map or Schedule 13-1A regarding particular streets within a master planned community that is or will be subject to a development agreement may be accomplished by means of the Council's adoption of development standards for that community, whether as part of the development agreement or otherwise in connection therewith. (Ord. No. 6223, § 2, 10-17-12)

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_CH13.12PLSTHIFetched: 10/28/2026