Two-Way Left Turn Lanes.
North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 10.20.150
in effect10.20.150 - Two-Way Left Turn Lanes.
A. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized, on the basis of engineering and traffic investigations, to install two-way left turn lanes. A two-way left turn lane is a lane near the center of the street or highway set aside for vehicles making left turns in both directions from or into a street or highway.
B. Two-way left turn lanes shall be designated by distinctive roadway markings consisting of a solid outside yellow line and an inner parallel dashed yellow line on each side of the lane. Such lines may be installed with paint or with raised pavement markers.
C. No vehicle shall be driven in a two-way left-hand turn lane except for the purpose of preparing for or making a left turn into a cross street or intersecting street or drive or for making a left turn from a cross street or intersecting street or drive.
D. No vehicle shall use a left-hand turn lane as a travel lane, for passing other vehicles or to continue through an intersection in such lane.
E. A vehicle may not enter a two-way left turn more than two hundred (200) feet prior to making a left-hand turn.
F. A left turn shall not be made from any other lane where a two-way left turn lane has been designated.
(Prior Code § 9.28.140)
Source: City of North Las Vegas, Nevada, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/north_las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT10VETR_CH10.20RURO_10.20.150TYLETULAFetched: 11/1/2026