Definitions.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 14.11.020
in effect14.11.020 - Definitions.
For purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them, unless the context requires otherwise:
"District" means the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
"Drought" means a condition in which the combination of many complex factors acting and interacting with the environment results in water supplies not being replenished normally. For purposes of this Chapter, a "drought" occurs when existing water supplies cannot meet established demands for a period of time.
"Functional turf" refers to that term as defined by the Service Rules, and means an irrigated turf or grass area that:
(1) Provides a recreational benefit to the City;
(2) Is completely contiguous;
(3) Is not less than thirty feet in any dimension;
(4) Is one thousand five hundred square feet in area or greater;
(5) Is installed on a slope of less than twenty-five percent; and
(6) Is located at least ten feet away from the back of curb of a public or private street.
The term includes, but is not limited to:
i. Active or programmed recreational turf, including for parks and park athletic fields, playgrounds, schools, cemeteries, daycares, community centers, plazas;
ii. Areas for animal and pet relief, including for veterinarian or boarding facilities with an exception of up to a maximum of two hundred square feet;
iii. Golf course play areas and practice facilities; and
iv. Multi-family, mixed-use, and transit-oriented residential property used by tenants for recreation or leisure, but only to the extent conforming with applicable turf limitations set forth in this Title.
"Nonfunctional turf" refers to turf other than functional turf, and means an irrigated turf or grass area not providing functional use to the City, including, but not limited to:
(1) Turf installed at an entryway or driveway to a park, commercial property entrance, neighborhood, or subdivision;
(2) Turf within a street median, amenity zone, or along a streetscape; and
(3) Turf within landscape maintenance or common areas not otherwise qualifying as functional.
"Non-potable water" means water not suitable for drinking.
"Potable" water means water suitable for drinking.
"Raw Water" means non-potable water diverted from a natural source, subjected to minimal or no treatment, and delivered to a user for subsequent treatment or use.
"Reclaimed Water" means municipal wastewater that has been treated to meet all applicable federal, state and local standards for use in approved applications, including without limitation landscape irrigation, construction and industrial cooling. For purposes of this Chapter, "reclaimed water" and "recycled water" are equivalent terms.
"Resort Hotel" means any building or group of buildings that is maintained as and held out to the public to be a hotel where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the transient public and that has:
(1) More than two hundred rooms available for sleeping accommodations;
(2) At least one bar with permanent seating capacity for more than thirty patrons that serves alcoholic beverages sold by the drink for consumption on the premises;
(3) At least one restaurant with permanent seating capacity for more than sixty patrons that is open to the public twenty-four hours each day and seven days each week; and
(4) A gaming area within the building or group of buildings.
"Service Rules" means the service rules that have been adopted by the District.
"Southern Nevada Water Authority" or "SNWA" means the organization by that name that has been formed by cooperative agreement among local agencies to address Southern Nevada's water needs on a regional basis.
"Spray irrigation" means the application of water by means of sprinklers or other devices that disperse droplets of water through the air.
"Water Use Reduction Plan" means a document or documents to be submitted by or on behalf of an applicant in connection with a request to exempt fountains or water features from the prohibitions contained in this Chapter. The term includes a plan that is modeled after the Water Efficiency and Drought Response Plan outline or similar document that may have been approved for use by the District or the City Manager.
"Xeriscape" means a type of landscaping that incorporates drought-tolerant and low water-use plants with an organic or inorganic surface mulch layer as a water-efficient alternative to traditional turfgrass landscaping.
(Ord. No. 6843, § 3, 8-16-23; Ord. No. 6068, § 1, 12-2-09; Ord. 5765 § 1, 2005: Ord. 5647 § 2, 2003: Ord. 5616 § 3, 2003)
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=TIT14PUSE_CH14.11DRPL_14.11.020DEFetched: 10/28/2026