TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES

Las Vegas Municipal Code tit. 11, ch. 11.32

in effect

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 11.32.010 Duty to place and maintain.

11.32.010 - Duty to place and maintain. The City Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain traffic-control signs, signals, and devices when and as required under the traffic ordinances of the City to make effective the provisions of said ordinances, and may place and maintain such additional traffic-control devices as he may deem necessary to regulate traffic under the traffic ordinances of this City or under State law or to guide and warn traffic. (Ord. 1278 § 8, 1967: prior code § 10-10-1)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 11.32.020 Standards—Uniformity—Official status.

11.32.020 - Standards—Uniformity—Official status. All traffic-control signs, signals and devices shall conform to the manual and specifications approved by the State Department of Transportation or resolution adopted by the City Council. All signs and signals required hereunder for a particular purpose shall, so far as practicable, be uniform as to type and location throughout the City. All traffic-control devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of State law or this Code shall be official traffic-control devices. (1949 code Ch. 36 § 27 (part): prior code § 10-10-2)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 11.32.030 Signs required for enforcement.

11.32.030 - Signs required for enforcement. No provision of this Title for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that signs are required, such section shall be effective even though no signs are erected or in place. (1949 code Ch. 36 § 30: prior code § 10-10-4)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 11.32.040 Lane direction control.

11.32.040 - Lane direction control. When lane-directional-control signals are placed on the individual lanes of a street or highway, vehicular traffic may travel in any lane over which a green signal is shown, but shall not enter or travel in any lane over which a red signal is shown. (Ord. 1278 § 9, 1967: prior code § 10-10-10)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 11.32.050 Interference unlawful.

11.32.050 - Interference unlawful. No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any official traffic-control device, parking meter or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof. (Ord. 3989 § 3, 1996: Ord. 1157 § 1 (part), 1964: prior code § 10-31-1)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 11.32.060 Removal by contractors.

11.32.060 - Removal by contractors. It shall be unlawful for a contractor working in the street right-of-way of the City to remove an official traffic-control device unless he has, at least two hours prior to the removal of said device, notified the Director of Public Works or his designee of his intention to remove said device and, in addition thereto, unless he has, immediately prior to his removal of said device, installed a temporary device approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee in a place approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee to ensure traffic control. (Ord. 3989 § 4, 1996: Ord. 1157 § 1 (part), 1964: prior code § 10-31-2(A))

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 11.32.070 Replacement by contractors—Required at completion.

11.32.070 - Replacement by contractors—Required at completion. It shall be unlawful for a contractor who has moved an official traffic-control device to fail to install a traffic-control device approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee in a location approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee simultaneously with the completion of that portion of work in the street right-of-way which made necessary the removal of the official traffic-control device. (Ord. 3989 § 5, 1996: Ord. 1157 § 1 (part), 1964: prior code § 10-31-2(B))

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 11.32.080 Replacement by contractors—Deadline—Flagmen.

11.32.080 - Replacement by contractors—Deadline—Flagmen. It shall be unlawful for a contractor working in the public right-of-way who has been notified by the Director of Public Works or his designee to remove an official traffic-control device from the construction area and install said device where directed by the Director of Public Works or his designee to fail to do so within twenty-four hours after said notification. The contractor shall furnish a traffic-control device approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee, or shall comply with another traffic control plan approved by the Director or his designee, to control traffic while the device is being moved and until it is operative. (Ord. No. 6326, § 20, 6-18-14; Ord. 3989 § 6, 1996: Ord. 1157 § 1 (part), 1964: prior code § 10-31-2(C))

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 11.32.090 Damage by contractors.

11.32.090 - Damage by contractors. (A) The contractor shall notify the Director of Public Works or his designee immediately after damage to an official traffic-control device. (B) The contractor shall provide for the directing of traffic by a method approved by the City Traffic Engineer until the damaged device is replaced by a device approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee. (C) The contractor shall, within twenty-four hours after damage to an official traffic-control device, install a traffic-control device approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee in a place approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee to ensure traffic control. (D) It shall be unlawful for a contractor who has been notified by the Director of Public Works or his designee that an official traffic-control device has been damaged during the construction and who has further been notified by the Director of Public Works or his designee to install a traffic-control device approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee in a place approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee to fail to do so within twenty-four hours after notification. The contractor shall provide for the directing of traffic by a method approved by the City Traffic Engineer or provide a traffic-control device approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee to control traffic until the new traffic-control device is operative. (Ord. No. 6326, § 21, 6-18-14; Ord. 3989 § 7, 1996: Ord. 1157 § 1 (part), 1964: prior code § 10-31-3)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 11.32.100 Impairment of view.

11.32.100 - Impairment of view. It shall be unlawful for the contractor to permit the construction, his workmen or equipment to impair the view of any official traffic-control device unless he has, at least two hours prior to the impairment of the view of said device, notified the Director of Public Works or his designee that the construction, workmen or equipment will impair the view of said device, and, in addition thereto, unless he has immediately prior to the impairment of the view of said device, installed a temporary device approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee in a place approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee to ensure traffic control. (Ord. 3989 § 8, 1996: Ord. 1157 § 1 (part), 1964: prior code § 10-31-4(A))

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 11.32.110 Failure to correct impairment.

11.32.110 - Failure to correct impairment. It shall be unlawful for a contractor who has been notified that the construction, workmen, or equipment impairs the view of any official traffic-control device and who has further been notified by the Director of Public Works or his designee to install a traffic-control device approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee to fail to do so within twenty-four hours after notification. The contractor shall provide for the directing of traffic by a method approved by the City Traffic Engineer or provide a traffic-control device approved by the Director of Public Works or his designee to control traffic until the new traffic-control device is operative. (Ord. No. 6326, § 22, 6-18-14; Ord. 3989 § 9, 1996: Ord. 1157 § 1 (part), 1964: prior code § 10-31-4(B))

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=TIT11VETR_CH11.32TRNTDEFetched: 10/28/2026