Definitions.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 9.40.010
in effect9.40.010 - Definitions.
As used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them:
"Authorized official" has the same meaning ascribed to that term in LVMC 9.04.010.
"DT" is an abbreviation for dilution to threshold, which is an odor quantification unit.
"Hedonic tone" means the offensiveness of a particular odor.
"Nasal Ranger®" refers to a manufactured product used to quantify odor by diluting the air stream with odor categorizing the odor by dilutions to threshold.
"Odor" means the perceived experience when one or more chemicals come into contact with and stimulate the olfactory nerve.
"Odor episode" means the occurrence and perception of odor that may constitute an odor nuisance under this Chapter.
"Odor intensity" means the overall strength of an odor.
"Odor nuisance" means an odor which is injurious to health, offensive to the senses of a reasonable person, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property.
"Odorant" refers to any chemical in the air that is part of the perception of odor.
"Olfactometer" means a device used in the field to measure or quantify odor or odor intensity, including a scentometer or Nasal Ranger®.
"Ppbv" means parts per billion by volume, a common gas phase compound quantitative unit.
"Ppmv" means parts per million by volume, a common gas phase compound quantitative unit.
"Scentometer" means a measurement device used to quantify odor intensity using a calibration standard.
(Ord. No. 6570, § 2, 3-15-17)
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_CH9.40ODNU_9.40.010DEFetched: 10/28/2026