Collection charges—Overflow.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 9.08.185
in effect9.08.185 - Collection charges—Overflow.
(A) Any non-residential customer whose solid waste container or containers have overflowing solid waste prior to being emptied on a collection day shall be subject to an overflow charge as provided in this Section.
(B) No overflow charges may be assessed unless:
(1) Written notice of an overflow, delivered by regular U.S. mail, e-mail or facsimile (fax) or personal delivery, has been provided to the owner or manager of the premises, and a subsequent overflow occurs at the premises within ninety days after:
(a) Such notice has been given; or
(b) The last overflow charge has been assessed at the premises; and
(2) There is significant overflow from a container, as defined in this Chapter and as evidenced by a photograph; and
(3) The overflow has actually been collected by the City or its franchisee.
(C) No overflow charge may be assessed for an overflow that is caused by a prior collection being missed or being performed improperly, or by containers being repositioned by a franchisee after collection such that a container is inaccessible to tenants of the premises, resulting in overuse of and overflow occurring in another container.
(D) No overflow charge may be assessed for an overflow that is caused because the time of day of collection was more than four hours later than the time of day when the last regularly scheduled collection occurred.
(E) Overflow charges assessed pursuant to this Section may be waived by the City Manager, or his or her designee, or by a franchisee if it is determined that the owner or manager of the premises has taken reasonable steps to avoid future overflows, including but not limited to increasing the container capacity or collection frequency, installing locks on the lids of containers or on access gates to curtail illegal dumping by third parties, or other property-management measures designed to avoid overflows.
(F) The charge for any overflow for any non-residential customer, which may be billed at the time of service as an on-call service, shall be forty-three dollars and seventy-eight cents, subject to applicable CPI adjustments made pursuant to this Chapter.
(Ord. No. 6854, § 4, 11-15-23; Ord. No. 6572, § 2, 4-5-17)
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=TIT9HESA_CH9.08COMASOWAREMA_9.08.185COCHVEFetched: 10/28/2026