Suitability approval—Requirements.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.06.075
in effect6.06.075 - Suitability approval—Requirements.
(A) In the case of suitability approvals related to license applications under LVMC Chapter 6.50, the Director has the discretion to apply this Section in lieu of requirements of this Chapter regarding suitability that otherwise would apply.
(B) Pursuant to this Section, an applicant for suitability approval must:
(1) Provide the applicant's prior business activities and business associations covering at least the ten-year period immediately preceding the date of filing the application.
(2) Provide the name and address of any persons that constitute the current or proposed majority ownership structure of the business.
(3) Provide the name, address and job description of each person who is to be actively engaged in the administration or supervision of the business to be licensed.
(4) Provide the applicant's criminal history.
(5) Agree in writing that, if a license is granted, the applicant will accept the license subject to all of the terms and provisions of this Title and that the license is a privilege conferred upon the person who is granted the license.
(6) Sign a release of claims and hold-harmless agreement to the City for its use of the information provided by the applicant or discovered during any investigation thereof.
(7) Sign and verify the application under oath.
(C) Pursuant to this Section, an applicant for suitability approval shall submit to fingerprinting and photographing and shall authorize the City in writing to obtain information from criminal justice agencies, and Federal, State and local governments and agencies, and shall consent in writing to the release of such information to the City for use in connection with the application for the license and other City business regulations.
(D) Pursuant to this Section, the Director may determine not to refer a license application to Metro for suitability investigation if the applicant has been investigated by and approved for a gaming license by the Nevada Gaming Commission for the same business at the same location as the alcoholic beverage license application.
(Ord. No. 6806, § 45, 4-6-22)
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_CH6.06PRBUPERE_6.06.075SUAPEQFetched: 10/28/2026